name	2012
alt	A Buddhist monk standing against a background of the Himalayan mountains while a mega tsunami is surging over them.
director	Roland Emmerich
producer	Harald KloserMark GordonLarry J. Franco
writer	Harald KloserRoland Emmerich
starring	John CusackChiwetel EjioforAmanda PeetThomas McCarthyZlatko BurićOliver PlattThandie NewtonDanny GloverWoody Harrelson
music	Harald KloserThomas Wanker
cinematography	Dean Semler
editing	David BrennerPeter S. Elliott
studio	Centropolis Entertainment
distributor	Columbia Pictures
released
runtime	158 minutes
country
language	English
budget	$200 million
gross	$769,679,473 }}

''2012'' is a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson. It was produced by Emmerich's production company, Centropolis Entertainment and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver, although it was originally planned to be filmed in Los Angeles.

The plot follows Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) as he attempts to bring his children, Noah and Lilly (Liam James and Morgan Lily respectively), ex-wife Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet) and her boyfriend, Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy) to refuge and attempt to escape the heightened change in the elements. The film includes references to Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012. Emmerich has announced that the film will be his last involving disasters.

After a prolonged marketing campaign comprising the creation of a website from the point of view of the main character, Jackson Curtis, and a viral marketing website on which filmgoers could register for a lottery number to save them from the ensuing disaster, the film was internationally released on 13 November 2009. It received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics and its worldwide theatrical revenue reached approximately $769 million.

Plot

In 2009, Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an American geologist, visits astrophysicist Dr. Satnam Tsurutani (Jimi Mistry) in India and learns that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase. Adrian gives a report on this to White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt) who ends up taking Adrian to meet the President of the United States.

In 2010, President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover) and other international leaders begin a secret project to ensure humanity's survival. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board "arks" that are constructed at Cho Ming, Tibet, in the Himalayas. At the same time, as the People's Liberation Army are gathering volunteers, a Buddhist monk named Nima (Osric Chau) is evacuated while his brother Tenzin (Chin Han) joins the workers in the Ark project. Additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector for €1 billion per person. By 2011, humanity's valuable treasures are moved to the Himalayas under the guise of protecting them from terrorist attacks with the help of art expert and First Daughter Dr. Laura Wilson (Thandie Newton).

In 2012, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a science fiction writer in Los Angeles who works part-time as a limousine driver for the Russian billionaire, Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Burić). Jackson's ex-wife, Kate (Amanda Peet) and their children Noah (Liam James) and Lilly (Morgan Lily) live with Kate's boyfriend, plastic surgeon Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy).

Jackson takes Noah and Lilly camping in Yellowstone National Park. After an encounter with Helmsley, they meet Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio show from the park. Charlie plays a video of Charles Hapgood's theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar predict that the 2012 phenomenon will occur. He has a map of the ark project in addition to information about officials and scientists from around the world who were murdered after planning to alert the public. The family returns home as seismic activity vastly increases along the west coast of the United States. Jackson grows suspicious and rents a plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the Earth crust displacement begins, and they narrowly escape Los Angeles as the city slides into the Pacific Ocean.

As millions die in catastrophic earthquakes worldwide, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie's map, escaping as the Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Charlie stays behind to broadcast the eruption and is killed in the blast of the expulsion of an ash cloud. Learning that the arks are in China, the group lands in Las Vegas to find a larger plane. They meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg (played by Alexandre and Philippe Haussmann), girlfriend Tamara (Beatrice Rosen), and pilot Sasha (Johann Urb). The group secures an Antonov 500 aircraft and they depart for China. Also heading for the arks aboard Air Force One are Anheuser, Helmsley, and Laura Wilson. President Wilson remains in Washington, D.C. to address the nation one last time. With the Vice President dead and the Speaker of the House missing, Anheuser assumes ''de facto'' leadership. President Wilson is later killed by a megatsunami that sends the aircraft carrier USS ''John F. Kennedy'' crashing into the White House.

Arriving in China in a crash landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the People's Liberation Army. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks, leaving Tamara and the others behind. They are picked up by Nima and are taken to the arks with his grandparents (Lisa Lu and Chang Tseng). They stow away on the ark with the help of Tenzin. As a megatsunami approaches the site, an impact driver becomes lodged between the gears of the ark's Hydraulics Chamber, preventing a boarding gate from closing and rendering the ship unable to start its engines. In the ensuing chaos Yuri, Gordon, and Tamara are killed, Tenzin is wounded, and the ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah dislodge the impact driver and the crew regains control of the ark before it can impact Mount Everest.

After flood waters from the tsunamis recede, the arks travel to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa where the Drakensberg Mountains have risen in relation to sea level and become the tallest mountains in the world. Jackson is rejoined with his family, and Helmsley starts a relationship with Laura. The final scene shows the Earth as Africa and some land masses are above sea level.

