Thirumaran,
Parthiban came in one scene in 'Thaavani kanavugal' that too with nadigar thilagam ..Lucky guy who got his first scene itself with the IMAYAM
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Thirumaran,
Parthiban came in one scene in 'Thaavani kanavugal' that too with nadigar thilagam ..Lucky guy who got his first scene itself with the IMAYAM
Yeah. Very Lucky man. I think Paandiyarajan also worked as an asst in that movie. Though he was not in the movie, he can cherish the moments he worked with IMAYAM.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
:)
Joe anne and Thirumaran anne,Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
Yes, I remember the film now, it had K.R.Vijaya as heroine, and there was another song again by Dr.SPB it is 'Ennodu paadunghal nalvazthu paadalghal mangai enthan nenjukul...', and not to mention Raaja Marthanda Raja Thilaka Vetai Raja Parak Super Star Rajni in this film, he also gets a song, but this song was song by Dr.KJY
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap: :clap: :clap:
My friend,who is a die-hard rajini fan who attended 'Chandramuki' 200 days function told me that ,when some clippings from old sivaji movies screened ,the whistle and applause is nothing less than that of during Rajini's speach.
Joe anNe,
Adhu, GREATEST actor that INDIA HAD EVER PRODUCED DR. SHIVAJI SIR -ku oru LAKAKALAKLAKLAKLAKLAK
by the way, unga avatar sooper
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by joe
Statue of Sivaji – Pondi leads the way
- 11.02.2006
Cinesouth.com
In Tamilnadu, someone or other has been promising to build a memorial or statue for Sivaji. But so far, nothing has materialized.
Now, without boasting and beating the trumpet, Pondicherry has put up a life size bronze statue of Sivaji on the Pondicherry ECR road.
The statue is to be inaugurated this evening. The Pondicherry Chief Minister Rangasamy and his cabinet colleagues will participate in the function.
Some Chennai folks like Sarath Kumar, Radhika, Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Anandraj, T P Gajendran, Thyagu, Madanbob, M S Bhaskar, Manobala, P Vasu, Producers Association president T G Thyagarajan, Abirami Ramanathan, Sivaji’s sons Prabhu and Ramkumar, grandson Dushyanth and others also are bound towards Pondicherry for the function.
Let’s see if the promised memorial for Sivaji takes shape in Tamilnadu, at least after this!
Sivaji Ganesan statue unveiled
Stone laid for Rs. 16 crore manimandapam in memory of K. Kamaraj
PONDICHERRY: The first ever statue of Tamil movie legend, late actor
Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan, was unveiled on Saturday in Pondicherry by
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy. The life-size bronze statue, made by
sculptor Mani Nagappa and installed at a cost of Rs. 6 lakh, is the
first of its kind in the world.
Mr. Rangasamy, who also laid the foundation stone for the Rs. 16
crore manimandapam in memory of the late K. Kamaraj, announced that
the film city coming up in Pondicherry would be named after the
actor.
"We had planned both the functions at the same time because Sivaji
Ganesan had immense respect for Kamaraj and the great leader also
reciprocated it."
On the anguish expressed by actors at the function that a statue of
the thespian had not yet been installed in Tamil Nadu, and that
Pondicherry had taken the lead in honouring the actor, he said that
Sivaji Ganesan belonged not only to Tamil Nadu, but to the entire
Tamil-speaking world.
The actor's sons, G. Ramkumar and actor G. Prabhu, thanked the people
and the Government of Pondicherry for their wonderful gesture. The
secretary of the Nadigar Sangam, actor and M.P. Sarathkumar said work
on the construction of the manimandapam commemorating Sivaji Ganesan
in Chennai would be speeded up and would be ready within a year. A
galaxy of stars, including Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Radhika
Sarathkumar, "Nizhalgal" Ravi, Kavithalaya Krishnan, Madanbob,
Thyagu, M.S. Bhaskar and directors Santhanabharathi and Gajendran,
were present on the occasion.
PCC president P. Shanmugam, Pondicherry Assembly Speaker M.D.R.
Ramachandran, M.P. Ramadass, Minister Elumalai, MLAs Kamalakannan and
Mary Theresa and Congress leader Kumari Anandan spoke on the
occasion.
MLA Shahjahan urged the Pondicherry Government to start a college and
a film city bearing Sivaji Ganesan's name. Mr. Ramadass suggested
that a chair be installed in the Pondicherry University in the name
of Kamaraj. Huge cut outs, with images of actor Sivaji Ganesan and
Kamaraj, lined the Lawspet area where the function was held. A huge
crowd had also gathered to see the stars.
