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Name |
Cithamur V Sridhar |
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Date of Death |
20th October 2008 |
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Mother
Tongue |
Telugu |
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Religion |
Hindu |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Profession |
Director,
Producer, Script Writer |
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Birth
place |
Cithamur, Chengalpet, Tamilnadu |
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Family |
Wife - Devasena
Son - Sanjay
Daughter-in-law - Sailakshmi
Daughter - Sripriya
Son-in-law - Krishnan (Doctor) |
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Education |
School – St. Joseph school, Chennai |
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Debut |
Tamil :
Script Writer – Ratha Paasam
Director – Kalyaana Parisu
Producer – Thaen nilavu
Kannada :
Director & Writer – Pelli kaanuka
Telugu :
Manase Oru Kshethram |
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Rose to Fame |
Kalyaana Parisu |
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Brought |
Freshness into Tamil cinema in the early 60s |
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Production company |
Chitralaya (1961) |
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Considered as
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Trend setter
One of the best storytellers of Indian cinema
|
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Job most loved |
Script writing |
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Formula of his
films |
triangular love
story |
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New faces introduced
by him |
Actors :
Muthuraman (Nenjil oru alayam)
Srikanth (Vennira Aadai)
Moorthi (Vennira Aadai)
Ravichandran (Kadhalikka naeramilai)
Vikram (Thandhuvittaen ennai)
Major Sundararajan
Actress :
Jayalalitha (Vennira Aadai)
Nirmala (Vennira Aadai)
Kanchana (Kadhalikka naeramillai)
Devika (nenjil oru aalayam)
Jayashree (Thendralae Ennai Thodu) |
|
Some of his Blockbuster
classic movies |
* Nenjil oru aalayam
* Nenjam marappadhillai
* Kalyana parisu
* Thaen nilavu
* Ooty varai uravu
* Kadhalikka naeramillai
* Galatta kalyanam
* Urimai kural |
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His noticeable
Hindi movies |
* Dil ek mandir
* Pyaar kiya jaa
* Nazarana
* Gehri chaal |
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His Assistant
Directors |
* Santhana Bharathy
* P. Madhavan |
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Credited as |
Man with ‘Midas
touch’ |
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Health |
* lost eyesight
in one of his eye after an accident
* suffered from stroke |
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Cause of death |
Cardiac arrest
|
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About him |
Chitralaya Gopu
: (Classmate, close friend & colleague)
“He wrote very interesting stage plays when we
were in school. Whether it was romance, sentimental
themes or comedy, he could handle them with ease.
He was a trend-setter in Tamil films. His dialogues
were refreshingly conversational.”
Balachander : (Director)
“Mr.Sridhar was my role model.”
Kamal haasan : (Actor)
“He had a very casual humility and would treat
all of us like his contemporaries. When I was
about 25, just after ‘Ilamai Oonjal Aadugiradu,’
he asked me if I could direct a film for Chitralaya.”
Illayaraja : (Music director)
“He is an important chapter in Tamil film history.”
Santhana Bharathy : (Director & Producer)
“He would trust us completely and make us feel
very important.”
Anandan : (PRO, Film News)
“He was very friendly to everyone irrespective
of the job they did. He loved playing table tennis
and would often play a game with the office boys.”
P. Vasu : (Director)
“He is my mentor.” |
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Awards |
* Kalaimamani Award
from State Sangeeth Natak Academy.
* Best story award from Filmfare for ‘Nazrana’
(1961).
* Nominated as Best Director & Best Story from
Filmfare for ‘Dil ek Mandir’ (1963) |
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Facts |
* ‘Ratha paasam’
was first written as a play by him and later
it was adapted for film.
* He is one of the directors to direct Rajnikanth
and Kamalahaasan together as leading actors
in his film ‘Ilamai oonjal aadugiradhu’.
* He rejected
Hemamalini
* His movie ‘Thaen nilavu’ is the first tamil
film to be shot in Jammu & Kashmir.
* He has made
60 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada
and Hindi.
* ‘Nenjil oru aalayam’ was remade in Telugu,
Malayalam & Hindi. It was completed within
weeks and most of the scenes were shot in a
single hospital set.
* ‘Sivandha mann’ is the first Tamil film to
be shot abroad.
* He hailed from a middle class Reddiar community
from Nelvai, Cithamur,
Chengalpet, Tamilnadu. |
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Residence |
Neelangarai, Chennai
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