Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ellis R. Duncan

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Jul 1, 2013, 6:08:10 AM (11 years ago)

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UshaR

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Ellis R. Duncan

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 equipment and stayed for 17 years making
 several major Tamil films, starting with Sati
-Leelavathi, based on S.S. Vasan’s novel and
-introducing MGR. M.L. Tandon, who had
+Leelavathi, based on [[S.S. Vasan]]’s novel and
+introducing [[MGR]]. M.L. Tandon, who had
 earlier met Duncan at UCLA, got him to direct
-films. Iru Sahodarargal, also with MGR,
+films. [[Iru Sahodarargal]], also with MGR,
 made him the top director of a nascent Tamil
 film industry, also editing his own work and
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 plot, which was perhaps his most influential
 contribution. A series of hits followed:
-Ambikapathy with M.K. Thyagaraja
-Bhagavathar at Salem Shankar Films;
-Shakuntalai and the memorable Meera with
+[[Ambikapathy]] with [[M.K. Thyagaraja
+Bhagavathar]] at Salem Shankar Films;
+Shakuntalai and the memorable [[Meera]] with
 the singer M.S. Subbulakshmi at
 Chandraprabha Cinetone. Best-known work at
-Modern Theatres: Ponmudi and the seminal
+[[Modern Theatres]]: [[Ponmudi]] and the seminal
 MGR hit Manthiri Kumari (which was
-completed by T.R. Sundaram). Although
+completed by [[T.R. Sundaram]]). Although
 Duncan did not know Tamil (his interpreters
 were known as ‘ rush directors’), his work is
 remembered for its emphasis on Tamil
-dialogue: the famed scenarist Elangovan
-débuted in his Ambikapathy while Ponmudi
-remains one of the poet Bharatidasan’s bestknown
-scripts; Manthiri Kumari was
-Karunanidhi’s first major literary contribution
+dialogue: the famed scenarist [[Elangovan]]
+débuted in his Ambikapathy while [[Ponmudi]]
+remains one of the poet [[Bharatidasan]]’s bestknown
+scripts; [[Manthiri Kumari]] was
+[[Karunanidhi]]’s first major literary contribution
 to cinema. Duncan worked with well-known
 actor-singers such as G.N. Balasubramanyam,