Comedy Queen to be Felicitated
Comedy Queen to be Felicitated
The entire film industry will assemble at the Chennai Trade Center at Nandambakkam, to felicitate actress Manorama. Aachi, as she is fondly referred to by her colleagues in the industry is Tamil cinema’s reigning comedy queen. She has seen four generations of actors and has acted in over 1500 films in various Indian languages on 14th January.
She has started her acting career as a drama artist, which was more popular those days. She slowly migrated from dramas to cinemas just as most actors did those days. During her initial days in the cine field, she concentrated more on comedy. She was given equally challenging roles alongside the well known comedian Nagesh. They made an excellent pair and gave many praiseworthy comedies.
Her role in Thillana Mohanambal was much appreciated and noticed even with the presence of great stalwarts like Sivaji Ganesan and Natiya Peroli (Danseuse) Padmini in the movie. Ever since, she was provided with more scope in varied roles in addition to comedy. She took each responsibility with such an ease which made the Tamil industry recognize her immense talent. She has the distinction of having acted with five chief ministers of South India.
She was the female lead in the stage plays written, directed and acted by Mr. C. N. Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. She has also acted in stage plays with another Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr M Karunanidhi. She has acted in films with Dr M G Ramachandran and Dr Jayalalitha Jayaram who both became Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu later. She has also acted in Telugu films with Dr N T Rama Rao, who became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. This in itself is a world record and this year marks her golden jubilee in films and to commemorate both these landmarks, she is being felicitated at a grand function headed by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
The event will be held on the 14th at 5 pm at a gala event which will witness all leading artists, producers, directors and technicians of the industry participating to make it an extravaganza. Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan will also be present at the event and will present this comedy queen a memento in appreciation of her contribution to films.
The evening will commence with a performance by Shankar’s Saathaga Paravaigal orchestra followed by dance performances by leading actresses Namitha, Priyamani, Sandhya, Sangeetha and Tejasri. There will also be a skit by the industry’s leading comedians. Sure, it’ll be an entertaining evening for the audience.
