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I never listen to music to relax: Prabhudheva

Edit The Hindu 08 Jun 2016
By now, everyone knows that dancer-choreographer-actor-director Prabhudheva has a different persona on screen and another off it. Despite that, how do you converse with someone who dances with gay abandon on screen and is part of the Rs ... A reluctant dancer ... In my choreography, I’d pick ‘Rakkamma Kaiyathattu’, ‘Konjam Nilavu’ and ‘April Mayile’, even though it did not have too many movements....

Beyond Guinness

Edit The Hindu 14 Apr 2016
An entire story is played out in ‘Oru Naal Iravu Pagal Pol Nilavu,’ every emotional nuance captured by minute vocal inflection ... “Her best was tapped by G ... Balachander ... Mischief bubbles in ‘Getti melam’ and ‘Boomboom Maatukkaran.’ For high philosophy ‘Kaalamagal Kann Tirappal,’ a Kannadasan masterpiece, and for a touch of flamboyance, ‘Nilavu Vandu Paadumo?’ ... for treatment....

Villains with heroic pasts

Edit The Hindu 14 Apr 2016
The Tamil film industry has many examples of those who turned their careers as heroes around to play villains, and vice versa. Here are a few of those. Heroes who turned villains. Even MGR and Sivaji Ganesan were not averse to playing negative roles during their peak days. MGR in Ninaithathai Mudippavan (dual role) and Sivaji in Or Iravu ... His character name would be Sankar in many detective movies that followed ... Bharath and Pagal Nilavu....

The original master of melody

Edit The Hindu 02 Mar 2016
His compositions were so good, many thought they were not his own. They thought the songs M.K. Arjunan composed for films were tuned by G. Devarajan, the greatest music director ever in Malayalam cinema, in Indian cinema even ... He is an original ... Now that Devarajan, M.S. Baburaj, V ... He showed that he still could conjure magic in films of recent years such as Nayika ( Nilavu pol …) and Vasanthathinte Kanalvazhikal ( Thennale …) ... ....

Sweet homecoming

Edit The Hindu 11 Feb 2016
The post on her Facebook page appeared after she got the lead role in a daily soap ‘Eeran Nilavu’ on Flowers TV ... But ‘Eeran Nilavu’ is different in that the role is very realistic, I can be natural in front of the camera ... (‘Eeran Nilavu’ airs on Flowers TV, Monday to Thursday, 8.30 p.m.)....

In step with ground reality

Edit The Hindu 04 Feb 2016
By now, everyone knows that dancer-choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva has a different persona on and off the screen. How do you converse with someone who is part of the Rs ... Any talk of his dancing prowess is brushed off ... “A reluctant dancer ... In my choreography, I’d pick ‘Rakkamma Kaiyathattu’, ‘Konjam Nilavu’ and ‘April Mayile’, even though it did not have too many movements ... ....

Censor board follows what govt says: Mani Ratnam

Edit The Times of India 31 Jan 2016
"I did my first film in Kannada. And about making a film again in the language, Rajendra Singh Babu has said that he would produce a film of mine ... EDITED EXCERPTS FROM THE OPEN HOUSE.. On the period between 1981 and 1986 when he struggled as a director. ... I faced all sorts of troubles while making Pallavi Anupallavi, but it took me four movies (Pallavi Anupallavi, Unaru, Pagal Nilavu and Idaya Kovil) to do Mouna Ragam ... ....

Lottery Ticket: 1970

Edit The Hindu 06 Dec 2015
Veteran film producer T.E ... Contemporary subjects also became the focus of his films. Kannur Deluxe, for example, was based on a real incident that took place in a KSRTC bus ... The story written by the producer himself under the pseudonym V.Devan might have been probably inspired by real-life incidents ... Raj ... S.R ... The other hits included Kumbamasa nilavu pole…, Poomizhiyal pushpabhishekam… (both by Yesudas), Oro kanavilum…(P....

No language barrier here

Edit Deccan Chronicle 30 Nov 2015
Chong Chiu Sen can’t speak a word in Telugu and Tamil.  But he sure can sing beautifully in them ... Chong’s arrival to India from Malaysia 12 years years ago was as a follower of Sai Baba ... Pattammal’s name ... Ask him what his favourite songs are and he replies in impeccable pronunciation, “Rama Nee Pai Tanaku in Telugu and Shanthi Nilavu Vendum in Tamil. ....

In her own style

Edit The Hindu 30 Oct 2015
The song ‘Konjam Nilavu…’ from Thiruda Thiruda set a trend in Indian film music and became an all time favourite. The person who lent her voice to the song is Annupamaa, who puts heart and soul in whatever she does. Though her debut song was ‘July Maadham Vandhaal…’ from Pudhiya Mugam, it was the second song that shot her into fame ... But Rahman asked me to do a Tamil song ... I was very shy and reticent....

Naanum Rowdy Dhaan single from today

Edit The Times of India 28 Sep 2015
The much-awaited single from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Naan Pagal Iravu...Nee Kathir Nilavu is all ......

Loyal to the horror genre

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2015
When reviewing Strawberry last week, I wondered how long we’d have to wait to see an inventive horror film again. Well, the answer, it turns out, is just a week. Maya is an exercise in both horror and mise en abyme ... The film alternates between two stories (one shown in black-and-white, and the other in colour). ... In another scene, he uses the operatic end of Rahman’s ‘Konjam Nilavu’ to deliver the scare ... Maya. Genre....

A three-decade-old tryst with melody

Edit The Hindu 03 Sep 2015
It has been three decades since Mohan Sithara made a melodious debut as a composer in Malayalam cinema. The song Raree rareeram raro… , sung separately by G ... He went on to create several chart-toppers, such as Unnee vavavo… ( Santhwanam ), Neermizhipeeliyil… ( Vachanam ), Sukhamanee nilavu… ( Nammal ) and Alilakkkanna ninte… ( Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum ) ... “My friend, director T.K ... P.K ... ....
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