Kokilavani
''Kokilavani'' () is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. A. Natarajan. The film stars Raghuveer and Tambaram Lalitha. Cast The list is adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and from Thiraikalangiyam. ;Male cast * S. A. Natarajan *Raghuveer (debut) * K. M. Balakrishnan *K. Sarangapani * S. V. Subbaiah * V. M. Ezhumalai *Kaka Radhakrishnan ;Female cast *Tambaram Lalitha * B. Sarojadevi *P. Susheela *A. Sakunthala *R. Bharathi Production The film was produced by S. A. Natarajan and J. G. Vijayam who also handled the cinematography. Choreography was done by P. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film was produced in Kannada with the same title. B. Sarojadevi featured in the female lead role. Soundtrack Music was composed by G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by T. K. Sundara Vathiyar, Lakshmanadas, S. D. Sundharam and A. Maruthakasi. A Thiruvarutpa by Ramalinga Swamigal was included in the film. Playback singers are S. C. Krishnan, T. M. Soundararajan, ...
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Jikki
Pillavalu Gajapathy Krishnaveni (3 November 1935 – 16 August 2004), more famously known as Jikki, was an Indian playback singer from Andhra Pradesh. She sang around 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, and Sinhalese languages. Early life Jikki was born in Chennai on 3 November 1935. Her parents Gajapathi Naidu and Rajakanthamma, a Telugu family, had moved from Chandragiri, near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai for their livelihood. Her uncle, Devaraju Naidu, worked as a music composer with the celebrated Kannada theatre legend and movie pioneer Gubbi Veeranna and this introduced the young Jikki to the music and film world. Career Krishnaveni began her career as a child artist in 1943 and played a minor role in a Telugu movie named ''Panthulamma'', directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam. In 1946, she appeared in the movie '' Mangalasutram'', a remake of a Hollywood movie ''Excuse Me''. She was already being noted for her musical prowess and her lilting ...
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