Index
Abraham, John 153, 154
acting, stylized 19
Adults only 113
Adyar, studio in 196
Agatha Christie 185
ageing 143
Agnihothri, Rathi 159
Agnipravesam (short story) 153
Air Raid Precaution 26
alcholism 118
allegory 98
Alexander, J 193
All India Radio 49, 58, 232
Al Rm Company 98
Amala, actor 209
Amarnath, K 95
amateur actors in films 19
Ambikai, Goddess 100
Ambujammal 16
Ammu Swaminadhan 239
Amusement Weekly (magazine) 236
anachronism in films 13, 132
Anandavikatan (magazine) 11, 16, 27, 60, 70, 101, 175, 176, 216
Anandhi films 164
Akkur Ananthachari 79
Ananthanarayanan K S 79
Andal, saint 151
Andaman islands 116
Angamuthu, K, actor 105
Angel Films Salem 214, 229
Anglo-Indian women in films 8
Anjali Devi, actor 112, 121
Annadurai, C N 29-32, 65, 85, 89, 106, 142, 202, 216, 230
Annamalai, E Dr 70
Annamalai University 24, 122, 208
anti-Brahmin 152
anti-capitalist 125
anti-caste appeal 15, 100
anti-child marriage 221
anti-hero 137, 178
anti-religious 33, 50, 107, 197
anti-priesthood 31, 111, 230
Anuradha Ramanan 164
Arangannal, Rama 36
Aravindaraj 165
Arutpa , devotional hymns 20
Archana, actor 169, 170
Arya Gana Sabha, 229
Asaithambi, A V P, 32, 36
Ashe, Robert William d’Escourt, District collector 135
Ashokamitran 219
Ashoka, the emperor 102
ashram, featured in films 107, 145
Associate Films 6, 202, 207, 212
As You Like It (play) 73, 175
atheistic propaganda 37, 230
audio cassettes 49, 67, 115, 130
Australian film industry 7
Avvaiyar, poetess 23, 24, 34, 218
A V M Productions 103, 160, 191, 210
Ayyamuthu, A, Kovai 23, 28, 105, 106, 176
Ayyanar, guardian deity 140
Babu Nandancode 145
Baby Saroja 99
Badami, Sarvotham 13, 27
Bagyaraj, K 159, 178-179, 186
Balachandar, K 137, 162, 180, 181, 231
Balachandar, S 119, 120, 182, 183, 196
Balaiya, T S 92, 106, 108, 116, 119, 139, 190
Balakrishnan, N, 160
Balasaraswathi, T, 79
Balasubramanian, G N 44, 125, 190, 225
Balasubramaniam, R 121
Balasundaram, Pavalar 114
Balu Mahendra 169, 170, 179, 183, 184, 193
Bannerji, Jiten 6
Bangalore, as a film production centre 6, 200
ban on films 10, 27, 28, 50, 99, 101, 172, 220
Banthulu, B R 134
Baskara Das 53, 91, 220, 221
“Battling” Mani, actor 8
Batman 111
Berry, Violet, actor 8
Bhagavathi, T K, actor 127
Bhanuchandar, actor 169
Bharatanatyam 79, 139
Bharathi, see Subramanya Bharathi 20, 21, 103, 104, 117, 135, 136, 146, 227
Bharathiraaja 158, 159, 178, 185, 231
Bharathidasan, see Kanagasubbhurathinam 21, 22, 30, 53, 215, 227
Bhimsing, A 134, 135, 154, 187-188
Bhowal Sanyasi Case, 107
black market 104,105, 106, 115
Bhulabhai Desai 82
blind character in film 143, 146, 167
Bombay, Tamil films shot in 4, 6, 13, 26
bonded labour 193
Bose, Sailen 99
boycott of foreign cloth 79, 137, 200
Brahmin dialect, 66, 166
Bresson, Robert 153
British government 7, 50, 75-76, 83, 99, 221
brothel 150, 169
Buddha Pictures 134, 187
Buddhism 32
Burma 24, 25, 26, 200
bureaucracy 164
Busby Berkley, choreographer 103
cabaret 55, 165
