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Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English comedian Charlie Chaplin. Biography Charle completed his degree in chemistry from G. V. N. College in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. During his college days, he was known for histrionics and his uncanny ability to imitate Tamil actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. He is an avid entertainer, and a popular stage artist, while at this colcolharle started his career as a Staff Artist – Actor in Song & Drama Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and moved on to perform more than 1000 dramas in six years. He was named Charlie and got introduced in the film '' Poikkal Kudhirai'' in the year 1982 by the director K. Balachander. He proved to be a versatile actor in comedy as well as character roles in Tamil, Telugu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. His father was absent and his mother struggled financially — he was sent to a workhouse twice before age nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19, he was signed to the Fred Karno company, which took him to the United States. He was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naam Iruvar (1985 Film)
''Naam Iruvar'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu, Urvashi and Charle. It is a remake of the Kannada film ''Ramapurada Ravana'', and was Ganesan's 250th film as an actor. Plot Veerayya (Sivaji Ganesan) is a retired alcoholic soldier that's living in his hometown with his niece, Radha (Urvashi). Raja (Prabhu) arrives in town as the new teacher and is offered a place to stay at the home of the trustee of the school, Sivagami (Srividya). Veerayya and Sivagami were in love once but couldn't get married. Her father, Somasundaram (V. S. Raghavan) was the town leader and opposed the match due to Veerayya's illiteracy and lack of wealth. Sivagami was set to marry a man that her father chose but he died on the wedding day and she remains unmarried. Veerayya left town due to his heartbreak and joined the army. He now spends his days drinking and fighting against the injustices me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poikkal Kudhirai (1983 Film)
''Poikkal Kudhirai'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani. The film was the Tamil debut of the lead actor Ramakrishna. Lyricist Vaali also made his acting debut through this film. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. ''Poikkal Kudhirai'' was based on Crazy Mohan's play ''Marriage Made in Saloon''. The film was an average success. Plot ''Poikkal Kuthirai'' is a hilarious depiction of how Sambandam — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu. The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam's daughter Janaki's heart and marry her. If Indhu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Indhu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film's narrative. Cast * Ramakrishna as Indhu * Viji as Janaki * Raveendran as Muthu * Vaali as Sambandham * Charle as Paramasivam * Radha Ravi as Nair *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achamillai Achamillai
''Achamillai Achamillai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Rajesh and Saritha, with Pavithra, Jeyagopi, Delhi Ganesh, Charle and Delhi Nayakar in supporting roles. It revolves around an selfless idealist whose morality declines when he takes to politics, alienating his wife in the process. ''Achamillai Achamillai'' was released on 18 May 1984 and received critical acclaim. It won three awards at the 32nd Filmfare Awards South, as well as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The film's title refers to a poem written by Subramania Bharati. Plot Thenmozhi is a textile factory worker in a village. She develops a liking for Ulaganathan, an idealist in the same village who is respected for his integrity and selflessness. Upon the approval of Ulaganathan's father Brahmanayagam, Ulaganathan and Thenmozhi marry on 15 August, India's Independence Day. The couple lead a happy life and work for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anney Anney
''Anney Anney'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film directed by T. S. B. K. Moulee, Mouli for Kalaivani. The film stars T. S. B. K. Moulee, Mouli, Viji and Sumithra (actress), Sumithra. The film was hit at the box office. Cast *T. S. B. K. Moulee, Mouli as Krishnagiri *Sumithra (actress), Sumithra as Durga Krishnagiri *Viji as Rathna * Vanitha Krishnachandran as Parvathy (Paaru) *Charle as Faffu *V. K. Ramasamy (actor), V. K. Ramasamy as 'Mountbatten' Mahadevan *Leo Prabu as Shyam *Ramakrishna (Kannada actor), Ramakrishna as Malli Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali (poet), Vaali.http://www.rakkamma.com/filmsongs.php?filmid=451 *"Andha Naal" - Malaysia Vasudevan *"Uruginen" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki *"Vaikira Idathil" - Malaysia Vasudevan *"Vettu Vedipom" - Malaysia Vasudevan References External links * 1983 films Indian comedy films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1980s Tamil-language films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thangachi
''Thangachi'' ( Younger sister) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, and starring Ramki, Pallavi and Seetha. The film was a remake of Telugu film ''Aadupaduchu'' (1986). Plot Dharmaraja is an influential man in politics that's involved in many illegal activities. Inspector Raja curtails many of his illicit businesses in the course of his investigations. Raja's only family is his younger sister, Seetha, and her contractor husband, Prakash. He also meets and falls in love with Radha. Raja arrests Das, an associate of Dharmaraja. Das is soon released on bail and remains defiant towards Raja. Dharmaraja, incensed by Raja's interference with his business, has Prakash disrupt Raja's investigations. Prakash has always been a part of Dharmaraja's team. When a sub-inspector from Raja's team follows Das, he is caught at Prakash's construction site. Dharmaraj, Prakash and Das kill him while Seetha becomes an accidental witness. Assuming that she only s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyire Unakkaga
