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A. Sakunthala
Arunachalam. Sakunthala (C. I. D. Sakunthala) is an Indian actress. She has filled roles as a Heroine, Item number Dancer, and Villainess in over 600 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. The first movie in which she performed as an actress was CID Shankar, following which she was referred to as "C. I. D. Sakunthala". After that, Sakunthala became more popular. It was a Tamil thriller which released on 1 May 1970. Directed by R Sundaram. In the movie 'Thavaputhalvan', she played a ruthless villainous role revengeful on Sivaji Ganesan that film praised by the fans. Early life Sakunthala's native is Arisipalayam, Salem. Her parents named her after an old Tamil movie Sakuntalai. Her father Arunachalam was employed at Thiruverumbur. She learned to dance and danced at a show hosted by Lalitha - Padmini - Ragini in Chennai. Thereafter, she gradually entered the cinema industry. She acted in a play “Suriyan Merkkeyium Uthikkum”. She had danced in item numbers in films, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem, Tamil Nadu
Salem (), is a major city in Salem district, located on the banks of Thirumanimutharu river in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Salem is the List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, sixth largest urban agglomeration and metropolitan city in the state by population next to Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Tiruppur and the sixth largest city in Tamil Nadu by area covering . History Early period During the third century BCE, there was period of Bogar – a notable Tamil Siddhar and at that time Jainism and Buddhism arrived. Around the beginning of the common era, the existence of a culturally and economically advanced society in Salem two thousand years ago is evident from the discovery of silver coins of the Roman Emperor Nero, Tiberices Claudices Nero (37–68 CE) in Koneripatti of Salem in 1987. Later Pandya dynasty started ruling the region around Salem. Later Pallava dynasty rises in Salem. After that Mahendra Varma Pallava came to Salem and Saivite pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padikkadha Medhai
''Padikkadha Medhai'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-written by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, S. V. Ranga Rao, Kannamba and Sowcar Janaki. It is a remake of the 1953 Bengali film ''Jog Biyog'', itself based on the novel of the same name by Ashapurna Devi. The film was released on 25 June 1960 and became a commercial success. It was remade in Telugu as ''Aatma Bandhuvu'' (1962), with Ranga Rao and Kannamba reprising their roles, and in Hindi by Bhimsingh as ''Mehrban'' (1967). Plot Rao Bahadur Chandrasekar, a wealthy stockbroker, lives with his wife Parvathi, three sons (Thyagu, Sridhar and Raghu), their wives and two daughters (one widowed and another unmarried). Rangan, an uneducated and naïve orphan, is raised as a family member and he in return is very dedicated to this family, especially his adopters – Chandrasekar and Parvathi. Parvathi promises her dying poor friend that her friend's daughter Lakshmi would be marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avan Oru Sarithiram
''Avan Oru Sarithiram'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and produced by K. S. Kutralingam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Manjula and Kanchana. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was released on 14 January 1977. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Shankar I.A.S, Sub Collector *Manjula as Gomathi, Shankar's lover * Kanchana as Kalpana * T. K.Bhagavathi as Nattamai Namachivayam, Shankar's father *Pandari Bai as Lakshmi, Shankar's mother * Srikanth as Muthu, Shankar's brother *Major Sundarrajan as Head Collector *S. V. Ramadas as Collector Secretary * K. A. Thangavelu, Vedhachalam's uncle * V. K. Ramasamy as Vedhachalam * Manorama, Vedhachalam's Second wife *Cho as Ramu, Vedhachalam's Son *M. Bhanumathi as Gowri, Ramu's wife and Shankar's sister * C. I. D Sakunthala as Dancer *Karuppu Subbiah Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "En Manadhu Ondrudhaan" is partially based on "Für Elise" by Ludwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rojavin Raja
''Rojavin Raja'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Vijayan and produced by N. V. Ramasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, A. V. M. Rajan and Cho. It was released on 15 December 1976. Plot Raja (Sivaji Ganesan) is the poor son of a teacher and a college student. Gopal ( A. V. M. Rajan) is his rich best friend that often helps him financially. Janaki (Vanisri) is the only child of a rich man and falls in love with Raja. Her father ( Major Sundararajan) objects as Raja is poor and arranges her marriage with Gopal. Raja is stuck between the wanting to be with the woman he loves and his best friend's happiness. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Raja *Vanisri as Janaki * A. V. M. Rajan as Gopal * Major Sundarrajan as Selvanayakam * Srikanth as Thiyagu *R. S. Manohar as Singapur Rasappa *S. Varalakshmi as Gopal's mother *Kumari Rukmani as Visalam * Sukumari as Amirtham * V. K. Ramasamy * Cho as Jambu *Suruli Rajan * Manorama *Neelu R. Neelakantan (20 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruhapravesam (1976 Tamil Film)
''Gruhapravesam'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language drama film, co-produced and directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Sivakumar and Jaya. It was released on 10 April 1976. Plot Raju and Lakshmi live with Ravi, Raju's brother in the same house. They both sacrifice everything make Raju successful in his education and career going so far as to no have children even. Ravi too loves and looks up to them. Ravi comes back after completing his education but with Uma introducing her as her lover. Though initially taken aback, seeing Uma is a good girl and a rich girl, they accede and all seems to go well until one day when they realize that Uma has bi-polar disorder and she swings between extremes. How they handle Uma without breaking up the family forms the rest of the story. Cast * Sivaji Ganesan as Mechanical Benz Raju * K. R. Vijaya as Lakshmi * Sivakumar as Ravi * Jaya as Uma * Major Sundarrajan as Uma's father * M. R. R. Vasu as Velu * Manoram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaira Nenjam
''Vaira Nenjam'' () is a 1975 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmapriya, R. Muthuraman and K. Balaji. It is a remake of Sridhar's own 1973 Hindi film ''Gehri Chaal''. The film was released on 2 November 1975. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Ananth *Padmapriya as Geetha *R. Muthuraman as Shankar *K. Balaji as Madhan *Dhulipala as Dharmalingam *A. Sakunthala, C. I. D. Sakunthala as Shoba *Sachu as Shanthi *Haalam as a dancer Production After the failure of his previous directorial ''Alaigal (film), Alaigal'' (1973), Sridhar decided to make an "action film" with Ganesan in lead role after Sridhar felt audiences were being more receptive to action films than classic films. The film was titled ''Hero 72'', with Sridhar opting to make it a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, with Jeetendra starring in the Hindi version that was later titled ''Gehri Chaal''. Production on the Tamil versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbai Thedi
''Anbai Thedi'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and J. Jayalalithaa, Jayalalithaa. It was released on 13 November 1974. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Ramu *J. Jayalalithaa, Jayalalithaa as Rani *C. R. Vijayakumari as Janaki *Major Sundarrajan as Rajasekar *Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940), Srikanth as Suresh *Shubha (actress), Shubha as Radha *R. S. Manohar as Mannaru *Cho Ramaswamy, Cho as Virunthali Mama *Manorama (Tamil actress), Manorama as Annam *Senthamarai (actor), Senthamarai as Veerasamy *K. Kannan as Nagappan *A. Sakunthala, C. I. D Sakunthala (guest role) *S. N. Parvathy *Baby Indra as Indra Rajasekar's daughter Production Muktha Srinivasan has stated that before filming, Jayalalithaa "used to be ready with make up and costumes on the set." Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Reception Kanthan of ''Kalki (magazine), Kalki'' appreciated Thooyavan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaai
''Thaai'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Kumari Padmini and S. Varalakshmi. Plot Samidurai, a habitual gambler had fled the country to Singapore with a wrong impression that he had accidentally murdered his pregnant wife Karpagam. With the help of his sister Mangalam and her husband, he changes his name to Duraisami and gets an employment. Soon his fortune changes as Duraisami gets lucky to inherit the wealth of his boss. But, Karpagam had survived and is living in Vadipatti with Anandan, her son and Kaveri, a girl who is believed to be Anandan's sister. Anandan grows up into an unruly youngster, gambling with Minor Arunagiri, picking up quarrels with people and walking out of every job he gets due to one reason or the other. But he remains respectful to his mother and showers affection to his sister Kaveri. He is also in love with Sivakami, daughter of Chinnaiah Pillai, a good Samaritan who keeps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engal Thanga Raja
