Dear Sri. Ragavan . I just went through the article,in which you have summed up my entire film career so vividly , and also mentioning your favorites .its extremely heartening to see you and critics like you still love the old movies, Where content,quality & decency was Of "Supreme " importantancIthank you with all my heart. Well i am doing fine with God's Grace .so far so good praying for the whole world. Wishing you the very best With. Warm Regards Sowcar Amma.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Tribute to Actress Sowcar Janaki 638.
Today i remembered another interesting film personality from the South Indian Film Industry is none other than actress Sowcar Janaki. In her seven decades film career She has acted more than 400 films of four languages viz,Tamil,Telugu,Kannada and Malayalam is laudable.She acted with all the top Heros viz,late Sivaji Ganesan,Gemini Ganesh,A.V.M.Rajan,Srikanth, and leading Telugu and Kannada Heros is worth to be mention here.She acted as Heroine in many films and established her identity.If i am right from 1949 to 1975 she was in peak and created a big impact is not an exaggerated one.After that she has become a versatile actress in all roles and made a big name.She was bestowed many awards viz,TamilNadu State Film Award for Iru Kodugal ,Rajyotsava AWard from Karnataka Government,Simha Award,Kalaimamani Award and many more awards.I have seen many films of this talented lady and few remarkable films i remember always.Those films are,IruKodugal,Uyarntha Manithan,Puthiya Paravai,Ethir Neechal.Bhama Vijayam,Pavai Vilakku,Kumudam,Annai,KaduvulaiKandean,Akka Thangai BhagyaLakshmi,Kasthuri .Paar Magaley paar.
Maanavan,Thunaivan,Needhi,Sivbi and many i could n't recollect.In iru kodugal she lived in the Collector character and her dialogue delivery was superb.In Uyarntha Manithan her disciplinary action i still remember.She was associated with Late Stalwart Balachander for many films.Thillu Mullu was another master piece film from this Versatile actress along with RajiniKanth and late Thengai srinivasan still in front of me.Seven decades of film career in various roles and stage career in the early days is amazing.I happened to meet her three occasions and amazed about her knowledge , and discipline A good friend of mine introduced her and still i keep in touch with her.She is a good friend ,Philosopher, guide .Conversationist of any subject mother and above all a wonderful human being.Recently few months back i saw her movie Thambi and delighted to see grandmother role with Karthik,SatyaRaj,and Jyothika.One of the Know ledgable,Versatile liked human being not only from the film fraternity as well from Millions of her fans.This column i am writing with my limited Knowledge and if there is any error kindly ignore.When ever i meet i call her Amma and she likes that magical word Amma.Today i am very happy to tribute this Versatile talented actress made a big impact in the film industry.
K.Ragavan
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Tweet.
The Hindu Science (@TheHinduScience) Tweeted:
#diabetes https://lnkd.in/g2TyZERIndian metropolitan is going to develop diabetes on their life time is an alarming signal as per the experts research.Every daythis is increasing irrespective of age .Food habits should've monitoredandheslthier diet should be taken.Sad stated affairs indeed
K.Ragavan
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Great Loss.
The demise of 60 year old football legend Maradona is a great loss to the sport's world especially football.His millions of fans will miss him but his legacy will stay forever. He made a Wonderful career in football and Argentina people should be proud of him.May his soul rest in peace.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Tribute to Director Sudha Kongara 637.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Letter.
Letter Published in The New Indian Express (TNIE)on 19Nov 20
Kudos to class 9girl
Vinisha Umashankar ,a 14 year-old girl from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai, has won the prestigious Children,s climate Prize for designing a solar -powered ironing cart.She has won fame not only for her school but also her country.
Kudos to the class 9 student.
K.Ragavan,Bengaluru
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Tribute to Director Arivazagan Venkatachalam 636.
Today i am going to pen another interesting film personality from the Tamil Film Industry is none other than Director Arivazagan Venkatachalam popularly known as Arivazagan.After acquring gold medal from the M.G.R.Government Film and Television institute he was working with Stalwart Director Shankar and later become an independent Director.In his One decade and one year Career he has given few remarkable films is worth to be mentioned here.All the leading actors Viz ,Arun Vijay,Nanda,Arul Nidhi worked with him.Good screenplay with suspense and fast action will be visible from this Director's movies.I have seen all his four movies,Eeram,Vallinam,Kuttram 23 and Arathu Sinam.Cinematographers ManojParamahamsa
K.M.Bhaskaran, and Aravind Singh worked with him and done a good frame work .He is one of the Upcoming Directors in the Tamil Film Industry.Incidently a connectivity of mine from Linked Inam ha
Kumar Ramaswamy working with this Director as associate director makes me more happy.Today i am happy to tribute this Director.
K.Ragavan
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Letter.
Letter Published in The National UAE on 12Nov 20 India is proud of Kamala Harris and Americans should be too
I write to you in reference to your article Why Kamala Harris’s suffragette white suit is a beacon of hope for the future (November 9). After a heated race, the results of the American election have finally come out. Americans have decided that Joe Biden will be their 46th president. The government’s failure to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as well as its controversial migration policies, may have led to the downfall of Donald Trump.
The fact that Mr Biden’s running mate is a woman of Indian descent is a matter of great pride for ordinary Indians, given her inspirational story. The people have voted and it is now time to accept the outcome of the elections. It is sad to see that 1.3 billion Indians are more proud of Ms Harris’s success than some Americans who refuse to accept the results of the election. Kudos to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
K Ragavan, Bengaluru
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Kudos to MISkipper and his men.
T20 60 th match finals between MI and DC played at Dubai international stadium.DC won the toss and choose to bat.Shreyas 65 Pant52 played very well.DCfinished their innings with 156 for 4.MI played very well especially Skipper Rohit Sharma Knock68 and other players contribution made the mammoth victory in the tournament fifth time was amazing.DC has come up to the final stage is laudable.
Over all MI proved their mettle and they are number one in the Tournament T20 IPL.
Kudos to MI Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
Monday, November 9, 2020
Tribute to Cinematographer Late Bobby Singh 635.
Today i am going to pen another interesting Film Personality from the Bollywood Film Industry is none other than Cinematographer Bobby Singh.In his one and half decades film career he has given few pictures and all are remarkable.He was started his earlier career with Director Raj N.Sippy's movies in the camera unit later become an independent Cinematographer.He has worked with all the popular actors Viz,Anil Kapoor,Imrankhan,Emran Hashmi,Akshay Kumar,VidyaBalan,Anupam Kheer ,and others.He has worked with popular Directors AnuragBasu,NeerajPandey is worth to be mention here.Good frame work will be more visible in his films both in indoor and out door.I have seen few films of this Cinematographer.Those films are ,Gangster,Life in Metro,No Problem.Dirty Picture,and Special 26.
Today i am very happy to tribute this talented late Cinematographer.Even though he has departed his remarkable creations are with us
K.Ragavan
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Kudos to DC Skipper and his men.
T20 59 th match between DC and SRH to qualify for the final played at Zayed Stadium Abudhabi .DC won the toss and elected to bat.Stionis.Shryas iyer Dhawan78 and Hetmyer42 played well made 189 for 3Wickets was a good score.Later SRH Played well could n't reach the target able to score only
172 runs with players Viz Williamson,Samad.Pandey and others was sad.They lost the match by 17 runs only.From the begining SRH was playing very well and they have come upto this level should be appreciated.Kudos to DC Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
Friday, November 6, 2020
Kudos to SRHSkipper and his men.
T20 58 th match between SRH and RCB played at Zayed stadium Abudhabi SRH won the toss and chose to bowl.RCB with great difficulty could reach 131 mainly with de villiars contribution .Good players were failed to score.SRH started their innings with 67 for 5 Williamson and Holder brought the score to 132 and won the match was amazing.Williamson Manish Pande .Warner and Holder are the key players for the score.RCB was eliminated in IPL.SRH both in batting and fielding done their job very well.Kudos to SRH Skipper and his men.
K.RagavanThursday, November 5, 2020
Kudos to MISkipper and his men.
T20 IPL 57 th match between MI and DC played at Dubai international stadium .DC won the toss and choose to bowl.de kock.Suryakumar yadav .Kishan and Hardik made wonderful runs and made the change of the match and MI reached 200 runs was really amazing.Good play by MI.DC has failed in batting and last 2 -3 overs Kishan and Hardik made runs should have avoided.How ever Cricket is a game of luck and MI Played well and deserves the Amazing victory.
Kudos to MI Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Letter.
