Indiatimes

Makers of 'Chandralekha' showing lead female characters delivering babies after nearly two and a half years of pregnancy becomes fodder for hilarious memes

A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks, or 280 days. The Chandralekha serial crew's willful suspension of this "universal truth" became fodder for memes lately.Two pregnant women in the serial have ...
Indiatimes

From Chandralekha to Sembaruthi, a look at a few longest-running Tamil TV shows

Sometimes TV shows are only meant to last one season or two. But the popularity of some shows among the audience has made them last longer. The creators of these shows have managed to deliver new ...
The Hindu

How Vasan’s ‘Chandralekha,’ released 75 years ago, set a pan-Indian trend

More than five years in the making with a mega-budget (it cost Rs 30 lakhs then), Chandralekha was a do-or-die attempt for Gemini and its proprietor. And yet, Vasan did not think twice before spending ...
The Hindu

Chandralekha’s experiments with the dancing body

Last Sunday, Chandralekha would have been 92. A sense of inadequacy grips me as I sit down to write this. As I struggle to find words, memories of the legendary dancer pour into my mind. I had the ...