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News Source: The Star
| 3 months ago
South Indian actress and classical dancer Rajasulochana has died, aged 78. Tamil Nesan reported that the actress, who starred in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam movies in the 50s and 60s, had suffered from renal problems...The actress,
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News Source: The Hindu
| 3 months ago
Tribute to yesteryear star Rajasulochana who passed away on March 5 One of the most successful stars in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam movies, Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana (her original name) born August 15, 1934,
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News Source: Indian Express
| 3 months ago
Rajasulochana, 77, had acted in more than 275 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. The actress, who holds the distinction of having paired with leading stars of yesteryear like MGR, Sivaji Ganesan and N T Rama Rao, would be remembered for her
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News Source: The Hindu
| 3 months ago
Making the case that a certain kind of good cinema can be made without adhering to the aesthetic traditions of what's traditionally accepted as good cinema A few days ago, at a dinner conversation, I was asked: How come there's been no world cinema'
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News Source: Rediff
| 4 months ago
The child Shivaji, born on Tuesday, 12 December 1950, had no inkling that in his youth he would be forced to labour as a coolie at Kalasipalyam, at a striking distance from his birthplace, or indeed that he would be accorded the near-divine status of
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News Source: The Hindu
| 4 months ago
When the Tamil film world was dominated by two big heroes Sivaji Ganesan and MG Ramachandran a comedian commanded salary on a par with them and, on a few occasions, even received more. He had the distinction of singing in his first film Dhana
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News Source: The Hindu
| 5 months ago
In 1981, Naman Ramachandran went along with some friends to watch the Malayalam film, Garjanam , which uniquely featured two superstars in the lead role. A few schedules of the film were shot with Malayalam actor Jayan in the lead who died in an
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News Source: The Hindu
| 5 months ago
The above named movie was the second version of the story in Tamil...Sundaram of Modern Theatres during the early 1940s in which the top star of that day P.U. Chinnappa played the twins, the first double role in Tamil Cinema. In 1958 came this