Chinnappa devar biography of mahatma
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
An experiment with truth is always worth making it
Posted onJanuary 31, 2016byJitendra Mathur
Today it’s become a fashion to curse Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation of India. Perhaps a sizable chunk of our generation born in free India, especially after the seventies, considers him only as the root cause of many … Continue reading →
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My favourite SRK starrer
Posted onJanuary 31, 2016byJitendra Mathur
Shah Rukh Khan is the superstar of today, who started his acting career from TV serials and on getting the right break, climbed on to the sky of wealth and fame, just like a fairy. He has many super-duper hit … Continue reading →
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Gandhian values of life can never be outdated
Posted onJanuary 30, 2016byJitendra Mathur
Today is Shaheed
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Learning about Royapuram
Suma Padmanabhan sharing her memories of a 1962 storm and the story of a ship that sank off Royapuram.
When you have a group of 50 enthusiasts looking to learn about the locality in the northern part of Chennai – which has been “heard” more of but not “visited” – and a person like Sriram V. who leads it, what you get is an outstanding educative tour with lots of fun and learning!
And what is nice about these walking tours is that it brings people together to learn the history of the city’s oldest neighborhoods and, more importantly, the information and conversation which gives an insight and discovering hidden treasures.
Places covered: Royapuram railway station – the first railway station of South India opened in 1856 and which is the oldest surviving railway station in India.
St. Peter’s Chruch built in 1799 by the local boatmen/fishermen residents and consecrated in 1829. It is popularly called “Madha
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I wrote an article for the HINDU Metroplus (25th July 2012) on Chinnappa Devar and Rajesh Khanna. THE FULL , UN EDITED utgåva is this.......
THE SANDOW AND THE SUPERSTARS
“If Aradhana had flopped will you ask me to reduce my salary ? , No , Devar Ji , I will do the film in the salary we spoke , you even made full betalning even before we started and showed your faith in me “ was “Superstar” Rajesh Khanna’s reply to Sandow M.M.A.Chinnappa Devar recalled R.Thyagarajan the son in lag of Devar. The picture Haathi Mere Saathi came about in early 1969 as Devar , who was making a few small ekonomisk plan films without his usual “superstar” MGR , wanted to man a big film . MGR was busy with his political activity and could not accommodate dates. Director Sridhar, his neighbor and close friend suggested to Devar to man a Hindi Film.
Devar had earlier made a film “Deiva Cheyal” – the protagonist was