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Marupadiyum
''Marupadiyum'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, filmed and directed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Revathi, Nizhalgal Ravi, Arvind and Rohini. A remake of the 1982 Hindi film ''Arth'', it focuses on Thulasi, a wife caught up in marital discord, and her life henceforth. ''Marupadiyum'' was released on 14 January 1993. Revathi won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress for her performance. Plot Thulasi, who grew up as an orphan girl and always dreamt of owning a house, becomes insecure when she finds that she and her husband, Muralikrishna, have to leave the apartment they rent. The twist that occurred when Murali gives her the keys of a new house proves to be double-edged, when it is revealed that he is in love with another woman, Kavitha, with whom he earned the money (in the film industry) for the new apartment. While previously giving advice to her maid cheated by her husband, now Thulasi becomes herself involved in a similar situation. When M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balu Mahendra
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran (19 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan-born Indian cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Widely regarded as an auteur, Mahendra usually scripted and edited his films apart from shooting them. He was the recipient of six National Film Awards (including two for Best Cinematography), five Filmfare Awards South and several state government awards. Mahendran developed a passion for photography and literature at a young age. After witnessing the shoot of David Lean's ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (1957) during a school trip in Sri Lanka, he was drawn towards filmmaking. He graduated from London University and started his career as a draughtsman with the Sri Lankan Government. In 1966, he moved to India and gained admission to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to pursue a course in motion picture photography. Upon completion of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinodhini
Vinodhini is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and Tamil serials. Beginning her acting career as a child artist, she went on to play lead and supporting roles before acting in television series as well. She was credited as Shwetha in Kannada films. Career Vinodhini began her acting career as a child artist, appearing in films including ''Manal Kayiru'', '' Puthiya Sagaptham'' and ''Mannukkul Vairam'', before going on to enact lead roles in Tamil films. In 1992, she was directed by Balu Mahendra in ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal''. Although the film was critically as well as commercially successful—it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil and completed a 100-days run in theatres—it failed to propel Vinodhini's career. That year, she debuted in Malayalam cinema with ''Soorya Manasam'' and the Kannada film industry with ''Chaitrada Premanjali'', where she took on the stage name Shwetha. Both films were successes. After appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actress – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of the film. Superlatives File:Nayanthara at Filmfare Awards.jpg, Nayanthara(3 Wins, among 4 Winners) Jyothika Filmfare 2014.jpg, Jyothika(Most nominations (15) and 1 Win) File:Trisha at World Children's Day Press Meet.png, Trisha Krishnan(Oldest winner with 1) File:Revathi at the screening of Masaala at PVR Phoenix (1) (cropped).jpg, Revathi(Oldest nominee and 3 Wins) File:Kushboo BH (cropped).jpg, Khushbu (Most nominations without a win) File:Sridevi05.jpg, Sridevi (Youngest winner and Nominee) *Actresses Sujatha won the most awards in the 1970s with three. Saritha and Raadhika won the award two times in the 80s, and Revathi won three times in the 1990s for the most in that decade. Laila had two wins in the 2000s, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasri (writer)
Indukuri Ramakrishnam Raju (31 August 1934 – 14 August 1994), populary known by his pen name Rajasri, was an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, film director, and music composer in Telugu cinema. He has worked on nearly 1000 films, a majority of them are dubbed films. He was popularly referred to as ''Anuvaada Brahma'' (). He used to pen Telugu lyrics for most of the films dubbed from Tamil in the 1980s and early 1990s. Early life Rajasri was born as 'Indukuri Ramakrishnam Raju' to Indukuri Appalaraju and Narayanamma on 31 August 1934 in Vizianagaram. Right from early childhood he started writing stories and metrical poetry. He completed his B.Sc (Physics) from Maharajah's College in Vizianagaram. He learned typewriting. He worked as a typist-cum-personal-assistant in Srikakulam District Board. Career Rajasri resigned his job and moved to Madras. He started assisting writer Pinisetty Sriramamurthy. The first film he worked for as a lyricist was '' Aada Pettanam'' (1954), produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaali (poet)
Tiruchirapalli Srinivasan Rangarajan, professionally credited by his pseudonym Vaali (born 29 October 1931 – 18 July 2013) was an Indian poet who is the highest songs wrote lyricist in cinema and whose works were in Tamil, had a five-decade long association with the Tamil film industry, wrote over 15,000 songs. He acted in a number of films, including '' Sathya'', ''Hey Ram'', '' Paarthale Paravasam'' and '' Poikkal Kudhirai''. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2007. Biography Vaali was born in a Iyengar brahmin family as T. S. Rangarajan on 29 October 1931 to Srinivasan Iyengar and Ponnammal Iyengar. His native place is Thirupparaithurai, Tiruchirappalli district. Growing up, he studied at Higher Secondary School for Boys, Srirangam, Srirangam till he finished his SSLC. He went to Madras in the 1950 seeking an opportunity in Tamil film industry. In the 1960s and 1970s, he received patronage from actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It became India's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. The 1986 film '' Naam'' was his first piece of commercial cinema. In 1987, he turned producer with the film '' Kabzaa'' under the banner, "Vishesh Films", with his brother Mukesh Bhatt. Bhatt went on to become one of the most recognized directors of the Indian film industry in the next decade, giving both art-house works such as ''Daddy'' (1989) and ''Swayam'' (1991), as well as commercial romantic hits like ''Awaargi'' (1990), ''Aashiqui'' (1990) and ''Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin'' (1991), in which he cast Pooja with actor Aamir Khan. He next directed ''Sadak'' (1991) which was a hit and it remains his highest grossing either directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasi Sathya
Pasi Sathya is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema and television. She has worked in popular movies like ''Veedu'', '' Magalir Mattum'', ''Pudhupettai''. She made her debut in the National award-winning Tamil film, ''Pasi'', in 1979. She played Chellamma, a friend of Shoba, who played the main lead role. After the film, she has used the prefix Pasi. Sathya debuted in '' Netru Indru Naalai''. The film was released in 1974. It has been more than 40 years since she came to the cinema and she has acted in over 250 films and 2000 stage plays. Early career Sathya's hometown is Madurai. Her mother is a music teacher and her dad, a central government employee. Her acting journey began with the Pavalakodi drama. She acted in several plays in school. Then she came to Chennai and focused on plays. She was not interested in studies after 9th grade. She has acted in several plays in the presence of great actors including MGR and Sivaji. Sathya has appeared in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arth (film)
''Arth'' () is a 1982 Indian drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles and Smita Patil, Raj Kiran and Rohini Hattangadi in supporting roles. It features some of the most memorable soundtracks by Ghazal duo, Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with Parveen Babi. It is one of the 25 Must See Bollywood Movies as compiled by Indiatimes Movies. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Marupadiyum'' (1993) by Balu Mahendra. In 2017, Pakistani actor and director Shaan Shahid released, ''Arth 2'' and Bhatt acted as a "mentor" during production. Plot Pooja, who grew up as an orphan girl and always dreamt of owning a house, becomes insecure when she finds out that she and her husband, Inder, have to leave the apartment they rent. The twist that occurred when Inder gives her the keys of a new house proves to be double-edged, when it is revealed that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st Filmfare Awards South
The 41st Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1993 is an event held on 24 September 1994 was an event held at the Kamaraj Hall, Madras. Awards Main awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Lifetime Achievement Awards Awards Presentation * Rajendra Singh Babu (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Balu Mahendra * A. R. Rahman (Best Music Director Tamil) Received Award from Sarika * Lakshmi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Shobana * Revathy (Best Actress Tamil) Received Award from Khushbu * Mohanlal (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Madhoo * Chiranjeevi (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Kamal Haasan * Gemini Ganesan (Lifetime Achievement Award) Receives Award from Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohini (actress)
Rohini Molleti, known professionally as Rohini, is an Indian actress, screenwriter, and lyricist. She has mainly acted in Malayalam,Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil films along with few Kannada films. Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit. She received National Award of Special Mention and Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Special Jury Award, Nandi Special Jury Award for Best Performance in 1995 for the film ''Stri''. Early life A native of Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh, Rohini spent all her childhood in Chennai. Her father Appa Rao Naidu was a panchyat officer and mother Radha was a housewife. Her father always wanted to become an actor, though he couldn't be an actor he encouraged his daughter to become an actress and he fulfilled his ambition through his daughter. Her mother died when she was five years old and father remarried later. Personal life She was married to actor Raghuvaran in 1996. The couple have a son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvind Swamy
Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster film ''Thalapathi'' (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as ''Roja'' (1992), ''Bombay'' (1995), ''Minsara Kanavu'' (1997), ''Thani Oruvan'' (2015), and ''Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'' (2018). He made his debut as a director in the Netflix anthology series ''Navarasa'' (2021) in which his segment named '' Project Agni (Adbhutha – Wonder)''. Swamy also starred in other regional film industries, including Telugu and Malayalam films where he has done films such as ''Mounam'' (1995), ''Daddy'' (1992) and ''Devaraagam'' (1996). He has also appeared in Bollywood, making his appearance in ''Saat Rang Ke Sapne'' (1998). He briefly worked as a television presenter as the host of the third season of '' Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film ''Nizhalgal''. He has acted in 550 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil. Career Nizhalgal Ravi started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film ''Nizhalgal'' (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like ''Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi'' (1987), ''Nayakan'' (1987), ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Raadhika, Radha, Gautami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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