Shoba Chandrasekhar | |
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Born | Chennai, India |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1967–present |
Spouse | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
Children | Vijay |
Relatives | S. N. Surendar (brother) |
Shoba Chandrasekhar is an Indian playback singer, screenwriter, film producer and film director. She is the mother of actor Vijay.
In 2011, she was appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by the order of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha. [1]
She was a singer in light music troupes. She later graduated to singing in films. Her first film song was "Maharaja Oru Maharani..." from the film Iru Malargal . [2]
She has written several stories that have been made into movies by moviemaker husband S. A. Chandrasekhar. [3] [4]
Her first light classical music programme was telecast on Vijay TV in April 2003. The title of the programme was "Samarpanam". [4]
She has produced 10 films and written stories for more than 50. She also directed two films, Nanbargal and Innisai Mazhai . In fact, Chandrasekhar worked as her associate director in these films. He was assisted by Shankar, now a famous director. The management of the Esthel hotels and resorts said that Shoba is a perfect example of an egoless person. She also sang over 12 movies. [5] [6]
Shoba is married to film director S. A. Chandrasekhar on April 26, 1973. Their son Vijay is an actor in Tamil cinema. [3] Their daughter Vidya passed away at the age of 2. [7]
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources .(September 2022) |
Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Producer | Writer | |||
2008 | Pandhayam | ||||
2006 | Nenjirukkum Varai | ||||
2006 | Aathi | ||||
1998 | Nilaave Vaa | ||||
1996 | Maanbumigu Maanavan | ||||
1995 | Vishnu | ||||
1995 | Deva | ||||
1994 | Rasigan | ||||
1993 | Senthoorapandi | ||||
1992 | Naalaiya Theerpu | ||||
1992 | Innisai Mazhai | ||||
1991 | Nanbargal | ||||
1989 | Rajanadai | ||||
1987 | Sattam Oru Vilayaattu | ||||
1986 | Vasantha Raagam | ||||
1986 | Enakku Nane Needipathi | ||||
1985 | Neethiyin Marupakkam | ||||
1985 | Pudhu Yugam | ||||
1982 | Pattanathu Rajakkal |
Year | Title | Song(s) | Composer | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
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1967 | Iru Malargal | "Maharaja Oru Maharani" | M. S. Viswanathan | Sadan, T. M. Soundararajan | [8] |
1978 | Aval Oru Pachai Kuzhanthai | "Maalai Ila Manathil" | Illayaraja | SN. Surendar | [9] |
1979 | Allari Vayasu (Telugu) | "Paapam Ee Chinnavaadikoka Lokam" | J. V. Raghavulu | G. Anand | |
1985 | Neethiyin Marupakkam | "Potti Kadaiyile" | Illayaraja | Illayaraja | [10] |
1986 | Kodai Mazhai | "Pala Pala Kuruvi" | Illayaraja | Uma Ramanan | [11] |
1986 | Natpu | "Adi Maadi Veettu" | Illayaraja | P. Jayachandran | [12] |
1992 | Innisai Mazhai | "Dhoori Dhoori" | Illayaraja | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | [13] |
1993 | Kattalai | "Nambinen Maharajene" | Illayaraja | Mano | [14] |
1994 | Rasigan | "Love Love Mama" | Deva | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | [15] |
1995 | Vishnu | "Dhoddabetta" | Deva | Vijay | [16] |
1997 | Once More | "Oormila Oormila" | Deva | Vijay | [17] |
2005 | Sivakasi | "Kodambakkam Area" | Srikanth Deva | Tippu | [18] |
2006 | Nenjirukkum Varai | "Azhagana Ponnu" | Srikanth Deva | Gopal Sharma | [19] |
2007 | Mudhal Kanave | "Beeru Venuma Brandy Venuma" | Srikanth Deva | Vikranth | [20] |
2008 | Pandhayam | "Chinnamamiye" | Vijay Antony | MK Balaji, Vinaya, Christopher | [21] |
2009 | Vettaikaaran | "Uchimandai Surrru" | Vijay Antony | Krishna Iyer, Charulatha Mani, Sakthi Sree | [22] |
2010 | Veluthu Kattu | "Sangili Pungili" | Bharani | Karthik, Rap Valla | [23] |
2010 | Sura | "Naan Nadanthal Adhiradi" | Mani Sharma | Naveen, Janani Madhan | [24] |
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Nanbargal (transl. Friends) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Shoba Chandrasekhar in her directorial debut and produced by her son Vijay. It stars Neeraj and Mamta Kulkarni, with Vivek, Dinesh, G. M. Sundar and Shily Kapoor in supporting roles. Its songs were composed by Babul Bose, and the score was composed by Sangeetha Rajan. The film did well at the box-office and was remade in Hindi as Mera Dil Tere Liye by Shoba's husband S. A. Chandrasekhar.
Super Subbarayan is a stunt co-ordinator and actor in the Indian cinema, mainly in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam. He has been working in the industry since 1980. Stunt masters and actors like Rocky Rajesh, Thalapathy Dinesh, Ponnambalam, Ram Laxman, Kundrathur Babu, Indian Baskar, Rajasekhar, Dhilip Subbarayan, Thavasiraj, and Dinesh Subbarayan have worked as fighters and assistants to him. His sons, Dhilip Subbarayan and Dinesh Subbarayan, are also leading stunt masters. He has won four Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator.
Arundhati is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Kannada-language films. Arundhati made her debut in a Tamil movie Veluthu Kattu (2010) which was produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar.
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