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S. D. Subbulakshmi
Srivaikundam Duraisamy Subbulakshmi was an Indian actress and singer who was active in Tamil cinema during the 1930s and 1940s. She was the wife of film director K. Subramanyam. She is credited with having introduced the singer and family friend of hers, M. S. Subbulakshmi to Tamil cinema and mentored her in her early days. Early life S. D. Subbulakshmi was born in Srivaikundam to Duraisamy and Janaki Ammal. Since childhood, S. D. Subbulakshmi showed keen interest in stage dramas. The family moved to Madurai, where she learned carnatic music and dance. Her parents took photos of her in various makeups and showed them to a number of drama companies. This had assisted her to start as a child actress in stage plays. She grew up acting in stage dramas and managed to act in a number of dramas with well-known artists such as M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, K. B. Sundarambal and T. R. Mahalingam (actor), T. R. Mahalingam and earned a very good name. ''Pavalakkodi'' was one such drama w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuli Visham
''Thuli Visham'' () is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. S. A. Sami. The film stars K. R. Ramasamy, Sivaji Ganesan and Krishna Kumari. It was released on 30 July 1954. Plot Cast ''Adapted from the song book and the opening credits.'' ;Male cast * K. R. Ramasamy as Chandran * Sivaji Ganesan as Suryakanthan * S. V. Ranga Rao as Veeramarthandan * Mukkamala Mukkamala may refer to: * Mukkamala (actor) * Mukkamala, East Godavari district Mukkamala is a village in Ambajipeta mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Eminent Astrophysicist Appadvedula Lakshmi Narayan, known as A. L. N ... as Malaiyaman * D. V. Narayanasami as Jayankonda Thevar * T. V. Radhakrishnan as Karumbu * Kottapuli Jayaraman as Sivakozhundu * Pottai Krishnamoorthi as Kothandam * K. Natarajan as Prime Minister ;Female cast * T. Krishnakumari as Nagavalli * P. K. Saraswathi as Angayarkanni * S. D. Subbulakshmi as Maha Devi * T. P. Muthulakshmi as Pooncholai * Reet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhu Mirandal
''Sadhu Mirandal'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a man being murdered for money by two friends in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi as ''Sadhu Aur Shaitaan'' (1969). Plot Cast * Nagesh as the taxi driver * T. R. Ramachandran as Pasupathy * O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimhan * Manorama as Karpagam * Kalpana as Kalpana * Kutty Padmini as the bank manager's daughter * Master Prabhakar as the bank manager's son Production On 13 November 1958 in Madras (now Chennai), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattanathil Bhootham
''Pattanathil Bhootham'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film, directed and co-edited by M. V. Raman, written by Javar Seetharaman and produced by T. Govindarajan. An adaptation of the American film '' The Brass Bottle'' (1964), it stars Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya, with Nagesh, Balaji, Manohar, V. K. Ramasamy, V. S. Raghavan, Seetharaman, Rama Prabha and Vijaya Lalitha in supporting roles. The film revolves around two youngsters who inadvertently unleash a genie from an urn they won, and use him to satisfy their wants. It was released on 14 April 1967 and became a major commercial success. Plot Partners Thangavel and Sabapathy run a successful business enterprise; Sabapathy secretly runs a smuggling racket with his son Mani and a gangster Pandi. The superstitious Thangavel possesses a large urn which he considers a bad omen. To get rid of the urn, he donates it as a prize for a competition at his daughter Latha's college. Latha's lover Bhaskar, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattinathar (1962 Film)
''Pattinathar'' is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language Hindu devotional film, directed by K. Somu, and written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Akilan. The film stars T. M. Soundararajan, who played the title role and M. R. Radha, who played the antagonist. Plot The movie starts with a dream by a pious couple, where Lord Shiva appeared and told them that they would find a baby boy at a certain spot. They were to take that baby to Poompugaar (Kaveripoom pattinam) and hand over the baby boy to Thiruvengadar, also called Pattinatthar, (played by T. M. Soundararajan) and he would give gold equal to the weight of the baby to the pious couple. The saintly devotees found the baby and took him to Pattinatthar and his wife Sivakalai (Gemini K. Chandra). A similar dream had also appeared to Pattinatthar and his wife; who then adopted the child and gave the pious couple wealth, as told in their dream. They name the child Marudhavaanan, the divine child grows up and follows in his father's foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivagami
''Sivagami'' is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced by Muthiah Pictures and directed by Antony Mitradas. It featured M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in his final film appearance alongside G. Varalakshmi playing the titular character. The film is a posthumous release for Bhagavathar. Plot Cast * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (Himself) * G. Varalakshmi as Sivagami / Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's wife * S. D. Subbulakshmi as Muthu's mother *Jaggayya as Muthu / Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's step son * T. P. Muthulakshmi as Thangam * K. K. Soundar as Thangappan / Muthu's uncle *S. Rama Rao as Annasamy / Muthu's friend *Sivasooriyan as Muthu's uncle *Jayashree as Vasantha *Lakshmi Prabha *Natarajan Production The film was produced by M. A. Venu under the banner Muthiah Pictures. By the year 1959, M. K. T. Bhagavathar requested M. A. Venu to produce a film. M. A. Venu agreed and started producing this film. However, M. K. T. Bhagavathar died while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadavulin Kuzhandhai
''Kadavulin Kuzhandhai'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Dada Mirasi. The film stars Kalyan Kumar and Jamuna. It is based on the 1960 Chinese film ''Nobody's Child''. Plot Cast List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and the film credits. ;Male cast *Kalyan Kumar *M. R. Radha *T. K. Shanmugam *Nagesh *Javar Seetharaman *Pakkirisami *Kannan *S. S. Natarajan ;Female cast * Jamuna *G. Sakunthala *Lakshmiprabha *Chitradevi *S. D. Subbulakshmi *''Baby'' Mangalam *''Baby'' Vijaya Production The film was produced by Chinna Annamalai under the banner Vetrivel Films and was distributed by Shanmuga Pictures. Dada Mirasi directed the film. Cinematography was handled by M. Karnan while the editing was done by Jambulingam. Screenplay and dialogues were written by the producer Chinna Annamalai. Art direction was by Vardhoorkar. Thangaraj and Jayaraman were in charge of choreography. Still photography was done by R. Venkatachari. Soundtrack The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyana Parisu
''Kalyana Parisu'' () is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sridhar. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi while K. A. Thangavelu, Vijayakumari, M. Saroja, S. D. Subbulakshmi, A. Nageswara Rao and M. N. Nambiar play supporting roles. A triangular love story, it is about two close sisters whose lives turn upside down when they both fall in love with the same man. Out of respect, the younger sister decides to sacrifice her love, unknown to the elder sister. ''Kalyana Parisu'' was the directorial debut of Sridhar, who co-produced it with his partners S. Krishnamoorthy and T. Govindarajan under Venus Pictures. It also marked the cinematic debut of T. A. Sadagoppan (later known as Chitralaya Gopu) who worked as associate writer, and the debut of A. M. Rajah as a music composer in Tamil. Cinematography was handled by A. Vincent, and editing by N. M. Shankar. ''Kalyana Parisu'' was released on 9 April 1959. It was critically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aana Valarthiya Vanampadi
''Aana Valarthiya Vanampadi'' is a 1959 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Thikkurissi, S.P.Pillai, Bahadoor, M.N.Nambiar, Miss Kumari etc. The film had musical score by Br. Lakshmanan. The film was released in Tamil on 27 November 1959, titled ''Yaanai Valartha Vaanambadi''. Somasundaram wrote the dialogues. A sequel titled ''Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan'' was released in 1971. Cast * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Lakshmi's husband * Bahadoor as Azhakan * Friend Ramaswamy as Mani * MN Nambiar as Kandappan * Miss Kumari as Lakshmi, Malli/Meena (double role) * SD Subbalakshmi as Thankamani * SP Pillai as Idea Annan thampi * K. V. Shanthi as Mohana * Sreeram as Sekhar Soundtrack ;Tamil songs Lyrics were penned by Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, Kambadasan, Surabhi and Sundarakannan. Playback singers are Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Thiruchi Loganathan, P. Leela, P. B. Srinivas, K. Jamuna Rani, A. M. Rajah and Jikki Pillavalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kausalya
Kausalya () is the senior queen-consort of Kosala in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. She is the mother of Rama, the titular hero of the epic, and the senior wife of Dasharatha, who ruled Kosala from its capital of Ayodhya. In some later accounts, Shanta is described as her daughter, and the eldest child, of Dasharatha. However, in the ''Bala Kanda'' of the ''Ramayana'', Valmiki writes of Shanta only as the daughter of Romapada, the king of Anga, who was a friend of Dasharatha. At no point is Shanta's mother named. Legend Valmiki does not mention the names of Kausalya's parents, but in the 'Ayodhya Kanda' she is described as ''Kosalendraduhitā'' (daughter of the king of Kosala). Later texts name her as the daughter of the King Sukaushala and Queen Amritaprabha of Dakshina Kosala. At her traditionally ascribed birthplace, there exists a temple dedicated to her called the Mata Kaushalya Temple, which is perhaps among the few temples dedicated to her. At the sacrifice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 Film)
''Sampoorna Ramayanam'' () is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by K. Somu. It is based on Valmiki's '' Ramayana''. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao in the lead role of Rama and Sivaji Ganesan as Bharatha. The film, produced by M. A. Venu, had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and was released on 14 April 1958. It became a major commercial success, and ran for over 264 days in theatres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film. It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Ramayan'' in 1960. Plot The story is the complete Ramayana from the birth of Rama to his Pattabhisheka after completing his exile. Cast * N. T. Rama Rao as Rama * Padmini as Sita * Sivaji Ganesan as Bharatha * P. V. Narasimha Bharathi as Lakshmana * Santo Krishnan as Hanuman *T. K. Bhagavathi as Ravana * V. Nagayya as Dasharatha *Pushpavalli as Kausalya *G. Varalakshmi as Kaikeyi * V. K. Ramasamy as Guhan *M. N. Rajam as Shurpanakha *Sandhya as Mandodari Production After '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani Lalithangi
''Rani Lalithangi'' () is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film directed by T. R. Raghunath, starring Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi. The film, a remake of the 1935 film ''Lalithangi'', was released on 21 September 1957. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Azhagapuri Prince Azhagesan * P. Bhanumathi as Lalithangi *Rajasulochana as Maya * P. S. Veerappa as King Gantheeban *K. A. Thangavelu *Serukalathur Sama *K. Sarangapani * R. Balasubramaniam as Emperor Ampalavanan * S. D. Subbulakshmi as Empress Angaiyarkanni * T. P. Muthulakshmi * M. Saroja *Devika as Lalithangi's friend Production ''Rani Lalithangi'' is a remake of the 1935 film ''Lalithangi''. The lead role was initially offered to M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ..., but he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