''Uyire Unakkaga'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil language film, directed by K. Rangaraj. The film stars Mohan, Nadhiya, Chinni Jayanth and Vijayakumar. It was released on 7 March 1986. Plot Running away from her fantastically wealthy but selfish father, king Vijayaragunath Boobapathy and Asha Devi, his new partner especially, Vijayanirmala Devi, princess and unique heiress, hides her real identity, by claiming to be Uma, a distant cousin, with Balumurali, at a meeting, when she is welcomed within her humble but happy family led by the mother of the latter, soft and sweet Abhirami, also consisting of her older brother Murugesan a bus conductor, of both sisters of the young man (Balu), Kanchana, the girl, Sulochana, the biggest and Ramu. While all this small world is waltzing in a dream, one night, Abhirami believes to have poisoned her children when she notices that a lizard is drowned in the bowl of milk which she has just given them. Discouraged, she drinks the rest. It turns ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thazhuvatha Kaigal
''Thazhuvatha Kaigal'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by R. Sundarrajan and produced by G. Sornambal, R. Ganapathy and Elango. The film stars Vijayakanth, Ambika, Senthil and Anuradha. It was released on 1 November 1986. Plot Cast *Vijayakanth *Ambika * Senthil * Anuradha *Jaiganesh in Guest appearance * Rajeev in Guest appearance * Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal * V. Gopalakrishnan * Pasi Narayanan *Oru Viral Krishna Rao *Usilai Mani *Mottai Seetharaman * Murugesh *Joker Thulasi *Charle *Omakuchi Narasimhan *Kutty Padmini *Indira *Sri Jaya Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Release and reception ''Thazhuvatha Kaigal'' was released on 1 November 1986, and distributed by Metro Movies. Arbi of ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigappu Malargal
''Sigappu Malargal'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Suresh and Gayatri. Cast *Suresh *Gayatri *Jaishankar * Sripriya *Chandrasekhar *Charle *Senthil Soundtrack Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ... Lyrics by Vaali. Reception ''The Indian Express'' criticised Chandrasekhar's direction and also wrote "The only saving grace of this enormously clichéd film is that Chandrasekharan gives it an unexpected twist or two. But all this is washed away in a flood of cliches". References External links * 1986 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu
''Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film, written and directed by R. Sundarrajan starring Mohan, Radha and Amala. It was released on 12 September 1986 and became a commercial success. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by M. S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja together as per the credits; however the song tunes were composed by Viswanathan and orchestra arrangements were by Ilaiyaraaja. Plot Tulasi is a village girl. One day, she gets a letter from her cousin Subramani. She gets excited as they were close friends in childhood, but Subramani leaves with his family to the city. Subramani visits the village for his college thesis about folk songs. Tulasi is in love with Subramani, but is unsure if Subramani also loves her. Tulasi's father dies of a heart attack. When Subramani's father arranges a marriage for Subramani with Tulasi, he refuses. As a result, Tulasi's mother dies in frustration; Tulasi moves in to her uncle's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natpu
''Natpu'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Ameerjan and written by Vairamuthu. The film stars Karthik, Sripriya, Radha Ravi and Senthil. It was released on 11 April 1986, and won two Cinema Express Awards. Plot Cast * Karthik * Sripriya *Radha Ravi *Senthil *Ganthimathi *Charle * T. S. Raghavendra Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first .... Accolades At the 7th Cinema Express Awards, Senthil won the award for Best Comedy Actor, and Radha Ravi received a "special award". References External links * {{IMDb title 1980s Tamil-language films 1986 films Films directed by Ameerjan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharma Pathini (1986 Film)
''Dharma Pathini'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film, directed by Ameerjan, starring Karthik and Jeevitha. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Dharmapatni'' and in Hindi as ''Jawab Hum Denge''. Plot Prem Kumar is an honest police inspector who comes in conflict with a dangerous thug named DJ. He falls in love with Vidhya who joins as Sub-Inspector of Police in his station. They get married. Situations take a turn when Vidhya's brother-in-law is framed in a murder case. The rest of the story is how Prem Kumar and Vidhya tackle the case and reveal the true murderers. Cast * Karthik as Inspector Prem Kumar * Jeevitha as Vidhya * Goundamani "Podhuppani" Ponnusaami * Radha Ravi as D. Janardhanan aka DJ * Poornam Viswanathan as Kamalanathan, Retd. IG * Chandrasekhar as Prabhakar * Charle as MLA Palayam * Senthil as Ponnusaami's sidekick * Visu as Lawyer "Vicks" Vardarajan * Kishmu as Public Prosecutor Dakshinamoorthy * Ilaiyaraaja in a special appearance for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
