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Novels/Stories in TFM

Topic started by OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on Tue Sep 24 11:47:03 EDT 2002.
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Malayalam film industry has a good track record of using published novels/Stories.( I don tknow about the songs there)
Tamil film industry has not used pre-written stories/novels much.Thought of discussing the songs in such movies,how well were they fitted in and how the music/songs elevated/brought down the story value.
Thyagaboomi - Kalki- Subramnaiam
Miss Malini -Kothamangalam subbu-Vasan(?)
Gomathiyin Kadalan- Thevan (a TRR starrer)
Thillana Moganambal-Kothamangalam Subbu-APN
Iruvar Ullam -Lakshmi (Penn Manam)-LV Prasad
Sila Nerangalil - JK-Bhimsingh
Oru Nadigai Nadagam paarkiral-JK
Agni Pravesam - JK (Was it released?)
Sirai-Anuradha Ramanan-RC Sakthi
Priya -Sujatha-SP Muthuraman ( sorry to include!)
Gayathri- Sujatha-SP Muthuraman
Ethu Eppadi irukku -Sujatha(Anitha elam manaivi)-SPM
Thikkatra parvathi -Rajaji-Singetham SrinivasaRao
Parthiban Kanavu-Kalki-??(is it ok to include?)
Mogamul-Thi.Ja- Gnanasekaran

Shall we include
Padavikkaga -(Mudalvan)-Sujatha-Shankar
Kallukkul Eeram (Hey Ram)-Ra.Su.Nall perumal-Kamal

In my view Sila nerangalil should rank first as a goos story,good songs in a well made movie,followed by Iruvar Ullam (a run-of-the mill story) brilliantly scripted and directed by LV Prasad.

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• From: Saravanan (@ 194.170.1.132) on: Mon Sep 30 07:09:53 EDT 2002
  
  Perhaps it is 'Sowbhagyavathi' and not 'Gunasundari' (King Lear)
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Mon Sep 30 07:36:19 EDT 2002
  
  "The Taming of the shrew" was the mother of " God father" in the way it inspired other movies!
  
  Savle Samali
  Pattikada pattanama
  Poova Thalaya
  ......
  Maapillai
  
  had the same underlying theme.
  
  
• From: Cinema Virumbi (@ 203.197.220.219) on: Mon Sep 30 08:21:52 EDT 2002
  
  Friends,
  
  >>>>>And S. Balachander did the superb thriller, Nadu Iravil based on Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers.<<<<<
  
  Somewhere, in one of the recent threads (Best of the rest), Saravanan had written that 'nadu iravil' was based on Agatha Christie's 'And then there were none!'. Though I have not read this, the title suits the 'nadu iravil' theme aptly!
  
  I read somewhere that ' udal, poruL, aanandhi' was being made a TV serial. I don't know if it was completed / telecast! I wonder how they can manage the 'koodu vittu koodu paayum' theme without confusing the audience! In fact, the story itself can be appreciated smoothly, only when you read it the second time! The first time you'll not know that ' koodu vittu koodu paaythal' is happening throughout the novel till you reach the last chapter!
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.232) on: Mon Sep 30 08:37:10 EDT 2002
  
  C V, Both 'And then there were none' and 'Ten little niggers' were the same book under different titles- perhaps the U.S. edition could not have the the word 'Niggers' for racial reasons and so it was titled as 'And then there were none'.
  
  
• From: Aalavandhan (@ 203.106.139.2) on: Mon Sep 30 09:40:36 EDT 2002
  
  Saravana! I am amazed.
  Yes, I remember Shanthi Nilayam. What a movie.
  
  Any more? James Bond for instance?
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Mon Sep 30 10:30:08 EDT 2002
  
  Then There Were None, Ten litte Indians and Ten little Niggers - all were the same AC book. The hindi version was Gumnaam.
  
  Santhi Nilayam was a (more than less) remake of Sound of Music, which also had its Hindi avataar as Parichay. (Talking of SN - Iyarkaienum Ilayakanni Yengugiral Thunaiyai Yenni - PS/SPB - Knockout!)
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.201.74) on: Tue Oct 1 00:37:33 EDT 2002
  
  If tomorrow comes and Kamalhasan ?
  
  I don't think Kamal will agree to act in a heroine oriented story like that ... unless and until he plays the heroine role also ;-)
  
  Cinema Virumbi ...
  
  Sorry, unga info-vai thappaa padichchu/purinjukittaen :-((
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.200.84.67) on: Tue Oct 1 04:12:05 EDT 2002
  
  And there was "Anadhai anandan" based on Oliver Twist. It was a pathetic movie with Master Prabhakar hamming away . The only plus point was that it was in colour.( Those days even Sivaji & MGR used to act in B &W movies)
  Shanti Nilayam was indeed a dove tail joint of " Sound of Music" & " Jane Eyre". I remember being scared of Pappamma as a kid.That Teluguish Tamil of SPB had its own charm- apart from Iyarkkai ennum, Maligaipoo vaangi vanthen, Aval oru Navarasa, Pottu Vaitha mugamo, madhamo maangani all had that very cute quality in them. Today's SPB singing those songs just doesn't sound good( medai katcherigallil!!)
  Vaasanthi's some story was made into Malayalam as"Koodu Evide" at the instance of the film's heroine Suhasini. Take that( export kuda undu!!)
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Tue Oct 1 04:59:04 EDT 2002
  
  Vengayam
  
  I thought it was Master Shekhar (Manipayal infame!)The movie had the "Paravask kunju""Unarchi Pizhambu" AV Rajan and JL.BTW any idea about the songs,MD?
  
  Vasanthi s story in Malayalam -How come ?Kerala vil "GULMOHAR" pookal pookuma?
  
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.201.74) on: Tue Oct 1 05:01:18 EDT 2002
  
  OISG,
  
  >>>> Vasanthi s story in Malayalam -How come ?Kerala vil "GULMOHAR" pookal pookuma?
  
  :-))))))
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.200.84.67) on: Tue Oct 1 05:11:06 EDT 2002
  
  
  OISG,
  master Shekar Irukkalam irukkalam.! he is a hamming expert!!
  Reg vaasanthi the story was in Tamil -I give Vasanthi a wide breadth so i don't recollect the name- but the story is about a boarding school teacher, student & the teacher's fiancee - Suhasini,Rehman engira Raghu? & Mamooty played the lead roles. This information is from the horse's mouth- should be filly's mouth.
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Tue Oct 1 05:19:18 EDT 2002
  
  Eno enakku
  
  Rishi Kapoor,Simi Garewal,Manoj Kumar gnabagam
  
  varugirathu.
  
  On Vasanthi,her India-today stint was good i feel.I found some sincere attempts to bring good stories in a main stram mag.She made a good editor.
  
  Oh,NagaS I came to know about that flower only after reading her stories.Its a tribute! (wink!)
  
  
• From: Cinema Virumbi (@ 203.197.220.219) on: Tue Oct 1 05:42:02 EDT 2002
  
  Friends,
  
  >>>> Vasanthi s story in Malayalam -How come ?Kerala vil "GULMOHAR" pookal pookuma? <<<<<<
  
  In fact, Komal Swaminathan's hilarious play 'perumaaLE saakshi' was made first in Malayalam as 'paalaazhi madhanam' and was subsequently repeated in Tamil as 'kumaara sambhavam'! (Remember 'kanni raasi en raasi! rishabha kaaLai raasi en raasi!?)
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Tue Oct 1 06:28:17 EDT 2002
  
  CV
  
  Kalidasan hangover? It s Kumara Vijayam.
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.201.74) on: Tue Oct 1 06:31:41 EDT 2002
  
  OISG,
  
  I came to know abt. that flower from another novel 'Gulmohar marangaLukkuk keezee' who wrote it ???, I don't remember !
  
