CinemaIn this excerpt from Sridevi: The South Years, author Amborish Roychoudhury looks back at her entry into cinema and a career that spanned 300 films as a child artiste playing the Tamil god Murugan.Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, famous forever as Sridevi, would have been celebrating her 60th birthday today, had she not died at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai on February 24, 2018. In this book extract from Sridevi: The South Years, published by Rupa, ad world personality and National Award-winning author Amborish Roychoudhury disputes the popular theory on Sridevi's debut film, and looks back at her entry into cinema (and a career that spanned 300 films) as a child artiste playing the Tamil god Murugan in Sandow Chinnappa Thevar's Tamil devotional movie Thunaivan, starring Avm Rajan and Sowcar Janaki. Exceprt: Decades before she became a film goddess, Sridevi was playing a god on-screen and the south Indian moviegoing audience was eating out of her hands.
- 8/13/2023
- by BharathyS
- The News Minute
New Delhi, Aug 13 (Ians) Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, famous forever as Sridevi, would have been celebrating her 60th birthday today, had she not met her premature end at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai on February 24, 2018.
In this book extract from ‘Sridevi: The South Years’, published by Rupa, ad world personality and National Award-winning author Amborish Roychoudhury disputes the popular theory on Sridevi’s debut film, and looks back at her entry into cinema (and a career that spanned 300 films) as a child artiste playing Lord Murugan in Sandow Chinnappa Thevar’s Tamil devotional movie, ‘Thunaivan’, starring A.V.M. Rajan and Sowcar Janaki.
Decades before she became a film goddess, Sridevi was playing a god on-screen and the south Indian moviegoing audience was eating out of her hands. I do not use the term ‘south Indian’ loosely like we often tend to do.
Sridevi played child gods and demi-gods in a bevy of Tamil,...
In this book extract from ‘Sridevi: The South Years’, published by Rupa, ad world personality and National Award-winning author Amborish Roychoudhury disputes the popular theory on Sridevi’s debut film, and looks back at her entry into cinema (and a career that spanned 300 films) as a child artiste playing Lord Murugan in Sandow Chinnappa Thevar’s Tamil devotional movie, ‘Thunaivan’, starring A.V.M. Rajan and Sowcar Janaki.
Decades before she became a film goddess, Sridevi was playing a god on-screen and the south Indian moviegoing audience was eating out of her hands. I do not use the term ‘south Indian’ loosely like we often tend to do.
Sridevi played child gods and demi-gods in a bevy of Tamil,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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