tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086692324224915472024-03-05T17:28:24.839-08:00Sivaji GanesanBalajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-17613840354995682432008-05-06T03:13:00.000-07:002008-05-06T03:15:58.099-07:00HIS LIFE WITH CINEMA<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><span style="font-size:6;color:red;"> HIS LIFE WITH CINEMA </span></span> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv1.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv2.jpg" /> </span></div><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv3.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv4.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv6.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv8.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv9.gif" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv10.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv11.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv12.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv13.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv14.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv16.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv17.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv18.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv19.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv20.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv21.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv22.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv23.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv24.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv25.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv26.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv27.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv63.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv64.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv65.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv66.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv67.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv65.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv66.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv67.gif" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><span style="font-size:6;color:green;"> FAMILY PHOTOS </span></span></p> <p> </p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv28.jpg" /> </span><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv29.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv30.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv31.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv32.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv33.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv34.jpg" /> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv35.jpg" /> </span></p><p> </p> <p> </p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><span style="font-size:6;color:yellow;"> WITH GREAT INDIAN POLITICIANS </span></span> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv40.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv41.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv42.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv43.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv60.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv61.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv62.jpg" /> </span><p> </p> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><span style="font-size:6;color:red;"> FUNERAL PHOTOS </span></span> <span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv50.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv51.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv52.gif" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv54.gif" /> <span colr="blue" style="font-size:180%;"><br />HE DEPARTED,BUT HIS NAME WILL BE REMINDED BY INDIAN CINEMA FANS FOREVER. </span></span><span style="font-size:7;color:blue;"> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/thirunallar/siv200.gif" /> </span>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-17361304197964511082008-05-06T02:35:00.000-07:002008-05-06T02:45:02.710-07:00Nadigar Tilagam Movie Maestro Sivaji Ganesan<table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" id="table7" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="4" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><p align="center"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><b><span>One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century</span></b></span></p> <p align="center"><b>Sivaji Ganesan - Nadigar Thilakam<br /> </b>1 October 1927 - 21 July 2001<b><br /> </b> <a target="_self" href="http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/sivaji.htm#top"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/hundredtamils/sivaji/sivaji_statute.jpg" alt="Sivaji Ganesan Statue" border="0" height="466" vspace="6" width="350" /></a><br /> <b><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a name="Sivaji_Statute" target="contents">Sivaji Statute</a> in Marina, Chennai<br /> unveiled on 21 July 2006<br /> </span></b> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/speaker.gif" border="0" height="18" width="28" /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a title="நான் கவிஞனும் இல்லை (Tamil song)" onclick="setMyPlaylist()" rel="nofollow" href="http://video.google.com/url?docid=-290833358973744469&esrc=gvpl&ev=v&q=Tamil+Sivaji&vidurl=http://video.google.com/videoplay%3Fdocid%3D-290833358973744469%26q%3DTamil%2BSivaji&usg=AL29H20btry4xCc_wJDV2TGnonMx8CFrug" style="text-decoration: none;" target="contents">நான் கவிஞனும் இல்லை... </a></span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>A Lesson in Gratitude from the Movie Maestro Sivaji Ganesan<br /> </b>by <a href="http://www.tamilnation.org/forum/sachisrikantha/index.htm" target="contents">Sachi Sri Kantha</a>, 20 December 2005...</i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It is always enchanting and heart-warming to read and listen to real life events, which are educational at any time to individuals of all age ranges. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In this spirit, towards the end of the year, I provide the following two anecdotes from the life of Tamil movie legend, Sivaji Ganesan (1928-2001). In these two anecdotes, Sivaji Ganesan had taught to many, what is gratitude and why it deserves recognition and popularisation. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The first anecdote was from a memoir book about the Tamil movie world which I read recently, It was authored by distinguished Tamil movie script writer Aroordhas, who had known personally and professionally Sivaji Ganesan for decades. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The second anecdote was oral history I heard in Colombo three decades ago from one of my music mentors,violinist Vannai G.Shanmuganantham. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Both anecdotes have a few inter-linking threads. The oral story I heard around 1975 neatly gelled with the written story which I read recently.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sivaji Ganesan and his tutor K.D.Santhanam [written story]</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" id="table10" border="0" cellspacing="8"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/hundredtamils/sivaji/Aroordhas.jpg" border="0" height="98" width="150" /><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Sivaji with Aroordhas</b></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Renowned script writer and director Aroordhas (born 1931) has a five decade track record in Tamil movie history. His stage name Aroordhas is a clipped version of his full village cum personal name of Tiruvaroor Aarokiyadhas. His memoir book, Naan Muham Paartha Cinema Kannadigal [The Cinema Mirrors I have Looked At; Kalaignan Publishers, Chennai, 2002, 224 pages] carries a delightful collection of anecdotes on the personalities who moved the movie world of South India. I was rather touched by a reminiscence provided by Aroordhas on Sivaji Ganesan in section 18 of the book (pages 109-113). I provide my English translation of this entire section below.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“The Madurai Mangala Bala Gaana Sabha was a drama troupe managed by Ethaartham Ponnusami Pillai of Thiruvathavoor, Madurai. This troupe stationed themselves in Tiruchi and conducted dramas at the Thevar Hall.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">From Sangili Aanda Puram, a boy aged 6 or 7 had joined this drama troupe with his friend, a neighbor’s son. In this drama troupe, there was a Tamil tutor (Vaathiaar) who taught drama and Tamil to the young charges. He was short in stature and was extremely strict. With or without sense, this tutor punished his young charges by cane beating, even for smallest errors. Because of this, the young boys had their bowel leaks, when they saw or even dreamt about this extreme disciplinarian cum tutor. In their dreams, he appeared like a charging lion.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But that Tamil tutor had a great gift. He could compose beautiful, rhyming Tamil songs based on poetic grammar. One day, at the stage, that boy from Sangili Aanda Puram was acting in the role of a young widow. And by carelessness on that day, he was wearing a blouse. This had been noticed by that disciplinatrian tutor.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> In that era, wearing blouse by widows was rather inappropriate according to societal norms. At the end of the scene, that Tamil tutor harshly gave a cane beating to that young boy; ‘Can’t you be so careless and unrealistic in your profession?’ was the complaint against that young boy.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Guess who was that young charge, who received such a beating? Maestro Sivaji Ganesan. Who was that cane-loving tutor? My most respectful and admired elder and great poet, K.D.Santhanam (S). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">43 years ago, during the shooting of the movie ‘Pasa Malar’, I met elder K.D.S. at the old Neptune Studio and paid my respects. In that movie, when Sivaji Ganesan (the hero) becomes rich, he is met by a character named ‘Rajaratnam’. KD.Santhanam played that character.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">That young charge V.C.Ganesan never forgot about, in his illustrious career, from whom he received the cane-beating and from whose beating he learnt the alphabets of acting and Tamil diction. It was he, after establishing his fame in the movie world, who recommended his harsh disciplinarian tutor for that particular character in his great movie.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">During the shooting days, Sivaji would be seated outdoors near the shooting floor with crossed legs and be in conversation with me, while having a cigarette in his lips. Then, elder K.D.Santhanam would occasionally pass us from the make-up room towards the shooting floor. At the instant when Sivaji sees his old tutor, he would dutifully stand up in respect, and hide the cigarette behind his back. Though noticing that homage silently, the old tutor K.D.S. pretend ignoring us and with bowed head pass us quietly.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It would touch my heart, when watching that simple, elegant and meaningful respect Sivaji paid for his old tutor. What a class! What a grateful protégé! I mention this anecdote because the younger generation should be informed of this humility and gratitude shown by maestro Sivaji.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Once, after K.D.S. had passed us and went beyond the listening distance, Sivaji sat back and told me: ‘Aarooran! On this Santhanam tutor (Santhana Vaathi) who passed us. The amount of beating I got from him isn’t a few. During dance training (when a step is missed for a beat), during dialogue training (when a word is missed), he beat us severely! Oh Mother – He’d chase and chase us and beat us! Even when he went to the toilet, he carried his cane. Now he is passing us like a young girl with head turned towards the floor. Even when I thought about him in those days, I’d shiver.’</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">I asked him jokingly: ‘Then, why did you recommend him for this role?’</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">[Sivaji said] ‘You don’t know. Because of those beatings I received from his hand, I’m now sitting comfortably like this as Sivaji Ganesan. When I joined the drama troupe, I was a zero. From him only, I learnt how to speak dialogue and how to act. Do you know, what a classy Tamil poet he is? What a poetic touch he carried in his hands? The songs he wrote for the Ambikapathi [1957] movie I acted: Ah! What sweet Tamil, and what lilting rhythm! I tolerated all those beatings because of his blessed Tamil knowledge. Otherwise, I’d have quit the troupe and ran back to my home during any one of those nights.’</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Later, when elder K.D.S. was alone at the shooting floor, I approached him and politely mused;</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“Elder Sir, I’ve heard that you gave severe beating to Sivaji Annan in his young days.’</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">[K.D.S.] ‘Oh! He has told you about that. Oh! That was in those days. Now I’m becoming senile. I cannot remember your script now. Not only that, when Thambi Ganesan stand in front of me, shouldn’t I look at his face and deliver my dialogue? When I look at him now, I’m getting nervous! Because of that, can you prepare me for my dialogue by repeating your script not once but four times? It may be a bother. Kindly oblige.’</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">How Time did change? The same great tutor who taught dialogue to Sivaji Ganesan in his young days, with disciplinary cane at his hand, now he feels nervous to stand in front of his illustrious protégé, and ask me to prepare him well for a scene in which he faces his protégé.”<br /> <br /> When I read these pages from Aroordhas’s book, I was touched by three inter-twined elements; </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) a thankful protégé’s devotion to an extremely strict, but sincere, mentor, </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) repayment of intellectual debt by an esteemed protégé, and</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">(3) the mentor’s heart-felt pride on the grade made by his protégé. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">What Sivaji Ganesan said of the touching poetic feel of his mentor K.D.Santhanam was no exaggeration. The 16 lines of that one sweet melody in the Ambikapathi [a historical love yarn set in the 12th century Chola Kingdom, along the lines of the more popular Romeo-Juliet story] movie, beginning with the lines ‘Kannile Iruppathenna Kanni Ila Maane’ and sung by P.Bhanumathi as well as T.M.Soundararajan were from the fertile mind of K.D.Santhanam.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sivaji Ganesan and his boyhood pal <a target="_self" href="http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/sivaji.htm#subbiah">E.Subbiah Pillai</a> [oral story]</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Around the time [in 1961 or 1962] when his signature movie Pasa Malar was released, Sivaji Ganesan visited Colombo. I heard the following story from my mentor Vannai G.Shanmuganantham, around 1975, who was an eye-witness.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" id="table9" border="0" cellspacing="8"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/hundredtamils/sivaji/SubbiahPillai.jpg" border="0" height="118" width="100" /><br /> <b><span style="font-size:85%;">E.Subbiah Pillai</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">At a cultural function held at the Saraswathie Hall, Bambalapitiya, Sivaji Ganesan was the guest of honor. With his roving eye, he had a glance at the orchestra performing at the side of the stage. During intermission, he rushed to the orchestra team and stood in front of the clarinetist E.Subbiah Pillai, who was calm and composed. With stretched hands, Sivaji greeted him, “Neenga Subbiah Annan ille” [Aren’t you Subbiah elder?]. The clarinetist softly responded in the affirmative. Then, Sivaji immediately hugged his long-lost boyhood pal, and was overcome with emotion. The words fumbled from his mouth.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">“Anne! Suhama irukeengala? Eppavo, Ceylonukku oodi poonatha sonnanga. Athukappuram, oru sethiyum kiddaikale.” [Brother, are you keeping fine? Those days, I heard that you have run to Ceylon. After that, I didn’t hear any news about you.]</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Then only it became known to the fellow members of that orchestra team that Sivaji Ganesan [a junior] and Subbiah Pillai [a senior] were boyhood pals in a boys drama troupe, and one day [partly because of the disciplinary tactics of their tutors and partly because of the lure provided by a sea-crossing trip to Ceylon], Subbiah Pillai had moved to Ceylon without announcing his decision to his then clique. Thus, the pals became separated. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the intervening 25 years or so, while Sivaji Ganesan became a famous movie star in Chennai, Subbiah Pillai established himself as a clarinetist in the Radio Ceylon artiste. Subbiah Pillai, as a senior to Sivaji Ganesan, might have taught a few ‘steps’ in the art world then, to the talented rookie. Sivaji never forgot the face of his senior. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">I personally knew Subbiah Pillai ‘Master’ in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In fact, for my flute debut performance [Arangetram] held on December 3, 1971, at the Bambalapitiya Sammangodu Vinayagar Temple, my mentor T.P.Jesudas honored him by requesting him to ‘keep the Talam [rhythm keeper]’ in front of me. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Then, after I entered the university, due to demands on time, I lost much contact with those older generation of musicians. One day [before I heard this Sivaji Ganesan anecdote from violinist Shanmuganantham Master] I received the news with shock that Subbiah Pillai ‘Master’ had died in Jaffna hospital, following a medical misadventure after an operation. Even now, I get a lump in my throat when I think about the calm and composed Subbiah Pillai Master – a senior to Sivaji Ganesean of old drama troupe days - who was the only clarinetist I knew in Colombo in those days.<a name="subbiah" target="contents"></a></p> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" id="table11" border="0" cellspacing="10" width="350"> <tbody><tr> <td> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">...from Sri Lanka Tamil Daily 'Thinakaran',<br /> 11 November 1972 - on Death of Subbiah Pillai</span></b></p> <p align="center"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/forum/Subbiah%20Pillai%20notice.jpg" border="0" height="976" width="350" /></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></td> </tr> <tr align="justify"> <td bgcolor="#fff8e1"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/sivaji.htm#top"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/0upS.gif" border="0" height="18" width="19" /></a> <a target="contents" href="http://www.chennaionline.com/events/news/sivajifilm.asp" name="doha">In Memory of Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan - Ram N Ramakrishnan, Doha</a> </td> </tr> <tr align="justify"> <td> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/hundredtamils/sivaji/suyasarithai.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="410" hspace="3" width="300" />"If there was a matinee idol in the realms of Indian cinematic history who received as much accolades and an equally strong bout of criticism for his histrionic abilities, it was Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan. Given that he never achieved the national status that he deserved perhaps is a reflection of the complexities of the language of his mother tongue that required strong grammar, poetic undertones and louder decibels for dialogue delivery. <p>Film critics and audience forming the majority in the North of the Vindayas who were used to the much softer, subtle shayaari and ghazals perhaps found it difficult to applaud Sivaji’s daredevilry in characterization of roles he depicted in his film career. </p> <p>Perhaps if he were to be born out of the Dravidian State and culture, there would have been a national consensus that he was the greatest actor Indian cinema ever produced. It is indeed a misfortune to know that Mr. Nehru pleaded ignorance of the actor when President Nasser of Egypt enquired dearly about him after seeing his stellar performance in “Veerapandia Kattabomman” in the Cairo Film Festival. Nehru did make amends when he made Sivaji the main host when Nasser visited India subsequently!.." <a href="http://www.chennaionline.com/events/news/sivajifilm.asp" target="contents"> more</a></p></td> </tr> <tr align="justify"> <td bgcolor="#fff8e1"> <a target="_self" href="http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/sivaji.htm#top"> <img src="http://www.tamilnation.org/images/0upS.gif" border="0" height="18" width="19" /></a> <a href="http://www.flonnet.com/fl1816/18161140.htm" target="contents" name="viswanathan">Tamil cinema's lodestar - S.Viswanathan, 17 August 2001</a></td> </tr> <tr align="justify"> <td> "Sivaji Ganesan's voice and diction not only changed the course of dialogue delivery in Tamil films and plays, but also had a deep impact on the manner in which the language is spoken by narrators on radio and television. This is perhaps the most impressive contribution of the late thespian."<br /> <br /> Two factors contributed to this success. First, the principal actors in Tamil films of the 1940s and the 1950s were Telugus, whose talent in acting was not matched by the way they delivered dialogues in Tamil. In fact, Sivaji Ganesan himself lent his voice to Mukkammala Krishnamurthy, a Telugu actor, for a Tamil film, Niraparathi, before the making of Parasakthi, and the film was well-received by the Tamil audience. Secondly, the 1950s saw the growth of the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu, thanks to the forceful oratory of leaders such as C.N. Annadurai and Karunanidhi. They transferred their language skill to the film medium in the scripts they wrote, ensuring their instant acceptance. <br /> <br /> Sivaji Ganesan with his extraordinary memory and stentorian voice could captivate his fans with long spells of dialogues in chaste Tamil. He said in an interview that Parasakthi marked a break with the past, when Tamil films used to have 15 or more songs each. "Moreover," he said, "dialogue for me is poetry. I have a passion for poetry. And so, there was no problem for me in rendering it effectively." " <a href="http://www.flonnet.com/fl1816/18161140.htm" target="contents">more</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-2106035988445435052008-05-06T02:30:00.000-07:002008-05-06T02:32:54.578-07:00Tamil Film Actor Sivaji Ganesan Dead<p style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Our Correspondent</i> in Madras </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Sivaji Ganesan, a <img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />stalwart of Tamil cinema, died in Apollo Hospital, Madras, on Saturday. He was 74 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The actor, who was given the name 'Sivaji' by the late 'Periyar' E V Ramaswamy Naicker after his performance as the Marathi warrior king in the stage play <i>Sivaji kanda Indu Saamraajyam</i> in 1946, was one of the best-known Tamil actors of that era along with the late M G Ramachandran. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6biQb0SzNT5Pz4SAX3RlBiNAJHPY8T8X92hy5QUBGke9tLyasW3aGct6RaVoUAPh6n2rsbo-hSgPe7R2gd5qXQ_dRVi3g0coA95MxOyQzoS3RwI7fixJmuUlhn5yTktLv9PJ-zHADeZ-/s1600-h/sad.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6biQb0SzNT5Pz4SAX3RlBiNAJHPY8T8X92hy5QUBGke9tLyasW3aGct6RaVoUAPh6n2rsbo-hSgPe7R2gd5qXQ_dRVi3g0coA95MxOyQzoS3RwI7fixJmuUlhn5yTktLv9PJ-zHADeZ-/s320/sad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197195220694266658" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Ganesan was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals on July 12 with respiratory problems. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Sivaji, who had been suffering from a heart ailment as well for the last one decade, was moved to the intensive care unit after renal complications also set in and his condition became critical.The end came at about 1945 IST on Saturday. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Sivaji is survived by his wife Kamalammal, two sons and two daughters. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">V N Sudhagaran, the controversial disowned foster son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who is now in detention in connection with a drug-possession case, among others, is a grand son-in-law of Sivaji through his elder daughter Shanthi Narayanaswamy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/New%20Folder/21siv_data/24siv1.jpg" alt="Sivaji" ganesan="" align="right" />Sivaji's actor son Prabhu, who was shooting in Switzerland for a movie, was informed at 0300 IST that his father was on the edge. He is expected to return to Madras by 2130 IST. The body will thereafter be taken to Sivaji's house at 0300 IST on Sunday. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Kalaipuli Dhanu, who had produced Sivaji's last film <i>Mannavar Chinnavar</i> a couple of years ago, was in the hospital until the thespian was officially pronounced dead. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dhanu recalled that only 20 days back, Sivaji had invited him over for lunch because some friends from abroad had come visiting and he wanted to have a get-together. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Sivaji is an entire chapter in the history of Tamil cinema," said Dhanu, "every line of which has been a lesson for artistes of the past, the present and the artistes still to come." </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Dhanu declared that if all Tamil artistes were placed on one scale and Sivaji, who was also referred to as <i>Nadigar Thilagam</i> [star among actors] on the other, he would still outweigh them. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ganesan was conferred the title of 'Chevalier dans ordre des Arts et Letters' (Knight of Arts and Letters) by the Government of France in 1994. He was also conferred the <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/05shivaj.htm">Dadasaheb Phalke</a> Award some years ago. </p>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-6713949883531411682008-05-06T02:00:00.000-07:002008-05-06T02:26:39.098-07:00Sivaji Photos Collection<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS1XMQLisuddNSAGEEVsQUPyM4c50zjShShOmxT7imqEqGJ4QyAmHZkHkMZD968panfOtxNOGk1fHfgSflBlBuC3FIg1g9a8uYwE5g3ndHGglgX-JON0HdA-05lzMdCRgmhFftVdB8TV1/s1600-h/sg026.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS1XMQLisuddNSAGEEVsQUPyM4c50zjShShOmxT7imqEqGJ4QyAmHZkHkMZD968panfOtxNOGk1fHfgSflBlBuC3FIg1g9a8uYwE5g3ndHGglgX-JON0HdA-05lzMdCRgmhFftVdB8TV1/s320/sg026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197192987311272658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try 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src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/New%20Folder/New%20Folder/24siv1.jpg" alt="" />Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-29716693742124999532008-05-05T22:46:00.000-07:002008-05-05T23:04:57.191-07:00Sivaji Ganesan Stamp<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAWpVm4hAY5MyDbS-av9IFWpHWEydyGNpfUSmatgCHC0ELS5FMWBf_IJdTr-0FnpGKWOY_YGepla0IuGx2LzOg7HBAoKtMEjfGpbQ8elo0UOxD9uCj4M_EFttinDRzu4St0xm5NP1XzcA/s1600-h/ganeshan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAWpVm4hAY5MyDbS-av9IFWpHWEydyGNpfUSmatgCHC0ELS5FMWBf_IJdTr-0FnpGKWOY_YGepla0IuGx2LzOg7HBAoKtMEjfGpbQ8elo0UOxD9uCj4M_EFttinDRzu4St0xm5NP1XzcA/s320/ganeshan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197140992437186834" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sivaji Ganesan Stamp</span> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" >Sivaji Ganesan (1928-2001) is one among the most charismatic film actors of all time. Hailing from a middle class family of Villupuram in, Tamil Nadu, the young Ganesan was fiercely independent even as a child. He left home at the age of six to pursue a career in acting. Joining a theatre group, he went on to establish a good reputation as an actor. He was subsequently christened 'Sivaji' after his outstanding portrayal of the great Maratha warrior in the play Sivaji Kanda Hindu Rajyam. Sivaji Ganesan made his debut into the film industry with Parasakthi. which was a huge success at the box office. His histrionic skills -body language, dialogue delivery and facial expressions -were clearly a departure from the prevailling schools of film-acting marked by wooden performances. A remarkable feature of his illustrious career spanning 301 films was that he played the protagonist in most of them. The sheer range of roles he handled is breathtaking. Sivaji Ganesan was also a philanthropist who took up numerous worthy causes and worked wholeheartedly for them. A diehard nationalist, he would rush to entertain and liven up the morale of the country's armed forces wherever the need arose. Some of his foreign tours were memorable, when he charmed the people of countries like the USA and Mauritius as a cultural ambassador par excellence. He also served as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from 1983 to 1986. Many awards and distinctions were conferred on this multifaceted personality, prominent among them being the Padma Bhushan (1984), Chevalier of Arts title of the French Goverment (1995) and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1996).<br /></span></p>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-30513687877071959872008-05-05T05:08:00.000-07:002008-05-05T05:09:37.576-07:00Uthama Puthiran - Sivaji - Part 2<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5411928700223238404&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-27724491079036327332008-05-05T05:07:00.001-07:002008-05-05T05:07:56.891-07:00UthamaPuthiran - Sivaji - Part 1 - 65 min<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8697050253614319330&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-67204472290542848102008-05-05T04:45:00.000-07:002008-05-05T04:48:12.175-07:00Hits of Sivaji<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XoFqCAm_s0Q&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XoFqCAm_s0Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-65461271683373666952008-05-05T04:44:00.001-07:002008-05-05T05:06:02.496-07:00Veerapandiya Kattabomman - Sivaji - Part3 - 50 min<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" flashvars="" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5367585806739705008&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0tC49mPEo68&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0tC49mPEo68&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-69490897923539708302008-05-05T04:25:00.001-07:002008-05-05T04:26:02.692-07:00kannadhasan hitz<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGY91SbUwPs&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGY91SbUwPs&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-85324142825166203822008-05-05T04:20:00.000-07:002008-05-05T04:22:41.105-07:00TMS Hitskannadhasan hit<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kIdW7inj16k&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kIdW7inj16k&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-62495814928229261912008-05-05T03:18:00.000-07:002008-05-05T03:19:30.068-07:00kannadhasan hitz<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eiakTdjbEKI&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eiakTdjbEKI&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-84947311803813141872008-05-05T03:01:00.000-07:002008-05-05T03:03:23.128-07:00"Thillana Mohanambal" - Sivaji Ganesan..<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0wSgu5DFN6Q&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0wSgu5DFN6Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-70432983988342633012008-05-05T02:55:00.000-07:002008-05-05T03:00:33.339-07:00நாதஸ்வரம் and டான்ஸ்<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v56OqF46Z0A&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v56OqF46Z0A&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-1218300220000588602008-05-05T02:25:00.000-07:002008-05-06T03:48:31.417-07:00Awards<a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8If5BGf1H_MM1l_mU7S07jCvqs5mEQuoAq2ywJxJku01CNzOy0s55BChlqYy4R70URYxq_FoNymk35K-9bj6_6EqtF8e1c8ggWuouUt6CFkhS3OkRz7r7wLfHT6ffzg66AZb7X6XwzlD4/s1600-h/ganesan-sivaji.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8If5BGf1H_MM1l_mU7S07jCvqs5mEQuoAq2ywJxJku01CNzOy0s55BChlqYy4R70URYxq_FoNymk35K-9bj6_6EqtF8e1c8ggWuouUt6CFkhS3OkRz7r7wLfHT6ffzg66AZb7X6XwzlD4/s320/ganesan-sivaji.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196824951563677890" border="0" /></a><br /><h3 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="mw-headline">Fifties</span></h3> <ul style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><li>1952 - <i>Paraasakthi</i>( The first film with KALAIGNAR M.KARUNANIDHI)</li><li>1953 - <i>Pempudu Koduku</i> (Telugu)</li><li>1953 - <i>Poongodhai</i></li><li>1953 - <i>Pardesi</i> (Telugu)</li><li>1953 - <i>Anbu</i></li><li>1953 - <i>Thirumbi Paar</i>(Acted as VILLAIN !)</li><li>1954 - <i>Manohara</i></li><li>1954 - <i>Edhirpaarthadhu</i></li><li>1954 - <i>Andha Naal</i> - first songless Tamil film.( KALAIGNAR M.KARUNANIDHI )</li><li>1954 - <i>Thookku Thookki</i></li><li>1954 - <i>Kalyanam Panniyum Brammachari</i></li><li>1954 - <i>Koondukkili</i>- Only movie starred with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (MGR)</li><li>1955 - <i>Mudhal Thedhi</i></li><li>1955 - <i>Mangayar Thilagam</i></li><li>1955 - <i>Kalvanin Kadhali</i>(KALKI's Story)</li><li>1956 - <i>Thenali Raman</i></li><li>1956 - <i>Rangoon Radha</i></li><li>1956 - <i>Pennin Perumai</i></li><li>1956 - <i>Amaratheebam</i>(Sridhar's Direction)</li><li>1957 - <i>Vanangaamudi</i></li><li>1957 - <i>Tala Vanchani Veerudu</i> (Telugu)</li><li>1957 - <i>Thangamalai Ragasiyam</i></li><li>1957 - <i>Makkalai Petra Magarasi</i></li><li>1957 - <i>Ambigaabathi (ALS)</i></li><li>1957 - <i>Pudhaiyal</i>( KALAIGNAR M.KARUNANIDHI )</li><li>1957 - <i>Baagyavathi</i></li><li>1958 - <i>Sabaash Meena</i>- Comedy</li><li>1958 - <i>Saarangathaara</i></li><li>1958 - <i>Uthamaputhiran</i>(First Duel Roll)</li><li>1958 - <i>Kaathavaraayan</i></li><li>1958 - <i>Thanga Padumai</i></li><li>1959 - <i>Veerapandiya Kattabomman</i>(The Great...)</li><li>1959 - <i>Veerapandya Kattabrahmanna</i></li></ul> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a name="Sixties" id="Sixties"></a></p> <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Sixties</span></h3> <ul style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><li>1960 - <i>Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam</i> (Telugu)</li><li>1960 - <i>Padikkadha Medhai</i></li><li>1960 - <i>Paavai Vilakku</i></li><li>1960 - <i>Irumbu Thirai</i></li><li>1960 - <i>Dheiva Piravi</i></li><li>1961 - Paavamannippu ( beemsingh)</li><li>1961 - Paasamalar ( beemsingh)</li><li>1961 - Papa Pariharam (Telugu)</li><li>1961 - Paalum Pazhamum</li><li>1961 - Kappal Ottiya Thamizhan ( The Great )</li><li>1961 - Punar Jenmam</li><li>1962 - Pavithra Prema (Telugu)</li><li>1962 - Paarthaal Pasi Theerum</li><li>1962 - Bale Pandiya</li><li>1962 - Aalayamani ( No comparision...)</li><li>1962 - Nichaya Thaamboolam</li><li>1962 - Padithaal Mattum Podhuma</li><li>1962 - Vadivukku Valaikaappu</li><li>1962 - Bandhapaasam</li><li>1963 - Ratha Thilagam ( In the field of War between China )</li><li>1963 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paar_Magale_Paar" title="Paar Magale Paar">Paar Magale Paar</a></li><li>1963 - Iruvar Ullam</li><li>1963 - Arivaali</li><li>1963 - Kulamagal Raadhai</li><li>1963 - Kungumam</li><li>1963 - Annai Illam</li><li>1964 - Karnan ( Roll from great Mahabharath)</li><li>1964 - Karna (Telugu)</li><li>1964 - Ramadasu (Telugu)</li><li>1964 - Navarathiri - announced as Sivaji's 100th film. Also he acted in 9 different roles</li><li>1964 - Kai Kodutha Dheivam</li><li>1964 - Pachai Vilakku</li><li>1964 - Pudhiya Paravai (From the banner 'Sivaji Films)</li><li>1965 - Thiruvilaiyadal</li><li>1965 - Santhi</li><li>1965 - Pazhani</li><li>1965 - Anbu Karangal</li><li>1966 - Motor Sundaram Pillai</li><li>1966 - Mahakavi Kalidas</li><li>1966 - Selvam</li><li>1967 - Thiruvarutchelvar</li><li>1967 - Thangai</li><li>1967 - Kandhan Karunai</li><li>1967 - Iru Malargal</li><li>1967 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooty_Varai_Uravu" title="Ooty Varai Uravu">Ooty Varai Uravu</a></li><li>1968 - Uyarndha Manidhan</li><li>1968 - Thillana Moganambal (Story-kotha mangalam Subbu)</li><li>1968 - Enga Oor Raja</li><li>1968 - Thirumaal Perumai</li><li>1968 - Galaatta Kalyanam (Comedy)</li><li>1968 - En Thambi</li><li>1969 - Kaaval Dheivam</li><li>1969 - Dheiva Magan (TRIPLE ROLL)</li><li>1969 - Sivandha Man (Sridhar)</li><li>1969 - Thanga Surangam</li><li>1969 - Gurudhatchanai</li></ul> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a name="Seventies" id="Seventies"></a></p> <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Seventies</span></h3> <ul style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><li>1970 - Vilaiyaattu Pillai</li><li>1970 - Vietnam Veedu</li><li>1970 - Enga Mama</li><li>1970 - Paadhugaappu</li><li>1971 - Savaale Samaali</li><li>1971 - Moondru Dheivangal</li><li>1971 - Sumadhi En Sundhari</li><li>1971 - Babu</li><li>1971 - Kulama Gunama</li><li>1971 - Thangaikkaga</li><li>1971 - Iru Thuruvam</li><li>1972 - Vasandha Maaligai</li><li>1972 - Gnana Oli</li><li>1972 - Bangaru Babu (Telugu)</li><li>1972 - Needhi</li><li>1972 - Pattikkada Pattanama(182 Days)</li><li>1973 - Gowravam</li><li>1973 - Bhakta Tukaram (Telugu)</li><li>1973 - Rajapart Rangadurai</li><li>1973 - Rajaraja Cholan</li><li>1973 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatha_Vilas" title="Bharatha Vilas">Bharatha Vilas</a></li><li>1974 - Thanga Padhakkam</li><li>1974 - Anbai Thedi</li><li>1974 - En Magan</li><li>1974 - Theerkka Sumangali</li><li>1975 - Anbe Aaruyire</li><li>1975 - Avan Thaan Manidhan</li><li>1976 - Chanakya Chandragupta (Telugu)</li><li>1976 - Uthaman</li><li>1976 - Unakkaga Naan</li><li>1976 - Sathiyam</li><li>1976 - Rojavin Raja</li><li>1976 - Grahapravesam</li><li>1977 - Annan Oru Koyil</li><li>1977 - Avan Oru Sarithiram</li><li>1977 - Theebam</li><li>1977 - Ilaya Thalaimurai</li><li>1977 - Naam Pirandha Man</li><li>1978 - Vaazhkai Alaigal</li><li>1978 - Ennai Pol Oruvan</li><li>1978 - General Chakravarthi</li><li>1978 - Justice Gopinath - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a></li><li>1978 - Pilot Premnath</li><li>1978 - Punniya Boomi</li><li>1978 - Thyagam</li><li>1978 - Andhamaan Kadhali</li><li>1979 - Vetrikku Oruvan</li><li>1979 - Thirisoolam ssss</li><li>1979 - Pattaakathi Bairavan</li><li>1979 - Nalladhoru Kudumbam</li><li>1979 - Naan Vaazhavaippen</li><li>1979 - Kavari Maan</li><li>1979 - Imayam</li></ul> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a name="Eighties" id="Eighties"></a></p> <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Eighties</span></h3> <ul style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><li>1980 - Rishi Moolam</li><li>1980 - Ratha Paasam</li><li>1980 - Visvaroobam</li><li>1980 - Emanukku Eman</li><li>1980 - Dharma Raja</li><li>1981 - Mogana Punnagai</li><li>1981 - Maadi Veettu Ezhai</li><li>1981 - Lorry Driver Rajakannu</li><li>1981 - Keezhvaanam Sivakkum</li><li>1981 - Kalthoon</li><li>1981 - Amarakaaviyam</li><li>1981 - Sathya Sundharam</li><li>1982 - Vasandhathil Oru Naal</li><li>1982 - Vaa Kanna Vaa</li><li>1982 - Thyagi</li><li>1982 - Thunai - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saritha" title="Saritha">Saritha</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li><li>1982 - Theerpu</li><li>1982 - Sangili - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a></li><li>1982 - Paritchaikku Neramaachu - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhasini" class="mw-redirect" title="Suhasini">Suhasini</a></li><li>1982 - Oorum Uravum</li><li>1982 - Oorukku Oru Pillai</li><li>1982 - Nenjangal</li><li>1982 - Hitler Umanath</li><li>1982 - Garuda Saukiyama</li><li>1983 - Sumangali</li><li>1983 - Sandhippu - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li><li>1983 - Unmaigal - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika" class="mw-redirect" title="Radhika">Radhika</a></li><li>1983 - Miruthanga Chakravarthi - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a></li><li>1983 - Neethibathi - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a></li><li>1983 - Vellai Roja - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambika" title="Ambika">Ambika</a>, [[Radha]</li><li>1983 - Kashmir Kadhali -</li><li>1983 - Uruvangal Maaralam - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Y.G.Mahendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Y.G.Mahendran (page does not exist)">Y.G.Mahendran</a></li><li>1984 - Iru Medhaigal - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silksmitha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silksmitha (page does not exist)">Silksmitha</a></li><li>1984 - Ezhudhaadha Sattangal - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a></li><li>1984 - Vaazhkai - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambika" title="Ambika">Ambika</a></li><li>1984 - Vamsa Vilakku - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a></li><li>1984 - Sarithira Nayagan - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sripriya" title="Sripriya">Sripriya</a></li><li>1984 - Siranjeevi - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sripriya" title="Sripriya">Sripriya</a></li><li>1984 - Tharaasu - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a></li><li>1984 - Thiruppam <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>,</li><li>1984 - Simma Soppanam - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a></li><li>1984 - Dhaavani Kanavugal - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagyaraj" title="Bhagyaraj">Bhagyaraj</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika" class="mw-redirect" title="Radhika">Radhika</a></li><li>1985 - Bandham - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shalinikumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shalinikumar (page does not exist)">Shalinikumar</a></li><li>1985 - Needhiyin Nizhal - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika" class="mw-redirect" title="Radhika">Radhika</a></li><li>1985 - Padikkadha Pannaiyar -</li><li>1985 - Raja Rishi - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, Nalini, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li><li>1985 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muthal_Mariyathai" title="Muthal Mariyathai">Muthal Mariyathai</a> - Radha, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a></li><li>1985 - Naam Iruvar - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Urvasi">Urvasi</a></li><li>1985 - Nermai - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Urvasi">Urvasi</a></li><li>1985 - Padikkadhavan - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambika" title="Ambika">Ambika</a></li><li>1986 - Thaaiku Oru Thaalaattu panni - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pandiyarajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pandiyarajan (page does not exist)">Pandiyarajan</a></li><li>1986 - Saadhanai - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nalini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nalini (page does not exist)">Nalini</a></li><li>1986 - Mannukkul Vairam - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murali" title="Murali">Murali</a></li><li>1986 - Lakshmi Vandhachu - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini" title="Padmini">Padmini</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathi" title="Revathi">Revathi</a></li><li>1986 - Anandha Kanneer - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha" title="Sujatha">Sujatha</a></li><li>1986 - Viduthalai - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnuvardhan" title="Vishnuvardhan">Vishnuvardhan</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhavi" title="Madhavi">Madhavi</a></li><li>1986 - <i>Marumagal</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathi" title="Revathi">Revathi</a></li><li>1987 - <i>Raja Mariyadhai</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karthik" title="Karthik">Karthik</a>, Sulochana</li><li>1987 - <i>Muthukkal Moondru</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pandiyarajan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pandiyarajan (page does not exist)">Pandiyarajan</a></li><li>1987 - <i>Kudumbam Oru Koyil</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumithra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sumithra (page does not exist)">Sumithra</a></li><li>1987 - <i>Krishnan Vandhaan</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan" title="Mohan">Mohan</a>, Rekha</li><li>1987 - <i>Thaambathiyam</i> -</li><li>1987 - <i>Veerapandiyan</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radhika_sarathkumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radhika sarathkumar (page does not exist)">Radhika sarathkumar</a></li><li>1987 - <i>Jallikkattu</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li><li>1987 - <i>Anbulla Appa</i> = <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathiya (page does not exist)">Nathiya</a></li><li>1988 - <i>En Thamizh En Makkal</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a></li><li>1988 - <i>Pudhiya Vaanam</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouthami" class="mw-redirect" title="Gouthami">Gouthami</a></li></ul> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a name="Nineties" id="Nineties"></a></p> <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Nineties</span></h3> <ul style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><li>1990 - <i>Kaavalukku Gettikkaaran</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, Nirosha</li><li>1991 - <i>Gnana Paravai</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manorama" title="Manorama">Manorama</a></li><li>1992 - <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thevar_Magan" title="Thevar Magan">Thevar Magan</a></i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal" title="Kamal">Kamal</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathi" title="Revathi">Revathi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouthami" class="mw-redirect" title="Gouthami">Gouthami</a></li><li>1992 - <i>Naangal</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, Deepika</li><li>1992 - <i>Mudhal Kural</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun" title="Arjun">Arjun</a>, Kanaka</li><li>1992 - <i>Sinna Marumagal</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vadivukarasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vadivukarasi (page does not exist)">Vadivukarasi</a>, Mohini</li><li>1993 - <i>Paarambariyam</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B.Sarojadevi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B.Sarojadevi (page does not exist)">B.Sarojadevi</a>, Nirosha</li><li>1995 - <i>Engirundho Vandhaan</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roja" title="Roja">Roja</a></li><li>1995 - <i>Pasumpon</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhu" title="Prabhu">Prabhu</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radhika_sarathkumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radhika sarathkumar (page does not exist)">Radhika sarathkumar</a></li><li>1997 - <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_More_%28film%29" title="Once More (film)">Once More</a></i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay" title="Vijay">Vijay</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B.Sarojadevi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B.Sarojadevi (page does not exist)">B.Sarojadevi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simran" title="Simran">Simran</a></li><li>1997 - <i>Gopura Theebam</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramarajan" title="Ramarajan">Ramarajan</a>, Sukanya</li><li>1997 - <i>Oru Yathra Mozhi</i> (Malayalam)- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a></li><li>1998 - <i>En Aasai Rasave</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murali" title="Murali">Murali</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radhika_sarathkumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radhika sarathkumar (page does not exist)">Radhika sarathkumar</a></li><li>1999 - <i>Mannavaru Sinnavaru</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun" title="Arjun">Arjun</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundarya" title="Soundarya">Soundarya</a></li><li>1999 - <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padayappa" title="Padayappa">Padayappa</a></i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ramyakrishnan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramyakrishnan (page does not exist)">Ramyakrishnan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundarya" title="Soundarya">Soundarya</a></li><li>1999 - <i>Poo Parikka Varugirom</i> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay" title="Ajay">Ajay</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malavika" title="Malavika">Malavika</a></li></ul>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-78103173160000497482008-05-05T02:02:00.001-07:002008-05-06T10:08:18.650-07:00Film career<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3xZbBBWmW-y65hHPEIBvNQnchUrqKAu5I4Rtpzj3vOc4fGCmKs9CDIdkgRhWhuqz7TTbxRiaT6GpR7Ime_3NN52hN8ecwolfEydFVVhqnHBlmUNOfftMZZhwryGI3kySXkzR_jdtH66E/s1600-h/cholan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3xZbBBWmW-y65hHPEIBvNQnchUrqKAu5I4Rtpzj3vOc4fGCmKs9CDIdkgRhWhuqz7TTbxRiaT6GpR7Ime_3NN52hN8ecwolfEydFVVhqnHBlmUNOfftMZZhwryGI3kySXkzR_jdtH66E/s320/cholan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197312821193798450" border="0" /></a><br /><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span class="mw-headline"><br /></span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">At the age of 9, Ganesan was so interested in stage plays that he ran away from home to pursue a career in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatre</a>. His mother helped him get into a famous drama troupe.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Ganesan's first film was <i>Paraasakthi</i> in the year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> opposite noted actress <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandari_Bai" title="Pandari Bai">Pandari Bai</a>. The script for the movie was written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karunanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunanidhi">Karunanidhi</a>. He has acted in about 300 movies, including nine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollywood" title="Tollywood">Telugu</a> movies,one Kannada movie, two Malayalam movies and two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" title="Bollywood">Hindi movies</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The name 'Sivaji' was given to him by great rationalist Thanthai Periyar E.V.R. Ramasamy after his excellent stage performance as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji" title="Shivaji">Emperor Shivaji</a>. He made his reputation as an actor in C.N. Annadurai's Sivaji Kanda Indhu Rajyam, a historical on the Maratha Emperor Shivaji. He was asked to play the role at the last moment when the lead actor backed out. It is said he memorized the entire 95 pages of dialogues in a day! Such was his impact that the play also gave him his screen name.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</span></sup>. He is also known as <i>Nadigar Thilagam</i>, meaning considered to be one the most influential and greatest actors of all time, and <i>Nadippu Chakravarthy</i> (translated as "the King of Kings of acting). He was a major actor of his period in South Indian cinema. He has been awarded the title of Chevalier, the Order of Arts and Literature by the Ministry of Culture, Government of France. This is one of the main decorations of the French Republic which is conferred to honour the most original and talented personalities, for their remarkable contributions in the field of Arts and Literature in France and all over the world.On 22nd April 1995, at a glittering ceremony held at the MCA stadium, Madras,Dr.Sivaji Ganesan was presented the Chevalier Title and Medallion by the French Ambassador to India Mr.Philip Petit. Ms.Jayalalitha, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the function.The entire Tamil film industry and representatives of all other Regional and National film industries were present at this function</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">At the function Dr.Sivaji Ganesan presented a cheque for Rs.100,000/- to the Tamilnadu Chief Minister's Relief Fund, and another Rupees One Hundred Thousands to the Film Employees Federation of South India.The balance of money after all expenses (which was collected from the film industry) was used to form the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Educational Trust. The money accruing from these Trust funds are being given towards education of children of poor film artistes.</p>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-74774138693562187552008-05-04T23:26:00.001-07:002008-05-05T02:53:36.654-07:00சிவாஜி கணேசன் பாடல்கள்<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/92hzaEWKYcQ&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/92hzaEWKYcQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708669232422491547.post-13618765610964841482008-05-04T04:09:00.000-07:002008-05-04T04:12:54.957-07:00<span>Another personal experience of Kannadhasan translated into this song। A gem for those who are experiencing downfall in life.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nnb8uyXYWMo&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nnb8uyXYWMo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /></span>Balajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787385584852118837noreply@blogger.com0