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PRIDE OF TAMIL CINEMA 1931 -2013
PRIDE OF TAMIL CINEMA FEATURES THE BEST AND MEMORABLE FILMS MADE IN TAMIL LANGUAGE, WHICH HAVE EARNED NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGANITION SELECTED FOR THEIR THEME, QUALITY, TECHNICAL BRILLAINCE AND PRESENTATION. TRACING TAMIL
CINEMAAA'S HISTORY FROM THE FIRST TALKIE KALIDASS (1931) TO THE MOST RECENT RELEASES ,THE BOOK IS A TRIBUTE TO THE FILM
PRODUCERS,FILM MAKERS, ARTISTES AND TECHNICIANS PF THESE FILMS , WHO BROUGHT HONORS TO TAMIL CINEMA. ILLUSTRATED WITH
OVER 700 IMAGES AND POSTERS, THIS BOOK COMPREHENSIVE ANTHOLOGY OF THIS HISTORY OF TAMIL CINEMA SINCE 1931
THROUGH ITS FILMS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL FILM AWARDS HAVE COMMENCED ONLY FROM 1953 AFTER THE FILM INQUIRY COMMITTEE IN 1949
HAS RECOMMENDED TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO INSTITUTE NATIONAL FILM AWARDS ?
THE ALL-INDIA (NATIONAL) AWARD ROR BEST FEATURE FILM (GOLDEN LOTUS AWARD) WAS INSTITUTED IN 1953 AND ONLY IN THE
YEAR 1990 K.S.SETHUMADHAVAN'S MARUPAKKAM WON THIS PRESTIGIUOS AWARD. AFTER IN 2007 PRIYADARSHAN'S KANCHIVARAM WON THE
AWARD. NO OTHER FILM FROM TAMIL WON THIS AWARD, WHILE BENGALI FILMS WON 22 TIMES, HINDI FILMS 13 TIMES, MALAYALAM FILMS
WON 11 TIMES AND KANNADA FILM 6 TIMES !!!
THE FIST TAMIL FILM TO WIN THE NATIONAL FILM AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM IN TAMIL (SILVER LOTUS AWARD ) WAS
MGR'S MALAIKALLAN IN 1954.
THA NATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR WAS WON FIRST BY M.G.RAMACHANDRAN IN 1971 FOR "RICKSHAWKKARAN". AFTER THAT
KAMAL HASSAN WON THRICE, VIKRAM, PRAKASH RAJ AND DHANUSH WON ONCE EACH SO FOR TAMIL FILMS .
THE NATIONAL BEST AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS WAS WON FIRST BY LAKSHMI IN 1976 FOR "SILA NERANGALIL SILA MANITHARGAL".
ARFER SHOBA,SUHASINI,ARCHANA, PRIYA MANI AND SARANYA PONVANNAN WON THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD SO FAR.
K.V.MAHADEVAN WAS THE FIRST MUSIC DIRECTOR IN INDIA TO WIN THE VERY FIRST NATIONAL AWARD ISTITUTED FOR BEST
MUSIC DIRECTOR CATEGORY IN THE YEAR 1967, FOR THE FILM "KANDHAN KARUNAI".
