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How Tamil cinema flourished: Author PV Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Nitrate Saga’ takes a peek into the past

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[ad_1] Chimpanzee Zippy arriving at the Madras airport in 1955 PV Gopalakrishnan, now 77, speaks about the Fifties like it was yesterday. He was in Class V when he first heard about Zippy, a chimpanzee specially being flown in to Madras to shoot for the SS Vasan-backed Hindi film Isaniyat (1955). “Zippy took Madras city […]

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A docuseries on the late singer TM Soundararajan’s (TMS) musical journey

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[ad_1] A 150-episode docuseries on the legend’s journey starting from Central Studios in Coimbatore to becoming the voice of MGR and Sivaji Ganesan A 150-episode docuseries on the legend’s journey starting from Central Studios in Coimbatore to becoming the voice of MGR and Sivaji Ganesan “It was an unforgettable moment,” recalls T Vijayaraj, who has […]

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