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Ushanandini
Ushanandini (Malayalam: ഉഷാ നന്ദിനി) is an Indian actress in South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1970s in Malayalam film, Malayalam films. She had acted in Tamil film, Tamil films as well. Biography Ushanandini was born as Usha Devi to parents K. G. Raman Pillai and Saraswathi in 1949 at Kamaleshwaram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree. She made her Malayalam debut in 1967 with ''Aval'', a great success at the box office. She had acted as heroine to Sivaji Ganesan in many Tamil movies like Ponnunjal, Gauravam (1973 film), Gowravam, Rajapart Rangadurai, Manidhanum Dheivamagalam, Manithanum Deivamagalam and Ennai Pol Oruvan. Nagarame Nandi, Olavum Theeravum, Aa Chithrasalabham Parannotte are the few among the important characters she played. She is married to a successful business magnate, S. Mariappan. She has three daughters, Preethi, Sajni and Keerthana. She also has had two granddaughters named Diya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athaiya Mamiya
''Athaiya Mamiya'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Chitralaya Gopu, starring Jaishankar and Ushanandini. Plot Shankar (Jaishankar) returns from abroad after successfully completing his higher studies. His parents plan to marry him to one of their relative's daughters. A series of comic incidents ensue while they try to convince Shankar to marry. Things become serious when Shankar reveals to them that he has already met the love of his life, Usha ( Ushanandini,) and married her. Angered by this, his father throws him out of his house and Usha joins Shankar to start a new life. How they succeed in establishing their life is the rest of the movie. Cast * Jaishankar as Shankar * Ushanandini as Usha * M. N. Rajam as Sumathi * Manorama as Manju * Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Panjabikesan * Nagesh as Balu * Sachu as Malathy * Srikanth as Sarathi * Gandhimathi as Kattankulathaan's wife * Thengai Srinivasan as Kattankulathaan * V. S. Raghavan V S Ragha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponnunjal
''Ponnunjal'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by K. S. Kutralingam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Ushanandini. It was released on 15 June 1973. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Muthu *Ushanandini as Valli *R. Muthuraman as Minor Manickam *M. N. Nambiar as Ponnan *S. V. Sahasranamam as Sivalingam *Sriranjani Jr. as Sengamalam *S. V. Subbaiah as Komberi Devan *Ganthimathi as Velaee *K. A. Thangavelu as Pethaperumal *Cho Ramaswamy, Cho as Singaram *Manorama (Tamil actress), Manorama as Veeramma *A. Sakunthala as Sundari *S. A. Kannan as Village Panchayat Head *A. Veerappan as Sappani *Usilai Mani as Iyer Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan, Selvabharathy and "Nellai" Arulmani. References External links * {{C. V. Rajendran 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathyathinte Nizhalil
''Sathyathinte Nizhalil'' is 1975 Malayalam-language film directed by Babu Nandancode. The story was written by P. Shanmugham with dialogue and screenplay by Sreekumaran Thampi. Playback singers were Ambili, K. J. Yesudas and P. Susheela, and actors were Sudheer, K. P. Ummer, Ushanandini, Bahadoor, Pappu, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Philomina, Janardanan and Kunchan. Malayalam actor Sudheer won the 1975 "Best Actor Award" from the Kerala State Government for his role in the film. Cast * Sudheer * KP Ummer * Bahadoor * Janardanan * Kunchan * Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair * Pappu * Philomina *Ushanandini * Usharani Soundtrack The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennai Pol Oruvan
''Ennai Pol Oruvan'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sarada and Ushanandini. It was released on 18 March 1978, and performed poorly at the box office. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as Sekar and Sundaramoorthy * Sarada as Lakshmi * Ushanandini as Usha *R. S. Manohar as Sabapathy * M. R. R. Vasu as Namachivayam *S. V. Ramadas as Velu *Suruli Rajan as Usha's father *Haalam as Vimala *V. Nagayya as Sundaramoorthy's father *Kumari Rukmani as Sekar's mother * Sasikumar as Usha's brother *Usharani as Sundaramoorthy's sister *Master Giri as Mohan *Baby Sumathi as Shanthi *Ennathe Kannaiah as Aasari Arulprakasam *Typist Gopu as Aadiyapatham *Senji Krishnan as Soosai *S. R. Prabhakar as the psychology doctor *Comedy Shanmugam as Shanmugam *Pushpamala as Alamel Production ''Ennai Pol Oruvan'' finished production in the mid-1970s, but released only in 1978. Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manidhanum Dheivamagalam
''Manidhanum Dheivamagalam'' () is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Ushanandini, Shubha and Sukumari. It was released on 11 January 1975. The film was a remake of the 1969 Telugu film '' Buddhimantudu''. Plot Kumaraiya is a temple priest in a village, living with his wife Valli and younger brother, Sundaram. Kumaraiya is a believer of god, he is very much respected by villagers and believes that he encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees Sundaram is a non-believer. Troubles will plague him after he finds out that Sundaram has not only been creating problems for Dharmalingam the village head, but has also fallen in love and wants to marry Vijaya, the daughter of Dharmalingam's sister. Taking this as an advantage, Dharmalingam separates Kumaraiya and Sundaram and an old ruined house of their grandfather is given to Sundaram as his share. Sundaram modifies and establishes a school in it. Before Ku ... [...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] |
Aval (1967 Film)
''Aval'' ( en, She) is a 1967 Malayalam film directed by P. M. A. Azeez with Madhu, K. P. Ummer, Adoor Bhasi, Kaduvakulam Antony, Kedamangalam Ali, Krishnankutty, Maya, Meenakumari, Kozhikode Santha Devi and Ushanandini in the star cast. The film is about sexual impotence, divorce and a social system riddled with incestuous relationships. It was the first Malayalam film to be directed by a Film Institute graduate. It also marked the debut of cinematographer Mankada Ravi Varma. Cast * Madhu *Adoor Bhasi *Maya * K. P. Ummer *Kaduvakulam Antony *Kedamangalam Ali *Meena *Santha Devi * Ushanandini *Krishnankutty Soundtrack The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma Vayalar Ramavarma (March 25, 1928 – October 27, 1975), also known as Vayalar, was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam language. He was known for his poems which include ''Sargasangeetham'', ''Mulankaadu'', ''Padamudrakal'', ''Aayisha'' a .... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavum Theeravum
''Olavum Theeravum'' () is a 1970 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by P. N. Menon, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and produced by P. A. Backer. It stars Madhu and Ushanandini, with Jose Prakash, Philomina, and Nilambur Balan in supporting roles. The film has a musical score by M. S. Baburaj. Cinematography was done by Mankada Ravi Varma. Based on M. T. Vasudevan Nair's own short story of the same name, published in an anthology of short stories in 1957. The story is about a Muslim trader who falls in love with his dead friend's sister who is the daughter of a prostitute. But the girl's mother forces her to marry a wealthy man who has an eye on her. ''Olavum Theeravum'' was released on 27 February 1970 to critical acclaim. The film was also a commercial success and went on to become one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of the year. The film won four Kerala State Film Awards that year for Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography (Mankada Ravi Varma), Scri ... [...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] |
Nagarame Nandi
''Nagarame Nanni'' is a 1967 Malayalam language film, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by A. Vincent. The film stars Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini, Madhu and K. P. Ummer among others. The film tells the story of a family that migrates from a village to the city of Madras in search of a better life. The theme was about the lure of the city and how the dreams of villagers are shattered by its inexorable logic of greed. The plot is similar to the 1965 film ''The Conquerors of the Golden City'', directed by Getin Gurtop and the 1964 film ''Birds of Exile'' (''Gurbet Kuslari'' in Turkish) by Halit Refig. K. Balachander's Tamil film ''Pattina Pravesham'' (1977) was plagiarised from all these three films. Film expert B. Vijayakumar of ''The Hindu'' described the film as "one of the best social movies produced in Malayalam."B. Vijayakumar (22 February 2010)"NAGARAME NANNI 1967" ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 28 May 2013. Cast * Prem Nazir as Madhavankutty * Ushanandini as Bhara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakthi Leelai
''Shakthi Leelai'' () is a 1972 Tamil language film directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by T. G. Somasundaram. The film script was written by Thuraiyur K. Moorthi. It starred B. Saroja Devi, Gemini Ganeshan, Jayalalithaa, K. B. Sundarambal and K. R. Vijaya. It is noted for being the last multi-starrer mythological film. The music was provided by T. K. Ramamoorthy. It was a successful film on its release. Later, The film was dubbed in 1976 into Hindi language, Hindi as ''Tu Hi Kali Tu Hi Durga'' and 1985 into Telugu language, Telugu as ''Parashakthi Mahimalu''. Cast * Gemini Ganeshan as Lord Shiva * Ushanandini as Parvati, Shakti/Mariamman, Samayapuram Mariamman * Jayalalithaa as Periyapalayathu Bhavani amman/Devi Kanya Kumari, Punyakshi Devi * Sivakumar as Narada Muni * Major Sundararajan as Jamadagni Munivar * Saroja Devi as Renukambal * Usharani as Saraswati * Master Sridhar as Parashurama, Parasuraman * K. B. Sundarambal as Woman Saint * S. V. Sahasranamam as The King *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminals (film)
''Criminals'' is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by S. Babu and produced by Salam Karassery. The film stars Adoor Bhasi, Manavalan Joseph, Prema (Malayalam actress), Prema and Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan in the lead roles. Cast *Adoor Bhasi K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and role ... *Manavalan Joseph *Prema (Malayalam actress), Prema *Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan *Nilambur Balan *Alummoodan *Aroor Sathyan *Bharagavan Pallikkara *J. A. R. Anand *J. M. Kozhikode *K. P. Ummer *Kaduvakulam Antony *Kambanam Murali *Kunchan (actor), Kunchan *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Malappuram Motheenkutty *P. K. Abraham *Paravana Abdulrahman *Rani Chandra *Salam *Sinbad *Surasu *Swapna *Swathi *Ushanandini *Vincent (actor), Vincent Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Baburaj and the lyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
