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Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)
''Bigg Boss Ultimate'' was the first season of the Tamil Indian reality Streaming television of ''Bigg Boss Ultimate'', the spin-off to Bigg Boss Tamil and the first series to be released exclusively on Star India streaming service Disney+ Hotstar. The season launched on 30 January 2022 with Kamal Haasan as a host, but he has exited the show from week 3 onwards, due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming film Vikram. Later, Silambarasan continued as a host from week 4 onwards. The Grand Finale of the show took place on 10 April 2022 and Balaji Murugadoss emerged as the winner, while Niroop Nandakumar became the runner-up. Thamarai Selvi and Maria Juliana became the first 2 commoner contestants to make it to the grand finale and becoming finalists in the whole Bigg Boss Tamil franchise. This version of Bigg Boss was somewhat successful for the Bigg Boss Tamil franchise and topped trp charts with a high of 6.12 trp on the grand finale night which is impressive for an OTT pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali language, Bengali films. He has been recognised as an influence for actors and filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. He is also known for introducing many new technologies and cosmetics to the Indian film industry. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Kalaimamani, Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999), Padma Shri in 1990, the List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019), Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (''Chevalier'') in 2016. Haasan started his career as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil language, Tamil-language film ''Kalathur Kannamma'', for which he won the Rashtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigg Boss (Tamil Season 3)
''Bigg Boss 3'' was the third season of the reality TV game show ''Bigg Boss'', which commenced on 23 June 2019 with 17 contestants (15 first-day entrants, 2 wildcard entrants, and 1 re–entrant). Kamal Haasan returned as host for the show third time. The show was aired on Star Vijay. Hotstar also provided content aired on television. The house, located at EVP World in Chembarambakkam, Chennai, was completely renovated with a Chettinad-based theme for this season. It is the only season in Bigg Boss history where a foreigner has won the show. Mugen Rao, a musical artist from Malaysia won the title and Sandy emerged as the first runner-up. Losliya Mariyanesan, a Srilankan Tamil newsreader emerged as second runner up and Sherin Shringar, a film actress emerged as third runner-up. Abhirami Venkatachalam and Vanitha Vijayakumar returned as contestants in ''Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)''. Housemate status Following were the housemates who took part in Bigg Boss Tamil Season 3:ht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhirami Venkatachalam
Abhirami Venkatachalam () (9 March 1991) is an Indian actress who works prominently in Tamil film industry. She appeared in the first season of the spin-off version of ''Bigg Boss Tamil'' called '' Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)'' and emerged as the 5th runner up. Acting career Abhirami Iyer started her career as a model and won the Miss Tamil Nadu title. In 2016, she starred in the web series ''Ctrl Alt Delete''. The following year, she hosted the reality show '' Star Wars'' on Sun TV. Abhirami made her acting debut in Anand Shankar's ''NOTA'' (2018), portraying the love interest of the characters portrayed by senior actors Nassar and Sathyaraj. She then appeared '' Kalavu'' and portrayed one of the leads in the film. That same year, she participated in the third season of the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil. After auditioning for several films including ''Kaatru Veliyidai'' and ''Vikram Vedha'', she landed a role in ''Nerkonda Paarvai'' (2019). In a review of the film by ''The We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Sirithal
''Naan Sirithal'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Raana in his directorial debut. Following the success of ''Meesaya Murukku'' and ''Natpe Thunai'', Sundar C co-produced Aadhi's third film and it became a hat-trick hit. Hiphop Tamizha and Iswarya Menon and K. S. Ravikumar is playing a villain role, while Badava Gopi and Eruma Saani Vijay are playing supporting roles. It is a feature film version of Raana own short film ''Keka Beka Keka Beka''. The film released on 14 February 2020 to mixed reviews from critics Plot The film opens with an interview given by Thyagu (Eruma Saani Vijay), Gopi (Badava Gopi) and Gandhi (Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi). Gandhi then starts to tell the story of his life. He is a happy go lucky man who works in the IT sector. He is in love with his office colleague Ankitha (Iswarya Menon). Due to unfortunate circumstances at his workplace, he is told to clear his failed exams in Engineering, or else he would lose his job. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Pro-jallikattu Protests
The 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, also known as the pro-jallikattu movement, were leaderless apolitical youth protests which took place in January 2017 in large groups in several locations across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Some sporadic smaller protests also took place across India as well as overseas. The chief motivation of the protest was against the Supreme Court's order to ban jallikattu (occasionally also known as ''sallikattu'', ''eru taluval and'' ''manju virattu''), a traditional Tamil bull taming sport, which is held during Pongal, a harvest festival in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The sport is conducted annually on the second day of the Tamil month Thai. The sport was banned by the Supreme Court in a decision citing cruelty to animals based on a lawsuit filed by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which asserted that it violates the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA). The first large protests occurred on 8 Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Juliana (Julie)
