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Hope senior citizens of this Forum will definitely have cherishing memories about this Master of mythological classics and hits in Tamil cinema….
Revisiting AP Nagarajan, the man who gave us immortal films like 'Thiruvilayadal' and 'Saraswathi Sabatham'
The highlight of APN's films was the music.
One of the directors who caught the eye in the early sixties and seventies when Tamil cinema was still finding its feet was A P Nagarajan. He came from a theatre background, directed a few films with social themes and then drifted into the mythological space where he shone and proved his mettle as a writer and auteur par excellence.
Today, a good five decades after some of his better films hit the screen, they are still talked about and their re-runs in the digital format have been able to set the box office registers ringing merrily. In a career spanning nearly two decades Nagarajan directed twenty five films and also handled the screenplay and dialogues in most of them.
His first brush with devotional films came when he collaborated with director Somu in the making of Sampoorna Ramayanam a film based on Valmiki’s version of the great epic, Ramayana. Nagarajan was entrusted with the screenplay and dialogues and the film went on to become a trendsetter in Tamil cinema.
For the record, N T Rama Rao, who was to stun audiences later with his portrayal of Lord Krishna, played Rama while Sivaji Ganesan was cast as Bharatha, a role that was earlier earmarked for another stalwart S S Rajendran. Nagarajan’s directorial debut however was with a nondescript film Vadivukku Valaikaappu’released in 1962.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-immortal-films-thiruvilayadal-and-saraswathi
Revisiting AP Nagarajan, the man who gave us immortal films like 'Thiruvilayadal' and 'Saraswathi Sabatham'
The highlight of APN's films was the music.
One of the directors who caught the eye in the early sixties and seventies when Tamil cinema was still finding its feet was A P Nagarajan. He came from a theatre background, directed a few films with social themes and then drifted into the mythological space where he shone and proved his mettle as a writer and auteur par excellence.
Today, a good five decades after some of his better films hit the screen, they are still talked about and their re-runs in the digital format have been able to set the box office registers ringing merrily. In a career spanning nearly two decades Nagarajan directed twenty five films and also handled the screenplay and dialogues in most of them.
His first brush with devotional films came when he collaborated with director Somu in the making of Sampoorna Ramayanam a film based on Valmiki’s version of the great epic, Ramayana. Nagarajan was entrusted with the screenplay and dialogues and the film went on to become a trendsetter in Tamil cinema.
For the record, N T Rama Rao, who was to stun audiences later with his portrayal of Lord Krishna, played Rama while Sivaji Ganesan was cast as Bharatha, a role that was earlier earmarked for another stalwart S S Rajendran. Nagarajan’s directorial debut however was with a nondescript film Vadivukku Valaikaappu’released in 1962.
Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-immortal-films-thiruvilayadal-and-saraswathi
