After some progress was made by Lanka Satyam, the Jupiter bosses were not happy with the results.� Besides the scenes with the flying house needed 'trick' photography and technical know-how which Satyam did not obviously possess in any appreciable measure.� But that did not worry Jupiter Somu and S. K. Mohideen.� They had just the man needed to fill the bill – K. Ramnoth!
K. Ramnoth and A. K. Sekhar, two of the finest creative men that Indian Cinema has ever known had been with Gemini ever since they had left B. N. Reddi and his Vauhini unit in 1942.� Sadly Ramnoth and S. S. Vasan did not see eye to eye on many matters and the 'creative twins' Ramnoth-Sekhar left Gemini on the day India became a free nation, August 15, 1947.� They ran an ad in the press, a rare kind indeed, announcing that the team Ramnoth-Sekhar- was available for film producers to make pictures.� Ever the talent-scout, Somu got in touch with Ramnoth and invited the team to join his company.� With characteristic modesty and humility, Ramnoth replied whether Jupiter needed him and Sekhar when it had a person like A. S. A. Sami.� Sami replied at once, inviting Ramnoth-Sekhar to Jupiter.
Thus Ramnoth-Sekhar joined Jupiter at Coimbatore and worked there� for a short period.
When Lanka Satyam's work in 'Mohini' was not up to mark Ramnoth took over with Satyam's consent and shot the scenes of the flying horse.� And when the picture was completed, he insisted that only Satyam's name should appear in the credits.� That was K. Ramnoth.
'Mohini' was well received and it was in this movie the real life romance between V. N. Janaki and MGR blossomed forth, leading to their marriage years later.
Towards the end of 1988, 'Mohini' was re-edited to bestow more importance on the MGR-VNJ pair and released as part and parcel of state election-strategy by the Janaki headed party to promote her image as a vote-catcher.� But it did not work.� Janaki and her party fared poorly at the Tamil Nadu State election, and 'Mohini' went back to hibernate once more inside cans.
Lanka Satyam soon faded into obscurity and died a few years ago.� He is hardly remembered today except by old-timers who still rave over his role in� the Gemini Studios Telugu super hit,� 'Balanagamma'…
Jupiter Pictures had more than one picture on the anvil at any given time and during 1948, this unit released another film besides 'Mohini', a mythological, 'Abhimanyu'.� This film introduced a new director.� A. Kasilingam, who was an editor at Jupiter.� A new hero also made his debut as Abhimanyu.� His name was S. M. Kumaresan.� The success of this film brought him laurels but sadly Kumaresan faded fast.� Lack of discipline, fast living and connected vices were said to be the root causes of his fall.
In 'Abhimanyu' a young man, blessed with wit, brilliance, a facile pen and silver tongue wrote the dialogue, assisting A. S. A. Sami, who was credited with the script. This man who got no credit, was a man of destiny, who would create history not only as a film script-writer but also as a political leader, a man of the masses, a person of rare charisma.� His name was Muthuvel Karunanidhi!
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K. Ramnoth and A. K. Sekhar, two of the finest creative men that Indian Cinema has ever known had been with Gemini ever since they had left B. N. Reddi and his Vauhini unit in 1942.� Sadly Ramnoth and S. S. Vasan did not see eye to eye on many matters and the 'creative twins' Ramnoth-Sekhar left Gemini on the day India became a free nation, August 15, 1947.� They ran an ad in the press, a rare kind indeed, announcing that the team Ramnoth-Sekhar- was available for film producers to make pictures.� Ever the talent-scout, Somu got in touch with Ramnoth and invited the team to join his company.� With characteristic modesty and humility, Ramnoth replied whether Jupiter needed him and Sekhar when it had a person like A. S. A. Sami.� Sami replied at once, inviting Ramnoth-Sekhar to Jupiter.
Thus Ramnoth-Sekhar joined Jupiter at Coimbatore and worked there� for a short period.
When Lanka Satyam's work in 'Mohini' was not up to mark Ramnoth took over with Satyam's consent and shot the scenes of the flying horse.� And when the picture was completed, he insisted that only Satyam's name should appear in the credits.� That was K. Ramnoth.
'Mohini' was well received and it was in this movie the real life romance between V. N. Janaki and MGR blossomed forth, leading to their marriage years later.
Towards the end of 1988, 'Mohini' was re-edited to bestow more importance on the MGR-VNJ pair and released as part and parcel of state election-strategy by the Janaki headed party to promote her image as a vote-catcher.� But it did not work.� Janaki and her party fared poorly at the Tamil Nadu State election, and 'Mohini' went back to hibernate once more inside cans.
Lanka Satyam soon faded into obscurity and died a few years ago.� He is hardly remembered today except by old-timers who still rave over his role in� the Gemini Studios Telugu super hit,� 'Balanagamma'…
Jupiter Pictures had more than one picture on the anvil at any given time and during 1948, this unit released another film besides 'Mohini', a mythological, 'Abhimanyu'.� This film introduced a new director.� A. Kasilingam, who was an editor at Jupiter.� A new hero also made his debut as Abhimanyu.� His name was S. M. Kumaresan.� The success of this film brought him laurels but sadly Kumaresan faded fast.� Lack of discipline, fast living and connected vices were said to be the root causes of his fall.
In 'Abhimanyu' a young man, blessed with wit, brilliance, a facile pen and silver tongue wrote the dialogue, assisting A. S. A. Sami, who was credited with the script. This man who got no credit, was a man of destiny, who would create history not only as a film script-writer but also as a political leader, a man of the masses, a person of rare charisma.� His name was Muthuvel Karunanidhi!
http://www.galatta.com/community/blog_entry.php?user=randorguy&blogentry_id=5316
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