Balaji dear..
For you,I uploaded the image of the famous scene in Deiva magan (3 sivajis)
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Balaji dear..
For you,I uploaded the image of the famous scene in Deiva magan (3 sivajis)
Check here
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b126/cdjm/deiva5.jpg
ONLY THREE GREAT ARTISTS REALLY CHALLENGED NADIGAR THILAGAM:.
•SAVITHRI – later got the famed certificate Nadigayar Thilagam , an apt name taken as an inspiration out of Nadigar thilagam….
•S.V.RANGA RAO – the veteran from our neighbourhood Andhra . who played character , comedy, villain roles with aplomb
•M.R.RADHA – Nadigavel , an extraordinary actor and infact was a senior to NT. Played hero , villain , comedy, character roles with consummate ease….
I wish to take up SAVITHRI first……
There are quite a number of movies the 2 great personalities had acted together :
a.PAASA MALAR – An affectionate brother and sister fondness and how they were together even at the end of their life . For them, it’s the blood relationship which is paramount….what comes later out of marital status is secondary
b.RATHA THILAGAM – Lovers coming out of college life , moving in different directions, NT serves for Indian army while Savithri gets into Chinese territory , plays a sensitive role which arouses suspicion to everyone about her intentions , finally scarifying her life for the sake of country and makes her lover NT realize the truth
c.PAARTHAAL PASI THEERUM – NT acts as a guardian and caretaker for Gemini’s first wife Savithri . A very low profile and matured play by both.. the transformation from a village girl to a blind mother of kamal will be fascinating to watch
d.Ofcourse NAVARATHRI
THE BEST OF THE LOT – KAI KODUTHA DEIVAM
I have seen many women and men getting emotional and serious even when you mention about the name of this movie ! you ask any person in the 50s , you will get the same reply ….such an exceptionally good movie…..
This movie featured a galaxy of stars , NT, SSR, KRV , SVRangarao , M.R.Radha , Pushpalatha and above all SAVITHRI…..
It’s a pure coincidence that all the 3 great stars also played their part in this movie but Savithri out performed, outscored, outwitted everyone including Nadigar thilagam !
Savithri plays the role of an innocent woman not knowing the harsh realities and the wicked men around …..for her life is something to enjoy, be good and do good …and you will get everything good …..
Every scene of Savithri will appear special as she sparkles with a splendid representation of innocence personified
One will not even realize that the best of Savithri, NT & SVR is yet to come as the first 1 hour of the movie will focus around NT, SSR & KRV and their friendship and marriage. Also KSG through few touchy and emotional scenes, builds the faith and understanding between SSR & NT.
An opportunistic villain M.R.Radha, trying to capitalize / maximize out of Savithri’s innocence, spreads rumours about her and blackmails her quite frequently …in the process, Savithri was forced to meet him at regular intervals which makes everyone suspicious about her character…and what follows is throwing abuse on her virginity and this disturbs her family members ….also makes SSR ( her brother ) move out of the house to Chandigarh where he comes across NT and both become thick friends….
As NT will be in pursuit of an alliance, he will come across Savithri accidentally , even before he could meet her formally and these scenes are excellently structured… As NT’s car gets impaired, Savithri, who passes by incidentally, gives him company and drops him at the place he wanted to ….while traveling, she exchanges with all the innocence about her life getting spoilt by MRR and others….Shivaji, listens to her with rapt attention and feels sympathetic …also develops a fondness….
And finally when he sees his alliance , much to his surprise , he finds Savithri there and decides instantly that if at all he marries someone, it will be Savithri only…..and conveys his acceptance to SVR , Savithri’s father….
Even before NT expresses his concern, he goes out of the house with his parents to convey the information. In these very few seconds one should see the reaction of SVR & Pushpalatha who start chiding Savithri for her ususal tantrums. And as usual, Savirthri not knowing what happened, would not care but wait for them to return.
Everybody has given then best in each and every frame of this movie.
Once accepting this proposal, NT will send out a letter to SSR with photograph of Savirthri. And as he walks in isolation , recollecting all the mini but interesting exchanges between him and Savithri, Kavignar Kannadasan steps in with another of his gem …
AAYIRATHIL ORUTHI AMMA NEE….Ulagam arinthidatha piravi amma nee, Paarvayile kumari amma, pazhakathile kuzhanthai amma, aayirathil oruthi amma nee..
Kavignar goes further to glorify the splendid character ….
Paalilum venmai…paniyilum menmai…. Pachai ilam kili mozhi nee solvadhu unmai…..
Paavigal nenjam uraithidum vanjam…unmai endru solvadharku deivamum anjum….
The character of Savirthri is brought out in these few lines..by
Pennodu thodree penoodu vaanzdhum….pen manadhu enna vendu puriya villayo…..
Kann enna kanno…nenjenna nenjo….kalangam solbavarku…ullam illayo !!
Those who had seen this movie will appreciate the precise wordings of Kavignar as each and every sentence precisely reflects the character of Nadigayar thilagam….
Shivaji , in a white dhothi, talking to himself, thinking about the innocence of Savithri, conveys his thoughts through this simple but nice song……
And just look at the body language from NT during this song…… He will be so swayed by Savithri’s innocence that when he sings PAZAKATHILAY KUZANDHAI AMMA….he will be give subtle change to his facial reaction ! great !! ….at the end of the song, he will virtually challenge everyone ….appadiyay veshtiyay varindhu katti kondu oru sandaikku varuvadhu pola !!
