The National Award winning Malayalam film Chemmeen released in 1965 was based on a novel by the celebrated writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It was directed by Ramu Kariat, the editing was done by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and the music composed by Salil Chowdhury. Veteran Manna Dey’s ‘Manasa Maine Varu’ a melodious song from the film still echoes in the hearts of those belonging to the earlier generation.
- 11/13/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24: Legendary singer Manna Dey, who died Thursday in Bangalore, had a Kerala connection - his wife Sulochana Kumaran hailed from Kannur.
Sulochana passed away last year.
Dey, who was ailing for over four months, is survived by two daughters - Rama and Sumita.
A versatile singer who sang in 14 Indian languages, Dey went behind the mike to sing Malayalam songs - "Manasa maina varo" for 1965 film "Chemmeen" and "Chemba Chemba" for "Nellu" which came out in 1974.
The lyrics and the music of both the songs were by Vaylar Rama Varma and Salil Chowdhury respectively.
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Sulochana passed away last year.
Dey, who was ailing for over four months, is survived by two daughters - Rama and Sumita.
A versatile singer who sang in 14 Indian languages, Dey went behind the mike to sing Malayalam songs - "Manasa maina varo" for 1965 film "Chemmeen" and "Chemba Chemba" for "Nellu" which came out in 1974.
The lyrics and the music of both the songs were by Vaylar Rama Varma and Salil Chowdhury respectively.
In Hindi movies,.
- 10/24/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 23: Veteran Malayalam actor Madhu turned 80 Monday and he is still going strong.
Madhu's illustrious career began in 1963 with "Moodupadam" and so far he has acted in more than 300 films, including National Award winning Malayalam movie "Chemmeen" (1965).
His next will be "Spirit", in which he does a cameo.
Apart from acting, Madhu produced and directed movies and his directorial venture "Priya" bagged a National Award. He also used to own a film studio at the outskirts of the city, but later closed it down.
In his long career, he teamed up with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
Madhu's illustrious career began in 1963 with "Moodupadam" and so far he has acted in more than 300 films, including National Award winning Malayalam movie "Chemmeen" (1965).
His next will be "Spirit", in which he does a cameo.
Apart from acting, Madhu produced and directed movies and his directorial venture "Priya" bagged a National Award. He also used to own a film studio at the outskirts of the city, but later closed it down.
In his long career, he teamed up with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
- 9/23/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Back in January, we had reported that from the 108 awardees for the Padma awards, Bollywood featured very strongly. Leading the Bollywood brigade at the awards was late Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi, Nana Patekar, Sharmila Tagore, Late. Jaspal Bhatti. While other known personalities included producer Daggubati Rama Naidu, industrialist Adi Godrej, as well as sports stars Rahul Dravid and Mary Kom.
Today, President of India, Pranab Mukherji in a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan conferred Sridevi and Sharmila Tagore with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards respectively. While Telugu producer D. Ramanaidu received the Padma Bhushan for his outstanding contribution in the field of Filmmaking.
Other awardees for the Padma Shri included actor Nana Patekar, Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar. While Late Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a car crash last year, noted South Indian playback singer S Janaki, Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, missile scientist Dr...
Today, President of India, Pranab Mukherji in a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan conferred Sridevi and Sharmila Tagore with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards respectively. While Telugu producer D. Ramanaidu received the Padma Bhushan for his outstanding contribution in the field of Filmmaking.
Other awardees for the Padma Shri included actor Nana Patekar, Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar. While Late Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a car crash last year, noted South Indian playback singer S Janaki, Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, missile scientist Dr...
- 4/5/2013
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Bengaluru International Film Festival has announced the line-up of its Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition, Kannada Cinema competition section and the 100 Years of Indian Cinema section.
A total of eleven films in the Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition will vie for the “Suchitra Samman” with a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, equally divided between the director and the producer of the film. While the eight Kannada films in the Kannada Cinema competition section will contend for Rs 2 lakh award, to be equally divided between the producer and the director of the winning film.
The festival will also celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema with the screening of twelve selected films.
The 5th edition of the festival (20th to 27th December, 2012) had recently announced the line- up of other sections.
Competition Line up:
Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition
Chayiliam
Dir:Manoj Kana / Malayalam
Lessons in Forgetting
Dir: Unni Vijayan / Tamil
Sarasammana...
A total of eleven films in the Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition will vie for the “Suchitra Samman” with a cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs, equally divided between the director and the producer of the film. While the eight Kannada films in the Kannada Cinema competition section will contend for Rs 2 lakh award, to be equally divided between the producer and the director of the winning film.
The festival will also celebrate the centenary year of Indian cinema with the screening of twelve selected films.
The 5th edition of the festival (20th to 27th December, 2012) had recently announced the line- up of other sections.
Competition Line up:
Chitra Bharathi – Indian Cinema Competition
Chayiliam
Dir:Manoj Kana / Malayalam
Lessons in Forgetting
Dir: Unni Vijayan / Tamil
Sarasammana...
- 12/14/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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