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Amudhae
''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma. Premise Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, gets married to millionaire Victor. Dinakar later gets married to his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story. Cast *Jai Akash as Dinakar *Prakash Raj as Victor *Madhumitha as Nancy *Uma as Vinaya *Ranjitha as Susi (special appearance) *Ragasya (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaluda") *Anamika (special appearance in the song "Valayal") *Dhamu as Dinakar's friend *Delhi Ganesh as Dinakar's father * M. S. Bhaskar as Victor's friend *Santhana Bharathi as Nancy's father *Sathyapriya as Dinakar's mother *Fathima Babu as Nancy's mother *Kuyili as Vinaya's mother * Rajasekar as the church father *Swaminathan as a priest * Bava Lakshmanan as the village head * Krishnamoorthy as an alcoholic Production After Ezhil saw a special screening of ''Ramakrishna'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Akash
Jai Akash, also known as Akash, is an Indian actor, who acted as hero in Telugu and Tamil films. He has acted in a Kannada film as hero too. He is the hero of the Telugu blockbuster movie Anandam ''Anandam'' (2001). Career Jai Sathish, a Tamilian of Sri Lankan origin settled in London, sent his modelling photographs to the "Star Search" service run by Suhasini's entertainment portal website TamilTalkies.com during the late 1990s. K. Balachander, when casting a new actor to portray the second hero role in ''Rojavanam'' (1999), used the "Star Search" platform and selected him to be in the film under the stage name of Akash. Akash began his career with his first film in Telugu, ''Anandam'', directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by Ramoji Rao. Anandam was a Silver Jubilee film and Akash won many awards for his excellent natural acting. He was the overnight super star and many top producers and directors were in queue to sign him. But, Akash acted in new directors films and struggl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhumitha
Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri on 20 August 1981) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Career Madhumitha started her acting career under her birth name Swapna Madhuri with the 2002 Telugu film ''Sandade Sandadi'' (2002) doing a pivotal supporting role. She continued playing supporting roles in a couple of Telugu films like '' Manmadhudu'' (2002) along with Nagarjuna and Sonali Bendre, ''Ammailu Abbailu'' (2003) and ''Puttintiki Ra Chelli'' (2004) sharing screen space with Arjun and Meena, with the latter in particular becoming a high commercial success, running for 275 days in theatres. She then got introduced to the Tamil film industry by R. Parthiban in his film ''Kudaikul Mazhai'' (2004), enacting the lead female role and changing her screen name to Madhumitha, named after her character in the film. Though the film wasn't a major success, Madhumitha received several offers from Tamil directors. She played leading roles in several Tamil films like '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhil
Ezhilmaaran known as Ezhil is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won 2 Tamil Nadu state awards. He made his directorial debut with the 1999 romantic film ''Thulladha Manamum Thullum'' starring Vijay and Simran. His success streak continued with ''Pennin Manathai Thottu'' (2000), '' Poovellam Un Vasam'' (2001) and ''Deepavali'' (2007). He made a comeback in 2012 after a brief sabbatical with the Sivakarthikeyan starred film '' Manam Kothi Paravai'' which opened to moderate reviews from critics, but was a commercial hit. Film Directors Suseenthiran and Karu Pazhaniappan were his assistants. Career Ezhil, krishna an erstwhile assistant to Robert-Rajashekhar, Panneer and Parthiban, made his debut as a film-maker with ''Thulladha Manamum Thullum'' under R. B. Choudary's production house. Prior to release, the role of Vijay's mother in the film was kept under wraps with the media speculating who would play the role. Eventually, no actress played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Shankari
Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's ''Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' alongside newcomers. She also acts in a few serials like Chikamma (the remake of the famous Tamil serial "Chithi" in Kannada) and Valli (a new Tamil Serial). Personal life Uma was born to D. Rajendra Babu, a commercial director in Kannada film industry, and actress Sumithra, who appeared in regional Indian films. Her younger sister, Nakshatra Nakshatra ( sa, नक्षत्रम्, translit=Nakṣatram) is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Indian Astronomy. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a ..., made her debut with the film ''Doo'' in 2011. Alongside films, she studied B.A, English literature in Indira Gandhi Open University. She eventually mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjitha
Ranjitha (born Sri Valli) is an Indian actress. She has acted in a number of Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. Career In 1991, Ranjita, did her first Telugu film, under the screen name Madhu Bala ''Kadapa Reddemma''. It was written by Parchuri Brothers. She did her second film that year, Prema Panjaram. Both the films didn't do too well commercially, but after that she did the film ''Nadodi Thendral'', directed by Bharathiraja, which provided her a good platform. Personal life She got married in 2000 to an Indian Army Major and retired from acting after her wedding. The couple got divorced in 2002. She made a comeback in 2003, and had acted in supporting roles in films and lead roles in television shows until 2010. In 2013, she took up ''sannyasa'' under Swami Nithyananda. Controversy In 2010, Sun TV telecasted a video recordings that claimed to show Ranjitha and Nithyananda in a bedroom. The story became viral among news media in Tamil Nadu. They both claime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Menon
Unni Menon (born 2 December 1955) is an Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over 4000 songs in many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.S.S.KavutaA melodious journey The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2008 In the early part of his career, he spent many years as a low-profile playback singer. The turning point in his career came with the song "Pudhu Vellai Mazhai" from Mani Ratnam's award-winning 1992 Tamil film ''Roja'', composed by A. R. Rahman. He has frequently associated with A. R. Rahman, lending his voice to nearly 27 popular songs from films like ''Karuththamma'' (1994) and ''Minsaara Kanavu'' (1997). Early life Menon was born in Valanchery in the Malappuram district of Kerala to V.K.S Menon and Malathy. His father was an officer in Tamil Nadu police and a native of Guruvayoor in Thrissur district. He did his schooling at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. Later, he attended the Government Victoria College, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishnamoorthy (actor)
Krishnamoorthy (1963/1964 – 7 October 2019) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. Career Krishnamoorthy moved from his home town Tiruvannamalai to Madras in 1983 hoping to become an actor in films. Despite being initially unsuccessful, he joined the crew of the film ''Kuzhandhai Yesu'' (1984) as an office boy, and by the end of production, he was assigned the role of production manager. He subsequently went on to work on several films and adverts as a member of the crew. As a result, he was initially credited in films as Manager Krishnamoorthy. Krishnamoorthy made a breakthrough as a comedy actor through his role in ''Thavasi'' (2001), where he notably appeared in a scene where his character asks Vadivelu's character for directions to Osama Bin Laden's and George W. Bush's residences in order to forge a peace treaty between both of them. He subsequently worked on several films in the 2000s as a comedian, often appearing in scenes alongside Vadivelu. He later wo ... [...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] |
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Kalki (magazine)
''Kalki'' is a Tamil language, Tamil-language Weekly (news magazine), weekly magazine published from Chennai, India. The magazine was established by Kalki Krishnamurthy, a popular Tamil language, Tamil novelist and Indian freedom fighter, in 1941. Kalki Sadasivam, T Sadasivam was the magazine's co-founder. The magazine is known for its publication of historic novels such as ''Ponniyin Selvan'' and ''Sivagamiyin Sabadham''. Singer Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, guru of M S Subbulakshmi, and music critic S V Seshadri were also involved with the magazine in its coverage of music. Kalki Krishnamurthy also edited the magazine, which is published on a weekly basis. During his term the magazine was much more respected due to its quality. Mullum Malarum (authored by Umachandran), which won this magazine's first prize in the silver jubilee novel competition was first published in this magazine as a serial, and later made into a hit Tamil movie of the same name starring Rajinikanth, Rajnikant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
