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Anandaraj
Anandaraj (born May 15, 1959) is an Indian actor. He has acted in villain roles in several Tamil films and has appeared in over a two hundred films in different languages including Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Career Anandaraj was born and brought up in Pondicherry. His father was a civil surgeon . After schooling, he wanted his son to be a police officer, but Anandaraj wanted to try something different as he was fascinated with films. His family supported his dreams. He joined in M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai for a course. Kannada actor Shiva Rajkumar was his classmate. Anandaraj was under the impression that offers would come his way, but later he had to struggle for an opportunity and finally started off with the 1988 film '' Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam'', starring Prabhu and Sivakumar, and later ''En Thangachi Padichava'', directed by P. Vasu, gave him the much-needed break in all the four south Indian languages. He did Suresh Kriss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baashha
''Baashha'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sathyapriya, Shenbaga and Yuvarani in supporting roles. It revolves around an auto-driver who maintains a humble exterior and stays away from violence, but has a dark past which he conceals from his family. During the making of ''Annaamalai'' (1992), Rajinikanth and Krissna discussed a scene from the former's Hindi film ''Hum'' (1991) which was not filmed. The story of ''Baashha'' was adapted from that scene along with that film's core plot and key elements. Principal photography began in August 1994 and was completed in less than five months. P. S. Prakash was the cinematographer, and it was edited by Ganesh Kumar. The dialogues were written by Balakumaran. The music was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. ''Baashha'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulan Visaranai
''Pulan Visaranai'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film stars Vijayakanth. while Rupini, M. N. Nambiar, Radha Ravi, Anandaraj, and Sarathkumar play supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Sundar Raj and S. Raveendran, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1990. It was remade in Hindi as '' Ravan Raaj: A True Story'' (1995). The character of the antagonist Dharma (played by Anandaraj) is loosely based on the serial killer Auto Shankar. A sequel, ''Pulan Visaranai 2'', was released in 2015. Plot Dharma (Anandaraj) is an auto driver who kidnaps young women and is on the payroll of a powerful politician named RR (Radha Ravi). He kidnaps a girl from Chennai Central railway station. R K Mahendra (Sarathkumar) and Dharma go to RR's house, and Mahendra tells R.R. about his plans of opening a hospital in Chennai. He tells him that a person named Salem Cheenathana Chettiar who is obstructing the plans. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Mappillai
''Government Mappillai'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil language drama film directed Manivannan. The film stars Anandaraj and Kasthuri. The film, produced by G. S. Madhu, had a musical score by Deva and was released on 6 March 1992. Plot Sundarapandian ( Anandaraj), an angry orphan, is the henchman of a rich man Manivannan (Manivannan) and often went to jail for minor offences. Karthikeyan (Ramkumar) enters his house as a servant and falls in love with his daughter Kalyani ( Saradha Preetha). In the meantime, Mallaria ( Kasthuri), an orphan, tries to reform Sundarapandian and they fall in love with each other. One day, a poor girl Chellayi (Ragasudha) is raped and killed by a corrupted Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) (Vasu Vikram). Sundarapandian and Mallaria finally get married, they decide to leave the village but they don't have enough money. Manivannan prepares his daughter's wedding with the MLA and Manivannan orders Sundarapandian to kill the innocent Karthikeyan. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthiya Aatchi
''Puthiya Aatchi'' () is a 1995 Tamil-language drama film directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film stars Anandaraj, Raadhika and Sarath Babu. The film songs was composed by Premi - Sreeni and Manachanallur Giridharan, the film score was composed by Shyam and was released on 3 March 1995. Plot Marappan (Anandaraj) is the rebel leader of 'Puratchi Padai'. The rebel group only kills corrupted politicians who spoil the poor's lives. Whereas a corrupted politician Valluvadasan (Radha Ravi) misuses their name and he perpetrates murders of innocent people under their name. Vivekanandan (Sarath Babu), an IPS officer, lives happily with his wife (Raadhika) and his son. Vivekanandan is charged to arrest the members of 'Puratchi Padai'. Cast *Anandaraj as Marappan *Sarath Babu as Vivekanandhan / Vivek *Raadhika *Radha Ravi as Valluvadasan *S. S. Chandran as Kannusamy *S. Gajendra Kumar *V. Gopalakrishnan *Meesai Murugesan *Naga Kannan *Idichapuli Selvaraj * MRK *Velu Prabhakaran as Tami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Uncle
''David Uncle'' is a 1992 Tamil language comedy drama film directed Guna. The film stars Anandaraj, Siva, Sivaranjani, Rekha and Sridevi Vijaykumar. The film, produced by L. Vasu and K. Rajpreeth, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 25 September 1992. Plot The story begins with the minister Deivanayagam (R. P. Viswam) and his son who debated. Deivanayagam's son came with his wife Malathi (Rekha) and new-born daughter Devi, he believed that his father changed. On the other hand, Deivanayagam wanted his son back, leaving his wife and daughter but his son refused. Meanwhile, Deivanayagam's assistant Arumugam (K. Rajpreeth) killed Deivanayagam in front of his son and Arumugam put the blame on him. Deivanayagam's son was arrested and then the new-born daughter was handed over to a beggar by Arumugam. A few years later, Arumugam becomes a corrupt minister. He has a daughter Selvi (Sivaranjani) who is in love with the poor man Raja (Siva). Regarding Malathi, she takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokkiri Thambi
''Pokkiri Thambi'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Anandaraj and Kaveri, with Vijayakumar, Janagaraj, Jayanthkumar, Balambika, Kumarimuthu, Bayilvan Ranganathan, Anuja, Kullamani, Boopathi Raja and King Kong playing supporting roles. It was released on 22 May 1992. Plot In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared the night and their dead bodies are found the following day. Pannaiyar, the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai is an angry young man who works hard the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking arrack the night. He lives with his mother and his sister Selvi. Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar fall in love with each other but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house the night and he forcefully rapes Kaveri, thinking that she is Pannaiyar's daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaval Nilayam
''Kaaval Nilayam'' () is a 1991 Tamil language crime film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Sarath Kumar and Anandaraj. The film, produced by F. C. Vijayakumar, had musical score by Shankar–Ganesh and was released on 11 May 1991. Plot Raja ( Anandaraj), a rowdy, escapes from police officers and he is accommodated by a prostitute. Vijay (Sarath Kumar), an honest police officer, is transferred to a new area. Vijay lives happily with his wife Aarthi (Gautami) and his daughter Sowmiya. Soon, Raja crosses Vijay's path. In the past, Raja and Vijay were friends. Raja, Vijay and Aarthi trained hard for becoming police officers. While Raja was an orphan, Vijay was from a police family. The honest police officer Ravi (Jaishankar), Vijay's brother, clashed with the corrupt politician Andhavar ( M. N. Nambiar) and he was killed by Andhavar. Andhavar's son (Ajay Ratnam) is involved in drugging and filming young women. Vijay and Raja took different ways to fight against Andhavar. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaivana Paravaigal
''Palaivana Paravaigal'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil language crime film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Sarathkumar, Anandaraj, newcomer Udhayan and newcomer Dharini. The film, produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Sivaraman, had musical score by newcomer Ilayagangai and was released on 15 September 1990. Plot Mamu and Machi, two orphans and heartless criminals, are sentenced to the death penalty. Raja, their cellmate, is an innocent youth who is in love with Kaveri. Mamu and Machi decide to save Raja and they go to his village before their death sentence. Cast *Sarathkumar as Mamu *Anandaraj as Machi *Udhayan as Raja *Dharini as Kaveri *Jaishankar as Sivaprakasam * Jayanthi *Senthil as Peruchali *Sampathkumar as Pannaiyar *Sethu Vinayagam as Advocate *Charuhasan *Senthilnathan * Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal *K. Natraj as Kannayiram *S. N. Lakshmi *Loose Mohan *Kovai Senthil *T. S. Raghavendra *A. K. Veerasami Soundtrack The film score and the soundtrack were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Rajangam
''En Rajangam'' is a 1994 Tamil language comedy drama film directed and produced by Siraj. The film stars Anandaraj, Ramarjun, Vinodhini and Sreeja, with Jaishankar, Ravichandran, Eashwar, Shanmugasundaram, Vennira Aadai Moorthy and Thyagu playing supporting roles. It was released on 18 March 1994. Plot Gopalakrishnan is an honest and naive police constable who lives with his only sister Sugandhi. Sugandhi and her classmate Suresh (Ramarjun) quarrel for small matters. Meanwhile, Gopalakrishnan and Kalyani squabble whenever they meet. One day, Kalyani's mother dies and Gopalakrishnan brings her at his home. Later, Suresh and Sugandhi fall in love with each other and they get married secretly. Suresh's mother is later killed and the innocent Gopalakrishnan is arrested. Suresh discovers that the murder was planned by the corrupt politician Kodandam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story. Cast * Anandaraj as Gopalakrishnan *Ramarjun as Suresh *Vinodhini as Sugandhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makkal Aatchi
''Makkal Aatchi'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film written by E. Ramdoss, directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Thirupur A. Selvaraj under Aarthi International. The film stars Mammootty, Roja and Ranjitha, while Aishwarya, Anandaraj and Livingston play supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film revolves around Sethupathi, a common man who accidentally finds a stash of money which he then uses to become a politician. The film was a super hit at the box office even though it clashed with the Rajinikanth starrer '' Muthu'' and the Kamal Haasan starrer '' Kuruthipunal'' . The film was also a commercial success in Kerala. With consecutive box office successes, the film elevated Mammootty to the status of a ''Superstar'' among the Tamil audience. The film received positive reviews from critics particularly the film's dialogues by Liaquat Ali Khan, which won rave reviews from critics. BehindWoods.com listed ''Makkal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang Leader
''Gang Leader'' is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language action crime film written and directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, and produced by Maganti Ravindranath Chowdary. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, while Rao Gopal Rao, Anandaraj, Murali Mohan, and Sarath Kumar play supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Bappi Lahiri with dance choreography by Prabhu Deva. The film explores the concepts of exploitation of law enforcement by anti-social behaviour and the impact of mob psychology. The film opened to highly positive reviews from the critics and was commercially successful at the box office. It was screened at the International Film Festival of India. Later, it was dubbed in Tamil with the same title. The film was later remade in Hindi as '' Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj'' (1992) where Chiranjeevi reprises his role, and in Kannada as '' Kutumba'' (2003). Plot Raghupathi, Raghava and Rajaram are brothers. Raghupathi is the only breadwinner of the family, Raghava is preparing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suryavamsam (1997 Film)
''Surya Vamsam'' ( and ) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars R. Sarathkumar in dual lead roles with Devayani. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year 1997. It was subsequently remade into Telugu under the same title (1998), in Hindi as ''Sooryavansham'' (1999), and in Kannada as '' Surya Vamsha'' (2000). Plot Sakthivel Gounder (Sarath Kumar) is a rich, influential and one of the most educated men in his village near Pollachi. He has a wife Latha (Raadhika), three sons, and a daughter. Sakthivel hates his youngest son Chinnarasu (Sarath Kumar). Sakthivel's daughter's wedding is fixed, and Nandini ( Devayani) is the groom's sister. She meets Chinnarasu during her brother's wedding and wonders why Sakthivel dislikes him. Chinnarasu's sidekick Rasappa (Manivannan) tells a flashback to Nandini. Chinnarasu was weak in studies from childhood. He was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
