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A. C. Tirulokchandar
A. C. Thirulokachandar (11 June 1930 – 15 June 2016), also known as A. C. Tirulokchandar, was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked mainly in Tamil films from the 1960s to 1988. He also directed a few films in Hindi and Telugu. His 1969 Tamil film ''Deiva Magan'' was the first South Indian film to be submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Career During the making of the film ''Kumari'' in 1952, A.C. Tirulokchandar was working as a junior assistant on the sets and during the shooting of this film became a close friend of M. G. Ramachandran. Producer A. V. Meiyappan noticed his talent and gave A.C. Tirulokchandar his break as the director in 1962 film ''Veerathirumagan''. With the success of his debut film, he got one more film to direct under AVM Productions which was bilingual made simultaneously as ''Main Bhi Ladki Hoon'' in Hindi and as '' Nannum Oru Penn'' (1963) in Tamil. The latter won the National Film Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcot
Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, between the Mysore Ghat and the Javadi Hills (Javvadhu malai). , the city had a population 129,640. The sweet makkan peda is a local speciality while Arcot biryani, a rice-based traditional food, is also served here. Etymology ''Arcot'' is the anglicized form of the Tamil word ''ārkāḍ'', which is commonly believed to have been derived from the Tamil words ''aaru'' (River) + ''kaadu'' (forest). However, ''arkaadu'' meant 'a forest of fig trees'. Jainism was flourishing in this part of Tamil Land who were otherwise known as Arugar most probably corrupted form of Arhants or the perfected souls. The word Arugar is found in many ancient literary works and places dominant with Arugars were related to them viz Arakonam, Arumbakkam, Aruvur, etc. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In Tamil
The Indian Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Ganesan
Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles in films. Ganesan was one of the "three biggest names of Tamil cinema", the other two being M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan. While Sivaji Ganesan excelled in Drama (film and television), dramatic films and M. G. Ramachandran was popular as an action hero, Gemini Ganesan was known for his Romance film, romantic films. A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1971, he had also won several other awards including the Kalaimamani, the MGR Gold Medal, and the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award. He was one of the few college graduates to enter the film industry then. Gemini Ganesan made his debut with ''Miss Malini'' in 1947 but was noticed only after playing the villain in ''Thai Ullam'' in 1953. After playing the lead role in ''Manam Pola Mangalya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramu (1966 Film)
''Ramu'' is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar and written by Javar N. Seetharaman. The film stars Gemini Ganesh and K. R. Vijaya, with Ashokan, Nagesh, V. K. Ramasamy, O. A. K. Thevar and Master Rajkumar (as the title character) in supporting roles. A remake of the Hindi film ''Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein'' (1964), it revolves around a boy losing his voice due to witnessing his mother's death, and his father's efforts to restore his voice. ''Ramu'' was produced by Uma Productions, a subsidiary of AVM Productions. The film was released on 10 June 1966 and emerged a commercial success, winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. It was also remade in Telugu under the same title two years later in 1968 by the same studio and director, with Rajkumar reprising his role. Plot Raja, a soldier in the Indian Army, returns to his village to be with his wife Seetha and son Ramu during Pongal. He receives a telegram orderin ... [...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] |
Babu (1971 Film)
''Babu'' is a 1971 Indian Tamil language film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki and Vennira Aadai Nirmala. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Odayil Ninnu'', which itself was based on Kesavadev's novel of the same name. Ganesan played a rickshaw puller who adopts landlord's daughter. The film became a blockbuster at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Babu *Sowcar Janaki as Parvathi *Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Ammu * K. Balaji as Sankar *Major Sundarrajan as Vedhachalam * V. K. Ramasamy as Singaram Pillai *Nagesh as Thulukanam *Sivakumar as Prem *M. R. R. Vasu as Vatti Vadivel *Vijayasri as Kannamma *S. V. Ramadas as Mill Owner * A. Karunanidhi as Siluvai *Roja Ramani as Young Ammu *Sridevi as Child Ammu *Shanmugasundari as Bakkiyam *Karuppu Subbiah as Rickshaw puller * Vijayachandrika as Thulukanam's wife Soundtrack The music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engirundho Vandhaal
''Engirundho Vandhaal'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar and produced by K. Balaji. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa, with K. Balaji, M. Bhanumathi, Nagesh, Sundarrajan and Raja in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1963 Telugu film '' Punarjanma'', which in turn was based on the novel ''Patthar Ke Honth'' by Gulshan Nanda. The film was released on 29 October 1970, and became a silver jubilee hit. It later won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Gunasekar (alis) Sekar *Jayalalithaa as Radha (alis) Kamala * K. Balaji as Dhanasekar *Nagesh as Viswanathan * Major Sundarrajan as Pattavarayan *Raja as Sukumar * Nagayya as Dharmalingam *Typist Gopu as Victor *Rama Prabha as Parvathi *Sachu as Rita *Aranmula Ponnamma as Shanthavalli * M. Bhanumathi as Mohana *Jayakumari as Kavitha *Baby Sumathi as Dhanasekar's daughter *Devika as Amuthavalli * Muthuraman as Chandran * Thengai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirudan
''Thirudan'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, K. Balaji and Vijayalalitha. It is a remake of the Telugu language, Telugu film ''Adrushtavanthulu'' (1969), and was released on 10 October 1969. The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Raju * K. R. Vijaya as Radha *Vijaya Lalitha as Chithra * K. Balaji as Jagannath *Major Sundarrajan as Inspector Ragunath *S. V. Ramadas as Vasudevan *Nagesh as Ranga *Pushpamala *M. S. Sundari Bai as Dhanalakshmi *C. K. Saraswathi as Paravatham *Ganthimathi (Guest Role) *Typist Gopu (Guest Role) *Baby Rani as Lakshmi *Sumathi (actress), Baby Sumathi (Guest Role) *Harikrishnan as the Jailer *Sasikumar (actor, born 1944), Sasikumar as a dancer *A. Sakunthala, C.I.D Sakunthala as a dancer Production ''Thirudan'', a remake of the Telugu language, Telugu film ''Adrushtavanthulu'' (1969), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Thambi
''En Thambi'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi, with K. Balaji and Nagesh in supporting roles. It is a remake of 1966 the Telugu film ''Aastiparulu.'' The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.' Plot Sundara Boopathy is a rich landlord who is widely respected by everyone in the town. Following the death of his first wife, he marries Alangaram. Kannan is Boopathy's eldest son, born to his first wife. Viswam is Kannan's half-brother. While Kannan is a good and kind hearted person taking care of all the family businesses, Viswam is a spoiled brat who just roams around spending unnecessarily. Viswam also has a hatred towards Kannan. Radha is the cousin of Kannan. Kannan and Radha are in love and the family plans to get them married. Boopathy keeps worrying about Viswam due to his irresponsible behaviour and requests Kannan to shape him into a good human. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thangai
''Thangai'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar and produced by Balaji. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya, Kanchana with K. Balaji, Nagesh in supporting roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was released on 19 May 1967. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Madhan/Madhanagopal *K. R. Vijaya as Leela * Kanchana as Lalitha * K. Balaji as Sridhar *Major Sundarrajan as Ulaganathan *S. V. Ramadas as Bhagathoor *Nagesh as Vittal *Harikrishnan as Harikrishnan *Typist Gopu as Blade Periyasamy *Master Sridhar as young Madhan * Baby Kousalya as Vadivu Production ''Thangai'' was Sivaji Ganesan's first film under A. C. Tirulokchandar's direction. He was initially reluctant to accept the film due it being in the action genre and he was then known mainly for his dramatic films, but after producer Balaji assured him it would reinvent his image, he relented. The dialogues were written by Aaroor Dass. Soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbe Vaa
''Anbe Vaa'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, T. R. Ramachandran, P. D. Sambandam, Manorama and T. P. Muthulakshmi in supporting roles. Based on the 1961 American film ''Come September'', it follows JB, a wealthy industrialist who goes on vacation to his bungalow in Shimla, only to discover that his caretaker and his wife have left for Kasi after renting the bungalow to a family. The rest of the film revolves around JB's response to this situation. ''Anbe Vaa'' was the first colour film of AVM Productions, and was shot in Eastmancolor. It was also the studio and Tirulokchandar's only collaboration with Ramachandran. Principal photography began in August 1965 and shooting took place in Shimla, Ooty, and at the hill station of Kufri. The soundtrack and background music were composed by M. S. Viswanathan while the lyrics for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVM Saravanan
Saravanan Surya Mani or M. Saravanan, also known as AVM Saravanan or Meiyappa Saravanan, is an Indian producer of Tamil films. His production company is AVM Productions, which was founded in 1945 by his father, the famed director-producer A. V. Meiyappan, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Tamil cinema. He has been involved in hits such as ''Naanum Oru Penn'', ''Samsaram Adhu Minsaram'','' Sivaji: The Boss'', '' Vettaikaran'', ''Minsara Kanavu'', ''Leader'' and ''Ayan''. He is the father of M. S. Guhan, another producer of movies. He owns the AVM Studios in Chennai. As a producer he won two Filmfare Awards South. Awards ;Filmfare Awards South * Best Film - Tamil - Naanum Oru Penn (1963) * Best Film - Tamil - Samsaram Adhu Minsaram ''Samsaram Adhu Minsaram'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced by AVM Productions, and written and directed by Visu. He also stars as part of an ensemble cast including Lakshmi, Chandrasekhar, Kishmu, Raghuvaran, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
