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Arjun Jena
Arjun Jena is an Indian cinematographer from Chennai. Career Early days During the 1990s, Jena joined cinematographer P. C. Sreeram's unit as an assistant cameraman. He worked under Sreeram in films such as ''Thevar Magan'' (1992), ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993), '' May Madham'' (1994), '' Subha Sankalpam'' (1994) and '' Kurudhipunal'' (1995). Later in 1996, he joined cinematographer Jeeva, a former assistant of Sreeram, as an operating cameraman. He apprenticed under Jeeva in ''Indian'' (1996), '' Ullasam'' (1997), '' Vaali (1999), Kushi'' (2000), '' Run'' (2002), '' Zor'', '' Hera Pheri'' and '' Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar''. Independent work Jena got his first break with the short film ''Silent Scream'', directed by Vikram Kumar. It won the National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film at the 46th National Film Awards in 1998. He made his feature film debut with Kathir's Tamil feature film ''Kadhal Virus'' (2000), which won him the Tami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Kumar
Vikram K. Kumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, ''Silent Scream'', for which he won the National Film Award For Best Instructional Film. He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema industry with '' Ishtam'' in 2001, and then directed the Tamil movie, ''Yavarum Nalam'' ('' 13B'' in Hindi). In 2014, he scripted and directed ''Manam'' which was screened at the 45th International Film Festival of India in the ''Homage to Akkineni Nageswara Rao'' section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction '' 24'' (2016), which won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards, and the comedy-thriller ''Gang Leader'' (2019). Early career Kumar graduated from Madras Christian College in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director Priyadarshan, working on the Malayalam film '' Chandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saloni Aswani
Saloni Aswani is an Indian actress and model who appears in Telugu and Kannada films. After finishing her education, Saloni ventured into modelling, appearing in various television advertisements. She went on to pursue a career in acting, debuting in the Hindi film ''Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa'' (2003), following which she starred in several Telugu films, failing to achieve notable commercial success. She gained notice through her performances in Buddhivantha and S. S. Rajamouli's ''Maryada Ramanna'' (2010), leading to roles in further major Telugu productions. Early life Aswani was born in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra into a Sindhi-speaking family as Vandana (3rd December). Her father was an assistant commissioner of narcotics. The family moved to CGS quarters at Wadala, Mumbai, when she was around five years old. After completing school, she enrolled at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University (SNDT) near New Marine Lines/Churchgate, Mumbai, and graduated in Psycholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. He received the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1991, for his work in Mani Ratnam's '' Anjali'', which was India's official entry to the Oscars for that year. Tarun won critical acclaim with the Malayalam children's film, '' Abhayam'' (1991), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year, and Tarun won the Best Child artist Award at the ''Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan''. As a child artist, Tarun starred in super hits such as ''Manasu Mamatha'' (1990), '' Surya IPS'' (1991), ''Aditya 369'' (1991), ''Teja'' (1992), ''My Dear Muthachan'' (1992), and '' Johny'' (1993). Early life Tarun is the son of Roja Ramani and Odia Director Sushant Chakrapani. He started his career as a child actor with ''Manasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oka Oorilo
''Oka Oorilo (modalaina premakatha)'' is a 2005 Telugu romantic film directed by Ramesh Varma and starring Tarun, Saloni and Raja. The film's soundtrack is by Devi Sri Prasad. Plot Seenu (Tarun), Lalitha ( Saloni) and Ravi (Raja) are childhood friends in a remote village. Ravi moves to town as a kid and loses contact with Seenu and Lalitha. Seenu and Lalitha grow up together and fall in love but Seenu's father opposes their love. Seenu and Lalitha run away from their homes and accidentally meet Ravi in the city. Ravi gives them shelter in his home but suddenly Seenu goes amiss. The rest of the story is all about the ending of a love story that started in a village. Cast *Tarun as Seenu *Raja as Ravi * Saloni as Lalitha * Sunil as Seenu's servant * Chandra Mohan * Naresh *Nirosha *Hema *MS Narayana *Kalpana *Ramaraju *Yamuna *Muralidhar *Master Teja *Master Karthik *Baby Nikshipta *Jenny Music Music was Composed by Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad (; born 2 August 1979) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sridevi Vijaykumar
Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Personal life Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as the youngest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and Manjula, a popular South Indian actress. Sridevi has two elder sisters, Vanitha and Preetha, two half-sisters, Kavitha and Anitha, and an elder half-brother, Arun Vijay. She is married to Rahul and has a daughter. Film career She started off as a child artist in a Tamil movie ''Rickshaw Mama''. Sridevi made her Tamil debut as heroine in the romantic film ''Kadhal Virus'' by Kathir. She shifted to Telugu industry and became popular. She was critically acclaimed for her performance in AVM's ''Priyamana Thozhi'' by Vikraman Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema. Career 1990–1994 He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in ''Put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ala Modalaindi
''Ala Modalaindi'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy under the Sri Ranjith Movies banner. It stars Nani, Nithya Menen (in her Telugu debut) and Sneha Ullal with the music composed by Kalyani Malik. The film's cinematography is performed by Arjun Jena with editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Released on 21 January 2011, the film opened to favorable reviews by critics and became a commercial success. The film grossed 15 crore on a budget of 4 crore. Reddy won the Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu. The film is considered one of the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by ''Film Companion''. The film is remade in Tamil as ''Yennamo Yedho'' (2014), in Bengali as ''Olpo Olpo Premer Golpo'' (2014) and in Kannada as '' Bhale Jodi'' (2016). Plot The film begins with an accident. Gautham is abducted by John Abraham. On the way, Gautham is forced to narrate his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Khichdi
''Love Khichdi'' is an Indian Hindi romantic comedy film, directed by Srinivas Bhashyam The film was released on 28 August 2009. Plot Veer is a bachelor from a small town working as a sous-chef in a five-star hotel in Mumbai, India. He is handsome, charming and easy-going and flirts with and lusts after any woman. With his ego, confusion and commitment issues, it is impossible for him to stop lying. The sometimes smart and sometimes silly observations of his all-male gang of coworkers at the hotel kitchen are of little help until Veer is finally forced to grow up. Cast *Randeep Hooda - Veer Pratap Singh *Sadha - Sandhya Iyengar *Rituparna Sengupta - Sharmishta Basu *Divya Dutta - Parminder Kaur *Riya Sen - Deepti Jignesh Mehta *Sonali Kulkarni - Shanta Bheemrao Bhansode *Kalpana Pandit - Nafisa Khan *Jesse Randhawa - Susan Raj *Saurabh Shukla - Krishnan/Guruji * Sanjay Mishra - Tambe *Mukesh Bhatt - Nandu * Ujjwal Chopra - Vikas Sharma *Milind Soman Milind Soman (born 4 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegan
''Aegan'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Raju Sundaram and produced by Ayngaran International. It stars Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara, with Suman, Jayaram, Nassar, Navdeep, and Piaa Bajpai in supporting roles. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Arjun Jena and editing by V. T. Vijayan. It is based on the 2004 Indian film, ''Main Hoon Na''. The film revolves around a daredevil cop who, on behalf of his ailing father and the ambition of a lieutenant general, returns to college in Ooty. Whilst protecting the general's daughter, he attempts to reconcile with his stepbrother from his father's marriage. Furthermore, he has to ward off an international criminal who is trying to kill the general, an ex-aide of his who has turned police approver. How the cop manages to solve all three problems forms the crux of the story. The film opened to Indian audiences on 25 October 2008, coinciding with the Diwali season; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu State Film Award For Best Cinematographer
The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list See also * Tamil cinema * Cinema of India References {{Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best Cinematography 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 (), li ... Awards for best cinematography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhal Virus
''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first film as a main lead actor) and Sandhya. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film opened to critical acclaim and was a high commercial success. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Premisthe and released on 12 October 2005. It was remade in Kannada as ''Cheluvina Chittara'' in 2007, in Bengali as ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' in 2008, in Bengali Bangladesh as ''Nogor Mastan'' in 2015, in Marathi as ''Ved Laavi Jeeva'' in 2010, in Nepali as '' Manjari'' in 2013 and in Punjabi as ''Ramta Jogi'' in 2015. Plot Murugan is a diligent scooter mechanic in Madurai, and life goes on smoothly for him until a rich student Aishwarya sets an eye on him. The infatuation reaches a dangerous level when she coaxes Murugan to take her from the constraint of her family, who has other plans about her future. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
