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P. D. Sambandam
P. D. Sambandam was a comic actor who has performed many supporting and minor roles in Tamil films. Filmography References Male actors in Tamil cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people {{India-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Actor
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangalya Balam
''Mangalya Balam'' () is a 1959 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film, produced by D. Madhusudhana Rao under Annapurna Pictures banner and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Savitri and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, with music composed by Master Venu. The film is a remake of the Bengali film '' Agni Pariksha'', which was based on Ashapurna Devi's novel of the same name. It was simultaneously made by the same banner and director in Tamil as ''Manjal Mahimai'' (). Plot The film begins, with Zamindar Papa Rao who resides in the city, Kanthamma his shrewish wife always ill-treats her mother-in-law Parvatamma and Papa Rao couple has two children Suryam & Saroja. In their village, Papa Rao's sister Seeta lives with her husband Rangaiah the son Chandra Shekar and a rift erupted between the families as Seeta married her brother's wish. Once Parvatamma learns that Seeta is terminally ill, so, she immediately packs up along with Suryam & Saroja. After looking at Saroja, Seeta aspires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattu Roja
''Kattu Roja'' (; ) is 1963 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by A. Subba Rao and produced by Modern Theatres. The script was written by M. S. Solaimani and dialogue was written by N. Padmanabam and G. Devarajan. Music was by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, Padmini, M. R. Radha and R. S. Manohar, with V. K. Ramasamy, G. Varalakshmi and K. A. Thangavelu. Plot A young, innocent man, Baskaran lives alone with his elderly parents Ponnambla Mudaliar, Vadivu and his cousin Kuzhandai Velu. The elderly couple wishes for an arranged marriage for their family friend Shanmuga Mudaliar and daughter Baby. So, Baskar and his cousin visit Neelagiri for Shanmuga Mudaliar's home. On the way, their car was struggling, so Thangavelu searches water, meantime, Baskar drives the car and has an accident. A young village girl Ponni saves him and she gives aid for his injured body. Then both fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Kuzhandai Velu reaches Shanmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarukku Sontham
''Yarukku Sondham'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. V. Srinivasan. The film stars Kalyan Kumar, Devika and Rajasree. It was released on 26 July 1963. Plot Cast The list was compiled from Thiraikalanjiyam and from the film credits ;Male cast *Kalyan Kumar * S. V. Subbaiah *J. P. Chandrababu *R. S. Manohar (Guest) * P. D. Sambandam *T. S. Muthiah *''Socrates'' Thangaraj *S. K. Karikol Raj ;Female cast *Devika *Rajasree *B. S. Saroja *Pushpalatha *Malathi * Manorama *Aruna Devi Production The film was produced by Modern Theatres and was directed by K. V. Srinivasan who also wrote the screenplay. Elangovan wrote the dialogues while the comedy part dialogues were penned by K. Devarajan. C. A. S. Mani was in charge of cinematography while L. Balu did the editing. Processing was done by T. P. Krishnamoorthi. P. S. Narasimhan did the audiography. B. Nagarajan was the art director and Jayaram did the choreography. Y. Sivayya was the stunt master. Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadi Perukku (film)
''Aadi Perukku'' (; also spelt ''Aadipperukku'') is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language romance film edited and directed by K. Shankar. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi and Devika, while M. V. Rajamma and K. D. Santhanam play supporting roles. It was released on 2 August 1962, and failed at the box office. Plot Padma lives with her widowed mother and her brother, a harbour worker. The family finds refuge in the house of Raja, a poet. Padma's brother dies in an accident. Cast ;Male cast * Gemini Ganesh as Raja & Philanthropist Krishnan * Chandrababu as Biscuit * K. D. Santhanam as Ramalingam * P. D. Sambandam as Koithan Pillai * Karikol Raju * G. K. Pillai * S. G. Eswaran as Sivanandam * C. V. V. Panthulu as Well wisher * Mahalingam as Sundaram * R. Shankaran * Gemini Balu * Wahab Kashmiri ;Female cast * B. Saroja Devi as Padma * Devika as Latha * M. V. Rajamma as Parvathi * K. V. Shanthi as Thangam * C. K. Saraswathi as Mangalam * Vidyavathi as Principal * Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avana Ivan
''Avana Ivan!?'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by S. Balachander. The film was an adaptation of the 1951 American film '' A Place in the Sun'', itself adapted from the novel ''An American Tragedy'' written by Theodore Dreiser. The novel itself was based on the Gillette murder case that happened in the early 20th century. Plot Kumar kills his wife Sumathi to marry another woman, Vaasanthi. The murder is witnessed by two children, who go for a picnic along with other children who later expose the truth. At the last the murderer is arrested and taken away by the police; he winks at the children who exposed him and says "ta ta". Cast ;Male cast * S. Balachander as Kumar * Ramesh as Kannan * Master Sridhar as Venu * V. S. Raghavan as Rajaram * Serukalathur Sama as Sadhanandam * Pattom Sadan as Assistant * Kottapuli Jayaraman as Assistant * P. D. Sambandam as Teacher * Vidwan Ve. Lakshmanan as Inspector Rajan * S. G. Eswar as Eswar ;Female cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumudham
''Kumudham'' is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Adurthi Subba Rao and written by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, Vijayakumari and Sowcar Janaki. It was released on 29 July 1961 and became a commercial success, later receiving the Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film at 9th National Film Awards. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Manchi Manasulu'' (1962), in Malayalam as ''Suseela'' (1963) and in Hindi as ''Pooja Ke Phool'' (1964). Plot In Vandalur, Chithambaram, a blacksmith is living with his daughter Anjalai and brother Kumaran. Chithambaram sends Kumaran to Madras for his college studies and works hard to send money for his stay there. He becomes seriously ill with tuberculosis and Kumaran learns of this. To relieve his brother's burden, he tries to move into a less expensive lodging. A Public Prosecutor, who instantly likes his good behaviour offers a portion of his house for a very low rent. To convince his wife, he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu
''Ondrupattal Undu Vazhvu'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars M. R. Radha, E. V. Saroja, Prem Nazir and R. Muthuraman. It was released on 15 July 1960. Plot The moral of the story is that people cannot live without inter-dependence. Cast and Crew The details are compiled from the database of Film News Anandan and film credits. Cast *M. R. Radha *Prem Nazir * R. Muthuraman *Kaka Radhakrishnan *E. V. Saroja *Malini * M. Saroja * P. D. Sambandam * A. Veerappan *Sayeeram *Peer Mohamed *Kolathu Mani *Karuppiah *Natarajan *Sami ;Dance * Sukumari *Reddi Crew *Producers: Kanagaraj, Ramakrishnan *Director: T. R. Ramanna *Story: Vinothkumar *Dialogues: Thuraiyur K. Moorthi *Cinematography: T. K. Rajabadhar *Editing: M. V. Rajan *Art: Gnanayudham *Choreography: P. S. Gopalakrishnan, Thangaraj, Rajkumar, Ramasamy *Photography: R. N. Nagaraja Rao *Laboratory: Vijaya *Studio: Vijaya Vauhini Studios Soundtrack Music was composed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairasi
''Kairasi'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar and produced by N. Vasudeva Menon. The film stars Gemini Ganesan (credited as Ganesh) and B. Saroja Devi. It revolves around a doctor whose father is wrongfully convicted. ''Kairasi'' was released on 19 October 1960, during Diwali, and became a commercial success. It was later remade in Hindi as '' Jhoola'' (1962). Plot Sundaram, an honest police constable, is falsely accused of murder and subsequently imprisoned. Ramanathan, a judge, adopts Sundaram's son, Mohan, who goes on to become a successful doctor. Cast ;Male cast * Gemini Ganesh as Mohan * K. A. Thangavelu as Madhu * M. R. Radha as Kumar * S. V. Sahasranamam as Sundaram * K. D. Santhanam as Judge Ramanathan * (Appalachari) Rama Rao as Lord * C. S. Pandian as Somu * P. D. Sambandam as Sambandam * V. P. S. Mani as Sekhar * K. Natarajan as Dr. Shankar * G. K. Pillai as Sub-Inspector ;Male supporting cast * Mahalingam, Karikol Rajoo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedantam Raghavayya
Vedantam Raghavayya ( te, వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య) (8 June 1919 – 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, Kuchipudi exponent, actor, producer, and musician known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre, and Tamil cinema. Raghavayya was an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, who was awarded "Bharata Kala Prapurna" in dance by the Andhra Pradesh government. Starting his career as a dance choregrapher, Raghavayya choreographed for films such as '' Raithu Bidda'' (1939), and '' Swarga Seema'' (1945). He made his directorial and production debut with ''Stree Sahasamu'' (1951). He then directed successful films such as '' Devadasu'' (1953), '' Annadata'' (1954), '' Anarkali'' (1955), ''Chiranjeevulu'' (1956), '' Bhale Ramudu'' (1956), '' Prema Pasam'' (Tamil, 1956), '' Suvarna Sundari'' (1957), '' Rahasyam'' (1967). As an actor he starred in ''Mohini Rukmanigada'' (1937), ''Garuda Garvabhangam'' (1943) and ''Raksharekha'' (1949). He was the co-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adutha Veettu Penn
''Adutha Veettu Penn'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya and written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. The film stars Anjali Devi (who co-produced the film with her husband, composer P. Adinarayana Rao), T. R. Ramachandran and K. A. Thangavelu. It is a remake of the Bengali film ''Pasher Bari'' (1952), itself based on the namesake short story by Arun Chowdhury. In ''Adutha Veettu Penn'', a simple man wants to impress a woman he loves by singing, but since he cannot, his friend, a singer, sings in secret while the simple man merely lip syncs, and wins the woman's love. The film was released on 11 February 1960, and became a success. Plot Mannaru, a simple man, falls in love with his wealthy neighbour Leela, who sings and dances well. He wants to impress her by singing, but he cannot sing. So he seeks the help of his friend, a singer who agrees. While the friend sings in secret, Mannaru merely lip syncs. Leela is charmed by what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nammina Bantu
''Nammina Bantu'' () is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by Yarlagadda Venkanna Chowdary under Sambhu Films and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, S. V. Ranga Rao, and Savitri, with music jointly composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and Master Venu. The film was remade as the Tamil film ''Pattaliyin Vetri'' (). Both films were made simultaneously under same banner and director, and some of the scenes and artists are the same in both versions. Upon release the film received critical acclaim. The film was featured at the 8th San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Plot ; Telugu version At the start of the film, Chandraiah (S. V. Ranga Rao), a distressed peasant, checks in a village along with his daughter Lakshmi (Savitri) and an ox. He meets a landlord Bhujangarao (Gummadi), a cruel and crafty person, to seek some land on the lease. Bhujangarao promises to give two a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |