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L. Vaidyanathan
Lakshminarayana Vaidyanathan ( ta, லக்ஷ்மிநாராயண வைத்தியநாதன்; kn, ಎಲ್.ವೈದ್ಯನಾಥನ್; 9 April 1942 – 19 May 2007) was an acclaimed musicologist, music director and composer, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition. Vaidyanathan was born in Chennai to V. Lakshminarayana, and Seethalakshmi, both accomplished musicians. He was the elder brother of accomplished violinist duo L. Shankar and L. Subramaniam. He created the tunes of the iconic TV serial Malgudi Days. All three brothers received their musical training from their father. Career Vaidyanathan started his career as an Assistant music director to G. K. Venkatesh and composed the score for over 170 films in languages including Tamil and Kannada. His notable works include ''Pesum Padam'', ''Ezhavathu Manithan'', ''Dasaratham'' and ''Marupakkam'' in Tamil and ''Aparichita'', ''Kubi Matthu Iyala'', ''Ondu Mutthina Kathe'' in Kannada. He was one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the List of urban areas by population, 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narada Vijaya
''Narada Vijaya'' is a 1980 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed and co-produced by Siddalingaiah. The story is written by M. D. Sundar. The film starred Ananth Nag, Padmapriya, Hema Choudhary and M. P. Shankar. Plot Ananth Nag plays a dual role of Narada in the celestial world and a normal human on earth. It so happens that Narada is forced to descend on earth and interact with humans. A series of humorous incidents occur. Narada enters a passenger aircraft and blesses the airhostess during disembarkment, much to the amusement of the passengers. When Narada walks through the exit gate of the airport, policemen, who think that he is Vijay (Anant Nag - a police officer in Narada's costumes) bring him to the police superintendent's office. The SP addresses him as Vijay, to which Narada politely says that he is not Vijay, but Narada, leaving all those present there, taken aback. Narada also gets to interact with an eccentric plainclothesman police officer ( MP Shankar). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venal Kinavukal
''Venal Kinavukal'' () is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. The film stars Sudheesh, Yadu Krishnan, Monisha and Krishnaprasad. The film has musical score by L. Vaidyanathan. This was the last Malayalam film of Sethhmadhavan, who made three more movies before retiring from film industry. Plot Story begins with the last examination of first year predegree students. There is a group of four friends who studies in the same class. Anil is son of Gopalakrishnan Nair who wants his son to study well and prosper, and he constantly advices his son to concentrate more on his education. Anil has a crush on his cousin Sathi who is also his next door neighbour. Sathi is aware of Anil's interest but she always ignores him. Subramanya Iyer or Subbudu is a meek son of Venkita Raman Iyer, from an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family. Bhasi is from a rich family and has an elder sister Malini, who is betrothed to a doctor Balan, about which Bhasi is not happy. Ravi is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marupakkam
''Marupakkam'' ( en, The Other Side, italic=yes) is a 1991 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. An adaptation of the Tamil novella ''Uchi Veyyil'' by Indira Parthasarathy, the film stars Sivakumar, Radha (actress), Radha, and Jayabharathi. Its music is composed by L. Vaidyanathan. At the 38th National Film Awards, ''Marupakkam'' won three National Film Awards, including the Golden Lotus Award for National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Best Film, making it the first Tamil film to win in that category. The film was featured at the International Film Festival of India in 2003 as part of a retrospective tribute to Sethumadhavan. Plot Ambi, who lives in Delhi with his Christianity in Tamil Nadu, Christian wife Sweetie, arrives at Kumbakonam to meet his father Vembu Iyer who recently suffered a stroke and was paralysed after getting a message that Ambi separated from his wife. Ambi, feeling gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Kadhal Kanmani
''En Kadhal Kanmani'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by T. J. Joy, starring Vikram and Rekha Nambiar. This is the debut film for Vikram. It was released on 17 October 1990 and failed at the box office. Plot Vinod, a smoking addict falls in love with Hema. The rest of the story is how Vinod is able to stop smoking and marry Hema. Cast * Vikram as Vinod * Rekha Nambiar as Hema * V. K. Ramasamy *S. S. Chandran *Kovai Sarala *Loose Mohan *Gandhimathi *Vennira Aadai Moorthy *Ennathe Kannaiah *Oru Viral Krishna Rao *Kallapetti Singaram * Sumathi *Typist Gopu Production The film was produced by several employees of Indian Bank, who chose to turn producers for a small-budget experimental film named ''En Kadhal Kanmani''. The film's premise was about a smoker who has to stop the habit if he wants to marry his girlfriend. Vikram was cast in the film after the makers had seen his advertisements and television serial ''Galatta Kudumbam''. This is the deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Maadi Nodu
''Love Maadi Nodu'' () is a 1989 Kannada-language film. Directed by A. Subramanyam, the movie follows the life and ambitions of the hero, Mangalooru Manjunath, played by Kashinath and his sidekick Gopi (child actor Master Manjunath). Upendra worked as an assistant in this movie. The movie was a remake of the Tamil film ''Andha 7 Naatkal''. Plot The story starts off with Sandhya (Srilatha) and Dr. Anand's ( Shridhar) marriage. On their wedding night, Sandhya attempts suicide and is saved by Dr. Anand. He then inquires about her past. Sandhya tells him of her failed love affair with Mangalooru Manjunath (Kashinath). Mangalooru Manjunath is a poor Brahmin, naive, honest, aspiring music director with a huge family back home to support. His assistant Gopi is a kid wise beyond his age who has the knack of surviving in a big town. They move into an upper portion of the house where Sandhya lives with her grandfather, mother, sister, and a disabled brother. Initially, Sandhya sympathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhya Raagam (1989 Film)
