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Kannadasan Award
Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called ''Kaviarasu'', With over 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet Kaviarasu (King of poets) and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, ''Arthamulla Indhu Matham'' (''Meaningful Hindu Religion''). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ''Cheraman Kathali'' in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film '' Kuzhanthaikkaga''. Personal life Kannadasan was born to Sathappan Chettiar and Visalakshi Aachi in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Sirukoodalpatti, near Kar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Aandaal
Andal ( ta, ஆண்டாள்), also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India. She was posthumously considered an avatar of the goddess Bhudevi. As with the Alvar saints, she was affiliated to the Sri Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Active in the 8th-century, with some suggesting 7th-century, Andal is credited with two great Tamil works, ''Thiruppavai'' and '' Nachiyar Tirumoḻi'', which are still recited by devotees during the winter festival season of Margaḻi. Andal is a prominent figure for women in South India and has inspired several women's groups such as Goda Mandali. Legends According to literary and religious tradition, Periyalvar (பெரியாழ்வார்), originally called Vishnuchithan, was an ardent devotee of Perumal (Vishnu) and he used to string garlands to the deity every day. He was childless and he prayed to God to save him from the longing for a child. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panathottam
''Panathottam'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. Shankar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 11 January 1963. Plot Selvam is arrested on a false charge of passing counterfeit bills. He escapes and tries to put the hand on the real authors, that is, the leader of the band of the counterfeiters to be exonerated. His quest complicates when Natarajan, a firm policeman, dashes in his pursuit, convinced of his guilt. Cast * M. G. Ramachandran as Selvam * B. Saroja Devi as Kala * Sheela as Meena * S. V. Subbaiah as Ponnambalam * M. N. Nambiar as Chidambaram * S. A. Ashokan as Inspector Natarajan * M. V. Rajamma as Thangamma * C. Lakshmi Rajyam * Nagesh as C. K. Ramu *Karikol Raju as Raju *A. Veerappan as Ramu's friend * V. P. S. Mani * Thirupathisamy Production ''Panathottam'' is named after the book of the same name by C. N. Annadurai. The climax began filming one day at 7:00am, and ended the next d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karuppu Panam
''Karuppu Panam'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language crime film directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by Kannadasan. Music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It stars T. S. Balaiah, K. Sarangapani, K. Balaji, Balaji, K. R. Vijaya and Sheela. The film was commercially successful. Plot Cast ;Male cast * T. S. Balaiah as Sattanathan * K. Sarangapani as Dhamodharan * K. Balaji, Balaji as Gandhi * Kuladeivam Rajagopal as Raju * V. S. Raghavan as Sambasivam * Shanmugasundaram as Sundaram * Ramanathan as Devi's brother * Kannadasan as Thanikachalam ;Female cast * K. R. Vijaya as Devi * Sheela as Lucy * C. K. Saraswathi as Shankari * S. N. Lakshmi as Sattanathan's first wife * S. Varalakshmi as Kamala Production ''Karuppu Panam'' was directed and photographed by G. R. Nathan. The screenplay was written by Valampuri Somanathan from a story by Kannadasan. Editing was handled by S. Surya (for whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paasam
''Paasam'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language film directed by T. R. Ramanna. It stars M. G. Ramachandran, M. R. Radha and B. Saroja Devi. The film was released on 31 August 1962 and failed commercially. Plot Depicts the extraordinary love of a son towards his mother. Gopi is brought up in a juvenile home, as he accidentally commits a murder. After his release he searches for his mother and brother, but is unable to trace them. He lands up in the same village, where his brother Raghu, lives and works as a government officer. He falls in love his friend Kali's sister, Chandra, but Kali refuses the alliance, accusing him of being an orphan. Raghu and Chandra are to be engaged. Angry at being thwarted and little knowing that Raghu is his brother, he joins Swaminathan in trying to trap Raghu in a burglary case. Ironically, both Raghu and Gopi do not know the true identity of Swaminathan. It is he who had thrown away his wife Shanta, their mother, several years ago. Several truth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaayai Kaatha Thanayan
''Thayai Katha Thanayan'' (; ) is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, M. R. Radha and B. Saroja Devi. The film, produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and was released on 13 April 1962. Plot Shekar is from an affluent family and Maragadham is from a poor family. Maragadham's brother Kandhan is a tea-stall owner who hates rich people because of some unpleasant incident from his past. A local goon Muthaiah loves Maragadham and wants to marry her. Neither Maragadham nor Kandhan like Muthaiah. Shekar once saves Maragadham from Muthaiah, after which Maragadham gets a chance to save Shekar's life when during one of his hunting adventures, a tiger attacks him. Both develop a liking towards each other. However, Kandhan's hatred towards the rich comes in the way of their love. Will the two lovers be able to unite or will Kandhan's hatred and Muthaiah's evil intentions win? Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaai Sollai Thattadhe
