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B. Gopalam
Boddu Gopalam (1927–2004), popularly known as B. Gopalam, was a singer and music director of South Indian films and All India Radio. Early life He was born at Tulluru in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. His father Ramadasu, was also a musician and an exponent of Harikatha. Gopalam learned vocal music and playing the violin under Varanasi Brahmayya Sastry in Vijayawada. Career Gopalam was an active member of the Praja Natya Mandali in Guntur district and campaigned in favour of the poor and downtrodden. He was closely associated with Vemulapalli Srikrishna and Sheik Nazar. While working as a vocalist at All India Radio, singing the songs of Devulapalli Krishna Sastry and Viswanatha Satyanarayana, he met and married a fellow singer named Renuka. He began working in Telugu films on the invitation of Tatineni Prakasa Rao. He has worked with directors such as Ghantasala (musician), Ghantasala, T. V. Raju, and S. Rajeswara Rao. He later became an independent music directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area () and 20% of India's population. It is bound by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south. The geography of the region is diverse, with two mountain ranges, the Western and Eastern Ghats, bordering the plateau heartland. The Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Penna, Tungabhadra and Vaigai rivers are important non-perennial sources of water. Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Kochi are the largest urban areas in the region. The majority of the people in South India speak at least one of the four major Dravidian languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. During its history, a number of dynastic kingdoms ruled ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azhagarmalai Kalvan
''Azhagarmalai Kalvan'' () is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by Kemparaj Urs. The film stars K. Balaji and Malini Cast The list is compiled from Film News Anandan's database. *K. Balaji * Malini *V. Nagayya * C. R. Vijayakumari *Kamaraj * Manorama * V. Gopalakrishnan *Lakshmiprabha *Kaka Radhakrishnan T. V. Radhakrishnan, better known as Kaka Radhakrishnan ( – 14 June 2012) was an Indian actor who acted in Tamil language films from the year 1940. He is also notable for having introduced his childhood friend, Sivaji Ganesan, into films. Ca ... Soundtrack Music was composed by B. Gopalam. The song "Nilavum Tharaiyum Neeyamma" is the first lyric penned by Vaali for a film. References External links * {{IMDb title 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1959 films Films directed by Kemparaj Urs Indian black-and-white films Tamil-language Indian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petralthan Pillaiya
''Petralthan Pillaiya'' is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and written by Aaroor Dass. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and Sowcar Janaki. Based on the 1921 American film, '' The Kid'', it revolves around a tramp finding a homeless boy and raising him as his own son until five years later the boy's biological parents try to find him. ''Petralthan Pillaiya'' was released on 9 December 1966. The film emerged a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It was remade in Malayalam as '' Ashtamirohini'' (1975). Plot Jeeva is a mother unable to afford the cost of raising a young boy. She abandons him in a temple where a tramp, Anandhan, discovers him. Anandhan tries to get rid of the boy, but he eventually becomes attached to him. Anandhan names the boy Kannan and educates him, despite his poor financial condition. Five years later, Jeeva, her husband Sekhar and social services try to find her son. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nil Gavani Kadhali
''Nil Gavani Kaadhali'' is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and written by Chithralaya Gopu. The film stars Jaishankar, Bharathi, Nagesh, Jayanthi and Vijaya Lalitha. It was released on 7 March 1969, and fared well at the box office. Plot A gang of diamond smugglers led by a wily chief (M. N. Nambiar) is assisted by Babu (Major Sundararajan). His niece Malathy ( Bharathi) meets the CID officer Shankar (Jaishankar) and hands over a packet at an airport lounge to be handed over to her uncle. Her elder sister Radha ( Jayanthi) meets the pal Seetha Raman (Nagesh) and falls in love with him. The two pairs go through several adventures and expose the villains. Cast *Jaishankar as CID Shankar * Bharathi as Malathy *Nagesh as Seetharaman * Jayanthi as Radha *Vijaya Lalitha as Sheela *M. N. Nambiar as gang leader *Major Sundarrajan as Babu *Senthamari *Dhanaraj *Henry Daniel *Varadachari *V. R. Thilakam as Myna *Malathi Soundtrack M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangaru Panjaram
''Bangaru Panjaram'' () is 1969 Indian Telugu-language romantic musical film directed by B. N. Reddy, and written by Palagummi Padmaraju. The soundtrack was helmed by S. Rajeswara Rao, with lyrics penned by Devulapalli Krishnasastri. The film is the last directorial of B. N. Reddy. The film received the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu, and was screened at the 4th International Film Festival of India. Plot Venu Gopal is an engineer who travels to various places as part of his projects. In his travel he meets a girl Neela. They both fall in love, and get married. But Venu's uncle wants him to marry his daughter. So he makes various plans and creates mis-understanding between Venu and Neela. Finally Neela leaves the house and then Venu discovers the cruelty of his uncle. He falls ill out of guiltiness. What happens next forms the rest of the story. Cast * Sobhan Babu... Venu Gopal * Vanisree... Neela * Sriranjani * Baby Rani Soundtrack The musical score was compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer. Personal life V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. His elder brother is Muktha Ramaswamy and his sister is Revathi. He married Prema in 1951. He has three children Muktha S. Sundar, also a director, Mukhta Ravi and Maya. Muktha srinivasan is the founder of Muktha films. His elder grandson Suseendran who acted in movies like Kashmora and Echarikkai is now the Managing director of Muktha films. Death He died peacefully on 29 May 2018 at the age of 88 in his residence in T.Nagar, Chennai due to old age after suffering from various health issues. Career V. Srinivasan alias Muktha Srinivasan entered the film industry in 1947, as Senior Assistant to T. R. Sundaram, by coaching artists in dialogue delivery. As a technical helper he has worked with the then future chief ministers of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thenmazhai
''Thenmazhai'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya, with Major Sundarrajan, Nagesh, Cho, Sachu and Manorama in supporting roles. It was released on 23 September 1966. Plot Basker is a sleepwalker. Nagalingam accuses Basker of killing Chithambaram while asleep and uses it to blackmail him into performing various acts. Nirmala is in love with Basker and married him in secrecy. Finally, Nagalingam wants Basker to marry a rich girl, Girija, and give all the dowry money to him in return for destroying the evidence Nagalingam allegedly has of Basker's guilt. Nirmala's brother, Venu and Chithambaram's son, Vasu, combine their resources to expose Nagalingam as the killer of Chithambaram. Indra acts as the romantic angle between Vasu and Venu as they vie for her attention with the former acting as a doctor to get her respect and the latter acting as an para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vauhini Studios
Vauhini Studios was an Indian film production company and studio facility in Madras. It was founded by Moola Narayana Swamy and B. N. Reddy (Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy). In later years, Nagi Reddi, owner of Vijaya Productions, acquired Vauhini studios on lease. In 1961, Nagi Reddi purchased Vauhini Studios from Narayana Swamy's son Moola Venkata Rangaiah and merged it with his Vijaya Productions and named it Vijaya Vauhini Studios. History Rohini Pictures was formed by the partnership of H. M. Reddy along with B. N. Reddy and Moola Narayana Swamy. The latter two had differences with H. M. Reddy and split themselves from Rohini Pictures and established Vauhini Pictures. Narayana Swamy was the Chairman and B. N. Reddy was the Managing Director of the company. K. V. Reddy, a close friend of Narayana Swamy also joined Vauhini Pictures along with them and was also made a partner in the company. Films like ''Vande Mataram'' (1939), ''Sumangali'' (1940), '' Devatha'' (1941) were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangula Ratnam (1966 Film)
''Rangula Ratnam'' is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language film directed and produced by B. N. Reddy under the banner of Vauhini pictures. The film stars Chandra Mohan, Vanisri, Anjali Devi and Baby Rekha (in her on-screen debut). It is a social and political satire involving a middle-class family in the backdrop of politics and elections. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and also won two Nandi Awards. B. N. Reddy introduced many stalwarts like Chandra Mohan, Vanisri, Rekha and Vijaya Nirmala as young artistes to the film industry with this movie. Plot Though his forefathers were landlords, Sundara Ramayya is left with three acres of land. He sells that small bit of land and shifts along with his family to a nearby town in search of livelihood. He starts a small business but eventually cannot get on with that as he fails to collect dues from his customers. His ambition is to make his elder son Surya Chandra Rao an advocate and worries about his sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ide Mahasudina
''Ide Mahasudina'' () is a 1965 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by B. C. Srinivas and produced by Udaykumar and Dhanjee Kalyanjee. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Balakrishna, and Raghavendra Rao. The film has musical score composed by B. Gopal. It was produced by actor Udaykumar: one of his initial film productions. Cast * Rajkumar as Dr. Anand *Udaykumar as Raja, Anand's brother *Balakrishna *B. Raghavendra Rao * Leelavathi as Indira * Harini as Radha *M. Jayashree M. Jayashree (1921 – 2006), was an Indian actress who worked mainly in Kannada films. She is known for her supporting roles in such movies including Rayara Sose (1957), Naagarahaavu (1972), Eradu Kanasu and Sri Srinivasa Kalyana. She was fo ... as Poornima, Anand and Raja's mother * Dinesh as Ranga * B. Jaya as Chenni, Ranga's wife *H. P. Saroja *Makeup Subbanna *Comedian Guggu *Narayan *U. N. Simha *Sampige Shankar *Sanjeeva Rao *Krishna Shastry *Lakshmi *Baby Vardhini *Vijayabharathi *Suryaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Theatres
Modern Theaters Ltd was an Indian film studio in Salem, Tamil Nadu started by T. R. Sundaram Mudaliar in 1935. The studio produced over more than 150 films until 1982 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhalese and even English of which Tamil were the majority. History In the early 1930s, T. R. Sundaram entered the world of Tamil cinema as a partner of a Salem-based film company, Angel Films. He was involved in productions such as '' Draupadi Vastrapaharanam'' (1934), Dhruva (1935) and Nalla Thangal (1935). Then he decided to start his own company, Modern Theatres Limited. He realized that to make film making a business, it had to be organized and managed like a business enterprise. He also planned a schedule of producing films on a tight budget (two or three a year), so that the market and consumers were regularly and continually supplied with his products. The maiden production of Modern Theatres, directed by Sundaram, was ''Sathi Ahalya'', a mythological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)
''Veerapandiya Kattabomman'' () is a 1959 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language historical drama, historical war film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini (actress), Padmini, S. Varalakshmi, and Ragini (actress), Ragini, with V. K. Ramasamy (actor), V. K. Ramasamy and Javar Seetharaman in supporting roles. Its soundtrack and score were composed by G. Ramanathan. The film is loosely based on the story of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the 18th-century Telugu king who rebelled against the East India Company. It was an adaptation of the play of the same name by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy which featured Sivaji Ganesan as the title character, and premiered in August 1957. Principal photography began in October the same year, and took place mainly in Jaipur and Madras (now Chennai) until late 1958. This was the first full-length Tamil film released in Technicolor. ''Veerapandiya Kattabomman'' premiered in London on 10 May 1959, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
