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Under the‘Smart Cities Mission’,launched by  the Union Government of India it has been planned to develop  many potential cities and towns in all the 30 States and the 6 Union Territories in India into ‘Smart Cities’ with the following ‘Core Infrastructure Elements’:

•     Adequate water supply,
•     Assured electricity supply,
•     Sanitation, including solid waste management,
•     Efficient urban mobility and public transport,
•     Affordable housing, especially for the poor,
•     Robust IT connectivity and digitization,
•     Good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation,
•     Sustainable environment,
•     Safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly and
•     Health and education.

The following is the list of  98 cities in the 29   States  and 6 Union Territories  in India, shortlisted for development as ‘Smart Cities’ in the First Phase of  the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ of the Union Government of India:
 
Name of the State /Name of the Smart Cities:-
 
States:

Andhra Pradesh -3 Cities:

• Kakinada,
• Tirupati and
• Visakhapatnam,

Arunachal Pradesh -1 City:

• Pasighat

Assam - 1 City:

• Gauhati

Bihar -3 Cities:  

• Bhagalpur, 
• Biharsharif and     
• Muzaffarpur.     

Chattisgarh -2 Cities:

• Bilaspur and
• Raipur       

Goa -1 City

• Panaji

Gujarat - 6 Cities:

• Ahmedabad 
• Dahod
• Gandhinagar  
• Rajkot  
• Surat 
• Vadodara  

Haryana -2 Cities:        

• Faridabad - Industrial Hub and      
• Karnal

Himachal Pradesh - 1 City: 

• Dharamshala

Jharkhand - 1 City:

• Ranchi

Karnataka -6 Cities: 

• Belagavi,
• Davanagere
• Hubballi-Dharwad ,
• Mangaluru, 
• Shivamogga and
• Tumakuru,       

Kerala- 1 City:

• Kochi

Madhya Pradesh -7 Cities:

• Bhopal
• Gwalior  
•  Indore  
• Jabalpur 
• Sagar
• Satna  and
• Ujjain  

Maharashtra -10 Cities:
Amravati  

• Aurangabad
• Greater Mumbai  
• Kalyan – Dombivali 
•  Nagpur   
• Nashik 

• Navi Mumbai 
• Pune 
• Solapur and  
• Thane 

Manipur -1 City:

• Imphal

Meghalaya - 1 City:

• Shillong

Mizoram - 1 City:

• Aizawl

Nagaland - 1 City-

• Kohima

Odisha -2 Cities:       

• Bhubaneswar       
• Rourkela

Punjab-  3 Cities:

• Amritsar,
• Jalandhar and
• Ludhiana        

Puduchery -1 City:

• Oulgaret

Rajasthan -4 Cities:

• Ajmer,
• Kota,
• Jaipur and 
• Udaipur

Sikkim -1 City: 

• Namchi

Tamil Nadu  - 12 Cities:

• Chennai,        
  Coimbatore,          
• Dindigul,  
• Erode,    
• Madurai ,       
  Salem,
• Thanjavur,
• Tiruchirapalli,        
• Tirunelveli,         
• Tiruppur,         
• Tuticorin and        
• Vellore .

Telangana -2 Cities:        

• Greater Hyderabad         
• Greater Warangal

Tripura - 1 City: 

• Agartala

Uttarakhand -1 State:

• Dehradun

Uttar Pradesh  -13 Cities:
   

• Agra        
• Aligarh        
• Allahabad        
• Bareily       
• Ghaziabad       
• Jhansi       
• Kanpur        
• Lucknow 
• Meerut or Raebareli           
• Moradabad        
• Rampur        
• Saharanpur and       
• Varanasi.

   

West Bengal -4 Cities 

• New Town Kolkata 
• Bidhannagar   
• Durgapur 
• Haldi

Names of the Union Territory/Name of the Smart Cities:

 
Andaman&Nicobar -1 City:

• Port Blair

Chandigarh - 1 City:

• Chandigarh

Dadra&Nagar Haveli -1 City:

• Silvasa

Daman&Diu : 1 City:

• Diu

Delhi  – 1 City:

• New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)

Lakshadweep  – 1 City:

• Kavaratti

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Name: RASIPURAM KRISHNASWAMY IYER LAXMAN / R.K.LAXMAN

Father: Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer – A School Head Master

Mother: Gnanambal

Date of Birth: 24th October 1921-Born in Mysore, Karnataka

Date of Death: 26th January 2015- Expired at Pune, Maharashtra (At the age of 93 years)

Occupation: Cartoonist

Elder Brother: R.K.Narayan- Famous Indian Novelist

Spouse/s: 

Bharata Natyam Dancer-cum-Actress Kumari Kamala (First wife-Divorced) and

Kamala Laxman- (Second Wife-Elder Sister's Daughter) who wrote "Thama Stories" for kids with R.K.Laxman's pictures.

Education: Graduate (B.A.)-University of Mysore

Career: 

R.K.Laxman was interested in drawing pictures, especially cartoons, right from his school days. He had worked as a cartoonist in the local newspapers and magazines. He had drawn cartoon pictures for his elder brother R.K.Narayan’s stories published in the newspaper-‘The Hindu’.

R.K.Laxman was a political cartoonist for ‘The Free Press Journal’ in Mumbai, where, the Shiv Sena Founder Leader- Mr.Bal Thackery was his colleague-cartoonist.

Then, he became a cartoonist in the magazine-“The Times of India” and became popular for his “The Common Man” Cartoons.

The following is a list of books by/with the sketches by  R.K.Laxman:-

Name of the Book/Year of Publication:

 “You Said it”/1964

 “Sorry,No Room”/1969

“Thama and the Little Bird,”Thama Stories/1970

“Doodles”/1975

“In the Wonder Land of Indian Managers”/1977

“Idel Hours” –Short Stories, Travelogues, Essays and Anecdotes/1982

“Science Smiles”/1985

“Random Sketches”/1985

 “The Eloquent Brush”/ 1988

“The Hotel Riviera”/ 1989

“Calcutta Images”/1990

“The Messenger”/ 1993

“The Best of Laxman”/ 1995

“The Tunnel of Time”-An Auto-biography/ 1998

“Laughter Lines-The Cartoon Craft of R.K.Laxman”- Co-Author Bal Thackeray /1999

 “Laugh with Laxman”/ 2000

“Faces Through the Eyes of R.K.Laxman”/2000

“Collected Writings”/ 2000

“Dose of Laughter”/ 2002

“Servants of India”/ 2002

“Common Man Tackles Corruption”/2002

“A Vote for Laughter”/2003

“Common Man Balanced His Budget”/2003

“Common Man Goes to the Village”/2003

“Common Man Watches Cricket”/2003

 “The Distorted Mirror”/ 2004

 “Brushing Up the Years-A Cartoonist’s History of India-1947 to the Present”/2008

“The Uncommon Man”-Collection of Works from 1948 to 2008/2009

“The Very Best of the Common Man”/2012

“He Said It! The Common Man Speaks”-
 (A book by C.S.Nag-on the life and the cartoons of R.K.Laxman )/ 2012

“In the World of Corporate Managers”(In English and  Gujarati)/2013

“India Through the Eyes of R.K.Laxman-Then to Now”- Published in CD.

Awards and Recognitions Given to R.K.Laxman:-

Name of the Award/Given by/Year:

“Padma Bhushan”/Union Government of India/1973

“ Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts”/ 1984

“Padma Vishushan”/Union Government of India/2005

“Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism”/CNN IBN TV/2008

“ Pune Pandit Award” (Scholar of Pune Award) For Excellence in ‘Creative Communication’/The  Art & Music Foundation/2012

   “Honorary Doctorate”/University of Mysore/ 2004

A Chair has been named after R.K.Laxman at Symbiosis International University, Pune.

In Pune a statue of 'R.K.Laxman's "Common Man" has been erected to honour R.K.L.

“R.K.Laxman Ki Duniya”-A Television Show was telecast on SAB TV.

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Name: RASIPURAM KRISHNASWAMY IYER NARAYANASWAMY/R.K.NARAYAN

Date of Birth: 10th October 1906-At Madras (Now Chennai)

Date of Death: 13th May 2001- At Chennai  at the age of 94 years

Father: Rasipuram Krishnasway Iyer-A School Head Master

Mother: Gnanambal

Younger Brother: R.K.Laxman- Indian Cartoonist

Occupation: Indian Writer-Novelist

Education:-

• The Lutheran Mission School in Purasawalkam,Madras

•  C.R.C. High School, Madras

• The Christian College High School,Madras

• Bachelor of Arts: Maharaja College of Mysore

Personal and Writing Career of R.K.Narayan:

After completing his High School, R.K.Narayan was unable to pass the entrance examination for joining his graduation, and was at home for one year. During the time R.K.Narayan had been reading a lot and got interest in writing.

After one year he joined the college for his graduation and completed his B.A.in 4 years instead of 3 years.
R.K.Narayan worked as a teacher for some time and decided to become a novelist and quit the job and stayed at home and started writing.

Initially, he had been writing for local Newspapers and Magazines and he could not get enough encouragement for his writing or sufficient income from his writings.

However, R.K.Narayan wrote his first novel-‘Swamy and Friends’ in the year 1930, in which he created his imaginary town called “Malgudi”.

In the year 1933, he went to his sister’s house at Coimbatore, when he was 27 years old, where he fell in love with a 15 years old girl Rajam, who lived near his sister's house, who was a few inches taller than he, and married her, despite hurdles in the form of horoscope matching problems and financial problems.

Then R.K.Narayan joined a journal named ‘Justice’ run for the welfare of anti-brahmins, whereas, he was a Brahmin.

During the period, R.K.Narayan had many contacts and friends in India and in England. He had sent the manuscript of his first novel ‘Swamy and Friends’ to one of his friends at Oxford who showed the same to Mr.Graham Greene, who in turn recommended for publication in England.

Mr.Graham Greene suggested R.K.Narayan to change/shorten his name from 'R.K.Narayanaswamy' to 'R.K.Narayan' to make his name familiar with overseas readers and also suggested the name 'Swamy and Friends' to his first novel.

In the year 1935, R.K.Narayan’s  first nove “Swamy and Friends’ was published in England.

 Subsequently,three more of his books were also published in England by the help of Mr.Graham Greene and R.K.Narayan’s novels, especially the “Malgudi” became popular in England.

In the year 1939, his wife Rajam died of typhoid when his daughter Hema was just 3 years old.

R.K.Narayan’s first 3 novels had been ‘auto-biographical’, as he wrote based on his own life experiences of his school days, his love and marriage, death of his wife, taking care of his only daughter and his experiences on money matters/finance.

In the year 1940, he started his own journal named ‘Indian Thought’ and despite having had more than 1000 subscribers in the Madras City only, he could not manage to continue the journal for more than a year.

In the year 1943, R.K.Naryan started his own publishing company by name- “Indian Thought Publications”.

As the “Indian Thought Publications” started selling well, R.K.Narayan started constructing his own house in the outskirts of Mysore in the year 1948 and completed  the house in the year 1953.

R.K.Narayan’s Publishing Company “Indian Thought Publications” is still running well, managed by his granddaughter, now.

In the year 1953, R.K.Narayan’s books  were first published in the United States of America  by ‘Michigan State University Press’, and by ‘Viking Press’ from the year 1958.

In the year 1956, R.K.Narayan conducted his daughter Hema’s wedding with orthodox traditional Hindu rituals, and started travelling to various places in and out of India and continued to write.

During this period in his visit to England, R.K.Narayan met his friend Graham Greene, who helped him to publish his first four  books.


Awards and Recognitions Given to R.K.Narayan:-

Award or Honour/Year:

Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ‘The Guide’/1958

'Padma Bhushan' of the Union Government of India/1964

Film Fare Award for the 'Best Story' – 'Guide'-Hindi Movie based on his novel 'The Guide'/1967

Honorary Doctorate by the University of Leeds/1967

R.K.Narayan was commissioned by the Government of Karnataka to write a book to promote tourism in the state. The work was published as part of a larger government publication in the late 1970s

Honorary Doctorate by the Delhi University/1973

Honorary Doctorate by the University of Mysore/1976

Honorary Member of the British Royal Society of Literature

AC Benson Medal by the British Royal Society of Literature/1980

Some of R.K.Narayan’s works were translated to Chinese/1980

Elected as an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter/1982

Nominated to Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India for his contributions to Indian Literature/For 6 years from the year 1989

Padma Vibhushan by the Union Government of India/2001

Nominated many times for the Nobel Prize for Literature, however,he was not awarded 'Nobel Prize' for Literature.

Quotes by R.K.Naryan:

We come together only to go apart again. 
The law of life can't be avoided. 
The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves from our mother's womb. 
All struggle & misery in life is due to our attempt to arrest this law or get away from it or in allowing ourselves to be hurt by it. 
The fact must be recognized. A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life. 
All else is false. 
The law of life. 
No sense in battling against it...-
-R.K.Narayan

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List of  R.K.Naryayan’s Writings:-

Novels Written by R.K.Narayan:

Name of the Novel/ Year/ Publisher

Swamy and Friends/1935/Hamish Hamilton

The Bachelor of Arts/1937/Thomas Neslon

The Dark Room/1938/Eyre

The English Teacher/1945/Eyre

Mr. Sampath/1948/Eyre

 The Financial Expert/1952/Methuen

 Waiting for the Mahatma/1955/Methuen

 The Guide/1958/Methuen

    The Man-Eater of Malgudi/1961/ Viking

    The Vendor of Sweets/1967/ The Bodley Head

    The Painter of Signs/1977/ Heinemann

   A Tiger for Malgudi /1983/ Heinemann

   Talkative Man/1986/ Heinemann

   The World of Nagaraj/1990, Heinemann

    Grandmother's Tale/1992/ Indian Thought Publications

Short story collections written by R.K.Narayan:

    Malgudi Days/1942/Indian Thought Publications

    An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories/1947/Indian Thought Publications

    Lawley Road and Other Stories/1956/ Indian Thought Publications

    A Horse and Two Goats /1970

    Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories/1985

   The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories/1994/ Viking

Non-fiction Writings by R.K.Narayan:

    Next Sunday/1960/Indian Thought Publications

    My Dateless Diary/1960/Indian Thought Publications

    My Days/1974/ Viking

    Reluctant Guru /1974/ Orient Paperbacks


    The Emerald Route/1980/ Indian Thought Publications


    A Writer's Nightmare/1988/ Penguin Books


    A Story-Teller's World/1989/Penguin Books


    The Writerly Life /2002/ Penguin Books India


    Mysore/1944, second edition/ Indian Thought Publications


Mythology Writings:

    Gods, Demons and Others/1964/ Viking

    The Ramayana/1973/ Chatto & Windus

    The Mahabharata/1978/ Heinemann

The following novels/short stories of R.K.Narayan have been adapted into movies:

‘The Guide’was adapted into Hindi movie-‘Guide’, directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman.

‘Mr.Sampath’ was adapted into a Tamil movie-‘Miss Malini’, starring Pushpavalli and Kothamangalam Subbu. The Hindi version of the movie was produced by the ‘Gemini Studios’.

‘The Financial Expert’ was adapted into a Kannada movie-‘Banker Margayya’.

His novels  ‘Swamy and Friends’and  ‘The Vendor of Sweets’ and some of his short stories from ‘Malgudi Days’ were adapted into Television Serials-‘Malgudi Days’, by Actor-Director Shankar Nag.

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How To Change Mobile Phone Service Provider- Retaining the Same Number?

What is Mobile Number Portability/MNP?

Mobile Number Portability/MNP is the facility to switch over from one Mobile Phone Service Provider  from anywhere in India to another Service Provider anywhere in India, retaining the same Mobile Number.

This facility of 'Mobile Number Portability' was introduced in India from 1st January 2011, for porting within the circles.

However, the National Rollout of ‘MNP’ across all  the States and Telecom Circles has been established since 3rd July 2015. 

Who can make use of Mobile Number Portability?

Any Mobile Phone user, whose current Mobile service is more than 90 days from the date of activation, can make use of the MNP facility:

• To switch over from one Mobile Service Provider to another in the same place and/or in a different place anywhere in India.

• To switch over from Code Division Multiple Access/CDMA to Global System for Mobile/GSM or from GSM to CDMA within the same service provider or to another.

How To get the Mobile Number Ported?

In the case of 'Post Paid' customers, the latest bill must have been paid in full.

In the case of Pre- paid customers, it must be ensured that the balance in the mobile service is “NIL”, as the balance, if any, will get elapsed in the process of porting.

Step 1: 

The customer must send a Text Message- "PORT’ "  from the existing mobile number to the number‘1900’.

Once the message is successfully sent, the customer will receive an ‘Unique Poring Code’/UPC Code with 8 digits, valid for 15 days.

For the customers in Jammu&Kashmir, as prepaid SMS is not permitted in J&K, the customer must dial ‘1900’ and obtain the UPC.

Step 2: 
 
The customer will have to go to the nearest mobile operator showroom of the mobile service to which he/she wishes to get ported,

along with the ‘UPC’ and photo copies of Address Proof and ID proof and a recent passport size photo of the customer and

Fill in the prescribed application form ofr porting and

submit the same along with the photo copies of Address Proof and Photo ID proof and

pay a nominal fee of about Rs 19/- and get a new SIM card from the new service provider’s shop.

(Note:  The customer may cancel the porting request within 24hrs of applying for porting. However, the porting charges payable/collected will not be refunded.)

Within one day of submitting the application, the customer will receive a message accepting the number porting.  The process of porting will take normally 7 days.

A disruption will occur for 2 hours during mid night in the previous net work and an SMS  will be received providing the date and time of porting.

Step 3:
 
Then the customer may insert the new SIM start using the mobile with the same number under the new service provider.

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In the developing countries like India, 'Garbage/Waste Management has been a challenging problem faced by the Government authorities, in view of the increasing volume of garbage produced and the lack of land/space for disposal of garbage collected from the households and factories etc.

As all kinds of wastes, including solid wastes, re-usable/re-cycle-able materials like paper, cloth and plastics are thrown by the people in garbage bins and dumped in garbage storing landscapes.

In almost all the parts of India, millions of people, especially women and children are engaged in rag/waste- picking as the means of their livelihood.

The ‘Waste-Pickers’ are looked down upon by other people and the waste pickers experience difficulties in their life of waste picking for their survival.

In Pune, public activists/NGOs have  set up an  organisation, by name-‘ Kagad, Kach, Patra, Kashtakari Panchayat’/KKPKP for the cause of fighting for the rights of rag/waste pickers.

It is notable that a lady member of -‘ Kagad, Kach, Patra, Kashtakari Panchayat’/KKPKP, Pune participated in and addressed the ‘104th Session of the ‘International Labour Conference’ of the 'International Labour Organization'/ILOheld at Genevo from from 1st June 2015 to 13th June 2015 at Geneva, Switzerland.

The member of -‘ Kagad, Kach, Patra, Kashtakari Panchayat’/KKPKP, Pune, 50 years old  Ms.Suman More had been a ‘Waste-Picker’ for her livelihood since 37 years.

In her address at the ‘ILC’, Ms.Suman More had explained her experiences in her life of ‘waste-picking’ and the contributions of their association--‘ Kagad, Kach, Patra, Kashtakari Panchayat’/KKPKP, Pune, in improving the status of their member ‘waste pickers’.

In India, the corporations and the Municipalities have delegated the garbage management to private contractors.

The private contractors, collect the garbage from the households and factories and destroy the entire garbage by burning, in view of the labour and cost of segregating the re-cycle able waste and bio waste which can be converted into compost for use as fertiliziers.

Because of the private contractors handling the garbage collection and clearance, the ‘waste-pickers’ are affected in their operations and also  their source of livelihood is affected.

The Union Government of India has launched “Swachch Bharath” Mission and “Smart Cities Mission” for ‘Cleaning India’.

The State Government of Delhi has announced that a National Award with a Cash Prize of Rs 1.5 Lakhs will be given to the 3 best rag pickers and 3 ‘Associations of Rag Pickers’ for their contribution in keeping India Clean and to encourage further the ‘Clean India’ Mission.

The Union Government of India and the State Governments in India will have to take the possible and necessary steps to manage efficiently, the  garbage in the cities and towns and enable the re-cycle able wastes to be segregated and the ‘waste pickers’ would get benefit from the same, in collaboration with the Associations of Waste Pickers and the ‘NGO’s really interested in the welfare of ‘waste pickers’ and garbage management, in the various parts of India.

The general public also should be aware of the importance of and the difficulties in ‘Waste/Garbage Management’ and sort out wastes while throwing them into their dust-bins and while disposing off into the public garbage collecting bins, or giving away to door to door garbage collectors.

The garbage thrown by the people must be segregated  into various types such as:

• Dry Wastes,
• Wet Wastes,
• Bio-degradable wastes,
• Non degradable wastes,
• Recycle able wastes like paper, clothes and plastic etc.,
• Electric/Electronic and Computer Wastes,
• Hazardous Wastes and
• Debris (Dust and broken & unusable things)

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Facilities and Concessions given to the Senior Citizens in the Indian Railways:-

Who is a ‘Senior Citizen’ as per the Indian Railways for Facilities and Concessions?

• Male Citizens Above the Age of 60 years and

• Female Citizens Above the Age of 58 years

are given the concessions in the fares by the Indian Railways.

The following are the Percentage of Concessions in the Train Fares given to the Senior Citizens:

• For the Male Senior Citizens: 40% on the Basic Fare and
• For the Female Senior Citizens: 50 % on the Basic Fare in all the Classes of the following Trains:--

-Mails,-Expresses,
-Rajdhani,
-Shatabdi and
-Duronto Group of Trains.

Wheel Chairs and Battery Cars have been provided in all the Major Railway Stations ‘Free of Cost’to the Passenger who are ‘Disabled’ ,‘Senior Citizens’ and ‘Sick’ Passengers.

The ‘Disabled’ and ‘Senior Citizens’ and ‘Sick’ Passengers may contact the persons operating the ‘
Wheel Chairs’ and the ‘Battery Cars’, to their Mobile Numbers displayed prominently at the entrance of the Railway Stations and make use of the facilities, producing the PNR Number and the Name &Number of the Trains they have booked for their travel.

In most of the Railway Stations, the ‘Wheel Chairs’ and the ‘Battery Cars’ are well maintained and in operation helping the needy passengers.

However, there are instances in some Railway Stations, when the Battery Cars are not maintained in good working conditions.

The following are some of the Facilities given to the Passengers in  the Trains in India:

A Combines Quota of 2 Lower Berths per Coach in the following Classes:

• 2 Sleeper,
• AC 3 Tier and
• AC 2 Tier

Coaches in all the trains having reserved accommodations have been earmarked and they are given to the following passengers who are travelling alone:

• Male Senior Citizen-Passengers above 60 years of age,
• Female Passengers of age 45 and above and
• Pregnant Women Passengers.

After the departure of  the trains as and if ‘Lower Berths’ are found vacant in the coaches, the concerned TTE will have to allot on priority to the vacant ‘Lower Berths’ to the ‘Physically Handicapped’ and the ‘Senior Citizens’ who have booked for the reservation under the ‘PH’ and ‘Senior Citizen’ categories and who have been alloted ‘Middle’ or ‘Upper’ Berths, making the necessary entries in the charts.

Separate Reservations counters will be earmarked, subject to feasibility based on the average demand for tickets in the shifts, for the following category of passengers:

• Physically Handicapped Persons,
• Senior Citizens,
• Ex-M.P.s/M.L.A.s,
• Accredited Journalists and
• Freedom Fighters.

Recently, in the ‘Chennai Egmore Railway Station’, there has been a complaint from a ‘Physically Handicapped’ passenger, that the facility of the ‘Battery Car’ was denied, as the same was reserved on a particular day for the use the Governor of Tamilnadu, who was scheduled to travel by train that night.

However, the Tamilnadu- ‘Raj Bhavan’ officials had expressed their/ the Governor’s apology over the matter, though the situation occurred as one of the two battery cars in the station was out of order.

The Railway authorities should take care to keep the wheel chairs, battery cars and the operators& their mobile numbers in working conditions, to enable the intended facilities to be available to the needy passengers without fail or delay.

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Name:  JAGMOHAN DALMIYA

Date of Birth:  30th May 1940-Born at Calcutta (Kolkata)-Born in a Marwari-Bania Family

Date of Death: 20th September 2015- At Kolkata- at the age of 75 years

Education: AT Scottish Church College, Calcutta.

Occupation:

• Businessman / Industrialist, Co-Owner of M/s. M.L.Dalmiya &Co. Along with his father, One of India’s Top  Construction Company which  constructed Calcutta's Birla Planetarium in the year 1963.

• Cricket Player (Wicket -Keeper) and Cricket Administrator,

-Former President of International Cricket Council/ICC (1997-2000)

-President of Board of Control for Cricket in India /BCCI -Jagmohan Dalmiya had been associated with  the  BCCI from the year 1979 and he has been a remarkable administrator in the field of Indian Cricket for the past 35 years.

Jagmohan Dalmiya joined the BCCI in the year 1979 and became the Treasurer in the year 1983. He then became the Secretary of the BCCI. He was the President of the BCCI from the year  2001 to  the year 2005.

Jagmohan Dalmiya was expelled from the BCCI in the year 2006 for charges of corruption and misappropriation of the funds of the BCCI, as a result of personal politics among the officials of the BCCI.

However, Jagmohan Dalmiya came out with a clean chit after a long legal battle and he rejoined the BCCI in the year 2010.

He had been the Interim- President in the year 2013.

Jagmohan Dalmiya became the present 'President of the BCCI' in March  2015.

Achievements of Jagmohan Dalmiya in Indian Cricket through BCCI:-

As an Administrator of the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya had:

• Been behind the 2 Cricket World Cups co-hosted by India, along with Pakistan  in the year 1987- ‘The Reliance World Cup’ and along with Pakistan and Srilanka in the year 1996- the ‘Wills World Cup’.

• Procured for the BCCI, a multi -million Television deal with ‘World Tel’ in the 90’s which made the BCCI the richest ‘Cricket Body’ in the world.

• Made the Indian Cricket a self sufficient entity and he engineered a shift of power base from Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

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In the Mumbai’s Sub-Urban Railways Network, a chain of 7 bomb-blasts, 7 serial blasts in a span of 8 minutes, were executed on 11th July 2006, killing 189 innocent passengers and injuring several persons.

A Special 'Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act'/MCOCA Court hearing the case, against 13 persons, most of whom were members of the  ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI)-, which was banned in India by the Supreme Court of India, had given its verdict in the case.

Out of the  13 persons accused and charge sheeted, 1 has been acquitted, and 12 persons have been found guilty and the verdicts have been pronounced on 30th Septmber 2015.

Out of the 12 persons convicted, 5 persons have been sentenced to death penalty and the rest 7 have been sentenced to ‘Life Imprisonment’.

The following is the List of 5 Persons convicted and sentenced with ‘Death Penalty’, under Section 16 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act/UAPA:-

S.No./Name of the Convict/Age/Remarks:

1/Kamal Ahmed Mohammad Ansari/40 years/Resident of Basopatti,Madhubani District, Bihar-Received ‘Arms Training’ in Pakistan and ferried 2 Pakistani Terrorists across the Indo-Nepal border and dropped them to Mumbai- He is one who planted the bomb at Matunga.

2/Mohammed Faisal Attaur Rahman Shaikh/ 40 years/Resident of Mira Road-Head of the Mumbai unit of ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’-Key financier of the ‘2006-Mumbai Train Blasts’-Planned the conspiracy-got ‘Hawala Money’ for the blasts’ fundings-Harboured Pakistani Terrorists-Assembled the Bombs and Planted them.

3/Ehtesham Qutbuddin Siddiqui/ 32 years/ Had been working in the Gulf-Came from his home town  Jaunpur and came to Maharashtra and enrolled in an Engineering College- Dropped out of the Engineering College- Associated with the  ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI)-Had been an Office Bearer of SIMI -Harboured Pakistani Terrorists-Surveyed the Trains-Assembled the bombs-Planted the bomb at Mira Road-Bhayander.

4/Naveed Hussain Khan Rasheed/ 34 years/Born in Kwait- Pakistani Mother who had worked as an Islamic teacher in Kwait- Came to India purchasing a flat in Mira Road- Became a friend of Faisal Shaikh the main financier of the blastsHad been an employee of a ‘Call Center’at Secunderabad- Helped in assembling and planting the bomb at Bandra.

5/Asif Khan Bashir Khan/42 years/Resident of Mira Road area-Native of Jalgaon-Civil Engineer-Employed in a leading construction company in Mumbai-Member of the  ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI)- Harboured Pakistani Terrorists to Mira Road area-Responsible for procuring the Pressure Cookers’ for the bombs and helped in assembling the bombs- Planted the bomb in Borivali

The following is the List of 7 Persons convicted and sentenced with ‘Life Imprisonment’, under Section 121 of the Indian Penal Code/IPC:-

S.No./Name of the Convict/Age/Remarks:

1./Mohammed Majid Shafi/36 years/Owned a Footwear shop in the Raja Bazaar area in Kolkata-Involved in ‘Hawala’ dealings-Frequently moved in and out of Bangladesh thorough the porous Indo-Bangladesh border-Having relatives in Bangladesh- Helped 6 Pakistani Terrorists to cross over into India through the Indo-Bangladesh border.

2./Tanveer Ahmed Modhmmed Ibrahim Ansari/40 years/Resident of Agripada-Degree holder in Unani Medicine from Nagpur-Associated with the ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI) -Attended ‘Terror Camps’ in Pakistan-Surveyed the local trains in which the bomb blasts were done.

3./ Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam/ 45 years/Resident of Shivaji Nagar-Worked in a Co-Operative Bank- Moved to Dubai-Returned back to India after a month-Started his own business of supplying ‘Unani Medicines’ to Unani Doctors, procuring the medicines from Hyderabad- Became a member of the ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI) –His small house in Govandi had been used by the Pakistani Terrorists  responsible for the bomb blasts to assemble the bombs.

4./Mohammed Sajid Murgub Ansari/ 37 years/Resident of Mira Road area-Owned a ‘Mobile Service Shop’ in Naya Nagar- Harboured 2 Pakistanis into India- -Procured the ‘timers’ for the bombs and assembled them- The resident of Mira Road is supposed to have procured timers for the bombs and assembled them. He was also charged with harbouring two of the Pakistanis.

5./Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh/ 30 years/A Software Engineer in Oracle Corporation, Bangalore, a few months before the 2006 blasts-Brother of Faisal and Raahil, the main planners of the blasts-Said to be trained in Pakistan-Surveyed the local trains bombed.

6./Suhail Mehmood Shaikh/ 45 years/Resident of Bhimpura Lane in Pune Camp area- Worked as a Tailor of Zari work and alteration works-Educated in the ‘English Medium’-Had been a ‘Faith Healer’-Said to have had ‘Arms Training’ at Pakistan-Surveyed the targeted local trains bombed-Said to have visited Iran to set up ‘Dry Fruits Business’-Was a member of the ‘Students Islamic Movement of India’(SIMI).

7./Zameer Ahmed Latifur Rehman Shaikh/40 years/Resident of Worli-Studied at Khairul Islam High School in Mominpura-Graduated from the Maharashtra College in Nagpada in the year 1996-Was doing a road-side business of making ‘duplicate keys’-Had been trained in Pakistan-Surveyed the local trains-attended the conspiracy meetings of the bomb blasts.

One Person Acquitted:

Abdul Wahid Din Mohammed Shaikh had been a teacher at the Anjuman-i-Islam High School at Do Tanki, near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai.

He was accused of providing his home in Mumbai for harbouring Pakistanis, said to be involved in the blasts conspiracy, was acquitted by the court on grounds of ‘lack of evidence’.

Abdul Wahid Din Mohammed Shaikh, 36 years old, has been acquitted. 

The 12 convicted and sentenced persons will appeal in the High Court against the punishments awarded to them in the case.

We will have to wait and see the ‘Judgement’ of the Maharashtra High Court in the appeals.
However, the convicted will approach the ‘Supreme Court of India’ after the High Court’s Judgement in the appeals.

Even if the capital punishments awarded to the above 5 convicts in the ‘2006 Mumbai Train Blasts’ case be confirmed by the apex court of India, they may go for ‘clemency’/mercy petitions to the Governor/s and or the President of India.

It is notable that the people of India are against the ‘death penalty’ and the ‘Law Commission of India’ has recommended for abolishing the capital punishment in India, except in the rarest of rare cases, especially in ‘Terror Activities’.

List of General and Speciality Hospitals in Salem Tamilnadu

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The following is a List of Some of the Single/Multi- Speciality/General Hospitals in Salem/Salem District, Tamilnadu:-

Name of the Hospital/ Category/Address/Phone Number:

A.C.Hospital/General/104,2nd Agraharam, Near Old Bus Stand, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636001/0427-2260577/2267957

Appusami Hospital/ General/ 8Z/A, Gandhi Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0472- 2316167/68

Aravind Eye Hospital/Eye Care/64, Sankagiri Main Road, Opp.Kaliamman Temple,Nethimedu, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636002/ 0427-4356100

Arokya Hospital Salem/General/3 Roads,Suramangalam Main Road,Pallppatti, Salem, Tamilnadu,PIN: 636009 /427-2449641 , 43

Chellam Hospital/General/3, Vijayaragavachari Road, Salem, Tamilnadu/427-2319395 , 2319396


C.K.R Hospital/Nursing Home/ 56,A/1,Rajaji Road, Near Sri Sarada Bala Mandir Boys’ Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427-2316662

Deepam Hospital &Test Tube Baby Center /Multi Special/ 116 A, Ayya Goundar Street,Belur Road, Vazhapadi, Salem District, Tamil Nadu,PIN: 636115/4292-223131

Dharan Hospital/General/Seela Naicken Patti Bye Pass Road, National Highways, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636201/0427-2281717/2281599/1699

Dr.Agarwal’s Eye Hospitals Ltd./Eye Hospital/114/7, Gandhi Road, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636007/0427-2319993

Dr.Geeth Raghunath Hospital/Eye Hospital/2, Gandhinagar, Attur, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636102/04282-240447/243381/240556/9842770556 F:04282-250062

Dr.Haneefa Polyclinic&Nursing Home/General/264, Cherry Road, Salem,Tamilnadu, PIN:636001/0427-2451990

ENT Care Center/Nursing Home/Opp.New Bus Stand, Near Nalyana Maligaai, Salem,Tamilnadu, PIN:636004/0427-4030040

Haran Healthcare Services (P)Ltd./General/5 Roads, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636004/0427-2442286

J.S.Hospital/General/5A, Ramakrishna Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427-2317264

Kamala Hospital/General/256, Second Agraharam, Salem, Tamilnadu,PIN: 636001/0427-2260468/2268244/9442012000 F:0427-2260700

Kiruba Hospital /General/5, Rajaji Road, Near Windsor Castle Hotel, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636007/0427-2315160/2317260 F: (0427)2313060

Kurinji Hospital/General/Teejay Hospital Road, 5 Roads, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN:636004/0427-2444878

Lakshmi Hospital/General/84,Trichy Main Road, Salem, Tamilnadu/ 427-2464346 , 4030346

Lotus Eye Hospital &Institute, Salem/Eye Care/86, Brindhavan Road, Fairlands, Salem-636 016/+91 422 422 9900/ +91 422 422 9999

Manipal Hospital Salem(A Unit of Manipal Health Systems (P) Ltd. /General/    3/41, Salem – Bangalore Highway Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636012/0427-2345769

Mohanraj Childrens Hospital//General/214, Second Agraharam, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636001/0427-2260868/2262586/2251686

Naveen Nursing Home/Orthopaedics Special/12-1-34, Dharmapuri Main Road, Mecheri, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN:  636465/04298-278656/278344
P.K.S.Hospital/General/40, Ammapet Main Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 600021/0427-4050701/2267995

P.R.N.Critical Care Center and Hospitals/Nursing Home/82/B-2,Peramanur Main Road,Salem, Tamilnadu,PIN:636007/0427-2413030

Pranav Hospital Pvt.Ltd. /General/108/38,Brindavan Road, Near Ponnusamy Gounder Kalyan Mandapam, Opp.New Bus Stand, Salem,Tamilnadu, PIN: 636004/0427-2336787/88/33/55

R.P.S.Hospital/Multi Speciality/3/392 C,Trichy Main Road,Seelanaickanpatti, Salem,
PIN:  636201/0427-2467644/2465521/F: (0427)2465521

Salem Eye Hospital/Eye Care/ 11 A/1, Gandhi Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/ 0427-2319993
Salem Gopi Hospitals Private Limited /Eye Care/23 B,Ramakrishna Road, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636007/0427-2314421

Salem Gopi Hospitals Private Limited /Multi Special/23 B,Ramakrishna Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427-2314421

Salem Medical Centre Hospital Private Limited/General/50,Kannankurichi Road, Hasthampatti,Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427-2418213/14

Salem Polyclinic/General/250,Omlur Road, Opp.TVS.,Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427 2312020
Shanmuga Hospitals &Salem Cancer Institute/General/24,Saradha College Road, Salem,Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636007/0427- 2315293/2319469

Shanmuga Hospitals &Salem Cancer Institute/General/24,Saradha College Road, Salem,Tamilnadu, PIN: 636007/0427- 2315293/2319469

Shri Bharathi Nursing Home /General/50,Sashtri Nagar, Sankari Main Road, Annadhanappatti, Near Kondalampatti Bye Pass Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636002/0427-2272211

Shri Shellapha Hospital/Oncology Special/239,Rajaram Nagar, Salem,Tamilnadu,
PIN: 636007/0427-2421277/2412266/9894264333 F:0427-2412403

Siddharth Maternity Center/Maternity Special/46 A, Indira Nagar, Mettur Dam, Bhavani Main Road, Salem, PIN: 636401/04298-243086
SKS Hospital/General/Alagapuram, Brindavan Road, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636004/0427-2331355

SPMM Health Care Services Pvt.Ltd./General/29,Cuddalore Main Road, Ammapet, Near Srinivasa Theatre, Salem, Tamilnadu,PIN: 636003/0427-2240394

Sri Gokulam Hospital/General/3/60,Meyyanur, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN:638004/0427-2448171

Sri Raam Hospital/General/A 9/20 S, Second Agraharam, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: :636001/9362101838

Surakksha Hospital&Speciality Clinic/Multi Special/ Multispeciality Hospital- Surakksha Multispeciality Hospital, Near Mulluvadi Gate,Opp. Salem Dist. Central Co-op Bank (HO), 148, Cherry Road,Salem - 636 001,Tamil Nadu, INDIA. -Surakksha Clinic-Surakksha Speciality Clinic,Kalaignar Maaligai,226, Opp. New Bus Stand,Bangalore Main Road,Salem - 636 004,Tamil Nadu, INDIA. /For Phone Booking-Hospital-    Phone : 0427 - 406 7575-    Mobile : 73730 40678 -    Clinic-    Phone : 0427 - 405 0900-    Mobile : 73730 40640

T.M.S.Eye Hospital/Eye Care/ 51, LRN Colony, Saradha College Road, Salem, Tamilnadu,
PIN: 626007/427- 2316955/6501717

Vidya Hospital/Eye Care&Multi Special/103 C,Tamil Sangam Road, Shankar Nagar, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN:636007/0427-2417676/2420767

Vinayaka Mission Hospital/General/NH 47, Sanvagiri Main Road, Seeragadadi, Veerapandi Post, Salem, Tamilnadu, PIN: 636308/0427-3982000/2479200

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In India, the 02nd October is a “Special Day’,  as it is the ‘date of birth’ of 2 popular Indian National -Leaders:

•    Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation (Date of Birth: 02nd October 1869) and

•    Lal Bahadur Shastri-Former Prime Minister of India(02nd October 1904)

 and the date of death of a popular Indian National Leader :

•    K.Kamaraj- Former President of Indian National Congress and the Former Chief Minsiter of the State of Madras/Tamilnadu.(02nd October 1975)

02nd October-Gandhi Jayanthi;

The Date of Birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, is celebrated in India,as ‘Gandhi Jayanthi’  on 02nd October, every year and it is one of the 3 National Holidays in India, along with:

Republic Day- on 26th January(Date of India’s becoming a Republic- 26th January 1950) and

Independence Day-on 15th August (Date on which India became Independent -15th August 1947)

The United Nations General Assembly announced on 15th June 2007, that it had adopted a resolution which declared that 02nd October will be celebrated as the ‘International Day of Non-Violence’, in appreciation of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Ahimsa/Non Violence, appreciated world-wide.

In honour of Mahatma Gandhi, towns, roads and public buildings have been named after him.

02nd October-Birthday of Lal Bahadur Shastri:

Lal Bahadur Shastri, had been the Prime Minister of India from 9th  June 1964  to – 11th  January 1966.

He  expired  on 11th January 1966 at Tashkent, USSR, after signing the ‘Tashkent Declaration’ between India (Represented by  Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Prime Minister of India)and Pakistan (Represented by the Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan), after attending the Tashkent Summit,subsequent to the cease-fire of the Indo –Pakistan War of the year 1965.

Lal Bahadur Shastry was awarded the highest civilian award of India, the ‘Bharat Ratna’, in the year 1966, posthumously (He was the first person to be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’,posthumously.
In honour of Lal Bahadur Shastry, many National/Public Buildings, towns and roads have been named after him, as he was well known for his simplicity, honesty and devotion to the country.

02nd October-Birthday of 'King Maker'-K.Kamaraj:

K.Kamaraj, who had been the Chief Minister of Madras State/Tamilnadu from the year 1954 to the year 1963, expired on 02nd October 1975.

He is well known in India and abroad, for his simple, honest and selfless service to India and Indians, especially, for his achievements in rural development and improvement of school education, despite his being not educated in any school.

He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the ‘Bharat Ratna’ Award, posthumously in the year 1976.

In  honour of K.Kamaraj, Airport Terminal/s,Universities, public buildings,towns and roads have been named after him.

In view of the above,  the 02nd of October is indeed a 'Special Day' in India,  having a triple commemoration of three rare Indian Political Leaders.

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A Tamil Horror Movie titled-‘D’Monte Colony’, with a running time of  2 hours.was released in May 2015.

The movie is based on the Stories/Rumours of 'Paranormal/Super-Natural Activities in the Abandoned / Deserted- 'D'Monte- Colony' in Chennai, which is said to be haunted by evil spirits/ghosts.

The movie ‘D’Monte Colony’ has been:

• Produced by M.K.Tamilarasu,
• Written and Directed by Ajay Gnanamuthu, who had been the Assistant of the popular Director-A.R.Murugadoss, 
• Starring Arulnidhi, 
• With Music by Keba Jeremiah, Guitarist,
• With Cinematography  by Aravind Singh, who was an Assistant to the famous Cinematographer-Santosh  Sivan  and 
• Edited by  Bhuvan Srinivasan

The movie has only one song ( Vaadaa Vaa Machi )in it, though five songs were shot for the movie.

Interestingly, there is ‘No Heroine’ in the movie, "D'Monte".

According to the Director and the Producer of the Tamil Movie-‘D’Monte’, when the movie was shot, most of the houses in the colony had been already demolished.

The remaining houses also were reported to be demolished soon.

And so, the movie was shot at a  different location and in sets.

Though the movie ‘D’Monte’ is based on the colony, the 'Screen -Play of the movie is entirely different from the 'Real Story' of the late D’Monte.

To make the 'ghost- less'- horror movie, really terrifying, the writer, Ajay Gnanamuthu  has used his imagination and altered the true story suitably.

However, the ‘ghost- less’ Tamil Horror Movie has been a successful one, which has created an awareness of the real colony in Chennai.

After the release of the movie, the 'reportedly haunted'- D’Monte Colony  became the attraction to the anxious young men in the city, who have been trying to explore the place.

Some 'Short Films' have been taken inside the D'Monte Colony, which are published in the social media and youtube.

The movie ‘D’Monte’ is said to have refreshed the ‘ghost-fears’ in the minds of the people living in Chennai and nearby places.

It is said that the number of visitors to the colony has increased a lot, due to the impact of the movie ‘D’Monte’.

The following is the ‘Screenplay’ of the Tamil Horror Movie-‘D’Monte Colony’:-

An aspiring film writer Raghavan (Sanath) narrates a horror story to a Film Producer (Singam Puli)
 and the producer wants to have a comedy plot, without any story at all, which in his opinion would be successful.

In the meanwhile, four persons known to Raghavan, the film writer namely:

• Sajith, an Electrician ( Abhishek Joseph) ,
• Vimal , a Graphic Designer(Ramesh Thilak) ,
• Srinivasan, the Hero ( Arulnithi)  and
• Ms.Jill, a Married Woman (Jaangiri Madhumitha) -who is giving them company on payment of salary- a domestic help (non-sexual)

-Decide to explore the abandoned/haunted ‘D’Monte Colony’.

Having deadly and horror experiences, the above four persons come out of the colony, with much difficulty.

The next day they meet a 'Naadi Jodhidar'/'Pulse Reading Astrologer'(M.S.Bhaskar) to know about their future from him.

The futures of the three out of the four, except Shaji,  the Electrician are predicted by the Astrologer.

After returning back from the Astrologer, the Astrologer contacts Srinivasan over mobile and asks him to meet him urgently regarding a very important matter.

When Srinivasan goes to the place of the Astrologer, he is found dead.

Then, while Shaji, the electrician is sleeping in a room, Vimal and Srinivasan ask Raghavan to tell them the story of the ‘D’Monte Colony’, and Raghavan  narrates them the story of the late ‘D’Monte’ the four friends.

Raghavan stars narrating the story of the D'Monte Colony as below:

“Long time ago, there  was a colony of the Portuguese staying in India, owned by a  Portuguese Businessman -John De Monte and it  is called 'Demandi Colony'.

D’Monte had ordered for made a special Diamond Necklace for gifting to his wife on her birthday.

His wife became mentally ill  and D’Monte wrote to his son, who was  at Portugal, to  inform him about his mother. D’Monte came to know that his son died, as soon he mailed the letter to him.

The depressed D’Monte wished to go back to his home country.

He went out of Madras to take steps for selling  his properties before leaving India.

After 5 months, when D’Monte returned to Madras, he came to know that his mentally ill wife was pregnant.

He asked a doctor to come to his house abort the child in his wife's womb.

The doctor refused to do so and in anger D’Monte shot the doctor dead.

He shot dead all his servants in the house due to doubts on them.

The locals got angry as D’Monte killed the doctor and the innocent servants and set fire to his house.

In the meanwhile, D’Monte shot at the gas pipe and died of fire in the same house.

While dying, D’Monte had cast a curse on the diamond necklace of his wife.

By virtue of  the curse, persons trying to steal the necklace would be killed and the necklace would somehow return back to the house of D’Monte.”-

-Raghavan ends his narration of the story of the DMonte Colony with this.

Raghavan, then says that he has stolen the diamond necklace from the D'Monte Colony,  and they all start  planning  for their future settlement in life, based on the huge amount they may get by selling the necklace.

Then, abnormal things start to happen in their room of the apartment.

The Television cannot be switched off.

Their DVD player  starts playing their conversations, showing the death scenes described by the film writer.

The power is cut off and Srinivasan, calls the EB.

The hero, Srinivasan says that the astrologer has died the previous night and tells about the phone call of the astrologer.

When they play the recorded call in the mobile, they find that the astrologer has said that one of the four of them has already died the last night.

Then they all run to see Shaji, the electrician, who is found to be lying dead on his bed.

They all get frightened by the super-natural happenings and try to leave the apartment and try to open the door.

They cannot open the doos and windows in the apartment.

They shout for help from the neighbors and persons outside and their voices are not heard outside.

They seek the help of the’Ouija Board’( a medium of talking to the dead spirits and ghosts)and they come to know from the ghosts, that none of them would stay alive, as they had stolen the necklace of D'Monte Colony.

As per the curse, they start dying one by one.

Raghavan,  the film writer dies first and Vimal, the graphic designer dies next.

The hero, Srinivasan, somehow manages to open a window and jumps out of the room and  escapes.

He comes running to the tea stall nearby and asks the persons standing there for help in a loud voice.

Nobody appears to hear his voice or knows his presence there.

Then only Srinivasan finds that his voice is not audible to anyone.

He realises that he has already died, while jumping out of the first  floor of the apartment, through a window.

He sees Shaji, the electrician to carry the  diamond neck lace for returning to the D’Monte Colony house. -

With that the movie 'Ends' ”

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Name: Gopi Shantha

Known As:

• 'Aachi'-Manorma
• Female Sivaji Ganesan
• Pallathoor Paapa
• Suraiya of the South Indian Cinema- As Manorma had been like the popular Bollywood Singer-cum-Actress Suraiya , in singing and acting in movies.

Date of Birth:  26th May 1937-  Interestingly, Aachi Manorama  in her interviews at many places, including Colombo- Srilanka  and Toronto- Canada would tell that she was born on 26th May and when asked by the interviewers about the year she would say that one should not ask the income of the males and the age of the females. 

Aachi Manorama had been maintaining her body and mind ever young and it was difficult to guess her correct age.

Place of Birth:  Rajamannaargudi, Tanjore District, Tamilnadu

Place of Domicile:  Pallathoor near Karaikkudi / Chettinadu, Pudukkottai District, Tamilnadu.Gopi Shanta's mother moved from Rajamannargudi to Pallathoor,Chettinadu with the 10 months old Baby  Gopi Shantha, subsequent to her divorce from her husband.

Date of Death: 10th October 2015-Died at Chennai- At the age of 78 years

Father: Kasi Kilakudaiyar

Mother: Ramamirthammal

Husband: S.M.Ramanathan (Manger of a Drama Company, who loved Manorama)- Married in the year 1964- Divorced in the year 1966

Son: Bhoopathy-Actor-cum-Singer –Born in the year 1965

Education:  According to Manorama, Gopi Shantha attended Primary School at Pallathoor, Chettinadu and Discontinued Studies after the 6th Standard, due to poverty and her interest in singing and acting in Stages and Dramas.

Occupation: Tamil Cinema Actress and Singer

Career: Gopi Shantha started singing for dramas artists as play back and she started acting in stage dramas from the age of 12 years.

In the ‘Stage Dramas’, Gopi Shantha’s name was changed as ‘Manorama’ by the 'Harmonist'- Thiayagarajan.

Manorama had been acting in small roles in the‘Vairam Nataga Sabha’ dramas, staged in Chettinadu and the surrounding places, including Pudukkottai.

Manorama saw a drama of the popular Tamil Drama-Producer / Actor-S.S.Rajendran/SSR, at Pudukkottai,
Tamilnadu. She was introduced to SSR, and after having voice and acting tests, she joined the ‘SSR Nataga Mandram’ and became the full time drama artist of the 'SSR Nataga Mandram'.

Manorama had been associated with  S.S.Rajendran and his 'SSR- Nataga Mandram' for many years and she had been acting as the heroines of the 'SSR Nataga Mandram'’s dramas.

Manorama has acted in more than 100 dramas of the ‘SSR Nataga Mandram’, including:

• Mani Magudam,

• Then Pandi Veeran and

• Pudhu Vellam.

Manorama entered the ‘Silver Screen'/Cinema Field, from the ‘Stage Dramas Field', as she had been aspiring to  become a popular heroine in the Cinema Field.

However, according to Manorama, ‘Kavignar’- Kannadasan had told she wished to act only as the heroine, she would be losing the movie chances after 4 or 5 years and if she acted in comedy roles, she would continue in the movie field for many years.

Also, 'Kaviyarasar'-Kannadasan, told that Manorama was talented and he  hoped and wished that she would become a very good comedian in the Cinema Field..

In the year 1958, Manorama acted in her first Tamil Movie-‘Maalaiyitta Mangai’, in a comedy role,  produced by Kannadasan, starring T.R.Mahalingam and Pandaribai.

Though Manorama was not an ‘Aachi’-meaning an elderly lady of Chettinadu, she had been called as ‘Aachi’ because:

• Her mother moved from Rajamannargudi, Tanjore District, after Gopi Shantha’s birth, and subsequent to her divorce by her husband, to Pallathoor, Chettinadu near Karaikkudi, people thought that she was a native of Chettinadu.

• Further, as Manorama  had acted in one of the dramas, as an ‘Aachi’, speaking in the same manner as how an ‘Aachi’ would speak,  her audience started calling her as  ‘Aachi’.

• In the Dramas and the Cinema Fields  the co-actors started calling Manorama as ‘Aachi’,with a respect.

In the year 1963,  Manorama acted as the heroine in the Tamil Movie-‘Konjum  Kumari’,  produced by the 'Modern Theatres' with R.S.Manohar as the hero. However, after ‘Konjum Kumari’, which was not well received by the audience, with Manorama as a Heroine and R. S.Manohar as the Hero, Manorama started acting mostly in comedy roles and character roles and later in mother characters.

Manorama  had been mainly acting in Tamil Movies and she  has acted in a few Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam Movies.

The only Hindi Movie, Manoram acted is 'Kunwara Baap', directed and starred by the popular Bollywood Comedy Actor-Mehmood.  Vinodh Mehra and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan-Kannada Actress also acted in the movie.

 ‘Aachi’- Manorama having a good voice and she had been singing in road-side stages and as play back for stage dramas, she started singing in the movies, for the songs of herself. She has sung more than 300 songs in the movies, some of which are ever green..

‘Aachi’-Manorama has acted as a Female comedian pairing with the following popular Male Comedians of Tamil Cinema of yester-years and also with the present day's top actors and Comedians:

• ‘Danaal’-K.A.Thangavelu,
• J.P.Chandra Babu,
• Nagesh,
• ‘Thengai’-Srinivasan,
•  Surulirajan  and
• ‘Cho’-Ramasamy.

The following is a list of some of the notable movies, out of the more than 1500 Tamil Movies acted by ‘Achi’-Manorama: 

Name of the Movie/Actors/Remarks/Year:

“Vallavannukku Vallavan” / Gemini Ganesan-Savithiri / Paired with ’Danaal’ K.A.Thangavelu / 1965

“Anbe Vaa”/ MGR-B.Saroja Devi/Paired with Nagesh /1965

“Thiruvilayaadal” / Sivaji Ganesan-Savithiri, K.B.Sundaraambaal / Acted along with Comedy Actor A.Karunanidhi and Nagesh / 1965

“Saraswathi Sabhatham” / Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Gansesan, Savithiri,Devika, Padmini, K.R.Vijaya and Nagesh / Acted as the lover of one of the 2 twins of the  Nagesh brothers  /1966

“ThenMazhai’ / Gemini Ganesan- K.R.Vijaya and Nagesh / Paired with 'Cho'-Ramasamy / 1966

“Ehir Neechal”-K.Balachander Movie /Nagesh, Muthuraman, Jayanthi / Acted along with M.R.R.Vasu / 1968

“Thillaanaa Mohanaambal’ / Sivaji Ganesan-Padmini / Acted in a unique character role of Rosa Rani alias Jill Jill Ramamani -Acted along with Comedy Actors ‘Danaal’ K.A.Thangavelu, T.S.Balaiah and Nagesh /1968

“Galaatta Kalyaanam”/ Sivaji Ganesan-Jayalalitha/Acted along with ‘Danaal’ K.A.Thangavelu and Nagesh /1968

“Pattikkaadaa Pattanamaa” / Sivaji Ganesan-Jayalalitha /Acted along with M.R.R.Vasu and V.K.Ramasamy /1972

“Chittukkuruvi” / Sivakumar-Sumithra /Acted along with Comedy Actors Suruli Rajan and Vennira Aadai Moorthy / 1978

“Manal Kayiru” / S.V.Sekhar-Shanthi Krishna / Acted along with Visu and S.V.Sekhar / 1981

“Vaazhve Maayam” / Kamal Hassan, Sripriya, Sreedevi,Jayshankar / Acted as a  Spinster-Senior-Air Hostess-helping Kamal Hassan in his love affairs with Sreedevi

“Samsaaram Adhu Minsaaam” / Raghuvaran-Lakshmi /Acted along with Visu, Kishmu, Delhi Ganesh and Omakkuchi Narasimhan / 1986

“Paatti Sollai Thattadhe” / Pandiarajan-Oorvashi/Acted as the "Paatti"/1988

“Pudhiya Paadhai” / R.Parthiban-Seetha /  Manorama received the ‘National  Film Award’- 1989  for the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for the year for the movie / 1989

"Kizhakku Vaasal" / Karthik, Revathy,Kushboo,Chinni Jayanth,Manorama,Vijayakumar and Janagaraj  / Acted as Karthik's mother / 1990

“Michael Madhana Kamarajan /  Kamal Haasan, Urvashi, Rupini, Kushboo, Nassar,Delhi Ganesh, Crazy Mohan, Venniradai Moorthy,  Santhana Bharathi and Nagesh /Acted as Rupini’s mother /1990

“Nadigan” / Sathyaraj-Kushboo / 50 years old Spinster going after the father of the hero (hero himself in the make-up of an old man) /Acted along with Comedy Actors Goundamani and Vennira Aadai Moorthy / 1990

“Chinna Thambi”/ Prabhu, Kushboo, Radha Ravi, and Goundamani/Acted as the mother of Prabhu /1991

“Chinna Goundar” / Vijaykanth-Sukanya / Baby Ammal , Mother of the hero, an old lady with protruding teeth /Acted along with Comedy Actors Goundamani and Senthil / 1992

“Singaara Velan “/ Kamal Haasan,  Kushboo,  Jaishankar,  Goundamani ,  Charlie and  Vadivelu/Acted as Thaayamma Guardian of Kushboo/1992

“Annamalai” / Rajinikanth, Kushboo, Sarath Babu,Radha Ravi,Janagaraj and Nizhalgal Ravi /Acted as a sensational mother of the hero Annamalai/Rajni /1992

“Mannan” / Super-Star-Rajni-Kushboo,Vijayashanthi / Acted along with Visu, V.K.Ramasamy and Goundamani / 1992

“Raasu Kutty” / K.Bagyaraj-Aishwarya/Acted as Rasukkutty’s sensational and possessive mother along with Kalyan Kumar as Rasukkutty’s father/1992

 “Nattamai”/ Sarath Kumar, Meena, Kushboo, Sangavi, Goudamani and  Senthil /Acted as Sarthkumar’s Paternal Aunt/1994

”, “Kadhalan”/ Prabhu Deva,  Nagma, Girish Garnadd, Raghuvaran and  Vadivelu/Acted as Nagma’s grandmother/1994

“Arunachalam”/Super-Star-Rajni-Sounarya, Rambha / Acted along with Senthil and Janagaraj / 1997

“Vetri Kodi Kattu” / Murali, Parthiban, Meena,Maalavika / Acted as Murali’s Mother / 2000

“Gemini”/ Vikram, Kiran Rathod, Vinu Chakravarthy,Charlie, Ramesh Krishna, Omakkuchi Narasihman and Vaiyapuri/ Acted as old woman wishing to take revenge on the person/s who killed her son / 2002

“Saamy”/ Vikram, Trisha, Vivek / Acted as Trisha’s Grand Mother/2003

“Perazhagan” / Surya in Double Roles, Jyothika, Vivek and Manobala /Acted as Surya’s Mother / 2004

“Singam” / Surya, Anuksha, Nasser/Acted as Anuksha’s Grand Mother/2010

“Singam 2” / Surya, Anuksha, Hanshika /Acted as Anuksha’s Grand Mother2013

The following are some of the notable songs sung by Manorama in Tamil Movies:-

Song/Movie/ Remarks:

• “Thaatha Thaatha Podi Kodu, Indha Thalladha Vayadhilaa Sadugudu” / ’Magale Un Samarthu’/ First song by Manorama  in cinema sung in the music of G.K.Venkatesh along with popular Tamil Singer L.R.Easwari

• “Vaa Vaathyaare Oottaande, Nee Varaangaatti Naan Uda Maatten” /’ Bommalaatam” / Manorama's First hit song, sung in the music of V.Kumar,  in which she danced with her pair 'Cho' Ramasamy

• “Dillikku Rajaanaalum”/’Paatti Sollai Thattadhe’/Pandiyarajan Movie

• “Madraasa Suthi Paakka Poren" / May Madham /In the music of A.R.Rahman, Manorama sang along with Shahul Hameed, Swarnalatha and G.V.Prakash Kumar

•  “Theriyaadho Nokku” / ’Suryakaanthi’/ R.Muthuraman-Jayalalitha Movie

Manorama has acted in the Dramas and Cinemas, Written / Acted by the following 5 Writers / Actors who subsequently became the Chief Ministers of Tamilnadu / Andhrapradesh:

• 'Perarignar'-Dr.C.N.Annadurai /Manorama has acted in the dramas / cinemas written by C.N.Annadurai,  who subsequently  became the Chief Minister of Madras / Tamilnadu.

• 'Kalaignar- Dr.M.Karunanidhi /Manorama has acted in the dramas / cinemas written by M.Karunanidhi, and  also acted along with him and even paired with him in some dramas, who subsequently  became the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.

• 'Makkal Thilagam'-Dr.MGR / Manorama has acted in the movies of MGR, who subsequently became the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.

• 'Puratchi Thalavi' / 'Amma'-Selvi- Dr.Jayalalilitha / Manorama has acted in the movies of Jayalalitha, who subsequently became the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu and who is the present Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.

• Dr.N.T.Ramarao /Manorama has acted in the Telugu movies of N.T. Ramarao, the popular hero of Telegu Cinema Field, who has acted in some of the Tamil Movies also, who subsequently became the Chief Minister of  Andhra Pradesh.

In the year, 2013, ‘Aachi’-Manorama has acted in a Short Film titled "Thaaye Nee Kannurangu”/ "Mummy Please Sleep", directed by LGR Saravanan in which she has acted as a Cancer Patient/ the mother of Srikaanth.

'Aachi'-Manorama is next only to the Malayalam  Actress Sukumari,  in having acted in the maximum number of  Movies. She has acted mostly in comedy roles and some character roles and in the later years in  sentimental mothercharacters. She has acted in some of the Television Serials and Television Advertisements.

The Malayalam Actress Sukumari (1940-2013) has danced in Sivaji Ganesan-Savithiri's "Paasa Malar" in the popular Song - "Vaaraay En Thozhi Vaaraayo". She has  acted in more than 2500 movies in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.

Awards/Honours Given To 'Aachi'- Manorama:

Name of  the Award/Given by/Year:

• Padma Shree/Union Government of India/2002
• The Best Supporting Actress-For Acting in the Movie-‘Pudhiya Padhai’/National Film Awards/1989
• Kalaimamani Award/State Government of Tamilnadu/
• Film fare Lifetime Achievement Award – South/Film Fare/1995
• Featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for for having acted  in more than 1000 Movies. From the year 1958 to 1985-1200 Movies, By the year 2003- 1200 Movies and by the year 2013-1500 Movies- Also acted in more than 1000 Stage Dramas, Television Series.

‘Aachi’ Manorama has featured on 11th Februray 2010 in the ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not’ News

with her photo published with a remark-"Aachi Manorama, a veteran of India's Tamil Film Industry, has been appeared in more than 1500 Movies and more than 1000 Stage Performances.

Quotes by 'Aachi'-Manorama -From the Interviews with 'Aachi' Manorama at various occasions.:

" I am satisfied in my life, and I have no regrets and I wish to be 'Manorama' in my 're-births, if any."

"My mother has suffered a lot to bring me up, as she was abandoned by my father, who married the younger sister of my mother"

"My mother and my son has been behind my success in my career."

" As the Face is the Index of the Mind, I think as my heart is full of happiness, contentment  and youthfulness, I have been ever young, as you say"

"I am very happy now after recovering from my illness; I will be happy if I have to die now"

 (After being discharged from the hospital just earlier to the last hospitalization)

The Real Story of D'Monte Colony

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The Real Story of D’Monte Colony is as given below:

D'Monte was a Portugese Businessman, who had come to India in the  mid 1900's and stayed at Pondicherry and then at Madras/Chennai. D’Monte had been one of the directors of ‘Arbuthnot Bank’, a leading Bank in Madras, which went down in the year 1906.

He had acquired many landed properties in various places of Madras/Chennai.

He had been living with his wife in one of the houses in the D'Monte Colony, situated in TTK Nagar, Alwarpet, near St.Mary's Road, Mylapore.

D’Monte’s personal life had been tragic, as his mentally ill and pregnant wife died before delivering a baby in the house of the colony.

His son, who had come from their motherland-Portugal, also died in a mysterious way in the same house of the colony.

Subsequently, D’Monte is said to have commited suicide in the same house.

D'Monte's body has been burried near the church, 'Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church' built by him in Covelong/Kovalam, near Chennai.

The Details of the Landed Properties of D'Monte, covered under D'Monte Trust created in the year 1820:-

D’Monte had  created a ‘Trust’ in his name-‘D’Monte Trust’ for his very huge landed properties of many acres of land, situated at various places of Madras / Chennai as as briefed below, including, the D'Monte Colony at RA Puram:

• Adyar,
• Alwarpet,
• Covelong/Kovalam,
• Egmore,
• Poonamalle High Rod,
• Raja Annamalaipuram,
• Royapettah and
• Santhome.

The Value of the Landed Properties of DMonte Trust would in several crores of Rupees.

Given below are the values of land of two of the landed propeties covered under the DMone Trust, for example:

Place of Landed Property/Extent of Land/Value of Land as per Government's Guideline Value, of Rs 8 000/- per Sq.Ft

D'Monte Colony, RA Puram / 186 Grounds=4 46 400 Sq.Ft.=10.24 acres / Rs 357.12 Crores

Ben's Ground near Madras Boats Club/257 Gronds=6 16 800 Sq.Ft.-14.15 acres / Rs 493.11 Crores

The details of the other landed properties covered under the 'D'Monte Trust would be available in the Trust Deeds of the DMonte Trust.

In the last will and testament of D’Monte, the Roman Catholic Arch-Diocese/Arch Bishop of Mylapore was appointed as the ‘Trustees’ for the huge properties of D'Monte.

D’Monte Colony near St.Mary’s Road, in Alwarpet has been deserted and abandoned since many years.

The evil spirit/ghost of the late owner of the colony is reported to be seen by the people living around the colony.

Strange happenings, such as the locked doors of some of the houses getting opened themselves and getting locked again are reported to be witnessed by some people.

An auto driver, who used to waiting near the colony died/committed suicide after witnessing some paranormal activity in the colony.

Watchmen were deployed to guard the abandoned colony, and 2 such watchmen died/committed suicide the very next day of their first night duty in the colony.

The D'Monte Colony is believed to be haunted by the evil spirit/ghost of the late owner of the colony, D'Monte.

The taxi drivers who used to stand in the corner of the road near the D'Monte colony who used to stand there even upto 10 pm, started to away after the sun set, in fear of the haunted D'Monte Cololny.

However, the ghost of the late D’Monte is said to be harmless.

The colony originally had about 20 independent similar houses, in two streets with two lanes on each road.

.More than 10 of the houses deserted by the inhabitants were in ruins and were already demolished.

Only 10 houses have been remaining, those also in deserted and ruined conditions, till recent times, and they also have been completely demolished very recently in October 2015.

All the landed properties of the D'Monte have been properly leased out, except the 'Ben's Garden in the Madras Boats' Club ares - of 12 acres and the 'D'Monte Colony of 10 acres, which are said to have been leased out only recently.

‘Ben’s Garden’ and the ‘D’Monte Colony’ are said to have been given earlier  on leases for 99 years.

However, following court orders, subsequent to litigation, stating that the amounts of the leases were far below the real market value of the same in Chennai City, both the properties are said to be given for fresh lease by public bidding, only recently.

It is also reported that the ‘D’Monte Colony’ has been given to a fresh lease to some reputed company, and the details of the lease are not publicly known.

The last remaining 10  houses have been demolished in October 2015, probably by the new lessees of the landed property.

Now, as the D’Monte Colony is fully vacant, the haunting evil spirit/ghost would have to perform any para normal activity only in the vacant land of 10 acres.

The Lessees of the landed property might be afraid of the haunting of the place by the ghost of the late D’Monte to haunt the place, even if they build new building on it.

Only. as and if the Landed Properties of the D'Monte Trust, valued at several crores of Rupees, are leased out at the real/market value to sound/honest parties, the income from the same can be utilised for the benefit of the needy/poor in India, as wished by the late Portugese Land Lord D'Monte.

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List of Indian Children's Movies-Awarded National Film Award for the Best Children's Film from the year 1954 till date

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The ‘National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film’ was instituted in the year 1954, by  the ‘Directorate of Film Festivals’, set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Union Government of India.

The ‘National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film includes a:

• ‘Medal-Swarna Kamal’ and a Golden Lotus and
• Cash Prize of Rs 1 50 000/-($2300/-).

Previously the ‘National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film had been named as the 'Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Children's Film’.

The following is the List of Indian Movies in various Languages which have received the “National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film:-

Language/ Number of Awards Received Till Now/Name of the Movie/Produced By/Directed By/Year of the Award(year/1,2,3 denotes that the year’s award shared by 2 or 3 movies in various languages): 

Assamese/1

1. Tora/Children's Film Society/ Jahnu Barua /2003

Bengali/7

1. Khela Ghar/Aurora Films /1954
2. Jaldeep/Children's Film Society /Kidar Sharma /1956
3. Janmatithi/R. B. Films /Dilip Mukherjee /1957/2
4. Heerer Prajapati /Children's Film Society/Shanti P. Chowdhury /1968
5. Joi Baba Felunath /R. D. Bansal/ Satyajit Ray /1978
6. Bhombal Sardar /Government of West Bengal /Nripen Ganguly     /1983
7. Damu/  /Art Films/Raja Sen /1996

English/5

1. Virsa and the Magic Doll /Little Cinema Pvt Ltd. /Santi P. Chowdhury /1958
2. Banyan Deer/ Films Division /Ahmed Lateef- Shanti Verma- G. G. Saraiya/1959
3. The Adventure of A Sugar Doll /Children's Film Society/Kantilal Rathod /1965/1
4. As You Like It /Children's Film Society/S. Shankar /1965/2
5. Wings Of Fire/1971

Hindi/25

1. Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke/ AVM Productions /P. L. Santoshi /1957/1
2. Phool Aur Kaliyan/ Rajkamal Kalamandir / Ram Gabale /1960/1
3. Idd Mubarak/ Children's Film Society / Khwaja Ahmad Abbas /1960/2
4. Delhi Ki Kahani / Children's Film Society / Rajendra Kumar /1960/3
5. Savitri  /Children's Film Society / Phani Majumdar/1961/2
6. Nanhe Munne Sitare /Ajay Kumar Chakravarty /Ajay Kumar Chakravarty/1961/3
7. Hattogol Vijay  /Hari S. Dasgupta Productions / Buju Das Gupta- Raghunath Goswami /1961/1
8. Raju Aur Gangaram /Children's Film Society /Ezra Mir/1962
9. Panch Puthliyan /Children's Film Society/Amit Bose/1963
10. Safed Haathi/ R. A. Jalan- Pratap Agarwal-Tapan Sinha /1977
11. Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar /Children's Film Society/ Madan Bawaria /1989/1
12. Aazadi Ki Ore / Sangeethalaya/P. S. Prakash /1985  
13. Swamy/Hindi /T. S. Narasimhan /Shankar Nag /1987
14. Mujhse Dosti Karoge/Hindi /National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Gopi Desai /1992 
15. Abhay /National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Annu Kapoor /1994/2
16. Halo/ National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Santosh Sivan /1995
17. Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail / National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Virendra Saini /1998
18. Goal / Children's Film Society/Gul Bahar Singh /1999
19. Baaja /Children's Film Society/Apurba Kishore Bir/2002
20. Chutkan Ki Mahabharat / Children's Film Society/Sankalp Meshram /2004
       
21. The Blue Umbrella/ UTV Motion Pictures/    Vishal Bhardwaj /2005
       
22. Photo / Children's Film Society /Virendra Saini /2007
23. Chillar Party/ UTV Software Communications/ Salman Khan and Ronnie Screwwvala/ Vikas Bahl  and Nitesh Tiwari /2011
24. Dekh Indian Circus /Mahaveer Jain and Anil Lad/Mangesh Hadawale /2012
25. Kaphal /Children's Film Society of India/Batul Mukhtiar /2013

Kannada/6

1. Jamboo Savari / K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) / K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) /1989/2
2. Care of Footpath /Shylaja Shrikanth/Kishan Shrikanth /2006
3. Keshu /Children’s Film Society /Sivan /2009/2
4. Gubbachigalu /Media House Studio /Abhaya Simha /2008
5. Putaani Party /Children's Film Society/ Ramchandra P. N./2009/1
6. Hejjegalu /Basanta Kumar Patil/P. R. Ramadas Naidu/2010

Malayalam/5

1. My Dear Kuttichathan (3D) /Navodaya Appachan- Jose Punnoose/Jijo Punnoose/Music by Ilayaraja /1984
2. Manu Uncle/ Joy Thomas / Dennis Joseph /1988
3. Abhayam/ Children's Film Society /Sivan/1991
4. Kochaniyan / Bushura Shahudeen/Satheesh Vengannoor /1994/1
5. Gharaksharangal /Salim Padiyath/Salim Padiyath /2000

Marathi/1

1. Elizabeth Ekadashi /Nittin Keni,Nikhil Sane and Madhugandha Kulkarni /  Paresh Mokashi /2014/2

Oriya/1

1. Lavanya Preeti / National Center of Films for Children and Young People /Apurba Kishore Bir /1993

Telugu/1

1. Ramayanam/Telugu/M. S. Reddy/Gunasekhar /1997

Tamil/1

1. Kaaka Muttai/Tamil/Dhanush and Vetrimaaran/Manikandan/2014/1

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The 'National Film Awards' are given by the 'Directorate of Film Festivals' in India, to the 'Best Indian Movies', every year for the Movies of the previous year.

The Winners of the  '62nd National Film Awards-2015', for the Movies of the year 2014 were announced in March 2015 and  the awards were presented in May 2015.

The Following Awardees are given-The Swarna Kamal / Golden Lotus Medal, A Certificate and a Cash Prize:-

Name of the Award/Awardee(s) / Language/ Amount of Cash Prize:

The Best Feature Film/Court/Marathi, Hindi, Gujarathi and English/ Producer: Vivek Gomber and Director:  Chaitanya Tamhane / Rs 2.5 Lakhs each

The Best Debut Film of a Director & Producer/ Asha Jaoar Majhe / Bengali / Producer: ‘For Films’ and Director :  Adiyta Vikram Sengupta / Rs 1.25 Lakhs each

The Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment /Mary Kom / Hindi /Producer:  Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Director: Omung Kumar/Rs 2 Lakhs each

The Best Children’s Film-1 / Kaaka Muttai / Tamil / Producer:  Grass Root Film Company ( Dhanush& Vettri Maaran) and Direction: Manikantan

The Best Direction /Director : Srijit Mukherje for the Movie : Chouushkone / Bengali

The Best Children's Film -2 / Elizabeth Ekadashi / Marathi / Producer: Essel Vision Productions and
Director : Paresh Mokashi / Rs 1.5 Lakhs each

The Following Awardees are given ‘Rajat Kamal’/Silver Lotus Medal, A Certificate and a Cash Prize:-

Name of the Award / Movie / Language / Name of the Awardee(s) /  Language / Amount of Cash Prize:

The Best Film on Other Social Issues / Chtoder Chobi / Bengali / Producer: Shree Venkatesh Films and Director: Kaushik Ganguly / Rs 1.5 Lakhs each

The Best Film on Environment Conservation Preservation / Ottaal / Malayalam / Producer: Director Cutz
Film Company Pvt. Ltd.(K.Mohanan & Vinodh Vijayan) and Director: Jayaraj / Rs 1.5 Lakhs each

The Best Actor / Sanchari Vijay / Nanu Avanalla Avalu / Kannada / Rs 50000/-

The Best Supporting Actor / Bobby Simhaa / Jigarthanda / Tamil / Cash Prize of Rs 50000/-

The Best Actress / Kangana Ranaut / Queen /Rs 50000/-

The Best Child Artist / J. Vignesh and Ramesh / Kaaka Muttai / Tamil / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Male Playback Singer / Sukhwinder Singh / Haider for Song “Bismil” / Hindi / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Female Playback Singer / Uthara Unnikrishnan/ For the Song “Azhage, Azhage Edhuvum Azhage” in the Movie: Saivam / Tamil /Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Screenplay Writer (Original) / Srijit Mukherji / Chotushkone / Bengali / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) / Joshy Mangalath / Ottal / Malayalam / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Dialogues / Vishal Bhardwaj / Haider /Hindi / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Audiography - Location Sound Recordist / Mahavir Sabannavar / Khwada / Marathi / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Audiography - Sound Designer / Anish John / Asha Jaoar Majhe / Bengali /Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Audiography - Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track / Anirban Sengupta & Dipankar Chaki / Nirbhashito / Bengali / Rs 50,000/-

The Best Editing / Vivek Harshan / Jigarthanda / Tamil / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Production Design / Aparna Raina / Nachom-ia Kumpasar / Konkani / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Costume Design / Dolly Ahluwalia / Haider / Hindi / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Make-up Artist / Nagaraju / Naanu Avanalla Avalu / Kannada /Rs 50, 000/-

The Music Direction- Songs / Vishal Bhardwaj / Haider / Hindi /  Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Music Direction-Background Score / Gopi Sundar / “1983” / Malayalam / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Lyrics / Na.Muthukumar / For the Song “Azhage, Azhage, Edhuvum Azhage” in the Movie- Saivam / Tamil / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Choreography / Sudesh Adhana for the Song “Bismil” in the Movie- Haider / Hindi / Rs 50, 000/-
Special Jury Award / Bhaurao Karhade-Director / Khwada / Marathi / Rs 1.25 Lakhs

Special Mention (Certificate Only):

1. Actor Musthafa for the Malayalam Movie Ain
2. Actress Palomi Ghosh for the Konkani Movie Nachom-ia Kumpasar
3. Child Artist-Parth Bhalerao for the Hindi / Marathi Movie –Bhoothnath Returns
 

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The following are the Details of the  National Film Awards-2015 for the Regional Movies of the year 2014:

Language / Name of the Award / Awardee(s) / Cash Prize Along with 'Rajat Kamal' /Silver Lotus and Certificate:

Assamese / The Best Feature Film in Assamese / Othello / Producer :  Artha Films and  Director: Hemanta Kumar Das / Rs 1 Lakh each

Bengali / The Best Feature Film in Bengali / Nirbashito / Producer:  Ganguly Productions and Director : Churni Ganguly / Rs 1 Lakh each

Hindi / The Best Feature Film in Hindi / Queen / Producer: Phantom Films Pvt Ltd & Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Director : Vikas Bahl / 1 Lakh each

Kannada / The Best Feature Film in Kannada / Harivu / Producer:  Avinash U Shetty  and Director: Manosore ( Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy ) / Rs 1 Lakh each

Konkani / The Best Feature Film in Konkani / Nachom-ia Kumpasar / Producer: Goa Folklore Productions- Director: Bardroy Barretto / Rs 1 Lakh each

Malayalam / The Best Feature Film in Malayalam / Ain / Producer:  “1:1 Entertainments” and  Director: Sidhartha Siva / Rs 1 Lakh each

Marathi / The Best Feature Film in Marathi / Killa / Producer: JAR Pictures &M R Film Works  and Director:  Avinash Arun / Rs 1 Lakh each

Oriya / The Best Feature Film in Oriya / Aadim Vichar / Producer : Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt Ltd and  Director: Sabuasachi Mohapatra / Rs 1 Lakh each

Punjabi / The Best Feature Film in Punjabi / Punjab -1984 / Producer :  White Hill Production India Pvt Ltd and Director: Anurag Sing / Rs 1 Lakh each

Tamil / The Best Feature Film in Tamil / Kuttram Kadithal / Producer :  JSK Film Corporation and Director: G.Bramma /  Rs 1 Lakh each

Telugu / The Best Feature Film in Telugu / Chandamama Kathalu / Producer: Working Dream Production and   Director: Praveen Sattaru /  Rs 1 Lakh each

The Following are the Details of the Awards for the Regional Films of Languages Other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India:

Language / Name of the Award /Winner /Details

Haryanvi / The Best Feature Film in Haryanvi / Pagdi -The Honour / Producer: V.R.Entertainers and Director: Rajeev Bhatia / Rs 1 Lakh each

Rabha / The Best Feature Film in Rabha / Orong / Producer: Suraj Kr.Duwarah- Aucto Creation and  Director : Suraj Kr.Duwarah /  Rs 1 Lakh each

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'National Film Awards-2015' for the Movies of the year 2014:-

Awards Given Under the 'Non-Feature Films' Category:

Short Films, Produced in any Indian Language, and Certified by the ‘Central Board of Film Certification’ as a ‘Documentary’/ News Reel / Fiction are eligible for the ‘Non-Feature Film Category.

The following is a List of Indian- "Non-Feature Films" of the year Awarded the 'National Film Awards'-2015 for the 'Non-Feature Movies' of the year 2014:

The following Awardees are given Swarna Kamal / Golden Lotus Medals, A Certificate and a Cash Prize:-

Name of the Award / Movie / Language / Awardee(s) /  Cash Prize:

The Best Non-Feature Film / Tender is the Sight ( A Film about the 'Signtless' and Touchable World of a boy and his interpretations of Space, Day, Time, Seasons and the Physical Motions of the World.  )  / English / Producer: Films Division and Director: Torsha Bannerji / Rs 1 Lakh each

The Best Non-Feature Film Direction / Aaranyak / Marathi & English / Director: Renu Savant / Rs 1.5 Lakhs

The Following Awardees are given Rajat Kamal / Silver Lotus Medal, A Certificate and a Cash Prize:-
Name of the Award / Name of the Awardee(s) / Movie/Language /Amount of Cash Prize:

The Best First Non-Feature Film / Goonga Pehelwan / Producer: Drishti Media and Director : Mit jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary / Rs 75, 000/- each

The Best Anthropological- Ethnographic Film / Qissa-e-Parsi : The Parsi Story / Producer : Public Service Broadcasting Trust and  Director: Divya Cowasji&Shilpi Gulati / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Biographical Film- The Best Historical Reconstruction Film / Katha : Story of Binodini / Producer: Films Division and Director : Tuhinabha Majumdar / Rs50, 000/- each

The Best Arts - Cultural Film / Kapila / Producer : Films Division and  Director : Sanju Surendran /
Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Promotional Film / Documentation of Clay Image Makers of Kumartulu / Producer : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts  and  Director: Ranajit Ray / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Environment Including Agriculture Film / I Cannot Give You My Forest / Producer: Top Quark Films Pvt Ltd and Director:Nandan Saxena &Kavita Bahl / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Film on Social Issues-1 / Can’t Take This Shit Anymore / Producer:Vinod Kapri and Director: Bhagirathi Films / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Film on Social Issues-2 / Daughters of Mother India ( A Documentary Based on Gang- Rape and Killing of  a Medical Student Jyothi Singh) / Producer: Vibha Bakshi and  Director: Prashant Shikare /
Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Educational- Motivational-  Instructional Film -1/ Komal ( A Short Film On Child Sex Abuse)  / Producer : Climb Media Pvt Ltd and  Director:Prashant Shikare / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Educational- Motivational - Instructional Film-2 / Behind the Glass Wall ( Based on Autism in Children ) / Producer: Gaahimedia and Director: Aruna Raje Patil / Rs 50,000/- each

The Best Exploration - Adventure Film / Life Force-India’s Western Ghats / Producer: Grey Films India Pvt Ltd and Director: Nallamuthu Subbiah / Rs 50,000/- each

The Best Investigative Film / Phum Shang / Producer: Films Division and Director: Haobam Paban Kumar / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Animation Film / Sound of Joy / Producer: Aura Cinematics and Director : Sukankan Roy- Animator: Rishi Sahany / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Short Fiction Film / Mitraa / Marathi /Producer: Athaansh Communications and Director: Ravi Jadhav / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Film on Family Welfare / Towards Silver Lining / Producer:Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and Director:Bhabani Tamuli / Rs 50, 000/- each

The Best Cinmatography Award / Indraneel Lahiri /Aamaar Katha : Story of Binodini /Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Audiography Award / Anindit Roy, Ateesh Chattopadhyay and Ayan Bhattacharya / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Editing Award / Andi Campbell Waite / Tigress Blood / Rs 50, 000/-

The Best Narration /Voice Over Award / Ambooty (Anil Kumar) and S.Devi for  “Nitya Kalyani-Oru Mohiniyattam Patham” / Rs 50, 000/-

The Special Jury Award / A Poet, A City & A Footballer- Producer : Films Division and  Director: Joshy Joseph / Rs 1 Lakh

Special Mention (Certificate Only):

1.  Director Mrinal Dev for the  Movie: Gunjaa
2.  Director Manoj Kumar Nitharwal for the Movie: Seek and Hide
3.  Director Ruchir Arun for the Movie: 5 O’ Clock Accident

The Award for the Best Writings( Study, Appreciation, Criticism, articles, reviews and books) on Cinema:-

The following Awardees are given Swarna Kamal / Golden Lotus Medal, A Certificate and A Cash Prize:-

Name of the Award / Details of the Awardee(s) / Cash Prize:

The Best Book on Cinema / Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao-  Author of the book: Silent Cinema
(1895-1930) in English- Published by EMESCO Books / Rs 75, 000/-

The Best Film Critic / Tanul Thakur / Rs 75, 000/-

Special Mention (Certificate Only):

The Best Book on Cinema/ G.Dhananjayan- Author of the book: Pride of Tamil Cinema written in English

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The Following is a List of Contestants in the Election for the Office Bearers of the South India Artistes’ Association’ (SIAA) / Nadigar Sangam:-

Name of the Post / Name of the Contestant / Team / Details of the Candidate:

President ( 1 Post)/

1.    NASSER / Vishal’s Paandavar Team / Tamil Cinema Actor-Producer-Director

2.    SARATH KUMAR / The Incumbent Team of Sarath Kumar and Radha Ravi /  Tamil Film Actor-Producer-Director-Playback Singer, Politician

3.     SIVASAMY / Independent

Vice President ( 2 Posts) /

1.    KARUNAAS  / Vishal Team / Tamil Comedy Actor

2.    MOHAN KUMAR / Independent

3.    PONVANNAN  / Vishal Team / Husband of  ‘Nayakan’ Fame-Saranaya / Tamil Film Actor - Director

4.    T.R. SILAMBARASAN  / Sarath Kumar Team / Son of T.R. Rajendran / Tamil Cinema Actor (Had been acting since childhood-Director-Playback Singer5.    R. Vijayakumar / Sarath Kumar Team

General Secretary ( 1 Post)/

1. M.R. RADHA RAVI  / Sarath Kumar Team / Step Brother of Radhika Sarath Kumar / Tamil Actor
2. A.SIVASAMY / Independent 
3. VISHAL  / Vishal Team / Son of Telugu, Tamil Film Producer-G.K.Reddy

Treasurer ( 1 Post) /

1. KANNAN  alias MARUDHU PANDIAN,  S.S.R.  /Sarath Kumar Team / Son of SSR 
2. KARTHI SIVAKUMAR  / Vishal Team / Son of Sivakumar, younger brother of Suryaa / Tamil Actor

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Updated on 19th October 2015:  

The process of voting in the Election for the Office Bearers of the South India Artiste's Association (SIAA) / Nadigar Sangam, on 18th October 2015, from 7 am to 5 pm.

The  polled votes had been counted and , the results of  the election for the 5- 'Office Bearers' had been declared by 12 am on 19th October 2015.

The Contestants from the 'Vishal Team' / 'Paandaver Ani' have been selected for all the 5- Key Posts of the Office Bearers, as given below :

President :               Nasser
General Secretary:  Vishal
Vice-President:       Karunaas
Vice-President:       Ponvannan and 
Treasurer:               Karthi
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The following is the List of contestants for the Posts of Executive Committee Members: 

Name of the Candidate /Details of the Candidate:-

Vishal’s Paandavar Team:

1.    UDHAYA  AL  / Tamil Actor (Son of Producer AL Azhagappan, Brother of Director AL Vijay
2.    BALA DHANDAPANI
3.    BOSE VENKAT / Tamil TV-Film Actor

4.    GERALD MILDEN
5.    KALIMUTHU   / Tamil Actor
6.    KAMAL HASSAN   / Tamil Actor- Producer (Has been acting since childhood)

7.    KAMARAJ  /  Tamil Actor
8.    KOVAI SARALA / Tamil Comedy Actress

9.    KUSHBOO /  Tamil Actress, Politician

10.    KUTTY PADMINI   / Tamil Actress (Hass been acting since childhood)

11.    VISHWANATHAN , M.P. /  Tamil Actor
12.    Md  AYUB
13.    NANDHA  S.D.  / Tamil Actor
14.    PALANISAMY alias Scissor MANOHAR

    
15.    PASUPATHY  / Tamil Actor

16.    Poochi  MURUGAN   / Tamil Actor

17.    PRAKASH RAJ   / Tamil Actor-Producer

18.    PRASANNA / Tamil Actor

19.    PREMKUMAR   / Malayalam Actor
20.    RAGHU alias Junior BALAYAH   / Tamil Actor, Son of T.S.Balayah

21.    RAJESH  / Tamil Actor

22.    RAMANA  /  Telugu, Tamil Actor (Son of Telugu Actor Vijay Babu

23.    RETHNAPPA   / Tamil Actor
24.    ROHINI  / Tamil Actress

25.    SANGEETHA   / Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil Actress
26.    SIVAGAMI   / Tamil Actress
27.    SONIYA   / Malayalam, Tamil Actress
28.    SRIMAAN   / Tamil, Telugu Actor

29.    THALAPATHY DINESH   / Tamil, Telugu Actor- Stunt Master

30.    VIGNESH   / Tamil Actor

Sarath Kumar-Radha Ravi  Team :

1.    ASHOK
2.    AYUB KHAN
3.    GAJENDRAN , T.P.

4.    ISAIARASAN,  S.M
5.    JAYAMANI,  V.C.

6.    KALAI,  K.N.
7.    KALAIMANI,  M.S.P.
8.    KALAIMUTHU,  S.M.
9.    KUMARAN,  M.S.K.
10.    MOHAMED MASTHAN     
11.    MOHAN RAMAN

12.    NALINI  / Actress

13.    NIROSHA  M.R. /Tamil Actress, younger sister of Radhika Sarath Kumar

14.    PARVATHY,  S.N. / Tamil Actress

15.    PRAKASH,  M.A.
16.    RAJAN, K / Tamil Cinema Producer

17.    RAJENDRAN,  K   
18.    RAJENDRAN,  M
19.    RAMKI  /Tamil Actor

 20.    RATHNA SABAPATHY    
21.    RAVIKUMAR    
22.    SANTHAKUMAR    
23.    SATHYAKRISHNA
24.    SELVARAJ,  K.R.    
25.    SRINIVASAN REDDY   
26.    SURESH KUMAR,  K    
27.    THANKAPPAZHAM, S.P.
28.    VEERAMANI,  R

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Name: SEDAPPATTI SURYANARAYANADEVAR RAJENDRAN

Known As:  “Ilatchiya Nadigar “- S.S.Rajendran / S.S.R.

Date of Birth:

January 1928 – At Usilampatti, Madurai District, Tamilnadu

Date of Death:

24th October 2014 – At the Age of 86 years- at Chennai

(On 24th October 2015 the First Anniversary of SS Rajendran's Demise will be observed by his fans and family members.

Name of Father: Surya Narayana Devar (An official in the Education Department of the State Government of Madras)

Name of Mother : Aadhilakshmi

Wife(s): 

• R.Pankajammal (Co-Actess in Stage Dramas) (Married)

• Actress C.R.Vijayakumari – Co-star in movies- (Lived Together and had a son and got separated)

• Thamarai Selvi (Married)

Children:-( 5 Sons and 2 Daughters)

By R.Pankajammal :

3 Sons: Elangovan, Rajendra Kumar, Selvaraj and

1 Daughter: Bhagyalakshmi

By C.R.Vijayakumari :

1 Son: Ravi Kumar

By Thamarai Selvi:

1 Son:  Kannan alias Marudhu Pandian

1 Daughter: Lakshmi

Occupation: 

Drama Actor-Producer-Director, Tamil Movie Actor-Producer-Director, Politician

Education :  Studied upto the 6th Standard

Drama / Cinema  Career of SSR:

Rajendran joined ‘Puliya Maanagar Boys’ Company of Stage Dramas of P.K.Subba Reddiar when he had been studying in the 6th Standard.

He had been acting in small roles in the Stage Dramas of the Boys’ Company and Rajendran was given the role of ‘Bala Abhimanyu’.

Then Rajendran joined the ‘T.K.S. Brothers’ Dramas Company of the popular Drama Producer-Director-Actor T.K.Shanmugam and T.K. Bhagavathi.

When Rajendran was only 15 years old, as T.K.Shanmugam was ill, Rajendran had acted in the hero role- ‘Shenbaga Pandian’  of his guru T.K.Shanmugam,  in the drama – ‘Siva Leela’

Afterwards, Rajendran joined ‘Mohana Gana Sabha’-Madras.

SSR is a talented singer and he used to perform "Villuppaattu" / Bow Songs Concerts.

SSR became a Tamil Movie Playback Singer in the Tamil Movie-‘Andaal’.

SSR sang his first Tamil Movie song ‘Inba Ulagile Manmadhan Poonganai’   in the music of popular Tamil Music Director G.Ramanathan.

SSR  has sung another  song "Senthamizh Nattu Kathari Nesavu Selaigal Vettigal Vanguveer" in the Movie- "Pudhumai Penn" (1959), written by Udumalai Narayana Kavi and with the music composed by K.V.Mahadevan.

SSR himself  has written some songs for the Tamil Movies and written the scripts for some movies and he has directed 3 Tamil movies.

The popular playback singer T.M.Soundara Rajan / TMS and K.Jamuna Rani have sung the song - "Thunbam Theeraadho" written by SSR for the Movie 'Thangarathinam (1960)- Starring SSR and C.R.Vijayakumari.

SSR was very fond of the unique voice of TMS and he considered him as the 'Golden Treasure of Tamil Cinema'.

Mellisai Mannar M.S.Viswanathan composed music for another song - "Indraikku Naan Pirandhen" written by SSR,  for the movie  'Irattai Manithan'(1981)- Starring SSR and Latha.


The following are the 3 Tamil Movies Directed by SSR :

• Thanga Rethinam (1960)-Starring SSR and C.R.Vijayakumari
• Alli  (1964) -Starring SSR and C.R.Vijaykumari along with M.R.Radha and 
• Mani Magudam (1966)-Based on his Stage Drama 'Mani Magudam', Starring SSR, J Jayalalitha, C.R.Vijayalakshmi and M.N.Nambiar.
  

In the year 1952, Rajendran acted in his first Tamil Movie ‘Parasakthi’, directed by the Directors Krishnan and Panchu.

He acted as the elder brother of Sivaji Ganesan, for whom ‘Parasakthi’ was the first and hit Tamil Movie.

Then Rajendran had been acting in Tamil Movies and he stared his Tamil Drama Company- ‘S.S.R.Nataka Mandram’ in the year 1947.

SSR staged his dramas  in many places of Tamilnadu and even in other States of India.

SSR  staged his Tamil Stage Drama in ‘Shanmugananda Hall’ at Bombay (Mumbai) in the presence of popular Bollywood Star Raj Kapoor and his father Prithviraj Kapoor.

The following are some of the notable Tamil Stage Dramas of the ‘S.S.R.Nataka Mandram’:

“Orr Iravu” written by ‘Perarignar’ C.N.Annadurai

“Mani Magudam” written by ‘Kalaignar’ M.Karunanidhi

“Then Paandi Veeran” written by P.Nedumaran.

SSR introduced the following Actor / Actresses in his Stage Dramas:

• M.N.Rajam( Born in the year 1940) -Acted in Stage Dramas of ‘SSR Nataka Mandram’  in the year 1947, at the age of 7 years 1947, who became a popular  Tamil Character and Negative Roles Actress

• ‘Aachi’Manorama-  (1937-2015)- Became the Actress in ‘SSR Nataka Mandram’ in the year 1949, at the age of 12 years, who became a popular-‘Guinness Record’ Tamil Movie Comedy Actress

• ‘Navarasa Thilagam’ R.Muthuraman (1929-1981)- (Father of popular Tamil Movie Actor –‘Navarasa Nayagan’ Karthik)- Became a Stage Drama Actor in ‘SSR Nataka Mandram’ in the year 1950, who later became a popular character Tamil Actor

• Sheela (Born on 22nd March 1945)-  Became a Stage Drama Actress in the ‘SSR Nataka Mandram’ in the year 1958, at the age of 13 years, who became a popular Malayalam Actress.  Sheela hold a Guinness World Record for having acted in the most number of movies – 107 Movies,  in Malayalam pairing along with the popular Malayalam Actor Prem Nazir

SSR has acted pairing along with the following Actresses:

• B.Saroja Devi
• Padmini
• C.R.Vijayakumari
• M.N.Rajam
• Raja Sulochana
• Kanchana and
• K.R.Vijaya

SSR has acted as "Abhimanyu" a Mythological Character, when he had been a young boy. 

However, SSR had a principle that he would not act in any mythological characters, in both Stage Dramas and Cinemas,  following the principles of 'Thanthai" Periyaar and 'Perarignar C.N.Annadurai.

So, SSR was called ‘Ilatchiya Nadigar’ / Actor with a Principle

SSR has acted in 70 Tamil Movies and the following are some of his notable Movies:-

The following is a List of some notable Tamil Movies out of the more than 70 Movies acted by SSR:-

Name of the Movie / Co-Star(s)/Remarks /Year:

Paraasakthi / Sivaji Ganesan, Pandaribai / SSR’s the First / Debut movie - Directed by Krishnan-Panchu /1952

Rathakkanneer / M.R.Radha, Sivaranjani / Directed by Krishnan – Panchu /1954

Kuladeivam /M.N.Rajam/Directed by Krishanan-Panchu/ 1956

Mudhalali     / Devika, M.N.Rajam / Directed by Muktha V. Srinivasan / 1957

Anbu Enge / K.Balaji, Devika /Directed by D.Yoganand/1958

Petra Maganai Vitra Annai /C.R.Vijayakumari/ /The First Movie paired with C.R.Vijayakumari/1958

Pillai Kani Amudhu/E.V.Saroja / Directed by M.A.Thiurmugam /1958

President Panchatcharam / B.Saroja Devi / Directed By A.Bhim Singh/  /1959

Sivagangai Seemai / Kumari Kamala, M.N.Rajam / Produced by Kannadasan /1959

Raja Desingu / M.G.Ramachandran (MGR), P.Bhanumathi, Padmini / The first movie acted with MGR / 1960

Dheivathin Dheivam / C.R.Vijayakumari / Directed by K.S.Gopalakrishnan / 1962

Kaanji Thalaivan / M.G.Ramachandran, P.Bhanumathi, C.R.Vijayakumari  / Story, Screenplay, Production by ‘Kalaignar M Karunanidhi / 1963

Kattu Roja  / Padmini / Film by Modern Theatres-Directed by A.Subbarao /1963

Naanum Oru Penn / C.R.Vijayakumari / AVM Productions / The film won the ‘National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil’ at 11th National Film Awards and  also won ‘Filmfare Award for Best Film 1963 ’ and ‘Cinema Fans Award for Best film 1963’/ 1963

Vanambadi  / R.Muthuraman, Devika, Master Kamal Hassan  / Produced by Kannadasan /  1963

Poompuhar / C.R.Vijayakumari, Rajashree / Based on the Tamil Epic ‘Silappadhigaaram’ –Screenplay by ‘Kalaignar’ M Karunanidhi / 1964

Kakkum Karangal / C.R.Vijayakumari, Sivakumar/ The first Film for Sivakumar / 1965

Kai Kodutha Deivam / Sivaji Ganesan, Savithiri, K.R.Vijaya / Directed by K.S.Gopalakrishan-The movie won ‘National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil’ - President's Silver Medal in the year  1965 / 1964

Mani Magudam / C.R.Vijayakumari, J Jayalalitha / Based on SSR’s Stage Drama ‘Mani Magudam’ acted by ‘Aachi ‘-Manorama-Produced and Directed by SSR-/  1966

Avan Pithana? / C.R.Vijayakumari, Anjali Devi /Directed by P.Neelakantan- Screenplay by ‘Kalaignar’M.Karunanidhi /1966

Kula Vilakku  / Gemini Ganesan, B.Saroja Devi / Directed by K.S.Gopalakrishnan /  1969

Ethiroli /Sivaji Ganesan, K.R.Vijaya, Sivakumar, Lakshmi, Jyothilakshmi / Produced and Directed by K.Balachander  /1970

Anbin Mugavari / Mohan, Viji, Sasikala, Sathyaraj / Directed by Manivannan / 1985

Rajali / Ramki, Roja, Napolean / Directed by Velu .Prabhakaran /  1996

Dharma / Vijayakanth, Preetha, Vijayakumar, Shilpa / Directed by KR / 1998

Vallarasu / Vijayakanth, Devayani / Produced by Vijayakanth /  2000

Rishi / Sarath Kumar, Meena, Prakashraj, Sanghavi, Arun Pandian, S.V.Sekar /Directed by Sundar C / 2001

Dum / Silambarasan T.R., Rakshita, Ashish Vidyarthi /  Silambarasan, Rakshitha, Ashish Vidyarthi /The last Movie/2003

The Political Career of SSR:

SS Rajendran joined the ‘Dravida Munnetra Kazhagm’/DMK in the year 1949, when the party was formed by ‘Perarignar C.N.Annadurai coming out of the Dravidar Kazhagam / DK of Thanthai EV Ramasamy Periyar, . SSR is one of the Founder-Member of the party-DMK.

SSR had  purchased land in Teynampet and donated to the DMK party for its office ‘Anbagam’.

SSR was the first ‘Member of the Legislative Assembly’ / M.L.A. of Madras State, elected from the Theni Constituency as a DMK candidate in the year 1962.

Afterwards, SSR was elected as a ‘Member of the Parliament’/MP- Rajya Sabha.

SSR joined the ‘All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’ and became a MLA, elected from Aandipatti Constituency, as a candidate of the AAIDMK of MGR in the year 1980.

A village‘Aathuppatty’ near  Andipatti area was washed away in the floods. SSR purchased 5 acres of land with his own funds and donated to the villagers of ‘Aathuppatty’ and the new village formed in the land is named after him-‘Rajendra Nagar’.

Awards and Honours Given to SSR:

The Presiden’s Award / State and Central Awards / 7 Times

Founder Member of the 'South Indian Artiste’s Association' / SIAA

SSR has been elected as the President of SIAA 3 times

Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Award Awarded by the State Government of Tamilnaud in the year 1999

Kalaimamani Award /State Government of Tamilnadu

Auto-Biography of SS Rajendran:

The Auto-Biography of SSR, titled "Naan Vandha Paadhai' "/ "The Path I Came Along"written and kept by him was published after his death by Agani Publising House of Poet Vennila.