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Filmfare Award For Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil
The Tamil Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine for best playback singer as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Tamil films. The award was first presented in 2005 with Karthik as winner. Superlatives Winners Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Nominations 2000s 2008: Naresh Iyer for "Mundhinam Partheney" from Varanam Aayiram *Belly Raj for "Kangal Irandal" from ''Subramaniapuram'' * Hariharan for "Nenjukkul peidhidum" from ''Varanam Aayiram'' * Karthik for "Oru Naalaikul" from ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' * Krish for "Adiye Kolludhey" from ''Varanam Aayiram'' *Vijay Antony for "Naaka Mukka" from '' Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' 2009: Karthik for "Hasile Fisile" from Aadhavan *Harish Raghavendra for "Nenje Nenje" from ''Ayan'' *Karthik for "Vizhi Moodi" from ''Ayan'' *Naresh Iyer for "Oru Vetkam" from ''Pasanga'' * Krish for "Chinna Thamarai" from '' Vettaikaaran'' * Tippu for "Vaada Maapla" from '' Villu'' 2010s 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singer
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. South Asia South Asian cinema, South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Cinema of India, Indian films as well as Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors and music directors and receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (2016 Film)
''Joker'' is a 2016 Tamil-language political satire film from India. It was written and directed by Raju Murugan of ''Cuckoo'' fame and produced by S. R. Prakash Babu and S. R. Prabhu, under the banner Dream Warrior Pictures. The film stars Guru Somasundaram, Ramya Pandian, and Gayathri Krishnaa in the lead roles, while Mu Ramaswamy, Bava Chelladurai, and Bala Murugan are doing supporting roles. ''Joker'' was released on 12 August 2016 and received critical acclaim including praise for the screenplay and acting. At the 64th National Film Awards, the film won two awards including Best Feature Film - Tamil. The film won many awards from several nominations and became a sleeper hit. Plot Mannar Mannan (Guru Somasundaram) is a villager who declares himself President of India. He leads many protests against various injustices happening around his village. Most of the time, he is seen as a joker. He and his small team of like-minded individuals sue on behalf of the villagers. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalap Raju
Aalaap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass player from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie '' Ko'' composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months in 2011 and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – 2011. He has sung for music directors like Harris Jayaraj, Thaman, G.V Prakash, Deepak Dev, D.Imman, Sreekanth Deva and many more. His other noticeable songs include Vaaya moodi summa iru da from Mugamoodi, Engeyum Kadhal from Engeyum Kadhal, Endhan Kann Munnae from Nanban, Kadhal Oru Butterfly and Akila Akila from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Anjana Anjana from Vandhan Vendran, Kuthu Kuthu from Ayyanar, Nenjodu Cherthu from Yuvvh, Theeyae Theeyae from Maattrraan, Jal Jal Osai from Manam Kothi Paravai, and Maya Bazaar from Ennai Arindhaal. He is also a well-known Bass Player, have collaborated for all top composers in Kollywood, Mollywood and all the way to Bollywood. His noticeable Bollywood collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Filmfare Awards South
The 59th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2011 was held on 7 July 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India. For this year more than 451 films from each of the four film industries were considered for nominations in various categories. Awards and nominees Main awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Technical Awards Special awards Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations. Kannada *Nominations ** 8 nominations: ''Hudugaru'' ** 6 nominations: ''Paramathma'' ** 5 nominations: ''Lifeu Ishtene'', ''Sanju Weds Geetha'', ''Krishnan Marriage Story'', ''Saarathi'' ** 4 nominations: ''Kempe Gowda'', ''Olave Mandhara'' ** 2 nominations: ''Bettada Jeeva'', ''Puttakkana Highway'' ** 1 nomination: ''Vishnuvardhana'', ''Jarasandha'' *Awards ** 4 awards: ''Sanju Weds Geetha'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why This Kolaveri Di
'Why This Kolaveri Di' () is a song from the soundtrack of the 2012 Tamil psychological thriller film '' 3'', starring Dhanush and Shruthi Hassan. The song is written and sung by Dhanush, and composed by Anirudh Ravichander. It became one of the most streamed songs of all-time. The song was officially released on 16 November 2011 and instantly became popular on social networking sites for its quirky "Tanglish" (portmanteau word of Tamil and English) lyrics. Soon, the song became the most searched YouTube video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia. Within a few weeks, YouTube honoured the video with a '"Recently Most Popular" ''Gold Medal '' award and "Trending" ''silver medal '' award for receiving many hits in a short time. Following its huge success and nationwide popularity, Dhanush, the singer of the original track, was invited by then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "Guest of Honour". Creation According to composer Anirudh Ravichander, the film's director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 (2012 Indian Film)
''3'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Aishwarya R. Dhanush, the wife of actor Dhanush, who also produced the film, thus making their debut in both the fields. He also played the male lead role alongside Shruti Haasan, whilst Sivakarthikeyan and Sunder Ramu appear in prominent roles. The film follows Ram (Dhanush) and Janani (Shruti Haasan), two inter mediate sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she tries to find out the truth behind his death. The film was launched on 5 August 2011 in Chennai, with Dhanush and Amala Paul in lead roles, the latter was replaced by Shruti Haasan, due to schedule conflicts. The cinematography was handled by Velraj and editing was done by Kola Bhaskar. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Dhanush's cousin-in-law Anirudh Ravichander, marking his debut as a composer with lyrics written by Dh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among his accolades are four National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), 14 SIIMA Awards, nine Vijay Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South, five Vikatan Awards, five Edison Awards and a Filmfare Award. He has been included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list six times, which is based on the earnings of Indian celebrities. Dhanush's first film was ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'', a 2002 coming-of-age film directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. He achieved further success in '' Polladhavan'' (2007) and ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008), both of which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. His role as a rooster fight jockey in '' Aadukalam'' (2010) won him Best Actor at the 58th National Film Awards and Best Tamil Actor Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60th Filmfare Awards South
The 60th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2012 is an event that held on 20 July 2013 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center. The Black lady was unveiled by actress Tamannaah at a press meet held in Chennai, on 20 June 2013. The awards were announced and distributed at Hyderabad on 20 July 2013. Sundeep Kishan and Chinmayi Sripaada were the honorable anchors of the show with Chinamyi hosting the filmfare the second time. Main awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ... Technical Awards Special awards References General 60th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 (South) Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thangameengal
''Thanga Meenkal'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ram in his second directorial venture after ''Kattradhu Thamizh''. The story was written by Ram and his daughter Shri Sankara Gomathy Ram, with the former, besides, played the lead role as well alongside newcomers Sadhana and Shelly Kishore. The film is jointly produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon and J. Satish Kumar under the banners Photon Kathaas and JSK Film Corporation, respectively. It follows, Kalyani a poor man who is forced to live under the shade of his father, takes up a job beyond his reach to provide his daughter a good living. The film's cinematography was handled by Arbhindu Saaraa, and editing done by A. Sreekar Prasad. The film's score and soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.Ram is Gautham's new hero IndiaGlitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriram Parthasarathy
Sriram Parthasarathy is a Carnatic music, Carnatic Classical Vocalist and a renowned playback singer . He hails from a family of Classical Musicians. Discography Sriram Parthasarathy is a disciple of Neyveli Santhanagopalan. He has recorded several singles and released them in the classical genre. He has also recorded many film songs as well for many Veteran music directors like Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Vidyasagar (composer), Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj and Deva (composer), Deva. He has also won awards for his beautiful renditions. Sriram's ultimate hits have been "Aanandha Yazhai" from the movie Thanga Meengal has won National award for its lyrics, ''Elangathu Veesudhe'' from the movie Pithamagan and ''Suttum Vizhi Choodare'' from Ghajini (2005 film), Ghajini. Sriram received appreciations for his rendition in 'Shades of Blue: A Musical Tribute to Venmurasu' sung along with Kamal Haasan, Saindhavi, Rajan Somasundaram and is considered among his career best. Sriram's Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Filmfare Awards South
The 61st Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema The Cinema of South India refers collectively to the six distinct film industries based in Southern region of India namely Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, and Malayalam. Although these industries developed independently for a long ... in 2013 is an event held on 12 July 2014 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. Awards and nominees Main awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Technical Awards Special awards References External links * * {{Filmfare Awards South, state=expanded Filmfare Awards South 2013 Indian film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras (film)
''Madras'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Karthi, Catherine Tresa, marking the debut in Tamil cinema and Kalaiyarasan while Charles Vinoth, Riythvika, V. I. S. Jayapalan, Poster Nandakumar, and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. Set in the backdrop of North Madras, the storyline revolves around Kaali (Karthi) and his friend Anbu (Kalaiyarasan), a political aspirant, who get embroiled in a brutal political rivalry, between two factions of a political party, after laying claim to a wall. ''Madras'' is the second directorial venture of Ranjith after ''Attakathi''. Before the film's announcement, Karthi and Ranjith decided to collaborate for a different project in December 2012, which failed to materialise. Later Ranjith announced this project in July 2013. Principal photography commenced on 11 October 2013 at Vyasarpadi in Chennai. Most of the film's shooting was done in localities in and around the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