:clap:
Remembering Sivaji
[Monday, February 13, 2006]
Honoring the contributions of thespian Sivaji Ganesan to Tamil filmdom, a life-size statue of the actor was unveiled in Pondicherry by Pondicherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy at a simple function held in the Union Territory on Saturday.
The statue has come up at a cost of Rs six lakh.
He also announced that a film city named after Sivaji Ganesan would be established soon.
Actors Prabhu, Sarathkumar, Sathiyaraj, Nizhalgal Ravi, Thiagu, Sibiraj and Radhika were also present on the occasion.
bayarea,
The same news was given by joe 2 posts back, with different wordings though :D
I even clapped my hands :D
anyway good news :P :D thanks for sharing.
SP !!! Same News ... Diff sources .... You're welcome !! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
Bay,
Great avatar from 'Koondu Kili' ,only movie both Thilagam's acted together.
1000 padangaL vanthaalum
orE oru shivaji padathukku eedu aaguma?
shivaji fan, (crazy fanatic)
shakthiprabha.
nenju porukkudhillaiyE :(
nenju porukkudhillaiyE :(
intha nilaiketta manidharai ninainthuvitaal! :(
ennachu stranger? :roll:
I saw paraashakthi lately. That song is from that movie! :D
Thanks Joe !!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by joe
These lines added in few more songs,not only Parasakthi .since it is written by Bharathiyar.Quote:
Originally Posted by stranger
hmm. nice bharathiyar song. :)
I also liked many songs in parashakthi.
"kaa kaa kaa"
"thandavakonE" :awesome meaning:
"O rasikkum seemanE"
sakthi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
"kaa kaa kaa" written by Kalainjar Karunanithi himself?
TherilaiyE....
I am told yes.
Even thaandavakonE? not sure.
do u know the lyrics of 'RASIKKUM SEEMANE'?
If yes plz post in random lyrics section OR here.
sakthi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
I should have avioded the question mark ..'kaa kaa kaa' and 'poomalai neeye puzhuthi man mele' both songs written by kalainjar.
rasikkum seemane,I know only few lines.
O! Rasikkum seemane vaa
Jolikkum udai aninthu
Kalikkum Nadanam purivome
athai ninaikkum pozhuthu manam
Inikkum suvai muzhuthum
aLikkum kalaigal Arivom
ஒ! ரசிக்கும் சீமானே! வா!
ஜொலிக்கும் உடையணிந்து
களிக்கும் நடனம் புரிவோமே!
அதை நினைக்கும் பொழுது மனம்
இனிக்கும் சுவை முழுதும்
அளிக்கும் கலைகள் அறிவோம்.
thx joe.
thx a tonne
This song has excellent music. Breathtakingly awesome oldtimer.
Is that so? :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
Never heard of any Bharathi before! :cool:
:P @ stranger. :)
My Fav Sivaji movies
Theivamagan
Bale Pandiya..
Actually many, but at the moment i can only remember this too...
Thanks Thirupathi for reenabling Nadigar Thilagam thread
No problem, joe...
I reckon you as most decent hubber..
i try to find reviews of both this movies soon...
Villupuram Chinniah Pillai Ganesan was born on October 1, 1927. His parents worshipped Lord Ganesha and named him after the god they worshipped. His father Chinniah Pillai worked for the railways actively took part in the freedom struggle. Since his father was actively into the struggle against the British Sivajis mother Rajamani Ammal brought him up.
Its not new that like most of the actors in that genre he dropped out of school to pursue his interest: theatre. He ran away from home and joined Boys Company, the then famous theater group and started playing female roles. It was his mesmerizing voice and the range that it had made him prominent in the group and he started making his mark felt.
Many wonder how Villupuram Chinniah Pillai Ganesan came to be know as "Sivaji" Ganesan. Well, its not his films that gave him his name nut the second to none performance as Chatrapati Sivaji in the stage play 'Sivaji Kanda Hindu Samrajyam'. The play got so many laurels and his acting was
well appreciated. But it was "Periyar' Ramaswamy Naickar who conferred the title of Sivaji.
The story of Sivaji Ganesan was a saga of success. In his twenties Sivaji got an offer to play a lead role in Parasakthi (1952) by P.A. Perumal Mudaliar of National Pictures. The film turned out to be a box office hit. He acted in at least 300 more movies after Parasakthi. Most of these movies were as lead hero and he made special appearances too in Tamil and other films. Apart from Tamil films he also acted in films of other south Indian languages, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He also acted in a few Hindi movies.