Cast

John Cusack as Jackson Curtis, a struggling writer who has to work as a limousine driver to make ends meet. Chiwetel Ejiofor as Dr. Adrian Helmsley, geologist and scientific advisor to the US President. He is also a fan of Curtis's work. Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis, a medical student and Jackson's ex-wife.

Liam James as Noah Curtis, Jackson and Kate's son.

Morgan Lily as Lilly Curtis, Jackson and Kate's daughter.

Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Gordon Silberman, Kate's current boyfriend, a plastic surgeon.

Danny Glover as Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States.

Thandie Newton as Dr. Laura Wilson, art expert and President Wilson's daughter.

Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser, White House Chief of Staff.

Zlatko Burić as Yuri Karpov, a Russian billionaire.

Beatrice Rosen as Tamara, Yuri's Russian girlfriend.

Alexandre and Philippe Haussmann as Alec and Oleg Karpov, Yuri's twin sons.

Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost, a fringe science conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host.

Chin Han as Tenzin Sonam, a worker in Tibet.

Osric Chau as Nima, a Buddhist monk and Tenzin's brother.

Lisa Lu as Nima and Tenzin's grandmother.

Chang Tseng as Nima and Tenzin's grandfather.

John Billingsley as Professor Frederic West, an American scientist.

Ryan McDonald as Scotty, Dr. Helmsley's assistant.

Johann Urb as Sasha, a Russian pilot and Tamara's lover.

Blu Mankuma as Harry Helmsley, Adrian's father and Tony's music partner.

George Segal as Tony Delgatto, an elderly traveling musician and Harry's music partner.

Patrick Bauchau as Roland Picard, the curator of the Louvre.

Jimi Mistry as Dr. Satnam Tsurutani, an Indian scientist who helps discover the events causing the catastrophe.

Karin Konoval as Sally, President Wilson's secretary.

Stephen McHattie as Captain Richard Michaels, the captain of the ark that Jackson and his family stowaway on.

Henry O as Lama Yak La Rinpoche

Gerard Plunkett as Isaacs

;Cameo appearances

Zinaid Memisevic as Sergey Makarenko, the President of Russia

Merrilyn Gann as German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Parm Soor as the Prince of Saudi Arabia

Leonard Tenisci as Italian Prime Minister Antonioni

Lyndall Grant as Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger

Elizabeth Richard as Queen Elizabeth II

Dominic Zamprogna as a Medic at the White House

Jorgito Vargas, Jr. as a Chef

Doron Bell Jr. as an Air Force One Science Officer

David Orth as an Air Force One Lieutenant

Ty Olsson as an Air Force One Officer

Dean Redman as a Las Vegas Fireman

Mark Oliver as a Fundraiser Security

Production

The credits cite the bestselling book ''Fingerprints of the Gods'' by author Graham Hancock as inspiration for the film, and in an interview with the London magazine Time Out Emmerich states: "I always wanted to do a biblical flood movie, but I never felt I had the hook. I first read about the Earth's Crust Displacement Theory in Graham Hancock's ''Fingerprints of the Gods''."

Director Emmerich and composer-producer Harald Kloser had an extremely close relationship and also co-wrote a spec script entitled ''2012'', which was marketed to major studios in February 2008. Nearly all studios met with Emmerich and his representatives to hear the director's budget projection and story plans, a process that the director had previously gone through with the films ''Independence Day'' (1996) and ''The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004). Later that month, Sony Pictures Entertainment won the rights for the spec script, planning to distribute it under Columbia Pictures and was produced for less than budgeted. According to Emmerich, the film was eventually produced for about $200 million.

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, California, in July 2008 but instead commenced in Kamloops, Savona, Cache Creek and Ashcroft in British Columbia, Canada. Due to the possible 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike, filmmakers set up a contingency plan for salvaging the film. Uncharted Territory, Digital Domain, Double Negative, Scanline, Sony Pictures Imageworks and others were hired to create computer animated visual effects for ''2012''.

Although the film depicts the destruction of several major cultural and historical icons around the world, Emmerich stated that the Kaaba was also considered for selection. Kloser opposed the idea out of fear that a fatwā might be issued against him.

Marketing

The film was promoted in a marketing campaign by a fictional organization, the "Institute for Human Continuity"; this entailed a fictitious book written by Jackson Curtis entitled ''Farewell Atlantis'', and streaming media, blog updates and radio broadcasts from the apocalyptic zealot Charlie Frost on his website ''This Is The End''.

On November 12, 2008, the new studio released the first teaser trailer for ''2012'' that showed a tsunami surging over the Himalayas and interlaced a purportedly scientific message suggesting that the world would end in 2012, and that the world's governments were not preparing its population for the event. The trailer ended with a message to viewers to "find out the truth" by searching "2012" on search engines. ''The Guardian'' criticized the marketing effectiveness as "deeply flawed" and associated it with "websites that make even more spurious claims about 2012".

The studio also launched a viral marketing website operated by the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, where filmgoers could register for a lottery number to be part of a small population that would be rescued from the global destruction. David Morrison of NASA received over 1000 inquiries from people who thought the website was genuine, and condemned it. "I've even had cases of teenagers writing to me saying they are contemplating suicide because they don't want to see the world end," he said. "I think when you lie on the internet and scare children to make a buck, that is ethically wrong." Another viral marketing website promotes ''Farewell Atlantis'', a fictional suspense novel by the film's lead protagonist, about the events of 2012.

Comcast had also organized a "roadblock campaign" to promote the film, where a two-minute scene from the film was broadcast across 450 American commercial television networks, local English and Spanish language stations, and 89 cable outlets within a ten-minute window between 10:50 PM EDT/PDT and 11:00 PM EDT/PDT on October 1, 2009. The scene featured the destruction of Los Angeles and ended with a cliffhanger, with the entire 5-minute-38-second clip made available on Comcast's Fancast web site. The trade newspaper ''Variety'' estimated that, "The stunt will put the footage in front of 90% of all households watching ad-supported TV, or nearly 110 million viewers. When combined with online and mobile streams, that could increase to more than 140 million".

Soundtrack

name	2012: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
type	Film score
artist	Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander
cover	2012 Soundtrack.jpg
released	November 10, 2009
length	57:48
label	RCA Victor
reviews	}}

The original score for the film was composed by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander. Singer Adam Lambert contributed a song for the film titled "Time for Miracles" and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity in an interview with MTV.

The film's soundtrack consists of 24 tracks, and it includes the songs "Fades Like a Photograph" by Filter and "It Ain't the End of the World", performed by George Segal and Blu Mankuma, which were featured in the film. The trailer music was ''Master of Shadows'' by Two Steps From Hell.

Release

''2012'' was originally scheduled to be released on July 10, 2009. The release date was changed to November 2009 to move out of the busy summer schedule into a time frame that the studio considered to have more potential for financial success. According to the studio, the film could have been completed for the summer release date, but the date change would give more time to the production. The film was released on November 11, 2009. It was released on Friday November 13, 2009 in Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, India and the United States, and was released on November 21, 2009 in Japan.

The DVD and Blu-ray for ''2012'' were released on March 2, 2010. The 2-Disc Blu-ray Edition includes over 90 minutes of special features, including Adam Lambert's music video "Time for Miracles", and a Digital Copy for PSP, PC, Mac & iPod. The European release date of ''2012'' on DVD was March 26, 2010; it includes the same special features as the North American version.

Reception

Box office

''2012'' earned $166,112,167 in the USA and Canada and $603,567,306 in other territories for a worldwide total of $769,679,473. It is the 5th highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide and the 37th highest grossing film of all time worldwide. It is Emmerich's second highest grossing film worldwide, behind ''Independence Day''. However, it surpassed Emmerich's previous disaster film ''The Day After Tomorrow'', which grossed $544.3 million worldwide. Worldwide on its opening weekend it made $230.5 million, marking the fourth-largest opening weekend worldwide for a 2009 film.

In North America, it grossed $65,237,614 on its first weekend, ranking number one and marking the 9th highest-grossing opening weekend for a film released in November. The film grossed $166,112,167 in total and earned $165.2 million overseas on its opening weekend marking the 7th largest opening weekend of all time. With $603,567,306 in total overseas earnings, just above the $600-million-mark, it marked the 4th highest-grossing 2009 film overseas. In Bulgaria, it earned $285,273 on its opening weekend, which is the 6th largest in the country, and it earned $856,915 in total to become the 8th highest-grossing film of all time. In Greece, it grossed $2,288,288 which is the second highest-grossing opening weekend of all time after ''300's'' opening with $3,087,500. In Malaysia, it made the second-largest opening weekend ($2,308,796) behind that of ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' ($2,546,774) and became the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. In Taiwan, it grossed the largest two-day weekend of all time ($2,790,845) and, in total earnings, it is third on the all-time chart.

Critical response

The film received generally mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of ''2012'' critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1 out of 10. Among the site's notable critics, 49% gave the film a positive write-up, based on a sample of 34. The site's consensus is that "Roland Emmerich's ''2012'' provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics has a rating score of 49 based on 34 reviews.

Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' criticized the film by comparing it to ''Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen'': "Beware ''2012'', which works the dubious miracle of almost matching ''Transformers 2'' for sheer, cynical, mind-numbing, time-wasting, money-draining, soul-sucking stupidity." Roger Ebert was enthusiastic about the film, giving it 3½ stars out of 4, saying it "delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year". Both Ebert and Claudia Puig of ''USA Today'' called the film the "mother of all disaster movies".

Accolades

! Award	! Category	! Recipients and nominees	! Outcome
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Visual Effects
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Chiwetel Ejiofor
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Danny Glover
	Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film	Fernand Bos, Ronald J. Webb
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
		Paul N.J. Ottosson, Michael McGee, Rick Kline, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller
	Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vézina
	Barry Chusid, Elizabeth Wilcox
	David Brenner, Peter S. Elliot
	Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vézina

North Korean ban

North Korea has reportedly banned possession or viewing of the film. The year 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the nation's founder, Kim Il-sung, and has been designated by the North Korean government as "the year for opening the grand gates to becoming a rising superpower". Thus, a movie which depicts the year in a negative light is found to be offensive by the North Korean government. Several people in North Korea have reportedly been arrested for possessing or viewing pirated copies of the movie and charged with "grave provocation against the development of the state."

Television spin-off

''Entertainment Weekly'' announced that there was a plan for a spin-off television series entitled ''2013'' that would have served as a follow-up to the film. Executive producer of ''2012'', Mark Gordon told ''EW'' that "ABC will have an opening in their disaster-related programming after ''Lost'' ends, so people would be interested in this topic on a weekly basis. There's hope for the world despite the magnitude of the 2012 disaster as seen in the film. After the movie, there are some people who survive and the question is how will these survivors build a new world and what will it look like. That might make an interesting TV series." However on March 2, 2010, it was announced that ABC decided to pass on the television spin-off of the film.

References

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name	Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
birth date	3 July 1918
birth place	Nuzvidu, Andhra Pradesh, India
death date	18 July 1974 (aged 56)
death place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
death cause	Heart attack
other names	SVR, Vishwanata Chakravarthi
known for	Cinema
occupation	Actor
spouse	Leelavathi

Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (Telugu: సామర్ల వెంకట రంగారావు) (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974) Popularly Known as S.V.R. was an Indian Theater actor, Tollywood actor, director and producer. He was popularly known as "Viswa Nata Chakravarthi." He was Iconic in his acting, portraying the Roles of Ravanasura, Gatothkacha and Keechaka from Indian Mythology.

Early life

Rao was born to Lakshmi and Koteswara Rao, an excise inspector at Nuzvidu town in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India when World War I was drawing to a close. His mother, Lakshmi Narasayamma, a staunch devotee of Lord Venkateswara, named the boy after him.

The possessive father sent S.V.R. to the erstwhile Madras Presidency where he completed his schooling at Hindu College. At an early age of 12, the boy showed immense interest in stage action. While doing his B.Sc, the mind of youthful S.V.R. was always preoccupied with the thoughts of stage-plays and film acting. Soon after graduation, S.V.R. could get a job in the Fire Service in the cadre of an officer at Machilipatnam (Bandar). Two objectives were still clear in his mind, which were to do M.Sc. and to take active part in dramas and films. He won the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Keechaka in Nartanasala at the Indonesian Film Festival at Jakarta in 1963.

Film career

S.V.R. got an invitation from one of his relatives, B.V. Ramanandam, to play the hero in his film "Varoodhini". He immediately abandoned the job, and left for Salem to join the celluloid world. In fact, it’s a great beginning for the young man. The film "Varoodhini" was released, and in a few days people began to forget that they had ever seen such a movie. No producer dared to offer a role to him.

Soon, S.V.R. was disillusioned with the filmdom and left the Madras presidency and reached Jamshedpur, where he took up the job as a budget assistant with the Tata Company. However, his love for dramas began to bloom multifold. At this juncture, he was married to Leelavathi Badeti on 27 December 1947. In the days that followed, S.V.R. was given an opportunity to play the villain in the film, "Palletoori Pilla", produced by B. A. Subba Rao. Unfortunately, when S.V.R. was about to take a train to Chennai, his father expired. After performing the final rites, S.V.R. reached Chennai, but somebody had knocked away the villain role.

Opportunity tapped at S.V.R.'s door through Vijaya Pictures, which offered him the most memorable "Nepala Mantrikudu" role in "Pathala Bhairavi." Immediately, he came into the limelight, followed by "Pelli Chesi Choodu" (1952). Its Tamil version was also played by him.

Maya Bazaar and Nartanasala are among his movies. SVR was the second Indian actor to get an international award in Jakarta International Film Festival for his role of Keechaka in Nartanasala.

His compatriot Gummadi Venkateswara Rao once exclaimed "Fortunate are we, to have SVR born in India but SVR is unfortunate to have been born here... If he had the fortune of being born in the West he might have been one of the top actors of all time in the world".

He had a coronary failure at Hyderabad in February 1974. He was admitted to Osmania General Hospital, where he recovered with an advise to rest. Another attack on July 18, 1974 at Chennai proved fatal and the actor was dead before any medical treatment could be instituted.

Characters played

Akbar Badusha in ''Anaarkali''

Banasura in ''Usha Parinayam''

Bandit in ''Bandipotu Dongalu''

Bhishma in ''Bala Bharatam''

Bhoja in ''Mahakavi Kalidasu''

Daksha in ''Dakshayagnam''

Duryodhana in ''Pandava Vanavaasam''

Ghatotkacha in ''Mayabazaar''

Harischandra in ''Harischandra''

Hiranyakashipu in ''Bhakta Prahlada''

Kamsa in ''Yashoda Krishna'' and ''Srikrishna Leelalu''

Keechaka in ''Narthanasala''

Mayasura in ''Bhookailas''

Narakasura in ''Vinayaka Chaviti''

Rajaraja Narendra in ''Sarangadhara''

Ravana in ''Sampoorna Ramayanam''

Tandra Paparayudu in ''Bobbili Yudham''

Yama in ''Sati Savitri''

Many social roles: As a Father, Farmer, Police officer, Bandipotu, Detective, Advocate, and many more.

Personal life

He has married Leelavati, daughter of Badeti Venkata Ramaiah and Koteswaramma on December 27, 1947. They had three children: two daughters, Vijaya and Prameela and a son, Koteswara Rao.

Awards

He has been felicitated by many Governmental and Cultural organizations across Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. He was given the distinguished names as ''Viswa Nata Chakravarti'', ''Nata Sarvabhouma'', ''Nata Sekhara'', ''Nata Simha''.

He won the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Keechaka in ''Nartanasala'' at the Indonesian Film Festival at Jakarta in 1963.

He won The National Rashtrapati Award for Best Actor in ''Annai'' (1962), ''Sarada'' (1962), ''Naanum Orupen'' (1963), ''Karpagam'' (1963) and ''Nartanasala'' (1963).

He won Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) ''Bandhavyalu'' in 1968.

Two films directed by him ''Chadarangam'' (1967) and ''Bandhavyalu'' (1968) won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film from Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Filmography

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Actor

''Mana Desam'' ''Bhale Papa'' ''Palletoori Pilla'' ''Shavukaru'' ''Tirugubatu'' ''Akasharaju'' ''Navvite Navaratnalu'' ''Patala Bhairavi'' ''Patala Bhairavi'' ''Daasi'' ''Kalyanam Panni Paar'' ''Palletooru'' ''Pelli Chesi Choodu'' Bratuku Theruvu ''Chandirani'' ''Chandirani'' ''Chandirani'' ''Devdas'' ''Devdas (1953 Telugu film) ''Jatakam'' ''Jatakaphalam'' ''Pardesi'' ''Pempudu Koduku'' ''Poongothai'' ''Rohini'' ''Sangham'' ''Annadata'' ''Anta Manavalle'' ''Bangaru Papa'' ''Chandraharam'' ''Chandraharam'' ''Chakrapani'' ''Rajee Naa Pranam'' ''Raju Peda'' ''Thuli Visham'' ''Anarkali (1955 Telugu film) ''Guna Sundari'' ''Jayasimha (film) ''Missamma'' ''Missiamma'' ''Santanam (film) ''Charana Daasi'' ''Chintamani'' ''Kanakatara'' ''Naan Petra Selvam'' ''Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam'' ''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'' ''Maya Bazaar'' ''Pathni Daivam'' ''Repu Neede'' Sarangadhara ''Sati Savitri'' ''Saubhagyavati'' ''Todi Kodallu'' ''Vinayaka Chaviti'' ''Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu'' ''Bhookailas'' ''Bommala Pelli'' ''Chenchu Lakshmi'' ''Chenchu Lakshmi'' ''Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam'' ''Mangalya Balam'' ''Pelli Naati Pramanalu'' ''Sabash Meena'' ''Aval Yar'' ''Bhakta Ambarisha'' ''Jayabheri'' ''Kalaivanan'' ''Krishna Leelalu'' ''Nammina Bantu'' ''Raja Sevai'' ''Rechukka Pagatichukka'' ''Vazhkai Oppantham'' ''Bhatti Vikramarka'' ''Deepavali'' ''Devanthakudu'' ''Harishchandra'' ''Irumputhirai'' ''Mahakavi Kalidasu'' ''Mamaku Tagga Alludu'' ''Padikkatha Methai'' ''Parthiban Kanavu'' ''Petra Manam'' ''Vidiveli'' ''Ellam Unnakkaga'' ''Kalasivunte Kaladu Sukham'' ''Kappalottiya Thamizhan'' ''Krishna Prema'' ''Pelli Thambulam'' ''Sati Sulochana'' ''Usha Parinayam'' ''Atma Bandhuvu'' ''Bandha Pasam'' ''Dakshayagnam (film) ''Dakshayagnam (film) ''Gaali Medalu'' ''Gundamma Katha'' ''Kaathiruntha Kangal'' ''Manchi Manasulu'' ''Manithan Maravillai'' ''Padandi Munduku'' ''Sri Srikakula Andhra Mahavishnuvu Katha'' ''Tiger Ramudu'' ''Visha Binduvu'' ''Iruvar Ullam'' ''Karpagam'' ''Narthanasala'' ''Penchina Prema'' ''Thobuttuvulu'' ''Bobbili Yudham'' ''Kai Kodutha Deivam'' ''Maain Bhi Ladki Hun'' ''Murali Krishna'' ''Ramudu Bheemudu'' ''Server Sundaram'' ''Velugu Needalu'' ''Aadabrathuku'' ''Naadi Aada Janme'' ''Pandava Vanavasam'' ''Sati Sakkubai'' ''Todu Needa'' ''Chilaka Gorinka'' ''Kumari Penn'' ''Mohini Bhasmasura'' ''Ramu (film) ''Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film) ''Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film) ''Chadarangam'' ''Rahasyam (1967 film) ''Thaikku Thalaimagan'' ''Bandhavyalu'' ''Bandhipotu Dongalu'' ''Lakshmi Nivasam'' ''Mooga Nomu'' ''Dasara Bullodu'' ''Prem Nagar (1971 film) ''Sampoorna Ramayanam'' ''Vidhyarthigale Ithile Ithile'' ''Bala Bharatam'' ''Iddaru Ammayilu'' ''Koduku Kodalu'' ''Pandanti Kapuram'' ''Papam Pasivaadu'' ''Tata Manavadu'' ''Vasantha Maligai'' ''Devudu Chesina Manushulu'' ''Andaru Dongale'' ''Bangaru Kalalu'' ''Chakravakam'' ''Gali Patalu'' ''Inti Kodalu'' ''Premalu Pellilu'' ''Sivakamyin Selvan'' ''Yashoda Krishna''

Year !! Film !! Language !! Character
1946	''Varoodhini''	Telugu
1949	|	Telugu
1950	|	Telugu	Blind person
1950	|	Telugu	Taatha
1950	|	Telugu	Sunnapu Rangadu
1950	|	Telugu
1951	|	Telugu
1951	|	Telugu
1951	|	Tamil
1951	|	Telugu	Nepala Mantrikudu
1952	|	Telugu
1952	|	Tamil
1952	|	Telugu	Ganapati
1952	|	Telugu	Zamindar Veeyanna
1953	|	Telugu	Zamindar
1953	|	Hindi
1953	|	Tamil
1953	|	Telugu	Prachandudu
1953	|	Tamil
1953	Devadasu'' ||	Telugu	Zamindar Narayana Rao
1953	|	Telugu
1953	|	Telugu
1953	|	Telugu	Rangadu
1953	|	Telugu
1953	|	Tamil
1953	|	Telugu
1953	|	Telugu		"Aata Bommalu" Telugu
1954	|	Telugu
1954	|	Telugu	Jagannatham
1954	|	Telugu	Kotayya
1954	|	Tamil
1954	|	Telugu	Dhoomakethu
1954	|	Telugu
1954	|	Telugu
1954	|	Telugu	King
1954	|	Tamil
1955	Anarkali'' ||	Telugu	Akbar
1955	|	Tamil
1955	Jayasimha'' ||	Telugu	Rudrasimha
1955	|	Telugu	Gopalam
1955	|	Tamil
1955	Santanam'' ||	Telugu	Rangayya
1956	|	Telugu	Raghavaiah
1956	|	Telugu
1956	|	Telugu
1956	|
1957	|	Telugu
1957	|	Tamil
1957	|	Telugu	Ghatotkacha>Ghatotkajudu
1957	|	Tamil
1957	|	Telugu
1957	|	Telugu	Rajaraja Narendra>Raja Raja Narendrudu
1957	|	Telugu	Yama>Yamudu
1957	|	Tamil
1957	|	Telugu	Kutumaba Rao
1957	|	Telugu	Narakasura>Narakasurudu
1958	|	Telugu	Diwan Bahadur Mukunda Rao
1958	|	Telugu	Maayasura
1958	|	Telugu
1958	|	Tamil	Hiranyakashipu>Hiranyakashipa
1958	|	Telugu	Hiranyakashipu>Hiranyakashipudu
1958	|	Tamil
1958	|	Telugu
1958	|	Telugu	Bheemasena Rao
1958	|	Tamil
1959	|	Tamil
1959	|	Telugu
1959	|	Telugu	Vijayananda Ramagajapati
1959	|	Tamil
1959	|	Telugu
1959	|	Telugu
1959	|	Tamil
1959	|	Telugu
1959	|	Tamil
1960	|	Telugu	Maantrikudu
1960	|	Telugu	Narakasurudu
1960	|	Telugu
1960	|	Telugu	Harischandra Maharaju
1960	|	Tamil
1960	|	Telugu	Bhoja Raju
1960	|	Telugu
1960	|	Tamil
1960	|	Tamil	King Narasimhavarman I
1960	|	Tamil
1960	|	Tamil
1961	|	Tamil
1961	|	Telugu
1961	|	Tamil
1961	|	Telugu
1961	|	Telugu
1961	|	Telugu
1961	|	Telugu	Banasura
1962	|	Telugu	Father
1962	|	Tamil
1962	Dakshayagnam'' ||	Tamil	Daksha
1962	Dakshayagnam'' ||	Telugu	Dakshudu
1962	|	Telugu
1962	|	Telugu	Ramabhadraiah
1962	|	Tamil
1962	|	Telugu
1962	|	Tamil
1962	|	Telugu
1962	|	Telugu	Suchandrasena Maharaju
1962	|	Telugu
1962	|	Telugu
1963	|	Tamil
1963	|	Tamil
1963	|	Telugu	Keechakudu
1963	|	Telugu
1963	|	Telugu
1964	|	Telugu	Tandra Paparayudu
1964	|	Tamil
1964	|	Hindi
1964	|	Telugu	Father of Murali
1964	|	Telugu
1964	|	Tamil
1964	|	Telugu	Rao Bahadur Venkataramaiah
1965	|	Telugu
1965	|	Telugu
1965	|	Telugu	Duryodhanudu
1965	|	Telugu
1965	|	Telugu
1966	|	Telugu
1966	|	Tamil	Grandfather of Shyamala
1966	|
1966	Ramu'' ||	Telugu
1967	Bhakta Prahlada'' ||	Tamil
1967	Bhakta Prahlada'' ||	Telugu	Hiranyakashipu>Hiraynakashipudu
1967	|	Telugu
1967	Rahasyam'' ||	Telugu
1967	|	Tamil	Father of Malathi
1968	|	Telugu
1968	|	Telugu	Bandipotu Malludora
1968	|	Telugu
1969	|	Telugu
1971	|	Telugu
1971	Prem Nagar'' ||	Telugu	Zamindar
1971	|	Telugu	Ravana
1971	|	Tamil	Principal
1972	|	Telugu	Bheeshma
1972	|	Telugu	Lawyer Narayan Rao
1972	|	Telugu
1972	|	Telugu	Head of the family
1972	|	Telugu	Venugopal
1972	|	Telugu	Grandfather Rangaiah
1972	|	Tamil
1973	|	Telugu
1974	|	Telugu	Chanti Babu
1974	|	Telugu
1974	|	Telugu
1974	|	Telugu
1974	|	Telugu
1974	|	Telugu
1974	|	Tamil
1974	|	Telugu	Kamsa

Director

Bandhavyalu (1968)

Chadarangam (1967)

Producer

Bandhavyalu (1968) (producer)

Chadarangam (1967) (producer)

Naadi Aada Janme (1965) (producer)

Sukhadukhalu (1969)

References

External links

MBS kaburlu about SVR

Category:Telugu people Category:Tamil film actors Category:1918 births Category:1974 deaths Category:Indian actors Category:Telugu film directors Category:Telugu cinema Category:Telugu actors Category:People from Krishna Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction

te:ఎస్.వి. రంగారావు

Name	M.S.Subbulakshmi
Background	solo_singer
Born	September 16, 1916 Madurai, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	December 11, 2004Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Origin	India
Genre	Indian classical music
Occupation	Classical Vocalist
Years active	1930–2004
Label	HMV
Spouse	Thiagarajan Sadasivam
Religion	Hindu }}

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi ( 16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, Asia's highest civilian award, in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the Karnataka tradition of South India."

Biography

Early years

Subbulakshmi (Kunjamma to her family) was born in Madurai, Madras Presidency, British India to veena player Shanmukavadiver Ammal and Subramania Iyer. Her grandmother Akkammal was a violinist.

She started learning Carnatic music at an early age and trained in Carnatic music under the tutelage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and subsequently in Hindustani music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. She also learned Sanskrit and Telugu under Dr. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy.

Her mother, from the devadasi community, was a music exponent and a regular stage performer, and Subbulakshmi grew up in an environment very conducive to musical learning. Her musical interests were also shaped by regular interactions with Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhavathar and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance in 1929 when she was 13 years old at the prestigious Madras Music Academy. The performance consisted of singing bhajans (Hindu hymns). The academy was known for its discriminating selection process, and they broke tradition by inviting a young girl as a key performer. Her performance was described as spellbinding and earned her many admirers and the moniker of musical genius from critics. Soon after her debut performance Subbulakshmi became one the leading Carnatic vocalists.

Move to Madras

In 1936 Subbulakshmi moved to Madras (now Chennai). She also made her film debut in ''Sevasadan'' in 1938,.

Musical style and performance

Singing career

Subbulakshmi first recording was released when she was 10 years old. She gave her first public performance during the Mahamaham festival at Kumbakonam at the age of sixteen. She began her Carnatic classical music training under her mother Shanmugavadivu and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas. By the age of 17, Subbulakshmi was giving concerts on her own, including major performances at the Madras Music Academy, a prestigious centre for the study and promotion of Carnatic music. Performance in Carnatic music concerts, was until then, a domain, traditionally reserved for men. She performed a vast variety of devotional musical forms in different languages including Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit, Panjabi, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi.

When the governor of Madras wanted the famous spiritual leader, Mata Sri Anandamayi Ma, to reside in his residence, Anandamayi Ma replied, "I will stay in the house of Subbulakshmi. She is Meera to me." Within two days, Sadasivam had special quarters built in their garden for Mata to give darshan and arranged for a new well to be dug nearby for fresh drinking water. Every evening thousands of people gathered there.

She traveled to London, New York, Canada, the Far East, and other places as India's cultural ambassador. Her concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York; the UN General Assembly on UN day in 1966; the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1982; and at the Festival of India in Moscow in 1987 were significant landmarks in her career. In 1969 she was accompanied by Indian Railways Advisor SN Venkata Rao to Rameshwaram, where she famously sang several songs in front of each idol in the Rameshwaram temple.

After the death of her husband Sadasivam in 1997, she stopped all her public performances.

Films

M.S. also acted in a few Tamil films in her youth. Her first movie "Sevasadanam" was released in 1938. MS Subbulakshmi also played the male role of Narada in "Savitri" (1941) to raise money for launching Kalki, her husband's nationalist Tamil weekly. Her title role of the Rajasthani saint-poetess Meera in the eponymous film (1945) gave her national prominence. This movie was re-made in Hindi in 1947. The movie had M.S Subbulakshmi. sing the famous Meera bhajans, with Dilipkumar Roy as the music director. Later, she quit films and turned wholly to concert music.

Awards and honours

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had this to say about M.S. Subbulakshmi- "Who am I, a mere Prime Minister before a Queen, a Queen of Music". While Lata Mangeshkar called her ''Tapaswini'' (the Renunciate), Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan termed her ''Suswaralakshmi'' (the goddess of the perfect note), and Kishori Amonkar labeled her the ultimate eighth note or ''Aathuvaan Sur'', which is above the seven notes basic to all music. The great national leader and poet Sarojini Naidu called her "Nightingale of India". Her many famous renditions of bhajans include the chanting of Bhaja Govindam, Vishnu sahasranama (1000 names of Vishnu), Hari Tuma Haro and the Venkateswara Suprabhatam (musical hymns to awaken Lord Balaji early in the morning).

She was widely honored, praised and awarded. Some of the more popular ones include ''Padma Bhushan'' in 1954, ''Sangeet Natak Akademi Award'' in 1956, ''Sangeetha Kalanidhi'' in 1968 (literally, Treasure Chest of Music. She was the first woman recipient of the title), Ramon Magsaysay award (often considered Asia's Nobel Prize) in 1974, the ''Padma Vibhushan'' in 1975, the ''Kalidas Samman'' in 1988, the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1990, and the ''Bharat Ratna'' in 1998. She was also honored as the court-singer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) has installed a bronze statue of M.S. Subbulakshmi at the Poornakumbham circle in the temple town. It was unveiled by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy on 28 May 2006.

The most famous Kancheepuram Saree shade known as MS Blue was created for her by the well known Congress party member and philanthropist, Sri Muthu Chettiyar when they met at the residence of Sri R. Aiyadurai and Smt. Thangam Aiyadurai at Lady Desikachari Road, Madras, who were close friends of MS and Sadasivam.

She was bestowed with enormous prize moneys with these awards, she donated most of them to charity. She has given more than 200 charity concerts and raised well over Rs. 10,000,000.

She was awarded honorary degree degrees from several Universities.

She was an ardent devotee of Kanchi Mahaswamigal and she rendered his composition ''Maithreem Bhajatha'' (O World! Cultivate peace) in her concert at the UN in 1966. She donated many of the royalties on several best sold records to many charity organizations.

References

Further reading

M.S. Subbulaksmi, the Voice Divine (79 pages) by V. Gangadhar.

MS - A Life in Music, T. J. S. George. 2004, HarperCollins. ISBN 978-81-7223-527-7

MS & Radha - Saga of Steadfast Devotion - by Gowri Ramnarayan - http://www.msstribute.org/

External links

Biography at the official site of Ramon Magsaysay award

Photo of MS, Sadhasivam and Ellis R. Dungan

See also

Category:1916 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Carnatic singers Category:Tamil musicians Category:Indian actors Category:Tamil actors Category:Recipients of the Bharat Ratna Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Category:Ramon Magsaysay Award winners Category:Indian female singers

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