Calcutta, Tamil films made at 13, 18, 46, 94, 98, 175, 193, 202, 205, 206, 207, 214,215
Caldwell, R 19
camera, concealed 159
camera, hand-held 168, 171
camera movement 109, 157
campus movement 11
cannabis, smoking 17
Capra, Frank 28, 30
Carnatic music, 40, 41, 79, 97, 122, 125,
Caste
identities 150, 163
in villages 161, 164
see also anti-caste, low caste and Scheduled Caste
Cauvery, the delta 139, 228
censorship of films 10, 24, 101, 103
Central Board of Film Certification ( see Film Censor Board) 25, 115, 120
Ceylon, see Sri Lanka 48, 107, 216
Chakrapani, M G 123
Chakravarthy, Venkatesh 61
Chalapathi Rao, T 124
Chalukyas 132
Chandamarutham (magazine) 216
Chandrababu 53
Chandragupta, the play 99
Chandrasekhar, Raja 101, 102, 206, 207
Chandrodhayam , the play 29
Chaplin, Charlie 15, 138
Chari, T V 22, 25, 64
charisma of film stars 78
charkha, as symbol of nationalism 76, 91, 101
Chatterjee, Sarat Chandra 118
Chellappa, V A 22
Chera dynasty 22
Chettiar A K 177
Chettiar, P S 237
Chidambaranathan, M M 75, 87
child actors, 147, 183, 192
Chinnappa, P U 96, 97, 98, 206, 223, 227
Chipko movement 129
Chithravani (magazine) 197
Chittrarasu, C P 194
Chokkalinga Bhagavathar, M A 170, 171
Chola dynasty 21, 22, 93, 94, 113, 127, 132, 133
Cho Ramasamy 142
Christian 108, 134, 148, 149, 162, 172
Cinema Ulagam (magazine) 27, 87
Cinema
grammar of 9, 10
plasticity of 36
vocabulary of 9
specific characteristics of 57
cinema of dissent 29-30
cinema studies xiii, xiv, 10
Cinema verite 157
Cinematic
conventions 9, 13, 171, 217
elements 56
experiments 67
film 146
kitsch 210
language 9
Cine Technicians Associations 198, 212
circus 96, 208, 211
Civil Disobedience movement 19, 72, 79, 86, 91
civil defence 26
classical music 41, 42, 44, 45, 57, 58, 78, 226
classical music featured in films 97, 106
classical musicians 42, 44, 58
class struggle 120
Cohen 235
Coimbatore 23, 31, 68, 81, 93, 106, 108, 209, 216
coincidence in filmic narration 131
colonial rule 20
colour sequences 177, 255
colour film, first used 124, 215
commercial broadcasting 48, 49
communal harmony 134, 135
communal riots 116
Communist movement 53
Communists, using films 120
company drama 14, 18, 41, 42, 43, 44, 63, 74, 75, 86, 231
conflicts, resolution of 119
Congress party 16, 17, 24, 71, 72, 80-86, 93, 101, 224, 229, 230
Cooper, E R 98
Coppola, Francis Ford 169
Corelli, Marie, novelist 112
Count of Monte Cristo, The (novel) 31, 107
courtesan 21, 64, 112, 113, 127, 140
courtroom scenes in films 35, 172
crane shots 103, 173
Crown Theatre 4
crucifixion 144
DMK, see Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
colours of DMK 143
dance drama 133, 152
Dandabani Desikar, M M, 44, 122
Das, C R 80
De Sica, Vittorio 185
Delhi Ganesh 158, 159
Depression years 30
Desabakthi , the play 86
Durgabai Deshmukh 86
Devaraj -Mohan, see Mohan 151
Devika, actor 134
Devi Nataka Sabha 225
Devudu Aiyar 42, 79
Dey, K C, singer 222, 93, 94
Dharmalingam Mudaliar, S M, 4, 201
dialect, regional 68, 136, 164
dialogue
delivery 68, 129
rhetorical 32, 34, 36, 64, 65
dialogue writers 22, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 65, 67, 68, 114
diglossic language 65
doctors, depiction of 167
dominance of spoken words in Tamil films 31, 35, 36, 46, 63-64, 68, 69, 103, 181, 208, 217, 222
double acting 99, 177
double entendres 52
drama films 4
Draupathi, M S, 116
Dravidian movement 71, 71, 80, 84, 85, 86, 111, 198, 199, 224, 231
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 29, 86, 106, 115, 127, 128, 135, 194, 210, 217, 223, 224
Dravidanadu, the magazine 231
drinking scenes in films 118, 129, 143, 156
Drum dance 104, 211
Dumas, Alexander 107
Dungan, Ellis R, 92-95, 110, 190-191
Dupont 3
Durai, filmmaker 149-151, 158, 189, 195
Durairaj, T S, 66, 108
Duraiswamy Ayyengar, Vaduvoor, novelist 15
East India Company 128, 207
Edison, 3, 235
Edwards, M 1
Eisenstein, Sergie 10
Electric Theatre 2
Elphinstone Theatre 78, 93
Empire films 7
escapist entertainment 57
eternal triangle 125, 130, 212
European Association 77
Eucharistic Congress 219
Evans, W 236
E V R, see Ramasamy Naicker
eye-level shots 35
Exhibitor Film Services 6, 200
“explainers” 9, 62
extraneous programmes 9
Fairbanks, Douglas 115
falling at the feet of the man 120, 131
fan clubs 210
Fatima Begum 207
feminist ideas 173
fencing 111, 124, 206, 218
fight sequences 9, 127, 137, 168
fight, stylized 168
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune ix, 154, 185
Film Festival
Cannes 196
Tashkent 192
Toronto 175, 193
India, International 175, 193
Film Federation of India 218
film music 39-41, 45, 46, 48, 49, 54-58, 159, 196
Film Producers Guild 214
Films Division of the Government of Tamil Nadu, 206
Film society 11
Film songs
as an independent product 48
characteristics of 48
erotic 54-55, 224
in rural areas 55
for propaganda 50
Film stars, involvement in politics 78-82
filmic conventions 217
filmic narration 54, 69, 186, 193, 218
First World War 10
Flaherty, Robert 200
Flynn, Errol 112, 113
folk deities 126,186
folk music 40, 42, 48, 54, 228
folk songs 26, 42, 43, 128, 227
freedom fighters 173, 194
freedom movement 16, 74
French Revolution 109
GPC – General Pictures Corporation 6, 8, 200, 204, 205
Gaiety Theatre 4
Gandhiji
opposed by Satyamurthi 77
Salt Satyagraha 79, 86
77 th Birthday celebrations 103
temple entry programme 100
tour of Tamil Nadu 91
views on cinema 82
visit to Palani 106
Ganga, the river 156
Gemini Ganesh 130, 132, 134, 135
Gemini Studios 24, 26, 198, 211, 217, 218
gender issues 157
George V, King 236
Gingee fort, as shooting location 99, 205
Globe Theatre 4
Gogate, G G 204
Gohar, actor 78, 96, 208
Gopalakrishnan K S (1), 177
Gopalakrishnan K S (2), 79, 88, 192
Gopalakrishnan V 108, 165, 233
Ghosh, Nemai 119, 120
gramophone 2, 3, 14, 19, 40, 44, 48, 50, 67, 74, 82
group dances 9, 125, 138, 146, 179, 210
Guhan Films 137
guillotine 127
Gujarati, language 5, 209
gymnasts in films 8
Hariharan, K, filmmaker 178, 219
Harvey, G T B 25
Havelock, Arthur, Governor of Madras 1
Hiuen Tsang 133
Hindu
Hindu, The (Daily) 13, 14, 25, 63, 93
Hindustani music 41, 42, 47, 106
historical film 93, 94, 99, 102, 112, 128, 132, 133, 136
Hitchcock, Alfred 167, 184
Hollywood xii, 6, 31, 32, 92, 102, 190
housing problem 170
Huffton, T H 4, 11
Ibrahim T M 119
Ilangovan, see Thanikachalam T K
Ilayaraja 57, 58, 151, 152, 156, 160, 168, 170, 172, 186, 232
illiteracy 77, 80
Imperial Movietone Company 90
impotency 192
Inbasagaran , the play 106
Indian Cinematograph Act of 1918 236
India Film Company 4, 201
Indian Legislative Assembly 72
Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha 218
Indian Peoples Theatre Association 214
indigenous productions 7
Institute of Film Technology, Madras 146, 203, 217
insurance for films 214
inter-caste marriage 85
International Year of the Handicapped 148
International Year of Shelter 170
Irani, Ardeshir 202
Irani, Bomman 96
Jainism in Tamil country 21
Jaishankar, actor 166
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 74, 221
Janaki S R, actor 142
Janakaraj, actor 168
Janaki, Sowkar 141
Janaki V N 106, 108
Javert, Seetharaman 108-110
Jayabharathi, filmmaker 173, 174, 193
Jayakanthan 141, 154, 156, 180
Jayalakshmi, T A 103
Jayalalithaa 210, 213, 142
Jeyamohan, B, 181, 196
Jeevamani (magazine) 202
joint family 92, 161, 162
Jupiter pictures 30, 33, 105, 106, 112, 211, 216
Justice Party 80, 83, 84
Jwala, group of film buffs 173
Kadarin Vetri , play 86
Kai Vilangu (novelette) 141
Kalaivanar, see N S Krishnan
Kalavathy, N Dr, 88, 219
Kali N Rathinam, actor 26, 96, 97
Kalki (writer) see Krishnamurthy R
Kalyanasundaram, Pattukottai 227-229
Kamala, Kumari (Laxman) 103, 104, 132
Kamala Kamesh 161
Kamalahasan 156, 158, 168, 170, 183
Kamaraj K, 84, 87
Kambar, poet, 22, 93
Kambadasan, 222-223
Kanagasabai Pillai V, 20
Kanagasubburathinam, see Bharathidasan
Kannada films, 182, 185, 186, 189, 190, 195, 203, 213, 215
Kannadasan, 35, 36, 53, 127, 128, 135, 138, 211-212, 216, 223-224, 232
Kannagi, literary character, 21, 64, 152, 206
Kannan, Jalakantapuram Pa, 64, 224
Kannamba, P 64, 101, 119, 152, 206
Karachi, communal riots in 116
Karaikudi, make-shift studios in 104
Karthick, actor 186-187
Karthikeya Films 197
Karunanidhi A 110, 140
Karunanidhi M 29, 32, 35, 65, 66, 85, 111, 114, 115, 217
Kattabomman 128
kattiyakaran 122
Koundamani 160
Kesavan K P 92, 96, 97
Keskar, B V, central minister 68
Khilafat agitation 221
Kindhanar ballad 231
Ki Ra, writer 25
Kittappa, S G 42, 81
Kokko, S S 95, 96
Kothainayaki Ammal, Vai Mu, 96-97, 176
Krishnadevaraya Emperor 35
Krishnan, N S, see Kalaivanar 15, 25, 32, 66, 85-86, 93, 97, 101, 103, 121, 122, 124, 126, 230, 231
Krishnan-Panju, see Panju 34, 114, 137, 142, 187
Krishnamurthy, Ku Sa, 116
Krishnamurthy, Maharajapuram M R, 15
Krishnamurthy, R, see Kalki 33, 37, 38, 60, 101, 132, 133, 233
Kumaran (magazine) 202
Kumudini, T V, actor 98, 99
Kundalakesi (classic) 110
Kurosawa, Akira 184
Kutti Padmini, actor 149
Labour movement 117
Lalitha, actor 108, 111, 118
Lalitha, Tambaram, 158
Lakshmi, actor 5, 121, 141, 154, 156, 165-166, 172-173
Lakshmi, S N, actor 137
Lang, Fritz 10
Les Miserables (novel) 108, 148
Lingappa, T G 121
Loganathan, Tiruchi, singer 111
Lokanathan, B S, cinematographer 163
Loyola College, Chennai 154
Madan Company, 6
Madhavan, P, filmmaker 144, 148
Madhuri Devi 110, 111, 112
Madras Christian College 72
Madras Film Society 239
Madras Tamil dialect 158, 159
Madras United Artistes Corporation 99, 214
Mamallapuram 133, 198
Mahadevan, K J 99
Mahadevan, K V 139, 144
Mahalingam, T R 103, 227, 229
Mahendran, J, filmmaker 185, 194
Mail,The (daily) 5, 197
Mamoulin, Rouben 31
Mani Ratnam 168, 195, 196
Mani, M V 79
Manikodi (magazine) 22, 197, 200
Manimekalai (epic) 21
Manoj Gyan 166
Manonmaneeyam (play) 22
Manorama, actor 139, 161, 163, 172
Maran, Murasoli 35
Marconi, T 17
Marina beach 147, 157
Marudakasi, A 225-226
Marudamuthu Moopanar 236
Marudu brothers 128, 129
Maruthi Rao, S 114, 137, 142
Masthan, M 106, 112
Meena Narayanan 219
Meenakshi Cinetone 18, 214
Melodrama 134, 151, 186, 196, 210, 212, 213, 217
Metro Studios 204
Meyyappa Chettiar, AVM 103, 202
MGR, see Ramachandran M G
middle class 121, 138, 162, 170, 171, 182
Modern Theatres, Salem 25, 30, 110, 123, 191, 215, 216, 223
Mohideen, S K 33
Motion Picture Combines 214, 218
Movie Mirror (magazine) 200
Mullick, Pankaj 102
Mullil Roja (play) 202
Murugadasa 197-198, 211
Murugan Talkies 90, 101, 207
music video 196
Muslim 66, 134-135
Mustafa, M K 128
Muthuraman, actor 137, 146, 149
Muthusamy Dikshithar 227
Muthusamy Kavirayar, Sarabam Udumalai, poet, 75, 118, 225, 230
Muthuswamy, T K 8, 15
mythologicals 7, 9, 12, 41, 43, 66, 92, 97, 104, 115, 192, 198, 205, 222
N S K Drama Company 104
Nadkarni, Sundararao 6
Nagaiya, V 69, 78, 101, 108, 110, 140
Nagarajan, A P 139-140, 192, 198-199
Nagarajan, S 119
nagaswaram 139, 140, 156
Nageswara Rao, A 118, 119, 130
Nagesh 137-138, 141, 154
Nambiar, M N 104, 105, 124, 139, 140
Nandanar, saint 231
Nanditha Bose 146
Narayana Kavi, Udumalai 118, 225,230-231
Narayanan, A 5, 6, 10, 18, 199, 200, 205, 206
Narayanasamy, T V 85
Narasimhabharathi, P V 11, 105
Nataraja Mudaliar 4, 5, 8, 201
Natarajan, S A 110
Nataraja Pillai, T B 11
National Movietone 96, 217
nationalist propaganda 16, 24, 76, 95, 205
nationalist songs 50, 104, 221, 230
Neelakantan, P 121, 202
Nehru, Motilal 73, 80
Netaji, 233
newsreel 116, 205
New Theatres, Calcutta 94
Nizhalkal Ravi 168
Non-Brahmin movement 77
Non-cooperation movement 75
Odeon Gramophone company 230
Old men marrying young women, practice of 106
Omalev, Michael 27
opera 74, 231
Oomaithurai, Poligar 128
oriental dance 54
Orrs Gramophone and Talkies 14
Packiam, M S S 105
Padma awards 183, 196, 218, 227, 234
Padmanabhan, R xv, 6, 203-204, 208
Padmini 108, 111, 124, 125, 126, 139, 140, 144, 152
Pakshiraja Films 108
Pal, Bipin Chandra 137
Pallava dynasty 132-133
Pandari Bai 114, 149
Pandyan dynasty 21, 22, 23
Pandian, M S S 60, 89, 178
Pandithurai Thevar 136
Panju, see Krishnan-Panju
Parsi drama companies 41
Paari, the Tamil king 24
Parthasarathy, Y G 154
Patel Purse Fund 78
Pathe of United States 3
Pathe of France 204
patriotic cinema 98, 100
patriotic songs 81, 221
Pattammal, D K 222
Paul Muni 31, 37
period films 46, 126
period flavour 109, 169, 196,
Periyar, see Ramasamy Naicker, EV
Perumal, K A 33, 98
Perumal, K K 92, 98
Phalke, Dada Saheb 183
photographed drama 191
photographed variety entertainment 57
platform speech 65, 67
play, adaptation for film 13,22, 30,114, 116, 137, 138, 145, 163, 202, 211, 212
play within a film 153
playback singing 46, 53, 55,
Poddar 219
Poligars 126
Pope, G U 19
pornography 150
Prakasa, R 5-6, 200, 204
Prakasam, N 108
Prakash Rao, T 124
Premchand, Munshi 16
pre-recording 45
prohibition 77
propaganda films xiii, 16, 17, 24, 25-26, 29, 36, 49-50, 53, 65, 75-76, 78, 80, 85-86, 128, 191, 200, 205, 231
prostitute 118, 150, 159
Pudumaipithan 194
Pullaiya, C 5, 200
Pullaiya, P 186
Pune, Tamil films made in 4, 13, 201, 208
Puranas 7, 63
Puttanna Kanagal 186
“quick-cutting” 186
rpm 14, 45, 48, 222
Radha, actress 186
Radha, M K 26, 92
Radha, M R 86, 215, 134, 135
Radha Bai, M M 96
Radha Ravi 163
Radio Ceylon 48
Ragini, of Travancore sisters 132
Raghunath, T R, filmmaker 206-207
Raghuvaran, actor 161
Raja, A M, singer 130
Rajaji , see C Rajagopalachari 23, 87, 88
Rajakumari, T R 214
Rajalakshmi,T P 90, 91
Rajam, M N 123, 128
Rajamanikkam, Nawab 106, 192, 225,
Rajambal, Thevaram 90
Rajamma M V 106
Rajan, A V M 142
Rajarathinam Pillai, musician 191
Raja Sandow 10, 14, 21, 78, 177, 204, 208-209
Rajasulochana 119
Rajender, T 209-210
Rajendran, S S 86, 114, 128
Rajesh 165
Rajnikanth 156, 158, 183
Ramachandran, M G, see M G R 52, 86, 101, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 123, 124, 126, 127, 142, 143, 180, 182, 203, 206, 207, 212, 216, 224, 225, 228, 233
Ramaiya, B S 197
Ramaiyadas, Thanjai 229
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 155
Ramalinga Swamigal, see Vallalar 20, 23, 206
Ramamurthy, see Viswanathan-Ramamurthy
Ramanathan, G, music director 110, 125, 126
Ramasamy, K R 85, 86, 106, 119
Ramasamy Naicker, see Periyar 29
Ramasamy, V, see Va Ra writer 108, 197, 200
Ramasamy, V K 198
Ramasamy Aiyar, C P 24
Ramayana (epic) 93, 150
Ramnoth, K, filmmaker 69, 108, 112, 197, 211-212, 223
Ranade, Ashok 47, 60
Ranga, B S 118
Ranga Rao V A K x, 59
Ranga Rao, S V 132
Randor Guy ix, 176, 177, 219, 220
Rangachari, P B 93
Rangavadivelu 4, 201
Rao, P V 119
Rao, Y V 5, 200
rape victim 117
Rathnabai, P S 15
rationalist ideas 115
Ray, Satyajit 68, 185
“record dance” 55
Reddy, B N 211
Reddy, H M 90, 98
reformist ideas 16, 22, 34, 231
reservation for jobs 172, 173
retirement 144-145
Revathi, actor 186
Reynolds, G W 6
Riskin, Robert 30-31
ritualism 32
Romeo and Juliet , play 94, 191
Rudhraiya, filmmaker 156-157
Rukmani, K T, actor 96
Rukmani, actor 135
“rush directors” 191
Sattai, (magazine) 199
Sadagopan, V V 44, 197
Sahadevan, E R 141
Sahasranamam, S V 114, 140
Saigal, K L 222
saint films 14, 15, 24
Sakthi Nataka Sabha 227
Salem as a film producing centre 30, 111, 215, 223, 230
Samanna, actor 15
Sambanda Mudaliar, P 20, 47, 73, 222
Sambandam, P T 140
Sampath, E V K 37
Sangam period 20, 21, 24
Sangeet Natak Academy 227
Sankaradas Swamigal 139
Santhanalakshmi, M R 22
Saradambal, P 98
Sarangapani, K 116, 140
Saritha 163, 166
Saroja Devi 130
Saroja, M 130
Sati, practice of 129
Satyamurthi, S 71-86, 99, 200
Savithiri 153
Scheduled caste 172
Scott, Sir Walter 132
Seagull, Jonathan Livingston, 158
Second World War 23, 24, 114, 191
Self-respect movement 20, 29, 84, 231
Serukalathur Sama 8, 21, 93, 112
Sethna, Fram 96, 98, 171
Shakespeare 22, 94-95, 176, 211
Shakunthala, G 110
Shankar, K 128
Shankar-Ganesh, see Ganesh 158, 161
Shanmugam, T K 81, 135
Shantaram, V 19, 213
Sharada, actor 148
Sharada, Mother 155
Shekhar, A 197, 212
Shoba, actor 158-159, 190
siddhar 229
Silapathikaram (epic) 21
Simon Boycott Propaganda Committee 76
Singh, C S D 98
Sinhalese films 203, 215
Sirumalai hills 147
Sivagnanam, Ma Po 121, 122, 199
Sivaji Ganesan 35, 66, 69, 114, 121, 122, 124, 125, 134, 136, 139, 140,141, 144, 145, 148, 188, 199, 203, 234
Sivakumar 141, 151
Sivan, Papanasam 44, 93, 94, 99, 101, 197, 214, 225, 226, 231
Smith, Stewart 4, 201
smoking 17, 143, 156
soap opera, 162
“socials” 14
Socrates 35
soliloquies 69, 145
Somasundara Bharathi 20
Somayajulu, A A 21
songbook 48
Sound and Shadow, magazine 197
Sound City 18
sound, in association with images 131
sound technology 45, 49
Sound track 168
Soundararajan, T M 111, 225
South Indian Artists Association 15
South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce 80, 214, 216
South India Film Corporation 14
Sridhar, C V 125, 130, 212-213
Srikanth, actor 144, 148, 151, 154, 156
Sri Lanka, see Ceylon also 48, 107, 216
Srinivasa Aiyar, Semmangudi 79
Srinivasa Cinetone 18, 43, 200, 205, 206, 208
Srinivasa Rao, P S 26, 95
Srinivasan, M B 146, 147, 153
Srinivasan, Stalin 33
Sri Priya, actor 156, 158
Sri Ram, P C 168
Sriranjani 114
Srividya 173
stage, influence of 14
stardom 138
star-politicians 85
Star of the East Film Company 5, 204
Stephen, George 184
studio, glass-roofed 204
stunt-comedian 96
“Stunt” Raju 8
St Joseph’s College, Tiruchi 197
St Thomas 149
Subbaiya, Master 111
Subbaiya Naidu, S M, 106, 108, 112
Subbaiya, S V 105, 141, 151
Subbaraman, C R 106,112, 118
Subramanya Aiyar, Musiri 44
Subramanya Bharathi, see Bharathi 20, 21, 136, 137, 147, 228
Subramania Siva 136
Subrahmayam, K 6, 26, 99, 100, 116, 204, 213
Subbulakshmi, M S 44, 191, 221, 226
Subbulakshmi, S D 26, 99
Sudarsanam, R 103, 114
Sudarsana Gana Sabha 229
Suddhanandha Bharathi 108
Suguna Vilas Sabha 4, 73, 201-202
Sujatha, actor 151, 183
Sumithra 149
Sundaram, S D 64
Sundaram Pillai 22
Sundaram, T R 25, 123, 215-216
Sundrambal, K B 46, 81, 221
Sundararajan, Major 137, 146
Sundaribai 26, 154, 156
Sushila, J 90
Susheela Devi, T 90
Swadesamithran (daily) 1, 20
Swadeshi movement 136, 200
Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company 136
Swami, A S A 33, 64, 106, 107, 113, 216
Swaminatha Aiyar, U V 20
Swaminatha Sarma 86
Swaminathan, Komal 163
Swarajists 80
T K S Brothers Drama Company 116
Tamil
classic 20, 110
consciousness 23
Epics 21, 63, 216
glorification of 199
population 24
revivialism 20, 22, 24, 106, 113
television xi, 40, 49, 154, 226
temperance 17, 100, 222, 231
Thamizharasu Party 199
Thamizh Nadigar Sangam 279
Thamizhthai 17, 22, 50
Thangavelu, K A 123-124, 125, 130, 140, 144
Thanikachalam, T K, see Ilangovan 64
Thengai Srinivasan 149
Theosophical Society 8
Therukoothu 142
Thevar, O A K 126
Thirukural (classic) 21, 230
Thotta Tharani 169, 196
thriller 14-15, 167, 184, 186
title card 5, 9, 62, 113, 202
Thyagaraja Bagavathar, M K 78, 93, 94, 101, 191, 214, 227
toddy- tapper 141-142
trade union 117, 120, 167
trade union in film studios 193
Travancore sisters 108
Twelfth Night (play) 211
Uday Shankar 211
unemployment 117, 122
Universal City Studios 200
University of Madras, Senate 89
untouchability 100, 127, 198, 214
Va Ra, see Ramasamy, Va 108, 197, 200
Vaiyadurai, T 146-147
Vaidhyanatha Aiyar, Yanai 96
Vaidyanathan, L 173
Vairamuthu 232
Vali 233-234
Vallalar, see Ramalinga Swamigal
Vannanilavan 157
Varadarajan, T R 11
Varalakshmi, S 128
Vasagam, S K 236
Vasan, S S 217-218
vathiyar in company dramas 41, 198, 229
vathiyar , referring to M G R 143
vattara vazhakku 68
Vedantham Ragaviah 118
Veda, musician 132
Veerappa, P S 123, 124, 128
Vel Pictures 18, 197, 211
Velan, A K 36, 182
Vendetta (novel) 112
Venkatesan, P G 90
Venkiah, R 3, 5, 204
Venus Pictures 124, 130
Victoria Public Hall, Madras 1, 2, 3
Victoria, Queen 109
Vidor, King 164
Vijaya, K R 137
Vijayakanth 116
Vijayakumari 130
Vijayan, K G 110
Vijayan, K 141
Vijayan, R 141
Vijayaraghavachariar, Salem 136
village deities 141, 142
Village life 142, 152, 164, 166, 186
Villupattu 86, 142
Vincent, A, cinematographer 124-125, 130, 213
Vincent, Swamikannu 2
violence in political life 167
violent scene 181, 196
Visu, actor 161, 162, 163
visual narration 167
Viswanatha Aiyar, Maharajapuram 78
Viswanathan-Ramamurthy, see Ramamurthy 128, 134, 137, 188, 213, 224
Viswanathan, M S 142, 148, 154, 163, 165, 225, 233
Viswanathan, Poornam 172
Vijayanthimala 132
Waheeda Rehman 124
war effort film 25, 216
war publicity 25-26
Warwick Major 2
Washington Post, The (daily) 167
Welsh, Col 128, 129
western music, pop 46
Western music, classical 57
widow 8, 15, 114, 117, 145, 155, 156, 165, 190
wife beating 131
Whitaker 5
Wood, Ernest 8
woman, first music director 27
woman, first sound recordist 219
woman, wronged, portrayal of 166
women, derogatory comments on 113
woman, single 155
Yama, the God of death 121, 124
Yoganand 126, 132, 189
Yogi, S D S 92
zamindar 105, 140