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Chandrakumari
''Chandrakumari'' was a 2018-2019 Indian Tamil-language television historical drama and soap opera replacing Vani rani serial and its jointly directed by popular film director Suresh Krissna and O N Rathnam and co-produced by Sun Entertainment and Radaan Mediaworks which premiered on Sun TV from 10 December 2018 to 1 June 2019 for 144 episodes. The soap opera features veteran film actress Viji Chandrasekhar playing the lead role while Uma Riyaz Khan, Bhanu, Venu Arvind and Devipriya play pivotal roles. The sets for the shooting were established in Chennai and Mumbai. The plot of the serial is based on the ancient queen Chandrakumari and on the actual ancient historical story. The first day's episode was extended to one hour instead of a normal 28 minutes schedule and it became Sun TV, Gemini TV and Surya TV's first serial to have its opening episode for one hour. This serial portrays Radhika in a historical role. Plot The story takes place in two periods—past and present. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Riyaz Khan
Uma Riyaz Khan is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil television shows and in supporting roles in a few Tamil films. Personal life Uma was the only child of her artist parents. Her father, Kamesh, was a music director and her mother, Kamala Kamesh, was a famous actress who is well respected in the industry. After losing her father at age of nine, she was single-handedly brought up by her mother. She married Malayalam actor Riyaz Khan in 1992. They have two sons, Shariq Hassan and Shamarth Hassan. Khan went to Fatima Convent School in Kodambakkam. She was a state level athlete in 100 meters, Javelin throw, and a professional dancer. She was a trained classical dancer, and later switched to salsa and other Latin American dance forms. Career Uma's first film was the Hindi film '' Muskurahat'' (1992) by director Priyadarshan. In the film she played Amrish Puri's daughter. She described her first movie as a 'superb' experience. She calls her work in the film ''Anbe Sivam' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirosha
Nirosha is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. After her debut in Tamil in the film ''Agni Natchathiram'' (1988, directed by Mani Ratnam), Nirosha went on to appear in many successful and critically acclaimed films. She was one of the leading actress from 1988 to 1996. After her marriage to actor Ramki in 1995, she quit acting. After a hiatus, in 2000, she again started to work as a supporting actress. In 2017 she acted in Sudhakar Komakula’s ''Nuvvu Thopu Raa'' in Telugu. Filmography Tamil * ''Agni Natchathiram'' (1988) - Debut in Tamil * '' Soora Samhaaram'' (1988) * ''Senthoora Poove'' (1988) * ''Paravaigal Palavitham'' (1988) * ''Pattikattu Thambi'' (1988) * ''Paandi Nattu Thangam'' (1989) * ''Sonthakkaran'' (1989) * ''Kai Veesamma Kai Veesu'' (1989) * ''Poruthathu Pothum'' (1989) * ''Maruthu Pandi'' (1990) * ''Pachai Kodi'' (1990) * ''Kavalukku Kettikaran'' (1990) * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aravind Akash
Aravind Akash is an Indian actor and dancer who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry. He rose to fame through 2002 Malayalam film ''Nandanam'' portraying the role of Lord Krishna. He has also been a judge for a few TV shows in Malayalam and Tamil. Personal life and education He was born on 27 February 1976 in Delhi to parents from Jalandhar, Punjab. The family then moved to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His mother was a dancer in Tamil movies. He did his primary education from Children Garden School, and Kesari Higher Secondary school. He pursued a bachelor's degree in History and took dancing lessons from Academy of Modern Dance, Chennai. Career Aakash Aravind had signed on to play the lead role in Kutty Padmini's production, titled ''Kanju Sotuthey'' in 2001, opposite her daughter Kirthana Udayan. Despite beginning production, the film did not have a theatrical release. His next proposed film, Agathiyan's ''Kadhal Samrajyam ''Kadhal Samrajyam'' is an unreleased T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvarani
Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials. She played Rajinikanth's sister in ''Baashha'', Prabhavathy in the Tamil Serial '' Chithi'', and Sundari in ''Thendral ''Thendral'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1340 episodes. The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves aro ...''. Controversy In April 2010, Yuvarani won RM70,000 in damages in a defamation suit against two distributors and the publisher of popular monthly magazine Indian Movie News (IMN). She filed the civil suit in 2003 against Percetakan Kum, distributor of IMN in Peninsular Malaysia Mentakab Agency (M) Sdn Bhd, publisher Indian Movie News Publications (M) Sdn Bhd and IMN distributor in Singapore, Indian Movie News Publications P/L. The actress clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viji Chandrasekhar
Viji Chandrasekhar is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She played the female lead role in '' Arohanam'' which had won several awards. She is known for her roles and she has also featured in television serials. She played the main lead in '' Azhagi'', a television serial. Career Viji's sister is actress Saritha, who was already a star when Viji made her debut as the sister of Rajinikanth's character in the 1981 comedy film ''Thillu Mullu'' by K. Balachander.Viji hopes for a dream run in films The New Indian Express. Retrieved on 21 November 2013. Despite the film becoming a success, Viji chose to concentrate on her studies and refrained from acting until the 1990s. Besides performing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muktha (actress)
Elsa George, better known by her stage names Muktha and Bhanu is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil film industries and television actress. She is also a classical dancer and an entrepreneur. Early life Originally from Angamaly, Muktha was born as Elsa George, the youngest of two children to George and Saly at Kolenchery. She has an elder sister, Doshy Marya George. She went to St. Augustine's Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothamangalam, Kerala. Career Muktha started her career as a child artist when she was in class six. She acted in television serials such as ''Swaram'' (on Amrita TV) and then switched to the film industry..She started her carrier by playing supporting role in '' Otta Nanayam'', released in 2005.But her first film in main role was Lal Jose's ''Achanurangatha Veedu'', released in 2005, when Muktha was doing her 8th standard. She was seen as Lisamma in the film and ''The Hindu'' wrote "It's perhaps one of the most enduring female roles in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venu Arvind
Venu Arvind is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in television serials of K. Balachander and Kovai Anuradha. He initially gained popularity as lead hero of television serials with Costly Mappilai (1996), Green Signal (1997) both directed by Kovai Anuradha. Then K. Balachander directed him in Kadhal Pagadai (1997), Kasalavu Nesam (1999). He played the leading antagonist Ranga in the television soap ''Alaigal (TV series), Alaigal'' was a super successful and his role was popular among the audiences even now. He debuted as a director with the film ''Sabash Sariyaana Potti''. He is married to Shoba since 1987 and the couple have two children, a daughter, Veena and a son, Vijay. He was the first TV actor to win kalaimamani award in 2007. Filmography ;As actor ;As director *''Sabash Sariyana Potti'' (2011) ; ;As dubbing artist *''May Madham'' (1994) - Dubbed for Vineeth ;Television serials References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arvind, Venu Living people 1965 births Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirpy
Narayanan, known by his stage name Sirpy ( ta, சிற்பி; born 25 May 1962), is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam films. He has also sung a few of his own compositions. Career Sirpy debuted as a music composer in 1992 for the film Manobala's ''Shenbaga Thottam'' and has composed for over 50 commercial and critically acclaimed feature films. His son Nandhan Ram made his acting debut as lead actor with the film ''Palli Paruvathile'' (2017). Awards He has won the Best Music director award from the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2002 for the film ''Unnai Ninaithu'' and the Kalaimamani Award The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ... in the year 1997. Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radaan Mediaworks
Radaan Mediaworks is an Indian production house based in Tamil Nadu, and founded by Radikaa Sarathkumar. Early history Radaan began as a proprietary business in 1975 and subsequently converting into a corporate entity in 1999. Subsidiary Radaan Mediaworks was formed in 1998 and based in Tamil Nadu and is making a range of television serials and movies for Sun TV, Gemini TV, Udaya TV, Surya TV, KTV, ETV, Zee TV, Shakthi TV, Vasantham and Star Vijay Current productions Past productions Tamil serials Telugu serials Malayalam serials Kannada serials *''Hogli Beedi Sir'' (2002-2003) - Udaya TV *''Lakshmi'' (2007-2008) - Udaya TV *''Lakshmi Jhansiye Magalu'' (2008-2010) - Udaya TV *''Chikkamma'' (2010-2011) - Udaya TV Udaya may refer to * Udaya Pictures, a movie company in Kerala. * Udaya TV, a Kannada-language television channel * Udaya Manikya, a 16th-century king of Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest sta ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Krishnaraj
Vijay Krishnaraj, also known as R Krishnan, is an Indian actor, writer, director, who is working in Tamil Films and Television industry. He made his debut in Tamil cinema as story writer and dialogue writer of ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' film in 1979. He made his acting debut in the Tamil film '' Rajathi Rojakili'' along with Sulakshana, directed by S. Devarajan. He has acted over 100 films. Film career He was born in Tiruchengode, Namakkal Dist, Tamil Nadu. He started his career as story writer in the film ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari''. His notable movie for his story and dialogue such as ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'', '' Kalthoon'' and '' Ranuva Veeran''. Later, he has acted as supporting role in ''Rajathi Rojakili'' in 1985. He has written screenplay six films for Veteran Telugu film director Ragavendara Rao. His some well known films such ''Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale'', ''Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye'', ''Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran'', ''Sandhana Kaatru'', ''Vaanmathi'', ''Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Sagar
Arun Sagar (born 23 October 1963) is an Indian actor, art director and comedian who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He has been recognized as a leading art director throughout his career starting from his first movie, ''Bhoomi Geetha'' which won the national award for best environmental film. He has worked with veteran directors like Poori Jagannath, Meher Ramesh, Veerashankar and K Raghavendra Rao. He has received Karnataka state award for best art direction for his contributions in the movie Sri Manjunatha. He ran a show on Kasturi TV called 'Tarrle' that resembled a popular show ''M.A.D.'' from Pogo TV that taught children about art, painting and crafting. He became popular during the telecast of '' Maja with Sruja'' that aired on Asianet Suvarna where he played various comical roles that parodied celebrities and politicians. The show was a huge hit for its satire-comedy structure. Arun Sagar was later hired as the first contestant of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Krissna
Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Language films. His first independent film as a director was '' Sathya'' (1988), with Kamal Haasan. He is well known for having directed Rajinikanth in four films which include, '' Annamalai'' (1992), '' Veera'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995) and '' Baba'' (2002). In the 1990s, he has also directed other major superstars including Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan. Early life and career Suresh was born to R. Krishna and K. Sharada in Bombay. He has two brothers, Sreeram and Satheesh, and one sister, actress Shanthi Krishna. He spent his early career in Mumbai. After completing his graduation in economics he joined the Mumbai office of L. V. Prasad for accounts management. Later he became an executive assistant to L. V. Prasad and also took care of the Prasad Productions Mumbai office. When L. V. Prasad started production of ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981), dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |