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Loose Mohan
Arumugam Mohanasundaram (8 February 1928 – 16 September 2012), popularly known as Loose Mohan and Raja Gopalakrishnan, was an Indian actor who had acted as a comedian in over 1000 Tamil films. He is credited with popularizing Madras Bashai, a Cockney of Tamil language spoken in Chennai city. Early life Born in Kanchipuram, son of old actor "Loose Arumugam", Mohan migrated to Madras at an early age and debuted at age 16 in the 1944 film ''Harichandra'' as P. U. Chinnappa's son. However, most of his successes were in the late 1970s and 1980s when he acted as a comedian alongside stars such as Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. Career He acted as servant in the movie "Kaththiruntha Kangal" 1962 film with Savithri and Gemini Ganesan. His breakthrough movie as a comedian was the 1979 film ''Rosapoo Ravikaikari'', after which he acted in more than 1000 films, including four movies in Marathi and one each in Bhojpuri, Hindi and Tulu. In 2000, Mohan was awarded the Kalaimamani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram ('; ) also known as ''Conjeevaram,'' is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu. Known as the ''City of Thousand Temples'', Kanchipuram is known for its temple architectures, 1000-pillared halls, huge temple towers and silk sarees. Kanchipuram serves as one of the most important tourist destinations in India. Kanchipuram has become a centre of attraction to the foreign tourists as well. The city covers an area of and an estimated population of more than 300,000 in 2021. It is the administrative headquarters of Kanchipuram District. Kanchipuram is well-connected by road and rail. Kanchipuram is a Tamil word formed by combining two words "Kanchi" and "-puram" meaning "Brahma" and "residential place" respectively and located on the banks of the Vegavathy and Palar river. Kanchipuram has been ruled by the Pallavas, the Medieval Cholas, the Later Cholas, the Later Pandyas, the Vijayanagara Empire, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalaimamani
The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu, to recognise artists in the state for their achievements. The Tamil Nadu government has appointed dancer Chitra Visweswaran as the secretary of Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram. Film music director Deva is its chairman. Awardees by year 1958 :Film Personalities: Padmini 1962 :Film Personalities: Sivaji Ganesan 1968 :Film Personalities: K. A. Thangavelu :Music: Sangeetha Kalanidhi Late K.S.Narayanaswamy (Vainika) 1969 :Film Personalities: Sowcar Janaki 1970 Music: M. S. Viswanathan (Composer) 1971 :Music: Madras A. Kannan, classical music (mridangam) 1972 :Film Personalities: J. Jayalalithaa :Music: P. K Subbaiyar 1977 :Film Personalities: Srividya 1979 :Film Personalities: Vyjayanthimala :Music:Manna Dey 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meenava Nanban
''Meenava Nanban'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Sridhar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Latha, with M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh among others enacting supporting roles. It was released on 14 August 1977. Plot Kumaran, an adventurer comes to defend the fishermen exploited by Nagaraj, the notable of the place. Kamali, his daughter, falls in love with Kumaran. Together, they continue the fight against injustice. Cast *M. G. Ramachandran as Kumaran * Latha as Kamali *Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Shanti *Sachu as Muthamma * V. K. Ramasamy as Nagaraj * M. N. Nambiar as Arun *P. S. Veerappa as Selvaraj *Nagesh as Ratnam *Thengai Srinivasan as Manickam *K. Kannan as Mahi * K. K. Soundar as In charge of Coolie *Karikol Raju as Fisherman * T. K. S. Natarajan as Varadhan *Loose Mohan as Fisherman Production After the success of ''Urimaikural'' (1974), Sridhar decided to make another film with M. G. Ramachandran titled ''Naanum Oru T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navarathinam
''Navarathinam'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language road film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan, his final film. It stars M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Jayachitra and Zarina Wahab. The film was released on 5 March 1977, and failed commercially. Plot Cast ;Lead actor *M. G. Ramachandran as Thangam ;Lead actresses * Latha as Manikkam *Zarina Wahab as Pushpa * P. R. Varalakshmi as Maragadam * Shubha as Muthamma * Jaya as Gomaidi * Sripriya as Vairam *Y. Vijaya as Neela * Jayachitra as Pavalai *Kumari Padmini as Vayiduriyam ;Supporting actresses * S. Varalakshmi as Thangam's mother * C. K. Saraswathi as Sagunan *S. N. Lakshmi as Pangajethamma * Puspalatha as Pavalai's sister ;Supporting actors * A. V. M. Rajan as Raja * M. N. Nambiar as Dharmaseelan * P. S. Veerappa as Manaru *Nagesh as Ratnam * Thengai Srinivasan as Muthamma's father * C. R. Parthiban as IG of Police * K. Kannan as Gunaseelan * M. B. Shetty as Djagou * Senthamarai as Police inspector * Isari Velan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhana Maaligai
Madhana is a village located in Dhimarkheda Block, Katni, Madhya Pradesh, India. Madhana old name is madhogarh. It has historical importance as the great warrior allaha and uddal took their father revenge at the age of 12. Madhana came under rule of King kalia who killed Allah/Uddal father when they were just 11/9 year old. Allah killed Kalia at 12 age and he was true warrior of that time. At present Mr Govind Pratap s/o late SHIVRAJ Bahadur is sarpanch of Madhana. Demographics Per the 2011 Census of India, Madhana had a total population of 947. Of the population 481 were male and 466 were female. Geography The total geographical area of village is 667 hectares. Administration Madhana is a gram panchayat in Dhimarkheda Tehsil. Currently Govind Pratap Singh is the pradhan (sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needhikku Thalaivanangu
