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S.P. Sailaja
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Sailaja is an Indian singer and actress who has sung in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Early life She was born in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Her father, S. P. Sambamurthy, was an exponent of Harikatha and her brother S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was a playback singer in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the youngest of the eight children of Sambamurthy and Sakunthalamma (d. 2019). Career Voice acting Sailaja has occasionally worked as a voice actor and dubbed for various artistes including Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Sridevi among others. She started dubbing for the movie Seetamalakshmi heroine Rameshwari.She predominantly dubbed for actresses in Telugu films or Telugu dubbed from Tamil films. Acting Sailaja acted in ''Saagara Sangamam'', a Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath, in which she played the role of a classical dancer. Television works Sailaja started her television career with the ETV show SaRiGaMa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airtel Super Singer
Super Singer is an 2006 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition, that is sponsored by Asian Paints for the nine Season. The show is televised in India on Vijay TV, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such as Super Singer Junior, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series. The program, which debuted on 28 April 2006, seeks to discover the best playback recording voice and singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. Selected contestants are required to participate in several competition rounds, often based on a theme for a given week, and aim to be selected to perform in the show's grand finale each season. Winners and finalists of the competition have been offered chances to sing a song in upcoming Tamil movies, and other prizes such as sums of money, gold, and real estate property. Super Singer Season is currently telecasting on Vijay television for their nine seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny (1980 Film)
''Johnny'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Mahendran. The film stars Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Deepa. Featuring Rajinikanth in a dual role, it revolves around the eponymous con artist who is implicated for a crime committed by Vidyasagar, a lookalike barber. ''Johnny'' was released on 15 August 1980. Though the film disappointed audiences in the first two weeks of its run because its title gave the impression of an action entertainer, it picked up in the third week and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. Plot Johnny, a con artist, indulges in cons with his friend to settle his father's debts. Johnny was born out of wedlock; his mother never got the recognition and dignity of a wife. Though Johnny is upset on never getting recognised legally as a son, he decides to help his father by clearing his loans. Johnny, a fan of singer Archana, never misses her concerts, which is also noticed by Archana. A roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vamsa Vruksham
''Vamsa Vruksham'' () is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Bapu. It is a remake of the 1972 Kannada film ''Vamsha Vriksha'' which was based on S. L. Bhyrappa's novel of same name. Mullapudi Venkata Ramana wrote the screenplay. The film stars Anil Kapoor, J. V. Somayajulu, Kanta Rao, Mukkamala, and Jyothi. The film marked Kapoor's debut as an actor in a lead role. Released on 20 November 1980, the film was not commercially successful. It was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Pyaar Ka Sindoor'' in 1986. Cast *Anil Kapoor *J. V. Somayajulu *Kanta Rao *Mukkamala * Jyothi *Kona Madhusudana Rao * Sujatha *Jitendra Mohan *Ramanatham *Sripada Hanumachchastri Soundtrack The film features score by K. V. Mahadevan with lyrics by C. Narayana Reddy. Awards ;Filmfare Awards South *Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Bapu *Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for ... [...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] |
Suvarilladha Chiththirangal
''Suvarilladha Chiththirangal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj, in his directorial debut. The film stars Sudhakar, Bhagyaraj and Sumathi. It was released on 30 November 1979, and became a box office success. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Pedala Brathukulu'', with Sudhakar and Sumathi reprising their roles. Plot The story revolves around a poor girl living with her widowed mother and siblings. Poverty and the family situation gets her mother to prostitute herself for the welfare of the family. Bhagyaraj treats this subject from the perspective of the girl who sees the wrong of her mother; but later teases the thought of right and wrong with the viewers considering the situation which the mother gets into. Bhagyaraj, himself plays the neighbour who first falls in love with the girl, later to realise that she is already in a relationship with another. Cast * Sudhakar as Murthy * K. Bhagyaraj as Alagappan * Sumathi as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niram Maaratha Pookkal
''Niram Maratha Pookal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film directed and co-written by Bharathiraja. It stars Sudhakar, Raadhika, Vijayan and Rati. The film was released on 31 August 1979. Plot Sudhakar is a poor man desperately looking for work. One day he has a skirmish with Radhika, a rich woman and only daughter of a businessman Selladurai, in a telephone booth. Radhika finds out that Sudhakar is searching for a job from his diary that he leaves at the booth. She employs him in her father's firm as a manager and soon they mutually fall in love. Radhika's class-conscious father initially opposes but later reluctantly agrees to have them married. However things take a turn when his business friend Sivaraman, to whom he owes a lot of favours, visits him and reminds him of his old promise to get Radhika married to Sivaraman's son Vijayan. And soon after Sudhakar goes missing with five lakhs of the office cash on his way to Bombay and is presumed to have absconded. Radhika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyanaraman (1979 Film)
''Kalyanaraman'' is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language supernatural comedy film directed by G. N. Rangarajan and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while V. K. Ramasamy, Major Sundarrajan, Thengai Srinivasan, V. S. Raghavan, Senthamarai, Pushpalatha, Manorama and Master Japan Kuppu play supporting roles. It revolves around Kalyanam, a tea estate owner's son who is duped and murdered by a gang trying to seize the property. Kalyanam lives on as a ghost, his twin brother Raman learns the truth and returns for revenge. Arunachalam initially wanted to make a film starring Haasan and Rajinikanth, and had the actors' dates ready. The actors did not want to appear in a film together, so it was decided to produce one film for each actor; the film starring Haasan became ''Kalyanaraman''. The film is Rangarajan's directorial debut, and was produced by Arunachalam's wife Meena under their banner P. A. Art Productions; it was photographed by N. K. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agal Vilakku
''Agal Vilakku'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by R. Selvaraj. The film stars Shoba and Vijayakanth. It was released on 7 December 1979. Plot Navaneetham is an orphan living with her cruel aunt and hapless uncle. She sells idlis at the local hospital to support herself and her family. The doctor, Jayalakshmi, puts the wellbeing of her patients above all else. Jayalakshmi's fiancé proves himself to be a suspicious coward and she calls off the wedding to focus on her patients. Dhanushkodi is admitted to the hospital after he is beaten up for standing up for workers' rights. He and Navaneetham quickly fall in love and marry though her aunt and his entire family disapprove. Dhanushkodi doesn't have a regular job as he's more interested in righting societal wrongs than his household. Navaneetham returns to selling idlis to make ends meet and gets hurt. This spurs Dhanushkodi to run for office and he becomes the mayor. Their financial situation imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitharil Ithanai Nirangalah!
''Manitharil Ithanai Nirangala!'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. C. Sakthi and starring Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Murali Mohan The film was released on Diwali 1978, coinciding with Sigappu Rojakkal on the same day too (also starring Kamal Haasan & Sridevi). Despite the film's clash, this particular picture did well above average business. This movie marked the Tamil debut for Telugu actor, Murali Mohan and Shyam's musical score features a couple of hit songs – "Ponne Boomiyadi" and "Mazhai tharumo En megam". Plot Santha is an orphaned young woman who tries to find a job in Madras to survive. She is exploited by a crook and is mistakenly dubbed by the police as a sex worker. She returns to her native village and starts living with her old friend Devaki. Devaki's husband is the belligerent but soft-hearted Velu who runs a cycle-repair shop. Santha relishes her life in the village with Devaki and Velu but things take a turn when the village s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mana Voori Pandavulu
''Manavoori Pandavulu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu and written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, dealing with the struggle against the feudal system in their own unique way. The film is remake of Kannada movie ''Paduvaaralli Pandavaru'' directed by Puttanna Kanagal. In 1980, he also remade it in Hindi as '' Hum Paanch'' starring Mithun Chakraborty. ''Film Companion'' while compiling the ''25 Greatest Telugu Films of the Decade'', called ''Rangasthalam'' as an updated version of this movie. Synopsis The film revolves around Krishna (played by Krishnam Raju) who brings together an unlikely group of 5 youngsters to help in creating awareness among their villagers to revolt against the cruel village head, Rambhoopal (Rao Gopal Rao) and his henchmen. Even though being a revolutionary theme, the movie was wonderfully made without the usual noise that accompanies the leftist movies and fashioned on the lines of the great epic Mahabharata. Amazing performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaya Super Singer South India
Jaya Super Singer South India is a reality-based Indian Tamil-language singing competition that was broadcast on Jaya TV. The program seeks to discover playback singing talent in South India. The show debuted on 20 September 2014, airing on weekend nights at 8:00pm on Jaya TV. The final episode was telecast on 30 August 2015. Season 1 Season 1 of the show is directed by MS Senthil Kumar. Auditions Open auditions The open auditions, the first stage in determining a seasons finalists, were conducted in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. During this stage, contestants sing a song or two before a panel of preliminary state audition judges. This panel then decides on-the-spot whether the contestant demonstrated enough ability and performance value to proceed further. If the contestant exhibited exceptional ability in their performance, judges award a "ticket" moving them instantly one step forward in the competition. Alternatively, if ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |