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Sivachandran
Narayanan, better known by his stage name Sivachandran, is an Indian actor, director, and writer who was active in Tamil cinema mostly in the 1980s. Career Sivachandran was originally offered to act in ''Kizhakke Pogum Rail'' (1978), but declined. He made his film debut in ''Pattina Pravesam'' (1977) as one of the lead actors. He later starred in ''Annapoorani'' (1978) with R. Muthuraman in a negative role. He went on to star in notable films include ''Aval Appadithan'' (1978) and ''Polladhavan (1980 film), Polladhavan'' (1980). He made his directorial debut with ''En Uyir Kannamma'' (1988) and went on to direct several films with Prabhu (actor), Prabhu. Personal life Sivachandran was born as Narayanan, in Valparai, in Coimbatore district. He changed his name to Sivachandran and started his acting career. The stage name is a portmanteau of "Siva" from Sivaji Ganesan and "Chandran" from M. G. Ramachandran. Sivachandran fell in love with actress Lakshmi (actress), Lakshmi on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raththa Dhanam
''Raththa Dhanam'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, directed by Sivachandran and produced by himself and Lakshmi. The film stars Prabhu, Gautami, Sadhana, Lakshmi and Sivachandran. The film had musical score by Gangai Amaran and was released on 10 September 1988. An interesting feature in this film is the names of Prabhu and his two friends are Chinnaya, Thangavelu and Shanmugam – Chinnaya being Prabhu's grandfather (Nadigar thilagam's father), Thangavelu and Shanmugam being Nadigar Thilagam's real life brothers. Plot Cast *Prabhu *Gautami * Sadhana *Lakshmi *Sivachandran *Jaiganesh *Delhi Ganesh *Y. Vijaya *Disco Shanthi *Nizhalgal Ravi *S. S. Chandran *Pandu *Chandrakanth *Sivaji Manohar (debut) * Chandrasekhar * Prathap K. Pothan Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Sivachandran has tried every trick in the book to keep his film going – some of them jell and some d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Uyir Kannamma
''En Uyir Kannamma'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, the directorial debut of Sivachandran. The film stars Prabhu, Radha, Lakshmi and S. S. Chandran. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, and was released on 15 January 1988. Plot Shanmuga, a lorry cleaner is in love with Kannamma; however unknown to him he had slept with a woman Ammu during a rainy night because he was drunk at that time. Ammu, who turns out to be pregnant, her chastity has been questioned by the village. She dies while giving birth to a girl child. Kannamma hates Shanmugam for committing this mistake. Shanmugam decides to walk on fire to prove his purity. Nallamuthu, Kannamma's fiancé misbehaves with her and she saves Shanmugam from dying of a plan orchestrated by lorry driver Madhavan who was in love with Kannamma wanted to avenge Shanmugam but turns out that both Madhavan and Nallamuthu plotted together to get them united. Cast *Prabhu as Shanmugam Sundaram *Radha as Kannamma *Lakshmi as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattina Pravesam
''Pattina Pravesam'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It is based on the play of the same name, written by Visu and staged the same year. The film stars Delhi Ganesh, Sivachandran and Sarath Babu, all making their cinematic acting debuts. It was released on 9 September 1977. Plot A village family consisting of a widow, her four sons and daughter, are lured into living in a city. Each member goes through their own troubles in the city and on being completely disillusioned with city life, the family returns to their village. Cast * Delhi Ganesh as Murugan * Jai Ganesh as Saravanan * Sivachandran as Kumaran * Kathadi Ramamurthy as Innocent Dhandapani * Sarath Babu * Meera * Swarna Production ''Pattina Pravesam'' was written and directed by K. Balachander, and based on the play of the same name which was written by Visu and staged in 1977, by Stage Creations. The film adaptation was produced by R. Venkataraman under Prema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parvaiyin Marupakkam
''Parvaiyin Marupakkam'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K.M.Balakrishnan, starring Vijayakanth. The film explores the concept of hypnotism, and has an ensemble cast including M. N. Nambiar, Sripriya, Sivachandran and Silk Smitha. Parthiban and Rohini in the early stage of their career, did supporting roles in this film. Plot Peter ( V.Gopalakrishnan) is a professor of hypnotism, and has dedicated his life to research on hypnotism. He often visits his old friend ( K. K. Soundar), who is a priest in the Siva temple in the village of Pooncholai. Viswanath ( M. N. Nambiar) and Ramji are petty thieves released from prison. They plan to steal the gold Nataraja statue and jewels from the temple. During the heist, they are caught by the priest and his wife. As a result, Viswanath ties them to a tree and burns them alive. The priest's children Vijay and Geetha (Baby Meena) are witness to this incident. Geetha's eyes get burnt while trying to save their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundaryame Varuga Varuga
''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Sridhar. The film stars Sivachandran, Sathaar, Sripriya and Rati. It was released on 15 January 1980. Plot Cast * Sivachandran * Sathaar * Prakash * Sripriya * Rati *Pandari Bai Production ''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' was written and directed by Sridhar, and produced by B. Bharani Reddy of Sri Bharani Chitra. Cinematography was handled by R. K. Tiwari, and editing by C. Subbarao. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar, and the lyrics were written by Vaali. Release and reception ''Soundaryame Varuga Varuga'' was released on 15 January 1980. Kaushikan 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 ...'' panned the film for its story, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani Theni
''Rani Theni'' () is a 1982 Tamil language film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan in an extended guest role. The film stars playback singer Deepan Chakravarthy, the son of Trichi Loganathan, a veteran playback singer in his first leading role. The female leads are played by Mahalakshmi / Shree and Vanitha Krishnachandran. Kamal Haasan plays a comedy role with no connection with the main story and interacts only in one scene with the main villain Sivachandran, who plays the role of a playboy and Casanova; his character is killed by the heroine. The film was a remake of Telugu film '' Kukka Katuku Cheppu Debba''. Plot Parvathi, a girl with traditional values gets engaged to Selvam but Sekar, a womaniser, deceives her in the guise of Selvam. Cast * Mahalakshmi as Parvathi * Deepan Chakravarthy as Selvam * Sivachandran as Sekar * Vanitha Krishnachandran as Kanagam * Charuhasan S. Charuhasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosappu Ravikkaikari
''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language historical romance film directed by Devaraj–Mohan. A remake of the 1978 Kannada film ''Parasangada Gendethimma'', itself based on Srikrishna Alanahalli's novella of the same name, the film stars Sivakumar, Deepa and Sivachandran, with Vinu Chakravarthy and Nagarathnamma in supporting roles. Set in British-ruled India, it revolves around a modern woman who cannot tolerate her rustic husband and her mother-in-law, and engages in an extramarital affair. ''Vandichakkaram'', written by Chakravarthy, was originally intended to be the 100th film for Sivakumar as an actor; however, after Chakravarthy and producer Thirupur Mani of Vivekananda Pictures saw ''Parasangada Gendethimma,'' they told Sivakumar that a remake of this film would be a better fit as his 100th film. It is the debut of screenwriter Vijay Krishnaraj (credited as Krishna), and Chakravarthy as an actor in Tamil cinema. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai
''Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars newcomer Kapil Dev, Sulakshana and Sivachandran. It was released on 15 October 1982. Plot Cast *Kapil Dev * Sulakshana *Sivachandran *Vanitha *Usha *S. S. Chandran *Senthil Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. Release and reception ''Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai'' was released on 15 October 1982. ''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 ...'' said . References External links * {{R. Sundarrajan (director) 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films Films directed by R. Sundarrajan Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi (actress)
Mahalakshmi (born 13 December 1952), known professionally as Lakshmi, is an Indian actress known for her works primarily in the southern film industry (distributing her acting career in almost each Dravidian language equally), along with some Hindi films. She made her film debut through a Tamil film '' Sri Valli'' in 1961. Her debut as an actress happened with the Tamil film '' Jeevanaamsam'' in 1968. In the same year, she also debuted in Kannada and Telugu films with ''Goa Dalli CID 999'' and '' Bandhavyalu'', respectively. In 1974, her debut Malayalam film, '' Chattakari'' went on to become a blockbuster throughout India. Her performance in '' Mithunam'' (2012) is regarded as one of the ''100 Greatest Performances of the Decade'' by ''Film Companion.'' Lakshmi then went on to appear in a number of commercially successful films in various languages without a hesitation or diction. She dubs her voice for all of her movies, irrespective of the language and remains one of the very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbe Odi Vaa
''Anbe Odi Vaa'' is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by R. Renjith Kumar. The film stars Mohan and Urvashi. It was released on 12 May 1984. Plot Prema transfers to a college in the same town as college student Mahesh. She is rich and harbours a deep sense of entitlement. Mahesh is reserved and primarily focused on his education as well as excelling in running track. He politely ignores Prema the few times they meet which enrages her. She makes it a point to reach out to him and fosters a friendship. Mahesh soon falls in love with Prema and she becomes the focus of life. Prema plays along in an attempt to get revenge. She finally comes clean when Mahesh risks his life to save her. Prema apologises and states that while she respects him, she doesn't love him. She's set to marry another man and walks out of his life. Years later, Mahesh is a professor in Bombay and befriends one of his students, Priya (Indira). In a visit to her house, he realises Priya's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Lakshman
''Ram Lakshman'' is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. It was released on 28 February 1981, and remade in Telugu as ''Rama Lakshmanulu'' in the same year. Plot Ram and his pet elephant Laxman have grown up together and are very emotionally attached to one another. They share such a strong bond that Ram refuses to marry his sweetheart Meena when her father refuses to sanction their marriage unless Ram leaves Laxman. Meanwhile, in a very cunningly planned plot, an employee of Meena's father kills him and implicates Ram and Laxman for the murder. How the two friends stand by each other in the hour of need and how they prove themselves innocent forms the rest of the plot. Cast * Kamal Haasan as Ram * Sripriya as Meena * M. N. Nambiar as Chandrasekar Inspector of police *Pandari Bai as Meenakshi (guest appearance) * Asokan as Paranthaman, Meena's Father *Raveendran as Raja *Sivachandran as Kumar *Suruli Raj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simla Special
Simla Special is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Muktha Srinivasan, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role. S. V. Shekher, Sripriya, Thengai Srinivasan, Y. G. Mahendran, Manorama are other major stars appearing in this comedy. Plot Gopu is a budding drama artist. He and his good friend Babu own a popular troupe that performs low-budget comedies. To help Babu pay for his sister's wedding, they accept a commission to perform a set of plays for Tamilians in Simla. One of the plays is titled ''Simla Special'' and is written by Mahalakshmi. While Kamal is in Simla, Babu receives a telegram intended for Gopu informing him of Gopu's mom being seriously ill. Fearing the loss of the money if they renege on the Simla commission, Babu keeps the information from Gopu. Gopu subsequently finds out about his mother's illness when a friend calls to tell him that her situation has worsened. However, for the sake of his friend's sister, he decides to continue acting. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |