Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Padma Vibhushan or Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Actor Nagesh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagesh)

An actor who has acted in more than 1000 films primarily in Tamil cinemas as comedian and other supporting roles
His best films include Server(waiter) Sundaram, PattanathilBhootham, EthirNeechal, KaadhalikkaNeramillai, Vietnam Veedu, Major Chandrakanth, Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Panchathanthiram, Vasool Raja MBBS which if watched by your jury to confirm the award
His comedy stood the test of time from black and white cinema to modern day cinema. He was worked with all leading actors and actresses in tamil cinema namely M.G.R, Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth including current chief minister of Tamil Nadu Selvi J. Jayalalithaa.
Similar to Nagesh, the most famous lady comedian of tamil cinema was Manorama - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manorama_(Tamil_actress) who played pair to Nagesh and several actors in many movies to deliver best comedy scenes which survive the test of time. She is currently has Padma Sri has 1,500 films to her credit.
There is generally a apprehension that Tamil stars are not given awards. If they are given also only for political reasons or personal closeness. The personalities mentioned above were masters of their art and deserve Padma Vibhushan or Dadasaheb Phalke Award be conferred posthumously on them. I am requesting for both since they complemented each other in acting. Humour is so costly nowadays with too much pressure.
Generally only lead actors are given major awards but comedians are key part of the movies who keep the audience engaged and revenue spinners for movie. But they are left out of major awards. So Government (state and central govt) & President must clear the request after due research. I can assure that no one will raise a flag as both Nagesh and Manorama deserve award. If considered will help a major initiative pending for decades and generations.
State govt must also supplement my effort by sending due supporting material in this regard.
The list should extend to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._S._Viswanathan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._K._Ramamoorthy for their combined composition of songs for 1000 plus films.
Nowadays salary for actors and comedians run to several crores but those days talent only mattered in spite of low salary. Many of them died with low assets only their work of art remained back. Hope Govt will reward them with awards at least posthumously. You can verify the above people mentioned with veterans of film industry they will know irrespective of language.
If Govt forgets to clear at right time or postpones it will be great injustice to the field of Art.

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