Slightly earlier, from 1939
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhP6eLTPFE
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Slightly earlier, from 1939
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwhP6eLTPFE
N.S Krishnan and T.A. Madhuram from 1944
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQqKHyklBtI
Dear Swarup and friends,
You can without hesitation include films of 30s here. The title is suggestive as its take off is arrived for discussion.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE FILM "TOOFAN QUEEN" mentioned in the book of Film News Ananthan. Here is a rare chance to see it with audience. VINTAGE HERITAGE is screening this film as detailed below. Make use of it.
http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/...ueen211012.jpg
From Ashok Kumar 1941?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqpp...71CE051F27E8B4
Yes, the above seems to be from Ashok Kumar 1941. Lyrics here
http://www.indian-heritage.org/flmmu...miyil_mkt.html
Randor Guy's review http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/01/25/s...2550401600.htm
An old thread in The Hub about MKT. I do not know either Tamil or Hindi and may be making some mistakes. I saw some Tamil and Hindi movies in the forties and fifties possibly starting with Rajamukti and Ratan. So there is some exposure and I still listen to some of these songs.
There is an inersting article by Stephen Putnam Hughes "What is Tamil about Tamil Cinema?", in South Asian Popular Culture, vol.8, no.3. October 2010,213-219 discussing the early days of Tamil Cinema. The early influences of the North where films were made to later politics. An example of early influences is this song from Chintamani 1937
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFEXyJeDn4
which seems similar to Shanta Apte song from Amar Jyoti 1936
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2P9nYjzSw
Putnam's article is worth a read I think. I am not sure whether iot is freely available. I have a copy and if anybody is interested, I can send iot by e-mail. My e-mail address
anandaswarupg@gmail.com
Clips about early Tamil films from University of West Virginia archives posted in
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot....mini.html#more
A documentary'An American in Madras' about Ellis Dungan is being made. Facebook has some information and stills
http://www.facebook.com/AnAmericanInMadras
Saigal's Tamil songs 1935
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVU0pbXBNj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAwS2aHQuU
There are more posts in this blog
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot....il-cinema.html