Elango Kumaravel
Elango Kumaravel (born 27 August 1965) is an Indian theatre actor and writer. He is also a co-founder of the Chennai based theatre group "Magic Lantern". He is an alumnus of Pondicherry University's Sankaradas Swamigal School of Performing Arts and the Chennai-based theatre workshop ''koothuppattarai''. He has also worked as a casting assistant for the 2007 film ''Loins of Punjab Presents'' and wrote the script for the 2008 film ''Kattradhu Kalavu''. He was involved in the production of ''"Ey Aa O!"'' a musical fusion work of collaboration between Indian folk and classical musicians. Career When Kumaravel was staging Kalki's ''Ponniyin Selvan'', he was spotted by Nassar and approached to star in his film '' Maayan''. While Vishwanathan met Kumaravel on the sets of the play ''Minnal Ravi'' (Virtuous Burglar), he was introduced to Radha Mohan and starred in ''Azhagiya Theeye''. Kumaravel became a regular in Radha Mohan's films. He garnered acclaim for his role in ''Abhiyum Naanu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-eas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandakozhi
''Sandakozhi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner of G K Film Corporation, which stars Vishal (actor), Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran, and Lal (actor), Lal in lead roles, whilst Raja, Suman Setty, and Ganja Karuppu as supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 16 December 2005 to rave reviews and has become one of the huge hits in 2005, running for more than 200 days in theatres. It was declared a blockbuster at the box office and cult film for action film genre. The Telugu language, Telugu dubbed version titled ''Pandem Kodi'' was released on 19 May 2006 and was commercially successful. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Vayuputra''. It was also remade in Odia as ''Siddhanta Mahapatra, Ganja Ladhei''. A sequel titled ''Sandakozhi 2'' was released in 2018. Plot Balu is an engineering student, who visi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dharani (film)
''Dharani'' ( en, World, Earth) is a 2015 Tamil film written and directed by Guhan Sambandham and produced by V.G.S Narendran under the banner of Melody Movies. The film has an ensemble cast, which includes Aari Arujunan, Ajay Krishna, Elango Kumaravel Sandra Amy. R. Prakash and Vinoth Gandhi jointly handled the cinematography, while Ensone scored the music for this film. The film which began production in 2009, released across Tamil Nadu on 30 January 2015. Plot The plot is set in a rural backdrop where three middle-class characters running a hotel come across three different circumstances facing three important life decisions that are going to change their lives forever. The film charts the path taken by them to achieve their goal and details how they traverse through to nowhere. Cast * Aari Arujunan as Sekhar * Elango Kumaravel as Mahesh * Sandra Amy as Thilaka * Ajay Krishna as Kathiresan * Anjathe Sridhar * Jeyakumar * Varnika Production The writer gained inspiration to ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Un Samayal Arayil
''Un Samayal Arayil'' in Tamil (), ''Oggarane'' in Kannada () and ''Ulavacharu Biryani'' in Telugu, is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Prakash Raj. A remake of Aashiq Abu's 2011 Malayalam film ''Salt N' Pepper'', the film is simultaneously shot in three languages. It starts Prakash Raj alongside Sneha, Urvashi, Tejus and Samyukta Hornad. The film features the original score and soundtrack by Ilaiyaraja. The regular shoot commenced from 26 September at Mysore. The film was released on 6 June 2014 to mixed reviews in Telugu and Tamil while the Kannada version received positive reviews. The Tamil and the Telugu versions were unsuccessful at the box office, while the Kannada version became a major success. Plot Kalidasa ( Prakash Raj) works in the state archaeological department and is a food lover, he is 45 years old and remains unmarried. His only companion is his cook, Krishna ( Thambi Ramaiah ). Naveen (Tejus) is Kalidasa's nephew who comes to stay with him w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
''Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Ponram, in his directorial debut. Produced by P. Madan under the Escape Artists Motion Pictures banner, it stars Sivakarthikeyan, Sathyaraj, Sri Divya and Soori in prominent roles. The music for the film is composed by D. Imman, with cinematography handled by Balasubramaniem and editing done by Vivek Harshan. M. Rajesh wrote the dialogues for the film. The principal photography which took place in Padalur, Theni, Tiruchi and Chennai, was completed in July 2013. The film was released on 6 September 2013, coinciding with the Ganesh Chathurthi weekend and performed well at the box office. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Adyaksha'' and in Telugu as ''Current Theega''. Plot The film begins with police arriving at Sivanandi's house questioning him about killing his daughter Lathapandi because she ran away with the guy she loved. Bosepandi and Kodi are two friends who are the lead ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gouravam (2013 Film)
