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20th Filmfare Awards South
The 20th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1972 was an event held on April 21, 1973 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards. From this year, the awards were regularly presented to four main categories such as Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress in all the four South Indian industries. The president of this year's function was the defence minister Jagjivan Ram. The chief guest of the evening was veteran Ashok Kumar. Jury Awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Special Awards Awards presentation * G. V. Iyer (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Devendra Goel * S. K. Nair (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Sujit Kumar * G. Hanumantha Rao (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Deven Varma * P. Madhavan (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Rakesh Roshan * N. T. Rama Rao Receives K. V. Reddy's Award (Best Director Telugu) from G. P. Sippy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chembarathi
''Chemparathy'' () is a 1972 Malayalam-language film directed by P. N. Menon and written by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. It was produced by S. K. Nair (S. Krishnan Nair), a famous literary personality and the founder of '' Malayalanadu'' weekly. It stars Madhu along with newcomers Roja Ramani, Raghavan and Sudheer in major roles. The film was an adaptation of Malayattoor's short story ''Lodge''. Noted filmmaker Bharathan made his cinematic debut as an art director in the film. The film was a notable critical and commercial success upon release. The film won two awards at the inaugural Filmfare Awards South for Best Film - Malayalam and Best Actress - Malayalam. The film also won one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Paruva Kaalam'' in 1974 with Roja Ramani repeating her role and Kamal Haasan playing the male lead and also in Telugu as ''Kanne Vayasu''. Plot summary Santha (Roja Ramani) is a cheerful girl who is working in a lodg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. He was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname ''Nadigar Thilagam'' (). In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Sivaji Ganesan is the only Tamil actor to have played the lead role in over 250 films. Ganesan was the first Indian actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. Many leading South Indian actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. In addition, he received four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actress – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of the film. Superlatives File:Nayanthara at Filmfare Awards.jpg, Nayanthara(3 Wins, among 4 Winners) Jyothika Filmfare 2014.jpg, Jyothika(Most nominations (15) and 1 Win) File:Trisha at World Children's Day Press Meet.png, Trisha Krishnan(Oldest winner with 1) File:Revathi at the screening of Masaala at PVR Phoenix (1) (cropped).jpg, Revathi(Oldest nominee and 3 Wins) File:Kushboo BH (cropped).jpg, Khushbu (Most nominations without a win) File:Sridevi05.jpg, Sridevi (Youngest winner and Nominee) *Actresses Sujatha won the most awards in the 1970s with three. Saritha and Raadhika won the award two times in the 80s, and Revathi won three times in the 1990s for the most in that decade. Laila had two wins in the 2000s, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil film lead actors. The Filmfare Awards South Awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of the film. Superlatives *Kamal Haasan with ten wins, has most number of awards than any other actor. Vikram has five wins, followed by Karthik and Dhanush with four wins. Four actors have won the award thrice in chronological order they are Sivaji Ganesan, Sarath Kumar Ajith Kumar and Suriya. Actors Sivakumar and Vijay Sethupathi has two wins each. * Vikram, Dhanush, Karthi, Suriya and R. Madhavan are the five actors to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and Vikram is the first actor to win this honour. *Sathyaraj, Suriya and R. Madhavan have won both Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil. *Kamal Hassan was the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnana Oli
''Gnana Oli'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, starring Sivaji Ganesan. It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel '' Les Miserables''. This film was remade in Hindi as ''Devata'' (1978) and in Telugu as '' Chakravarthy'' (1987). Plot Anthony an orphan, warm-hearted, yet physically effervescent is a wooden casket maker by profession. He is a regular church bell ringer raised by the guidance of the kind church Father. He marries. The day his lady goes into labour, he agrees to fabricate a wooden coffin for a supposedly dying person for his plausible money needs. Whilst fabricating he is notified that, that person who seemed dying miraculously survived, leaving his half-done coffin to no use, much to his irritation. However, the Father arrives and informs Anthony that a daughter was born, but also clarifies his half-done coffin was not merely a waste since his wife did not survive the labour. Shad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattikada Pattanama
''Pattikada Pattanama'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film deals with Kalpana, an urban woman who marries a villager Mookaiyan. After marriage, differences of opinion arise between the couple as Mookaiyan raises objections about city culture, leading to their separation. The rest of the film is whether Kalpana reforms and the couple reunite or not. ''Pattikada Pattanama'' is based on the William Shakespeare comedy ''The Taming of the Shrew''. It was released on 6 May 1972. The film was commercially successful, running for over 175 days in theatres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film. It is the only black and white Tamil film to cross the mark in collections in the history of Tamil cinema. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, and two Filmfare Awards South: Best Film – Tamil and Best Actress& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Director – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil language, Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.#Film world, Film world, p 43 Superlatives *K. Balachander has the record of winning most Awards 7 and winning the Award twice in a row, on two separate occasions (1974–1975 and 1980–1981). Mani Ratnam have received the award for five times which is the second most wins. Cheran (director), Cheran have received the award four times. *Sudha Kongara was the first of two women to have won this award for Irudhi Suttru in 2016, the second being Gayathri of Pushkar–Gayathri duo for Vikram Vedha in 2017. Other woman Director to have been nominated is Suhasini Maniratnam for Indira (film), Indira . *S. Shankar remains the only Director to have won the Award for his first two films, Gentleman and Kadhalan . *S. Shankar, Cheran (director), Cheran , Bala (director), Bala , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Film – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. Winners Nominations 1970s *1972 - '' Pattikada Pattanama'' *1973 - '' Bharatha Vilas'' *1974 - ''Dikkatra Parvathi'' ** '' Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' ** ''Urimai Kural'' *1975 - ''Apoorva Raagangal'' ** '' Anbe Aaruyire'' ** '' Idhayakkani'' *1976 - ''Annakili'' ** ''Moondru Mudichu'' ** '' Chitra Pournami'' ** ''Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu'' ** ''Thunive Thunai'' *1977 - ''Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri'' ** '' 16 Vayathinile'' ** ''Aattukara Alamelu'' ** '' Avargal'' ** '' Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal'' *1978 - ''Mullum Malarum'' ** '' Aval Appadithan'' ** ''Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu'' ** '' Kizhakke Pogum Rail'' ** '' Sigappu Rojakkal'' *1979 - '' Pasi'' ** '' Azhiyatha Kolangal'' ** '' Ninaithale Inikkum'' ** '' Puthiya Vaarpugal'' ** '' Uthiri Pookkal'' 1980s *1980 - '' Varumayin Niram Sigappu'' ** '' Billa'' ** '' Jhonny'' ** '' Nenjath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roja Ramani
Roja Ramani (also known as Chemparathy Shobana; born 16 September 1959) is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films. She was a child actor and her debut movie was '' Bhakta Prahlada'' (1967) for which she received National Film Award for Best Child Artist. She was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s and haans acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil movies. She worked in 400 films as a dubbing artiste. She is an active member of BlueCross and is involved in several social service activities. Early life She was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India as the only child to her parents. Her father was a journalist with Picture Post. The family relocated to Madras when she was 6 months old. Career She had started her career at the age of 7 in 1966 in the title role of ''Bhaktha Prahaladha'' in Telugu . It is the first full-length Eastman color feature film which was produced by AVM Productions. It was a blockbuster hit film. She acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swayamvaram (1972 Film)
''Swayamvaram'' ( en, One's Own Choice, italic=yes) is a 1972 Indian Malayalam-language drama film co-written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, starring Madhu and Sharada in the lead roles. Notable smaller roles were played by Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Adoor Bhavani, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and Bharath Gopi. The film depicts the life of a couple—Vishwam (Madhu) and Sita (Sharada)—who have married against their parents' wishes and want to start a new life at a new place. The title is an allusion to the ancient Indian practice of a girl of marriageable age choosing a husband from among a list of suitors. ''Swayamvaram'' marked several debuts—directorial of Gopalakrishnan, acting of the Malayalam star Bharath Gopi, and film producing of the Chitralekha Film Cooperative, an organisation cofounded by Gopalakrishnan himself. The film features an original score by M. B. Sreenivasan, camerawork by Mankada Ravi Varma, and film editing by Ramesan. Writer-director K. P. Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhu (actor)
Madhavan Nair, commonly known by his stage name Madhu, is an Indian actor, director, producer, former college lecturer and former film studio owner, who works in Malayalam cinema and a certain number of Hindi and Tamil films. He was a prominent lead actor during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and has acted in more than 400 films. Madhu has also directed 12 films, produced 15 films and at one time owned the Uma Film Studio. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 for his contributions towards the arts. He was honored with the J. C. Daniel Award by the Government of Kerala in 2004, for his outstanding contributions to Malayalam films. He is the president of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) Kerala Unit. ''Mini'', a children's movie produced by him, bagged the Indira Gandhi National Award for Best Film on Family Welfare, at the 43rd National Film Awards in 1995. He is the inaugural winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
