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Ravichandran (Tamil Actor)
Ravichandran (30 March 1942 – 25 July 2011) was a Malaysian Indian actor who played lead hero roles in Tamil films from 1964 to 1979. He has also acted in supporting roles from 1986, and directed a few films. He was given the title of "Kalaingnar Thilagham" in many of the on-screen credits of films starring him in the lead role. He was also called "Puratchi Kalaignar" (Refer: Anandha Bairavi Tamil Movie Title Scene). Before entering cinema, during his studies in Trichy, he has acted in two dramas, namely, ''AanaiyidungalAnna'' and ''Udhaya Suriyan''. After entering cinema, he has acted in two dramas, namely, ''Mapplley Yen Magalaik Kadhali'' and ''That Man from Poonthamallee''. In the drama ''That man from Poonthamallee'', he performed in a double role and Thirumuruga Kirupanandha Variyar, who presided over the drama in Vellore, has appreciated and awarded him the title "Nadaga Sigamani". He has also acted in a TV serial, namely, ''GEE Boom Ba'' in 1986. He has also made a Gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Kumari Penn
''Kumari Penn'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by E. V. Rajan. The film stars Ravichandran and Jayalalitha, with S. V. Ranga Rao and Nagesh in supporting roles. It was released on 6 May 1966. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Man Ka Meet'' in 1968, in Malayalam as '' Rathimanmadhan'' and in Kannada as ''Hudugatada Hudugi''. Plot Cast *Ravichandran as Kanthan * Jayalalitha as Shyamala * S. V. Ranga Rao as Ranganathan *Nagesh as Sattanathan *Prabhakar as Doctor *R. S. Manohar as Devarajan *Sedhupathy as Ramalingam * Ennatha Kannaiah as Rathnam * C. K. Saraswathi as Seetha *S. N. Lakshmi as Kanthan's mother Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panakkara Pillai
''Panakkara Pillai'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film. It stars Jayalalithaa opposite Ravichandran. The supporting cast included Nagesh, S. N. Lakshmi and M. N. Nambiar. The story was written by Mahendran. The film has Ravichandran in a double role. It was a successful film on its release. The song "Maanikka Magudam", in particular was very popular from this film. The songs for Jayalalithaa were sung by P. Susheela and for Ravichandran, songs were sung by T. M. Sounderrajan. The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. The film was released on 14 January 1968. Plot Cast * Jayalalithaa * Ravichandran * Nagesh * Manorama * V. K. Ramasamy * Jyothi Lakshmi * M. N. Nambiar * M. R. R. Vasu Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Vasudevan was an Indian actor who was active in Tamil cinema and theatre during the latter half of the 20th century. He was known for playing negative roles, but he was also a successful character actor. He acte ... Soundtrack Lyrics were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan (1967 Film)
''Naan'' () is 1967 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language masala film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and written by T. N. Balu. The soundtrack was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy. The film stars Ravichandran (Tamil actor), Ravichandran, J. Jayalalithaa, Jayalalithaa, R. Muthuraman, Muthuraman and Nagesh. It focuses on a raja's failed attempt to find his lost son, and three men who claim to be the lost son, seeking rights to the raja's properties. ''Naan'' was released on 1 November 1967, and ran for over 175 days in theatres. It was remade in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Nenante Nene'' (1968) and in Hindi as ''Waris (1969 film), Waris'' (1969). Plot A raja's son gets lost at a young age while trying to escape his father's enemy. His father futilely searches for his son for a few years and dies. Years later, three people visit the palace claiming to be the prince and seek rights to all properties. All three unanimously have the identities of the lost son and answer all questions re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninaivil Nindraval (1967 Film)
''Ninaivil Nindraval'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Muktha Srinivasan. The film stars Ravichandran and K. R. Vijaya, with Nagesh, Cho, V. S. Raghavan, Anandan, Kumari Sachu, Manorama and Devaki in supporting roles. It revolves around a woman who, following her marriage, suffers amnesia, forgetting the events of her marriage. The screenplay of ''Ninaivil Nindraval'' was written by Cho from a story by Rajasri. The film was produced by V. Ramasamy, photographed by T. N. Sundarababu and edited by L. Balu, with the music composed by V. Kumar. It was released on 1 September 1967, and emerged a success. Plot Prema stays at her paternal uncle Doctor Sammandham's house for her higher studies. Both move to Chennai. Prema has a bike accident and suffers amnesia, losing her memories. Then she moves to a new city, where she meets an unemployed young man Prakash, and his friend Balu, protects her. Prema and Prakash fall in love and get married. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethirigal Jakkirathai
''Ethirigal Jakkirathai'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language thriller film produced and directed by R. Sundaram under Modern Theatres. The script was written by A. L. Narayanan, with music by Vedha (composer), Vedha. The film stars R. S. Manohar, with Ravichandran (Tamil actor), Ravichandran, L. Vijayalakshmi, Thengai Srinivasan, V. S. Raghavan, Manimala (actress), Manimala, Ammukutty Pushpamala and Master Prabhakar in supporting roles. It was released on 11 August 1967. Plot Dinathayalan is a rich and respectable man that has financially and emotionally helped orphan siblings Raj and Prabha. He also arranges for his only son Baskar to marry Prabha as the two are in love. Raj's work as a police inspector pits him against Dinathayalan, who retaliates. Raj is pushed into a corner and makes increasingly questionable decisions isolating him from his family. Prabha and Baskar's wedding is also called off. The lovers work to reunite the families and help Raj. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maadi Veettu Mappilai
''Maadi Veettu Mappillai'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by S. K. A. Chari. A remake of the Telugu film ''Illarikam'' (1959), it stars Ravichandran and Jayalalithaa, with Nagesh, Rama Prabha, V. K. Ramasamy, Balaji, Major Sundarrajan, T. S. Muthaiah, Udaya Chandrika and P. K. Saraswathy in supporting roles. The film was released on 23 June 1967. Plot Somu studies with the help of his maternal uncle Dharmalingam. He falls in love with the daughter of a Sivagnanam i.e. Meena. He gets married to her and stays in their house as ''Veettu Mappilai''. Sivagnanam's wife does not like this and insults him indirectly. Her cousin plots to usurp the wealth, by his son Balu who secretly married Seetha. Somu spots Seetha, his presumed to be dead sister while she was performing on stage. Not knowing they are siblings, Meena suspects Somu's fidelity. Balu and his father creates problems between Somu and Meena. How Somu solves all the problems and paves way for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiba Virundhu
''Valiba Virundhu'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film directed by Murasoli Maran and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Ravichandran (Tamil actor), Ravichandran and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Bharathi. It was released on 2 June 1967. Plot An unemployed youth (Ravichandran) and a vivacious girl (Bharati) are neighbours who fight frequently on trivial matters. Bharathi's wealthy father (Balaiah) wants to donate some of his properties for charity. This is objected to by his nephew (Asokan) who intends to marry Bharati and seize all the properties. When Balaiah threatens to expel Asokan, the latter abducts Balaiah and replaces him with a doppelgänger. With the help of the doppelgänger, Asokan tries to marry Bharati, who is oblivious to the fact that her father has been abducted. However, Ravichandran successfully exposes Asokan, rescues the real Balaiah and marries Bharati. Cast * Ravichandran (Tamil actor), Ravichandran * Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Bhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athey Kangal (1967 Film)
''Athey Kangal'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Ravichandran and Kanchana. It focuses on a girl's family being stalked by a masked murderer, and her lover's attempts to apprehend him. ''Athey Kangal'' was produced by A. V. Meiyappan under Balasubramanian & Co, a subsidiary of his company AVM Productions. It was simultaneously filmed in Telugu as ''Ave Kallu'', with Kanchana reprising her role. The film was released on 26 May 1967 and became a major box-office success. Plot A woman named Vasantha finds her husband Ranganathan dead. A masked murderer tries to kill her too, but she escapes from him. Vasantha is left in a state of shock and becomes mentally paralysed. A case is registered and the investigation takes place. Susi, a college student, along with her friends arrives at Vasantha's for her vacation. There lives her younger paternal uncles Kamalanathan and Vimalanathan, aunt Vasan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magaraasi
''Magaraasi'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M. A. Thirumugam, starring Jayalalithaa and Ravichandran. It is noted for being the debut film of the music composer duo Shankar–Ganesh. The film was released on 14 April 1967. Plot Cast * Jayalalithaa * Ravichandran * Nagesh Soundtrack The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh making their debut. It was Kavignar Kannadhasan who recommended the name of the duo to the producer Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. Release and reception ''Magaraasi'' was released during 14 April 1967, during Puthandu. The film faced competition from ''Pattanathil Bhootham'', released on the same day, and failed at the box-office. ''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 ...'' appreciated Nagesh's comedy, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanga Thambi
''Thanga Thambi'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Ramnath–Francis and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Ravichandran, Bharathi, Vanisri and Major Sundarrajan. It was released on 26 January 1967. Plot Cast * Ravichandran as Venu/Venugopal * Bharathi as Saraswathi/Sarasu * Vanisri as Sundari * Major Sundarrajan as Varathan Other supporting roles are played by Nagesh, Manorama, O. A. K. Thevar and ''En Thangai'' Natarajan. Production ''Thanga Thambi'' was directed by Ramnath–Francis and written by M. Karunanidhi. R.Periyanayagam and S. P. Karuppaiah Pillai produced the film under Umayal Productions. Cinematography was handled by Sundara Babu, art direction by Angamuthu and the editing by R. Devarajan. Music The music of the film was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The lyrics were written by Vaali and Avinasi Mani. Release and reception ''Thanga Thambi'' was released on 26 January 1967, and was distributed by Jayalakshmi Pictures Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras To Pondicherry
''Madras to Pondicherry'' is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language road film, directed by Thirumalai–Mahalingam and written by Usilai Somanathan. The film stars Ravichandran and Kalpana. It was released on 16 December 1966, became a commercial success, and was remade in Hindi as '' Bombay to Goa'' (1972). This in turn went on to inspire the 2004 Marathi film ''Navra Maza Navsacha'', which was also remade in Kannada in 2007 as ''Ekadantha''. Plot Mala, an aspiring film actress, leaves home because of her interest in this which is kindled by a group of thugs. One of them shoots a member of his gang, which she witnesses. To escape them, she jumps onto a running bus going from Madras to Pondicherry. The thugs hire an assassin to board the bus Mala is in to kill her. However, a man named Baskar also gets into the bus. Realising that Mala is in danger, he voluntarily saves her and ends up falling in love with her. Ultimately, it is revealed that Baskar is Mala's prospective bridegroom whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |