Forgotten Tamil Artists : Remembering their contribution to the Art
30/12/2017
Forgotten Tamil Artists : Remembering their contribution to the Art.
S D Subbulakshmi was one of them.
She married the enterprising pioneer director K Subramaniyam.
Subbulakshmi was the most popular stars in the 1930s.
Padma Subramaniam
They had two outstanding children: S. Krishnawamy, a critic and Pathma Subramaniam, one of the finest exponents of Bharatha Natyam.
T P Rajalakshmi was one of the pioneer Tamil female actors in Tamil films.
P.Bhanumathi
P. Banumathi from Aandhra was yet another shining star in Tamil and Telugu films.
Bhanumathi & Husband Ramakrishna
There was yet another singing star Subbulakshmi. Her initials were M S. She was one of the outstanding Carnatic musicians that India could boast of.
She too came into the field in 1930s and she too had acted in director K Subramaniam’s films. Some of her outstanding films were Sakunthalai and Meera.
Another singing actress was T R Rajakumari. She figures during the 1930-1940 period. Chandraleka and Apoorva Sakothararkal were two of her notable films.
P Kannamba from Karnataka was a superb actress in delivering the Tamil dialogues.
K L V Vasantha,
U R Jeevaratnam,
T A Mathuram,
C T Rajakantham,
B S Saroja, and
K S Angamuthu were well known stars in Tamil Cinema.
Lanka born actor to become later to be the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, M G Ramachandran was married to V N Janaki. She was earlier married to a film director. She acted in a pace-setting progressive film in Tamil in the 1940s-
Velaikkari penned by former Chief Minister C N Annadurai. One of the Kannadiga actresses to play in Tamil films was M V Rajamma.
R Bala Saraswathi Devi was another singing star. Her song ‘Roja MalarVendumaa?’ a song sung to the Latin American Rhythm ‘La Paloma’ was a hit tune in the 1950s.
Another actress was T A Jeyalakshmi. She acted in another pace setter ‘Naam Iruvar’ (We Two)
Kumari Rukmani was figured in ‘Sri Valli’
Then of course we had the present Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Jeyaram Jeyalalitha acting with M G Ramachandran in many popular films.
She has acted not only in Tamil but also in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
M S Sundari Bai,
Thiruchur Premawathi,
R.Padma,
T A Periyanayaki who could sing well,
M S S Bhagyam,
M R Santhanalakhmi,
S Varalakshmi- a singing star,
T Suriyakumari and
K Malathi
were some of the early female actors in Tamil cinema.
the Kerala border Lalitha, Padmini and Rahini came to act in Tamil films.
Padmini among them became a fine dancer and character actress in Tamil films.
Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthi mala marriage with Dr. Bali
who later shone in Hindi films later became a Rajya Sabha member in Indian Parliament.
Her mother Vasunthara Devi was a dancing actress who danced waltzes in the film Mangamma Sabatham.
M N Rajam was yet another important actress in Tamil films.
K T Rukmani,
T P Muthulakshmi,
Maadhuri Devi,
Pushpavalli,
Anjali devi
were among the notable female stars in Tamil films during the 1930- 1950 period.
After the1950s many talented female actors came to the scene.
K R Vijya,
Vijaya Kumari,
Devika,
Saroja Devi,
Saroja Devi with her husband
Lakshmi,
Raadika,
Savitri,
Poornima,
Ambika,
Raadha,
Suhashini,
Amala,
Seetha with family
Shoba,
SriVidhya,
Sri Priya,
Sri Devi,
Rekha
Vaani Sri
Manjula,
and a host of both male and female actors contributed their mite to the development Tamil cinema.
Since the 1970s Tamil Cinema has undergone several changes gradually shedding off the dramatic garb and adoring new attires to suit the contemporary needs. That is another subject to be dealt with caution, because the analysis would necessitate a deeper multi-disciplinary study.
The purpose in us writing about the Tamil Cinema as well is to put on record some forgotten details which could help a serious student of cinema in any part of the world to understand the world cinema as an entity.
Today north Indian actresses are in the market of South Indian cinema Industry, where the women has no role to play, except the body exposure, semi nude stupid dances, foolish boring love scenes, a complete loss of the local cultures ...
Olden days Tamil cinema beauty is lost,
At present a bunch black ugly, heroes occupy the center stage, with half naked heroines, no script, hero is a stupid street boy, abusing parents, no education, no job, holding big long weapon, all sorts of street dances, A WASTAGE MONEY, IT CAN BE DIVERTED TO STATE'S DEVELOPMENTS.
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Forgotten Tamil Artists : Remembering their contribution to the Art.
S D Subbulakshmi was one of them.
She married the enterprising pioneer director K Subramaniyam.
Subbulakshmi was the most popular stars in the 1930s.
They had two outstanding children: S. Krishnawamy, a critic and Pathma Subramaniam, one of the finest exponents of Bharatha Natyam.
T P Rajalakshmi was one of the pioneer Tamil female actors in Tamil films.
P. Banumathi from Aandhra was yet another shining star in Tamil and Telugu films.
There was yet another singing star Subbulakshmi. Her initials were M S. She was one of the outstanding Carnatic musicians that India could boast of.
She too came into the field in 1930s and she too had acted in director K Subramaniam’s films. Some of her outstanding films were Sakunthalai and Meera.
Another singing actress was T R Rajakumari. She figures during the 1930-1940 period. Chandraleka and Apoorva Sakothararkal were two of her notable films.
P Kannamba from Karnataka was a superb actress in delivering the Tamil dialogues.
T A Mathuram,
B S Saroja, and
K S Angamuthu were well known stars in Tamil Cinema.
Lanka born actor to become later to be the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, M G Ramachandran was married to V N Janaki. She was earlier married to a film director. She acted in a pace-setting progressive film in Tamil in the 1940s-
Velaikkari penned by former Chief Minister C N Annadurai. One of the Kannadiga actresses to play in Tamil films was M V Rajamma.
R Bala Saraswathi Devi was another singing star. Her song ‘Roja MalarVendumaa?’ a song sung to the Latin American Rhythm ‘La Paloma’ was a hit tune in the 1950s.
Another actress was T A Jeyalakshmi. She acted in another pace setter ‘Naam Iruvar’ (We Two)
Kumari Rukmani was figured in ‘Sri Valli’
Then of course we had the present Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Jeyaram Jeyalalitha acting with M G Ramachandran in many popular films.
She has acted not only in Tamil but also in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
were some of the early female actors in Tamil cinema.
the Kerala border Lalitha, Padmini and Rahini came to act in Tamil films.
Padmini among them became a fine dancer and character actress in Tamil films.
Vyjayanthi mala marriage with Dr. Bali
who later shone in Hindi films later became a Rajya Sabha member in Indian Parliament.
Her mother Vasunthara Devi was a dancing actress who danced waltzes in the film Mangamma Sabatham.
M N Rajam was yet another important actress in Tamil films.
Pushpavalli,
were among the notable female stars in Tamil films during the 1930- 1950 period.
After the1950s many talented female actors came to the scene.
Raadika,
Ambika,
Raadha,
Suhashini,
Seetha.
Sri Devi,
Vaani Sri
Manjula,
and a host of both male and female actors contributed their mite to the development Tamil cinema.
Since the 1970s Tamil Cinema has undergone several changes gradually shedding off the dramatic garb and adoring new attires to suit the contemporary needs. That is another subject to be dealt with caution, because the analysis would necessitate a deeper multi-disciplinary study.
The purpose in us writing about the Tamil Cinema as well is to put on record some forgotten details which could help a serious student of cinema in any part of the world to understand the world cinema as an entity.
Today north Indian actresses are in the market of South Indian cinema Industry, where the women has no role to play, except the body exposure, semi nude stupid dances, foolish boring love scenes, a complete loss of the local cultures ...
Olden days Tamil cinema beauty is lost,
At present a bunch black ugly, heroes occupy the center stage, with half naked heroines, no script, hero is a stupid street boy, abusing parents, no education, no job, holding big long weapon, all sorts of street dances, A WASTAGE MONEY, IT CAN BE DIVERTED TO STATE'S DEVELOPMENTS.
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