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M.S.Viswanathan is a Actor, Producer and Sound Indian born on 24 june 1928
Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director and composer. He was popularly known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil for "The King of Light Music"). He composed songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi. He worked primarily in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He also acted and sung in a few Tamil films. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa conferred the Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (Tamil for "The Emperor of Cine Music") title on him in August 2012 and presented him with 60 gold coins and a new car.
Viswanathan composed film music together with composer and violinist T. K. Ramamoorthy from the 1950s to 1965, as Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and from 1965 until 2014 he worked independently as a composer.
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M.S.Viswanathan
Birth name Manayangth Subramanian Viswanathan
Nationality Inde
Birth 24 june 1928
Death 14 july 2015 (at 87 years)
Nationality Inde
Birth 24 june 1928
Death 14 july 2015 (at 87 years)
Viswanathan composed film music together with composer and violinist T. K. Ramamoorthy from the 1950s to 1965, as Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and from 1965 until 2014 he worked independently as a composer.
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Thillu Mullu (2013)
, 2h20Genres Comedy
Actors Shiva, Isha Talwar, Prakash Raj, Kovai Sarala, Soori, Sathyan
Rating42%
Pasupathy (Shiva) is a go lucky guy who wanders without any purpose. He is living with his younger sister Kavitha (Monisha) and house maid Senthamarai (Kovai Sarala) who is a part-time liquor seller in black market. Pasupathy's sister is in love with his close friend Mano (Soori) which Pasupathy is not aware. His friend indirectly tries to convey that matter to him to which he does not understand. Pasupathy has a maternal uncle (Ilavarasu) who is a lawyer and their care taker since their parents died. Pasupathy loses his house to a bank on a surety crisis which involved his father. Hence he is compelled to settle in job. Pasupathy's uncle applies for an opening in his friend's mineral water company 'Classique' for marketing head post. He gives many instructions about the owner Sivagurunathan (Prakash Raj) who is an ardent devotee of Lord Murugan and who is against recommendations. Pasupathy manages to get job by dressing in a simple Gandhian manner, faking as a Murugan devotee and tells he follows very valuable principles written in the book of Sivagurnathan himself which attracts Sivagurunathan.
Maharaja (2011)
Actors Anjali, Nassar, Anita Hassanandani, Sathya, Saranya, Karunas Sethu
Mahadevan (Nassar), a middle-aged government employee who leads a very normal family life with his wife, a son and his father who is also living with him. He lives a budget life, rides an old scooter, wears out-of-fashion clothes and bears a sullen expression on his face for all the reasons above. He is unhappy with his present life which is monotonous and feels that he should lives a modernized life which he has missed in his earlier life.
Thaka Thimi Tha (2005)
Directed by Sundar C.
Actors Ankitha Jhaveri, Vivek, M.S.Viswanathan, Sriman, Paravai Muniyamma, Rajeev
Ankitha ( Gayu ) and Yuva Krishna fall in love with each other in college. But when Yuva tells his friends about being close to Gayu and describes her, she gets angry and they split apart.
Punnagai Poove (2003)
, 2h20Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nandha Durairaj, Rekha, Kaveri, Vadivelu, M.S.Viswanathan, Charle
Roles Sachidanandhan
Rating57%
Rojavanam (1999)
, 2h30Actors Karthik, Malavika, Aachi Manorama, Laila, M. N. Nambiar, M.S.Viswanathan
Rating50%
Muthu (Karthik) is the favourite employee at Rojavanam, a home for the aged owned jointly by two friends (Ravikumar and "Nizhalgal" Ravi). Sindhu (Malavika) is a psychology student staying at the home. Muthu falls in love with Roja (Laila), the daughter of his boss but learns that the boss and his friend, had decided long ago that their children would be married and this has resulted in the friend's son growing up enamoured of Roja. Roja's father accepts Muthu as his son-in-law but his friend, angered at this, decides to bulldoze Rojavanam to the ground.
Kadhala Kadhala (1998)
Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
Genres Comedy
Actors Kamal Haasan, Prabhu Deva, Soundarya, Rambha, Vadivelu, Delhi Ganesh
Roles Paramasivam
Rating73%
Ramalingam (Kamal Haasan) & Sundaralingam (Prabhu Deva) are simpletons who are always in search of ways to earn a quick buck. Sundaralingam is an artist with good talent while Ramalingam is the business brain who brings in money, mostly by fraudulent means. They fall in love - Sundaralingam with Janaki (Rambha) and Ramalingam with Sundari (Soundarya). Both are students of art.
Kadhal Mannan (1998)
, 2h16Directed by Saran
Genres Romance
Actors Ajith Kumar, M.S.Viswanathan, Maanu, Karan, Vivek, Girish Karnad
Roles Mess Viswanthan
Rating70%
Rudran (Girish Karnad), a very strict disciplinarian father of two daughters, hates the word 'Love'. The very mention of this word makes him punish himself to unimaginable heights. He disowns his elder daughter Menaka because she elopes with her lover. The strictness is doubled for the younger daughter Thilottama (Maanu) and a marriage alliance is fixed for her. She stoically accepts her father's decision till she meets a local mechanic Shiva (Ajith). Both hopelessly fall in love with each other. Tilottama is unable to reveal her love to Shiva and to her father, as she fears the consequences.
Pudhu Manithan (1991)
, 2h20Directed by S. Manivannan
Actors Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya, R. Sarathkumar, Manorama, Goundamani, Ponnambalam
Rating26%
Kabali (Sathyaraj), an orphan, lives in a slum with an old Brahmin woman named Pangajam (Manorama) and he considers her like his mother. Kabali is a fisherman and also the slum's rowdy but he has a heart of gold. He has gone in jail many times only because he fought against injustice.
Thedi Vandha Mappillai (1970)
, 2h31Directed by B. R. Panthulu
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Sundarrajan, Jayalalithaa, S. A. Ashokan, M. V. Rajamma, Cho Ramaswamy
Rating68%
Madras city in 70s... Pasupathy (Major Sundarrajan)’s boss (B.R.Pandhulu) is shot by an unknown man, but the blame falls on Pasupathy. The surviving boss sends away his wife Parvati Ammal (M. V. Rajamma) and son Shankar (MGR) in to hiding fearing his family's fate.
Server Sundaram (1964)
, 2h38Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nagesh, R. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi, Sundarrajan
Roles Special Apperance in "Avalukkenna" Song
Rating78%
Sundaram (Nagesh), a poor man, comes to Madras with aspirations of becoming a film actor. However, he ends up getting a job in a restaurant called Greenlands Hotel as a waiter. While catering for a group of people who go on an excursion to Mahabalipuram, he meets Radha (K. R. Vijaya), the daughter of his restaurateur, Chakravarthy (Major Sundarrajan). He misinterprets her friendly nature as love and falls in love with her. In the meantime, Sundaram happens to meet his friend Raghavan (R. Muthuraman), an influential businessman, in the restaurant. During their subsequent meetings, Sundaram tells Raghavan about his ambition to become an actor as well as about his love for Radha, without mentioning her name. Raghavan genuinely believes that the girl reciprocates Sundaram's feelings and motivates Sundaram to express his love.
Devadasu (1953)
, 2h56Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Musical films
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Kommareddy Savitri, Lalitha, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, M.S.Viswanathan, Surabhi Kamalabai
Rating77%
Devadasu, son of Ravulapalle zamindar Narayana Rao (S. V. Ranga Rao), and Parvati, daughter of his not-so-rich neighbour Neelakantham (Doraswamy) are childhood friends. The zamindar enrolls his son in a boarding school in the city. The grown-up Devadasu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) returns to the village after his education. His childhood friendship with Parvati now turns into love.
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Kalai Kovil (1964)
, 2h13Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Actors R. Muthuraman, Rajasree, Nagesh, V.S. Raghavan, Jayanthi, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi
Roles Producer
Sound
Thillu Mullu (2013)
, 2h20Genres Comedy
Actors Shiva, Isha Talwar, Prakash Raj, Kovai Sarala, Soori, Sathyan
Roles Music
Rating42%
Pasupathy (Shiva) is a go lucky guy who wanders without any purpose. He is living with his younger sister Kavitha (Monisha) and house maid Senthamarai (Kovai Sarala) who is a part-time liquor seller in black market. Pasupathy's sister is in love with his close friend Mano (Soori) which Pasupathy is not aware. His friend indirectly tries to convey that matter to him to which he does not understand. Pasupathy has a maternal uncle (Ilavarasu) who is a lawyer and their care taker since their parents died. Pasupathy loses his house to a bank on a surety crisis which involved his father. Hence he is compelled to settle in job. Pasupathy's uncle applies for an opening in his friend's mineral water company 'Classique' for marketing head post. He gives many instructions about the owner Sivagurunathan (Prakash Raj) who is an ardent devotee of Lord Murugan and who is against recommendations. Pasupathy manages to get job by dressing in a simple Gandhian manner, faking as a Murugan devotee and tells he follows very valuable principles written in the book of Sivagurnathan himself which attracts Sivagurunathan.
Raman Thediya Seethai (2008)
, 2h38Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Cheran, Nagesh, Jayalalithaa, S. Manivannan, Remya Nambeesan
Rating72%
S.J.Raman (MGR), a very rich industrialist tries to find the soul mate.
Vishwa Thulasi (2004)
, 2hGenres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mammootty, Nandita Das, S. Manivannan, Manoj K. Jayan, Sukumari, Madhan Bob
Rating60%
The film, set in the 1940s and moving to the 1960s, revolves around the emotional story of Thulasi (Nandita Das) returning to her village to become a dance teacher. She cannot bring herself to forget Vishwa (Mammootty), a man she has been in love with for two decades. Memories of Vishwa haunt her constantly, and upon a chance meeting with him, she discovers he too is struggling with his love for her. Both are haunted by the memory of Thulasi's cousin, a figure who is unable to control his obsession for his cousin and hide his resentment at Thulasi's feelings for Vishwa.