''Bigg Boss '' was the first season of the Tamil-language reality TV show ''Bigg Boss Tamil'' which is the Tamil version of the ''Big Brother''. The first season aired on Star Vijay from 25 June 2017 to 30 September 2017. The season's presenter was Kamal Haasan and a lavish house set was constructed at EVP theme park, Chennai. This season is the shortest season in the Bigg Boss Tamil series excluding the Ultimate series. The winner of the season was model/actor Arav, who received a cash prize of 50 lakh. Lyricist Snehan was the runner-up, while the other finalists included Harish Kalyan, Ganesh Venkatraman and Bindu Madhavi. Snehan, Suja Varunee and Maria Juliana returned as contestants in ''Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)''. While Bindu Madhavi returned as a contestant in ''Bigg Boss Non-Stop (season 1)'' and eventually she won it. Housemate status Housemates Original entrants # Sri, an actor best known for playing the lead role in the films ''Vazhakku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjula Vijayakumar
Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 195423 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Personal life She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976. The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi. Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from his first marriage. Sanjeev and Sindhu are her nephew and niece respectively (elder sister's son and daughter respectively). Acting career She first appeared in the film ''Shanthi Nilayam'' (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged niece of Gemini Ganesan's character). Her first lead role was in ''Rickshawkaran'' (1971). She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Since the late 80's, she has appeared in supporting roles. Manjula has performed alongside R. Muthuraman, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Kamal Haa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayakumar (Tamil Actor)
Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai (born 29 August 1943), known professionally as Vijayakumar, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He started his film career in the Tamil film '' Sri Valli'' (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' (1974) then he worked in ''Madhura Geetham'' (1977) and ''Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren'' (1979). He has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies. He also worked in television serials like ''Thangam'', ''Vamsam'', ''Talambralu'', ''Nandini'' and '' Rasaathi''. His son is actor Arun Vijay. Early life Vijayakumar was born on 29 August 1943 in Nattuchalai, Pattukkottai Taluk, Thanjavur dist, Tamil Nadu, India. His birth name Panchaksharam was changed to Vijayakumar for films. He debuted in the 1961 Tamil movie '' Sri Valli''. Again in 1964, with the help of his uncle, he came to Chennai and tried for roles, but only got a small role in the movie ''Kandhan Karunai'' as one of the devargal, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooku With Comali
''Cooku with Comali'', also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who are amateur cooks. The first season premiered on 16 November 2019 and ended on 23 February 2020. The second season was premiered on 14 November 2020 and ended on 14 April 2021. The third season was premiered on 22 January 2022 and ended on 24 July 2022. The fourth season was premiered on 28 January 2023. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and judged by Chef Damu and Chef Venkatesh Bhat. Production Game format Every week, the show starts with celebrity chefs getting paired with their ''Comalis.'' Then the teams compete in Advantage Task 1 and Task 2. The teams then compete in Main Task and Immunity/Elimination Task. The Advantage task involves a minimal task in which a team does a small task and the winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandralekha (1995 Film)
''Chandralekha'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic action film, directed by Nambirajan. Starring Vijay (actor), Vijay and Vanitha Vijayakumar in her debut, the film had music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film revolves around an orthodox Brahmin girl falls in love with a Muslim boy, Rahim, but their families don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to elope and are caught by militants in the forest. The film was released on 23 October 1995 on Diwali clashing with Rajinikanth film ''Muthu (film), Muthu'', and ''Chandralekha'' performed mediocre at the box office, even though the film songs were a hit. The film is about Hindu-Muslim marriage riots. The film's title was also titled after the hit song ''Chandralekha'' from ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993) film. Plot Chandralekha, an orthodox Brahmin girl, falls in love with, Rahim, a Muslim boy. Whereas, Salima loves Rahim since her childhood. Mustafa, Rahim's brother, and Jamal, Salima's brother, agrees to engag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanitha Vijayakumar
Vanitha Vijayakumar (born 5 October 1980) is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Tamil. She has also acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada language films. She made her cinematic acting debut in 1995, along with actor Vijay in '' Chandralekha'', where she played the title role. She has acted more than 20 films in languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She made her acting debut at the age of 14 in the 1995 Tamil film '' Chandralekha'' with Vijay. She made her debut in Malayalam cinema with ''Hitler Brothers'' (1997) and Telugu with '' Devi'' (1999). Vanitha is also one of the highest paid television personalities in the South Indian film and television industry along with other popular personalities such as Priyanka Deshpande and Sreemukhi who are also leading ladies in the Indian television industry. In ''Bigg Boss Tamil 3'' Vanitha was the highest paid contestant in history and broke records in India alone for her income after the show, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigg Boss (Tamil Season 2)
''Bigg Boss 2'' was the second season of the reality television series, ''Bigg Boss'', and was hosted by Kamal Haasan. The season had 17 housemates (including wildcard entries), and was filmed with 60 cameras. It ran for 15 weeks (from 17 June to 30 September 2018), and aired on Star Vijay weekdays from 9–10:30 am and 9–11:00 pm on weekends. Hotstar provided content not aired on television and provided ''Fun Unlimited'', a parallel weekly programme. Hosted by Rio Raj, it humorously described events in the house. The first season's lavish house set, on the outskirts of Chennai at EVP Film City in Chembarambakkam, was renovated just before the start of this season. The renovated house included a "jail room" to increase the severity of punishment for contestant mistakes. The winner of ''Bigg Boss Tamil 2'' was Riythvika, who won a trophy and a cash prize of 50 lakhs (5 million). Aishwarya Dutta was the runner-up, and the other finalists were Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan and Janani I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
