first color movie in tamil

[Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan]

A friend of mine likes to know which is the first color movie in Tamil.
I would appreciate if you can help him in this regard.
sathy

[CBSI]

Hi,

According to my knowledge...

1. Alibabvum 40 thirudarkalum (Geva?)
2. Kathalikka Neramillai (Eastman Colour)
3. Mannadhi Mannan (part in colour)

Das

[Patrick Dominic-Savio]

Talking about the "first" color movie ...

I remember my parents telling me, that the first color stuff
used to be song sequences from big budget movies in the sixties.

As for the first full length color movie, I'm curious too

-pat.

[Srini Sundhararajan]

sa...@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan) writes:

The first Tamil movie made in color ( Eastman color) was "Veera Pandiya
Kattabomman".
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----- I don't think. Therefore, I am not -------

[Narayanan D.Ramesh]

Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan (sa...@titan.ucs.umass.edu) wrote:
: A friend of mine likes to know which is the first color movie in Tamil.

: I would appreciate if you can help him in this regard.
: sathy

As far as I know, one MGR movie was partly made in color first. It
was some story like Sinbad. The second half of the movie came in
Gava color. MGR starts moving towards the castle in the rivers/seas.
Then came full color movies. As far as cinemascope movies are
concerned, I'm sure it was Raja Raja Cholan.

Regards,
N.D.Ramesh

[ESSA]

Narayanan D.Ramesh (nramesh@dev07) wrote:

: Regards,
The Movie is "Madurai Veeran" which was partly in B&W & remaining in
colour.

Anbudan,
Akkur.
: N.D.Ramesh

[k...@aspen.uml.edu]

In article <3dncsg$j...@nic.umass.edu>, sa...@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Thillainayagam Sathiyaseelan) writes:

i think it is

ALiBhaBhaVum 40 ThiruDarKalum

N

[Balaji Thirumalaikumara]

Hi:

Ali Baba vum Narpadu Tirudargalum was the first Tamil movie in
_SEPIA TONE_ and thus had the distinction of being the first Tamil
movie in color (of any kind, not incl. B/W which are also colors :-)

The first Tamil cinema in _EASTMAN COLOR_ was VeeraPandiya Kattbomman.

Hope this helps.

Balaji.
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[GENESYS]

I think it is Veera Pandiya Kattabomman starring Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji
and it was released in 1959.

Nandini
************

In article <3dncsg$j...@nic.umass.edu>, sa...@titan.ucs.umass.edu

[Gnanasekaran Swaminathan]

Everybody got the first \btthamizh kalar pa_tam \etwrong.
It is \btn^A_tO_ti ma_n_na_n. \etFirst half of the movie
is in B&W and the rest is in color.

[Vaithu Sudarsan]

In article <D1LJo...@nsc.nsc.com>,

^^^^^^^^
You are partly correct and partly wrong. Only the last 30~40
minites of the movie is in color. First one hour of the second half is
also in B&W.

Cine Bits: First 'A' certificate movie in Tamil?
It is 'marmaYogi' starring MGR. It was certified as 'A' for its
threatening fight scenes (bayaNggara saNdaip padam).

MGR's first movie?
murugan

MGR's first movie as a hero?
marudha Nattu iLavarasi

MGR's only movie with SivajiGanesan?
KuNduk kiLi

MGR's first movie with TN-CM kalaichchelvi Jeyalalitha?
Ayiraththil oruvan

MGR's first movie with abi^nayasaraswathi Sarojadevi?
NaDodi mannan

MGR's first movie in double role?
NaDodi mannan

MGR's first movie with vig?
NaDodi mannan

MGR's heroine in most number of movies?
Jeyalalitha

Producer of most number of MGR movies?
Thevar films

Most successful comedian with MGR?
Of course ......(you know).

Most successful villain with MGR?
nambiYar

Most successful mother of MGR in movies?
kannamBa (pandariBai?)

MGR's 100th movie?
oLi viLakku

MGR's 125th movie?
NaLai namaDhe

MGR's last completed movie?
maduraiyai Metta sundara Pandiyan (released after MGR became
CM. MGR's another incomplete movie was added in one(avasara
Police 100??) BagyaRaj's movie).

MGR's most unsuccessful (very rare) movie?
navaraththinam. With nine heroines. Producer and Director
A.P.Nagarajan died of heart attack on hearing the failure of
the movie.

MGR's most successful (of all) movie?
ulagam suR^tRum Valiban

Cheers.....(partly thanks to Cinema Express)

-Nanban
-sudarsan

[Sankaran, Sam]

In <genetics_systematics...@130.216.43.138> genetics_sys...@bio.auckland.ac.nz writes:

> I think it is Veera Pandiya Kattabomman starring Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji
> and it was released in 1959.
>
> Nandini
> ************

I believe that you are correct. VPK was indeed the first
FULL LENGTH colour film in thamizh. It was originally made
in "gaeva" colour in India. The producer B.R. Panthulu then took
the print to a London, U.K., lab and had it converted to
TechniColor (how, I don't know!) and it was released in 1959.
However, the MGR movie \bt n^AdOdi ma_n_nan \et which was released
a few months earlier in 1958 was PARTLY in colour.

Source: \bt thamizh sinimAvin kathai \et by
\bt aRan^thai n^ArAya_Na_n \et
>

Swaminathan SANKARAN
Telephone: (306) 585-4988
FAX: (306) 585-4805

[Ramesh S]

Vaithu Sudarsan (suda...@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca) wrote:
: In article <D1LJo...@nsc.nsc.com>,

Is it not Saroja Devi ???

: Producer of most number of MGR movies?

[gdgdg]

In article <3ee0f5$9...@gulfa.ods.gulfnet.kw>, ram...@gulfa.ods.gulfnet.kw
(Ramesh S) wrote:

I think the first colour movie IN TAMIL is ALIBABHAVUM 40 THIRUDARGALUM

ANNA

[ganesh...@gmail.com]

first full length tamil movie is RAJA RAJA CHOLAN.