Manorama

Whenever people talk about Manorama’s singing prowess, they immediately refer to Vaa Vaathyare from Bommalattam. I am not denying that the song is fun and popular but Manorama has sung some songs that showed her Carnatic prowess. I have chosen one such song from Sri Ragavendrar that shows her mettle…

I some times wonder if we are living our lives in a space were we are longing for suffering. I mean, think about it, in my case I thrive under pressure and so I am a master procrastinator. I set myself up for failure on the constant, most often rising…

Remembering yesteryear Hindi film actress Manorama on her birth anniversary. Born Erin Issac Daniel to an Irish mother and an Indian Christian father in Lahore, the actress was given the name Manorama after she played a character by that name in the 1941 film, Khazanchi. …

I’ve been carefully putting off this piece till this point in time as I wanted to word this the right way. Perhaps with an emotional impetus that would propel the right verbiage from the grey to the white. People who I mention here are not champions of society or miracle…

Remembering yesteryear Hindi film actress Manorama on her 11th death anniversary today. Beginning as a child artiste in 1941, Manorama did nearly 150 films. Her real name was Erin Issac Daniels. She was half-Irish, with an Irish mother and an Indian Christian father, who was a professor in an engineering…

Born Erin Issac Daniel to an Irish mother and an Indian Christian father in Lahore, the actress was given the name Manorama after she played a character by that name in the 1941 film, Khazanchi. …

Manorama (16 August 1926–15 February 2008) was a Bollywood character actress known best for her role as the comical tyrant aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and film like Ek Phool Do Maali (1969) and Do Kaliyaan (1968). She started her career as a child artiste in 1936 in Lahore…

Manorama (16 August 1926–15 February 2008) was a Bollywood character actress known best for her role as the comical tyrant aunt in Seeta…

I don’t how many music directors in India would care about the comedy scenes in a movie. Usually, the music part of a comedy is neglected but Ilaiyaraaja never takes even the comedy scenes lighter. Let’s see some of the brilliant comic scores of the maestro 1. Nadigan Director: P Vasu, Actors: Sathyaraj, Khushboo, Manorama, Goundamani 2.Naane Raaja Naane Mandhiri Director: Balu Anand, Actors: Vijayakanth, Radhika, Senthil, Goundamani