Remembering Director Rama Narayanan on his Birth Anniversary
Today marks the birth anniversary of director Rama Narayanan who was born 03 April 1949. He wrote his first screenplay in 1976 for the film Aasai Arubadhu Naal. In 1977, he produced his first film – Meenakshi Kungumam – and made his debut as a director in 1981 through the film, Sumai. His 50th film, […]
A. Hariharan Birthday Special
Playback singer and music composer A. Hariharan was born on 03 April 1955. He has sung more than 15 000 songs in 14 languages across various styles, including Carnatic, Ghazal, Classical, fusion, pop. A two-time national award winner, he was conferred with the Padmashri in 2004. He was introduced to Tamil playback singing by AR Rahman […]
Prabhu Deva Birthday Special
Prabhu Deva, born on 03 April 1973, is the son of noted dance master Mugur Sundar. From a young age, he was a fan of Michael Jackson and would often practice Jackson’s dance moves. He also is a fully-trained Bharatha Natyam dancer. He made his first screen appearance in Maniratnam’s Mouna Raagam in the song […]
Sujatha Mohan Birthday Special
Sujatha Mohan was born on 31 March 1963. She achieved fame as a child (known then as Baby Sujatha) when she accompanied the great KJ Yesudas in many concerts across the globe. She recorded her first song when she was 12 years old – a Malayalam song for the film Tourist Bungalow. She made her […]
Tribute to Ravichandran on his birth anniversary
B.S. Raman – better known by his screen name, Ravichandran – was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 30 March 1942. He moved to Thiruchy,Tamil Nadu in 1951 where he completed his studies. Whilst at college, he acted in two plays and was subsequently introduced to director CV Sridhar by cinematographer P.N. Sundaram. Sridhar cast […]
Versatile actor, Prakash Raj turns 60 today
Prakash Raj, whose real name is Prakash Rai, was introduced to the Tamil screen by K. Balachander in the Prabhu-Ramesh Aravind starrer, Duet. Prakash Raj was so grateful for this breakthrough that when he turned producer, he named his production company Duet Films. Born on 26 March 1965, he made his mark in TV shows […]
T.M. Soundararajan – Redefining the style of Devotional Songs
In 1953, seven years after TM Soundararajan entered the film recording industry, he recorded his first two devotional songs for the HMV label under the music of KV Mahadevan. His salary for these two songs was Rs 80. Being a devotee of Sai Baba and Lord Murugan, he decided to record his own devotional songs […]
T.M. Soundararajan – The irreplaceable and unequalled Legend
TM Soundararajan was born in Madurai on 24 March 1922. He began his formal training in Carnatic music at the age of 7 and participated in his first concert at the age of 23. A year later, after many rejections, he received his first playback singing assignment under the music of S.M. Subbaiah Naidu for […]
Vijay Yesudas birthday special
Vijay Yesudas, son of the legendary KJ Yesudas, was born on 23 March 1979. He made his debut in the 2000 Malayalam film, Millenium Stars under the music of Vidhyasagar. He made his debut to Tamil through the 2000 film, Krodham 2 which had music by Deva. He has thus far sang more than 1000 […]
Remembering Gemini Ganesan on his death anniversary
Ramasamy Ganesan – better known by his screen name, Gemini Ganesan – was born on 17 November 1920. He was one of the college graduates to enter the Tamil film industry at the time and was one of the “Big 3” of Tamil cinema – after Sivaji Ganesan and MG Ramachandran. Gemini Ganesan was also […]