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Nissankara Savitri (also known as Savitri Ganesan; 6 December 1934 [a] – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Telugu and Tamil films. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema , she was popularly known by the epithets Mahanati ( transl.
An old photograph of Savitri. Savitri was one of the leading Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s. She ranked as the leading lady of the South Indian Film Industry for more than a decade and acted in 138 Telugu films; 100 Tamil films; 6 Kannada films; 5 Hindi films and 3 Malayalam films making a total of 252 films spending 30 years in the cinema industry.
Year Name Debut film Other notable films 1952 Sowcar Janaki: Valayapathi: Bama Vijayam (1967), Iru Kodugal (1969) : 1952 Savitri: Kalyanam Panni Paar: Missiamma (1955), Mayabazar (1957), Pasamalar (1961), Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett [1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹ 21.92 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year. [2]
Tamil Abhogi / Abhogi Kanada: Kalai Nera Poonguil [TH - A Raga's Journey 2] Amman Kovil Kizhakale: Ilaiyaraaja: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. Janaki: Tamil Abhogi / Abhogi Kanada: Naanandri Yaar Varuvaar [TH - A Raga's Journey 2] Malayitta Mangai: Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy: T. R. Mahalingam & A. P. Komala: Abhogi / Abhogi Kanada: Thanga Radham ...
A year later, Savitri is cast in a film directed by L. V. Prasad but she gets the dialogue wrong and is thrown out. However, she earns a dancing role for a song in the film Pathala Bhairavi. Her performance in that film helps her in getting major roles. Savitri is offered a role opposite Ganesan, now an actor, who teaches her Tamil language.
AVM Rajan has two daughters, the elder daughter Mahalakshmi was an actress between the 80s–90s. On 19 January 1984, [ 3 ] through a personal encounter with God, Rajan converted and there after became a full-time Christian preacher since 1988 [ 4 ] and since then has stopped acting in movies and dramas.
Reviewing the Tamil version, Randor Guy of The Hindu stated that the songs "contributed to the [film's] success". [7] Reviewing the Telugu version, M. L. Narasimham from the same newspaper also praised the songs, noting, "The major contribution to the film's success, however, came from the music director, a genius called C. R. Subbaraman.