  On Vasanthi, You are right - she did some great things as India today editor, Just 1 short story per week and one book review per week is all she could manage in a arasiyal paththirikkai like India Today - But she made that contribution count (Those days atleast 4 India Today stories will be there in every Ilakkiya Sinthanai annual prizes !), and 'India Today Ilakkiya malarkaL', PeNkaL malar etc., were her big achievements ! (Her stories in India today & its malars are published as a separate book now !)
  
  Sad, Nowadays India today is NOT publishing any short stories - very sad for people like me who started writing much late and find one big oppurtunity going nowhere :-(
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.1.164) on: Tue Oct 1 06:33:59 EDT 2002
  
  C V- that is 'Kumara Vijayam' you are referring to. (Kamal-Jayachitra). 'Kumara Sambhavam' was a different film altogether.
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Tue Oct 1 07:46:17 EDT 2002
  
  Speaking of sure hits but not great stories in line of "Mithala vilas of Laskhmi i would make a killing with Subhashini s novel in Idayam persugirathu (I forgot the title though..illegitimate son of a teenage mother,father a retd military man,brought by a chritstian and the hero drives a truck- all bloddy good ingredients for commercial success!)
  
  Vannakanavugal by Savi with a Japanese backdrop is another one.
  
  Coming back to Parthiban Kanavu i think the starcast was perfect with Gemini,Savithri and Rengaro.Someone told me that Veda scored original songs.Is it true?
  
  
• From: OISG (@ 193.188.97.152) on: Tue Oct 1 07:46:55 EDT 2002
  
  sorry it was Vyjayanthimala ..
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 195.229.241.231) on: Tue Oct 1 07:56:33 EDT 2002
  
  OISG- Yes, Veda gave wonderful, original music for Parthiban Kanavu.
  
  
• From: Aalavandhan (@ 203.106.70.41) on: Tue Oct 1 09:13:00 EDT 2002
  
  NagaS, it must be either if Tommorow Comes or Master of the Game. I remember that Kamal switched the story to hero-oriented. :)
  
  I am pretty excited right now. Our local TV is showing Thillaana Mohanambal shortly and I can't wait for it to begin! :)
  
  
• From: NagaS (@ 203.195.201.74) on: Tue Oct 1 10:07:40 EDT 2002
  
  Aalavandhan,
  
  Let me think ...
  
  It can't be master of the game - athai 3 hoursla padamaakkiRathu impossible enpathu en karuththu ! Atleast not in tamil, with all those fights, songs etc., in between !
  
  NagaS
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Tue Oct 1 10:42:59 EDT 2002
  
  OISG -
  
  The Subashini serial in IP was Yeththanai Manam, Yeththanai Niram. She also wrote another "maadha" novel for "manian maadha idhazh" titled: Kozhuppu (nothing personal, I assure you) :-))
  
  Kumara Vijayam - Nice PS-SPB duet "Kanni Rasi En Rasi"
  
  Innorru chinna maatram (andha vaasanthi tribute'il) "Guruvayooril Gulmohur Pookka Pookkuma? " (don't miss the alliteration!)
  
  Vengayam - the month was not "maangani" 'twas the "mangai" :-)
  
  
• From: vengayam (@ 203.200.84.67) on: Thu Oct 3 03:45:38 EDT 2002
  
  Naaz, Oops the mangai is showing!. I just ate two words in between , maadhamo margazhi mangayao maangani. the fingers are always losing the battle over the mind.!
  
  
• From: Saravanan (@ 213.42.1.175) on: Thu Oct 3 04:04:33 EDT 2002
  
  Naaz- "Kanni rasi en rasi'was by KJY-PS. Yes, a nice song.
  
  Vengayam, the month was Aavani- Maadhamo aavani, mangayo maangani!
  
  
• From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63) on: Thu Oct 3 10:52:13 EDT 2002
  
  Saravanan -
  To tell you the truth - I only remember PS distinctly in that song!! (Digression: Have been humming this one from yesterday: "Yezhudhadha Kaviyam Ondru...(?) A PS-TMS hit - MSV I guess? Which film?)
  
  

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