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Srikanth (Tamil Actor, Born 1940)
Srikanth (19 March 1940 – 12 October 2021) was an Indian actor who has performed in around 200 Tamil films since his debut in 1965. He is also referred to as Venniradai Srikanth. He has played the lead hero in around 50 films between 1965 and 1979 and has also played supporting roles in films with actors Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Ravichandran and Jaishankar in the lead roles. In the late seventies to early nineties, he appeared as a villain opposite actors including Sivakumar, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Film career (1965–2009) Srikanth was employed in the American Consulate before his career in the film industry. Srikanth was given his break as the lead hero by C. V. Sridhar with the film Vennira Aadai in 1965. He used to act in various dramas staged by troupes between 1960 and 1965. His birth name was Venkatraman, however, he performed the character of Srikanth in '' Major Chandrakanth'', a drama directed in 1962, due to which he gained popularity in drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erode
Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Erode district. Administered by a city municipal corporation since 2008, Erode is a part of Erode Lok Sabha constituency that elects its member of parliament. Located on the banks of River Kaveri, it is situated centrally on South Indian Peninsula, about southwest of its state capital Chennai, south of Bengaluru, east of Coimbatore and east of Kochi. Erode is an agricultural, textile and a BPO hub and among the largest producers of turmeric, hand-loom and knitwear, and food products. History Etymology of Erode might have its origin in the Tamil phrase ''Eeru Odai'' meaning ''two streams'' based on presence of two water courses of Perumpallam and Pichaikaranpallam Canal. Alternatively, it might have been derived from Tamil phras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selva Magal (1967 Film)
''Selva Magal'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film, directed by K. V. Srinivas and produced by T. S. Rajasundaresan. The dialogue was written by Subbu Arumugam and the story written by Rajasri. Music was by M. S. Viswanathan. It stars Jaishankar, Rajasree, Srikanth, Shylashri, Nagesh and Major Sundarrajan. The story was about robbery gangs. This film was a box office hit. Plot After a string of robberies, Balaram flees the country abandoning his wife Parvathi and son. Circumstances separate mother and child, leaving the young boy under the care of Sekar, who raises him into a well educated gentleman. Sekar falls in love with Sarada, the only daughter of wealthy banker, Ranganathan. Meanwhile, Balaram returns to the country and, with the help of his stepson Mohan, runs a shady business under the alias, Balasundaram. He targets Ranganathan and plots to claim him, while Mohan sets his eyes on Sarada. Soon, a deadly game of deception is set in motion wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivagamiyin Selvan
''Sivakamiyin Selvan'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri and Latha. It is a remake of the Hindi film '' Aradhana'' (1969). The film was released on 26 January 1974. Plot Indian Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Ashok is in love with Sivagami. They have a secret wedding and Sivagami becomes pregnant. Ashok dies in a plane crash. Sivagami tells her father about her pregnancy. But soon he dies too. Sivagami is now alone with her newborn child. Out of fear from people tagging him an illegitimate child, she puts him in the doors of an orphanage, with the idea of adopting the same child next day. Before she can adopt him, a rich man whose wife had already lost many children and had lost one again, comes to the orphanage to adopt that child. After knowing this Sivagami goes to the rich man's house and tells him about her past. He asks her to work as a servant. He emphasises that this must not be told to his wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajapart Rangadurai
''Rajapart Rangadurai'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Sivaji Ganesan and Ushanandini. The film was released on 22 December 1973. Plot ''Rajapart Rangadurai'' narrates the story about a poor theatre actor. It is a film on theatre actors who, through time have been ignored, they play all roles from mythology characters to patriotic people, but fail to appeal to modern viewers who are drawn to more glamour and glitter. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Rangadurai/Rajapart * Ushanandini as Alamel * M. N. Nambiar as Somasundaram * V. K. Ramasamy as Drama Teacher & Drama Group Owner *S. V. Ramadas as Mohanraj * Srikanth as Baskar *Kumari Padmini as Vasanthi * Sasikumar as Ramu * Jaya as Seetha * C. K. Saraswathi as Ramu's mother * T. K. Bhagavathi as Vasanthi's father *V. R. Thilagam as Meenakshi *Suruli Rajan as Konangipatti/Konangi * Manorama as Chinthamani * Senthamarai as Karuppaiya *Poornam Viswanathan as Jilla Collector * Samikannu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasantha Maligai
''Vasantha Maligai'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and produced by D. Ramanaidu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Vanisri, and is the Tamil remake of the 1971 Telugu film '' Prema Nagar''. ''Vasantha Maligai'' was released on 29 September 1972 and became a major commercial success, running at the box office for nearly 750 days. A digitally restored version of the film was released on 8 March 2013, and another one on 21 June 2019 and it also completed 100 days. Plot Anand is a rich playboy and alcoholic. Aboard an aeroplane, he meets Latha, an air hostess. Latha lives with her father, mother, two brothers, and a sister. Her elder brother resides at home with his wife, but Latha is the highest earning member of the family. Latha's mother objects to her being an air hostess; she begs her to change profession so that she can be home at more decent hours. While Anand is celebrating his birthday in a pub near his home, Latha arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnana Oli
''Gnana Oli'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, starring Sivaji Ganesan. It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel '' Les Miserables''. This film was remade in Hindi as ''Devata'' (1978) and in Telugu as '' Chakravarthy'' (1987). Plot Anthony an orphan, warm-hearted, yet physically effervescent is a wooden casket maker by profession. He is a regular church bell ringer raised by the guidance of the kind church Father. He marries. The day his lady goes into labour, he agrees to fabricate a wooden coffin for a supposedly dying person for his plausible money needs. Whilst fabricating he is notified that, that person who seemed dying miraculously survived, leaving his half-done coffin to no use, much to his irritation. However, the Father arrives and informs Anthony that a daughter was born, but also clarifies his half-done coffin was not merely a waste since his wife did not survive the labour. Shad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praptham
''Praptham'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by Savitri. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Savitri. It is a remake of the 1964 Telugu film ''Mooga Manasulu''. The film was released on 14 July 1971, and became a box-office bomb, causing a massive impediment in Savitri's career and leading to her downfall. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Kannan * Savitri as Radha * S. V. Ranga Rao as Zamindar * M. N. Nambiar as Raju * Srikanth as Ramu/Thiyagarajan *Chandrakala as Gowri *Nagesh as Ponnan * C. K. Saraswathi as Rama *Senthamarai as Church father *S.R. Janaki as Kannan's mother Production After watching ''Mooga Manasulu'', Savitri wanted to remake it in Tamil, produce it and direct it. Gemini Ganesan, then romantically linked to her, warned her against doing so, describing it as an acid test, but Savitri refused to comply. Besides directing and producing, Savitri also was the lead actress, over Ganesan's objections. The film was mostly shot on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam Veedu
''Vietnam Veedu'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Sundaram. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini, with Nagesh, K. A. Thangavelu, Srikanth, M. Bhanumathi and Rama Prabha in supporting roles. Produced by Sivaji Productions, it is based on Sundaram's play of the same name. The film was released on 11 April 1970 and became a commercial success. It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Vintha Samsaram'' (1971). Plot "Prestige" Padmanabhan Iyer, the manager of a reputed company, lives with his wife Savithri, sons Sridhar and Murali, and a daughter. He is famous for living with prestige and is a keen observer of status in all matters. Sridhar is married while Murali is looking for a job. With his hard earned money, Padmanabhan buys his ancestral house, sold earlier due to poverty and names it "Vietnam Veedu" (Vietnam House) because of the constant tiffs among the family me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. He was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname ''Nadigar Thilagam'' (). In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Sivaji Ganesan is the only Tamil actor to have played the lead role in over 250 films. Ganesan was the first Indian actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. Many leading South Indian actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. In addition, he received four Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Veetu Pillai
''Raja Veetu Pillai'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Dada Mirasi and written by M. K. Santharam. It stars Jaishankar and Jayalalithaa. The music was provided by T. K. Ramamoorthy. It was a successful film on its release. The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. Jayalalithaa dressed up as cowgirl with shorts and started off a trend. Plot Cast ;Male cast *Jaishankar as Raja * M. N. Nambiar as Aanand *V. S. Raghavan as Raghunathan's father * Srikanth as Raghunathan *Thengai Srinivasan as Singaram ;Female cast *Jayalalithaa as Raja's love interest *Pushpalatha as Geetha *Jayabharathi as Aananthi Soundtrack All the songs were written by Vaali and the music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Subburayulu Munuswami Subbaiah Naidu (a.k.a. SMS) (15 March 1914 – 26 May 1979) was an Indian composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was one of the oldest music directors. He worked as an in-house music composer for Central Studios a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nootrukku Nooru
''Nootrukku Nooru'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed and written by K. Balachander. It stars Jaishankar and Lakshmi, with Jayakumari, Vijaya Lalitha and Srividya in other pivotal roles. The story is about a college professor who is accused by three girls of sexual harassment, just before his marriage. It was released on 19 March 1971. The film was remade in Hindi as '' Imtihan'' in 1974. Cast * Jaishankar as Prakash * Lakshmi as Lakshmi * Nagesh as Ramesh, college student leader & Lakshmi's brother * Srividya as Manjula * Vijaya Lalitha as Stella * Jayakumari as Kousalya * Gemini Ganesan as the college principal uest Appearance* R. S. Manohar as Manjula's father * Srikanth as Police Investigator, Raja * V. Gopalakrishnan as Robert * V. S. Raghavan as David, Stella's father * Y. Gee. Mahendra as Mahesh * S. V. Sahasranamam as Lakshmi's father * S. N. Lakshmi as Lakshmi's mother * Sukumari as Manjula's mother * Neelu as College Lecturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navagraham
''Navagraham'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Nagesh, Srikanth, R. Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with Ragini, Sivakumar, Rama Prabha, Y. G. Mahendran (his film debut), V. Gopalakrishnan and G. Sakunthala in supporting roles. It was released on 3 September 1970. Plot Nine people living in a household have many disagreements and quarrels among themselves due to their personality differences. How Baalu mediates among them is the story. Cast * Nagesh as Baalu * Sundarrajan as Somu * Muthuraman as Siva * V. Gopalakrishnan as Mali * I. S. R as Mani * Mahendran as Anumanthu * Sivakumar as Vatsala's lover * Srikanth as Eeswaran * Ragini as Akilaandam * Rama Prabha as Amirtham * G. Sakunthala as Saraswathi * Lakshmi as Vatsala Production ''Navagraham'' marked Y. G. Mahendran's acting debut in cinema. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜு ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
