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Adharvaa
Atharvaa Murali is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. The son of actor Murali and grandson of director S. Siddalingaiah, Atharvaa began his acting career with ''Baana Kaathadi'' (2010). He then garnered critical acclaim for his performance as a youngster suffering from delusion in the romantic thriller ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' (2012), before signing on to feature in Bala's period film '' Paradesi'' (2013). His role as a rural villager held as a slave in a tea plantation became his breakthrough performance, earning Atharvaa a Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Tamil. Early life Atharva was born as the second child to actor Murali and his wife, Shobha. He also has an elder sister, Kavya, and a younger brother, Akash. He did his schooling in St. Michael's Academy. He attended Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, majoring in engineering. Career 2010–2017 In 2009, his father found him an offer to play the lead role in a film to be produced by Sathya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradesi (2013 Film)
''Paradesi'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written and directed by Bala starring Atharvaa, Vedhika and Sai Dhanshika. The film's music was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film was based on novel ''Eriyum Panikadu'', Tamil translation of the 1969 English novel ''Red Tea'' by Paul Harris Daniel and inspired from real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s. It was released on 15 March 2013. The dubbed version of Telugu was released with the same name. The film opened to highly positive reviews with critics mainly praising the performances of the cast and the direction of Bala. The movie was an average grosser at the box office Plot Raasa (Atharvaa) is a carefree young man living in a rural village in the Madras Presidency during the early days of the British Raj. Orphaned at a young age, he is brought up by his grandmother. Angamma (Vedhika), a local girl, falls for him and takes pleasure in bullying him. When she finally confess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Elred Kumar starring Atharvaa and Amala Paul, while Jayaprakash, Anupama Kumar, Santhanam, Yashika and Nassar played supporting roles. The music was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film opened to mixed reviews, but had a successful 100-day run. The film was later also screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in a non-award ceremony, winning acclaim. Plot The film opens with Ram (Atharvaa) fronting a car driven by two guys apparently drunk and rich and with their girl friend(s). He tries to kill them and eventually they escape in the car opening the title. Then it turns to be that Ram enjoys a successful career in information technology. He is hit on by Radhi ( Yashika) as office romance. He turns down her interest and reveals he is in love with a girl who resides in Bangalore and he is going to visit her. Ram drives to Bangalore and meets Charu (Amala Paul) in her apartment. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edison Awards (India)
The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of cinema, Thomas Alva Edison. It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia. The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon Videocon Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. The group had 17 manufacturing sites in India and plants in Mainland China, Poland, Italy and Mexico. It was the third largest picture tube manufact .... The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singers and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote. Awards Merit awards * Best Actor * Best Actress * Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Samantha Ruth Prabhu (formerly: Samantha Akkineni; born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She is a recipient of several awards, including four South Filmfare Awards, six South Indian International Movie Awards and two Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards. She has established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Samantha worked part-time on modeling assignments while pursuing a degree in commerce. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon's critically acclaimed Telugu romance film, ''Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010), which fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress and a Nandi Award. Samantha then became the second actress ever to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu in the same year, for her performances in the films ''Neethaane En Ponvasantham'' (2012) and ''Eega'' (2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Award For Best Debut Actor
The Vijay for Best Début Actor is given by Vijay sethupathy as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Nominations *2007 Karthi – ''Paruthiveeran'' **Aadhi – ''Mirugam'' **Akhil – ''Kalloori'' **Shiva – ''Chennai 600028'' **Vinay Rai – ''Unnale Unnale'' *2008 Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj – ''Sakkarakatti'' **Ajmal Ameer – ''Anjathey'' **Krishna Sekhar – ''Alibhabha'' ** Sasikumar – ''Subramaniyapuram'' *2009 Vimal – ''Pasanga'' **Johnny – ''Renigunta'' ** Ramakrishnan – '' Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' **Tharun Gopi – ''Mayandi Kudumbathar'' **Vishnu Vishal – ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' *2010 Vidharth – ''Mynaa'' **Adharvaa – ''Baana Kaathadi'' **Arulnidhi – ''Vamsam'' ** Mahesh – ''Angaadi Theru'' ** Myshkin – '' Nandhalala'' *2011 Nani – ''Veppam'' **Krishna – ''Seedan'' **Jeyanth – ''Marghazhi'' **Shabarish – ''Markandeyan'' ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eetti
