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V. S. Narasimhan
V. S. Narasimhan (born 1943) is an Indian violinist and composer. Life Narasimhan is the son of the violinist Gottuvadyam Srinivasa Iyengar. He studied Carnatic music from age four under his father. Narasimhan also learnt Western classical music and entered Tamil cinema as a violinist, playing for all leading composers except G. Ramanathan. He even briefly tutored under Master Dhanraj. Narasimhan debuted as a composer with ''Achamillai Achamillai ''Achamillai Achamillai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Rajesh and Saritha, with Pavithra, Jeyagopi, Delhi Ganesh, Charle and Delhi Nayakar in supporting roles. It revo ...'' (1984), and also contributed to Ilaiyaraaja's studio album '' How to Name It?''. In 1993, he founded the Madras String Quartet. Filmography References External links * {{IMDb person, 1459614 1943 births 20th-century violinists Carnatic violinists Indian film score comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum
''Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by E. Ramdoss and produced by K. Mohan Durai. It stars Mohan, Seetha and Ranjini. The film was released on 8 August 1986. Plot Cast * Mohan * Seetha * Ranjini *Goundamani * Senthil *Janagaraj *Rajkumar Sethupathi *Chakravarthy *Meesai Murugesan *Madhumohan *Poornam Viswanathan * Charle * Thyagu *Chinni Jayanth *Rajan *Kuyili *Baby Anju * Baby Sharada Preetha *K. S. Ravikumar Production E. Ramdoss who worked as an assistant to Manivannan made his directorial debut with this film. Despite a publicised fallout between the producer and the original music composer Ilaiyaraaja, the film became a success commercially. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by V. S. Narasimhan. Reception ''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 Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Film Score Composers
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Carnatic Violinists
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1943 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. ** Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City. * January 13 – Anti-Nazi protests in Sofia result in 200 arrests and 36 executions. * January 14 – January 24, 24 – WWII: Casablanca Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and Generals Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud of the Free French forces meet secretly at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco, to plan the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paasamalargal
''Paasamalargal'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Suresh Chandra Menon. The film stars Arvind Swamy and Revathi. It was released on 4 February 1994. Plot In order to earn the goodwill, a businessman adopts six orphan girls who are in good touch with him. After the initial friction, he does warm up to them. Meanwhile, a young girl a colleague falls in love with him. All goes well but a tragedy strikes in the end. Cast *Arvind Swamy as Raj *Revathi as Asha *Srividya *M. N. Nambiar *Chinni Jayanth *Deepa Venkat as Jhanvi *Niroopa as Niroopa *Ajith Kumar as Kumar *Gayathri Shastry *Shree Durga *Priyanka *Swathi *Raghuvaran in a guest appearance *Sukumari in a guest appearance Production Ajith Kumar was selected in the film after he had appeared in a television ad shot by P. C. Sreeram for Suresh Menon's company. Vikram (actor), Vikram dubbed the scenes for Ajith for the second time after ''Amaravathi (1993 film), Amaravath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal
''Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Yamini, Kumaresh and Ganesh. The film had two storylines, first story was adapted from the novel ''Meendum Meendum'' by Anuradha Ramanan and the second story was written by Ananthu. Violin virtuoso-brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh made their acting débuts. The film had no songs. The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 38th National Film Awards. Plot The film contains two distinct story lines, each story lines revolves around Ganesh and Kumaresh. This film depicts difficulties women face(d) in a predominantly male dominated society. How these women when pushed to edge fight their ostracised husbands and set a tone and lead a meaningful life. Cast * Yamini as Vinodha * Kumaresh as Sukumar . * Ganesh as Jawahar * Livingston as Arun Kapoor * Surya as Shenbagam * Vaishnavi as Yamuna * Charle as Elango * Vivek as Panneer * K. S. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan Simittum Neram
''Kan Simittum Neram'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Kalaivanan Kannadasan in his debut. The film stars Karthik, Ambika and R. Sarathkumar in his Tamil debut, and was released on 13 April 1988. It was remade in Hindi as '' Sailaab'' (1990). Plot The film begins with a man trying to kill Lakshmi, but he missed his attempt and killed her aunt. While escaping, he met an accident and forgot everything. Since that day, the doctor Lakshmi took care of him. She didn't know about him so she named him Kannan. Inspector Sarath investigated on the Lakshmi's aunt murder and Kannan's past. Sarath then found a photo of Kannan and Lakshmi, he went to the photo's store to know the truth. A third person was involved in this affair. Sarath found him and the man revealed the truth. The man, Ravi, was in love with Vani. Her father arranged a marriage to Vani, so Ravi did some photo-trick to stop the wedding. He produced a photo showing Vani's fiancé with a woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanna Kanavugal
''Vanna Kanavugal'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Ameerjan and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Karthik, Murali and Jayashree. It is a remake of the 1984 Malayalam film ''Adiyozhukkukal''. The film, which notably features no songs, was released on 9 July 1987 and emerged a success. Plot Cast * Karthik * Murali *Jayashree * Anand *Charle *Nassar *Typist Gopu *Harathi Ganesh Production ''Vanna Kanavugal'' is the feature film debut of Anand. The dialogues were written by Vairamuthu. Release and reception ''Vanna Kanavugal'' was released on 9 July 1987. ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...'' wrote, "Karthik has shown that he can play the tough guy too". Jayamanmadhan of ''Kalki'' appreciated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugila Mallige
''Mugila Mallige'' is a 1985 Indian Kannada language film written and directed by K. Balachander and produced by his own Kavithalaya Productions. Starring Saritha and Srinath in the lead roles, the film also featured Ramakrishna and Ashok in pivotal roles. Saritha received a Filmfare award for her performance. The film was a remake of Balachander's own Tamil film '' Thamarai Nenjam''. The film had Suresh Krissna as an assistant director working under Balachander. Cast * Srinath * Saritha * Ashok * Ramakrishna * Pavithra * Shivaram * Rama Hariharan * Baby Seetha * R. Sundaramoorthy as Sundaramoorthy Soundtrack V. S. Narasimhan composed the music for the soundtracks and lyrics written by R. N. Jayagopal. The album consists of four soundtracks. Awards * Saritha – Filmfare Award for Best Actress The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Bollywood, Hindi films, to recognise the female actor who has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnatic Music
Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu Texts and traditions, particularly the Samaveda. The other subgenre being Hindustani music, which emerged as a distinct form because of Persian or Islamic influences from Northern India. The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in ''gāyaki'' (singing) style. Although there are stylistic differences, the basic elements of (the relative musical pitch), (the musical sound of a single note), (the mode or melodic formulæ), and (the rhythmic cycles) form the foundation of improvisation and composition in both Carnati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