''Gouravam'' () is a 2013 Indian social thriller film, written and directed by Radha Mohan. Simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the film was produced by Prakash Raj under the banner of Duet Movies. It marks the acting debut of Allu Sirish, brother of Allu Arjun, and also stars Yami Gautam in the lead. ''Gouravam'' deals with the issue of honour killing. The film released on 19 April 2013 with a linear narrative in Tamil and with a non-linear narrative in Telugu. The film received mixed reviews from critics and audience. Plot Arjun is rich. One day, his father sends him to attend some business work. On his way back to the airport he comes across a village called T. Vennure which is his best friend Shanmugam' village. On landing in the village, Arjun learns that Shanmugam has eloped with Rajeshwari, the daughter of Pasupathy, a rich landlord in the village who is hell bent to save his family's prestige always, and is missing from the past six months. After meeting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vaagai Sooda Vaa
''Vaagai Sooda Vaa'' () is a 2011 Tamil-language period drama film directed by A. Sarkunam, directing his second film after ''Kalavani''. It stars Vimal and newcomer Ineya, with Bhagyaraj, Ponvannan and Thambi Ramaiah playing supporting roles. The film is a period piece set in the 1960s in a remote village in Tamil Nadu. The film released on 30 September 2011 to generally positive reviews. Subsequently, the film was honored with the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2012. Plot The story is set in the 1960s. Veluthambi ( Vimal) is a graduate aspiring for a government job. His father Annamalai (Bhagyaraj) advises him to work temporarily for an NGO that helps in educating rural children so that he will be given a priority for a government job. Velu, although uninterested, joins the NGO and gets appointed as a teacher in a small dry village which lacks basic facilities. The entire village works for a rich landlord named JP (Ponvannan), who owns a brick factory. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Payanam (2011 Film)
''Payanam'' () is a 2011 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. It is simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Gaganam'' (). The plot of the film is based on a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Rishi, Brahmanandam and Thalaivasal Vijay amongst others. Co-produced by Raj and Dil Raju, the film was released on 11 February 2011 to critical and commercial success. The Telugu version was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Mere Hindustan Ki Kasam'' in 2012 by Goldmines Telefilms. Plot On a flight from Chennai to Delhi, five passengers retrieve weapons hidden in the toilet and use them to hijack the plane. An engine is damaged during the struggle with the pilots, so they make an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Government authorities arrive. The hijacker demanded 100 Crore (c. US $22,000,000), the release of their imprisoned leader Yusuf Khan, and a fresh aircraft for their escap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaganam
''Payanam'' () is a 2011 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. It is simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Gaganam'' (). The plot of the film is based on a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Rishi, Brahmanandam and Thalaivasal Vijay amongst others. Co-produced by Raj and Dil Raju, the film was released on 11 February 2011 to critical and commercial success. The Telugu version was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Mere Hindustan Ki Kasam'' in 2012 by Goldmines Telefilms. Plot On a flight from Chennai to Delhi, five passengers retrieve weapons hidden in the toilet and use them to hijack the plane. An engine is damaged during the struggle with the pilots, so they make an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Government authorities arrive. The hijacker demanded 100 Crore (c. US $22,000,000), the release of their imprisoned leader Yusuf Khan, and a fresh aircraft for their e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irandu Mugam
''Irandu Mugam'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language political action film directed by R. Aravindraj. The film featured Sathyaraj and Karan . The film was released to good reviews on 3 September 2010 portraying the poor political system in India. Plot Parthasarathy (Karan) is the son of a cook and a political science graduate. He aspires to become a minister. His mimicry skills get him acquainted with the Chief Minister, who comes to his village for a meeting. He impresses him to become local leader of the party. This incurs him the wrath of Thamizh Sakthi (Nassar), a leader of the same party, who wants to promote his younger brother. A turn of events leads to Thamizh Sakthi helping Parthasarathy become MLA with a promise that he should be with him and support him in all shady deals. As it happens, Parthasarathy now becomes a minister. Their corrupt ways earn them money. There is one Pavithra (Suhani Kalita), the daughter of opposition leader who is in love with Parthasarathy. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |