T. S. Durairaj

Nitchaya Thamboolam (1961)

, 2h10
Réalisé par B.S. Ranga
Genres Drame
Acteurs Sivaji Ganesan, Jamuna, M. N. Nambiar, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Chittor V. Nagaiah, T. S. Durairaj

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Padikkadha Medhai (1960)

, 2h44
Réalisé par A. Bhimsingh
Genres Drame
Acteurs Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Pasupuleti Kannamba, T. R. Ramachandran, R. Muthuraman
Note67%

Chandrasekaran, an industrialist, is very successful in his business and has a loving family. His three sons and two daughters live happily as one family. He brings up an orphan, Rangan (Sivaji Ganesan), who is utterly devoted to the family. Calamity strikes the family in the form of loss in business. The last daughter's marriage gets cancelled. The brothers and their wives ill-treat their parents and Rangan and his wife. Seeing this Chandrasekaran has no choice to ask Rangan and his wife leave their house. Aftermath Chandrasekaran dies a broken-hearted man leaving his wife and youngest daughter to be in their children's merciless hospitality. Rangan, with his simplicity and pure-hardheartedness, takes it upon himself to look after the mother and sister. In the end, he proves that love and affection is the greatest wealth.

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Maragatham (1959)

Genres Thriller, Policier
Acteurs Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, Sandhya Shantaram, S. Balaiah, T. S. Durairaj, J. P. Chandrababu

Maragatham narrated the happenings of a rich zamindari family in which the maharaja is murdered and the crime foisted on his innocent brother (Balachandar) and his lovely wife (Sandhya, Jayalalitha's mother). The wife waits for her husband who had escaped from prison. She pines for her daughter (Padmini) who is believed dead. Not knowing Padmini is her daughter, Sandhya saves her life in a boat accident and the girl comes to live with her. Noted comedian of Tamil cinema of yesteryear T. S. Durairaj plays the interesting role of the villain planning the murder, but the real killer is Balaiah. The prince (Ganesan) falls in love with his sister's daughter without knowing who she is!). Ultimately as it always happens in movies, the truth is revealed, the killers are exposed, the parted couples and the young lovers are united, and all's well that ends well.

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Kalvanin Kadhali (1955)

Genres Drame
Acteurs Sivaji Ganesan, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, T. R. Ramachandran, T. S. Durairaj, K. Sarangapani

Kalvanin Kadhali is the story of a dacoit and his beloved, Muththaiyan and Kalyani. At the PoonkuLam village, Kalyani falls for good-hearted Muththaiyan. Circumstances brand Muththaiyan a dacoit, but Kalyani remains steadfast in her love. Evading the police, Muthaiyan leads the life of an exile in the forest. When things come to a head, Muththaiyan and Kalyani decide to run away to some far-off place and settle down to marital bliss.

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மலைக்கள்ளன் (1954)

, 3h6
Genres Drame, Action
Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, M. G. Chakrapani, T. S. Durairaj, Sandhya Shantaram
Note73%

Vijayapuram is a beautiful hillside hamlet appears serene and restful to a casual passerby. But the happenings there are far from tranquil. Dacoities, burglaries and even kidnappings seem to be commonplace occurrences. One established perpetuator of at least some of the crimes is Kaathavarayan, his secret accomplices being some well-known public figures like the rich young wastrel Veerarajan and the Kuttipatti Zamindar.

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Thirumbi Paar (1953)

Genres Drame
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Sivaji Ganesan, Pandari Bai, Krishna Kumari, Sowcar Janaki, Thangavelu, T. S. Durairaj
Note61%

Inspired from the story of Ahalya, the film had Sivaji Ganesan playing a womaniser. T. P. Muthulakshmi played the role of a "dumb wife" married to a much older husband (K. A. Thangavelu). Sivaji Ganesan seduces her in the absence of her husband and continues this act with other women. Pandari Bai played the role of Sivaji Ganesan's sister.

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Kalavathi (1951)

Acteurs T. S. Durairaj

Kalavathi is a folk tale about a dispute between two goddesses, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. Who is superior — the Goddess of Wealth or Learning? To find out, the two pick an illiterate and stupid farmer (Durairaj) and begin trying their powers on him. While tilling the land, the farmer finds blocks of gold about which he knows nothing and throws them back into the field! Now, Saraswathi bestows on him the knowledge to recognise gold and he begins to collect gold every day. An evil minister (Sahadevan) who watches him throwing the gold blocks takes him to his kingdom to exploit his powers. The princess (Jayalakshmi) falls in love with him, but the minister lusts after her. Knowing his rare powers, the king makes him sit on the throne and the evil genius tries his best to exploit him.

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Ezhai Padum Padu (1950)

, 3h17
Genres Drame
Acteurs Chittor V. Nagaiah, Javar Sitaraman, M. N. Rajam, S. Balaiah, Lalitha, Padmini Ramachandran
Note66%

Tough and ruthless Police Inspector Javert (Javar Seetharaman) recaptures a small time criminal Kandhan (Chittor V. Nagaiah) who has escaped from prison. Kandhan turns a new leaf with the help of a Christian Bishop (Serukulathur Sama). When he is released from prison he starts a glass making company. He changes his identity and becomes successful. He becomes the mayor of his town. Inspector Javert finds out about his new life and threatens to expose him. On one occasion Kandhan saves Javert's life. Javert commits suicide unable to turn Kandhan in to the authorities out of his sense of gratitude.

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Manamagal (1950)

Réalisé par 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Acteurs Padmini Ramachandran, Lalitha, S. Balaiah, S. V. Sahasranamam, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, T. S. Durairaj

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Ratnakumar (1949)

Acteurs Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa, M. G. Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, T. S. Durairaj

Rathnakumar the chief protagonist, even in poverty he woos and wins the hand of Bhanumati. A skeleton at the bidding of the hero, hurls a giant rock on the ground, and diamonds, rubies and emeralds pop out. Getting into evil company, he gets addicted to vices that make him ill-treat his wife and then desert her without any qualms. He proceeds to fall for a beautiful princess and impresses her under false pretences. He gets his comeuppance towards the end, his dubious past revealed and is imprisoned. Thereupon his conscience awakes, he is filled with remorse at the thought of his patient wife.

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Tamizhariyum Perumal (1942)

Acteurs M. G. Ramachandran, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, T. S. Durairaj, M. G. Chakrapani

This script must be run from the command line

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Mani Malai (1940)

Réalisé par T. S. Durairaj
Acteurs T. S. Durairaj

This film deals with untouchability in a lighter vein, about a bhagavathar (P.B. Rangachari) misbehaving with a domestic help (Jaya). She visits him with her husband. Scared, and with his wife at home adding to it, the man apologises for his conduct. K.S. Adhilakshmi as the bhagavathar’s wife and comedy actors T.V. Sethuraman as his disciple and M.R. Subramaniam as the village headman offered good support.

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