After director Jeeva last year, another premature death in tamil cine industry. Pandian, the first village-hero of tamil cinema b4 Ramarajan came along, passed away yesterday. Pandian was an invent of Bharathiraja along with Revathi in the super-hit MaNvAsanai. Despite belonging to Madurai, Pandian was unusually fair-looking, which was one of the strongest reasons for his capturing Bharathiraja's attention. After his early successes in movies such as Pudhumai Penn, Mudhal vasantham and Aan PAvam, he went on a movie-signing spree, and most of those movies flopped.
He then resorted to secondary roles in movies like Guru Sishyan and Oor Kavalan, before his mentor gave him a fresh lease of life with a cameo role in Kizhakku Seemaiyile. Unfortunately, he couldn't make good use of it, and slowly faded into oblivion. The last I saw him was in Citizen. He would have made a good comedian, and I especially like one movie of his - Sathaan sollai thattAdhey. I think Pandiyan is the first Madurai-based actor to make some kind of impression in tamil cinema. May his soul rest in peace!
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I just read this news in IndiaGlitz. hhmm felt bad.
I too felt bad. May his soul rest in peace. He was a good actor though he didn't succeed after his initial few films.
-kajan
I was shocked of his death :( I liked his acting in KC the most. May his soul rest in peace.
Liked his acting in aanpaavam and kizhakku.. RIP!
Raju-
yes, feel sorry for his sudden death- his role in Mann Vaasanai was etched to perfection.
May his soul rest in peace.
I didn't know about his death until I read your blog today, thanks for the update.
Dasavatharam release is official now..April 10.
Another talented actor died ..Heath Ledger. May his soul rest in peace.
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Am waiting for you to breach your principle of 10 comments ;)
one of my favorite movies during my teenage years was 10 Things I Hate About You, i really fell in love with the baddy guy ...juz today i realized that Heath Ledger was the guy :(
Vm, let us hope that 10A's release date is indeed April 10.. cant wait more..
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Anon, yeah, shocking to hear about Heath Ledger's death. He was upcoming and had a bright future. I learnt that he was leading a fast-paced life that probably was a reason for his death.
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Anon, :) Trying very hard not to break that principle. It is 28 months since I started following it and planning to keep it going forever..
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Brinda, hmmm.. as a tribute to Heath Ledger, I am gonna watch '10 things I hate about u' this weekend..
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