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@sshivu
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11 months
#Leo #Vijay serves #SanjayDutt coffee and the latter asks, Leo? I wish the retort had been, ' Ille sir, Narasus!'
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@sshivu
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2 years
After watching 'Mahanadhi' I called #ManiRatnam . Mani;'Patheya'? Me: 'Pathen' Mani: 'Eppadi Irukku' Me: 'Superb, touching ana odadhu' Mani: 'Che avar padam odanum da'. This is the common emotion every #Kamalhaasan admirer feels about his films!!
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2 years
Pictures From The Past #ManiRatnam in his den, clad in a 'Veshti' after I interviewed him for Indian Express post #MounaRaagam pre #Nayakan . The first pic is slightly over exposed. It was the time of audio and video casettes as you can see. Was and is meticulous and unassuming
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@sshivu
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2 years
Only 4 pictures allowed #KamalHaasan
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2 years
A performance where the actor got crying right.
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@sshivu
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6 months
#ManjummelBoys It's a pleasure to watch a film with Malayalees. The average age was 25 in a hall that was 80% full. Nobody came late, no chatter or ringing mobiles. The applause was spontaneous especially for #KamalHaasan and #Ilaiyaraja . The film has to be experienced!!
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@sshivu
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5 years
Terrific screenplay! I bet there will an Indian version shortly!
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@sshivu
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2 years
Exactly 10yrs since I watched #Vishwaroopam at a screening for the Police commissioner. Was clear the problem was personal not political. @ikamalhaasan didn't prostrate before the lady in power but approached the courts and won.'What a man,' said #PunneethRajkumar after the show
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@sshivu
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2 years
Can't remember how long it was since #KamalHaasan 's name was mentioned before #Rajinikanth at any event!! Nothing succeeds like success!!!
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2 years
It can’t get any bigger or better than this! Honoured to have Ulaganayagan @ikamalhaasan & Superstar @rajinikanth with us at our music and trailer launch function! #PS1 #PonniyinSelvan #CholasAreComing In theatres on 30th September in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
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1 year
#HBDManiRatnam #BaluMahendra was about to see me off when a stocky youngster donning thick rimmed glasses arrived on a Yezdi bike. He left after a hush hush conversation and I asked Balu,' Unga accountanta?' 'Watch that kid. He'll make some great films,' said Balu. Thread
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@sshivu
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4 years
The Padmas continue to elude #AnantNag the widely appreciated multi lingual actor.People who've achieved far less have been bestowed greater laurels.Doesn't reflect on his abilities, popularity or respect he commands.Just shows how skewed the selection process is! @hemanthrao11
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@sshivu
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4 years
The advantage when Bollywood goons gang up against someone like #ARRahman is that he has an industry waiting that constantly challenges his creativity. Sadly #SushantSinghRajput had nowhere else to go!!! @arrahman
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@sshivu
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2 years
The first picture reminded me of the second. The bond @ikamalhaasan shares with #KVishwanath is next only to the one he shares with #KBalachander and akin to his equation to #SingeethamSrinivasaRao The collaborations have resulted in movie magic!! #KamalHaasan #SagaraSangamam
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@sshivu
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1 year
A picture I shot during the shoot of 'Nan Ungal Rasigan' starring Mohan and Radhika in 1985. #Manobala was the director. His set was relaxed and full of banter and laughter. He didn't change much physically or in attitude.
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@sshivu
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2 years
One year since I wrote this piece about the phenomenon, a force of nature @rajinikanth !! #Rajinikanth
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@sshivu
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2 years
Every maker worth his megaphone from Mrinal Sen to Manmohan Desai wanted to work with this maverick and so do today's talents. It's become fashionable to troll him but no book on indian cinema can be sans a chapter about him.Stars have price tags.Talent is priceless #KamalHaasan
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@sshivu
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9 months
#Rajinikanth The force of nature turns 73,has the biggest hit in Tamil cinema and still gives the pretenders like #Vijay and #Ajith sleepless nights. It's 43yrs since I first met him and his professional longevity is astonishing! Wishing him the pink of health and peace of mind
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4 years
4yrs ago this day. Taking the #Kabali special flight from B'lore to Chennai courtesy @AirAsia to watch #Kabali accompanied by diehard @rajinikanth fans. The hype, the charged atmosphere!! Only #Rajinikanth Can whip up this kind of frenzy!!
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@sshivu
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4 years
When a Bollywood producer offered the late #Ambareesh a Hindi film in his heyday the forthright star replied, 'You bloody fellows could not accept and appreciate a talent like #KamalHaasan . How will I make it? ' @ikamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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1 year
Wow 40 years. So many memories. Meeting #Gulzar who was penning the lyrics at Chola Sheraton. Catching up regularly with #KamalHaasan and #BaluMahendra at #KBalaji 's dubbing studio and eating lunch from Kamal's house. Kamal would eat nearly anything that moves. Thread
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@sshivu
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4 years
I sincerely wish he breaks the jinx and the film is a resounding success. #ManiRatnam first planned #PonniyinSelvan more than 2 decades ago. I still have the first draft of the script in a floppy disk with the potential cast.
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@sshivu
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8 months
My respect for @ikamalhaasan has taken a nosedive after he honoured alleged predator and molester #Vairamuthu and claimed to be his PRO. PATHETIC! I can understand someone like #Stalin praising him. Respect for @arrahman and #ManiRatnam for shunning him! Respect for @Chinmayi
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2 years
#Rajininikanth still speaks Tamil with a slight Kannada accent but at the Karnataka Ratna awards presentation for #PuneetRajkumar he spoke Kannada with a Tamil accent. Well understandable. He spent the first 25yrs of his life in Bangalore but has spent 47yrs in TN!!
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@sshivu
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1 year
The @valaipechu trio expressed surprise that today's young stars like #Karthi are using mobile studios for dubbing. I remember #KamalHaasan broaching this idea with me and #BaluMahendra during the dubbing of Sadma. 'The emotions will be intact and time saved.' Andre sonnar Kamal
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2 years
Pictures from the past Shot these at AVM with my Nikon FM2 during 'Andha Oru Nimidam'. They shot for 1day near YMCA grounds but had to shift because of the crowds. An avid photographer #KamalHaasan sifted through the pictures and separated the few good he liked!! @ikamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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2 years
When a #kamalhaasan film flops he's blamed. Understandable, accepted. When a #Rajinikanth , #Vijay or #Ajith film flops only the director recieves brickbats! If just the presence of these guys cannot assure break even let alone success why are they paid obscene amounts of money
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@sshivu
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3 years
In today's @THMetroPlus @the_hindu #Rajinikanth From selling tickets to people clamouring to buy tickets to watch him!! From penury to glory!
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@sshivu
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2 years
This after he won the National award for #MoonramPirai .Appeared in @DeccanHerald . Never have I ever had to cut a single word. Articulate and to the point. No hemming and hawing. #Kamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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4 years
1989. 4 films. 3 languages. The sheer range but just a glimpse of his versatility!! #Kamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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5 years
#30yearsofGeethanjali Stopped my bike at the Gemini Flyover signal, turned and saw #ManiRatnam in his 118NE beside. He rolled down the glass, fished out a tape and said,"You're the first guy to receive this." I unwittingly released one of the most haunting #ilayaraja albums ever!
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@sshivu
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4 years
Pictures From The Past @santoshsivan and #ManiRatnam In the eternal quest for an unforgettable frame during #Iruvar .
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@sshivu
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2 years
#35YearsOfPushpakaVimana So many memories of regularly dropping in on the sets in Bangalore. My friend,the late BC Gowrishankar was the cinematographer.The impromptu improvisations, chats with Kamal, the camaraderie and the subtle way #KamalHaasan steered #Amala 's performance.
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@sshivu
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3 years
Like him or not you cannot downplay his passion when he plunges into any project he pursues be it cinema or politics. Also he's never shied away irrespective of the outcome!! Sadly most of his victories are considered pyrrhic!!! @ikamalhaasan #KamalHaasan
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@sshivu
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11 months
This is the reason I call #KamalHaasan our only superstar.He's been successful on his terms and is not a puppet.I interviewed #Chiranjeevi post #Apathbandhuvudu because the producer asked.Chiru said he lost sleep after watching Kamal in Sagara Sangamam and wanted a National award
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11 months
"Apadbandhavudu is Telugu cinema's most expensive flop in a purely artistic sense." Mukesh Manjunath pens a fantastic piece on how the film impacted Chiranjeevi and Telugu cinema. READ:
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@sshivu
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5 years
Wow! Vishy, Chandra, Wadekar, Sunny, Madan Lal, Venkatraghavan, Brijesh Patel @danredford70 @kbalakumar
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@sshivu
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2 years
#ShankarNag lived life in fast forward mode.Probably had a premonition that he didn't have enough time.Still admired and revered personally and as a professional. It's his birth anniversary.He was born 2 days after #KamalHaasan and told me he wanted to direct him. @TheHinduCinema
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@sshivu
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10 months
My wife is never happy on #KamalHaasan 's birthday!! 'Che Kamalukku vayas ayudthu!' has been her lament the last few years!!
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@sshivu
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2 years
Friends in the trade and some who manage multiplexes tell me #Vikram is a humongous hit in Bangalore though released with little publicity. No amount of publicity and promotion can match word of mouth. #KamalHaasan need not prove anything to anybody. Good to see him having a ball
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@sshivu
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10 months
A piece I wrote for @TheHinduCinema about #KamalHaasan for whom the synonym for life is cinema after he completed 60 years in cinema!! Inexhaustible repertoire and insatiable passion for the most unpredictable of professions!! @ikamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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5 years
Pages From The Past An early eighties interview in @DeccanHerald with the most affable and humble superstar I've met, Raj Kumar. When his son Shivraj Kumar wanted to become an actor Raj advised him to go wherever #kamalhassan was shooting and watch him!
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@sshivu
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2 years
Nerukku Ner was released on Sept. 6th 1997 starring #Vijay and #Suriya . 25yrs since Suriya made a rather stiff debut but has evolved into a fine performer. Remember #ManiRatnam the producer mentioning he didn't realise it was similar to Agni Natchathiram! 2008 chat @Suriya_offl
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4 years
I still feel #ThirudaThiruda is #ARRahman 's most complete, versatile and inspired album. Changed the sound of Tamil film music. Also probably the only film in the #maniratnam #ARRahman collaboration where the music was better than the content!! @arrahman
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@sshivu
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5 years
Was in US in 1987 when I heard #KamalHaasan and producer GV were in LA to promote #Nayagan , India's hope for an #Oscar . I called #ManiRatnam to ask why he wasn't with them. He succinctly said, 'I have work'. He was clear he'd made the film for Indian audiences!
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@sshivu
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1 year
Here's wishing the maestro, musical magician and monarch of the seven musical notes a wonderful birthday! Genius is a misused term but sits like a feather on his slender shoulders. Anybody who's watched him score background music will vouch! @ilaiyaraaja @OneMercuri #ILAIYARAJA
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4 years
#MeAt20 2nd interview with biggest superstar Kannada cinema will ever see #drrajkumar for @sundaymidday . The Sanyo player was gifted by #BaluMahendra because I was using 1 the size of an Ecolac briefcase and the 'tulasi malai' by #KokilaMohan . #meattwenty
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@sshivu
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2 years
Dropped in on the sets during shooting and later dubbing too. Watched the 'First Copy' along with #pcsreeram . Shows the kind of cinematic magic a confluence of creativity can weave! #33yrsofapoorvasagodarargal #KamalHaasan #ilayaraja #panchuarunachalam #crazymohan
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5 years
What a fascinating journey this man has had, from issuing tickets to traveling to Madras ticketless to people clamouring for tickets when his film is released!! Humility thy name is #Rajnikanth #Darbaraudiolaunch #Rajini #Thalaivar
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4 years
PAGES FROM THE PAST 13yr old interview with 'Duniya' Vijay. All he wanted was to meet #Rajinikanth and touch his feet. Asked if I could help. And a tiny version of his meeting with #Thalaivar . #duniyavijay @ThalaivarMyLife @rajinikanth
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Pictures From The Past #Rajnikanth Bigger than passport size and smaller than postcard these pics signed by #Rajini would be posted with replies to fan mail in the 80's. #Thalaivar s autograph is faded.Given like 'prasadam' on my first meeting! @ThalaivarMyLife @RajiniFollowers
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With Bhagyaraj's version going viral about #AmitabhBachchan requesting Poornachandra Rao to shelve 'Khabardar' in which #KamalHaasan co-starred here's what I wrote 5yrs ago.Kamal has never talked about it in public @rmurali2012 @DiehardKamalian @KHOurPride @raemolla @Kamaladdict7
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@sshivu
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2 years
Pictures From The Past One of the first #Kamalhaasan films I watched.When everyone in Tamil cinema was shouting here was a sensitive actor.Can't forget the scene where he has to act like he's running beside a moving train. The glance to see where he's heading was sheer genius
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5 years
Pages from the past. Another interview with #KamalHaasan after he won the National award for 'Moodram Pirai'. #60PathBreakingYrsOfKamal #60YearsOfKamalHaasan
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5 years
Interviewing @iamsrk 21 years ago, and his wit still remains unmatched. This is going to be a long thread!
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1 year
It would be pleasant to watch them together again, onscreen after Sathya and Pushpaka Vimanam especially in #KH234 !!! #Kamalhaasan @amalaakkineni1 #ManiRatnam
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5 years
It's 5 year since #KBalachander passed away. He had an uncanny eye for talent. When I asked him what he saw in a dark, unkempt guy who couldn't speak Tamil he said, 'I saw fire in his eyes'. Haven't deleted his number. Enjoyed our conversations Sir. @ikamalhaasan @rajinikanth
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4 years
Forget the sheer brilliance of the movie. Just how this song was concieved, constructed, choreographed and shot should make a fascinating story. Watch not just #KamalHaasan 's body language but his eyes portraying the diverse characters. #singeetamsrinivasarao @ikamalhaasan
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@sshivu
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5 years
This picture shot by a professor of Biology in IIT Madras featured with my interview with #kamalhassan in the Sept.-Oct 1985 edition of @frontline_india . #60pathbreakingyrsofkamal @Mass_Maharaja @jamshey Will share interview
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5 years
You can post in-depth interviews with the most talented folk in cinema and what you consider well written columns but if you're looking for maximum 'likes' and 'retweets' just post a picture of #Thalaivar #Rajinikanth !!!
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3 years
2 years since this appeared in @TheHinduCinema . 60 years since #KamalHaasan was baptised with grease paint.
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4 years
Exactly 6yrs ago visited the sets of #Lingaa and met #Rajnikanth after long. He squinted before there was a faint flicker of recognition. I jogged his memory. Spent a few minutes since there was a long queue outside for a handshake and a keepsake. @ThalaivarMyLife #Thalaivar
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10 months
Exactly 36yrs after #Nayakan 2 unique talents who've traipsed the tightrope between art and commerce, have never treated the paying public like nincompoops, aged like fine single malt and are at the peak of their powers collaborate again! Waiting! @ikamalhaasan #ManiRatnam
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@sshivu
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2 years
Pictures From The Past Another picture of the maestro #Ilaiyaraaja inside the sanctum sanctorum where few were allowed!! Must confess I like the way I've composed the frame!! @ilaiyaraaja
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@sshivu
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5 years
After the #Ilayaraja concert yesterday overslept and missed flight.The 75yr old maestro after 5hrs onstage took the early morning flight and is onstage to honour his friend and favorite actor #Kamal60 .After watching a scene in Sagara Sangamam he turned and said 'His eyes speak'!
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1 year
Nobody thought he'll churn out the biggest Tamil grosser 40yrs after his debut without ever sacrificing his sensibilities. Like his favourite actor @ikamalhaasan he's walked the tightrope between art and commerce with the ease of a trapeze artist and they're collaborating again!
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3 years
Somebody sensible should remake #Pushpak with #FahadhFaasil . I recall him telling #KamalHaasan onstage that he'd watched the classic more than fifty times. If any other actor can pull it off it's him!!
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5 years
'Pages From The Past 'Neukku Ner' was released on 6th Sept. 22 yrs ago. A pleasant, hardworking, warm human being who's gotten better with every film. Wishing him success with #Kaappaan . @Surya_Offl @SuriyaFansClub @SuriyaFansTeam #suriya
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I remember during the dubbing of Sadma #KamalHaasan suggested a mobile dubbing theater so it could be done after pack-up. Cinema is in every cell of this chameleon.Vikatan video is a cakewalk #60yearsofKamal @LoneWolf_7126 @aashameera @KHOurPride @DiehardKamalian @Mass_Maharaja
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Pictures From The Past These 2 'stills' from 'Kaali' accompanied my piece in @DeccanHerald in March 1981 . It's 39 years. The producers were Hem Nag who also bankrolled 'Garjanai'. Lost the article but dug out the pictures. #rajinikanth #thalaivar @ThalaivarMyLife @RIAZtheboss
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2 years
Pictures From The Past Found a bunch of 'Stills', pictures you had to source from people like Film News Anandan, Selvam, Glamour and my friend 'Stills' Ravi! They were sent to publications but freelancers had to travel and fetch them till you developed a rapport!!
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1 year
Enhanced version of #VetaiyaduVilayadu , a humble screen hallelujah from a fanboy director @menongautham to his screen idol #KamalHaasan hits the theatres again!! A 17yr old chat with Gautam on the eve of the first release in @TheHinduCinema
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I wanted to write for @frontline_india because it was classy and sent this interview. A staffer tried to palm it off as his. #NRam was furious with him, loved it but thought the intro was adulatory. I sat outside his chamber and rewrote. #Kamalhaasan liked it too!!
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I understand where the spine, determination and will comes from. She's my childhood idol #PrakashPadukone 's daughter. He sparred with inferior players but decimated far superior opponents. These genes fit!! @deepikapadukone #DeepikaPadukone
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Pages from the past. My first of many interviews with #KamalHaasan . He was 26. I was 16. It appeared in Screen. Later he asked me who next? I said #Rajinikanth . He immediately called Rajni's secretary Murali. I spent the next day with the Superstar. #60PathBreakingYrsOfKamal
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Pages From The Past If you take 'Sri Srinivasa Kalyana' as his debut it's 45 years since he made his debut! He told me he's a diehard fan of #KamalHaasan and his father knew and approved. @hemanthrao11 @Shhivanna @Shivarajkumar_ @shivuaDDa @OnlyShivanna #shivarajkumar #shivanna
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He'd have turned 91. A 1982 interview, first of a few for @DeccanHerald Sunday edition. 1 meeting and you realised why people worshiped him.The most genuine superstar I've met. Also the best singer/actor the country has seen. #DrRajkumar @PuneethRajkumar #Shivrajkumar @shivuaDDa
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#HBDSuperstarRajinikanth The only star whose fans cut across race, religion, country, colour, class, sex and age! A brief report after a visit to the sets of #Petta in #Darjeeling last year! Style is ageless! #Rajnikanth @ThalaivarMyLife @rajinikanth @DOP_Tirru @karthiksubbaraj
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Pages From The Relatively Recent Past Interview with #gauthammenon on the eve of the release of 'Vetaiyadu Vilayadu' in @the_hindu . #13yearsoftrendsettervv @Mass_Maharaja @KHFollowers @balajidtweets @ThalaivarMyLife
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I've visited his studio during many song recordings starting with 'Payanangal Mudiyuvadhillai' but it's the way #Ilaiyaraaja records the background score that leaves you awestruck every single time.Magical!My only interview with him in the early eighties for @IndianExpress Madras
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Pages From The Past A Ganesh Chathurthi gift. My second and last interview with #shankarnag #shankarnagfans . He called and said he loved the piece. He was Kannada cinema's special son!! @hemanthrao11 @milliblog @Saravann1984 @KanCinemaFan @teamshankarnag
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2 years
Some more pictures from the Andha Oru Nimidam shoot #KamalHaasan @ikamalhaasan
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
10 months
Haven't written in awhile or interviewed any film personality. Just watched #MonthOfMadhu Tempted to to talk to #SrikanthNagothi An endearing, fascinating film about characters who wear their hearts on their sleeves Was reminded of the films of #IngmarBergman @srikanthnagothi
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
2 years
Ah nostalgia! Barged into his house,early morning just after Deepavali 1980 to interview him.He beamed when I mentioned Bangalore, broke into Kannada and asked me to get in.He drove to Arunachalam Studio shooing away cyclists getting close while waving and chatting. @rajinikanth
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s shiva kumar
5 years
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s shiva kumar
5 years
Now we know why #kamalhassan wanted #ARRahman instead of #Anirudh for #Indian2 !!
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
3 years
A 1992 interview with #Chiranjeevi on the eve of the release of 'Apathbandhuvudu'. The film failed but the producer and his fans were hoping he'd win a National Award. @timesofindia @KChiruTweets
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s shiva kumar
4 years
In case you haven't watched!!
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s shiva kumar
4 years
Ok so who's writing #Natarajan 's biopic, who do you think is fit to direct and the titular role??
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
5 years
If #Kejriwal can win there's hope for #KamalHaasan though the villains are more vile! Honesty does pay, sometimes! #ReImagineTamizhNadu
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
3 years
Interview done on the eve of Deepavali 1980. It shows! Appeared in the weekly Screen. He was already an actor with a seemingly inexhaustible repertoire. Today I'd say, 'He can also act! ' #HappyBirthdayKamalHaasan @ikamalhaasan
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s shiva kumar
3 years
Just finished watching #Tamasha #RanbirKapoor what an actor!!
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
4 years
Prasad Studios.Early 80's.Between shots I was sitting with #SivajiGanesan when Baby Shalini jumped onto his lap. "Smile Kanna,"he said. 'Do you want acting one or natural?'asked the bundle of talent, giving him both. Will never forget the thespian's reaction. #shaliniajith
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
5 years
Watching 'Dashavatharam'. #KamalHaasan . It's not just about prosthetics. Watch the attire, gait, accent, eyes, body language and the unmatched comic timing! It's not delineation but transformation! @Mass_Maharaja @KHOurPride @DiehardKamalian
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
2 years
A chat with the silken voiced sisters @ranjanigayatri after their concert celebrating the monarch of the seven musical notes @ilaiyaraaja 's connection with carnatic music! @OneMercuri #isaignani #Ilaiyaraaja
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
3 years
#SarpattaParambarai is the first #OTT film I watched without pausing for any reason. It's terrific because every department is inspired and involved. Proves directors like @beemji excel when they cast after writing. Also proves writing after casting a superstar is not a cakewalk!
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
2 years
Pages From The Past This appeared in a colourful tabloid called 'SUN' published in New Delhi.Wrote only because I heard from very reliable sources. #Rajinikanth #Kamalhaasan
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
2 years
Just finished watching #IrattaOnNetflix What is the emergency procedure to suspend #AkshayKumar 's @NetflixIndia account purely to stop him from viewing this film Please help @akshaykumar
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
4 years
Felt strangely thirsty in the middle of the night but too lazy to get up. So imagined a picture like this from @sftmumbai gulped the saliva instantly generated and went back to sleep!!
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@sshivu
s shiva kumar
1 year
25yrs since this interview with @iamsrk done during the shoot of #DilSe at a hotel in Allepey late in the night after a world cup football fixture #25yearsofdilse Thread
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