''Eetti'' () is a 2015 Tamil-language sports action film written and directed by Ravi Arasu and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Atharvaa and Sri Divya, while G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. The film was released on 11 December 2015. Plot Pughazhenthi Subramaniam is an athlete who lives in Thanjavur. He is a hurdles race champion and has won many awards – even beating the national record in a local sports meet. He and his fellow athlete friends get intensive training from their coach Devaraj to participate in an important sports meet in Kolkata, the winners of which will qualify for the next major national sports event. A flashback reveals that Pughazh has Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, which prevents his blood from clotting following any injury. If he gets even a small scratch, he might bleed to death. His father Subramaniam is a constable at the local police station who is very protective of him, has high hopes that he will advance well in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Kite Festival In Gujarat – Uttarayan
Every year, Gujarat celebrates more than 200 festivals. The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) is one of the biggest festivals celebrated. Months beforehand, homes in Gujarat begin to manufacture kites for the festival. The festival of Uttarayan marks the day when winter begins to turn into summer, according to the Indian calendar. It is the sign for farmers that the sun is back and that harvest season, Makara Sankranti/Mahasankranti, is approaching. This is considered one of the most important harvest days in India as it also marks the end of winter and the beginning of the harvest season. Many cities in Gujarat organize kite competitions among their citizens. In this region of Gujarat and many other states, Uttarayan is such a huge celebration that it has become a public holiday in India lasting two days. During the festival, local food such as undhiyu (a mixed vegetable including yam and beans), chikki (sesame seed brittle) and jalebi are served to the crowds. Days be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology company providing end-to-end ICT solutions including telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played an important role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October, 1999. Merill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's travel portal. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail", promoting emails ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. The case was resolved by settlement in 2009. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired the ''India Abroad ''India Abroad'' is a weekly new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films that either Multiple-language version, simultaneously shot with or remakes of his own Tamil films. Many of his films have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, most notably his romantic films ''Minnale'' (2001), ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2008), ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' (2010), his cop action thrillers ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003), ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' (2006), ''Yennai Arindhaal'' (2015) and his gangster drama ''Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu'' (2022). ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' won the National Film Awards, National Film Award for National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Feature Film in Tamil. Menon produces films through his film production company named Photon Kathaas. His production ''Thanga Meenkal, Thanga Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandi Veeran
''Chandi Veeran'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by A. Sarkunam and produced by director Bala. The film stars Atharvaa and Anandhi, while Lal, Rajashree, and Bose Venkat essay supporting roles. The music was composed by S. N. Arunagiri with the score composed by Sabesh–Murali. The film released on 7 August 2015. Plot As a child, Paari (Atharvaa) lost his father (Bose Venkat), who tried to stop the war between his native and neighboring village as they fought over sharing a pond water. Years later, Paari is a young man who returns from Singapore, but the battle between the two villages is still on. Meanwhile, Paari is in love with Thamarai (Anandhi), the daughter of a rich village man (Lal), who also owns the pond and is adamant not to supply water to the nearby village. Paari tries many ways to impress Thamarai but all end in vain. One day at the village carnival, Paari helps Thamarai win in a bike race and slips in a cell phone into the prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasika
Anandhi (born Rakshita; 10 December 1996) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. After her debut in the Telugu film ''Bus Stop'' (2012), she appeared in Vetrimaaran's Tamil production ''Poriyaalan'' and Prabhu Solomon's '' Kayal'' (2014). She won Special Prize for ''Kayal'' at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Early life Anandhi was born on 10 December 1996 in a Telugu family in Warangal, Telangana. Career Anandhi made her debut with Maruthi's coming-of-age film ''Bus Stop'' (2012). Critics responded positively. Her next film, ''Priyathama Neevachata Kushalama'', opened in March 2013 to negative reviews, though a critic claimed that "the saving grace for the film is performance of the lead pair - Varun Sandesh and Hasika", adding that Hasika "looks traditional and has put up a decent show as well." Anandhi was next seen in Vijay Maddala's next directorial venture ''Green Signal'', where she appeared alongside newcomer Revanth, thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
