There are certain things happen
unexpectedly and
Aachi Manorama’s lose was such and she is a greatest Indian
legendary actress and senior artist where no one in this word would have
achieved like her. She’s the only actress in the world to
be acted in more than 1500 films and 5,000 stage plays! I was thinking about
Manorama’s contribution to Tamil cinema lately and was feeling grieve that no
one took notice about her and truly wished that someone take a grand function for
her when she was alive; commemorating her appearance in almost Indian languages
and character that nothing left behind. An
amazement rise up every time thinking about her and I always think, apart being
an actress she’s someone very special and no Indian actress would have received
such recognition and withstood for a period of long time or more than 60 years in film industry.
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I think it is her base that kept
her existed for record breaking years in film industry – the drama or theatre
performances she continue to do beside her acting in movies. As a mainstream comedian and character
artist, she had done milestone performance in number of movies and in emotional
and mother characters there was a time no one couldn’t defeat her or no films
made without her. There are number of
films I admired her acting, but I haven’t been familiar with movies of her in earlier
stage. Samsaram athu Minsaram, Paati Sollai Thattathea, Chinna Thambi, Chinna
Gounder, Nadigan, Guru Sishyan, Kizakku Vaasal, Pangali, Thillana Mohanambal,
Aboorva Sagotharangal, Savaal are some of her many films I enjoyed her role. Not
only acting, she’s a wonderful singer and has sung about 300 songs and all her
songs are super hit and her vocal is something distinct and standouts.
Though I feel there’s something absence
in recognizing her presence while she alive, the crowd that gathered for her final
procession towards the funeral is not everyone celebrates. In a decade, not a celebrity
or artist gathered such crowd (after Sivaji’s demise in 2001) and almost Tamil
cinema had paid their homage to her at her premises. The actress had acted with
5 Chief Ministers and her association with Chief Minister Jayalaitha, in
cinema, is too close and her personal homage to her is quite appropriate and an
honour that entitle everything. Though being an epic chairperson in acting her association
with actors and public always seems to be simplest and her record doesn’t
showcased anywhere and she lived a life that everyone will appreciate and adherence.
She’s a role model to all actors’ esp. who wants to long stand in film industry
and for an actor he/she should be ready to take any role rather doing only hero
and heroine. Manorama has broken this practice and had done what she itself
wouldn’t have expected. Until cinema/theatre is there, she will be alive in
memories and film and digital rolls.