''Engal Thanga Raja'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Manjula and Sowcar Janaki. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of the 1972 Telugu film '' Manavudu Danavudu'', and loosely adapts the 1886 novel ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Dr. Thangaraja (alias) Raja/Pattakathi Bhairavan *Manjula as Vasanthi *Sowcar Janaki as Seetha * Major Sundarrajan as Kadhar Bai/Thatha *R. S. Manohar as Vedhachalam *S. V. Ramadas as Dharmalingam *Nagesh as Gopi *Rama Prabha as Radha *Ganthimathi as Kanaga * C.I.D.Sakunthala as Rani (Dancer) *Veeraraghavan as College Principal *Master Giri as Young Raja *Gemini Mali as Ramlal Sett *Comedy Shanmugam as Anthonysamy * T. K. S. Natarajan as Raja College Mate *S. R. Janaki as Appakadai Aaya Soundtrack The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Reception Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponnunjal
''Ponnunjal'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by K. S. Kutralingam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Ushanandini. It was released on 15 June 1973. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Muthu *Ushanandini as Valli *R. Muthuraman as Minor Manickam *M. N. Nambiar as Ponnan *S. V. Sahasranamam as Sivalingam *Sriranjani Jr. as Sengamalam *S. V. Subbaiah as Komberi Devan *Ganthimathi as Velaee *K. A. Thangavelu as Pethaperumal *Cho Ramaswamy, Cho as Singaram *Manorama (Tamil actress), Manorama as Veeramma *A. Sakunthala as Sundari *S. A. Kannan as Village Panchayat Head *A. Veerappan as Sappani *Usilai Mani as Iyer Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan, Selvabharathy and "Nellai" Arulmani. References External links * {{C. V. Rajendran 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajaraja Cholan
''Rajaraja Cholan'' is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language biographical film directed by A. P. Nagarajan and written by Aru Ramanathan. Based on Ramanathan's play of the same name about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja I, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan in the title role and was the first Tamil CinemaScope film. It was released on 31 March 1973, and ran for over 100 days in theatres. Plot While the Brihadeswara Temple in Thanjavur is being constructed, Emperor Rajaraja Cholan arrives, everyone greets him but a sculptor, whose dedication pleases him. The emperor and empress leave to meet Karuvur Devar and are introduced to Tamizarasi, a poet and drama writer. Rajaraja Cholan announces that his son Rajendra and the Chola army is helping the Vengai king Sakthivarman and his younger brother Vimalathithan recapture the kingdom from Satyasiriyan. Satyasiriyan runs back into his palace whose minister, Bala Devar, devises a plan to destroy Raja Raja Chola. When the Chola army enters the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatha Vilas
''Bharatha Vilas'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film co-written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. It stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. The film features an ensemble cast, with prominent actors from other languages playing guest roles in a song. It was released on 24 March 1973. Plot Gopal and Gowri are salespeople in competing organisations. They are professional rivals and end up sharing rooms in the same house belonging to an Englishman. Naidu and his Kannada wife are caretakers of the house where they both stay. In due course, Gopal and Gowri get married and quit their jobs on the same day. Naidu and his wife lend them some money to start a business. Gopal's business becomes successful. Gowri and Gopal, who have a son, are about to have another baby. A Punjabi family led by Baldev Singh move into one of the portions. A Malayalee Muslim led by Ibrahim family take up residence in other part of the same house. After some initial hiccups, the four families sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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