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Kunnakudi
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2 March 1935 – 8 September 2008) was an Indian classical music violinist and music composer. Early life Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was born on 2 March 1935 and was trained by his father, Ramaswamy Sastry. He was the brother of Kunnakudi Subbalakshmi. Career The violin was his forte. He was known for his dexterity and subtlety in handling the violin, he catered not only to the music scholar but also to the layman. His play reflected his own different moods and the demands of his audience with whom he established and enjoyed a good rapport. He dwelled with ease and competence in the high as well as the low octaves. At the age of 12, he accompanied great stalwarts like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Maharajapuram Santhanam in concerts. He also performed with Nadaswaram vidwans like T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai and Thiruvenkadu Subramania Pillai. He stopped accompanying vocal artistes in 1976 to concentrate more on solo concerts. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunnakudi Subbalakshmi
Kunnakudi Subbalakshmi (24 April 1931 – 21 March 2010) was a vocal Carnatic singer and elder sister of eminent violinist Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. Early life She was born in Kunnakudi in the temple town of Lord Murugan in the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu under the Madras Presidency. Her parents were Sri Ramaswamy Sastri and Smt. Meenakshi. Her father was a scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil. He was also a composer of Carnatic Music and Kathakalakshepam. Subbalakshmi. She learned South Indian Classical Music from her father at a young age. Career Subbalakshmi started giving concerts accompanied by her younger sister Sundaralakshmi and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. Sundaralakshmi died as a child. Subbalakshmi started giving solo vocal concerts in Karaikudi and Kunnakudi. She married S. C. Natesan (from a Brahmin Iyer family) at age 19. He was in the army so they moved frequently, which led Subbalakshmi to perform concerts through All India Radio. Natesan was transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaikkal Ammaiyar (film)
''Karaikkal Ammaiyar'' is a 1973 Indian Tamil Saiva mythological film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan and produced by EVR Films. The film's soundtrack was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. The film stars Lakshmi, who played the younger-age Punithavathi role, and K. B. Sundarambal, who played the old-age role—as the title characters, with R. Muthuraman, Manorama, Suruli Rajan, V. S. Raghavan, S. V. Sahasranamam, Sivakumar and Srividya playing supporting roles. Karaikkal Ammaiyar is one of the three women saints among the 63 Nayanmars and is considered one of the greatest figure of Tamil literature. She was born in Karaikkal during the Chola period, a maritime center. Ammaiyar was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and she is believed to have lived during the 6th century, named ''Punithavathi''. Plot Punithavathi (Lakshmi), right from childhood, had great faith in Lord Shiva and worshipped him daily. As a young girl, she built a Sivalingam in sand, stunning people. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manidhanum Dheivamagalam
''Manidhanum Dheivamagalam'' () is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Ushanandini, Shubha and Sukumari. It was released on 11 January 1975. The film was a remake of the 1969 Telugu film ''Buddhimantudu''. Plot Kumaraiya is a temple priest in a village, living with his wife Valli and younger brother, Sundaram. Kumaraiya is a believer of god, he is very much respected by villagers and believes that he encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees Sundaram is a non-believer. Troubles will plague him after he finds out that Sundaram has not only been creating problems for Dharmalingam the village head, but has also fallen in love and wants to marry Vijaya, the daughter of Dharmalingam's sister. Taking this as an advantage, Dharmalingam separates Kumaraiya and Sundaram and an old ruined house of their grandfather is given to Sundaram as his share. Sundaram modifies and establishes a school in it. Before Kum ... [...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] |
Agathiyar
Agathiyar is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film written, directed, and produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The soundtrack was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. The film stars Sirkazhi Govindarajan playing the main character, T. R. Mahalingam, A. V. M. Rajan, Kumari Padmini, R. S. Manohar, Suruli Rajan, Manorama and Sridevi were in supporting roles. This film ran for 100 days and won widespread appreciation. The film was dubbed into Hindi under the title ''Maharish'' in 1986. Plot The story is about Agathiyar Muni, who is considered to be the embodiment of one of celestial intellectuals who descended on earth to enlighten human beings. During the wedding of Shiva and Goddess Parvati, the earth tilted to the northern side, as the whole world was witnessing the marriage. Shiva gave the responsibility of balancing the earth to Agathiyar by going to the southern side. Agathiyar is also given the additional responsibility of spreading goodness and equality. He has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirumalai Thenkumari
''Thirumalai Thenkumari'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language road film written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan. Inspired by the 1969 film ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'', it features an ensemble cast consisting of Sivakumar, Kumari Padmini, Rama Prabha, Shylashri, Manorama, Sirkazhi Govindarajan and Suruli Rajan. The film focuses on a group of passengers who embark on a pilgrimage across South India. It was commercially successful, and won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Plot Ten to twelve families from different walks of life, different age groups and different languages unite for a pilgrimage, beginning with Tirupati and going as far as Kanyakumari. Cast ;Actors * Sivakumar as Sekhar * Sirkazhi Govindarajan as Siva Chidambara Bhagvathar * Suruli Rajan as Mannaru * K. D. Santhanam as Chokkalingam * Typist Gopu as Velu * Gopalakrishnan as Prohit * Master Prabhakar as Ramani *A. K. Veerasami * A. Sasikumar as Mohan * Chandran Babu as Kumar * Haranath ;Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melnaattu Marumagal
