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G. Dhananjayan
G. Dhananjayan (born 14 May 1965) is a film producer, columnist, and author of four books on Indian films and also Won 2 National Film Awards. He has produced films in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi languages, including ''Sankat City'' (2009), ''Kanden Kadhalai'' (2009), ''Mugamoodi'' (2012), '' Anjaan'' (2014) and ''Irudhi Suttru'' (2016). He has written as a columnist for ''Galatta Cinema'', ''The Hindu Tamil'' and ''The Times of India''. Education and work G. Dhananjayan holds an MBA degree from Sydenham Institute of Management SIMSREE, University of Mumbai (1991 batch) and earned his Ph.D from Mumbai University for his thesis on the Indian Film Industry in March 2019. He worked in Asian Paints Ltd, Kansai Nerolac Paints, Saregama, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone for more than 15 years before joining Moser Baer Entertainment in 2006. Dhananjayan was the company's Chief Operating Officer of Home Video Business and then Chief Executive Officer of the Film Business. GD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Nerolac Paints
Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited (, ) (formerly known as Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd) is the largest industrial paint and third largest decorative paint company of India based in Mumbai. It is a subsidiary of Kansai Paint of Japan. As of 2015, it has the third largest market share with 15.4% in the Indian paint industry. It is engaged in the industrial, automotive and powder coating business. It develops and supplies paint systems used on the finishing lines of electrical components, cycle, material handling equipment, bus bodies, containers and furniture industries. History * 1920 : It started as Gahagan Paints & Varnish Co. Ltd. at Lower Parel in Mumbai. * 1957 : Goodlass Wall Pvt. Ltd. grew popular as Goodlass Nerolac Paints (Pvt.) Ltd. Also, it went public in the same year and established itself as Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd. . * 1976 : Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd. became a part of Tata Forbes Group on acquisition of a part of the foreign shareholdings by Forbes Gokak. . * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aval Peyar Thamizharasi
''Aval Peyar Thamizharasi'' () is a 2010 Tamil romantic drama film directed and written by Meera Kathiravan and starring Jai, Nandhagi, Dhiyana, S. Theodore Baskaran and Ganja Karuppu in lead roles. The film failed commercially. Plot Siva Rao (Veera Santhanam) is a Thol Pavai puppeteer. He and his family go around villages, performing the art for his survival. He is struggling to make both ends meet. When they land up in Tirunelveli, a rich man Chelladurai ( S. Theodore Baskaran) decides to support the family, for his young grandson Jothi ( Jai) loves the art and their family. Thamizharasi ( Nandhagi), Siva Rao's granddaughter, is enrolled in a local school, who grows up and works hard to pass out in flying colors in her higher secondary. Even as she gets admission in an engineering college in Pune, Jothi and Thamizharasi develop affinity for each other. Unable to leave her, Jothi rapes her, which changes her life. As a result, Jothi is forced to leave the village by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhiyum Naanum (film)
''Abhiyum Naanum'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film produced by Prakash Raj and directed by Radha Mohan. It features Prakash Raj in the central character with Trisha in the lead role as his daughter, while Aishwarya and Ganesh Venkatraman play supporting roles. The film is based on the English film ''Father of the Bride''. The film was partially reshot in Telugu as ''Aakasamantha'' () with Jagapathi Babu replacing Prithviraj, which released in 2009. Vidyasagar scored the music for the film. The film was launched in October 2007 and released on 19 December 2008. The film opened to critical acclaim and won several awards, including the ITFA Best Movie Award. The plot and scenes were reported to be similar to the 1991 movie ''Father of the Bride''. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Naanu Nanna Kanasu'' (2010). Plot Raghuraman is a simple man who manages estates and doing his own business in Ooty. He meets Sudhakar, a newcomer at Coonoor, who has a young da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poo (film)
''Poo'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sasi, based on the short story, ''Veyilodu Poi'' written by Thamizh Selvan. The film, produced by Moser Baer and Nesagee Cinemas, stars Srikanth and Parvathy. It was released on 28 November 2008. Plot The film is set in a village named Kongankulam, located between Rajapalayam and Sivakasi in southern Tamil Nadu. It entails two different dreams of two different people for one person. The main aspects of this film are of the selfless, deep love and admiration that Maari develops for her cousin Thangarasu and the love and expectations of a poor, hardworking father to his son Thangarasu. The film begins showing Maari happily married to her husband Karuppasamy, a small shop owner. She leads an uncomplaining life with a smile on her face at all shades of events, which fascinates even Karuppasamy. One day, she leaves alone to her village festival with the permission of Karuppasamy, who promises that he will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raman Thediya Seethai (2008 Film)
''Raman Thediya Seethai'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. P. Jagan. The film features an ensemble cast including Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya, Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeeshan, Gajala, Navya Nair, and Karthika. The music was composed by Vidyasagar with cinematography by Rajesh Yadav and editing by Kola Bhaskar. The film released on 19 September 2008 to positive response and turned out as a success. In 2012, the film was remade in Kannada as ''Gowri Puthra'' with Akshay. Plot The movie starts with Venugopal meeting Ranjitha, whose parents want them to get married. During their conversation, Venu informs Ranjitha that he stammers if he gets stressed and is also undergoing treatment for psychological problems while he was at school. Ranjitha gets scared hearing this and turns down the proposal. Venu is a kindhearted person who manages his own wedding card business. He remains clear that the girl that he marries should know about his pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellitherai
''Velli Thirai'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language satirical drama film directed by debutant Viji, the dialogue writer for Radha Mohan's films, and produced by Prakash Raj. It is a remake of the 2005 Malayalam film ''Udayananu Tharam''. The film stars Prithviraj and Gopika, along with Prakash Raj in a prominent role. Principal photography took place in locations in India, Indonesia, and Australia. The film score and soundtrack were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with many songs altered from the original. The film released on 7 March 2008. The movie failed to do well at the box office. Plot Saravanan, a struggling assistant director, goes to Hyderabad in hopes of pursuing his dream. His roommate, Kanniah copies his script and gives it to a producer. Kanniah tells the producer that he wants to star in the film himself. The producer agrees to the condition after seeing the script. Kanniah becomes famous due to the film and is rechristened Dilipkanth (inspired by the name Rajin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaurya
''Shaurya'' (English language, English: ''Gallantry'') is a 2008 courtroom drama film directed by Samar Khan, starring Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Bose, Javed Jaffrey, Deepak Dobriyal and Minissha Lamba. The film is inspired by the Hindi play ''Court Martial '' by Swadesh Deepak and is loosely based on the 1992 courtroom drama ''A Few Good Men''. Plot Set in the context of the Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, The film presents a fictional storyline which revolves around the court-martial of an Indian Army officer Javed Khan for shooting dead his superior officer. During the court-martial, the circumstances leading up to the fratricidal murder are gradually revealed. The film opens with a sequence where a group of Indian Army Soldiers cordons off a Village; as a part of Counter-insurgency, Counter-Insurgency Operation; in the Punj Area of Pulwama Dist in Kashmir Valley. After numerous chase sequences, the shot ends with an Fratricide (military), ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTV Motion Pictures
UTV Motion Pictures (also known as Disney-UTV) was the feature film unit of UTV Software Communications founded by Ronnie Screwvala and Zarina Screwvala in 1996 as UTV Motion Pictures Plc., the film distribution division of UTV Software Communications. It was one of the leading film studios in India and one of the largest production studios in South Asia. The studio's activities span creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and worldwide syndication of films in Indian territories. It was also a distribution label of Disney for feature films produced by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in India. UTV Motion Pictures had a library of domestic regional films and animation productions alongside select international productions with the studio moving into film production in Bollywood, and further expanded in Hollywood in partnership with studios such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures. In July 2017, Disney-UTV closed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Operating Officer
A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if the highest-ranking executive is the chairperson and CEO. The COO is responsible for the daily operation of the company and its office building and routinely reports to the highest-ranking executive—usually the chief executive officer (CEO). Responsibilities and similar titles Unlike other C-suite positions, which tend to be defined according to commonly designated responsibilities across most companies, a COO's job tends to be defined in relation to the specific CEO with whom they work, given the close working relationship of these two individuals. The selection of a COO is similar in many ways to the selection of a vice president or chief of staff of the United States: power and responsibility structures vary in government and priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moser Baer
Moser Baer was an Indian multinational manufacturer of optical discs, storage devices, CDs, DVDs, based in New Delhi. The company was present in over 100 countries, serviced through 15 marketing offices and representatives, and had tie-ups with other optical media storage manufacturers. Its products were manufactured at its three plants in New Delhi, which employed over 8,000 people. The company had subsidiaries that manufactured photovoltaic cells and modules using crystalline silicon and thin film technologies. History Moser Baer India was founded in New Delhi in 1983 as a Time Recorder unit in technical collaboration with Maruzen Corporation ( ja), Japan and Moser Baer Sumiswald ( de), Switzerland. In 1988, it moved into the data storage industry, manufacturing 5.25-inch floppy diskettes. 1993, it started manufacturing 3.5-inch floppy diskettes (MFD). In 1999, it set up a high-capacity plant to manufacture recordable Compact Disks (CD-Rs) and recordable Digital Versa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
