Tracing Career Highlights of Revathi on her 59th Birthday.
Asha Kelunni Nair is better kown by her screen name, Revathi. She made her acting debut playing the female lead in Bharathiraja’s 1983 rural drama, Mann Vaasanai opposite fellow newcomer, Pandiyan. The film was a box-office success and opened many subsequent doors for her. In the same year she made her debut to Malayalam films […]
Manjula – The actress who made waves from her very first film.
Manjula began her screen career when she was just 15 when she was cast in a supporting role in Shanthi Nilayam with Gemini Ganesan and Kanchana in the lead roles. Two years later, she made her debut as a lead actress opposite M.G. Ramachandran and the runaway success of this film saw her in great […]
Remembering the versatile R. Muthuraman on his 96th birth anniversary
R Muthuraman was born in Thanjavur on 04 July 1929. His family had no links with the acting industry, but Muthuraman showed an early interest in stage acting. He joined S.S. Raajendran’s acting troupe and soon became quite popular, eventually leading to film roles. After playing supporting roles, Muthuraman soon graduated to lead roles. His […]
Gauthami: Overcoming Multiple Obstacles
Gauthami was born in Andhra Pradesh on 02 July 1968. She made her debut to the Tamil screen in the 1988 Rajinikanth-Prabhu starrer, Guru Sishyan. She soon found herself with lots of offers and shared the screen with Kamalhaasan, Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakanth, Murali, Sathyaraj, Rahman and co-starred the most with Ramarajan. She won the […]
Remembering A.M. Rajah on his birth anniversary
Music composer and singer, A.M. Rajah was born in Andhra Pradesh on 1 July 1929. He completed his tertiary education in Chennai and began composing music while still studying at college and collaborated then with the great K.V. Mahadevan. In 1950 he was introduced by S.S. Vasan of Gemini Studios as a playback singer. It […]
Harish Kalyan – Climbing to the Top
Harish Kalyan is the son of film producer and audio label owner, Kalyan. Despite this, Harish’s path to success was a painful one filled with unimaginable obstacles. He made his acting debut at the age of 20 in the controversial film Sindhu Samaveli directed by Samy. The film was met with lots of resistance and […]
Karthik Raja turns 52 today
Karthik Raja, the eldest son of Isai Gnani Illaiyaraja, was born on 29 June 1973. He showed an early interest in and affinity to music. At the age of 13 he played the keyboard for the song Kannukkum from the film Ninaikka Therintha Maname. He also played the keyboard for the soundtrack and background score […]
Remembering the Iconic “Kaviyarasu” Kannadasan on his birth anniversary
Kaviyarasu Kannadasan was born on 24 June 1927 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, and has more than 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books to his credit. He was the first lyricist to win a national award for Best Lyricist – for the 1969 film Kuzhanthiakaga. Kannadasan once embraced the Dravidian atheistic view but was fascinated […]
The Legendary M.S.Viswanathan who reshaped Tamil Film Music
M.S. Viswanathan, the composer of music for more than 800 films and dozens of independent albums was a musical genius who changed the course of Tamil film music. He did not know how to read or write music, but composed some of Tamil cinema’s best loved songs, embracing western influences without losing sight of a […]
Kavin – Finding Fame After Many Challenges
Kavin shot to fame when he played the lead role in the sleeper hit Dada, but he had been making his mark in increasingly visible ways for almost a decade. After making his acting debut in the TV series Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal, he went on to play supporting roles in the TV shows Thaayumanavan and […]