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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji Ganesan’s Tearful & Moving Engey Nimmathi by MS Viswanathan 1964

Puthiya Paravai Engey Nimmathi Tamil Sivaji MSV Viswanathan

(meaning New Bird) was a that was produced and acted by the Nadigar Thilagam, Sivaji Ganesan. It was ‘s maiden that he produced under his own production company, Sivaji Productions. Image source: Smule

It is reported that Puthiya Paravai is a remake of an earlier Bengali film which is itself inspired by the British film Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958).

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Ennadi Meenakshi by Great Ilaiyaraaja 1978

Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu Tamil Kamal Haasan

was already a big star in the industry in the and have acted in a number of which has some of the best songs composed by Maestro Illayaraaja and Maestro MSV. Image source:

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Ponnoviyam Kandenamma by Illaiyaraaja 1981

Kazhugu Illayaraaja Tamil Music

Kazhugu is a that came out in 1981 starring and was directed by S. P. Muthuraman with scored by maestro Illayaraaja. It will be 40 years since this first came out and yet the songs from that era are still fresh and can still engage any generation of music lovers like it was yesterday. Image source: Rajinifans

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Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence 2016 – the Good, Bad and the Ugly

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I still remember watching the first , Independence Day which came out in 1996 in the old Rex theatre together with my siblings and we were sitting on the premium class on the first floor.

On the very scene when David Levinson introduced a virus into the alien ship’s shield and asks Major Steven Mitchell to shoot the can, we actually heard the can flying from the right to the left in the theatre. It was a blockbuster that year. Image source: Tumblr.

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Tamil Movie Review 101: SP Bala As Brilliant Music Director, Actor and Singer

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Most of us are still reeling from the great loss, the late was not only known as a great playback and but also a . Image source:

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Movie Review: Tom Hanks’ Finest Acting, Captain Phillips 2013

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was a 2013 starring the very talented which is based on the actual hijack incident of a US cargo ship, MV Maersk Alabama by Somalian pirates and thereafter the kidnapping of the ship’s captain for ransom. These pirates were eventually were killed by SEAL snipers. Poster source: Wikipedia

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Ilaiyaraaja: Project “Then, Now & Forever” 2013

Western classical is perspective – look at the number of people involved in a symphony! Our traditional music is lonely –

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A very young Ilaiyaraaja with the very talented and S. Janaki in the early during a recording session. Image source: The Federal

As long I could remember, I have been listening to Ilaiyaraaja music since I was still young and started to have an appreciation of his style of music – all the way from the (you are aware that Annakili was not his first and that he had to impress the producer Panchu Arunachalam by singing a song that his mother sang and using the table as a music instrument?) to his latest flick in “Neethane En Ponvasantham” – thanks to my Dad who was a big fan of Ilaiyaraaja (Ilaiyaraaja means the “younger” Raja – that is because the music industry already had another named Raja – the famed A.M. Raja).

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Movie Review: Funny, Joyful Toy Story 3 (2010)

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(Can you identify the new toys in this latest sequel of the series? There are evil ones in the bunch now. Poster source: Wikipedia)

When Toy Story 3 was first mentioned on TV, one of the very first people to take note of it was my son.

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RIP: Witty Funny Nagesh: 1933 – 2009

Nagesh Kamal Haasan Nammavar Movie Tamil 1994

Kamal Haasan has always had a special and key role for the legendary in his (the other usual collaborator with Kamal is Delhi Ganesh) and Nagesh who had always played a comical role has proved to be a very versatile actor with different roles with . Image source: Cinema Express

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