Bharathi Kannan
S.Bharathi Kannan is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was primarily active in the 1990s and early 2000 and is most noted for his work on devotional films. Career He started his career in 1981, joining as an assistant director to Nellai Sunderrajan and went on to continue such roles for the next fifteen years, while appearing in a few supporting roles as actor notably in ''Nethiyadi'' and ''Jadikketha Moodi'' (1989). He then apprenticed for a series of films under director K. Shankar, while looking for a producer for his first script. Meanwhile, he also worked as a distributor for films, releasing '' Guna'' and '' Pandiyan'' in Tirunelveli. Bharathi Kannan made his first film ''Aruva Velu'' in 1996 and won average reviews for his work. He was given the opportunity to produce a medium budget action film ''Thirunelveli'' (2000) by R. B. Choudary featuring Prabhu in the lead role, but the film became a box office failure. He then made a series of Hindu devo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guna (film)
''Gunaa'' is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language psychological romantic drama film directed by Santhana Bharathi and co-written by Sab John. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Rekha and newcomer Roshini. The film revolves around a newly released psychiatric patient (Haasan) who kidnaps an heiress (Roshini) to make her fall in love with him. He believes she is an avatar of goddess Abhirami and it is his destiny to marry her. Haasan and John initially planned to make a film set in Sri Lanka during a time of insurgency, but the project was dropped over story concerns. John later developed a new story ''Mathikettan Solai'' (which would be renamed ''Gunaa''), inspired partly by a mentally-ill person he knew. The dialogues were written by Balakumaran, cinematography was handled by Venu and editing by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan. The film was mostly shot around Kodaikanal, including a cave then known as Devil's Kitchen. ''Gunaa'' was released on 5 November 1991, Diwali day. It was critically accl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thiruvannamalai (film)
''Thiruvannamalai'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Perarasu. It stars Arjun Sarja, Pooja Gandhi, Karunas, Sai Kumar and Vidharth. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as ''Main Hoon Vinashak'' and in Telugu as ''Jai Sambasiva''. Plot Easwaran (Arjun Sarja) is an upright, honest youth who runs a local cable channel in Kumbakonam. He is known to fight for causes of the society and the common man. He enters into fisticuffs with local MLA Poongundran ( Sai Kumar) after he exposes his corrupt and greedy ways through his cable TV channel. Fearing trouble, his mother Alamelu ( Sudha) takes him to a saint in Thiruvannamalai. Guruji resembles Easwaran. A sequence of events forces them to swap places. The soft-spoken Swami tries to sort all issues through non-violent means ( Gandhian philosophy). Halfway through, Duraisingam (Karunas) dies in the hands of Poongundran and Poovarasu (Vidharth). In the climax, Guruj ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kolangal (TV Series)
''Kolangal''(Tamil: கோலங்கள், ) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a Prime time serial that aired weekdays from 24 November 2003 to 4 December 2009 for 1,533 episodes. It was the first series in Tamil television history to have crossed 1,000 episodes. The show is aired in Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm and later shifted to 9:00 pm. The show starred Devayani, Deepa Venkat, V. Thiruselvam, Ajay Kapoor, Poornima Indrajith, While Mohan Sharma, Sathya Priya, Abishek Shankar, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Nalini, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Srividya Mohan, Manjari Vinodhini, Kuyili, Bombay Gnanam, Dwarakish Giri, Auditor Sridhar, Joker Thulasi, Bharathi, Neelima Rani, Devadharshini, Priyadarshini, Dhivyadharshini Supporting Roles & Co Stars. The show was later replaced by Thendral which was also produced by Vikatan Televistas. After 15 years hiatus, the show started reairing from 26 November 2018 on Vikatan Prime Time YouTube ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pakka (film)
''Pakka'' () is a 2018 Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by debutant S. S. Surya. Produced by Benn Consortium Studios (P) Ltd, starring Vikram Prabhu in dual role alongside Nikki Galrani and Bindu Madhavi. Production for the film began in February 2017. The movie was released on April 27, 2018. It received mixed reviews from both critics and audience and was considered as a "Disaster" at the box office. Plot Nadhiya (Bindhu Madhavi) who is trying to commit suicide on a railway track, but our hero Dhoni Kumar ( Vikram Prabhu) comes to her rescue. Nadhiya mistakes Kumar for Pandi (also Vikram Prabhu) a toy-seller from the village. In a flashback it is revealed that Nadhiya, the village chief's daughter, had fallen for Pandi seeing his inherent goodness but due to parental opposition, the lovers get separated. Nadhiya runs away from her house in search of Pandi and meets up with Dhoni Kumar, who is a spitting image of Pandi. Dhoni Kumar is a carefree guy who is a cra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mannar Vagaiyara
''Mannar Vagaiyara'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by G. Boopathy Pandian. The film is produced by actor Vimal, who also stars alongside Anandhi, while Prabhu, Saranya Ponvannan, Chandini Tamilarasan and Karthik Kumar amongst others appear in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Jakes Bejoy and cinematography by P. G. Muthiah and Sooraj Nallusami, the film was released on 26 January 2018 and become a decent hit by completing 100 days of theatrical run. Plot Govindaraja Mooriyar is a respected person in a town living with his wife and two sons – Arivazhagan and Madhi. Ilayarani also hails from a nearby town living with her parents Rajangam, and Kalaiyarasi as well as an elder sister Selvarani and elder brother JP. Madhi falls in love with Ilayarani which she reciprocates. Karunakaran is a local business man and a relative of Rajangam, however, enmity prevails between both families. Kalaiyarasi plans to unite both families ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Podhuvaga Emmanasu Thangam
''Podhuvaga Em Manasu Thangam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Thalapathy Prabhu, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Nivetha Pethuraj, with Parthiepan and Soori in supporting roles. The film began production during September 2016 and was released on 11 August 2017 with mixed reviews. Plot Two villages in the suburbs of Dharmapuri share the same God as their "Kula Dheivam", and the idol is to be shared between them during festivals. Oothukattaan is a rich big shot in his village. He has a grudge against the other village as he was insulted by them a long time ago by not letting his daughter complete her ear piercing and is shooed off in the middle of the function and leaving his daughter's ears unpierced. Since then, he promised himself to destroy the village and bring idol to his village forever. In order to destroy the neighboring village, he plans to evacuate the entire village population, so he uses his power and wealth to stop governme ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pa Paandi
''Pa Paandi'' (also known by its former title ''Power Paandi'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Dhanush in his directorial debut. He also produced the movie under his studio Wunderbar Films. The film revolves around Pa Paandi (played by Rajkiran in the titular role), a retired ex-stunt master in the film industry, travels to Hyderabad to seek out for freedom, and also to reunite with his old village lover. Revathi, Prasanna and Chaya Singh play supporting roles in the film. Dhanush, who produced and directed the film, portray a cameo appearance in the film as the younger version of the protagonist, while Madonna Sebastian, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Dhivyadarshini too played cameo roles. The film was announced on 5 September 2016, announcing the title of the film, with a poster release, and the commencement of Principal photography took place on the same day. The filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad and Madurai. Initially the film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thodari
''Thodari'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film co produced, written and directed by Prabhu Solomon. It stars Dhanush and Keerthy Suresh, with D. Imman composing the film's music. Set on an express train, ''Thodari'' follows a pantry worker who tries to save the passengers and his girlfriend from hijackers and a politician's bodyguard amid a runaway train incident. ''Thodari'' was released theatrically on 22 September 2016. It was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Express Khiladi'' in 2018. Plot In New Delhi Railway Station, Poochiyappan is a railway catering company server who is on duty on the New Delhi-Chennai Express. He is working with his team member and best friend Vairam under his supervisor Chandrakanth. During the journey, he meets Saroja and falls in love with her at first sight. She is the make-up artist of the actress Srisha, and she wants to become a successful singer. Poochi tells Vairam about Saroja, who promises to help him woo her. Poochi devises ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marudhu
''Marudhu'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by M. Muthaiah. It features Vishal in the lead role. Production began in November 2015. It was released worldwide on 20 May 2016 with mixed reviews but ended up as a profitable venture at the box office. Plot Maruthu is a laborer from Rajapalayam who does not tolerate injustice, and leads a happy life with his grandmother Appathaa, and his close friend Kokkarako. One day, Maruthu encounters Bhagyalakshmi "Bhagyam", a bold young woman, at a temple, but their first meeting goes badly due to a misunderstanding, and he ends up at a police station. With Appathaa's help, Maruthu soon manages to win Bhagyam's heart. One day, Maruthu sees some goons chasing Bhagyam and her father near the market where he is working. Maruthu beats up the goons and then learns from Bhagyam's father why the goons are after them. Bhagyam was the daughter of Mariyamma, a brave woman who stood up to the atrocities committed by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Yellow Festival
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Savaale Samaali
''Savaale Samaali'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil language comedy drama film written and directed by Sathyasiva. The film stars Ashok Selvan and Bindu Madhavi while Nassar, Jagan, and Karunas play supporting roles. Produced by actor C. Arunpandian, the film features music composed by S. Thaman. The film began production in June 2014 under the working title ''Kekae Bokae'' and released on 4 September 2015. Plot Karthik gets a job at a TV channel called Top TV, but no one watches it. He is also attracted towards his sister Pooja's friend Divya and tries to impress her with the help of his work colleague Billa, but she does not reciprocate his love. Meanwhile, the debt-ridden channel’s boss Karunakaran tries to commits suicide and requests Karthik and Billa to find a way to get the channel to the top position and increase their overall TRP. The duo hits upon the idea of uniting lovers facing parental opposition through a reality show, but they fake the whole thing with Koothu acto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adhibar
''Adhibar'' ( Proprietor) is a 2015 Tamil-language action film directed by Surya Prakash. The film stars Jeevan and Vidya Pradeep with Nandha, Samuthirakani, Richard Rishi, and Ranjith playing supporting roles. The film was produced by T. Sivakumar, who also wrote the story for the film. The soundtrack was composed by newcomer Vikram Selva with editing done by Zashi Qmer and cinematography by Philip Vijayakumar. The film was released on 28 August 2015 to extremely negative reviews. Cast Production ''Adhibar'' began production in early 2015 and was revealed to be an action comedy film directed by Surya Prakash, who had been an active director in the early 2000s having directed films like ''Maayi'' (2000) and '' Diwan'' (2003). The shoot was held across Chennai, Bangkok and Malaysia. Soundtrack *"Avala" - Vikramselva *"En Kadhal" - Vikramselva *"Poi" - Gaana Bala *"Athibar" Theme music Critical reception Sudhir Srinivasan of ''The Hindu'' criticized the film stating "It is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |