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Dec 28, 2021 · Historian Venkatesh Ramakrishnan talks about the works of the founder of Gemini Studios, SS Vasan, who played a key role in casting the right talent in Tamil cinema.
Aug 26, 2019 · His magazine Ananda Vikatan and a flourishing mail-order business (that he established as a student) were keeping his hands full. As an immigrant arriving in the post-war Madras city of the 1920s, Vasan found the place tailored to suit his entrepreneurial spirit.
Dec 7, 2019 · Vasan was the boss at Gemini Studios and Subbu, his right-hand man, became the number two at Gemini Studios. Subbu used his entire creativity to his boss’s advantage. He was a multi-faceted genius and if a producer was not satisfied Subbu would come up with fourteen alternatives.
- The author’s job was to cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and store them in files. Most people saw him doing this and consi...
- Subbu’s enemy was the ‘boy’ at the make-up department. All his anger and frustration were directed against him. The boy was convinced that Subbu wa...
- The writer admired Subbu as he was a multi¬faceted genius and gave a new direction and . definition to Gemini Studios. Subbu knew the technicalitie...
- Asokamirtan was wrongly believed to have nothing to do so the office-boy often came to his cubicle to give an outlet to his frustrations and stress...
Aug 12, 2020 · He realised that the Boss, S.S.Vasan, had deliberately brought the English poet to Gemini Studios to destroy all illusions about Communism among its simple inmates. Question 16. What does the author refer to as Pancake?
2 days ago · The MRA was witnessed to be a counter-movement to international communism, though the people at Gemini Studios did not think deeply about communist and communism. However, Mr. Vasan, the boss of Gemini Studios, was fascinated by the MRA, and so they were warmly welcomed.
- In the chapter, “Poets and Pancakes”, Asokamitran uses subtle humor and satire to highlight human characteristics. Frivolous professional differenc...
- The author Asokamitran depicts the character of Kothamangalam Subbu as ridicule who is not talented but manages to build an emanation of talent aro...
- Poets and Pancakes is a relevant title for this summary. Poets here refers to the scriptwriters at the studio without whom it is not even possible...
- Pancakes refer to the popular brand of makeup material. Truckloads of the makeup of this brand were bought at Gemini studio in Madras. This makeup...
- The office boy was frustrated because he was having a good formal education and besides this, he was having poetry writing skills also but being th...
At the time in the media and film world, especially since many had come from the mentorship of either Gemini or Vikatan, everyone used to address Mr Vasan, "Boss" (including his own son) and that is how he was universally referred to – indicating his power and the respect he inspired.
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Mar 23, 2017 · The Boss was S.S. Vasan, who founded the Gemini Studios which produced a number of films that influenced every aspect of Indian life. Asokamitran talks about his days at Gemini Studios. He is known for his humour and gende satire.