''Thai Sollai Thattathe'' () is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by M. A. Thirumugam. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with M. R. Radha, S. A. Ashokan, V. R. Rajagopal, and P. Kannamba in supporting roles. It revolves around a police officer who is tasked with apprehending his brother, a criminal. ''Thai Sollai Thattathe'' was produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, and written by Aaroor Dass. The film was released on 7 November 1961, the occasion of Diwali, and was a commercial success, running for 20 weeks in theatres. Plot Raju is an honest police inspector working hard to bring down a group of thieves. After completing a successful mission, he gets transferred to Madras to investigate about the robbery case that occurred in a train and a murder case that occurred near the seashore. While on his mission, he crosses paths with Vijaya, the daughter of a private banker Pandithurai and they both fall in love. But things tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannadhi Mannan
''Mannathi Mannan'' (; ) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed and produced by M. Natesan. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Anjali Devi and Padmini. The film, written by Kannadasan, had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and was released on 19 October 1960, during Diwali. Plot Dancer Chitra and prince of Uraiyur Manivannan fall in love with each other after meeting in a dance competition. However, Chola King Kanikannan also desires Chitra. Meanwhile, Manivannan's father, the Cheran King sends his minister, seeking the hand of Karpagavalli, daughter of King Karigala, for his son. But the King thwarts this proposal, talking ill of the heredity of Manivannan's mother. Unable to bear his mother being insulted, Manivannan goes to the Chola kingdom and abducts Karpagavalli. In the meantime, a dacoit, played very cleverly by Kanikannan, forces Manivannan to marry Karpagavalli. Cast Cast according to the opening credits of the film ;Male Cast * M. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aayirathil Oruvan (1965 Film)
''Aayirathil Oruvan'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, with M. N. Nambiar, Manohar, Nagesh, S. V. Ramadas, Vijayalakshmi and Madhavi in supporting roles. It revolves around a doctor who is sold into slavery for rebelling against the dictator of his nation, and later forced into a life of piracy. ''Aayirathil Oruvan'' was inspired by many pirate films, particularly '' Captain Blood'' (1935), and was Ramachandran's first with Panthulu. It was also the first of many collaborations between Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. The story and screenplay were written by K. J. Mahadevan, and the dialogues by R. K. Shanmugham. The cinematography was handled by V. Ramamoorthy, and editing by R. Devarajan. The film was shot primarily in Karwar. ''Aayirathil Oruvan'' was released on 9 July 1965. The film emerged a critical and commercial success, running for more than 150 days in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singari
''Singari'' is a 1951 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by T. R. Raghunath. The film stars T. R. Ramachandran, Lalitha and Padmini. It was released on 29 October 1951. Plot A young man (Nayagam) who is wrongly convicted for a bank robbery leaves his young daughter behind to serve a seven-year sentence in prison. She is involved in a car accident. The car owner, a rich man, (Balasubramaniam) brings her up as his own, changing her name (Padmini). A college-going girl (Lalitha) drawn to the world of entertainment runs away from home and joins a drama troupe run by TRR assisted by a crooked manager (T. K. Ramachandran). Sahasranamam (the rich man's son) is thrown out of the house by his father because of his insistence on going abroad for further studies. The father goes on a long pilgrimage and Sahasranamam coming back meets Padmini who is drawn to him. However, he goes around with the stage actor (Lalitha), creating much gossip. Indeed T. R. Ramachandran is in love wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivagangai Seemai
''Sivagangai Seemai'' () is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film directed by K. Shankar and written by Kannadasan. Based on the life of the Maruthu Pandiyars, the film stars S. S. Rajendran, S. Varalakshmi, Kamala Lakshmanan and M. N. Rajam. It was released on 19 May 1959. Plot After the execution of Veerapandiya Kattabomman on 16 October 1799 at Kayattar, Chinna Marudhu gave asylum to Kattabomman's brother Oomadurai. The British used this reason to invade and attack Sivaganga in 1801 with a powerful army. The Maruthu Pandiyars and their allies were quite successful and captured three districts from the British. The British considered it as a serious threat to their future in India that they rushed additional troops from Britain to put down the Maruthu Pandiyars' rebellion. Cast ;Male cast * S. S. Rajendran as Muthazhagu * P. S. Veerappa * T. K. Bhagavathi * M. K. Mustafa * D. V. Narayanasami * G. Muthukrishnan * P. S. Venkatachalam * Raja Wahab Kashmiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subramanya Bharathi
C. Subramania Bharathi Birth name: C. Subramaniyan, the person's given name: Subramaniyan, father's given name: Chinnaswami. (C. Subramaniyan by the prevalent patronymic initials as prefix naming system in Tamil Nadu and it is Subramaniyan Chinnaswami by the patronymic suffix naming system.) Bharathi is a conferred title meaning blessed by the goddess of learning. His name became C. Subramania Bharathi and he is also widely known mononymously as Bharathi. (In this article, the subject is referred using his title Bharathi because subject is not known without his title. (Permitted in WP per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Indic)#Titles and honorifics)) (IPA: ; born C. Subramaniyan 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title "Bharathi" for his excellence in poetry. He was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest Tamil literary figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
