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M. Sivachandran
Narayanan, better known by his stage name Sivachandran, is an Indian actor, director, and writer who was active in Tamil cinema mostly in the 1980s. Career Sivachandran was originally offered to act in '' Kizhakke Pogum Rail'' (1978), but declined. He made his film debut in ''Pattina Pravesam'' (1977) as one of the lead actors. He later starred in ''Annapoorani'' (1978) with R. Muthuraman in a negative role. He went on to star in notable films include '' Aval Appadithan'' (1978) and '' Polladhavan'' (1980). He made his directorial debut with ''En Uyir Kannamma'' (1988) and went on to direct several films with Prabhu. Personal life Sivachandran was born as Narayanan, in Valparai, in Coimbatore district. He changed his name to Sivachandran and started his acting career. The stage name is a portmanteau of "Siva" from Sivaji Ganesan and "Chandran" from M. G. Ramachandran. Sivachandran fell in love with actress Lakshmi on the sets of the film ''En Uyir Kannamma''. Both of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi (actress)
Mahalakshmi (born 13 December 1952), known professionally as Lakshmi, is an Indian actress known for her works primarily in the southern film industry (distributing her acting career in almost each Dravidian language equally), along with some Hindi films. She made her film debut through a Tamil film '' Sri Valli'' in 1961. Her debut as an actress happened with the Tamil film '' Jeevanaamsam'' in 1968. In the same year, she also debuted in Kannada and Telugu films with ''Goa Dalli CID 999'' and '' Bandhavyalu'', respectively. In 1974, her debut Malayalam film, '' Chattakari'' went on to become a blockbuster throughout India. Her performance in '' Mithunam'' (2012) is regarded as one of the ''100 Greatest Performances of the Decade'' by ''Film Companion.'' Lakshmi then went on to appear in a number of commercially successful films in various languages without a hesitation or diction. She dubs her voice for all of her movies, irrespective of the language and remains one of the very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundaryame Varuga Varuga
''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Sridhar. The film stars Sivachandran, Sathaar, Sripriya and Rati. It was released on 15 January 1980. Plot Cast * Sivachandran * Sathaar * Prakash * Sripriya * Rati *Pandari Bai Production ''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' was written and directed by Sridhar, and produced by B. Bharani Reddy of Sri Bharani Chitra. Cinematography was handled by R. K. Tiwari, and editing by C. Subbarao. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar, and the lyrics were written by Vaali. Release and reception ''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' was released on 15 January 1980. Kaushikan of ''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 ...'' panned the film for its story, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naalai Unathu Naal
''Naalai Unathu Naal'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, directed by A. Jagannathan and produced by Kalavathi C. The film stars Vijayakanth, Nalini and Jaishankar. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. The movie is heavily inspired by Agatha Christie's ''And Then There Were None'' (1939), and is a remake of the Hindi movie ''Gumnaam'' (1965). Plot The movie is about a group of lucky draw winners getting stranded in an unknown, unspecified jungle while traveling to the US. Seven people mysteriously win a free vacation. On the way to their destination, the plane has engine trouble and they are left abandoned in a remote seaside location. They find shelter in a large mansion inhabited by a comical butler Angalamma. One by one, they are murdered and the remaining vacationers try to figure out why they were chosen for the trip and what they have in common. Cast *Vijayakanth as Arun * Nalini as Kalpana *Jaishankar as Devadas *Senthamarai as Dr. Nagaraj * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Maane Maane
''Oh Maane Maane'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars Mohan and Urvashi. It is a remake of the 1974 Malayalam film '' Chattakari'', which itself was based on a Malayalam novel of the same name. The film was released on 22 October 1984. Plot Cast * Mohan as Mahesh *Urvashi as Stella *Thengai Srinivasan as George *Sivachandran as Joseph * Calcutta Viswanathan *Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Sivaraman *Vadivukkarasi as Victoria * Manorama *Vasantha as Meenakshi * Sangeeta *Arundhathi as Kasthuri Soundtrack The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics written by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Gangai Amaran, Na. Kamarasan and Mu. Metha. Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ... recorded a song in his voice for the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhuthatha Sattangal
''Ezhuthatha Sattangal'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and M. N. Nambiar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Aarambham'' (1982). The film was released on 15 August 1984. The film was a major commercial success. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Nazeer Vappa *Prabhu as Shankar *Jaishankar as Judge Thiyagarajan * M. N. Nambiar as the Farooq *Srividya * Nalini *Urvashi as Meena *Sarath Babu as Dr. Basheer *Rajesh *R. S. Manohar as Sebastian *Sivachandran as jambi *Thengai Srinivasan as velu *Oru Viral Krishna Rao *Nagaraja Chozhan * Anuradha *Vijayalakshmi *Vijayarekha *K. Vijayan in Guest appearance *V. Gopalakrishnan in guest appearance (DR. Abraham) *LIC Narasimhan Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbe Odi Vaa
''Anbe Odi Vaa'' is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by R. Renjith Kumar. The film stars Mohan and Urvashi. It was released on 12 May 1984. Plot Prema transfers to a college in the same town as college student Mahesh. She is rich and harbours a deep sense of entitlement. Mahesh is reserved and primarily focused on his education as well as excelling in running track. He politely ignores Prema the few times they meet which enrages her. She makes it a point to reach out to him and fosters a friendship. Mahesh soon falls in love with Prema and she becomes the focus of life. Prema plays along in an attempt to get revenge. She finally comes clean when Mahesh risks his life to save her. Prema apologises and states that while she respects him, she doesn't love him. She's set to marry another man and walks out of his life. Years later, Mahesh is a professor in Bombay and befriends one of his students, Priya (Indira). In a visit to her house, he realises Priya's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivappu Sooriyan
''Sivappu Sooriyan'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Muktha Srinivasan, starring Rajinikanth, Radha and Saritha. The film, released on 27 May 1983, was a box office failure. Plot Vijay, a merchant navy officer, comes home on leave to meet his sister Selvi and her husband Vishwanthan but finds them missing. In his search for them, he bumps into Chitra who falls in love with him. With Chitra's help, Vijay is able to find Selvi, but is shocked when he learns that her husband has vanished and she has stopped speaking. Unable to make Selvi speak but determined to resolve her troubles, Vijay with the help of his friend Vidyasagar discovers that Vishwanathan had testified in court against a dangerous criminal and is being held hostage by his associates. Vijay decides to disguise himself as a smuggler and gets into the underworld. Whether he is able to retrieve Vishwanathan and bring normalcy to Selvi's life forms the rest of the story. Cast * Rajinikant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellai Roja
''Vellai Roja'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. Jagannathan and written and A. L. Narayanan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Prabhu and Radha. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Post Mortem''. ''Vellai Roja'' was released on 4 November 1983, and ran for 100 days in 13 centres. Plot Father James is a Catholic priest, well-respected by the entire town. Parisutham is a multimillionaire and head of the town, Peter who is the son of coffin maker Savaerimuthu is an angry young man, who always fights for justice and is against rich people. Peter's sister Mary and Parisutham's son Johnny are in love. Mary becomes pregnant and at that time Johnny has to leave the country for few days on business, so she asks James' help to arrange her marriage with Johnny because both Parisutham and Peter respect his words. But Peter's girlfriend Lakshmi overhears part of a conversation between James and Mary on her pregnancy and misunderstands that James and Mary were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simla Special
Simla Special is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Muktha Srinivasan, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role. S. V. Shekher, Sripriya, Thengai Srinivasan, Y. G. Mahendran, Manorama are other major stars appearing in this comedy. Plot Gopu is a budding drama artist. He and his good friend Babu own a popular troupe that performs low-budget comedies. To help Babu pay for his sister's wedding, they accept a commission to perform a set of plays for Tamilians in Simla. One of the plays is titled ''Simla Special'' and is written by Mahalakshmi. While Kamal is in Simla, Babu receives a telegram intended for Gopu informing him of Gopu's mom being seriously ill. Fearing the loss of the money if they renege on the Simla commission, Babu keeps the information from Gopu. Gopu subsequently finds out about his mother's illness when a friend calls to tell him that her situation has worsened. However, for the sake of his friend's sister, he decides to continue acting. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai
''Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars newcomer Kapil Dev, Sulakshana and Sivachandran. It was released on 15 October 1982. Plot Cast *Kapil Dev * Sulakshana *Sivachandran *Vanitha *Usha *S. S. Chandran *Senthil Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Release and reception ''Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai'' was released on 15 October 1982. ''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 ...'' said . References External links * {{R. Sundarrajan (director) 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films Films directed by R. Sundarrajan Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parvaiyin Marupakkam
''Parvaiyin Marupakkam'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K.M.Balakrishnan, starring Vijayakanth. The film explores the concept of hypnotism, and has an ensemble cast including M. N. Nambiar, Sripriya, Sivachandran and Silk Smitha. Parthiban and Rohini in the early stage of their career, did supporting roles in this film. Plot Peter ( V.Gopalakrishnan) is a professor of hypnotism, and has dedicated his life to research on hypnotism. He often visits his old friend ( K. K. Soundar), who is a priest in the Siva temple in the village of Pooncholai. Viswanath ( M. N. Nambiar) and Ramji are petty thieves released from prison. They plan to steal the gold Nataraja statue and jewels from the temple. During the heist, they are caught by the priest and his wife. As a result, Viswanath ties them to a tree and burns them alive. The priest's children Vijay and Geetha (Baby Meena) are witness to this incident. Geetha's eyes get burnt while trying to save their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandha Ragam
''Anandha Ragam'' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Bharani, starring Sivakumar, Radha and Aruna. It was released on 14 January 1982. The film is based on the novel ''Alaigal Oivathillai'' by Thamarai Senthoorapandi. Plot Cast * Sivakumar * Radha * Aruna * Sivachandran * Ravikumar * Goundamani * Veera Raghavan * V. R. Thilakam * Indira Devi Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception Sindhu Jeeva of ''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 ...'' gave a mixed review citing the film failed to do justice to the novel and it lacked naturality, but praised Ilayaraja's music. References External links * {{IMDb title, 8913978 1980s romance films 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films Films based on Indian nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |