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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji Ganesan As The Hardworking Babu & The Beautiful Idho Endhan Deivam 1971

Tamil Movie Sri Devi Sivaji Ganesan Babu 1971

A screengrab from the , starring the late Nadigar Thilagam, Sivaji Ganesan and a very young Sri Devi. It was pointed out that the first of October was ‘s and had he lived, he would have been 94 years old this year.

Sivaji Ganesan passed away on 21st July 2001 at an age of 72 and by then had acted in some 288 movies; a majority of it has been in movies.

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: The Painful Sad Poongatru Thirumbuma by Ilaiyaraaja 1985

Tamil Muthal Mariyathai Bharathiraja Sivaji Ganesan Radha Ilaiyaraaja

The 1985 , (which means the First Respect) was my late uncle’s favourite movie and he would be watching it at least once a day if he had time to watch the TV.

Well, it became one of my favourite as well. After all, in the hands of the great director, Bharathiraja and the prowess of the Nadigar Thilagam, , Muthal Mariyathai is indeed a great movie. Image source: The Hindu

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji’s Innocent Ammadi Ponnukku by MS Viswanathan 1970

Raman Ethanai Ramanadi Sivaji Ganesan

In , Sudhir who plays his young friend Gopi must have a very tough time doing his scenes with confidence with the great , one of the biggest stars in the industry calling him vaada, pooda and dei so casually. Image source: Alchetron

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Nostalgic Tamil Song 101: Sivaji’s Thoughtful Yaar Antha Nilavu by MS Viswanathan 1965

Yaar Antha Nilavu Sivaji Ganesan Tamil Movie Santhi 1965

Santhi is a Indian directed by the famous A. Bhim Singh and starred by Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan. It is known for a particular song and the story behind it because the story was told by Maestro M. S. Viswanathan (MSV) himself. Image source:

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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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RIP SP Balasubrahmanyam: 1946 – 2020

SP Balasubrahmanyam SP Bala 1980s Illayarajaa

The legend with the Maestro Illayarajaa and both have made some of the best classic, ever-green songs that is still popular in this millennium – the voice of my many favourite songs has passed away today. Image source: The Hindu

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RIP Maestro MS Viswanathan: 1928 – 2015

Viswanathan RIP Death Maestro

(Before AR Rahman and , there was only one great musician and that was . Image source)

: Legendary music composer and singer MS Viswanathan (MSV), who had been critically ill for the past few days, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 87.

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Tamil Song 101: Kamal’s Pon Maanai Catchy & Wonderful Classic 1984

kamal haasan music song tamil

(The many faces of the great man in multiple roles all these years and he still making headlines even now. Image source: http://www.bollywoodlife.com)

In terms of , after the great , we were lucky to have taking up the lead when it comes to powerful acting. And over the years, he has not let us down with a powerful storyline and acting (still remember this?).

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Indian Cinema 101: Shocked Seeing Double Roles On Screen

sivaji ganesan double indian tamil movie

(Seeing Sivaji Ganesan in action is one thing but seeing the two of them could be a double whammy. Both interacted well on screen but still, there are some limitations as to how both characters blended in on-screen in the old movies when the special effects were still in it’s infant. Image source: Business Line)

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Indian Cinema 101: Those Tamil Movies That I Really Hate!

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– there are some that truly get on my nerve. Don’t get me wrong – the is a first-class like how acted in Vietnam Veedu.

Couple days ago, Astro showed one old starring Sivaji Ganesan and whilst I admit that he is a great , the movie itself was a big pain in the neck (there are many similar movies sharing the similar storyline).

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TV Shows 101: Loveable Little House on the Prairie

I don’t why but somehow I been thinking about this show titled “Little House of the Prairie” –shown back in the 80’s in our local TV lately (others that has been in my mind is those old movies starring MGR and Sivaji Ganesan). Perhaps I am just weary of my schedule for shifting to the new house or perhaps of the fact that the actress Padmini has just passed away – maybe.… [Click to read the rest] “TV Shows 101: Loveable Little House on the Prairie”