![]() However, he dies on a pilgrimage, leaving Mohanlal to take care of the family, especially their younger sister who is about to get married. As Mohanlal’s fame rises, the elder brother first grows jealous and then becomes respectful of his talent. In Bharatham, Mohanlal plays a talented singer who adores his increasingly alcoholic elder brother, who also happens to be his guru. Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the film is based on a 1965 autobiographical novel by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. In Mathilukal, he plays a prisoner in love with a fellow woman prisoner, who is on the other side of a wall. The sheer volume never came in the way of Mammootty getting into the skin of his characters. In 1989, there were 11 other films with Mammootty in the lead. This film is considered a milestone in Rajkumar’s career, and although it did not start well, it ran for an entire year, and got some city youngsters to leave their plush jobs to take up agriculture in their villages. ![]() ![]() Whatever Rajkumar would say, people did,” says KM Veeresh, founder,, a Kannada film portal. “He’s the only actor, who has done all type of roles, comedy, sentimental, historical, mythological. When circumstances improve and Rajkumar himself has a family, his wife dies, and one of his sister’s sons questions his loyalty to the family. He sends his sister’s sons to the city for higher studies and takes care of the entire household. ![]() Their older brother abandons the family, and Rajkumar is left to help rebuild it from its remains. In Bangaaradha Manushya (The Golden Man), 1972Ī living god for all Kannadigas, Dr Rajkumar (1954-2005) plays the brother of a woman just widowed. ![]() Somayajulu played his part with such dignity and intensity that you can’t listen to any of its hugely popular songs without imagining him performing them as his sadhana. It opened to empty seats, gathered speed and, today, enjoys a cult status. JV Somayajulu, an IAS officer in his 50s, plays a Carnatic musician, misunderstood for supporting the daughter of a prostitute, ignored by a society where classical music is in decline, and is being overtaken by pop music. In Sankarabharanam (The Ornament of Shankara), 1980 ![]()
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