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Pushpalatha Vidya Mandir
Pushpalatha is an Indian actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She has acted as heroine and character roles in more than 100 films. Her debut film was ''Sengottai Singam'', released in 1958. When Pushpalatha co-starred with A. V. M. Rajan in ''Naanum Oru Penn'', the two fell in love and got married. In 1964, she was a model for Lux soap Early career Pushpalatha's native home is Mettupalayam, Coimbatore. Her father sold brass and silver. She was born in a strict Chettinadu Catholic family. She is the fifth child out of 8 children. She completed Bharatnatyam at the age of 9. In 1955, She had a cameo role in the movie ''Nalla Thangai'', produced and directed by actor S. A. Natarajan. Film career She made her debut in the movie ''Konga Nattu Thangam'' (1962). Following that, She has acted as lead actress and supporting actress more than one hundred films, such as ''Sarada'', ''Paar Magaley Paar'', ''Naanum Oru Penn'', ''Yarukku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettupalayam, Coimbatore
Mettupalayam is a municipality town and taluk of the Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest town in the Coimbatore District. It's located to the North of the Coimbatore city on the way to Ooty in the foothills of Nilgiri hills. As of 2011, the town had a population of 66,595. Mettupalayam Railway Station is the only Railway Station which still operates Steam Engine Train from Mettupalayam to Ooty. Geography Mettupalayam is located at . It has an average elevation of 314 metres (1033 feet). Mettupalayam is situated on the bank of Bhavani River at the foot of the Nilgiri mountains. Demographics According to 2011 census, Mettupalayam had a population of 69,213 with a sex-ratio of 1,022 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 6,808 were under the age of six, constituting 3,543 males and 3,265 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 14.76% and 0.08% of the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherapakura Chedevu
''Cherapakura Chedevu'' () is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced and directed by Kovelamudi Bhaskar Rao under the Bhaskar Productions banner. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and Sowcar Janaki, with music composed by Ghantasala. It was dubbed in Tamil and released as ''Illarame Inbam'' in 1956. Plot The story begins with Zamindar Govinda Rao (Ravulapalli) leading a happy family life with his wife Shantamma (Lakshmi Rajyam), son Anand (Amarnath), daughter-in-law Lalitha (Sowcar Janaki), daughter Seeta (Chandra Kumari), and son-in-law Pitambaram (Relangi). Once Govind Rao becomes terminally ill, so he gives a call to his first wife's son Mohan (N. T. Rama Rao) who left the home in childhood as Shantamma ill-treats him. Learning it, Shantamma conspires with a malevolent person Dayanidhi (R. Nageswara Rao) who has close frequency with their family. Both of them create a fake will and cleverly make a sign of Govind Rao. Parallelly, being cognizant of his father's condi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Bhi Ladki Hoon
''Main Bhi Ladki Hoon'' () is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language film. Directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar, the film stars Dharmendra and Meena Kumari. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Naanum Oru Penn'' which itself was an adaptation on Sri Shailash Dey's Bengali play ''Bodhu''. Plot Rajni, a dusky, uneducated girl, is deceptively married off to Ram, son of a wealthy father. Although loved by all, a conniving relative sows the seeds of suspicion in the minds of the family members. Cast * Dharmendra as Ram * Meena Kumari as Rajni * Balraj Sahani as Ganga * Om Prakash as Dindayal "Raja" * A. V. M. Rajan as Balram * Pushpalatha as Chanda * Bhagwan Dada as T. B. * Manorama (Hindi actress), Manorama as Mrs. Dindayal * S. V. Ranga Rao as Zamindar * Mohan Choti as Lallu * Kammo (actress), Kammo as Bhagwanti * Umesh Sharma as Mohan Soundtrack The music director of this movie is Chitragupt (composer), Chitragupt. The songs "Chanda Se Hoga Woh Pyara" and "Krishna, O Kaale Krishna" have t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratha Thilagam
''Ratha Thilagam'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language romantic war film directed by Dada Mirasi. The film stars Sivaji and Savitri Ganesan (no relation). Based on the Sino-Indian border dispute of 1962, it was released on 14 September 1963. The film was not commercially successful. Plot Kumar is a graduate who decides to enlist in the Indian Army, following news of Chinese invasion in the country during the midst of the Sino-Indian War, only to find out that his love interest Kamala was working against the Indian Army. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Major Kumar * Savitri Ganesan as Kamala *Nagesh as Madurai *Kannappa as a Chinese doctor *Veerasami *Shanmugasundaram as Chinese military officer *Parthiban *Pushpalatha * Manorama as Poonkuyil *Janaki *Ennatha Kannaiya as Milltry Rajarathnam *Comedy Shanmugam as Madurai Assistant *kundu Karuppaiya as Kumar Hostel servant Production ''Ratha Thilagam'' is based on the Sino-Indian border dispute of 1962. It was directed by Dada Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neengadha Ninaivu
''Neengadha Ninaivu'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by W. R. Subba Rao. It is a remake of the 1951 Hindi-language film '' Deedar''. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, Kalyan Kumar, C. R. Vijayakumari and Pushpalatha. Plot The story starts with a friendship between two young children. The girl is from an affluent family. She is friends with a poor boy. Both of them used to ride on a horse for fun. The girl's father does not like their friendship. One day he blames the boy that he pushed the girl off the horse. He forbids their meeting thereafter. The children grow up. The boy, now a young man, Kumar, lives in a farmer's house. Another farmer's daughter loves him. Kumar loses his eyesight in an accident. Kumar and the lover girl make their living by singing in the streets. Kumar becomes acquainted with an eye surgeon. The surgeon restores his eyesight. The surgeon becomes friendly with Kumar. Kumar tells the surgeon about his childhood sweetheart. But when Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhai Pangalan
''Ezhai Pangalan'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar, written by M. Lakshmanan and produced by K. V. Mahadevan, who also composed the music. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Ragini, Pushpalatha and M. N. Nambiar. It was released on 20 December 1963. Plot Cast ;Male cast *Gemini Ganesan as Raja * M. N. Nambiar * S. A. Ashokan *T. S. Muthiah * K. Balaji *V. Mahalingam *S. V. Ramadas * K. D. Santhanam *Nagesh ;Female cast * Ragini *Pushpalatha * Manorama *Malathi *M. S. S. Bhyagyam *Lakshmi Prabha *S. M. Dharma *Radhabhai *Aalwar Kuppusamy Production ''Ezhai Pangalan'' is the inaugural production of Rajalaxmi Pictures. It was produced by K. V. Mahadevan, and directed by K. Shankar. The film was written by M. Lakshmanan. Cinematography was handled by Thambu, and K. S. Baskar served as the operative cameraman. K. Narayanan was the editor, while A. Balu was the art director. The final length of the film was . Themes ''Ezhai Pangalan'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattu Roja
''Kattu Roja'' (; ) is 1963 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by A. Subba Rao and produced by Modern Theatres. The script was written by M. S. Solaimani and dialogue was written by N. Padmanabam and G. Devarajan. Music was by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, Padmini, M. R. Radha and R. S. Manohar, with V. K. Ramasamy, G. Varalakshmi and K. A. Thangavelu. Plot A young, innocent man, Baskaran lives alone with his elderly parents Ponnambla Mudaliar, Vadivu and his cousin Kuzhandai Velu. The elderly couple wishes for an arranged marriage for their family friend Shanmuga Mudaliar and daughter Baby. So, Baskar and his cousin visit Neelagiri for Shanmuga Mudaliar's home. On the way, their car was struggling, so Thangavelu searches water, meantime, Baskar drives the car and has an accident. A young village girl Ponni saves him and she gives aid for his injured body. Then both fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Kuzhandai Velu reaches Shanmuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanambadi
''Vanambadi'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language thriller film, directed by G. R. Nathan, produced by K. Murukesan and Kannadasan, and written by Valampuri Somanathan. A remake of the Bengali film ''Sesh Porichoy'', it stars S. S. Rajendran and Devika, with R. Muthuraman, S. V. Sahasranamam, T. R. Rajakumari, T. R. Ramachandran, R. S. Manohar, Pushpalatha, Sheela and Kamal Haasan. The film was released on 9 March 1963 and emerged a success. Plot Meena, a young woman, escapes from the clutches of a womanizing Zamindar. She attempts suicide and is saved by an elderly couple, who adopt her. They wish her to wed their nephew Sekhar, and the wedding is arranged. But during the ceremony, another man shows up claiming Meena to be his wife. She is arrested for the attempted murder of the Zamindar. But she says she does not know him. Her adoptive brother Mohan and a friend Nithyanandham try to solve the mystery. Meena runs away from the family to relieve them of the anguish she has c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani Osai
''Mani Osai'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan, his directorial debut. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under ALS Productions and written by Pasumani. The film, inspired by Victor Hugo's French novel, ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'', stars Kalyan Kumar, M. R. Radha, R. Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari, V. Nagayya, Nagesh, Pushpalatha and Kumari Rukmani. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy composed the music for the film. Plot An egotistical rich man (M. R. Radha) abandons his elder son (Kalyan Kumar) because of his physical imperfections. He tells his wife (Kumari Rukmini) that the baby was born dead. The man has another son (R. Muthuraman) who leads a lazy life, often getting into trouble. He falls in love with his cousin ( C. R. Vijayakumari), who is very close to the hunchback, treating him like a brother. The hunchback becomes a hero who sacrifices everything, taking the blame for others' wrongdoing. He finally restores sight to the hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalayamani
''Aalayamani'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Shankar and produced by P. S. Veerappa. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, B. Saroja Devi and C. R. Vijayakumari. It was released on 23 November 1962, and ran for over 100 days in theaters. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Gudi Gantalu'' (1964) and in Hindi as '' Aadmi'' (1968). Plot Thyagarajan (Sivaji Ganesan) is a lonely rich bachelor, subjected to a deep-seated trauma from having witnessed the death of a childhood playmate, caused by his possessiveness. This is recurring theme in Thyagarajan's life, leading to disastrous results. The movie begins with an imposing bell being rung, a voice narrates the story of a poor man, Arumugam Pillai, who was about to commit suicide on the death rock, but was stopped by the sound of the divine bell from the temple. He decides to take another chance with his life and soon he becomes a rich man and his son is none other than Thyagu, our hero! Thy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Policekaran Magal
''Policekaran Magal'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by C. V. Sridhar. Based on B. S. Ramiah's play of the same name, it stars Balaji, Muthuraman, Vijayakumari, Santha Kumari and Pushpalatha. The film was released on 7 September 1962 and was a success. It was later remade in Telugu as ''Constable Koothuru'' (1963) and in Malayalam as '' Vyaamoham'' (1978). Plot Kumarasami, an honest police constable, has a son Chinnaiah and a daughter Janaki. Prabhu, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Chinnaiah who often visit his house. Prabhu falls in love with Janaki to which she equally reciprocates. She meets Prabhu secretly without the knowledge of both her father and brother. One day, Prabhu's notorious friends commit a murder and they flee the scene via Prabhu's car. At the same point of time, Prabhu meets his love in a temple and promises to marry her. Meanwhile, Prabhu's father plans to marry his son to one of his relatives. Prabhu initially disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengamala Theevu
''Sengamala Theevu'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil language film directed by S. Rajendran. The film stars M. R. Radha, C. L. Anandan, Rajasree and Pushpalatha. Plot Cast The following list is compiled from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part 2'' and from the film credits. ;Male cast *M. R. Radha *C. L. Anandan *Kallapart Natarajan * V. K. Ramasamy *V. S. Raghavan ;Male cast (Contd.) *''Stunt'' Krishnan *K. Kannan *K. R. Rathinam *R. Pakkirisamy * S. V. Ramdas *''Kundu'' Karupaiah, ;Female cast *Rajasree *Pushpalatha *S. Kalavathi *T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil langu ... *Indra Production The film was produced by M. A. Venu under his own banner ''M. A. V. Pictures'' and was directed by S. Rajendran. The story was written by Saaptoor Aiyadurai w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
