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Rajyalakshmi
Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted for her performance in the Telugu movie '' Sankarabharanam'' in which she starred as the female lead alongside Chandra Mohan at the age of fifteen. Since her success from ''Sankarabharanam'', Rajyalakshmi has acted as a heroine with many prominent actors from all corners of the Indian film industry including N. T. Rama Rao, Nageswara Rao, Rajinikanth, Balakrishna, Shankar, Mohanlal, Dilip, Jeetendra, Mammooty and Vishnuvardhan. Currently she is acting in Telugu and Tamil television shows with guest appearances in movies. Family and personal life Rajyalakshmi was born in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh on 18 December 1964. As a child she acted in small plays with her mother as part of an acting troupe where she was eventually discovered. In 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagavathipuram Railway Gate
''Bhagavathipuram Railway Gate'' is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by R. Selvaraj. The film stars Karthik and Rajyalakshmi. It was released on 14 April 1983. Plot Cast * Karthik * Rajyalakshmi *Thiagarajan *Vadivukkarasi *Silk Smitha *Kamala Kamesh * Senthil Production The song "Sevvarali Thottathula" was filmed at Vaigai Dam, Theni. Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception Jeyamanmadhan 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 the film a mixed review, but appreciated the music. References External links * {{IMDb title 1980s Tamil-language films 1983 films Films directed by R. Selvaraj (screenwriter) Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaaiku Oru Thaalaattu
''Thaaiku Oru Thaalaattu'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Balachandra Menon and produced by K. R. Gangadharan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Visu and Pandiarajan. It was released on 16 July 1986. The film was a remake of the director's own Malayalam film ''Oru Painkilikatha''. Plot Rich industrialist Rajasekar (Sivaji Ganesan) is a loving husband to Dhanam ( Padmini) and father to three children. Their oldest son, Ravi, is a Collector and married to, Rajyalakshmi, a successful managing director of a company. Their youngest, Manju (Ilavarasi), is a brilliant college student aiming to become a doctor. Their middle child is the unambitious Kannan (Pandiarajan) who couldn't succeed academically and is now working as a labourer in his father's factory. Rajasekar, though he loves his son, is also bitterly disappointed in Kannan and keeps him at an emotional distance. He hopes by withholding affection, he can spur Kannan into becoming more ambit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalattu Padava
Thalattu Padava is a 1990 Tamil language drama film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Parthiban, Rupini and Kushboo. The film, produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rowther, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 5 September 1990. Plot Raja (Parthiban) lives with his mother Thayamma ( Sujatha) and he is a graduate who works as a mechanic until he finds an appropriate job. He finally gets a job in Delhi. Unfortunately, Raja misses the train in a station and his certificates, because of Narmadha (Rupini), a poor idli seller. Raja must wait 4 days for the next train. Slowly, Raja and Narmadha fall in love with each other. When he returns home, his mother Thayamma becomes mute. Raja works as the car driver of a rich man Kandhasamy (S. S. Chandran) and his granddaughter Narmadha ( Kushboo) teases him a lot. Until she knows that he is well educated and she falls in love with him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story. Cast *Parthiban as Raja *Rupini as Narm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poovizhi Vasalile
''Poovizhi Vasalile'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language thriller film directed by Fazil (director), Fazil, starring Sathyaraj, Sujitha and Karthika (Malayalam actress), Karthika, with Raghuvaran, Babu Antony, Nizhalgal Ravi, T. S. Raghavendra and Rajyalakshmi playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Lakshmi Priya Combines, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1987. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal''. ''Poovizhi Vasalile'' was released on 14 January 1987. The film received critical acclaim from the critics and went on screens for more than 23 weeks in cities such as Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli and completed 100 days in other parts as well, it went on to become one of the biggest commercial successes of 1987. The film has a certain cult following and has been noted for the villainous performance of Antony and Raghuvaran. Plot A deaf-mute boy Benny and his mother witness a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankarabharanam (1980 Film)
Sankarabharanam () is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. Produced by Edida Nageswara Rao under the production company Poornodaya Movie Creations, ''Sankarabharanam'' starred J. V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Chandra Mohan, and Rajyalakshmi. The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and remained a chartbuster. The film throws light on the chasm between Classical and Western Music based on the perspective of people from two different generations. ''Sankarabharanam'' won the ''Prize of the Public'' at the "Besançon Film Festival of France" in the year 1981. It was screened at the 8th International Film Festival of India, the Tashkent Film Festival, the Asia Pacific Film Festival, the Moscow International Film Festival held in May 1980, and the AISFM Film Festival. ''Forbes'' included J. V. Somayajulu's performance in the film on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". In 2013, in an online poll cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garuda Saukiyama
