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By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday]Star of Mysore (SOM): Very few heroines have had the opportunity to be paired with top stars in the country and you name the leading actors of your time you have acted with them. The list includes MGR, Rajkumar, N.T. Rama Rao, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Kalyan Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Sunil Dutt to name a few. How did all this happen? Saroja Devi: Those days you did not need any recommendation. Tell me what is the name of this area? SOM: Yadavagiri. Saroja Devi: The studios were as big as this area. Almost all the studios were as huge. Vahini Studios was one of the top ones. If there were eight floors, in all the eight, shooting would be going on. If I was shooting in one floor, in other floor NTR or Nageswara Rao would be shooting. In the break they would come and watch us from a distance. They would enquire, ‘who is the heroine?’ They would watch us acting. And they would ask somebody nearby, … [Read more...] about Interview with B. Saroja Devi, the Queen of Tamil Cinema

M Bharat Kumar June 2, 2018 0 Puthu Ragam Padaipathale Nanum Iraivane … Viralilum Kuralilum Swarangalin Nattiyam Amaippen Nan…No wonder Ilayaraja’s fans call him ‘God of Music’. In his musical journey spanning over 40 years, he has come up with mindboggling 5,000-odd songs, introduced hundreds of new talent and went on to win national and international accolades. He is credited to have discovered a new raga. That’s ‘Raaga Devan’ Ilayaraja.In the 1970s, after the State saw anti-Hindi protests, the biggest irony was that there was a craze for Hindi songs here. Tea stalls and barber shops were blaring numbers from Bollywood movies and the likes of R D Burman, Rajesh Khanna and Kishore Kumar were the talk of the town.Came young Ilayaraja with Annakili in May 1976. And the rest is history. Machana Patheengala… became an instant anthem and it replaced the Kishore Kumars and Burmans not just in weddings but also gramophones in every … [Read more...] about Ilayaraja: Pannaiyapuram to Padma Vibhushan

Express News Service Crazy Mohan has done it all in the field of comedy. He’s a screenwriter, playwright, and actor all rolled into one. It’s all in keeping with his goal: “To make people laugh.” He’s grateful to have been given the opportunity to regale audiences for decades. “I really enjoy meeting people — in particular, those who understand and appreciate humour. It makes me feel good," he says. He remembers his comedy beginnings, and says all the success was quite accidental. "I did mechanical engineering and was dabbling with theatre as a hobby. My first skit, 'Great Bank Robbery', became a hit. I persisted, and received the best director-writer award from Kamal Haasan. He was an established actor even then, and I was a nobody. I never thought in later years I'd work with him," says Crazy Mohan, whose collaborations with Kamal Haasan have resulted in some enduring comedies like Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Sathi Leelavathi, Avvai Shanmughi, … [Read more...] about Kamal Haasan is everything to me, I’m a ‘haas-thigan’: Crazy Mohan