Sivaji was never the one to worry about his image and possibility of screen roles spoiling his image. He would smoke, drink and womanise if the role required. He has done roles ranging from lawyer, a murderer, james bond like charecters, villain, etc with utmost elan. From 'Parasakthi' in (1952)
to 'Thevar Magan' in (1992), Sivaji Ganesan played every conceivable character on screen - son, father, brother, hero, anti-hero, action and comedy. Endowed with a good physique, an expressive face capable of potraying any human emotion Sivaji was renowned for his emotional characters, having the uncanny ability to make audiences weep over his portrayal of tragic characters.
He has his contributions in Telugu cinema as well. He acted in 9 straight Telugu movies and did special appearance in 6 Telugu movies. Some of the films in which he acted are Vishwanatah Nayakudu (1987), Agni Puthrudu (1987), Bezawada Bebbuli (1983), Nivuru Gappina Nippu (1982), Paradesi (1953), Pempudu Koduku (1953), Manohara (1954) and Parasakthi (1957).
Some of the special appearances worth a mention are Bhaktha Tukaram (1973), Bangaru Babu (1973), Ramadasu (1964), Pillalu Thechina Challani Rajyam (1960), Chanakya Chandra Gupta (1977) and Jeevana Teeralu (1977). Countless of his movies are dubbed into Telugu and his performances in movies like Aatma Bandhuvu, Kshatriya Putrudu, Bhakta Tukaram won laurels from Telugu audience. Many of Telugu hits were remade in Tamil with Sivaji giving life to the roles. Prem Nagar was remade in Tamil under Suresh Productions by Rama Naidu with Sivaji doing the role of ANR to perfection
Retired and plagued by ill-health through the last few years, Sivaji took each day as it came. To quote him... "I don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow's problems are for another day." It was just another day on July 21 2001 and he left - the world.
Sivaji will remain etched forever in people's mind for his portrayal of a wide range of characters, social, political, historical, mythological with equal finesse & felicity of expression, and expressive dialogue
delivery.Living and breathing those characters, Sivaji would continuing to inspire generations to follow.
Remembering Sivaji
[Monday, February 13, 2006]
Honoring the contributions of thespian Sivaji Ganesan to Tamil filmdom, a life-size statue of the actor was unveiled in Pondicherry by Pondicherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy at a simple function held in the Union Territory on Saturday.
The statue has come up at a cost of Rs six lakh.
He also announced that a film city named after Sivaji Ganesan would be established soon.
Actors Prabhu, Sarathkumar, Sathiyaraj, Nizhalgal Ravi, Thiagu, Sibiraj and Radhika were also present on the occasion.
Photo Gallery:
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...ents/9119.html
Thanks Thirupathi for the article and kind words.
1) Original Name : V.C.GANESAN (Villupuram C.Ganesan)
2) Popular Name : SIVAJI GANESAN -- the title "Sivaji" was given to Ganesan by the great Rationlist,Thanthai Periyar E.V.R.Ramasamy for his best performance in the role of Sathrapathy Sivaji in the stage play "Sivaji kanda Indu Saamraajyam" in the year 1946.
3) How Became An Actor: When he was 9 years old he ran away from his house. Nobody knew his whereabouts. After many days his mother and elder brother happened to trace him at a place near Trichirapalli where "Kampalaththaan Kooththu" a popular folk drama was taking place. Kattabomman's story was being enacted on stage in that Kooththu. Ganesan was very much interested in that particular drama. Even at that small age he had vowed that one day he would become an actor and do Kattabomman's role on stage.
Ganesan's mother brought him back to their house. She arranged through her elder son to get a placement for Ganesan in one of the popular drama troupes. Thus Ganesan first became a stage actor.
4) First film : His first film is "Paraasakthi". It was released in the year 1952.
5) Great Turning Point: "Parasakthi" was a great turning point not only in Sivaji Ganesan's acting Career but also for the entire Tamil Cinema Field. Before that there were mainly either Raja Rani Stories or religious and mythological stories with a number of songs which had great sway among Tamil Cinema audience. But "Paraasakthi" was a social film with revolutionery themes and lesser number of songs. More over the heart - catching, fiery dialogue by Kalaingar Karunanidhi made the film a super revolutionery one in terms of it's trend- setting nature and it's overall reformative impact on society.
6) Milestones : The Greatest Merit of Sivaji Ganesan is that no other actor either in Tamil Cinema or Indian Film Industry or in the whole
World has done such a great number of roles and acted in such a great varieties of roles depicting real life- like characters on screen and no other actor's acting carreer is so much saturated with such a great number of milestones in terms of unimaginable achievements as in that of sivaji Ganesan.
7)Meritorious Awards:
1) The Best Actor Award won in Afro- Asian Film Festival held in Gairo, Egypt in 1960.
2) Padmasri Title - 1966.
5) Padmabhushan Title - 1984
4) Chevalier Award of France 1995.
5) Dadha Saahib Paalkhe Award 1997.
8)Meritorious Qualities :
1) Modesty.
2) Punctuality.
3) Make-up Aptness and Physical Fitness that suit with 100% exactness any sort of role from Prince to Beggar and the Rugged Character to the Cultured Elite!
4) Infinite Veriety In Acting And Dialogue -Delivery - An Unreachable Feat by any other World Level Actor.
9)Unique Achievment: The No 1 ranked Actor the World has ever seen.
10) Ambition: Wants to act until the last breath of life and he would be even more happy, he once said, should his physical existence comes to an end while acting.
11) Total Number Of Films: Around 300
12) Mother Tongue: Tamil
13) Native Place: Villupuram, a small town in South Arcot district, in Tamilnadu, India.
14) Academic Education: III std, at the preliminary level of school education.
15) Father's Name: P.Chinniah Mandraayer. Though poor was very rich in his sprit of patriotism! Was imprisoned many number of times for his continued support and participation in the then Indian Freedom Stuggle under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. Jail become his second home.
16) Mother's Name: Rajamani Ammal. While her husband was in prison she had to undergo all sorts of hardships to feed her children and maintain the family.Lack of food made them at times to forgo food.
17) Marriage: Married Kamala, already a relative of him, who was a resident of Nagappattinam near Trichirappalli, Tamilnadu. This couple begot two male children later named Ramkumar and Prabhu, and two female ones Shanthi and Thenmozhi. Today all the four are married. Ramkumar looks after and manages Sivaji Films. Prabhu has become one of the busiest, leading heroes of Tamil Cinema.
18) Political Affiliations: From his first film onwards he was considered to be a staunch D.M.K. party sympathiser. After 1955 some dramatic changes took place. He was a neutralist for some years.
But at the end of 1961 he become a strong supporter of Congress Party. In that year he took part and delivered an address in the state Congress party Conference in which the then Prime Minister Pandid Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamarajar were the main participants. In 1982 Mrs.Indira Gandhi made him the Rajya sabha M.P. After 1687 came out of Congress and floated his own Political Party. 2 years latter became President of Tamilnadu faction of Janata Dal. After a few years he quit politics.
19) Honours Bestowed Upon Sivaji Ganesan: In 1962 Sivaji Ganesan toured America as its Special Guest. There, he was given one of the highest houours of being the Mayor of Niagara City for one day. After Prime Minister Nehru, Sivaji was the only Indian to get this honour.
In Hollywood he met world famous actors like Marlon Brando and some leading Cinema technicians.
Egyptian President Naasar, Singapore former Prime Minister, Ceylon President Chandrika, Indian former Prime Ministers Nehru, Indra Gandhi, V.P. Singh, former President Dr. Radhakirishnan, former Governer -General Rajaji, former Chief Ministers Kamarajar and Annadurai, Present Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi, Ex-Chief Ministers M.G.R., RamaRao and Jayalalitha were not only his associates but his very great admirers too!
With his glorious 50 years of service for Tamil Cinema, our greatest thespian Sivaji Ganesan has donned many roles on screen. Almost all are wonderful roles and these movies should be treated as classics and serve as "Acting book" to other actors. Here, I will try to analyze some of the roles that Sivaji did and why they are considered as classics:
Role: Doctor
Movies: Paalum Pazhamum, Engal Thanga Raaja, Keel Vanam Sivakkum, etc.
I consider Paalum Pazhamum as classics and it was one of the best "paa" series movies, directed by Bhim Singh. This movie is unique in the sense that Sivaji jelled himself very well as a fine doctor, a lovable brother and a wonderful husband. For Sivaji fans, it was a wonderful treat to watch this movie and in addition, Kavignar Kannadasan's songs made it very memorable. There are many memorarble scenes in the movie and some of them that I remember:
1. in one scene, as a doctor, Sivaji goes for rounds in the hospital and ask patients' about their wellness. He talks to patients and at the same time looks for medical reports and suggests different medicines and treatments, if necessary. A simple and amazing act. Sivaji must have studied the behavior of doctors because I have seen many doctors when they go for rounds, their attitude just resembles Sivaji's action in the movie. You do not see the actor Sivaji in PP, but see a doctor.
2. in another scene, Sarojadevi is helping Sivaji in the lab. Sivaji realizes that she is quite knowledgable and Saro acknowledges that she couldn't complete the final year in medical school due to financial difficulties. Immediately, Sivaji thinks how wonderful it would be to marry her and continue the research. It is a treat to watch his facial expression.
3. A beautiful song "naan pesa ninaipathellam, nee pesa vendum" after their marriage. Sivaji, a wonderful husband and Saro, a beautiful and lovable wife. The song just conveys what is necessary for a happy marriage
4. Another song scene after he receives the news that Saro is dead in a train accident. An immortal song "ponaal pogattum poda". A beautiful song with a flawless action. It is a treat to watch how beautifully Sivaji walks during the song. Even his walking acts!!
There are many more memorable scenes in the movie. I do not remember any other actor conveyed the expression as a doctor so beautifully. In a true sense, till today, no other actor has beaten his performance in this role. Sivaji, along with Bhim Singh and other actors, made PP a run away hit and wonderful to watch. Personally, If I had seen this movie before entering engg college, I would have become a doctor now.
Engal thanga raaja: It is a OK movie, with a bit of commercial stuff. That spoiled the movie
Keel Vaanam sivakkum: Good movie. Sivaji is an ophthalmologist and did a good job with Sarita and Jai Shankar
Any other movies Sivaji acted as Doctor? Any other actor, who can rival Sivaji in this role?
Joe, if you remember about Gauravam (your avatar), write about it. Gauravam is one of my favorites movies. I will try to add Sivaji's other roles later.
tacinema,
In 'Navaraththiri' ,one of the 9 roles is Doctor.Nadigar thilagam acted as a old aged Doctor with up side down young lover character in the same movie.
Sure,I will write about Gowrawam detailly.
Tacinema,
Forget to mention..Wonderful post on 'Paalum Pazhamum'
Gowrawam - Nadigar Thilagam with his immitable Style. :thumbsup:
In this movie nadigar Thilagam's character name is 'Rajini Kanth' .I think ,this movie came before Sivaji rao became Rajini Kanth ..Balachander might choosed this name 'Rajini Kanth' matching sivaji rao's style with Nadigar Thilagam's 'Parister Rajini kanth'.
In Super Star Rajinikanth's famous Doordarshan interview before the election ,the very first question to him is "What is your opnion about Nadigar Thilagam" ..He replied "Pothuva palar enna style king-nnu solluraanga ..Naan style king-nna Nadigar Thilagam is Style Charakaravarthy" ..Those who wanted to check what Rajini means ,need to watch this movie 'Gowrawam' ,Nadigar Thilagam with incomparable Style.
(will continue)
Nadigar Thilagam was stylish and majestic in the role 'Paristor Rajini Kanth'.
Few times in between dialogues he used to call his his wife Pandari Bhai "Aai Chella!!" with remarkable style.
When young shivaji decided to appear against rajinikanth ,he came to Rajinikanth's house to seek blessings from rajinikanth ..After Bhandaribhai welcomed him and angry with him for not coming to see her and asked him not to fight with Periyappa rajinikanth ..Young sivaji argued with tears "பெரியம்மா நீ தானே நீதி நியாயம்லாம் சொல்லிக்குடுத்த .மகாபாரதத்துல அர்ஜூனன் போருல எதுத்து நிக்குற துரோணரைப் பார்த்து ,கிருஷ்ணன் கிட்ட எப்படி தன் குருவை எதிர்த்து சண்டை போட முடியும்-னு சொல்ல ,கிருஷ்ணன் தர்மம்னு வரும்போது பந்த பாசத்துக்கு இடம் குடுக்க கூடாதுன்ணு சொன்னாருண்ணு நீ தானே எனக்கு சொல்லிக் கொடுத்த",then they both turn back and see Rajinikanth standing on the second floor gallery ,smoking with style and says "யாரது ? கண்ணனா? நல்லாருக்கேளா? சாப்பிட்டேளா" ,You must watch his mannersims and expressions ,the stylish dialogue delivery ,body language ,getup,majesty when he utter these few words and continue "கண்ணா! நடக்குறது பாரதமும் இல்ல .நானும் துரோரணரும் இல்ல ......"and a long dialogue..
whenever I watch this scene ,I enjoy bit by bit the style and body language of Nadigar thilagam.
(will continue)
Joe anNe,
'Paristor Rajini Kanth'.
, enna Shivaji sir film-a?
BTW, 'sindu nathiyin Misai nilavinile' ,...' from which film pls? I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH
Raghu Thampi,Quote:
Originally Posted by Raghu
Konjam Kanna muzhichu parunga ..I am talking about the movie Gowrawam(My avatar also from same movie) and the Character name of Nadigar Thilagam is 'Paristor Rajini Kanth'
Btw,"sindu nathiyin Misai nilavinile' song is from movie 'Kai Koduththa Deivam"