Sunday, 24 April 2011

Kalaimamani Sujatha is no more

    Versatile actress Sujatha who acted in over 300 films in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam passed away today at Chennai. This legendry actress did unforgettable films in her film career. 58 year old actress died out of ill health in the afternoon on Tuesday.

    She debuted into films with 'Thabaswini', a Malayalam film.Her first Telugu film was 'Gorintaku'. Her last Telugu flick was 'Sri Ramadasu' directed by K Raghavendar Rao. She acted all the big heroes of her times like Kamal Haasan, Rajnikanth, Shobhan Babu, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna et al.

    Suthradarulu, Pandanti Jeevitham, Prema Tharangalu, Vamshagouravam, Bebbuli, Sandhya, Aasha Jyothi, Guru Sishyulu, Sarkas Ramudu, Guppedu , Mayadari Krishnudu were a few films in which she delivered best performances. She is counted as one of the finest actors in the South Indian cinema industry. Like Smita Patil in Hindi, Sujatha was known to act in films that potrayed women empowerment.She won Nandi award for her endearing action in the year 1997 for the film 'Pelli'.

    Tollywood expressed shock at her sudden demise. She was an award winning actress in all the languages she performed and was conferred 'Kalaimamani' by Tamilnadu government.

    Friday, 22 April 2011

    Karthika - the hero of Ko

    Karthika, daughter of yesteryear South Indian actress Radha, made her debut in the Telugu film Josh with Nag Chaitanya. Then came her Malayalam film Makara Manju on the life of the world renowned painter Raja Ravi Varma, played by ace cinematograoher Santosh Sivan.

    The actress will now be seen playing a journlaist in this week's Tamil release Ko , which has been directed by National Award winning cinematographer, K V Anand.

    In a chat with A Ganesh Nadar, Karthika talks about her early days and her acting experience in the movies.

    Tell us about your early days.

    I was born and brought up in Mumbai. After finishing my 10th standard, I got a chance to act in the Telugu film Josh and the Malayalam movie Makara Manju.

    After acting in these two movies, I continued with my studies. I am now doing my Bachelors in Business Management from an institute in Mumbai.