Chithralaya Gopu: Difference between revisions

[[C. V. Sridhar]] and Sadagopan were childhood friends since their schooldays in St. Joseph's High School, [[Chengalpattu]].<ref name="Sridhar">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/film-director-sridhar-dead/article1361013.ece |title=Veteran film director Sridhar dead |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=21 October 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316051717/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/21/stories/2008102154260400.htm |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> Both were playwrights; Sridhar wrote stage plays and played the hero while Sadagopan wrote the humorous parts and played the comedian.<ref name="Reminiscence">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Looking-back-with-a-smile/article15938930.ece |title=Looking back with a smile |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=10 July 2009 |work=The Hindu |access-date=6 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316061749/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/looking-back-with-a-smile/article659092.ece |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> Later, when Sridhar had the opportunity to direct a film, he asked Sadagopan to join him and produce the comedy track.<ref name="Chithralaya">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |title='Chithralaya' Gopu, proprietor of Mannar & Co, Oho Productions |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S.R. |date=20 November 2005 |access-date=6 February 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316060216/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Heaven">{{Cite news |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2010/11/24/stories/2010112450090100.htm |title=Memories of Madras: Heaven on earth |last=Parthasarathy |first=Anusha |date=24 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316053322/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2010/11/24/stories/2010112450090100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> The film ''[[Kalyana Parisu]]'' (1959) was a hit and Sridhar started his own production house, [[Chitralaya Pictures]].<ref name="Sridhar" /><ref name="Cult">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200810210329.htm |title=Sridhar&nbsp;– The man with the midas touch |date=21 October 2008 |work=The Hindu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316051219/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200810210329.htm |archive-date=16 March 2014 |agency=PTI}}</ref> Sadagopan became popularly known as 'Chitralaya' Gopu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/columns/2019/mar/03/thamizh-talkies-when-the-pen-isnt-thought-to-be-mighty-10355.html |title=Thamizh Talkies: When the pen isn't thought to be mighty |last=Narayanan |first=Sujatha |date=3 March 2019 |website=[[Cinema Express]] |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206112234/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/columns/2019/mar/03/thamizh-talkies-when-the-pen-isnt-thought-to-be-mighty-10355.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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