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Arun Prabu Purushothaman
Arun Prabu Purushothaman is an Indian film director and actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for directing and writing ''Aruvi''. Background Arun Prabu studied Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai. Career Arun Prabu began his film career as a television actor, appearing in the soap opera '' Annamalai''. He has been coached by director Balu Mahendra, and has worked as an assistant director to K. S. Ravikumar in the film ''Manmadan Ambu''. In 2013, Arun Prabu began writing the script for ''Aruvi ''Aruvi'' (; ) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by Arun Prabu Purushothaman, in his directorial debut. Produced and distributed by S. R. Prakash Babu and S. R. Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures, the film ...'', which was subsequently directed by him and released as his first film in 2017. He received critical praise for the film's direction. His second film, '' Vaazhl'' has been in production since 2019 and was released o ...
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Sivakarthikeyan
Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985), also referred to as SK, is an Indian actor, singer, film producer, lyricist, and television presenter, who works predominantly in Tamil films. He has also won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, four Edison Awards, four SIIMA Awards and two other Vijay Awards. He produces films under his production company, Sivakarthikeyan Productions. Personal life Sivakarthikeyan married Aarthi on 27 August 2010. The couple have two children: a daughter Aradhana born in October 2013, and a son born in July 2021. Aradhana sang a song alongside her father titled "Vayadi Petha Pulla" from the film '' Kanaa''. Career 2007–2012: Television and shift to cinema During college, Sivakarthikeyan took part in various cultural events and performed mimicry and stand-up comedy on stage. Between his studies he took three months break and during this period his friends convinced him to go for auditions of ''Kalakka Povathu Yaaru'', a reality show for comedy aired on Sta ...
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Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards is an annual awards ceremony for people in the Tamil film industry. It is presented by the Tamil language weekly magazine ''ananda vikatan''. The awards were introduced in the year 2008, honouring the films that were released in 2007. The ceremony's main broadcaster is Sun TV. Main awards Best film Best director Best actor Best actress Best supporting actor Best supporting actress Best screenplay Best dialogue Best comedian – male Best comedian – female Best cinematographer Best editor Best art direction Best music director Best playback singer – male Best playback singer – female Best lyricist Best costume designer Best makeup artist Best choreographer Best stunt director Best production Awards introduced in subsequent ceremonies Best debut director Best debut actor Best debut actress Best story Best child artist Best villain – male Best Villain – female Best animation and visu ...
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10th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 10th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place at Bengaluru, India on 10–11 September 2022. The ceremony (10th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2021, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and few special awards. The event was announced officially in early-August along with the date. On 17 August 2022, nominations for the Best Film category were announced along with the other categories. The first day of the ceremony (10 September 2022) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema, whereas on the second day, best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded. Dhananjaya is nominated in three categories, the highest in a single year. He has become the first person to be nominated in three main acting categories, that is, Best Actor in a Leading Role – Kannada, Bes ...
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Vijay Award For Best Story, Screenplay Writer
The Vijay for Best Story, Screenplay Writer is given by STAR Vijay 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 Viji - '' Mozhi'' **Ameer Sultan - ''Paruthiveeran'' **Madhavan and Seeman - ''Evano Oruvan'' **Ram - ''Katrathu Tamil'' **Venkat Prabhu - ''Chennai 600028'' *2008 Kamal Haasan - ''Dasavathaaram'' **Gautham Vasudev Menon - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' **Mysskin - '' Anjathey'' ** Sasikumar - '' Subramaniapuram'' *2009 Arivazhagan Venkatachalam - ''Eeram'' ** Jayamohan and Bala - ''Naan Kadavul'' ** Pandiraj - ''Pasanga'' ** Samudrakani - ''Naadodigal'' **Vikram Kumar - '' Yaavarum Nalam'' *2010 Prabhu Solomon - ''Mynaa'' **Gautham Vasudev Menon - ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' ** Sargunam - ''Kalavani'' **Suseenthiran and Bhaskar Sakthi - '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' **Vasanthabalan and Jayamohan - '' Angadi Theru'' * 2011 Thiagarajan Kumararaja - ''Aaran ...
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10th Vijay Awards
The final 10th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2017 was held on 26 May 2018 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini. Jury K. Bhagyaraj, Radha, Yugi Sethu, Anurag Kashyap and K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films. Career 1990–1997 Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production ''Pudhu Vasantham'' direct ... are the jurors of 10th Edition Vijay Awards. Winners and nominees Source: Jury awards ;Special Jury Awards Favorite awards References {{reflist Vijay Awards 2017 Indian film awards ...
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7th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Dubai on September 14 and 15, 2018. It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017. Honorary awards * P. Suseela (Lifetime Achievement Award) Other Awards * SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – K. K. Senthil Kumar ''( Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)'' Main awards winners and nominees Film Acting Debut awards Music Critics' choice Kollywood *Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha *Best Actress – Aditi Balan – ''Aruvi'' ;Tollywood *Best Actor – Venkatesh and Nandamuri Balakrishna – ''Guru'' and ''Gautamiputra Satakarni'' *Best Actress – Ritika Singh – ''Guru'' ;Kannada Cinema *Best Actor – Sri Murali *Best Actress – Sruthi Hariharan ;Mal ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Director – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil language, Tamil (Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.#Film world, Film world, p 43 Superlatives *K. Balachander has the record of winning most Awards 7 and winning the Award twice in a row, on two separate occasions (1974–1975 and 1980–1981). Mani Ratnam have received the award for five times which is the second most wins. Cheran (director), Cheran have received the award four times. *Sudha Kongara was the first of two women to have won this award for Irudhi Suttru in 2016, the second being Gayathri of Pushkar–Gayathri duo for Vikram Vedha in 2017. Other woman Director to have been nominated is Suhasini Maniratnam for Indira (film), Indira . *S. Shankar remains the only Director to have won the Award for his first two films, Gentleman and Kadhalan . *S. Shankar, Cheran (director), Cheran , Bala (director), Bala , and ...
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65th Filmfare Awards South
The 65th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2017 was an event that was held on 16 June 2018 at Novotel anHICCComplex in Hyderabad. The nominations for all the main awards were announced on 4 June 2018. List of nominees Main awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Technical Awards Special awards Multiple nominations * Kannada – ''Raajakumara'' – 5 * Malayalam – ''Mayaanadhi'' – 7 * Tamil – '' Mersal'' – 11 * Telugu – '' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion '' – 10 Multiple awards * Kannada – ''Chowka'' – 3 * Malayalam – ''Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum'' and ''Mayaanadhi'' – 4 * Tamil – ''Vikram Vedha ''Vikram Vedha'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by S. Sashikanth under his banner YNOT Studios. The film stars R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Sri ...'' – 4 ...
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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 ...
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Anbe Vaa (2009 TV Series)
Star Vijay, commonly known as Vijay TV, is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment private broadcast television network owned by Asianet Star Communications, a subsidiary of American multinational mass media corporation The Walt Disney Company. This is a list of the current and former programmes broadcast by the channel. Current Programming Fiction Non-fiction Former programming Fiction *''7C'' (2012–2013) *''Aaha'' (2012) *''Agni Satchi'' (2001–2002) *''Amman'' (2010) *''Anbe Vaa'' (2009–2010) *''Anbudan Kushi'' (2020–2021) *''Andal Azhagar'' (2014–2016) *''Anjali'' (2019) *''Aranmanai Kili'' (2018–2020) *''Aval'' (2011–2013) *''Avalum Naanum'' (2018–2019) *'' Ayudha Ezhuthu'' (2019–2020) *''Bala Ganapathy'' (2015) *''Bharatidasan Colony'' (2022) *''Bommukutty Ammavukku'' (2020) *''Butterflies'' (2000) *'' Chinna Thambi'' (2017–2019) *''Deivam Thandha Veedu'' (2013–2017) *''Dharmayutham'' (2012–2013) *''Eeramana Rojave'' (2018–2021) *''En ...
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Indian People
Indians or Indian people are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous country, containing 17.7 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India, it was also formerly used as the identifying term for people originating from Pakistan and Bangladesh during British Raj, British colonial era until 1947. Particularly in North America, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas; although the Native American name controversy, ...
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Vaazhl
''Vaazhl'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Arun Prabu Purushothaman and produced by Sivakarthikeyan under his banner Sivakarthikeyan Productions. The film features a predominantly new cast and crew, which includes Pradeep Anthony, TJ Bhanu, Diva Dhawan, Aahrav and SN Bhatt in prominent roles. The film's music is composed by Pradeep Kumar, with cinematography handled by Shelly Calist and editing done by Raymond Derrick Crasta. The project was originally produced by R. D. Raja of 24AM Studios and subsequently launched in May 2018. But Arun Prabhu went on a recce for location scouting, which delayed the principal photography process. Further Raja stepped out of producing the venture citing financial constraints, and the rights for the film production were acquired by Sivakarthikeyan in June 2019. Filming began in mid-January 2019 and completed within that July, within a duration of 75 days. The film was shot across 100 unexplored locations across India and ...
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