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P. Madhavan
Palakrishnan Madhavan (1 January 1928 – 6 December 2003) was an Indian film director and producer in Tamil cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Madhavan has directed 49 films and produced 39 films under the banner ''Arun Prasad Movies''. Career Madhavan started his career as an assistant to director T. R. Ragunath. He also worked as an associate director to C. V. Sridhar before becoming a full-fledged director. His notable films include ''Dheiva Thaai'', ''Vietnam Veedu'', ''Thanga Pathakkam'', ''Kanne Pappa'', and ''Kuzhanthaikkaga''. He was also the first chairman and managing director of the M.G.R Film City and the State Film Development Corporation. He has also served as a chairman of the National Film Awards. Awards * 1970 – ''Raman Ethanai Ramanadi'' – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil * 1972 – ''Pattikada Pattanama'' – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil *1970 – ''Nilave Nee Satchi'' – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walajapet
Walajapet is a town or municipality and a part of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The streets in the town form a square shape which is a unique feature of the town. It will be easy for you to reach any part of the town with this kind of infrastructure. The streets are wide and nicely structured. As of 2011, the town had a population of 32,397. This town, located in the Ranipet district, and is considered to be the first municipality and taluk of Tamil Nadu, believed to have been formed in 1866. Demographics According to 2011 census, Walajapet had a population of 32,397 with a sex-ratio of 1,031 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 3,249 were under the age of six, constituting 1,675 males and 1,574 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 12.19% and .16% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 77.25%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 7,5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annai Illam
''Annai Illam'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and produced by M. R. Santhanam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Devika. It was released on 15 November 1963, and ran for 100 days at all centres of Tamil Nadu. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Kumar/Kumaresan *Devika as Geetha * S. V. Ranga Rao as Paramanandam/Paramasivam *M. V. Rajamma as Gowri * M. N. Nambiar as Rathnam *R. Muthuraman as Shanmugam * V. K. Ramasamy as Ramanathan *M. S. Sundari Bai as Gomathi *Nagesh as Godhandam * Jayanthi as Raji *Sachu as Seetha * K. K. Soundar as Police inspector *O. A. K. Thevar as Manickam *S. A. Kannan as Kannan Production Ganesan recommended Madhavan as the director to Santhanam. The song "Sigappu Vilakku" was filmed at the Life Insurance Corporation building in Madras. Soundtrack The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. Reception Writing for ''Sport and Pastime'', T. M. Ramachandran said, "The conventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponnukku Thanga Manasu
''Ponnukku Thanga Manasu'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, produced by P. Madhavan and directed by Devaraj–Mohan. The film stars Sivakumar, Jayachitra, Vijayakumar and Vidhubala, with Manorama, K. A. Thangavelu and M. R. R. Vasu in supporting roles. It was released on 2 June 1973. The film was remade in Malayalam as '' Bhoomidevi Pushpiniyayi''. Plot Ramu is a poor orphan who dreams of becoming a collector. Shankar, his rich best friend, assists him financially and by providing him a place to stay. Geetha and Shanthi are college students and best friends who often clash due to the differences in their beliefs. Geetha is rich, arrogant and feels entitled to special treatment due to her wealth. Shanthi is poor and believes that all people should be treated with respect regardless of wealth. Both friendships end due to various circumstances. When the four meet years later, Geetha and Shanthi challenge each other over their worldviews – wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dil Ka Raja
''Dil Ka Raaja'' is a 1972 Bollywood action film produced by A. A. Nadiadwala and directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Raaj Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Leena Chandavarkar in lead roles. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Enga Oor Raja''. Cast *Raaj Kumar as Raja Vichitra Singh / Raj Singh "Raju" (Double Role) *Waheeda Rehman as Laxmi Singh *Leena Chandavarkar as Geeta * Bindu as Rani * Ajit as Thakur Gajendra Singh *Indrani Mukherjee as Gauri Singh *Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (29 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in ''Purana Mandir ... as Bajrang Singh Music External links * 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s action drama films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by P. Madhavan Hindi remakes of Tamil films Indian action drama films {{1970s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Director – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil language, Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.#Film world, Film world, p 43 Superlatives *K. Balachander has the record of winning most Awards 7 and winning the Award twice in a row, on two separate occasions (1974–1975 and 1980–1981). Mani Ratnam have received the award for five times which is the second most wins. Cheran (director), Cheran have received the award four times. *Sudha Kongara was the first of two women to have won this award for Irudhi Suttru in 2016, the second being Gayathri of Pushkar–Gayathri duo for Vikram Vedha in 2017. Other woman Director to have been nominated is Suhasini Maniratnam for Indira (film), Indira . *S. Shankar remains the only Director to have won the Award for his first two films, Gentleman and Kadhalan . *S. Shankar, Cheran (director), Cheran , Bala (director), Bala , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnana Oli
''Gnana Oli'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, starring Sivaji Ganesan. It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel '' Les Miserables''. This film was remade in Hindi as ''Devata'' (1978) and in Telugu as '' Chakravarthy'' (1987). Plot Anthony an orphan, warm-hearted, yet physically effervescent is a wooden casket maker by profession. He is a regular church bell ringer raised by the guidance of the kind church Father. He marries. The day his lady goes into labour, he agrees to fabricate a wooden coffin for a supposedly dying person for his plausible money needs. Whilst fabricating he is notified that, that person who seemed dying miraculously survived, leaving his half-done coffin to no use, much to his irritation. However, the Father arrives and informs Anthony that a daughter was born, but also clarifies his half-done coffin was not merely a waste since his wife did not survive the labour. Shad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thenum Paalum
''Thenum Paalum'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 22 July 1971. Plot Somanathan, a leading advocate, has four daughter's and among them Thangam is his favorite and most beloved daughter. One day on his visit to Madras to attend an important case, an unexpected event happens in Thangam's life. On the day of Somanathan's visit to Madras, businessman Ramu visit's Somanathan's place and meet him. The purpose of this visit is to buy a land from Somanathan to build a factory for Ramu's new business. Somanathan introduces Thangam to Ramu and tell his daughter Thangam to guide Ramu to the land site. As per Somanathan's request Ramu stays in Somanathan's guest house next to his bungalow. The next day, both Ramu and Thangam visit the site and Thangam falls in love with Ramu in that trip and also, saves Ramu from a snake bite. Same night, by mistake Ramu drinks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabatham (1971 Film)
''Sabatham'' () is 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. Music was by G. K. Venkatesh. The film stars K. R. Vijaya, Ravichandran, Nagesh and T. K. Bhagavathi, with V. K. Ramasami and Anjali Devi in supporting roles. It was released on 14 April 1971. Plot Sivakami makes a gentle challenge to her father-in-law, as to how she should manage her problems in the household. Cast * K. R. Vijaya as Sivakami * Ravichandran as Muthu * T. K. Bhagavathi as Selva Nayagam and Durai Singam * Nagesh as Shanmugam * V. K. Ramasamy as Rangaiya * S. V. Sahasranamam as Valli Muthu * Anjali Devi as Rajeswari * Pandari Bai as Lakshmi * Neelu * K. R. Indira Devi as Yesotha * Indra * C. R. Rajakumari * Bhavani * Sridevi as Krishnan * L. Vijayalakshmi as Draupadi Production The film features a play based on the ''Mahabharata'', where Sridevi plays Krishna. Soundtrack Music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh and lyrics were written b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aansoo Aur Muskan
''Aansoo Aur Muskan'' () is a 1970 Hindi-language film directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Padmini (actress), Padmini and Bindu (actress), Bindu. The films playback music was sung by Mukesh (singer), Mukesh. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Kanne Pappa'' (1969), with which the latter reprised her role in both the language versions. This was Padmini's final Hindi film as a heroine, who later made a decade comeback to Bollywood in supporting roles with the film, Dard Ka Rishta (1982). Plot Beautiful Radha lives in a small hill-station in India. One day, Mahesh comes for sight-seeing, both meet, fall in love with each other, get intimate, and Mahesh promises to return, marry her and take her with him to live in Bombay. He does not return, Radha continues to search for him in every train that stops at Shampur, in vain. She eventually gives birth to a baby girl, Laxmi, and both are looked after by Shampur's kind-hearted Station Master. Radha does come across Mahesh, but he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 important lyricists in India. Frequently called ''Kaviarasu'', With over 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet Kaviarasu (King of poets) and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epic poetry, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, ''Arthamulla Indhu Matham'' (''Meaningful Hindu Religion''). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ''Cheraman Kathali'' in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film ''Kuzhanthaikkaga''. Personal life Kannadasan was born to Sathappan Chettiar and Visalakshi Aachi in a Nagarathar, Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Lyrics
The National Film Award for Best Lyrics (the Silver Lotus Award) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) to a lyricist who has composed the best song for films produced within the Indian film industry. The award was first introduced at the 16th National Film Awards in 1969. It was intermittently awarded until the 22nd National Film Awards (1975). From then on, no award was presented until the 32nd National Film Awards (1985). However, since 1985 every year the award has been presented with the exception of the 34th National Film Awards (1987). As of the 68th National Film Awards (2020), the DFF has presented a total of 44 awards to 30 different lyricists. Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects, the recipients of the award include those who have worked in seven major languages: Hindi (17 awards), Tamil (11 awards), Bengali, Kannada & Malayalam (4 awards), Telugu (3 award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Child Artist
The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal). The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eleven major languages. Hindi (24 awards), Tamil (13 awards), Malayalam (13 awards), Marathi (9 awards), Kannada (7 awards), Bengali (6 awards), Telugu (3 awards), Meitei (1 award), Konkani (1 award), Assamese (1 award), Oriya (1 award). Winners Award includes 'Silver Lotus' (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
