The PBS magic will live on
03:51 Apr 18 2013 from The Hindu
...film ‘Vadai Malai.’ Although I like all his songs, my PBS favourites include ‘Nilavae Ennidam Nerungathae,’ ‘Mayakkama Kalakkama,’ ‘Manithan Yenbhavan’ and ‘Ninaipadhellam Nadandhuvittal.’ When I met him recently this past month, he was wheel-chair bound,...
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/the-pbs-magic-will-live-on/article4629792.ece
A singer who evoked pathos, a nonpareil
04:31 Apr 15 2013 from The Hindu
...world hundreds of great songs. Renditions with a philosophical touch attained new heights in PBS’ voice. Mayakkama kalakkama, Yetho manithan piranthu vittan, Ninaipathellam nadanthu vittal and Manithan yenbavan theivamagalam bore testimony to his talent. “One...
Second self-immolation over SL row
08:52 Mar 22 2013 from GulfToday.ae
...Chennai, boycott of proposed commonwealth heads meeting in Sri Lanka and retrieval of Katchatheevu, which was ceded to Lanka. Manithan said students would be mobilised from Kashmir to Kanyakumari for a massive agitation on the issue. He also warned that Sri...
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/7068e153-8d8e-491a-8759-01ab809c8ef4.aspx
Manithan 1953
02:41 Mar 09 2013 from The Hindu
TKS Brothers, one of the legendary theatre groups of India, was known for its meaningful and socially relevant plays. Many of those plays were also made into movies. One such was . It is the story of a young wife (Krishnakumari) living in a joint family,
http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/manithan-1953/article4491463.ece
etcetera: Vazhakku seets a new benchmark
11:12 Feb 02 2013 from The Hindu
...completes his half century as a filmmaker with it. Some of the earlier hits of the Satyaraj-Manivannan combo are Maman Magal, Pudhu Manithan and Vazhkaichakram. Nagaraja Cholan is a political satire on the same lines as Amaidhipadai. It features other prominent...
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/etcetera-vazhakku-seets-a-new-benchmark/article4372316.ece
Romancing the reel for over six decades
07:42 Aug 25 2012 from IBN Live
...his hardwork and business acumen, Meiyappan churned out many noteworthy hits, including Sivaji Ganesan’s Pachai Vilakku, Uyarntha Manithan and MGR’s Anbe Va. The songs in these films, like Naan Parthathille, and Olimayamana Ethirkalam, echoed across Tamil...
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/romancing-the-reel-for-over-six-decades/285360-60.html
Etcetera: Many feathers in Mithran’s cap
01:42 Jul 21 2012 from The Hindu
...from his grandpa to escape bullies; Ukkiya Jeevan, about an aborted soul coming back to life to take revenge on her parents; and Manithan, projecting two sides of a murder, which stirred racial tension between India and Australia, got me the awards for Best...
Vivahitha 1970
01:48 Jun 17 2012 from The Hindu
...was the themes of other Hindi films like Dil Ek Mandir (1963), a remake of the Tamil film Nenjil Oru Alayam (1962). Tamil films like Manithan (1953), Ulagam Sirikkirathu (1959) also told the story of an Indian married woman who rejects her former lover when...
Father figure
11:35 Jun 14 2012 from The Hindu
...as associate in 1959. A spate of films in Tamil and Hindi, such as ‘Ore Vazhi,’ ‘Sivagangai Seemai,’ ‘Kairasi,’ ‘Kavalai Illadha Manithan,’ ‘Jhoola,’ ‘Aalayamani,’ ‘Padha Kanikkai,’ ‘Aadi Perukku,’ ‘Panathottam,’ ‘Aandavan Kattalai,’ ‘Panchavarnakkili,’ ‘Chandrodayam’...