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 […]
Srikanth – Versatility personified
Venkatraman was born on 19 March 1940. After starting a job at the American Consulate in Chennai, he moved there where he found himself sharing lodging with Nagesh, Vaali, Vennirai Aadai Moorthy and Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. He then joined various drama groups to perform stage plays, the most famous of which was K. Balachander’s play […]
KV Mahadevan – Everyone’s mama
KV Mahadevan, the maternal uncle of MS Viswanathan was born on 14 March 1918 in Nagercoil in the Kanyakumarie district. He made his debut as a music composer in the 1942 film, Manonmani and slowly worked his way to the top, helped by his humility and simplicity. Although he was Mama to MS Viswanathan, he […]
CV Rajendran – The people’s director
Writer, director and producer CV Rajendran was born on 12 March 1937 in a rural area close to Madurantakam. His first cousin was maverick producer and director CV Sridhar, the director of hit films like Kalyana Parisu, Kaadhalikka Neramillai and Vennira Aadai. He made his film debut as an assistant director in the Hindi remake […]