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C. R. Vijayakumari
C. R. Vijayakumari is an Indian actress in the Tamil film industry from 1953 to 2003. Film career Vijayakumari is known for her ability to convincingly transform herself into the characters she portrays. She is noted for her Tamil diction and dialog delivery. Her acting credits in films include ''Kumudam'', ''Saradha'', ''Kumgumam'', ''Santhi'', ''Aanandhi'', ''Avan Pithan'', ''Alli'', ''Thedi vantha thirumagal'', '' Pachai Vilakku'', ''Naanum oru penn'', '' Paar Magale Paar'', ''Kaakkum Karangal'', ''Policekãran Magal'', ''Kodimalar'' and ''Aalayamani''. One of her best performances is as Kannagi in the movie Poompuhar. The film, written by M. Karunanidhi, features the longest dialogue spoken by a female actor till today. Personal life She had a 12-year relationship with actor S. S. Rajendran Sedapatti Suryanarayana Rajendran, also known by his initials SSR (January 1928 – 24 October 2014), was an Indian actor, director, producer and politician who worked in Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettupalayam, Coimbatore
Mettupalayam is a municipality town and taluk of the Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest town in the Coimbatore District. It's located to the North of the Coimbatore city on the way to Ooty in the foothills of Nilgiri hills. As of 2011, the town had a population of 66,595. Mettupalayam Railway Station is the only Railway Station which still operates Steam Engine Train from Mettupalayam to Ooty. Geography Mettupalayam is located at . It has an average elevation of 314 metres (1033 feet). Mettupalayam is situated on the bank of Bhavani River at the foot of the Nilgiri mountains. Demographics According to 2011 census, Mettupalayam had a population of 69,213 with a sex-ratio of 1,022 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 6,808 were under the age of six, constituting 3,543 males and 3,265 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 14.76% and 0.08% of the population ... [...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 stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neengadha Ninaivu
''Neengadha Ninaivu'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by W. R. Subba Rao. It is a remake of the 1951 Hindi-language film '' Deedar''. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, Kalyan Kumar, C. R. Vijayakumari and Pushpalatha. Plot The story starts with a friendship between two young children. The girl is from an affluent family. She is friends with a poor boy. Both of them used to ride on a horse for fun. The girl's father does not like their friendship. One day he blames the boy that he pushed the girl off the horse. He forbids their meeting thereafter. The children grow up. The boy, now a young man, Kumar, lives in a farmer's house. Another farmer's daughter loves him. Kumar loses his eyesight in an accident. Kumar and the lover girl make their living by singing in the streets. Kumar becomes acquainted with an eye surgeon. The surgeon restores his eyesight. The surgeon becomes friendly with Kumar. Kumar tells the surgeon about his childhood sweetheart. But when Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naanum Oru Penn
''Naanum Oru Penn'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars S. S. Rajendran and R. Vijayakumari, with S. V. Ranga Rao, M. R. Radha, S. V. Subbaiah, C. K. Nagesh, Rajan and C. S. Pushpalatha in supporting roles. It revolves around a dark complexioned and uneducated girl and how she convinces everyone that more than appearance and education, it is the character which is important for a woman. ''Naanum Oru Penn'' is an adaptation of Sri Shailash Dey's Bengali play ''Bodhu''. The film is the second production of Murugan Brothers, a subsidiary of AVM Productions, and the feature film debut of Rajan. The soundtrack and background score were composed by R. Sudarsanam, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan, Panchu Arunachalam, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam and V. Seetharaman. ''Naanum Oru Penn'' was released on 7 June 1963. The film earned positive critical feedback and went on to become a commercial success. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Osai (1963 Film)
''Mani Osai'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan, his directorial debut. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under ALS Productions and written by Pasumani. The film, inspired by Victor Hugo's French novel, ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'', stars Kalyan Kumar, M. R. Radha, R. Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari, V. Nagayya, Nagesh, Pushpalatha and Kumari Rukmani. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy composed the music for the film. Plot An egotistical rich man (M. R. Radha) abandons his elder son (Kalyan Kumar) because of his physical imperfections. He tells his wife (Kumari Rukmini) that the baby was born dead. The man has another son (R. Muthuraman) who leads a lazy life, often getting into trouble. He falls in love with his cousin (C. R. Vijayakumari), who is very close to the hunchback, treating him like a brother. The hunchback becomes a hero who sacrifices everything, taking the blame for others' wrongdoing. He finally restores sight to the hero a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaanchi Thalaivan
''Kaanchi Thalaivan'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language historical action film, directed by A. Kasilingam. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, S. S. Rajendran, P. Bhanumathi and C. R. Vijayakumari, with M. R. Radha and S. A. Ashokan as villains. The film, produced by M. Karunanidhi, A. Kasilingam and Murasoli Maran under Mekala Pictures, had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and was released on 26 October 1963. The film was subject to numerous controversies, and became a financial failure. Plot The story is about the rivalry between the Pallavas and the Chalukyas, MGR as the Narasimha Pallava King, also known as Mamallan, rules Kanchipuram with peace, Pulikesi wants to capture Kanchipuram, with a cunning plan, sending Poovikraman and Chola Kumari to Kanchi. According to the plan, Poovikraman shall work as a sculptor in Kanchi and Chola Kumari as an official. Paranjothi arrests Chola Kumari and takes her to the court of Mamallan, there the King gives due respect and frees her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaithiyin Kathali
''Kaithiyin Kathali'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by A. K. Velan. The film stars S. S. Rajendran and R. Vijayakumari. It was released on 25 December 1963. Plot Azhagiri is a poor man. Due to circumstances he robs but is caught and sent to prison. His mother dies and his sister is orphaned. A man tries to molest her but another person who is a secret police officer rescues and marries her. Azhagiri, who did not know what happened, gets released and searches for his mother and sister. Unable to find them, he plans to rob again. However a ''pannaiyar'' (landed proprietor) helps and employs him in his farm. Azhagiri becomes the leader of the workers. In the process, he meets a girl and falls in love with her. ''Pannaiyar'' did not like these developments. He sends the girl into hiding. Azhagiri searches for his girlfriend and finds her. But it turns out that she is not his girlfriend but is her twin sister. What happens next forms the rest of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasai Alaigal (1963 Film)
''Aasai Alaigal'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. S. A. Samy and produced by J. D. Fernando. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, M. R. Radha and Sowcar Janaki. Plot Amudha, a girl from a rich family, loves and marries Durai who is from a middle-class family. They beget two children. Amudha wants to live a lavish life whereas Durai thinks love is God. Amudha's brother Manickam spends all his share of father's wealth and comes to live with Amudha. He soon finds the difference of opinion between Amudha and her husband and tries to blow it up. In the meantime, Naganathan, a friend of Durai meets with an accident and dies. Before dying he requests Durai to take care of his wife Thangam and children. Durai works overtime to help Thangam. Manickam tells Amudha that Durai is having an affair with Thangam. As a result, Durai and Amudha fight and get separated. How the family gets together forms the rest of the story. Cast * S. S. Rajendra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kungumam (film)
''Kunkhumam'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Krishnan–Panju and written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Urvashi Sharada (in her Tamil debut), S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari and R. Muthuraman. The film, produced by K. Mohan, was released on 2 August 1963. Plot Sundaram and Gomathi are lovers; the latter is an orphan and lives with her uncle's family. Sundaram travels to the United States for further studies. When he returns four years later, he is shocked to see that his mother Vedhavalli is a widow and was told that his father Sambasivam committed suicide due to the disgrace that he was unable to pay back the loans. Sundaram leaves to Bombay for an interview, where comes across the murder of broker Govindan and is shocked to see that the murderer is Punniyakodi, who is later introduced as Gomathi's father in a police investigation. Sundaram helps Punniyakodi to escape and in turn is suspected by the police instead. Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarada (1962 Film)
''Sarada'' is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan in his directorial debut. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under ALS Productions and stars S. S. Rajendran and C. R. Vijayakumari, while M. R. Radha, S. V. Ranga Rao and S. A. Ashokan play supporting roles. The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan. Karnan and R. Devarajan handled cinematography and editing respectively. ''Sarada'' was released on 16 March 1962. Srinivasan had to distribute the film himself after distributors backed out. Despite this, it became successful at the box office established Gopalakrishnan as a popular director. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Suhagan'' (1964), in Telugu as '' Sumangali'' (1965) and in Kannada as ''Sothu Geddavalu'' (1971). Plot Cast *S. S. Rajendran as Sambandham *C. R. Vijayakumari as Sarada *Pushpalatha as Uma *M. R. Radha as Panchanathan *S. V. Ranga Rao as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Policekaran Magal
''Policekaran Magal'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by C. V. Sridhar. Based on B. S. Ramiah's play of the same name, it stars Balaji, Muthuraman, Vijayakumari, Santha Kumari and Pushpalatha. The film was released on 7 September 1962 and was a success. It was later remade in Telugu as ''Constable Koothuru'' (1963) and in Malayalam as '' Vyaamoham'' (1978). Plot Kumarasami, an honest police constable, has a son Chinnaiah and a daughter Janaki. Prabhu, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Chinnaiah who often visit his house. Prabhu falls in love with Janaki to which she equally reciprocates. She meets Prabhu secretly without the knowledge of both her father and brother. One day, Prabhu's notorious friends commit a murder and they flee the scene via Prabhu's car. At the same point of time, Prabhu meets his love in a temple and promises to marry her. Meanwhile, Prabhu's father plans to marry his son to one of his relatives. Prabhu initially disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paadha Kannikkai
''Paadha Kaanikkai'' () is a 1962 Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Shankar and written by M. S. Solamalai. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Savitri, with C. R. Vijayakumari, M. R. Radha and Kamal Haasan in supporting roles. It was released on 14 July 1962. Cast *Gemini Ganesan as Sekar * Savitri as Malathi * C. R. Vijayakumari as Chitra *M. R. Radha as Veerasamy Pillai * J. P. Chandrababu as Veerasamy Pillai's son *Kamal Haasan as Ravi * S. V. Subbaiah as Sekar's father * S. A. Ashokan as Manickam *M. V. Rajamma as Parvathi * C. K. Saraswathi as Eshwari *Karikol Raju as Villager *S. Rama Rao as Pardeshi *D. Balasubramaniam *Padmini Priyadarshini *K. R. Indira Devi Production ''Paadha Kaanikkai'' was produced by G. N. Velumani, directed and edited by K. Shankar, written by M. S. Solamalai. Soundtrack The music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, with lyrics by Kannadasan. Release and reception ''Paadha Kaanikkai'' was released on 14 July 1962. ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
