Great Musicians in films

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prabuddha
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Yesterday's 'The HINDU' has a nice picture of GNB with his leading lady in the film "Udayanan Vasavathatha"

http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article72929.ece

The article, by an established film writer, traces the history of great CM personalities of yesteryear in Tamil films. It does however have some disturbing statements, in connection with the film 'Sakunthalai', like the following:

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When you watch the film, it is clear that GNB was not familiar with the medium of cinema or acting and that he was there only to sing... Dungan in his autobiographical book A Guide to Adventure devotes nearly five pages to "Sakunthalai"

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