''Needhikku Thalaivanangu'' () is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Neelakantan, starring M. G. Ramachandran and Latha. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Neramu Siksha'' (1973). The film was released on 18 March 1976 and became a box office success. Plot Vijay, who lives with his parents, leaves home one day as his father insults him. While he is fleeing his home, he comes across a girl whom he adopts as his sister, and begins work on improving her life. In the course of time, he commits a mistake, which leads to several consequences. He also meets a young woman and falls in love with her. As a reformed person who realises his mistakes, he makes amends in many ways, and in order to please everyone, he ends up sacrificing everything, including his life. Cast *M. G. Ramachandran as Vijay * Latha as Vimala *S. Varalakshmi as Maragadhan * Pushpalatha as Seetha *Roja Ramani alias Nirmala as Eswari * M. N. Nambiar as Sathiyamoorthy * V. K. Ramasamy as Vajarave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkarai Pachai
''Akkarai Pachai'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by N. Venkatesh and written by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars Jaishankar, Ravichandran, Nagesh, Lakshmi and Jayachitra. It was released on 19 September 1974. Plot There are two educated women. Both continuously tend to find fault with their respective husbands, threatening their marriage. Cast * Jaishankar * Ravichandran * Nagesh * Lakshmi * Jayachitra * Savitri * Rajasree Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. The song "Ikkaraikku Akkarai Pachai" attained popularity. Release and reception ''Akkarai Pachai'' was released on 19 September 1974. ''Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...'' felt that, by not focusing on character development, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadavul Mama
''Kadavul'' () is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film stars Velu Prabhakaran, Manivannan, Arun Pandiyan, Mansoor Ali Khan and Roja. The film, produced by H. Anraaj, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 5 December 1997. Despite having controversial themes, the film was well received. Plot Parvathi ( Roja), a young woman, is a goddess believer while her father (V. Gopalakrishnan) is the priest of a temple. After a quarrel between two castes during a Hindu festival, the temple was closed off. Five years later, the temple reopens. Muthu (Rahul) and Thenmozhi (Nandhini) are in love but they are not of the same caste. Velusamy (Karikalan), Thenmozhi's uncle, finds out their love and forces her to marry him. K. Shanmugam ( Mansoor Ali Khan), a corrupt MLA, kills a girl and blames Thamizharasan (Arun Pandian). Thamizharasan fights against injustice and is a revolutionary. Angry, Thamizharasan tries to kill him but fails and eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattila Thottila
''Kattila Thottila'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Malliyam Rajagopal and produced by Rama Arangannal. It is a remake of the 1972 Kannada film '' Naa Mechida Huduga'', which was based on the story ''Divorce In Indian Style'', written by P. S. Vaidyanathan. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi, with Kalpana, Sivakumar, Srikanth, Thengai Srinivasan and Manorama. It was released on 28 September 1973. Plot Cast * Gemini Ganesan as Sundaram * P. Bhanumathi as Meenakshi * Sivakumar as Sambhasivam * Kalpana as Padmini * Srikanth as Raja * Thengai Srinivasan as Vasu * Rajesh * Manorama as Manoramai * V. S. Raghavan as Sadhasivam * Master Sekhar as Gopi * Master Ramu as Ramu * Ganthimathi as Sadhasivam's wife Soundtrack Music was composed by V. Kumar V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜுலு குமார், ) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbalippu
''Anbalippu'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar and produced by S. Gandhiraj. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, B. Sarojadevi, Vijayanirmala and Jaishankar. It was released on 1 January 1969, and was a hit at the box-office. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Velu *B. Saroja Devi as Valli *Vijayanirmala as Meena *Jaishankar as Raja *Pandari Bai as Raja's mother * M. N. Nambiar as Vasudevan * V. K. Ramasamy as Neelamegam Pillai * T. R. Ramachandran as Nayar *Nagesh as Shanmugam *Sachu as Chandra * Karuppu Subbiah as Thangam * Senthamarai as Veerasamy * Geethanjali as Dancer *Pakoda Kadhar as Shanmugam's sidekick *Loose Mohan as the buyer Soundtrack Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Kannadasan 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuzhanthaikkaga
''Kuzhanthaikkaga'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by P. Madhavan, produced by D. Ramanaidu and written by Thuraiyur K. Moorthi, with music by M. S. Viswanathan. The film stars Padmini, R. S. Manohar, Major Sundarrajan, S. V. Ramadas and Baby Rani. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Papa Kosam'' (1968). The film was released on 12 June 1968. Plot A great train robbery takes place near Chennai and three robbers Jambu (a Hindu), Joseph (a Christian) and Naseer (a Muslim) steal the jewels of the passengers at gunpoint. They continue stealing from various shops and hotels; their atrocities become the talk of the city. The three enter a rich man Prabhakar's house, kill everybody and steal the money. They see a young child Geetha there and Jambu starts to like her. The other two do not show any affection, but Jambu decides to bring her along with him. The Police arrive but by then the three have escaped with the child. The police find that all the rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enga Oor Raja
''Enga Oor Raja'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed and produced by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Sowcar Janaki and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 21 October 1968, and ran for more than 100 days at all centers of Tamil Nadu. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Dharma Daata'' (1970). Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Sedhupathy and Boopathy *Jayalalithaa as Geetha *Sowcar Janaki as Sivakami * M. N. Nambiar as Rajankam *Nagesh as Chakravarthi * Manorama as Rani *Kanakadurga as Vijaya *C. Vasantha as Gowri *Rajapandiyan as Rajankam's brother * Senthamarai as Ramu * Samikannu as Rathnakannu *Master Antony as Young Boopathy *Master Sekhar as Young Chakravarthi *Loose Mohan as Fruit Seller Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
