Sunday, September 26, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
M.G.Chakrapani In “Ithaya Geetham”-1950
Name of the film : Ithaya Geetham
Year: 1950
Company: Cittatal,Jeevadhara(Hindi)
Length: 15020 Feet
Date Of Release: 29.07.1950
Production: Joseph Thaliath
Direction: Joseph Thaliath
ScreenPlay: Joseph Thaliath
Music: S.V.Venkatraman
Story: Joseph Thaliath
Cast: T.R. Mahalingam, T.R. Rajakumari, T.P. Rajalakshmi, C.V.V. Panthulu, P.S. Veerappa, M.G. Chakrapani, C.S.D. Singh, V.S. Susheela, Lalitha-Padmini (dance)
Joseph Thaliath Jr. was the son of a judge of the Travancore High Court when it was a princely state. Branching off from the conservative family, he landed in Madras with dreams of making films. Fighting against odds, he worked as assistant director under the sadly forgotten, South Indian film pioneer S. Soundararajan of Tamil Nadu Talkies. Soon after, he promoted his own production company named Citadel Film Corporation. With the help of noted art director, studio-owner and producer- director F. Nagoor Joseph, he launched his first productionGnanasoundari (1948). A slice of Christian mythology, it turned out to be a box office bonanza, and he at once launched his second filmIthaya Geetham. A period love story and costume drama written by Joseph himself, the script and dialogue were by Naanjil T.N. Rajappa, a fairly well-known writer of the day.
Ithaya Geetham was all about a king, who on his deathbed leaves his queen (Rajalakshmi) and daughter (Rajakumari) in the custody of his friend (Singh) who has two sons, the elder (Veerappa) and the younger (Mahalingam).While the elder son goes to fight a battle, his younger brother and the princess fall in love. Returning victorious from the war, the elder son claims the hand of the princess, but she finds it difficult to decide. The upset younger son goes to battle where he is injured. Realising her folly, the princess attends to her lover. The brothers fight a duel over the princess and the younger brother wins. The lovers marry and rule the kingdom…
Rajakumari and Mahalingam made an attractive pair and the film had tuneful music (composer S.V. Venkataraman, lyrics, Kambadasan and K. P. Kamakshi). Many songs became popular — ‘Vaanulaavum Tharai neeyey' and ‘Odivaa venmugil poley', both duets sung by Mahalingam and Rajakumari.
Joseph directed the film, and produced it assisted by M. Natesan, well-known costume maker of the day, who later became a producer-director. Veteran actress and the first star of Tamil Cinema T. P. Rajalakshmi played the queen mother.
An additional attraction was the dances by Lalitha and Padmini.
Excellently photographed (R. R. Chandran), the film was richly mounted (art direction Joseph Thaliath Jr.).
In spite of them all, Ithaya Geetham did not prove to be a box office success as expected. Joseph dubbed the film into Hindi under the title Jeevan Tara, but it sank without a trace.
The film was mostly shot at Citadel Studios in Kilpauk. Spacious, the studio had one entrance on Landon's Road, and the other on Poonamallee High Road where the Reserve Bank Staff Quarters stand today. The Landon's Road part was sold to a Christian institution. Today only the cement stand with the name ‘CITADEL' exists today; everything else has changed.
Why ‘Citadel'? (Years later, Nagoor told this writer that the favourite novel of Joseph was the famed A. J. Cronin's ‘The Citadel' which he wished to make as his first film. Nagoor advised his friend that Tamil Cinema would not accept such a story, and as a consolation, Joseph named his company ‘Citadel'!)
Remembered for impressive production values, tuneful music and the stunning Rajakumari.
Article From : RANDOR GUY (HINDU PAPER)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
M.G.R’s Sixth Magazine Released
Urimai Kural By B.S.Raj Ithayakkani By S.Vijayan
Mananthi Mannan Magazine - By Ramavaram Gardens Vijayan
[After his death the Magazine Was Stopped ]
Nalai Namathe By Selvakumar Endrendum MGR By P.T.Selvakumar
Vazhum Kalaiventhaen By Kalaiventhaen M.G.R Bakarthargal Trust
M.G.R ‘s Magazine has been coming since couple of years.This is to know about Makkal Thilagam as a remembrance for the fans and for the coming future generation.All The Editors have taken pain in releasing the magazine with great articles,and now Kalaiventhaen M.G.R Bakarthargal Trust has started a new magazine for our Makkal Thilagam MGR.I think no artist in Indian cinema has got six magazines .
MGR PERAN BLOG Wishes Them All For Their Great Service.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
M.G.R’s Grandson’s Passion Comes True
Mr.Vinesh.V.Nair is the grandson of M.G.R’s elder brother M.G.Chakrapani and son of M.G.Chakrapani’s daughter M.C.Vijayalakshmi.Since childhood he was interested in music and writing,he always wanted to release his own music album and he learnt to play keyboard and guitar.Vinesh has an obsession for motor sport and music of all kinds. He ran a motorsport company in India .In 2004, he was a guest commentator on an F1 feature on GO 92.5, a popular radio station in Mumbai, India. In 2009, Vinesh produced a F1 feature editorial for People Magazine’s India edition covering the full Formula One season of that year.Now he is working in dubai and have his own firm the sphinx group. And now his passion comes true by producing his own music album.
Vin Sinners a.k.a Vinesh Nair started singing in a church choir at the age of 9 because that was his way of getting out of study sessions in boarding school. In 1991, he started writing music and compiled enough material for a full album and named it 'It's just Me' but that never got produced. The same year, Sinners joined hands with Gerard Brewty and put together a band called 'Acanthus' that remained an amateur college band that was inspired by classic 80s rock styling but would often experiment with alternative styles while performing live.
It was in 1994 that Vinesh used the name Vin Sinners for the first time. In fact, the name appeared in an article he wrote for a local inter-college newspaper and incidentally that article was about the evolution of Guns n' Roses. Acanthus disbanded in 1995 and Gerard migrated down under while Vin pursued a career in advertising and like many others of the time, a talent would lay latent for 14 years.
After those 14 years of silence, Vin Sinners took to writing fresh material in January 2009. By the end of the month, there was enough material for a full studio album but it would remain on the shelf while Vin took to building his new company called The Sphinx Group.With over 37 songs written down fortune had to change at some point. On May 25th, 2010, Sinners was introduced to Atif Javed Ali, an immensely talented musician who runs a studio called 'The Playback Lounge' in Dubai, UAE. In a matter of moments, it was clear that there was something that could come together and the journey to give voice and melody to the heaps of material began. The first song that was completed was 'The Wise Man' a dedication to Sinners' late Father. The rest would start to unfold over the next few months.
Mr Vinesh has a message for all MGR FANS “I also plan to do a song on The Legendary Person who I always admire thiru Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.Ramachandran my grandfather (a hard rock song that will chronicle his life) like I have done for Barack Obama. I will be doing early next year and I planning to have in both English and Tamil ”.
In conversation with Mr.Vinesh’s mother M.C.Vijayalakshmi,she says she is very excited about the album and waiting for release of the album
We all do something for a living, do we live to realise our secret passions.we congratulate Vinesh’s dedication and passion and for realising his dream and working towards it and even making it come true.All The Best For the Album –mgrperan blog publisher
“We Are All Very Proud Of You and Wish You All The Best ”,says Entire M.G.Chakrapani Family
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