''Garuda Saukiyama'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language crime film, directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and produced by T. S. Sethuraman. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Mohan and Thiagarajan. It revolves around a petty criminal who eventually rises to become a feared don. The film was released on 25 February 1982, and became a box-office bomb. Plot Deenadayalan is an orphan raised by Mary. He starts with petty crimes and moves on to larger crimes as he grows older. He takes Muthukrishnan under his wing and eventually rises to become a feared, powerful don. Despite this, Deenadayalan has a strong sense of justice and is seen as a protector of the poor and underprivileged. His wife Lakshmi and daughter Radha are completely unaware of his illegal activities. But, as he faces betrayal from those close to him, his work begins to impact his family. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Deenadayalan * Sujatha as Lakshmi *Thiagarajan as Muthukrishnan *Pandari Bai as Mary *Ambika as Radha * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhu Padagan
''Pudhu Padagan'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language masala film written, produced and directed by Kalaipuli S. Thanu who also composed the music. The film stars Vijayakanth and Amala. It was released on 14 April 1990. Plot Manikkam and Devi are cousins and they are in love since their childhood. Durai has a sister Valli and she marries Raja. Devi has a brother, a sister-in-law Gowri and a niece Baby. Manikkam's former boss smuggles idols from the temples and sells them illegally; he also desires to wed Devi. One day, Manikkam finds the culprit and sends him to jail. Valli and her husband have trouble with Arumugam. Manikkam goes to Raja's village to solve their troubles. Baby vanishes several times and the doctor says that Baby has a serious disease. To save Baby, they must have a lot of money but the doctor's son asks Devi to marry him and they will operate Baby for free. When Manikkam is back to his village, he sees Devi married. Devi goes to the doctor's house and the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidan (1989 Film)
''Dravidan'' is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Sathyaraj, Vidhyashree and Suparna Anand. It is a remake of the 1988 Malayalam film ''Aryan''. The film was released on 28 October 1989, Diwali day. Plot Cast *Sathyaraj * Vidhyashree *Ambika * Suparna Anand *Jaishankar *Sharat Saxena *Jaiganesh *Goga Kapoor *Nalinikanth * Hareesh *Monisha Unni *Nizhalgal Ravi * S. S. Chandran * Somayajulu * Vijayakumar *Vinu Chakravarthy * Rajyalakshmi * Devilalitha *Srividya Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Pulamaipithan. Release and reception ''Dravidan'' was released on 28 October 1989, Diwali day, alongside another Sathyaraj film ''Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai''. P. S. S. 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 perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soora Samhaaram
''Soora Samhaaram'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Chitra Lakshmanan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the role of police officer, ACP Athi Veerapandiyan. The film was later dubbed in Telugu as ''Police Diary'' and released on 16 September 1988. Both the Tamil and Telugu versions were box office hits. Plot Athi Veerapandiyan and Arun are police officers. Divya is a drug addict who cannot stop her habit even though her brother Arun pleads. One day Arun locks her up, but she dies from withdrawal. Devastated, Arun decides to take revenge on Mohandas, the kingpin of the drug mafia, but Mohandas kills him in an airport restroom. Sudha's young brother happens to watch this murder but is terrified to make this public. Pandian, who is in-charge of this case, zeroes in Sudha and her brother as witnesses, but she refuses. But when Madhuri pleads for her help, she decides to help Pandian, but now Pandian is abduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthiya Theerpu
''Puthiya Theerpu'' () is a 1985 Tamil-language action drama film, starring Vijayakanth and Ambika. The film was directed by C. V. Rajendran, and was produced by Chitra Lakshmanan and Chitra Raamu. The Director of Photography was done by V. Prabhakar. The editing work was done by N. Chandra. Ilaiyaraja was the music director of the film. The film was released on 4 October 1985. The film was a remake of Telugu film ''Neti Bharatham''. Cast * Vijayakanth as Inspector Raja * Ambika as Radha * M.N. Nambiar * Cho Ramaswamy * Janagaraj * Srikanth * V. Gopalakrishnan * Rajasekhar * Chitra Lakshmanan * Rajyalakshmi * Ganthimathi Soundtrack 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 Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of .... References {{C. V. Rajendran 1985 films Films sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Kodukkum Kai
''Kai Kodukkum Kai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Mahendran, starring Rajinikanth and Revathi. It is an extended version of ''Munithayi'' written by Eeswarachandra – the third segment of the 1976 Kannada anthology film '' Katha Sangama''. Rajnikanth, who played the antagonist role in ''Munithayi'', played the lead role in this film. The film was produced by Vijayakumar and R. Vijayachandran. Plot Kaalimuthu marries Seetha, the girl he loves after much denial from his elder brother. Seetha is blind and is raped a man Pannaiyar who has a weakness for women and addiction to sex. Pannaiyar even though married lusts after looking at Seetha and rapes her in the absence of Kaalimuthu, her husband. The climax is interesting twist as to what happens when Kaalimuthu decides to forgive Pannaiyar for his crime. Cast * Rajinikanth as Kaalimuthu * Revathi as Seetha Kaalimuthu * Rajyalakshmi as Mangamma * Ranganath as Periyapannai * V. S. Raghavan as Kaalimuth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imaigal
''Imaigal'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by Thiruppur Mani of Vivekananda Pictures. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha, Sarath Babu and Sudarshan. It was released on 12 April 1983. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Akbar Baasha *Saritha * Sarath Babu * Sudarshan * Y. G. Mahendran *Goundamani * Manorama * V. Gopalakrishnan *Peeli Sivam *Rajyalakshmi *Jayamalini *Silk Smitha *Oru Viral Krishna Rao *Idichapuli Selvaraj Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. The song "Madapuravo" is set in the Carnatic raga Mayamalavagowla Mayamalavagowla (pronounced ) is a raga of Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified as 15th '' melakarta'' raga under Venkatamakhin's '' melakarta'' system. Originally known as ''malavagowla'', "maya" was .... References External links * {{IMDb title, 1440203 1983 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by R. Krishnamoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |