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இனிய நண்பர் திரு தெனாலி ராஜன்
நீண்ட நாட்களுக்கு பிறகு திரியில் உங்கள் பதிவு வந்துள்ளது மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி .
இனிய நண்பர்களே
மக்கள் திலகம் எம்ஜிஆர் திரியில் உங்களின் பங்களிப்பு இல்லாதது ஏமாற்றமே .மக்கள் திலகம் எம்ஜிஆர் அவர்களின் நினவில் வாழும் நாம் அவரை பற்றிய பதிவுகளை தினமும் பதிவிட முடியாமல் போனாலும் , நேரம் கிடைக்கும் போதாவது பதிவிடலாமே .
19.5.1967 அரசகட்டளை
21.5.1970 என் அண்ணன்
23.5.1976 உழைக்கும் கரங்கள்
27.5.1966 சந்திரோதயம்
29.5.1971 ரிக்ஷாக்காரன்
படங்கள் பற்றிய உங்களின் மலரும் நினைவுகள் பதிவிடவும் .
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1957
தீபாவளி ரிலிசான மகாதேவியில் எம்.ஜி.ஆரும் சாவித்ரியும் முதன் முதலாக இணைந்து நடித்தனர். நிறைய எதிர்பார்ப்புகள். முதலிரவு காட்சியில் எம்.ஜி.ஆரிடம் சாவித்ரி பாடிய பாடல்.
‘சேவை செய்வதே ஆனந்தம் பதி சேவை செய்வதே ஆனந்தம்’ என ஆரம்பித்தது.
https://youtu.be/lZY6xvnLRls
எம்.எஸ்.ராஜேஸ்வரி, சாவித்ரிக்காகப் பாடியிருந்தது விசேஷமானது. எம்.ஜி.ஆரின் ரசிகர்களுக்குப் பரமத் திருப்தி! தங்கள் வாத்தியாரை சாவித்ரியும் போற்றி விட்ட சந்தோஷத்தின் நிறைவு.
courtesy - dinamani
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Sri. C.S.Kumar,
In case you are not aware, Prof. Selvkumar had Catract operation and shall be back in action in another 7-10 days time.
Thanks
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Malaikallan 1954
M. G. Ramachandran, P. Bhanumathi, M. G. Chakrapani, T. S. Durairaj, Sriram, D. Balasubramaniam, P. S. Gnanam, E. R. Sahadevan and Sai-Subbulakshmi (dance)
runaway hit Malaikallan
The crowning glory of the Coimbatore movie mogul S. M. Sriramulu Naidu's career was Malaikallan (1954). The film established M. G. Ramachandran as a box office hero. Besides Tamil, Naidu forged ahead to produce and direct Malaikallan in Telugu ( Aggi Ramudu), Malayalam ( Taskara Veeran), Kannada ( Bettadha Kalla), Hindi ( Azad) and Sinhala ( Soorasena).
The Hindi version Azad (the first film of Dilip Kumar as a swashbuckling hero, cast opposite Meena Kumari) proved a raving hit! (Years later, Naidu told this writer that he had dreams of making it in English but wiser counsel prevailed to his benefit!)
Malaikallan was written by the famous Tamil scholar and poet Namakkal Ramalingam Pillai, inspired by “Mark of Zorro” and “Robin Hood.” The screenplay and dialogue were by Mu. Karunanidhi. S. M. Subbaiah Naidu scored the music, while the lyrics were penned by Namakkal Ramalingam Pillai and Thanjai Ramaiah Das. Bhanumathi played the female lead well supported by D. Balasubramaniam, M. G. Chakrapani, T. S. Durairaj and P. S. Gnanam. The film won a Central Government award. The music also contributed to its success, with one of the songs, a satire on social conditions, ‘Ethanai kaalam thaan ematruvaar indha naatiley', becoming a hit. This song rendered off-screen by T. M. Soundararajan and filmed on MGR riding a horse set the trend for many future MGR movies which had similar thematic songs sung by TMS.
All the versions of Malaikallan were box office hits and the best of them was Azad, the Hindi version. This film broke all box office records and proved to be a moneyspinner. Naidu was a no-nonsense person who never tolerated indiscipline and believed in calling a spade a spade. While launching Azad (1955), he approached Dilip to play the lead. The tragedy king of Hindi Cinema was amused that a Tamil film producer based in Coimbatore, whom he had never heard of before, should have come all the way to Bombay to engage him to play a swashbuckling role in his first Hindi film production! Naidu, who would never take ‘no' for an answer, persuaded Dilip to work in the Hindi version. He also brought on board Meena Kumari which proved to be one of the memorable movies of Hindi Cinema. During that period, there were no star-hotels in Coimbatore, and Naidu took Dilip around many bungalows in the city and the rooms in Pakshiraja Studios. Dilip chose to stay in the studio and so did Meena Kumari — something incredible today.
The pleasing music score by C. Ramchandra was also a major attraction with lyrics by Rajendra Krishan. Songs such as ‘Radha na bole re', ‘Apalam chapalam' and ‘Kitna haseen hai mausam' were hits. Naidu used some of these tunes in some versions of the film.
Not many are aware that the multi-talented Tamil filmmaker A. P. Nagarajan was cast as a police inspector wearing a turban and all. However, after shooting some scenes with him, Naidu for some reason chose to replace him with M. G. Chakrapani.
Even after half a century and more, Malaikallan, one of the most memorable movies of Tamil Cinema, sustains interest and is often revived on television.
courtesy - the hindu
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Blast from the past - Gulebakavali (1955)
Mass entertainer Gulebakavali
M. G. Ramachandran, T. R. Rajakumari, G. Varalakshmi, Rajasulochana, J. P. Chandra Babu, E.V. Saroja, S. D. Subbulakshmi, K. A. Thangavelu, E. R. Sahadevan, Sayeeram, A. Karunanidhi, Aadhilakshmi, Narayana Pillai, T. K. Ramarajan, Saraswathi and Venubai
Ramanna filmed Gulebakavali, a familiar Arabian Nights tale, with M. G. Ramachandran, T. R. Rajakumari, Rajasulochana, G. Varalakshmi, S. D. Subbulakshmi and E. V. Saroja, supported by K. A. Thangavelu, J. P. Chandra Babu, E. R. Sahadevan and A. Karunanidhi. Gulebakavali was a mass entertainer with melodious song and dance numbers, well-orchestrated fight sequences (the one between MGR and a ferocious tiger was much talked about), an interesting storyline and T. R. Rajakumari providing the glamour quotient (she was then 33). Gul-e-Bakavali has its origin in the famous Persian classic ‘One Thousand Nights and One Night' (‘Alf Leila Wah Leila'). This story is also found in the famed Telugu folktale collection ‘Kasi Majili Kathalu” by Madhira Subbaraya Deekshithulu. Not surprisingly, the story has been made into a movie in India several times. The first movie version was made in 1924 as a silent film by Kohinoor Films, Bombay. Directed by Kanthilal Rathod, it featured well-known stars of that period, Jamuna and Sabitha Devi. It was again made as a silent film in 1930. Then followed four films in Hindi, in 1932, 1947, 1956 and 1963.
It was made in Telugu in 1938 as Gulebakavali directed by Kallakoori Sathasiva Rao with the noted multilingual star B. Jayamma of Karnataka as the heroine. N. T. Rama Rao made another version in Telugu in the 1960s as Gulebakavali Katha.
The first Tamil version was produced in 1935 by S. Soundararajan of Tamil Nadu Talkies with V. A. Chellappa and T. P. Rajalakshmi playing the lead.
Gulebakavali was written by the noted writer of the day Thanjai Ramaiah Das. He also penned the lyrics and the high-flown dialogue with its underlying social concern and it was effectively delivered by MGR.
The music was composed by the up-and-coming duo Viswanathan-Ramamurthy. The film had many melodious songs of which the biggest hit was ‘Mayakkum maalai pozhudhey….' An interesting but not much known fact about this hit — K. V. Mahadevan who was the composer for Goondukili created this catchy tune. Ramanna struggling to finish the MGR-Sivaji Ganesan starrer, decided not to picturise the song for many reasons. He introduced it in Gulebakavali which was sung offscreen by Jikki and A. M. Raja, and picturised it on Varalakshmi and MGR. Ironically the credit went to Viswanathan-Ramamurthy. Rajakumari, a Carnatic musician, had always sung her songs ever since her debut in the early 1940s and rendered many hit numbers in films such as Chandralekha, Manonmani and Kubera Kuchela. But in Gulebakavali, she sang in borrowed voice (P. Leela) much to the disappointment of her fans. As for the story of Gulebakavali… a king has two wives. He banishes his first wife (SDS) as an astrologer told him that he would lose his vision because of her son (MGR). The mother and son live in the woods and when he meets his father without knowing his identity, the king loses his sight. When the son gets to know about the sad tale from his mother, he sets out to bring a rare flower from Bakavali, which would restore the king's sight.
To achieve it, he undergoes many adventures — enters into a debate with a queen (Varalakshmi) and wins the battle of wits, challenges a woman (Rajakumari) held captive by a crook (Thangavelu) in a fake dice contest, and rescues a slave dancer (Rajasulochana) of a tribal chief. The hero wins them all and succeeds in getting the flower along with the three women who turn out to be princesses and siblings! Meanwhile, his stepbrothers try to steal the flower, but are exposed. Besides Rajakumari, Varalakshmi and Rajasulochana dance and so do E.V. Saroja and Chandra Babu. Thangavelu as the dice manipulator provides moments of fun.
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MAKKAL THILGAM MGR IN SUPERB PERFORAMANCE.
https://youtu.be/VRj_Cfl_Dl0
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