''Sandhya Raagam'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced, written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It stars Chokkalinga Bagavathar, Oviyar Veera Santhanam and Archana in prominent roles. Shot in black-and-white, the film was photographed and edited by Mahendra himself. At the 37th National Film Awards, it won the Award for Best Film on Family Welfare (1990). Plot Chokkalingam, an octagenarian, leaves his village upon the death of his wife. He migrates to Madras, where his nephew Vasu, a lower-middle-class man lives along with his family. Chokkalingam becomes an additional burden for Vasu, who is not able to meet the demands of his own family. Cast * Chokkalinga Bhagavathar as Chokkalingam * Archana as Thulasi * Oviyar Veera Santhanam as Vasu * Baby Rajalakshmi as Valli Themes The film's central theme revolves around old age. Production The film was made on a shoestring budget. Like his previous films, Mahendra wrote the screenplay, edited and pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushpaka Vimana (1987 Film)
''Pushpaka Vimana'' (; a reference to ) is a 1987 Indian black comedy film written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, who co-produced it with Shringar Nagaraj. The film, which has no dialogue, stars Kamal Haasan leading an ensemble cast that includes Samir Khakhar, Tinu Anand, K. S. Ramesh, Amala, Farida Jalal, Pratap Potan, Lokanath, P. L. Narayana and Ramya. It revolves around an unemployed graduate who encounters a drunk rich man unconscious and takes over his lifestyle after keeping him prisoner. However, he does not realise the dangers he has brought upon himself because a hired killer believes him to be his target. Rao's desire to make a dialogue-less film came when he was working as an assistant director in a film where a character had to emote fear without dialogue in a scene. Once the idea for ''Pushpaka Vimana'' materialised, Rao wrote the screenplay within two weeks. The film was the only one produced by Nagaraj. Due to the lack of dialogue, Rao was able t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondu Muttina Kathe
''Ondu Muttina Kathe'' () is a 1987 Indian Kannada language film directed by Shankar Nag, starring Rajkumar and Archana. It is based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novella '' The Pearl''. This was the last directorial of Shankar Nag. It is also the only movie in which he directed Rajkumar, making him the youngest person to direct him. The movie was not very successful but is still remembered for its screenplay and technical superiority. It is considered one of the cult classic movies in the history of Kannada cinema. The film is also notable for the underwater fighting sequence by Rajkumar at the age of 58 with a London-made artificial octopus shot in the Maldives ocean with a Canadian camera by a German cameraman.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine It was the first Indian film to have an underwater action sequence shot in an ocean outside India without the help of oxygen mask. Premise The movie narrates the tale of Aithu, a pearl diver, who has to face many problems w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anubhava (film)
''Anubhava'' () is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film starring Kashinath and Abhinaya. Actresses Abhinaya and Umashree made their debut with this film. The film is directed, co-produced and written by Kashinath and produced under Sri Gayatri Productions banner. It was also remade into Hindi-language '' Anubhav'' starring Shekhar Suman directed by Kashinath himself. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as ''Aadhyate Anubhavam'' and in Telugu as Anubhavam. Sunil Kumar Desai worked as an assistant to Kashinath on this movie. The film was re-released on 29 November 2013 to cater to the modern audience making it a third-time release. Cast * Kashinath as Ramesh *Abhinaya as Gauri *Umashree as Paddi *Master Vasantha *Aravind *Dinesh *Kaminidharan *Shivaraj *Shivakumar Plot The movie starts with Ramesh doing his routine job in Bangalore City. In his native city, his aunt lives with her children Gauri and Gunda. When Gauri attains puberty, her mother thinks of getting her married to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhavathu Manithan
''Ezhavathu Manithan'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film co-written and directed by K. Hariharan. Inspired by a real-life incident, the film focuses on environmental pollution and exploitation of industrial workers. Starring Raghuvaran in his first lead role, it features a host of newcomers playing other prominent roles. The film's soundtrack was made up from an album composed by L. Vaidyanathan with the lyrics of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati. The film met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was screened at the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India, and in the Soviet Union, where it won the Afro–Asian Solidarity Award. At the 13th Moscow International Film Festival in 1983, the film was nominated for the Golden St. George prize. Plot Anand, a skilled engineering graduate, comes to a village from Madras to work in a cement facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparichita
''Aparichita'' () is a 1978 Kannada-language romantic mystery thriller film directed by Kashinath, starring Suresh Heblikar, Sobha, M. V. Vasudeva Rao and Mohan. The music was composed by noted composer L. Vaidyanathan. The movie was critically acclaimed. Kashinath remade the movie in Hindi as ''Be-Shaque''. The movie was also remade in Malayalam as ''Avano Atho Avalo''. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as ''Aparichitulu''. Director Vamsy mentioned that he liked the forest backdrop of ''Aparichita'', and wanted to make a film which is entirely set in a forest. This eventually led him to make ''Anveshana ''Anveshana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Karthik, Bhanupriya, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Sarath Babu with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The story revolves around an or ...'' (1985). Soundtrack Awards Karnataka State Film Awards 1978–79 * Best Screenplay – Kashinath * Best Child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
