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Pavalakkodi is a 1934 Tamil language film starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and directed by K. Subramanyam. It was the first film for both of them. The film's music was composed by Papanasam Sivan. Pavalakkodi tells the mythical love story of Arjuna (Thyagaraja Bhagavathar) and Pavalakkodi (S. D. Subbulakshmi), the princess of Coral Island.
Naveena Sarangadhara is a 1936 Tamil film directed by K. Subramaniam under Murugan Talkies. Naveena in Tamil means modern. The movie was titled thus in order to distinguish itself from the earlier versions and also in order to highlight the slight modifications made to the original story. The cast are M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and S. D. Subbulakshmi in the lead roles supported by S. S. Mani Bhagavathar, G. Pattu Iyer and Indubala. Papanasam Sivan had written the lyrics and composed music for M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar songs such as sivaperuman krupai vENdum, gnana kumarai nadana singari and abaraatham seithaRiyEn had a successful run wherever the movie was screened.
Shiva and his friends fall for Sowmya, who has just moved into their locality. They are forced into a competition to win over the girl.
Rajasaker will kill anyone who stands in his way and ends up killing Kumar's beloved's grandfather. Thus, Kumar sets out to investigate and punish Rajasaker.
When Madan marries Raji, an innocent girl, he is unable to tolerate her childish behaviour and has an extramarital affair. When Raji finds out about Madan's affair, she tries to save her marriage.
Before dying, a king requests Vijayan, a righteous man, to be his successor. But a minister in the king's court also wants to occupy the throne and decides to kill Vijayan.
'Maruthanaatu Ilavarasi' is a well-woven story about a king (Veerappa) with two wives (one played by Saraswathi and the other does not appear in the movie!) and an evil-minded Minister (Chakrapani) whose sister is the younger queen. The two become pregnant and the evil genius persuades the king to believe that the senior queen poisoned the junior queen out of sheer jealousy; the king believes but takes no action. The frustrated Minister tries to eliminate the pregnant queen, but she is saved by a courtier whom the Minister kills. The pregnant queen escapes many trials and gives birth to a son (MGR). He grows up and meets a young woman (Janaki) and her friend (Nagaratnam) and falls in love, unaware that she is a princess. Their love grows, but when he comes to know that she is a princess, he distances himself from her. After many trials, the two come together and live happily.
This is an intersting movie as it is very different to the movies that were realeased in the 70s.Most of the movie is shot outdoors and it is more in touch with reality rather than the usual dramatic type. Prem Nazir's performance is something very diffrernt to his usual polished self. He acts as a rough police officer which is a welcome change.
Judgal Abu, a greedy man, covets his neighbour, Kunjumuhammed's wealth and plots to get his daughter remarried to Kunjumuhammed. For this he tries to separate his daughter from her husband.
The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter of Kulothunga Chola, Amaravati (played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi). The king objects to their love and insists on testing Ambikapathy's literary mettle before judging his worth. The test given to Ambikapathi is that he should write and sing a hundred poems in the field of Puram (dealing with war and politics). The poems should not have any reference to the field of Aram (dealing of love and romance). Ambikapathi begins the test in the King's court with a Kadavul Vaazhthu (invocation to God). Amaravathi who is keeping the count, mistakes the invocation as a poem and counts it as poem number one.
An orphaned woman becomes governess at mansion where the occupants hold a dark past.
A young man collaborates with his cousin and friend to steal money from his stingy stepmother.
Two pals, Nagaraj and Sampath, live life on their own terms. Nagaraj, being careless, lives without committing to anyone, but Sampath, who does, loses his partner.
Life for Lakshmi turns head over heels when Vishnu the new priest's son, shows up in her village. Lakshmi is instantly intrigued by the new young man in town, and strives to start a relationship with him. Antics and innocent clashes follow and both of them fall in love. Later, problems arise due to Vishnu's status in society. Meanwhile, Lakshmi's marriage is fixed with her cousin.
Cofradia is the subject of ridicule and humiliation from people around her. However, Cofradia turns into a beautiful young lady with the lighting of a mysterious candle.
The life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya in the kingdom of Kosala
Actors: M. R. Krishnamurthi, T. S. Mani, T. P. Rajalakshmi
A sub-inspector (Alexander) falls in love with a chirpy villager (Pavina). Meanwhile, fake godmen go missing in the village and he is asked to solve the case. What does a group of children have to do with this mystery?
A rich industrialist, Prabhu runs a factory along with his son Ravi. However, Vikraman, Prabhu's crooked nephew tries to manipulate Prabhu's wealth and defames his family.
Chithramela is a anthology film directed and produced by T .S. Muthiah It was Malayalam cinema's first anthology film, consisting of three short film
The story of the cruelty meted out by feudal landlords to impoverished farm labourers.
When a difficult man falls blind, he alienates his family and caretakers even further.
A judge decides to bring back the jury system to decide if a woman, who is alleged to have helped her son in assassinating a Gandhian leader, should be hanged or walk free.
Three death row convicts escape from jail and hijack a plane with a scientist on board. The pilot, however, lands the plane in Kashmir. What happens when a terrorist comes looking for the scientist?
A down-on-luck wedding planner tries to save a girl from a criminal who plans to marry her with revenge on his mind.
A drama film revolves around bonding between a man and his goat.