''Melnaattu Marumagal'' () is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. P. Nagarajan, starring Sivakumar, Laurance Pourtale, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha. Vani Ganapathy, a danseuse appeared only for a dance sequence alongside Haasan, whom she later married in 1978. In 1976, the film was remade in Telugu as '' America Ammayi''. Plot The film is about two brothers, Mohan and Raja, and their spouses. Sivakumar marries a European girl who admires Tamil culture and tradition. Meanwhile, Raja marries a Tamil girl who is attracted to Western customs. Cast * Sivakumar as Mohan * Kamal Haasan as Raja * 'Kumari' Laurance Pourtale as Meena * Jayasudha as Sudha * Jr. Balaiah as Valu * S. V. Ramadoss * Ganthimathi as Pangajam * Poornam Viswanathan as Pazhanivel * V. Gopalakrishnan * Usha Uthup * Vani Ganapathy in a guest appearance * Cho Ramaswamy in a guest appearance * Manorama in a guest appearance Production ''Melnaattu Marumagal'' was directed by A. P. Nagaraj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anniyan
''Anniyan'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he sees as increasing social apathy and public negligence leads to a split personality that attempts to improve the system. Vikram stars as Ambi, an idealistic, law-abiding lawyer who has Dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as Multiple personality disorder) and develops two other identities: a suave fashion model named Remo and a murderous vigilante named Anniyan. Sadha plays the female lead role. Actors Vivek, Nedumudi Venu, Nassar and Prakash Raj also featured in the film. Shankar conceived the film in mid-2003 during the post-production period of his previous film, ''Boys''. He based the film on his own life experiences during his formative years when he was disturbed by what he saw around him, and his eventual displeasure with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gumasthavin Magal
''Gumasthavin Magal'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. P. Nagarajan, starring Sivakumar and Aarathi. Kamal Haasan appears as a villain in the film and then finally changes into a good man. The film is an adaptation of the play of the same name, previously filmed in Tamil as ''Gumasthavin Penn'' in 1941. Plot Seetha and Sarasa are sisters. Their father Ramaswami who works as a clerk under a rich philanderer Mani. Mani is married to Vimala. Ramu another rich man in the village. Ramu's mother wishes to get him married to Seetha. But Ramu refuses, and the desperate father gets her married to a doddering old man. The poor woman becomes a widow even before the wedding ceremony is over. Mani gave cash to Seetha and asked her to stay with him, but Seetha rejected and commits suicide. Ramu feels he is responsible for her tragic end, and comes forward to arrange Sarasa's marriage. When the bridegroom and his family walk out over an argument over dowry, Ramu ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirumalai Deivam
''Thirumalai Deivam'' is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film, directed and written by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivakumar in the title role, with K. B. Sundarambal, T. R. Mahalingam, Srividya, Lakshmi and A. V. M. Rajan in supporting roles. Plot While Lord Srinivasan, an incarnation of Vishnu, faces several obstacles in his path, saint Brughu is also subjected to mockery and humiliation from the people of the kingdom. Cast ;Actors * Sivakumar as Lord Vishnu/Srinivasan * Gemini Ganesan as Agasa Rajan * R. Muthuraman as King Tondaiman * A. V. M. Rajan as Narathan * S. V. Ramadoss as Birugu Munivar * T. R. Mahalingam as Amudha's Husband * Suruli Rajan as Rangen, (in Tamil Kuyavan) * Master Sekhar as Venkatesan * A. K. Veerasami as Punniyakodi * V. Gopalakrishnan * Ennatha Kannaiya as Anumanthu ;Actresses * K. B. Sundarambal as Saint Narayani * S. Varalakshmi as Vagula malai * C. R. Vijayakumari as Amutha * Srividya as Goddess Lakshmi * Lakshmi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dheivam
''Deivam'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language devotional anthology film, starring Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, A. V. M. Rajan, Srikanth, K. R. Vijaya, Sowcar Janaki, Nagesh and Thengai Srinivasan. The film was edited and directed by M. A. Thirumugam and written by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. It was released on 4 November 1972. Plot The film serves as an anthology of stories that highlight the miracles performed by Lord Muruga in the lives of his devotees on a day-to-day basis in the present times which are narrated by Thirumuruga Kripananda Variyar. First story A thief (Major Sundarajan) who comes to steal Lord Muruga's jewels from the Arulmigu Thirumurugan Thirukovil, Marudhamalai. He loses the ability to use his leg while he attempts to steal the lord's jewels and later he reforms and he repents for his mistakes and he becomes a devotee and serves the temple. Later, a different thief comes to steal the temple collections. While fighting him, he regains the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaa Raja Vaa
''Vaa Raja Vaa'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language children's film written, directed and produced by A. P. Nagarajan for CNV Productions. The film features an ensemble cast including Master Prabhakar, Baby Sumathi, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, V. S. Raghavan, K. D. Santhanam and Suruli Rajan. It was released on 6 December 1969 and became a commercial success. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Balaraju Katha'' (1970), with Prabhakar reprising his role. Plot Raja is a 10-year-old tourist guide in Mahabalipuram. An elder sculptor has a small rock sculpture tablet on which are engraved adages. Raja enters a discussion with him, wondering if those pearls of wisdom still hold relevance. The sculptor tells him that those sayings are eternal and immortal. Unconvinced, Raja sets out to find the truth for himself. Ultimately, he realises that all those sayings are still valid. Cast * Master Prabhakar as Raja * Baby Sumathi as Raja's sister *Sirkazhi Govindarajan as a police officer disg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |