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Muktha Srinivasan
Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer. Personal life V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. He followed all Brahmin rituals sincerely throughout his life. He remained a vegetarian. His elder brother is Muktha Ramaswamy and his sister is Revathi. He married Prema in 1951. He has three children Muktha S. Sundar, also a director, Mukhta Ravi and Maya.Muktha srinivasan is the founder of Muktha films. His elder grandson Suseendran who acted in movies like Kashmora and Echarikkai is now the Managing director of Muktha films. Death He died peacefully on 29 May 2018 at the age of 88 in his residence in T.Nagar, Chennai due to old age after suffering from various health issues. Career V. Srinivasan alias Muktha Srinivasan entered the film industry in 1947, as Senior Assistant to T. R. Sundaram, by coaching artists in dialogue delivery. As a technical hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malapuram
Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. Divided into 40 electoral wards, the city has a population density of . According to the 2011 census, the Malappuram metropolitan area is the fourth largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi, Calicut, and Thrissur urban areas and the 26th largest in India with a total population of 1.7 million. It is the fastest growing city in the world with a 44.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on the urban area growth during January 2020. Malappuram is situated 54 km southeast of Calicut and 90 km northwest of Palakkad. It is the first Indian municipal body to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to its entire residents. Malappura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suryagandhi
''Suryagandhi'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan. It stars Jayalalithaa and Muthuraman, with Savithri, Cho Ramaswamy, Moulee, CID Shakuntala and Manorama in supporting roles. The film was digitised and re-released on 16 September 2016. The film was remade in Malayalam as ''Priyamvada'', in Telugu as '' Moguda Pellama'' and in Kannada as '' Hennu Samsaradha Kannu''. Kamal Haasan worked under Thangappan as his dance assistant in this movie. Plot Mohan is the eldest son in a middle-class family, having a superiority complex that he should be the first in everything. He and Radha fall in love and they get married. Mohan works in a low wage job despite being a graduate, which is insufficient for the family. So, Radha decides to join as a sales officer and starts working in a company. Her hard work earns her a good name and a promotion. So, her respect in the family rises as it improves the economic status of the family and she is able to fulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iru Medhaigal
''Iru Medhaigal'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by Muktha Ramasami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha, Prabhu and Radha. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. Plot Balaram (Sivaji Ganesan) kidnaps the children of rich but dishonorable people and ransoms them. Ranga (Prabhu) is a car thief. The two men meet when Balaram mistakenly kidnaps Ranga assuming he is Rajalingam's ( M. N. Nambiar) nephew, Mahesh (Janagaraj). The confusion is cleared up and they realize that they both are searching for the same person, Devaki (Saritha). She is Ranga's long-lost older sister and she's also Balaram's ex-girlfriend. The two decide to continue working together while they search and kidnap Radha (Radha). She is the heir to a great fortune left to her by her older brother Chandrasekar (Jaishankar). Rajalingam is the manager of Radha's companies and refuses to hand over the ransom. Radha is convinced her guardian would give an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keezh Vaanam Sivakkum
''Keezh Vaanam Sivakkum'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by S. Ravi. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha, Jaishankar, Sarath Babu and Menaka. It is based on the play of the same name by Kuriakose Ranga. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Gopala Krishnudu'' and in Malayalam as ''Chakravalam Chuvannappol''. The film become a hit at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters. Plot Dr. Dwarakanath is a renowned ophthalmologist in Coimbatore, devoted to God and with a high moral standing. He shares his happy home with his son Srivathsan, daughter-in-law Manju, a couple of relatives and a faithful servant. Dwarakanath's peaceful life is shattered by a double whammy, first when he discovers that Manju is afflicted with a dreadful disease and has only a few months to live and then a blind man Kumaran who is seeking revenge against an unknown perpetrator responsible for his sister's suicide, shows up at his doors and Dwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imayam
''Imayam'' (; ) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by Muktha Ramaswamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Srividya, Jaiganesh and Thengai Srinivasan. The film also marked the on-screen debut for Kannada actress Malashri. It was released on 21 July 1979. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan *Srividya *Thengai Srinivasan *Jaiganesh *Yamana *K. Kannan * Y. G. Mahendra *S. Yogalingam * Manorama *Meera * C. I. D Sakunthala * Reena *S. N. Parvathy *Vijaya Chandrika *Malashri (credited as Baby Jamuna) Soundtrack The music is composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. The song "Gangai Yamunai" is set in Madhyamavati raga. Reception Kutty Krishnan 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 ...'' praised the film's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaman Kadhali
''Andaman Kadhali'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan, produced by Muktha Ramaswamy and written by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Chandra Mohan and Thengai Srinivasan. It was released on 26 January 1978. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Andaman Ammayi''. Plot Shivaji Ganesan is a millionaire who believes money alone is God and is capable of solving all problems. He is the guardian of his boss' d daughter who wants him to buy a statue by a sculptor she is crazy about. She wants him to come to Andaman for the same. However, in the past, Shivaji was an inhabitant of Andaman and was the lover of Sujatha. While she was pregnant on account of them having married in secrecy due to fear of their tribe, he went to get the doctor who insults them. In rage, he kills the doctor and in fear, runs away from Andaman. A millionaire hires him as a servant, sees his good heart and after a good many years, leaves all the money t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thavapudhalavan
''Thavapudhalavan'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by Muktha Ramaswamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 26 August 1972 and ran for 100 days to become a hit. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Nirmal *K. R. Vijaya as Vasanthi *Pandari Bai as Rajalakshmi *V. Gopalakrishnan (actor), V. Gopalakrishnan as Eswaran *Ganthimathi as Eswari *M. R. R. Vasu as Jambu *Cho Ramaswamy, Cho as James *Manorama (Tamil actress), Manorama as Pankajam *Senthamarai (actor), Senthamarai as Doctor *K. K. Soundar as Blindman *A. Sakunthala as Vimala *K. Kannan as Henchman *Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (guest appearance) *Vijayachandrika as Nurse Production The inspiration for the lead character's evening blindness disease came from a friend of Srinivasan. Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Randor Guy wrote the English portions of "Love is Fine" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arunodhayam
''Arunodhayam'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, R. Muthuraman and Lakshmi. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan, and was released on 5 March 1971. Plot Prabhu (Sivaji Ganesan) and Nirmala (Lakshmi) are siblings. Nirmala falls in love with Arun (R. Muthuraman). One day she tells her brother about her love. Prabhu is surprised and decide to meet Arun, but finds out that Arun is a drunkard. The story continues with how Prabhu faces this problem and marries off Nirmala to Arun. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Prabhu *B. Saroja Devi as Shanthi *R. Muthuraman as Arun *Lakshmi as Nirmala *Anjali Devi as Prabhu and Nirmala's mother *V. S. Raghavan as Viswanathan * V. Gopalakrishnan as Antony Morasis *Cho as Dr. Siranjeevi * Manorama as Radha *Thengai Srinivasan as Nithyanandan *Venniradai Moorthy as Information Bureau (I.B) officer *Jayakumari as Dancer *Kanakadurga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirai Kudam
''Nirai Kudam'' () is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy under ''Muktha Films'' banner. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Vanisri, with musical score by V. Kumar. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Prabhakar/Dr.Babu *Vanisri as Chithra *R. Muthuraman as Sampath *Major Sundarrajan as Madhanagopal * V. K. Ramasamy as Appadurai *Cho as Giri * Manorama as Girija *Thengai Srinivasan as Professor *Sachu as Hema *M. Bhanumathi *Kathadi Ramamurthy as cooking master (Guest Role) *Veerasamy *G. Sakunthala G. Sakunthala (19 August 1932 - 8 November 2004) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Tamil films and plays. As she was a prominent member of MGR's drama troupe, Sakuntha appeared as a 'regular' cast member in many of MGR's movies, ... as Girija's aunty Production ''Nirai Kudam'' is the first film for Sivaji Ganesan with Muktha Films. Soundtrack References External links * {{Muktha Srinivasan 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. He was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname ''Nadigar Thilagam'' (). In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Sivaji Ganesan is the only Tamil actor to have played the lead role in over 250 films. Ganesan was the first Indian actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. Many leading South Indian actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. In addition, he received four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visu
Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander until becoming a director himself. He later began acting, with his first film being ''Kudumbam Oru Kadambam'' (1981), directed by S. P. Muthuraman. Career He started his career as a theatre artist, working with Y. G. Parthasarathy's drama troupe. He was writing scripts for stage dramas before getting into the film industry as an assistant to legendary director K. Balachander. During his time with Balachander, he wrote screenplays for numerous films including ''Pattina Pravesam'' (1977), ''Avan Aval Adhu'' (1980), ''Thillu Mullu'' (1981) and ''Netrikkan'' (1981). ''Thillu Mullu'' and ''Netrikkan'', which were both released in 1981, became box office hits for actor Rajinikanth.The script and the flawless screenplay gave Rajin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi) (25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil, Telugu with few Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi film industry. She was a popular lead actress in the 1960s. Devika is the grand daughter of Telugu cinema doyen and pioneer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu. One of her uncles was a Mayor of Chennai. Actress Kanaka is her daughter. Film career In Tamil, she has acted with all major heroes of the day. In ''Mudhalali'', an AVM film, in which she made her debut, she paired with S. S. Rajendran. The film received a certificate as the (Best regional language film) for the year from the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. She paired with M. G. Ramachandran in ''Anandha Jodhi''. She won accolades from viewers for the role she played in this film. With Sivaji Ganesan she has acted in films like '' Karnan'', ''Kulamagal Radhai'', Andavan Kattalai, Anbu Karangal, Annai Illam, Paava Mannippu, Muradan Muthu, Neela Vaanam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
