Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan, also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. Popularly known by the sobriquet "Mellisai Mannar", he composed songs for more than 800 Indian films and various albums across languages primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He has also acted and sung in a few Tamil films. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the "Thirai Isai Chakravarthy" title on him in August 2012 and presented him with 60 gold coins and a new car.
Joseph Panimayadas Chandrababu Rodriguez (1927–1974) was an Indian actor, comedian, director, singer. whose Chaplinesque-style on-screen movements and singing style made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He had a mastery of the Madras Bashai, a dialect unique to the Madras region. His slapstick style of comedy has been emulated by subsequent actors. Many of his songs have remained popular.
Aansoo Aur Muskan is a 1970 Hindi-language film directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Padmini and Bindu. The films playback music was sung by Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, and Lata Mangeshkar. The film was a remake of Tamil film Kanne Pappa (1969), with which the latter reprised her role in both the language versions. This was Padmini's final Hindi film as a heroine, who later made a decade comeback to Bollywood in supporting roles with the film, Dard Ka Rishta (1982).
Arkadu Parthasarathy Komala, commonly known as A. P. Komala, is an Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages.
K. Jamuna Rani is an Indian playback singer who has sung over 6,000 songs in Telugu, Sinhalese, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.
A. L. Raghavan was an Indian playback singer, who sang many songs in Tamil-language films.
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's Panam to 1965's Aayirathil Oruvan. After their split, Ramamoorthy worked on 16 films between 1966 and 1986. He and Viswanathan reunited in 1995 for Engirundho Vandhan.
Raman Ethanai Ramanadi is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya and Muthuraman. It revolves around a village bumpkin who rises to become a movie star, but his life changes following a traumatising incident.
Kannan En Kadhalan is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Neelakantan, produced and written by R. M. Veerappan, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa and Vanisri. It was released on 25 April 1968.
General Chakravarthi is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by D. Yoganand and produced by Chinna Annamalai. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 16 June 1978, and emerged a success.
Chitra Pournami is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Balamurugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, R. Muthuraman and C. R. Vijayakumari. It was released on 22 October 1976.
Thirudan (transl. Thief) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, K. Balaji and Vijayalalitha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Adrushtavanthulu (1969), and was released on 10 October 1969. The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.
Vani Rani is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film, directed initially by Tapi Chanakya and finished by C. V. Rajendran. Produced by Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri and R. Muthuraman. It is a remake of the Hindi film Seeta Aur Geeta. The film was released on 14 April 1974, delayed by two days.
Dheerga Sumangali is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film co-written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film was produced by N. S. Rajendran under Visalakshi Combines and stars K. R. Vijaya and Muthuraman, while Major Sundarrajan, V. K. Ramasamy and Sivakumar play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.
A. G. Rathnamala was an Indian stage drama artist and playback singer who has recorded over 500 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films.
This is the discography of Indian male playback singer Sirkazhi Govindarajan, who sang in over 900 songs in Tamil films. He mostly sang in Tamil Film Songs and Devotional Songs. He gave his voice to actors and thespians in the Tamil film industry such as M. G. Ramachandran, Gemini Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, R. Muthuraman, K. A. Thangavelu, V. Nagayya, Prem Nazir, Kalyan Kumar, Nagesh In addition to various other known and unknown heroes and supporting actors like R. S. Manohar, S. V. Subbaiah, Kannadasan, Kuladeivam Rajagopal, Major Sundarrajan, Thengai Srinivasan, Suruli Rajan, Master Prabhakar.
Manam Oru Kurangu is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language satirical film directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy and produced by T. V. Arasu. Based on the play of the same name, itself inspired by the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, the film stars Cho Ramaswamy, R. Muthuraman, T. S. Balaiah, A. V. M. Rajan, K. R. Vijaya and Vijayarani. It was released on 14 January 1967 and became a commercial success.
Teacheramma is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Puttanna Kanagal. The film stars Jaishankar, Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari and Vanisri. It was released on 12 April 1968 and became a success. The film was remade in Malayalam as Premashilpi (1978).
Maanikka Thottil is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 2 March 1974.
Muhurtha Naal is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by P. Madhavan, and written by Balamurugan. The film stars Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya and Muthuraman. It was released on 29 September 1967, and failed at the box office.