KSG also shows parallel shots showing the shocking reaction from SSR on seeing the letter and the photo of his sister Savithri ….becoming restless…trying to convey his opinion to his dear dear friend Shivaji but could not come out with any single word…..breaks his head and roams around in despair…….while his wife KRV , unaware of the background, innocently and worriedly watching the events happening around
Every scence that she plays, Savithri excels and sweeps away all those come across including Nadigar thilagam…..
I wonder if anyone could have out performed Nadigar thilagam like Nadigayar thilagam did in this movie….. Is it her extraordinary acting skills or the character or NT himself deliberately under played himself while allowing Savithri to excel ??!!
I COULD SEE NT ….THANNUDAYA KAYYAI KATTI KONDU SAVITHRIYIN OVVORU DIALOGUES KUM REACT PANNUVAAR………..
Those days, every song had a poetic meaning well supported by melodious music.....
I continue to wonder about this amazing characterization from the great KSGopalakrishnan ( KSG )
Joe/balaji
I think only NADIGAR THILAGAM released two movies at a time. one is UTTIVARAI URAVU and I forgot the name of other movie. Both are super hit . :clap:
ramesh
JoeQuote:
Originally Posted by joe
Thank you very much.... PROBABLY ITS ONE OF THE BEST SCENES OF NADIGAR THILAGAM
The way the first son thumping the bero in joy after seeing his brother will be terrific ! ADHU ORU SAGODHARAN THANNUDAYA SONDHA RATHATHAI PALA VARUSHANGALUKKU PINAALL PAARTHA ANDHA ORU SANDHOSHAM.....
NT AT HIS BEST
I am recollecting scene from PARTHAAL PASSI THEERUM.
Gemini was bed ridden and savithri helped him to recover .They started loving each other.
What a style from shivaji. With cigratte in his mouth/newspaper in his hand with hush tone he will ask gemini ENNADA KATHAL MANNA
ENGEYUM UNN VELLIYA KATTA AARAMBICHUTIYA. :lol:
I dont think any other actor would have given such a variety in casual scene.
Joe, tac & Ramesh,
My first posting in this thread itself was about NT's BO performance.There I had given the list of NT's 2 movies released on the same day and I think it is all there in Page 60. Not only that there are so many BO records of NT still intact and I can quote many, but while writing I have to compare with the other actors of that time and the next generation actors who could not measure up to that performance.So I hesitated.
I will give one record from my home town Madurai. There was one Theatre in Madurai by the name SriDevi ( now it is an apartment complex). There NT's movies were alone screened for more than 15 months.It was like this
1. Engiruntho Vanthal - 29.10.1970 to 05.02.1971
2. Thangaikkaga - 06.02.1971 to 25.03.1971
3. Kulama? Gunamma? - 26.03.1971 to 02.07.1971
4.Savalae Samalee - 03.07.1971 to 17.10.1971
5. Babu - 18.10.1971 to 14.01.1972.
Recently I saw in Asianet, a theatre in Ernakulam had celebrated in the above said manner the screening of Mammootty's films for a period of 1yr and above. Then I remembered the above mentioned fact and thought how NT had done this even 35 years ago but unfortunately no celebrations were there at the time.
Joe again in 1972 you missed out one important movie (ie) Raja. 1972 was like this for NT
1.Raja- 26.01.1972 -100 Days
2.Gnana Oli - 11.03.1972 -100 Days (If my memory serves me right Gnana Oli was the first Tamil movie that was released in 5 theatres in Chennai and it completed 100 days in all)
3. Pattikkada Pattanama -06.05.1972 - 182 Days
4. Dharmam Engay - 15.07.1972 -50 Days
5. Thava Puthalavan- 26.08.1972 -100 Days
6. Vasantha Maaligai -29.09.1972 -200 Days
7. Neethi- 07.12.1972 -100 Days.
Such a terrific run prompted Sridhar to announce a film "Hero-72" which later came as Vaira Nenjam.
Ramesh, the other movie along with O.V.Uravu was Iru Malargal and the release was on Deepavali day of 1967.
Regards
Joe,
Thanks again for the avatar and thanks for the still of Deiva Magan, the scene which I described in my post.
Balaji,
Kudos to you for bringing out the nuances of Kai Kodutha Deivam. As you were wondering whether Nadigayar Thilagam upstaged NT, it was NT who willingly played second fiddle so that the Savithri character and the movie come out well. That shows the broad mindedness of NT. You can give so many examples like Dharumi's role in Thiruvilayadal, Savithri's in KKD, Devika's in Neelavanam, JJ's in Padhukappu, Vanishree's in Punniya Bhoomi,so on. Kooda nadikira ISR ponravargal nandraka nadithal,antha chinna scene-i kooda editing-il cut pannivarkal iruntha antha kaalathil, thannudan nadikkira young hereos-irkku paatu kooda kodukathavargal iruntha antha kaalathil,thevaipattal Thengai Srinivasan-ikum paadal katchi amaivathai ethirkathavar NT. He never feared anybody.He had talent on his side and that's why he was able to lock horns with the likes of Savithri, SVR,MRR, TS Baalaiah,SV Subiah, Banumathi etc.
Regards
Dear Murali
Thanks fo the info and hats off to you. I think THIRUSOOLAM also made record colection during that time. Amazing that shivaji was end of his career able to achive record collection.
ramesh
:clap: Murali !
Murali Srinivas...
Atleast ippodhaavadhu oppukollungal ....neengal oru Encyclopaedia on NT
Because you are quoting yearwise with precision.....
You have given fresh lease of life to this great thread ....
pls drive the thread