Letter Published in The National UAE on 5Nov 20 A very close US election keeps the world on edge Iam writing with with reference to your US Elections coverage (November 3). At the time of writing, it is a very close race between incumbent US President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. However the result will come out soon, and whoever wins, the outcome must be accepted by everyone because it will reflect the will of the American people. Covid-19 has been a main challenge for the Trump administration as one quarter of a million lives were lost to the virus.K Ragavan, Bengaluru
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Letter.
Letter Published in TNIE India on 4Nov 20.
Vienna attacked now
After France ,now Austria's Vienna has been attacked by terrorists.It is high time the international community joins hands to eradicate this menace.
K.Ragavan,Bengaluru
Kudos to SRH Skipper and his men.
T20 56 th Match between SRH and MI played at Sharjah international stadium SRH won the toss and choose to bowl.De kock.Suryakumar yadav.Kishan.Pollard 41played well MI have scored 149f or 8 .Later SRH played and smashed the set target with out loosing wicket was amazing.Magnificient Knock by Skipper David Warner and Saha was colurful to watch.Amazing victory for SRH and they will play well and give tough fight.Kudos toSRH Skipperand his men.
K.Ragavan
Monday, November 2, 2020
Kudos to DC Skipper and his men.
Kudos to DC Skipper and his men.
T20 55 th match between RCB and DC played at Zayed stadium Abudhabi DC won the toss and chose to bowl.Padikkal 50.de villiars 35Dube 17played well and made the score 152 for 7.DC players Rahane and Dhawan played very well and responsible for more runs for the victory is laudable.RCB has failed to score big runs is one of the reason for their defeat.How ever it was a good match to watch.DC 's victory is important for them to proceed further.Kudos to DC Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
Tribute to Editor T.S.Suresh 634.
Today i remembered another interesting Film Personality from the Tamil Film Industry is none other than EDitor T.S.Suresh.Being a Visual Communication man started his career with Vetern Editor Anthony for few popular films and later become an independent Editor.He has worked with all the leading actors,Editors ,Cinematographers VizSantosh Sivan .He has more than twenty films to his credit.Few films i saw and enjoyed his Editing.Those films are,ThamizPadam,Thoonga Nagaram,Adigaram 79,Naveena SAraswathi Sabadam,Veera and Mr ChandraMouli.One of the Up coming Editors in the Tamil Film Industry.Editing is playing a Vital role in movies and Indian Film Industry has talentedEditors in all languages.Today i am very happy to tribute this Editor.
K.Ragavan
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Sunday, November 1, 2020
Letter.
Letter Published in TNIE India on 2 Nov 20
Versatile Scottish actor
The demise of 90-year old scottish actor is a great loss to the film industry.He created a big impact with his james bond films.
K.Ragavan,Bengaluru
Kudos to KKR Skipper and his men.
T20 IPL 54 th match between KKR and RR played at Dubai international stadium RR won the toss and chose to bowl.KKR lost 1 wicket for 43 in 5 overs is not a bad start.TripathiMorgan68 Russel played wellMorgan's last shot of six was superb.KKRfinished their innings 191 for 7 a very good score.RR Started their innings andlanded in to 131 only with failure of batsmen vizStokes,Smith Few batsmen Uthappa ,Tiwetia only scored.RR Normally will hit back this time failed shows Cricket is a game of uncertainity.KKR has done wonderfully very well on 1Nov both in batting and fielding.
Kudos to KKR Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
Kudos to CSKSkipper and his men.
T20 53 rd Match between CSK and KXIP played at Zayed Stadium AbuDhabi CSK won the toss and Chose to bowl.KXIP
played not very well but few players viz Rahul and Hooda made 153 .CSK Played very well with their trio Duplesis,Gaikwad and Rayudu hit the target and won the match.Superb knock by Gaikwad ,was nice to watch.Out of 14 matches CSK won 6 and lost 8 and others also 7 and 6 matches lost was not a big difference .How ever CSK is not going to play for the finals but still they proved should be appreciable.Dhoni is one of the Cool captain known for his leadership and certainly he will come 2021 IPL.Kudos to CSK Skipper and his men.
K.Ragavan
@the_hindu Sad one.Stabbing and shooting is common and increased in the recent months was condonmedone.The new administration should solve this type of menace and make safety not only to Americans but also other expatriates.
Sad state of affairs indeed.