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18 Vayasu
18 Vayasu (English: ''18 years old'') is a 2012 Indian Tamil psychological thriller film written and directed by R. Panneerselvam.The films stars Johnny and Gayathrie in lead roles. The music is by Charles Bosco. Synopsis Karthik, a mentally unstable man, has never received love and affection from anyone. Due to his illness, whenever he is depressed, he starts behaving like an animal that he sights first. Plot Karthik ( Johnny Chakravarthy) develops a psychological disorder after seeing his father commit suicide. He displays animalistic behavior whenever he is anxious. As he grows up, he meets Gayathri (Gayathrie), an orphan. Gayathri is constantly harassed by her caretaker, whereas, Karthik is ill-treated by his mother (Yuvarani Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials. She played Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950) ...) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny (actor)
Imran Chakravarthy, also known mononymously as Johnny, is an Indian actor and son of S. S. Chakravarthy. He debuted in ''Renigunta'' alongside Sanusha. It was produced by his father's banner, NIC Arts. He worked again with his debut film director, R. Panneerselvam for his next film ''18 Vayasu'' alongside Gayathrie Shankar Gayathrie Shankar (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her Tamil film debut was in 2012 with '' 18 Vayasu'', and is best known for her role in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). She had her .... He was to act in director Shiva Gnanam's ''Deal'', but the cast and crew later changed. Filmography External links * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakravarthy, Johnny Indian male film actors Tamil male actors Living people 21st-century Indian actors 1990 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayathrie
Gayathrie Shankar (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her Tamil film debut was in 2012 with ''18 Vayasu'', and is best known for her role in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). She had her Malayalam film debut with ''Nna Thaan Case Kodu'' (2022). Early life Gayathrie was born and brought up in Bangalore. Career The actress's first release was the psychological thriller ''18 Vayasu'', but was recognized for her work in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' alongside Vijay Sethupathi. In 2013 she starred in two films, '' Ponmaalai Pozhudhu'' and '' Mathapoo''. She was next seen in ''Rummy'', a 1980s college love story, opposite Inigo Prabhakaran. The multi-starrer '' Ula'', was renamed ''Chithiram Pesuthuadi 2'' and saw a release in 2019. The movie is directed by Rajan Madhav of Muran fame, also starred Radhika Apte, Priya Banerjee, Vidharth and Dwayne Bravo. ''Puriyatha Puthir'' directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi co-starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Kanagaratnam
Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam (born 31 August 1981), also known by his initials A. D. K. or simply Dinesh Kanagaratnam, is a Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop artist and music producer who has composed tracks in Tamil language. He also often collaborates with music directors in Tamil cinema as a playback singer. Early life and career Dinesh was born in Badulla and raised in Modara, Sri Lanka. He studied information technology (IT) in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India and started teaching IT courses in Sri Lanka. He began working with local musicians part-time to pursue his growing interest in music. In 2004, he was given a chance by Bathiya, an artist in Sri Lanka and started recording rap songs until he was discovered by Vijay Antony. He collaborated with him for the song "Aathichudi" for the soundtrack of the film ''TN 07 AL 4777'' (2008) in 2009 which is a remake of Surangani, a song from his first independent album, Tamizha Back in Sri Lanka, he did a cross-culture album in 2005 which inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakthi (Cinematographer)
K.A.Sakthivel, is an Indian cinematographer, primarily working in Tamil cinema. Early life and career He was born in Pattukottai, Tamil Nadu. He received his early training from the Ace Cinematographer turned Director Jeeva. Shakthi started his career by assisting in films such as ''12B'', '' Ullam Ketkume'', '' Run'', ''Unnale Unnale'', and '' Anandha Thandavam'' before becoming independent. Renigunta was Shakthi's debut film written and directed by newcomer Paneer Selvam. Starring Johnny, son of producer, S. S. Chakravarthy of Nic Arts and newcomers. The film was a success at box office and its cinematography was well-praised including other technical aspects like stunts and editing. Then he worked on ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' starring Adharvaa, Amala Paul written, directed & produced by a newcomer Elred Kumar. Though the film was technically sounded good it bombed in the box office due to its poor content. Later, he worked on '' 18 Vayasu'', starring Johnny wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony (film Editor)
Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalvez (born 11 September 1973) is an Indian film editor from Tamil Nadu. He was introduced to cinema through film director Gautham Vasudev Menon by the film ''Kaakha Kaakha''. He continued this collaboration with Gautham by ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'', ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'', ''Vaaranam Aayiram'', ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', ''Neethaane En Ponvasantham'', ''Yennai Arindhaal'' and ''Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada''. Following the success of these films, director Shankar has collaborated with him through ''Enthiran''. He has worked in over two-hundred Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. He is the editor for India's most expensive feature film '' 2.0''. Career Anthony studied a degree in literature at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, but found himself unsure of a career path once he has finished his education. Following suggestions from his friends, he began learning about animation at Prasad Studio and subsequently also enrolled to learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of India
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around (US$2.7 billion). Indian cinema is composed of Multilingualism, multilingual and Multiculturalism, multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Marathi cinema, Marathi, Cinema of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood'' - a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, ''Keechaka Vadham'', was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, ''Kalidas'', a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture ''Alam Ara''. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil film industry established in Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema, other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films from India established a global presence through distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and convention, it is a subgenre of the broader ranging thriller narrative structure,Dictionary.com, definitionpsychological thriller (definition) Accessed November 3, 2013, "...a suspenseful movie or book emphasizing the psychology of its characters rather than the plot; this subgenre of thriller movie or book – Example: In a psychological thriller, the characters are exposed to danger on a mental level rather than a physical one....", with similarities to Gothic and detective fiction in the sense of sometimes having a "dissolving sense of reality". It is often told through the viewpoint of psychologically stressed characters, revealing their distorted mental perceptions and focusing on the complex and often tortured relationships between obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Chakravarthy
Imran Chakravarthy, also known mononymously as Johnny, is an Indian actor and son of S. S. Chakravarthy. He debuted in ''Renigunta (film), Renigunta'' alongside Sanusha. It was produced by his father's banner, NIC Arts. He worked again with his debut film director, R. Panneerselvam for his next film ''18 Vayasu'' alongside Gayathrie, Gayathrie Shankar. He was to act in director Shiva Gnanam's ''Deal'', but the cast and crew later changed. Filmography External links * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakravarthy, Johnny Indian male film actors Tamil male actors Living people 21st-century Indian actors 1990 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvarani
Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials. She played Rajinikanth's sister in ''Baashha'', Prabhavathy in the Tamil Serial '' Chithi'', and Sundari in ''Thendral ''Thendral'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1340 episodes. The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves aro ...''. Controversy In April 2010, Yuvarani won RM70,000 in damages in a defamation suit against two distributors and the publisher of popular monthly magazine Indian Movie News (IMN). She filed the civil suit in 2003 against Percetakan Kum, distributor of IMN in Peninsular Malaysia Mentakab Agency (M) Sdn Bhd, publisher Indian Movie News Publications (M) Sdn Bhd and IMN distributor in Singapore, Indian Movie News Publications P/L. The actress clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohini (actress)
Rohini Molleti, known professionally as Rohini, is an Indian actress, screenwriter, and lyricist. She has mainly acted in Malayalam,Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil films along with few Kannada films. Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit. She received National Award of Special Mention and Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Special Jury Award, Nandi Special Jury Award for Best Performance in 1995 for the film ''Stri''. Early life A native of Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh, Rohini spent all her childhood in Chennai. Her father Appa Rao Naidu was a panchyat officer and mother Radha was a housewife. Her father always wanted to become an actor, though he couldn't be an actor he encouraged his daughter to become an actress and he fulfilled his ambition through his daughter. Her mother died when she was five years old and father remarried later. Personal life She was married to actor Raghuvaran in 1996. The couple have a son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
