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G. N. R. Kumaravelan
G. N. R. Kumaravelan is an Indian film director, who works in Tamil cinema. After assisting directors Balu Mahendra and Kamal Haasan in their films, Kumaravelan's directorial debut was the 2009 film '' Ninaithale Inikkum'', and his second was the 2011 film ''Yuvan Yuvathi''. His third film '' Haridas'' (2013), led to him being nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director. Career 1980s-1990s: Early life, work Kumaravelan is the son of former director G. N. Rangarajan, who had extensively collaborated with actor Kamal Haasan in his career, directing films including '' Kalyanaraman'' (1979), ''Meendum Kokila'' (1981) and ''Maharasan'' (1993). Kumaravelan worked as an assistant director under Balu Mahendra in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995) and then in Kamal Haasan's unreleased ventures '' Ladies Only'' and ''Marudhanayagam''. 2009-12: Early directing Kumaravelan's first feature film was the 2009 mystery drama film '' Ninaithale Inikkum'', a remake of the 2006 Malayala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer (born 4 June 1984), known by her professional name Priyamani, is an Indian actress and former model, who works in the South Indian film industry. She is a recipient of Several Awards. Priyamani made her acting debut through the 2003, Telugu film ''Evare Atagaadu''. She gained widespread recognition for her role as a village girl Muththazhagu in the Tamil romantic drama ''Paruthiveeran'' in 2007, receiving a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Tamil for her performance. Her notable works include '' Raam'' (2009), '' Raavan'' (2010), '' Raavanan'' (2010), ''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' (2010), ''Chaarulatha'' (2012) and ''Idolle Ramayana'' (2016). Apart from appearing in films she has also judged several dance reality shows across South Indian languages. Early life Priyamani Iyer was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka. She is from a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family. Her father, Vasudeva Mani Iyer, owns a plantati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranya Rao
Ranya Rao (born c. 1991) is an Indian actress and model who appears in South Indian films. She made her debut with the 2014 Kannada film, ''Maanikya''. Early life Rao originally hails from the Chikmagalur district of the Indian state of Karnataka. After completing her schooling in Bangalore persuaded acting with accreditation in acting,. Career Rao was first signed by actor and director Sudeep in April 2014 for his directorial Kannada film, ''Maanikya''. She was cast as Manasa in a supporting role, portraying a girl belonging to a rich Indian family and Sudeep's love interest. Her performance received mixed reviews from critics. A. Sharadhaa of ''The New Indian Express'' wrote, "Both Ranya and Varalaxmi play their parts well but fail to impress." In June 2015, Rao signed her second film and first Tamil film, ''Wagah'' She is cast opposite Vikram Prabhu, her first as a female lead. In her first release of 2017, a comedy '' Pataki'', in Kannada, she played a journalist Sangeeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagah (film)
''Wagah'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action romance film written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan. The film features Vikram Prabhu and Ranya Rao in the leading roles, while D. Imman composes the soundtrack. Set in Wagah, the flashpoint border post between India and Pakistan, the film revolves around an Indian soldier who finds himself in a tough situation when he gets caught by Pakistani soldiers while safely escorting his girlfriend to her home in Pakistan. It received mixed reviews. ''Wagah'' was extensively shot in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir and a few extreme border locations which had very tight securities. The audio of the film was launched on 18 April 2016. ''Wagah'' released theatrically on 12 August 2016 in India and other countries. Upon its release, the film met mixed responses from both critics and audiences. In its first weekend, the film grossed Rs.66.72 lakhs from 189 shows. However, due to mixed reviews, the film later failed to sustain its collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt (; born 15 March 1993) is a British actress of Indian descent who predominantly works in Hindi films. She has received several accolades including four Filmfare Awards. One of India's highest-paid actresses, she has appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was awarded the TIME100 Impact Award in 2022. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut as a child in the 1999 thriller '' Sangharsh'', she played her first leading role in Karan Johar's teen film ''Student of the Year'' (2012). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing a kidnapping victim in the road drama ''Highway'' (2014), and went on to establish herself with starring roles in several films produced by Johar's studio Dharma Productions, including the romances '' 2 States'' (2014) and ''Badrinath Ki Dulhania'' (2017), and the coming-of-age drama '' Dear Zindagi'' (2016). Bhatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and ''Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor Prabhu and grandson of the veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. Career 2012-2015: Early Career and Recognition Vikram signed on for a venture under the direction Prabhu Solomon's to be produced by N. Linguswamy. Titled '' Kumki'', the film was based on elephants and the director thus sent Vikram to an elephant training camp in Ottapalam in Kerala to get himself accustomed to the animals. The film released in December 2012 to critical acclaim and commercial success, emerging as one of the biggest hits of the year. A critic stated that Prabhu excels in the "intensely emotional scenes in the climax", while that "he is also at ease portraying angst, gratitude and rage". Furthermore, the critic wrote that "his physique is a major plus", giving the ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai International Film Festival
The Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) is a festival organised in the city of Chennai, India, by a film society, the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), with the support of The Government of Tamil Nadu, the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and the Film Federation of India.Official website at From the official website, the festival aims at: providing a common platform for the film fraternity to show its expression through films; understanding other cultures and project the excellence of this art form; contribute to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of the different nations in the context of the social and cultural ethos; and promote friendship and co-operation among peoples of the world. The festival has been organised since 2002. It showcases international as well as Indian feature films. The Indian language films are divided into the Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sneha (actress)
Suhasini Rajaram Naidu (born 12 October 1981), known by her stage name Sneha, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil film industry and Telugu film industry. She made her debut with Malayalam movie Ingane Oru Nilapakshi. She debuted in Telugu in the year 2001 with the film ''Priyamaina Neeku''. She has won Tamil state film Awards and some regional awards for her acting in some of her films. Early and personal life Sneha was born as Suhasini Rajaram Naidu on 12 October 1981 in a Telugu family in Mumbai, Maharashtra and was brought up in Dubai. Sneha was paired with Prasanna for the first time in '' Achchamundu! Achchamundu!'' (2009). Since then, there were numerous reports in the media on their relationship. Prasanna was spotted in all her modeling shows and both were spotted together in movie previews. Though both denied it as a rumour, later, on 9 November 2011, Prasanna announced, "Yes... Sneha and I decided to marry soon with the blessings of our parents." The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishore (actor, Born 1974)
Kishore Kumar G (born 14 August 1974), known mononymously as Kishore, is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He gained popularity for portraying the character of Veerappan in the Kannada film Attahasa in 2013. Recently, he got pan India recognition for his performance in The Family Man (Indian TV series) and Kantara (film). Early life and education Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in Channapatna, a town in the southern part of India's Karnataka State. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in Kunigal, Karnataka, and college education in National College, Bangalore. This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as ''Teregalu'' and ''Samrata Ashoka''. He then did his master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion ... [...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] |
Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal is an Indian actress and film producer who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She made her Malayalam film debut with '' Ritu'' (2009). She married to the Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu in 2013. Early Life and Career Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Rima Kallingal began practising dancing when she was three years old. A dancer by profession, she has been a part of a dance company called Nritarutya and has had performances on national and international stages. She studied in Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor up to Fifth grade. She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thrissur, graduating in 2001. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Christ University, Bengaluru. She is also skilled in Taekwondo (Korean martial art), Chao (Manipuri martial art) and Kalari. She was a semi-finalist of the Asianet reality show ''Vodafone Thakadhimi''. She moved to Bengaluru to pursue a modelling career and later participated in the Miss Kerala beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharath (actor)
Bharath Srinivasan (born 21 July 1983), known professionally as Bharath, is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil films, along with few films in Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu. He made his acting debut in 2003 with S. Shankar's ''Boys''. He then appeared in the Jayaraj-directed Malayalam vigilante film '' 4 the People'' (2004) which was a musical hit and a blockbuster in Kerala. Then, he played the negative character in ''Chellamae'' (2004). He received his breakthrough as the lead in the Tamil film ''Kaadhal'' (2004). Some of his other notable films include ''Pattiyal'' (2006), ''Em Magan'' (2006), ''Veyil'' (2006), ''Pazhani'' (2008), ''Kanden Kadhalai'' (2009), ''Vaanam'' (2011), '' Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (2013) and ''Kaalidas'' (2019). Early and personal life Bharath was born as Bharath Srinivasan on 21 July 1983 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a trained dancer by profession and joined Swingers International Dance Club when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
