Govindarajan Passey Away, SANGEET KA SAFAR |
Govindarajan Passey Away, SANGEET KA SAFAR |
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Feb 16 2007, 04:22 AM
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SANGEET KA SAFAR HAVE THIS NEWS FILM PRODUCER GOVINDARAJAN PASSEY AWAY Film producer "Venus" Govindarajan passed away in Madras the other day. He was 85. A detailed report from the Hindu is reproduced below : --------------------------------------------------------------- CHENNAI: Film producer Venus Govindarajan, the man behind classic movies in several Indian languages including the Tamil box office hits `Uthama Puthiran' and `Kalyana Parisu' died here on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 85. Venus Govindarajan and his partners were involved in the production of over 50 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali. Some of his best known Tamil movies are `En Annan,' a blockbuster starring M.G. Ramachandran; a comedy `Pattanathil Bootham,' which shot Jai Shankar and K.R. Vijaya into the limelight, and `Kalyana Parisu' with Gemini Ganesan and Saroja Devi in the lead. In Hindi, Govindarajan's films included `Nazraana' featuring Raj Kapoor and `Saathi' with Rajendra Kumar in the lead. His close associate in Bollywood was Guru Dutt. In Telugu, his best known movie is `Manchi Vadu' featuring A. Nageswara Rao. Venus Pictures produced director Mani Ratnam's first film `Pallavi Anu Pallavi' in Kannada. Govindarajan married popular comedienne T.A. Maduram's sister T.A. Pattammal, who died a few years ago. He is survived by two sons, producer Sathya Jothi T.G. Thyagarajan and T.T.G. Thyagasaravanan GOD HELP HIS FAMLLY DHALL |
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