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Tilang
Tilang is a raga in Indian classical music, that belongs to the Khamaj Thaat. Scale * Arohana (ascending scale): * Avarohana (descending scale): This raga has a Ni flat (ni komal) in the descent. Its defining characteristics are: PS'NS'nP, PS'NS'PnP; some ragis add a R (S*R*NS*PnP). Vadi and samvadi * Vadi note: Ga * Samvadi : Ni In Carnatic music This raga originated in Hindustani classical music and has been taken into Carnatic music.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications It is derived from the 28th Melakarta (parent scale) Harikambhoji. It is an audava-audava raga (pentatonic asymmetrical scale) with the following structure. * Arohana: * Avarohana: Compositions ''Shree Ganesha charanam'' composed by Papanasam Sivan is a popular composition set in this ragam. ''Ramakrishnaru Manege'', ''Tarakka Bindige'' By Purandara Dasa ''Satyavantara Sangaviralu'' By Kanaka Dasa Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609) was a Hari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varumayin Niram Sivappu
''Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language satirical drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, with Pratap Pothen, R. Dilip and S. Ve. Shekher in supporting roles. It revolves around a group of Tamils in Delhi struggling with poverty and unemployment. ''Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu'' was simultaneously shot in Telugu as ''Aakali Rajyam'' (). It was released on 6 November 1980, and ''Aakali Rajyam'' on 9 January 1981. The film was a commercial success, winning three Filmfare Awards South and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was remade in Hindi as '' Zara Si Zindagi'' (1983) with Haasan reprising his role, and Balachander again directing. Plot S. Rangan and his friend are two unemployed Tamil men staying together in Delhi. Another Tamil, Thambu subsequently joins them for the purpose of searching a job. Rangan is a straightforward person who does not tolerate anything which involves impersonation and decei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khamaj (thaat)
Khamaj () is one of the ten thaats (parent scales) of Hindustani music from the Indian subcontinent. It is also the name of a raga within this thaat. The Khamaj thaat can be obtained by replacing the Shuddha Nishad of Bilaval by Komal Nishad. The ragas of this thaat are full of Shringara Rasa (romantic) hence this raga is mostly rendered in the form of light classical thumris, tappas, horis, kajris etc. Its pictorial descriptions in the existing texts are sensuous and even today, the raga Khamaj is considered to be a 'flirtatious' raag. There is a theory which assumes that in the past, the Khamaj scale found its way in the Ch'in music of late medieval China. Description The parent-scale or Thaat of Khamaj, notated in sargam notation, has the following structure: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Sa'. In Western terms, assuming the tonic (Sa) to be at C, the scale would be: C D E F G A B-flat C. Khamaj thaat is thus equivalent to the mixolydian mode in Western classical music. The Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchavarna Kili
''Panchavarna Kili'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar and produced by Saravana Pictures. The film stars R. Muthuraman, Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan and Manorama. It was released on 21 May 1965, and became a commercial success. Plot Megala wants to marry Sekar – an army officer, Sokkalingam first son. To her dismay, he is married to Chitra in Delhi and they have a child. Meanwhile, Sokkalingam is looking for marriage alliance to second son Kannan through marriage broker Kalyanam. Kalyanam learns that Sekar brother already has radio singer Vani in mind. Broker fixes marriage with Vani to Kannan. In a twist, Sekar look alike Balu – Vani niece morphs a photo with him and Vani. The morphed photo is sent to Sekar house to stop the marriage. Ashamed of the bad name, Vani mother dies and Vani absconds to Delhi. Vani picks her sister kid and returns to Sekar house to hand over the kid. In some twist, Vani is mistaken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958 Film)
''Sampoorna Ramayanam'' () is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by K. Somu. It is based on Valmiki's ''Ramayana''. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao in the lead role of Rama and Sivaji Ganesan as Bharatha. The film, produced by M. A. Venu, had musical score by K. V. Mahadevan and was released on 14 April 1958. It became a major commercial success, and ran for over 264 days in theatres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film. It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Ramayan'' in 1960. Plot The story is the complete Ramayana from the birth of Rama to his Pattabhisheka after completing his exile. Cast *N. T. Rama Rao as Rama * Padmini as Sita *Sivaji Ganesan as Bharatha * P. V. Narasimha Bharathi as Lakshmana *Santo Krishnan as Hanuman * T. K. Bhagavathi as Ravana *V. Nagayya as Dasharatha * Pushpavalli as Kausalya * G. Varalakshmi as Kaikeyi * V. K. Ramasamy as Guhan * M. N. Rajam as Shurpanakha *Sandhya as Mandodari Production After ''Town Bus'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallukkul Eeram
''Kallukkul Eeram'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. S. Nivas, starring Bharathiraja, Sudhakar, Aruna and Vijayashanti. This film marked the cinematic debut for both Aruna and Vijayashanti. Plot This is a story of two innocent village girls who fall in love with the Director and Hero of a cinema crew visiting their village for a shoot. Aruna falls in love with Bharathiraja and Vijayashanthi with Sudhakar. Bharathiraja's movie crew lands on the picturesque and primeval village. The villagers are enthralled by the visiting crew. Vijaya Shanthi, a witty girl and Aruna, who perpetually wears an expression of shock and surprise combined, her marble-eyes not letting any other emotions through, are constant on lookers. Aruna steps into the frame of the movie and is admonished by Bharathiraja. Vijayshanthi and Aruna stage a role play song with the village children, with V. Shanthi as the heroine and Aruna as the director. Bharathiraja and Sudhakar walk by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirkazhi G
Sirkazhi () also spelled as ''Siyali'' is a major municipal town in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located from the coast of the Bay of Bengal, and from the state capital Chennai. Sirkazhi was a part of Thanjavur district until 1991 and has later been part of Nagapattinam district. The town covers an area of and in 2011 had a population of 34,927. It is administered by a second grade municipality. Sirkazhi is part of the Cauvery delta region and agriculture is the major occupation. Roads are the main means of transportation; the town has of district roads, including a national highway. The town is believed to be of significant antiquity and has been ruled by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire, the Marathas and the British. The Tamil trinity of Carnatic music; Arunachala Kavirayar (1711–78), Muthu Thandavar (1525–1600) and Marimutthu Pillai (1712–87), originated from Sirkazhi. The Saiva saint Tirugnanasam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miruthanga Chakravarthi
''Miruthanga Chakravarthi'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film directed by K. Shankar and produced by Sakunthala N. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, M. N. Nambiar, V. K. Ramasamy, Prabhu and Sulakshana. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was released on 24 September 1983. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Subbaiah * K. R. Vijaya as Deivanai * M. N. Nambiar * V. K. Ramasamy as Rajarathnam Pillai * Prabhu as Kannan * Sulakshana as Radha * Thengai Srinivasan * Senthil * Y. G. Mahendran * Manorama Production Madurai T. Srinivasan played the mridangam offscreen for Prabhu. Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Vaali. Controversy Initially, the producers, Kalaignanam and T. N. Venkatraman took recordings of earlier mridangam performances from both T. K. Murthy and Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman (born 17 December 1935) is an Indian m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andha 7 Naatkal
''Andha 7 Naatkal'' ( ) is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film stars him, Rajesh and Ambika, with Kallapetti Singaram and Master Haja Sheriff in supporting roles. It revolves around a woman (Ambika) who is forced into an arranged marriage with a widower (Rajesh), but still longs for her first love (Bhagyaraj). The story of ''Andha 7 Naatkal'' was inspired by the life of the comedian J. P. Chandrababu; his marriage had failed after his wife revealed to him that she was in love with someone else. The film was produced by P. S. Jayaraman and M. Nachiappan for Srini Creations. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, cinematography was handled by P. Ganesh Pandian, and editing by R. Bhaskaran. ''Andha 7 Naatkal'' was released on 26 October 1981, Diwali day. The film was a commercial success, and Bhaskaran won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor. It became a trendsetter in Tamil cinema for highlighting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam (born as Kalaivani on 30 November 1945), also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She has done playback for over one thousand Indian movies recording over 10,000 songs. In addition, she has recorded thousands of devotionals and private albums and also participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Renowned for her vocal range and easy adaptability to any difficult composition, Vani has often been the choice for several composers across India through the 1970s until the late 1990s. She has sung in several Indian languages, such as Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Assameese, and Bengali languages. Vani won the National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer three times and also has won State Government awards from the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Salim Simon
''Shankar Salim Simon'' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Madhavan. It stars Vijayakumar as Shankar, Jaiganesh as Salim and Rajinikanth as Simon. The film was inspired by the 1977 Hindi film ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', and was released on 10 February 1978. Plot Simon and Salim come from lower class, while Shankar and his sister are the children of a corrupt businessman. Latha falls in love with Simon, while Shankar falls in love with Alamelu and Salim is already married. In different circumstances, Latha is forced to marry a man, but she runs away from him and lives with Simon. The society goes against both Simon and Latha and in the end, Latha explains about how worse the man she is married to and unites with Simon. Cast * Vijayakumar as Shankar *Manjula as Alamelu * Rajinikanth as Simon * Latha as Vasanthi *Jaiganesh as Salim * M. S. Vasanthi as Mumtaz *V. S. Raghavan as Sadhasivam * S. V. Ramadoss as Jaipal *Suruli Rajan as Kabali *Y. G. Partha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaviya Thalaivi
''Kaviya Thalaivi'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by K. Balachander and produced by Sowcar Janaki. It is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film ''Uttar Falguni''. Janaki also stars alongside Gemini Ganesan and M. R. R. Vasu. The film was released on 29 October 1970, Diwali day, and became a success. For his performance, Ganesan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Plot Devi is in love with Suresh, a lawyer, but is forced to marry Paranthaman, an alcoholic gambler. Devi escapes from him, and obtains work as a dancer in Hyderabad where she gives birth to a daughter named Krishna. When Vasu tries to kidnap the child, she has Suresh adopt her. Later, when Vasu's blackmail threatens Krishna's marriage, Devi kills him. Cast * Gemini Ganesan as Suresh * Sowcar Janaki as Devi and Krishna * Ravichandran * M. R. R. Vasu as Paranthaman * S. Varalakshmi * Lakshmi Prabha * V. Nirmala * Baby Dolly Production ''Kaviya Thalaivi'' is a remake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauravam (1973 Film)
''Gauravam'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language legal drama film written and directed by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan in a dual role as a barrister and his nephew (an amateur lawyer) fighting the same case. It is an adaptation of Sundaram's play ''Kannan Vanthaan''. The film was released on 25 October 1973 and became a commercial success, with Ganesan winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Plot Madras High Court barrister Rajinikanth is a ''tour de force'' criminal defence lawyer who has never lost a case. He is a self-made man with a rags to riches story. He is well respected by other lawyers and is a terror to his opponents in the court. His only unfulfilled ambition is the prestigious position of judgeship and has all the qualifications of being a judge, with an exaggerated ego being his only character flaw. Kannan is Rajinikanth's nephew who is brought up like a son by the childless Rajinikanth and his wife Chellam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
