Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan

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Originally Posted by mohanraman

Thanks to all of you for the welcome.Yes, will try to post....l was not allowed to see the films on the first day...first show...MGR's office would have told my dad,who thought it was unsafe ... I managed a number in the first week.
NO MGR OR SIVAJI FAN WAS PAID A RUPEE TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE WITH BANNERS/STARS ETC. Sadly I cannot say that today....for most heroes.I remember that they once took the film cans in a procession from the Station to the theatre on the day of the release on the back of an Elephant.This was done because of the terrific adulation people had for these two mega stars. Imagine....it is now more than 20 years and 4 years respectively since they attained immortality and we are still discussing them....That is enough proof of their greatness.

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Rightly said sir.

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Movie : Kai Kodutha Theyvam.

Lyrics : Subramanya Bharathiyaar.

Sindhu nadhiyin misai nilavinilae
chaera nannaatilam pengal udanae
sundhara thelunginil paattisaithu
thoanigal oatti vilaiyaadi varuvoam


gangai nadhippurathu goadhumai pandam
kaaviri vetrilaikku maarukolluvoam
singa maraattiyartham kavidhaikondu
saerathu thandhangal parisalippoam


singala theevinukkoar paalamamaippoam
saedhuvai maeduduththi veedhi samaippoam
vangaththil oadi varum neerin migaiyaal
vaiyaththu naadugalil payir seyyuvoam


This song of Mahakavi was given life through Shivaji's acting.
What a command in the way Shivaji expresses the lyrics.

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Originally Posted by mohanraman

it is not his "native" place. The V actually was for VETTAITHIDAL , his father's name was Chinnaiah MANDRAYAR.....,they are not Pillai's. .

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piLLai, ambalam etc have been commonly used as a "surname" for mukkulaththOrs. I am told Shivaji Ganeshan belongs to kaLLar/Thever community and so he got that "surname" as piLLai! :)

Good post by mr.mohanram. :thumbsup:

Thirumaran,
thanks for the wonderful Lyrics..See my avatar from the same song.

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Originally Posted by joe

Thirumaran,
thanks for the wonderful Lyrics..See my avatar from the same song.

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Nice Avatar Joe.

As usual it rocks.

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One grand anti-hero performance which I enjoyed is "Annayin Aanai".
The famous scene where his wife scratches him and rips his banian is extremely tense. He makes you bite your nails about his next move....all with a bare minimum of words. Marvellous performance.

I was going through a thread on multiple roles and found that many talk of Sivaji's abilities without bothering to see his movies - he has spoken several dialects....especially within tamilnadu like kovai, madurai etc.Not just that but he has also done a rich man's stylish tamil as well as a pattikaadu tamil, all in the same movie. Those who mentioned Sivaji's lack of dancing ability have probably not seen "thhokku thookki" or even the theru koothu in Navarathri or the sivathandavam in Thiruvilayadal. What Sivaji learnt by observation stood him in good stead for 275 plus films - as the lead male performer.Let us talk of the other aspirants for the title "best actor" after they have crossed say 200 plus films.We cannot and should not belittle the achievements of those who were trendsetters like Bhagavathar,PUchinnappa,Ranjan,m k radha etc. Sivaji started his stage career as a "sthreepart" player his performance as Noorjehan is still rated by those who saw him then as one of the best.He played full length lady roles...not a man dressed as a woman.If you want to see him as a woman watch the film Gowri .I am giving vent to my feelings in this thread as I do not want to wound fans of other actors...by drawing comparisons.....who is greater Gavaskar or Tendulkar or Richards or Sobers or Bradman.....come on. Movies are meant to be enjoyed and a good and convincing performance by any actor is to be appreciated.Let us rise above petty comparisons......Having said all this Sivaji of course is GREAT.

Mohanram sir well said :clap: :clap: though i like Kamal , i dont want shivaji to be degraded .

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My respects to the legend .