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Aadukalam Murugadoss
Aadukalam Murugadoss is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough portraying Dhanush's friend in Vetrimaaran's critically acclaimed 2011 film. ''Aadukalam'', thus adding the name of the film as a prefix to create a stage name. Career The actor was first seen in ''Ghilli'' (2004) as a team member of Vijay's Kabaddi team, featuring in several background shots throughout the film. He was also seen as one of the guard in film ''Kanchivaram'' (2008). His breakthrough came in Vetrimaaran's ''Aadukalam'', where he portrayed Dhanush's loyal friend and the success of the venture saw the film's name being added as a prefix to his stage name. His role in ''Mounaguru'' as a mentally challenged person was also appreciated, with a critic from ''The Hindu'' noting he does a "wonderful cameo". He was then seen in pivotal characters as the lead actor's aide in the 2012 action films ''Thadaiyara Thaakka'' and ''Mugamoodi''. In 2013, he appeared as Sasikuma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuckoo (2014 Film)
''Cuckoo'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Raju Murugan and produced by Fox Star Studios. The film stars Dinesh and Malavika Nair as a visually challenged pair, while Aadukalam Murugadoss plays a pivotal role. The film was released on 21 March 2014 and received positive reviews and was critically acclaimed. Plot Tamizh is a visually-impaired young man who works as a singer for an entertainment troupe. During one of the weddings he performs at, he meets Sudhanthirakodi, a young woman who is studying to become a teacher and is also visually-impaired. Tamizh teases her, causing her to leave him waiting for her as she presents her wedding gift to the newlyweds and leaves. The following day, he bumps into her on the train and asks his friend to mislead her into getting down at a wrong station. As a result, Kodi is late for her first day of teaching practice. She and her friends then go after whoever who tricked her. The next time he gets on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayae Peyae
''Nayae Peyae'' () is a 2021 Tamil language horror comedy film directed by Sakthi Vasan and starring Dinesh Kumar and Aishwarya. The film narrates the tale of a ragpicker, who does petty thefts and leads a happy life with his friends. When the group decides to kidnap a dog, they eventually find out they have kidnapped a ghost. Produced by Gopi Krishna and Revathi Rangaswamy, it was released on 23 April 2021. Cast * Dinesh Kumar as Karna *Aishwarya as Karina *Aadukalam Murugadoss as Subbu *Sayaji Shinde *Shakthi Vasan *Rokesh *Krish *Bujji Babu Production The film was launched in May 2019, with Sakthi Vasan, who earlier directed the national-award-winning short film, ''The Real Salute'' (2001) featuring Kiran Bedi, making his debut as a director in feature films. 25 prominent directors from the Tamil film industry, including Ezhil, Saran, Perarasu and Thambi Ramaiah attended the launch ceremony in Chennai. Dinesh Kumar was cast in his second lead role, while debutant actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanni Maadam
''Kanni Maadam'' is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Bose Venkat in his directorial debut. The film stars newcomers Sriram Karthik, Chaya Devi, and Vishnu. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Cast * Sriram Karthik as Anbu * Chaya Devi as Malar * Aadukalam Murugadoss as Shankar * Vishnu Ramasamy as Kathir * Mime Gopi as Inspector Paramasivam * Valeena Princes as Auto Driver * Priyanka Robo Shankar as Landlady * Gajaraj as Anbu's father *Ananthraj Production Principal photography commenced on 18 February 2019 and ended on 16 May 2019. Soundtrack Several celebrities attended the audio launch including Vijay Sethupathi, Bharath, Samuthirakani, Vikraman, Harish Kalyan, Gayathrie. Newcomer Hari Sai composed the film's songs. Robo Shankar made his singing debut in the film. *"Oyadha Megam" – Shweta Mohan *"Moonu Kaalu Vaaganam" – Robo Shankar *"Oru Veedu" – Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
96 (film)
''96'' is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by C. Premkumar. Produced by S. Nanthagopal of Madras Enterprises, the film was distributed by Lalit Kumar under his banner Seven Screen Studio. Starring Trisha Krishnan and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles, the film has Bagavathi Perumal, Devadarshini, Aadukalam Murugadoss and Shyam Prasad appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around the reunion of former students from the batch of 1996, twenty-two years after their graduation. The reunion also serves as an opportunity for two former lovers, Ram and Jaanu, to resolve issues surrounding their breakup. Prem Kumar wrote the script during December 2015, at the period of Chennai floods and had completed the entire script within 20 days, which revolved around his life on high school reunion. After the official announcement, the principal photography of the film was commenced on 12 June 2017 at Kumbakonam, and was shot across various locations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iravukku Aayiram Kangal
''Iravukku Aayiram Kangal'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Mu. Maran. The film features an ensemble cast including Arulnithi, Ajmal, Mahima Nambiar, Vidya Pradeep, Chaya Singh, and Suja Varunee, while Anandaraj, John Vijay, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, and Aadukalam Naren play supporting roles. Sam CS composed the soundtrack. Axess Film Factory began production in March 2017. It was released in May 2018 and received good response from critics. Plot Bharath (Arulnithi) is a taxi driver who is in love with Suseela (Mahima Nambiar), a nurse. He is a fan of writer Vyjayanthi (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan). Once, she rides in his taxi and notices a man and his bike. She tells Bharath that her late husband had the same bike and died, so she is investigating his death. One evening, when Suseela returns from a wedding in a cab, the driver misbehaves with her. Ganesh (Ajmal) saves her, and she thanks him. When they meet again, Ganesh tries to pursue her inappropria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlin (2018 Film)
''Merlin'' is a 2018 Indian Tamil fantasy film written and directed by Keera. The film features Vishnu Priyan and Ashwini Chandrashekar in the lead roles, while Jeeva, Singampuli and Aadukalam Murugadoss play other pivotal roles. Featuring music by Ganesh Raghavendra, the venture began production in early 2016 and was released on 23 February 2018. Cast ; Special appearances in the song "Ain't No Sunshine" in order of appearance Production Director Keera announced that ''Merlin'' would be his second film after ''Pachai Engira Kaathu'' during late 2015, with production beginning thereafter. Vishnu Priyan was signed as the lead actor, while Kannada actress Ashwini Chandrashekar joined the cast to play the lead actress. Though it was the first Tamil film she signed up for, two other Tamil films ended up releasing earlier. Supporting actors including Lollu Sabha Jeeva, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Singampuli and Powerstar Srinivasan also worked on the film, while prominent cinematographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie (film)
''Richie'' (formerly titled as ''Santa Maria'' and ''Avargal'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Neo-noir, neo noir action crime film directed by Gautham Ramachandran and written by Rakshit Shetty. It is a remake of the 2014 Kannada film ''Ulidavaru Kandanthe'' and stars Nivin Pauly in the title role, along with Natarajan Subramaniam, Natraj, Shraddha Srinath, and Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli in lead roles, while Prakash Raj, Elango Kumaravel, Raj Bharath (actor), Raj Bharath, and Aadukalam Murugadoss play supporting roles. The film began production in June 2016. and was released in India on 8 December 2017. Plot The film opens on Boxing Day with Megha, a news reporter from Chennai who is writing a story about the mysterious death of a young man named Richard K. Sagayam alias Richie, who was shot dead during a Santa Claus parade in the port city of Thoothukudi. Megha actually knows Richie as he grew up at the reform school her parents used to work at. Megha goes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadamban
''Kadamban'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by N. Ragavan. Arya and Catherine Tresa star. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by S. R. Sathish Kumar, editing by Deva, art directing by A. R. Mohan, and stunt choreography by Dhilip Subbarayan. The movie was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Gajendrudu''."The Hindi rights of the film were purchased by RK Duggal Studios for a record price. The Hindi trailer was launched on 6 May 2017, and the Hindi dubbed version was released under the same title by RKD studios. It received mixed reviews, who appreciated performance of Arya, visuals, and music, but criticised for writing, and its similarities between previous Hollywood, and slow pace. Plot Kadamban is a native of an isolated tribe in the Kadamban Forest, Tamil Nadu. The area is known for its wildlife and an immense amount of limestone. This brings the attention of the Mahendran Brothers, who own a large cement fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saithan
''Saithan'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy. The film stars Vijay Antony in a dual role with Arundhati Nair, Charuhasan, Y. G. Mahendra, Siddhartha Shankar and Kitty amongst others forming the secondary cast. Based on the novel ''Aaah!'' by Sujatha, the film revolves around a software engineer who gets into trouble after he starts hearing strange voices asking him to kill a woman named Jayalakshmi. The film was released theatrically on 1 December 2016. Plot The film opens with Dinesh (Vijay Antony) and his boss (Y. G. Mahendra) visiting a psychiatrist. Here, Dinesh tells the doctor that he had been listening to a voice for a few days, and it has been troubling him. Upon questioning the source of the voice, Dinesh tells that the voice sounds like that of God, if he were present really. The doctor asks Dinesh to come along with him for a personal treatment where Dinesh tells him that he had killed his friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virumandikum Sivanandikum
''Virumandikum Sivanandikum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Vincent Selva and starring debutante Sanjay and Arundhati Nair with Thambi Ramaiah in an important role. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Royal Treat''. Plot Shiva, who is not interested a government job, does business with his friend. They borrow money from an evil moneylender and pay back the money with interest. Shiva and his friend end up in money issues, A director, Ganduchamy, who is a fraud, makes a movie with Shiva as the protagonist, his friend as the antagonist, and a woman, Nandhini, as the female protagonist. He promises to give Shiva six lakhs for acting in the film. Vincent Selva works as the cameraman for the film. The director shoots the film without Nandhini knowing that she is a part of the film. After shooting for the film, Shiva falls in love with Nandhini. Sivanandi, the head of a village, finds out that Shiva was part of a film with Nandhini, a girl who ran away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjala (film)
''Anjala'' is a 2016 Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Thangam Saravanan and produced by Dhilip Subbarayan. Vimal and Nandita star, while Gopi Sunder composes the film's music. Cast * Vimal as Gavaskar "Gavas" * Nandita as Uthra * Riythvika as Anjala * Pasupathy as Muthirulandi and Appu * Aadukalam Murugadoss as Kalyana Raman * Imman Annachi as Jogging Chellapa * R. V. Udayakumar as Sundaramoorthy * Ezhil as Boopathy * Subbu Panchu as UK * Venkatraman as Gnanaprakasam * Shahul Master as John * Vasanth * Devaraj * Kadhal Krishnamoorthy Special appearances in Promotional song by : *Bobby Simha *Deva *Jayam Ravi *Jiiva *Karthi *Raghava Lawrence *Rajendran *Robo Shankar *Samuthirakani * Sasikumar *Sivakarthikeyan * Soori *Sridhar *Thambi Ramaiah *Vijay Sethupathi *Vikram Prabhu Production Produced by stunt choreographer Dhilip Subbarayan, ''Anjala'' began production in December 2013 with Vimal, Nanditha, and Pasupathi in the cast. The film's cinematography will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
