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T. S. Balaiah
Thirunelveli Subramaniyan Balaiah (23 August 1914 – 22 July 1972) was an Indian actor. He is best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil films. Born in Sundankottai, near Udankudi in Thoothukudi, Balaiah was introduced to the cine field by director Ellis R. Dungan in ''Sathi Leelavathi'' (1936), along with M. G. Ramachandran, N. S. Krishnan and M. K. Radha. He was one of the very few actors who excelled as a villain, as well as in character roles and comic roles. Early life & death T. S. Balaiah was born on 23 August 1914. He was born in Sundankottai, now in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu Balaiah lived in T. Nagar, and died at the age of 57. Career Being Part of various drama troupe, his career into films started from 'Madurai Original Boys' drama company which had several talented youngsters who created history in Tamil cinema, including M.K. Radha, M. G. Ramachandran, N. S. Krishnan. Balaiah began his film career through the Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundankottai
Sundankottai is a Village in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a small village situated near Udangudi. Administration Sundankottai comes under Pallakurichi panchayat Srivaikuntam Legislative Assembly and Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency Notable People from Sundankottai * Dr.N.S.Chandra Bose, Former President of IMA (1991-1992) and former President of BJP, Tamil Nadu (1993-1995) * M. A. Ganesa Pandian, Former Janata Party Leader Tamil Nadu, MLA candidate 1984 & 1991, Sathankulam Union Chairman. *T. S. Balaiah - Tamil film actor * F. V. Arul, former I.G of police and Director of C.B.I. * A.Ramasamy Nadar, former S.I of police and D.S.P of CB-CID. * K.Neethi Ragavan, General Manager (Retd), Issue Department - Reserve Bank of India, Chennai. * Naveen Raja Jacob - India men's national volleyball team (2007 – present). * Vairavanathan Piramiah - Chief Engineer, WRD, Plan Formation Tamil Nadu Public Works Department, Chennai Chennai (, ), f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Mister Zamindar
''Hello Mister Zamindar'' is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed and produced by K. J. Mahadevan under the banner of Sudharsanam Pictures. The film dialogue was written by Ve. Lakshmanan and the story was written by Mahadevan respectively. Music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. It stars Gemini Ganesan and Savitri. The film was released on 14 May 1965. Plot Cast ; Actors * Gemini Ganesan as Sekar * M. R. Radha as Azhagirisamy * T. S. Balaiah as Zamin secretary * V. Gopalakrishnan * T. S. Muthaiah * S. Rama Rao * Ganapathi Bhutt * Dakshinamurthi * K. Natarajan * A. Veerappan * Murugan * Das * Velayudham * G. G. Sharma * Natarajan ; Actresses * Savitri as Radha/Sarasu * K. R. Indira Devi as Chellaye * K. S. Angamuthu * Seethalakshmi * Ramani * Mallika * Radhabhai * Madhuri * Omana * Kumari Saroja * Gomathi * Rajamma Soundtrack Music was by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The title song was later played in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruvilayadal (1965 Film)
''Thiruvilaiyadal'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language Hindu devotional film written, directed and co-produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and K. B. Sundarambal, with T. S. Balaiah, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, T. R. Mahalingam, K. Sarangapani, Devika, Manorama, and Nagarajan in supporting roles. K. V. Mahadevan composed the film's soundtrack and score, and Kannadasan and Sankaradas Swamigal wrote the song lyrics. ''Thiruvilaiyadal'' was inspired by the ''Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam'': a collection of sixty-four Shaivite devotional, epic stories, written in the 16th century by Paranjothi Munivar, which record the actions (and antics) of Shiva on Earth in a number of disguises to test his devotees. ''Thiruvilaiyadal'' depicts four of the stories. The first is about the poets Dharumi and Nakkeerar; the second concerns Dhatchayini. The third recounts how Shiva's future wife, Parvati, is born as a fisherwoman; Shiva, in the guise of a fisherman, finds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaazhkai Padagu
''Vaazhkai Padagu'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by C. Srinivasan and produced by S. S. Vasan under Gemini Studios. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Devika and R. Muthuraman, with S. V. Ranga Rao, K. Balaji R. S. Manohar and M. V. Rajamma in supporting roles. A remake of the studio's own Hindi film '' Zindagi'' (1964), it was released on 26 March 1965. Plot A young, unemployed woman Seetha takes up stage acting as a career. A wealthy man Kannabiran is after her, and uses his henchman to kidnap her. During the attempt, Rajan and his dog rescue her and the two fall in love. Rajan is the son of a zamindar, who has a poor opinion of Seetha. However, after many hurdles, the two marry. The director of Seetha's stage troupe Gopal too is in love with her. But, she never responds. When Kannabiran is murdered. Gopal is arrested. He has an alibi – on the night of the murder, a young woman stayed with him in his house, but then he does not disclose her i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhu Mirandal
''Sadhu Mirandal'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a man being murdered for money by two friends in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran. Released on 14 April 1966, it became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi as '' Sadhu Aur Shaitaan'' (1969). Plot Cast * Nagesh as the taxi driver * T. R. Ramachandran as Pasupathy * O. A. K. Thevar as Narasimhan * Manorama as Karpagam * Kalpana as Kalpana * Kutty Padmini as the bank manager's daughter * Master Prabhakar as the bank manager's son Production On 13 November 1958 in Madras (now Chennai), Suryanarayana, a bank official, was murdered for money by his friend Narayana Swamy and associates Vijayakumar and Joginder, while travelling via Narayana Swamy's car after taking a large sum of cash from his bank's head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ooty Varai Uravu
''Ooty Varai Uravu'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, R. Muthuraman and L. Vijayalakshmi. It was Vijaylakshmi's last film before her marriage. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Sri Ranga Neethulu'' (1983) and in Hindi as ''Aankh Micholi''. The film released on 1 November 1967 and became a blockbuster, running for over 100 days at the box office. Plot Vedachalam, a wealthy businessman from Ooty, is married to Sundari and has a son, Ravi who is now taking care of the family business. Vedachalam is also secretly married to Sivakami and has a daughter Vijaya, by the second marriage. After Sivakami's death, his daughter decides to seek him out and sets out to Ooty to confront him with proofs of his second marriage. Meanwhile, Vijaya is the daughter of a wealthy zamindar. After her parents death, her uncle tries to marry her in order to acquire her wealth. Unwilling to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanne Pappa
''Kanne Pappa'' is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars K. R. Vijaya, R. Muthuraman, Baby Rani and J. P. Chandrababu. The film was remade in Hindi by Madhavan as '' Aansoo Aur Muskan'' and also in Telugu as ''Bhale Papa''. Plot Cast * K. R. Vijaya as Kalyani and Kalpana *R. Muthuraman as Bhaskar * Baby Rani as Lakshmi * J. P. Chandrababu as Kannaiah * C. R. Vijayakumari as Margaret * Thengai Srinivasan as Pattakathi Mannaru * M. N. Nambiar as Inspector James * Manorama as Roopa * V. K. Ramasamy as Nanda Gopala Samy * Major Sundarrajan * Rama Prabha as Subbhamma * C. K. Saraswathi as Andalammal *Kannan as Shankar * V. S. Raghavan as Station Master *Suruli Rajan as Dharman * Pakoda Kadhar as Mandu Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. Reception ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "''Kanne Pappa'' is a miserable attempt at producing a rather intelligent and interesting story. What re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiroli
''Ethiroli'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by K. Balachander, featuring Sivaji Ganesan. The film had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and became a commercial success. It was also the only collaboration between Balachander and Ganesan. Plot The story revolves around Advocate Shankar, who gifts 7 principles to his daughter which he wants her to follow. In a critical case that he takes up, Shankar ends up breaking each principle which causes misery in his case and personal life. The film ends with his daughter gifting him the same 7 principles, which he intends to follow again. Cast * Sivaji Ganesan as Advocate Shankar * K. R. Vijaya as Vijaya * S. S. Rajendran as Raju * Jyothi Lakshmi as Shanti * Sivakumar as Sundaram * Lakshmi as Kalpana * Major Sundarrajan as Manickam * V. S. Raghavan as Public Prosecutor * T. S. Balaiah as Singapur Minor Balaiya * Nagesh as Krishna Rao * G. Sakunthala as Radhamani * Rojaramani as Raji * O. A. K. Thev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathiyar
Agathiyar is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film written, directed, and produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The soundtrack was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. The film stars Sirkazhi Govindarajan playing the main character, T. R. Mahalingam, A. V. M. Rajan, Kumari Padmini, R. S. Manohar, Suruli Rajan, Manorama and Sridevi were in supporting roles. This film ran for 100 days and won widespread appreciation. The film was dubbed into Hindi under the title ''Maharish'' in 1986. Plot The story is about Agathiyar Muni, who is considered to be the embodiment of one of celestial intellectuals who descended on earth to enlighten human beings. During the wedding of Shiva and Goddess Parvati, the earth tilted to the northern side, as the whole world was witnessing the marriage. Shiva gave the responsibility of balancing the earth to Agathiyar by going to the southern side. Agathiyar is also given the additional responsibility of spreading goodness and equality. He ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thillana Mohanambal
''Thillana Mohanambal'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film written, directed and produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and T. S. Balaiah, with A. V. M. Rajan, Nagesh and Manorama in supporting roles. It tells the story of Shanmugasundaram, a '' nadaswaram'' player who falls in love with Mohanambal, a ''Bharatanatyam'' dancer who reciprocates his feelings, but unfortunate circumstances and their egoistic nature prevents them from confessing their love for one another. How they overcome their self-created obstacles and those created by the people around them forms the rest of the story. The film was adapted from Kothamangalam Subbu's novel of the same name, which was serialised in the Tamil magazine ''Ananda Vikatan'' in 1957–58. The film was mostly shot in Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Madurai. Its original soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, and songs like "Nalandhana", "Maraindhirundhu" and "Pandian Naanirukka" became imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bama Vijayam (1967 Film)
''Bama Vijayam'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander. The film features an ensemble cast including T. S. Balaiah, Sowcar Janaki, Rajasree, Kanchana, Jayanthi, Sachu, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan and Srikanth. It revolves around a man's three daughters-in-law who go to absurd lengths to impress an actress who becomes their neighbour. ''Bama Vijayam'' was simultaneously filmed in Telugu as ''Bhale Kodallu'' with a slightly different cast. It was released on 24 February 1967, and won the Chennai Film Fans' Association Award for Best Film. The film was later remade in Hindi as '' Teen Bahuraniyan'' (1968), with Janaki, Kanchana and Jayanthi reprising their roles. In 1998, it was remade into Malayalam as '' Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam''. Plot A middle-class joint family is living happily run by the responsible father Ethiraj, a retired headmaster. He has three sons – Maheshwaran, Raman, and Krishnan. Mahesw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
