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Intricately carved pillars of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Atlanta , Georgia .

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Heman....the first cartoon..











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I am a Complan Boy(Shahid Kapoor) and I am a Complan Girl (Ayesha Takia)

I have found this article so useful and it should be read by each and every human i felt. Thats why thought of sharing it to the world.

Here it Goes.....


LATELY, I have been thinking a lot about the Lehman crisis. Spending money that they didn’t have and going beyond their means is one of the main reasons for their situation today. In fact that is the cause for the current economic crisis in the US.

When I see all this happening, I can only remember the good old days. Then, karz was bad. People looked down upon those who took loans. Parents would not give their daughter’s hand in marriage to a man with loans. But of course, the times have changed now. Everyone I know has a loan. The buzz word is EMI (Equated Monthly Installment). Today you can buy everything on EMI – a house, a television, an i-Pod. In fact I know of someone who just bought a fancy BMW 3 series on EMI, instead of buying a cheaper car outright with cash. I mostly prefer to take the public transport, but then I am an old man with old thoughts!

Anyway, coming back to what caused the crisis. Imagine having Rs 2 lakh in your bank account, no regular income, yet buying a house worth 65 lakh, in the hope of seeling it for a higher price. Even if the price of the house fell by just 5 per cent (that is Rs 3 lakh), you will go bankrupt. This is what Lehman Brothers did; with around USD 20 billion they went and bought assets worth over USD 600 billion. Isn’t it suicidal and simply foolish?

I am sure things would have been different, had I been the head of Lehman Brothers. But who wants an old conservative man like me to head a complex financial institution.

But there are a few lessons that we can learn:

1. Live a balanced life and avoid overspending.

2. Don’t buy things we don’t need.

3. Don’t buy Branded good’s.

4. Don’t buy excess Food, Clothes, Cosmetics, Footwear, Electronics and Fashion accuracies, just think before you buy.

Tip: World still has a lot of growth ahead and the future holds immense opportunities for us. Let’s make the most of it and save and invest it wisely instead of wasting our precious little on things we don’t need.

5. Try to balance life with work (No one is happy to work in their professions).

6. Don’t stress out yourself, after work try to do some extra activities like swimming, yoga, walking, running where you can divert your mind from stress.
A Thumb Rule: Health is more important than money.

7. Try to understand each other (Wife and Husband) in financial matters and help each other.

Tip: As soon as you get your monthly salary, set aside a fixed amount, usually 35 percent, for insurance, savings and investments. You can then spend the rest.

8. Not all the loans are bad. Loans that are ‘need based’ (home loans, education loans) can always find a place in your finances against those that are largely ‘want based’ (Credit cards, Personal loans, Car loans).

9. Borrow only if repayment is financially comfortable.

A thumb rule: Keep EMIs within 35 to 45 percent of your monthly income. In that respect, there is one American who I really respect – Warren Buffet. He has lived in the same ordinary house for over three decades, drives his own medium sized car and leads and extremely regular ‘middle class’ life. If that’s all it takes for the richest person on earth to be happy, why do all of us need to take extra stress just so that we can get things which aren’t even essential?

“A strong PASSION for any object will ensure success,

For the desire of the end will point out the means. “

This year, on his birthday, Gandhiji would have felt happy for viewing a "Smokers-free" public places in India. After 61 years of freedom we have proved that nothing is an unachievable dream for an Indian.

Hats off to Dr Anbumani Ramadoss for achieving such a valuable supreme court order, which can save millions of lives from cancer.Some call him a passionate activist, crusading against health hazards, while others allege he is publicity hungry and wastes time on trivial matters. He has been a threat to the film actors, desist from showing smoking & drinking scenes from movies.














Research has generated evidence that secondhand smoke causes the same problems as direct smoking, including lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and lung ailments such as emphysema, bronchitis and asthma.Specifically, meta-analyses show that lifelong non-smokers with partners who smoke in the home have a 20–30% greater risk of lung cancer than non-smokers who live with non-smokers. Non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke in the workplace have an increased lung cancer risk of 16–19%.

Now lets look into the world who were all ahead of us in this smoking ban,

1973 - Arizona was the first state in US to pass a law restricting smoking in public places.

1994 - California (Workplace smoking ban)

1998 - California (Complete smoking ban in enclosed spaces)

2002 - Part of Florida

2003 - Newyork(Except cigar bars)

2004 - Ireland

2005 - Washington (25feet public buildings and workplace), Italy

2006 -07 - UK

2008(Jan) - France

A 2007 study of the effect of the ban in Scotland showed that there was 17% year-on-year drop in heart attack admissions since the ban was introduced in March 2006.

Enjoy a Smokers free public and have a proud feeling that we have seeded a healthy environment for our next generation.....Vande Mataram

M.K. Thyagaraja Bagavadhar (1909-1959):

He was a popular actor and singer in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born at Mayiladuthurai. He is considered as the first superstar of Tamil Cinema His first movie was "Pavalakodi" in 1934 and he appeared in another 14 movies until his death. Most of his movies were record breakers. Haridass, released in 1944, ran continuously for three years in Chennai Broadway theatre.He was charged with murder in 1944 but was acquitted and released in 1946. Prior to the arrest he was booked to make 12 movies, but he lost interest and the few movies he did make were unsuccessful. Nevertheless he still drew huge crowds in concerts. He quietly spent his last years, having lost almost all his wealth defending his case.





M.S.Viswanathan & Ramamurthy :

M.S.Viswanathan-Ramamurthy duo dominated the South Indian Film Music especially Tamil
Film Music during mid 50s and 60s. They were responsible for introducing a change in the
orchestration of the songs in Tamil films. They made good use of the guitar and the drums,
and added the touch of Western music into Tamil film songs, which until that time were
pretty much classical oriented. The combination of M.S.Viswanathan and T.K.Ramamurthy
(as the Music Directors), Kannadasan (as the lyricist), T.M.Soundarajan (as the male
singer) and P.Susheela (as the female singer), produced 100s of excellent songs in the
50's and the 60's. Later day Tamil film music directors like V.Kumar, the duo of Shankar-
Ganesh, and some others, started their careers under the wings of M.S. Viswanathan and
and T.K.Ramamurthi. They scored music for a couple of Hindi films but with a lesser
level of success.The duo split sometime in the mid-sixties (1965/1966), after which MSV
continued to score music for Tamil films with great success, almost into the mid-
seventies, before Ilaiyaraja came into the field, and established his own unique style
with greater success, while Ramamurthi did not meet with as much of a success in his solo
ventures.

So I finally came up with the first post. All about Tamil film industry. Before reaching an era of releasing the movies on internet instead of theatres, lets have a look into the history of theatres in Tamilnadu and also about the origin of Tamil film industry…..here it goes…

M.Edwards screened the first ever movie show in South India at Victoria Public Hall, Chennai in 1897

Electric Theatre-the first ever cinema house in South India was built by Major Warwick on Anna Salai, Chennai in 1900

Lyric-the second cinema house in Chennai was started by Cohen at Anna Salai – 1902.

Edison's Cinematography-the first touring cinema in South India was formed by Swamikannu Vincent in 1905

Gaiety-the first Indian owned cinema house in South India was built by R.Venkiah.This still continues to screen movies in the same spot – 1914

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S.M.Dharmalingam Mudaliyar and Nataraja Mudaliyar started the first film producing concern in South India at Chennai.Nataraja Mudaliyar made Keechavathanam the first feature film to be made in South India in 1916.

Pre-censorship of films was introduced through the Indian Cinematography Act of 1918.

Exhibitor Film Services, the first distributing concern in South India was startedby A.Narayanan in the year 1927

In 1929, with the formation of General Pictures Corporation in Chennai, cinema emerges as an entertainment industry in South India.



T.P.Rajalakshmi Ammal





In 1931, Kalidas, the first Tami talkie was screened. It was directed by H.M.Reddy and T.P.Rajalakshmi played the lead role. So it Tamil movie industry placed its first step here.

Srinivasa Cinetone, the first sound studio in South India was started by A.Narayanan in the year 1934

K.B.Sundarambal

The birth of Stardom K.B.Sundarambal who received rupees one lakh as salary for playing the lead role in the film Nandanar (1935) .It was produced by Asandas Classical Talkies.

Cinema Ulagam,the first Tamil film journal was launched. It was edited and published by P.S.Chettiar in the year 1935

In the year 1936, the oldest studio in South India, Modern theatres was established at Salem.
Miss. Kamala, the first Tamil talkie to be directed by a woman named T.P.Rajalakshmi was released in the year 1936.

In 1937, Chinthamani, the first Tamil film to run for more than a year in a single cinema house was released.

The South India Film Chamber of Commerce started in Chennai in the year 1939, with S.Satyamurthi as the first president.

D.K.Pattamal,sang the first play back song for the long documentary Mahatma Gandhi by A.K.Chettiar – 1940

A.V.Meyyappa Chettiar

Harichandra(Tamil),was dubbed into Kannada by A.V.Meyyappa Chettiar thus becoming the first dubbed film in South India – 1943

The film Haridas played continuously for 110 weeks in Broadway talkies, Chennai – 1944

In 1951, K.B.Sundarmbal,the first film artiste (That too a women) to enter the legislature, is nominated to the Madras Legislative Council.

Andha Naal, the first Tamil film without any song was released in 1954













A shot from the movie Alibabhavum Narpathu Thirudargalum.











Alibabhavum Narpathu Thirudargalum (1955), the first full-length colour film was produced by Modern Theatres.

Tamizh Nadigar Sangam, an association of film artistes is founded by K.Subrahmanyam (1959).

The Institute of Film Technology started in Adyar,Chennai in 1960.











M.G.Ramachandran








M.G.Ramachandran, film star wins an election from Parangimalai constituency in Chennai -1967.
Rajarajacholan for the cinemascope film in Tamil was released in 1973.

Annai Bhoomi, the first 3D movie, made in Tamil in 1985.



































Maaveeran, with Superstar Rajinikanth in the lead role is the first 70mm film, made in Tamil in 1986.

Ooops!!!! am of tired of all these info. So feel proud of tamil film industry and also tamilians who helped in establishing such a great media.

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