Narada in Movies

Narada in Movies ============= Narada Muni aka Sage Narada known for causing rift between many but finishes it in a good note hence the saying "Naradar kalagam nanmaiyil mudiyum" My dad while watching mythological films jokingly will quote Narada as the SMS meaning the messenger between lokas ha ha i.e he is even faster than light in carrying messages The image of Narada portrayed in stories/puranas is that of a bachelor saint carrying veena(mahati) & kharthala with naughtiness in his eyes. Many movies have been made with many actors playing Narada role, some playing it with ease while struggled to pull it off. We all know Bharat ratna Smt M.S.Subbulakshmi playing the role of Narada in Savithiri Another lengendary singer N.C.Vasantha kokilam played Narada role in Krishna vijayam Not all actors impressed me as Narada because character needs naughty eyes, sense of humor and innocent face and witty body language and in my opinion only few could pull it off so well The only actor who tops the list with his mind blowing performance as Narada muni was telugu actor Kanta rao. He is famous for Janapada/folklore action hero displaying sword fighting skills thus called as "Andhra MGR" was able to adapt to the innoncent, witty,funny Narada role in many telugu movies and I've not seen any one else pulling it off to an extent what Kanta rao did. In movies like Srikrishna Thulabaram,Shri Krishna Pandaviyam,Deepavali Another actor who impressed me was Akkineni Nageswararao who played Narada in many movies especially in the movie Krishna Maya (naradar kalyanam) where in lord krishna transforms his mahati veena into a lady and gets narada married to her and ANR's performance as the trapped narada is impressive. He played narada in Bhookailas as well. Actors like chalam, harnath, shoban babu, kalyanam raghuramiah and even Relangi all have portayed Narada to their best especially I loved chalam and harnath for their comic timing and face expression which is a must for the naradar role NTR's son Balakrishna, Veteran Carnatic singer Balamurali krishna have also played the role of narada but not so impressive though. In Tamil Nadigar Thilagam, T.R.Mahalingam and to an extent Cho portrayed the Role of Narada at ease. Can we forget Nadigar Thilagam causing the rift amongst Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathi in "Saraswathi Sabatham" T.R.Mahalingam as the witty Naradar in Agathiyar and Sri krishna leela played the role with ease with funny expressions, witty humor and in my opinion he performed in narada role than the movies where he donned the role of hero ha ha . Cho as Narada in Ganga Gowri was impressive, with his big and naughty eyes he could pull it of very well and his dialouges with lord krishna(played by sivakumar)were enjoyable Actors like sivakumar, avm rajan too have tried their hands at this role Even Master Sridhar, Venniradai moorthy have played this role with ease. In kannada it's always Anant nag who in my opinion was perfect fit for the role of Narada and he did pull it off very well in movies like Narada vijaya and Bhakta prahalada Rajkumar himself played the role of narada in maha sati anusuya and we all know anna can portray any role with ease Actors like Ramakrishna and Srinath have donned Narada role and lived up to the mark in those films as well Kalyan kumar played the role of Narada in the kannada version of AVM's BhooKailas In hindi the famous villain actor Jeevan played this role with ease and before turning into a ruthless villain of bollywood he played the role of sage narada 61 times between 40's till early 70s. These are few actors who have impressed me in the role of Narada muni and i'm not aware any new serials or movies so please pardon me if i have missed any name.

Will meet you all with another topic- Rajesh Rajeshkumar Lavanya