Ananda Krishnan (director)
Ananda Krishnan is an Indian film director working in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2014 thriller '' Aal'' and went on to direct the 2016 action crime film ''Metro'', before which he worked as an assistant director with Susi Ganeshan for the 2009 superhero film ''Kanthaswamy''. Career Ananda Krishnan began his career as a first assistant director in Kanthaswamy under director Susi Ganeshan and he also worked as a co-editor for editor Praveen K. L. for the same movie. In 2014, he made his directional debut through Aal. The film was produced by Shoundaryan Pictures. It was an official remake of the Hindi Movie Aamir featuring Vidharth Vidharth is an Indian actor, appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in ''Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled ''Mudhal ..., and Hardika Shetty. He was appreciated by the media for a sensitive issue ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pondicherry
Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by Bay of Bengal to the east and the state of Tamil Nadu, with which it shares most of its culture, heritage, and language. History Puducherry, formerly known as Pondicherry, gained its significance as “The French Riviera of the East” after the advent of the French colonialization in India. Puducherry is the Tamil interpretation of “new town” and mainly derived from “Poduke”, the name of the marketplace as the “Port town” for Roman trading in 1st century as mentioned in ‘The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea’. The settlement was once an abode of many learned scholars as evidently versed in the Vedas, hence also known as Vedapuri. The history of Puducherry can broadly be classified ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro(2016 Film)
''Metro'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action crime film directed by Anandakrishnan, in his second venture. The film features Shirish, Bobby Simha and Sendrayan in the lead roles. The film is based on the theme of chain snatching in the city of Chennai. Shirish makes his Tamil debut with this film. The film was released on 24 June 2016. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the same title in 2017. Plot Arivazhagan aka Arivu and his friend Kumar lock up and torture an unknown man in front of a camera filming the whole incident. Flashback: Arivu is a writer for a press and the eldest son of a retired police head constable and his wife. He has a brother named Mathiyazhagan aka Mathi, who is a first-year engineering student. Arivu's middle-class family life is however happy with his friend Kumar mingling as one of the family. The problem begins when Mathi, who is pressured by his girlfriend to get a bike, persuades his family to get him a bike. Though hesit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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People From Pondicherry
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1987 Births
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Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first Indian Music Director to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the song ''Naaka Mukka'' advertising film in the Best Music category. The song propelled his fame and was played at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He made his debut film ''Naan'' in 2012. He is best known for his roles in action thriller films such as ''Salim'' (2014) and ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Early life Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. His father died when he was seven years old and his sister was four. Career Vijay Antony made his acting debut in the lead role in the crime thriller ''Naan''. The film's standalone sequel titled ''Salim'', an action thriller, was his next venture as an actor and music director. Both the films were sleeper hits. In 2015, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kodiyil Oruvan
''Kodiyil Oruvan'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film directed by Ananda Krishnan and produced by Infiniti Film Ventures and Chendur Film International. It stars Vijay Antony and Aathmika. Vijay Antony also edited the film while the music is composed by Nivas K. Prasanna. The film was released on 17 September 2021. This film received mixed reviews upon its release, praising Vijay Antony's performance, the music and action sequences, but was criticized on the screenplay and predictable storyline. Cast * Vijay Anthony as Vijaya Raghavan * Aathmika as Vedhavathi * Ramachandra Raju as Pedha Perumal * Prabhakar as Conference Karna * Divya Prabha as Arulmozhi * Shankar Krishnamurthy * Poo Ram *Sachin Khedekar as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and President of Ruling party * Super Subburayan as Don Kumar, Ex Councillor Production The shooting was wrapped in February 2021. Soundtrack The soundtrack and score is composed by Nivas K. Prasanna. The soundtr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashok Selvan
Ashok Selvan is an Indian actor who works prominently in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in ''Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions '' Pizza II: Villa (2013)'' and ''Thegidi'' (2014). His recent blockbuster is '' Oh My Kadavule'' (2020). Early life Ashok was born to Panneerselvam and Malar on 8 November 1989 in Chennimalai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. He moved to Chennai at age three, and completed his schooling at Santhome Higher Secondary School, Chennai before graduating in Visual Communication from Loyola College. In college, Ashok Selvan participated in short films, completing a dozen short films as an actor as well as directing a few, including ''Green'', which won Best Film at the 2012 International Tamil Thoth Conference held in Singapore. Film career After graduating from college, Ashok sought opportunities in films as an actor and auditioned for roles including in P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bobby Simha
Jayasimha (born 6 November 1983), better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films ''Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi'' and ''Pizza'' (2012), he portrayed a kidnapper in Nalan Kumarasamy's ''Soodhu Kavvum'' and a comic villain in Alphonse Putharen's ''Neram''. Simha's subsequent performance as the Madurai gangster Sethu in Karthik Subbaraj's '' Jigarthanda'' (2014) won him positive reviews from critics and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Early life Bobby Simha was born to a Telugu speaking family on 6 November 1983 in Secundrabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). Simha's family is from Mopidevi, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh but they moved to Kodaikanal in 1995. He subsequently completed his schooling at Priyadarshini Vidyalayam, a Telugu Medium School, in Mopidevi, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh and then attended ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro Shirish
Shirish Saravanan, known also as Metro Shirish for his work in his debut film ''Metro'', is an actor from Tamil film industry. Career It was in college, that he met Ananda Krishnan, who after conducting an audition decided to cast him as the lead in his next movie. His performance in Ananda Krishnan's Metro garnered him rave reviews with many critics appreciating his notable performance in the movie along with Filmfare's award for Best Male Debut-South. In 2018, he acted in Raja Ranguski with director Dharanidharan is alongside Chandini Tamilarasan Chandini Tamilarasan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. She made her debut in the lead role in K. Bhagyaraj's ''Siddhu +2'' (2010), before signing to play role in ''Naan Rajavaga Pogiren'' (2013). Early .... His next film, which started filming in August 2017, is a village based entertainer titled Pistha, which is directed by the editor of Metro, Ramesh Bharathi. Mrudula Murali and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidharth
Vidharth is an Indian actor, appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in ''Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled ''Mudhal Idam'' (2011). Career Vidharth joined the drama troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai through some of his friends and began learning the nuances of acting step by step and made his on screen debut with a small role in Gautham Vasudev Menon's ''Minnale'' (2001). Despite believing that the small role would bring him more offers, it did not, and Vidharth continued small-time work with his drama troupe. After ten years, Prabhu solomon cast him in small role in his films, '' Kokki'' (2006), '' Lee'' (2007) and ''Laadam'' (2009), after seeing him in action in Koothupattarai. Vidharth collaborated with Prabhu Solomon again, who gave him the lead role in his romantic drama ''Mynaa'' (2010). The film became the biggest success of Vidharth's career. He starr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |