I am impressed by the last several posts on Tamil Cinema at Minai’s Cinema Nritya Gharana. She has scanned some very informative and visually stunning articles on the history of Tamil cinema that she found in Galatta Cinema magazine (following up a scan she did of a great article on Padmini!), searched out good (and sometimes quite rare) YouTube clips to put with them, and added nice text of her own. The past few posts are very comprehensive and, much to my delight, they include quite a bit about the golden and vintage years.
There are a few blogs out there that I’ve enjoyed a lot this past week, but I think that Minai’s deserves a special recommendation, especially if you love some old Tamil stars and Tamil films.
Wonderful article … Thanks for sharing this with us !!!
Minai does have a cool blog. Thanks for the pointer.
Thanks for the reminder Richard. I just briefly scanned the more recent posts she’s added since her original a few weeks back. I have to go spend some more time there. It’s like an Encyclopedia blog. :)
Well thank you for the honor of featuring me on your blog! I know that you are much greater the expert in the southern classics than I am, so it means a lot! :D Galatta Cinema and Randor Guy did a great job with the series. Next step is to convince SouthScope to do a similar feature on classic Telugu films and stars! :)
To all, you’re quite welcome. :)
Sita-ji, that’s a good point – it is like an encyclopedia blog right now!
Minai, thank you for calling that little recommendation on my obscure blog an honor. :) And thanks for the other nice words too, but I wouldn’t call myself an expert in southern classics. I’ve watched Tamil films with Sivaji and Padmini and a few other favorite dancers and some favorite music… I haven’t known all that much in terms of the history and the big picture, and the articles that you posted have filled in quite a few gaps for me.
As for Telugu cinema, that’s definitely an area where I could use some more education. :)