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G. Srinivasan (actor)
G. Srinivasan was an Indian actor, writer, director who predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. He was a supporting and villain actor during the 1970s and 1980s. He has acted over 200 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam. He made his debut as lead villain in Bharathiraja's Puthiya Vaarpugal (1979). His wife Choreographer Puliyur Saroja was a popular choreographer during 70's and 80's, 90s. They have their own educational institutions. Film career He had written eight films and directed three films. He started as an assistant to Adurthi Subba Rao and have worked as an associate to various other directors such as Dada Mirasi and K. Viswanath. He has played villain roles and character roles in over a hundred films, including the Ranuva Veeran in Tamil and the Penmani Aval Kanmani ''Penmani Aval Kanmani'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Visu and produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandaswamy. The film stars Pratap Pothen, Seetha, Visu and Kishm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadal Meengal
''Kadal Meengal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language masala film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha (actress), Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna (actress), Swapna. It is a remake of the 1980 Malayalam film ''Meen'', and also draws inspiration from the Hindi film ''Trishul (film), Trishul'' (1978). The film revolves around a man seeking revenge on his father for abandoning the former's mother. It was released on 5 June 1981. Plot Selvanayakam alias is a poor but hard-working fisherman who is in love with Bhagyam from the same fishing hamlet. After a tiff with the locals, Selvam moves to a neighbouring village for fishing and is feared dead during a cyclone. Selvam returns alive after a while and unable to find Bhagyam, marries another woman. Bhagyam has borne his child but lives in isolation away from the life of Selvam who has grown to be a rich businessman. After several years, Bhagyam's son Rajan finds out about his father whom he despises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urimai Geetham
''Urimai Geetham'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by R. V. Udayakumar, in his directorial debut. The film stars Prabhu and Karthik. The film had musical score by Manoj–Gyan and was released on 26 February 1988. Udayakumar won the Best New Dace (Director) award at the 9th Cinema Express Awards. Plot Bhoominathan, an honest politician, wins the election and becomes the CM. A felicitation function is organised to celebrate his victory. In the function, he is assassinated by Thyagu. On the one hand, Thyagu is arrested and he denies having killed Bhoominathan. On the other hand, Boominathan's son, Chandru is determined to find his father's murderer. The rest of the story is what happens to Thyagu and Chandru who is the real culprit. Cast *Prabhu as Thyagu * Karthik as Chandru * Pallavi as Indhu * Ranjini as Ganga *Charuhasan as Bhoominathan *Typist Gopu *Janagaraj as Ezhumalai * Kumarimuthu * G. Srinivasan as Dharmaraj *M. N. Rajam as Thyagu's mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajadhi Raja (1989 Film)
''Rajadhi Raja'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film, directed by R. Sundarrajan and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Rajinikanth in a dual role, with Nadhiya and Radha portraying his characters' love interests. It revolves around Raja, a rich estate owner's son who seeks to avenge his father's death. He is aided in his quest by Chinnarasu, a lookalike. ''Rajadhi Raja'' was released on 4 March 1989. The film became a box office blockbuster. Plot A rich estate owner Vishwanathan is killed by his second wife Sarasu and her brother Aadimoolam for his property. The estate owner's son Rajashekar returns from the United States and learns of this. In order to bring the culprits to book, he makes his friend Sethupathi, a rickshaw puller, act as Raja. But soon, Aadimoolam learns of this, kills Sethu and frames Raja as the killer. Raja is sentenced to death. In between, Raja loves Senkamalam, sister of an employee in his estate. In the same village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paarthal Pasu
''Paarthal Pasu'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language thriller film, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan and produced by G. Chinnadurai and G. Ravikumar. The film stars Ramarajan, Chandrasekhar, Pallavi and Sri Bharathi. Cast *Ramarajan as Lawyer Shankar *Chandrasekhar *Pallavi *Sri Bharathi *Thaarani * S. S. Chandran * Senthil *Senthamarai *G. Seenivasan *Karnan *Achamillai Gopi *C. S. Pandiyan *Nagaraja Chozhan *Peeli Sivam *T. A. Balaji *Oru Viral Krishna Rao * Major Sundarrajan in Guest Appearance *Poornam Viswanathan Poornam Viswanathan (15 November 1921 – 1 October 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started performing on stage at age 18. He worked as a reader for All India Radio and went on to act in films such as ''C ... in Guest Appearance *Veera Raghavan in Guest Appearance Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception ''The Indian Express'' wrote that the film "means to exploit audience's weaknesses to the hilt". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manithan (1987 Film)
''Manithan'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language Political action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Rupini and Raghuvaran, with Senthil, Delhi Ganesh and Srividya. It was released 21 October 1987, and emerged a silver jubilee hit. Plot The story revolves around Raja, who grows up in juvenile detention due to hitting his teacher by a table weight for falsely calling him a thief due to the only reason he was born on a No Moon Day. He was born to a superstitious father who believes that a person born on a No Moon Day will surely turn criminal. When his imprisonment years are over, he joins People Welfare Organization in a local community and helps the needy people. In due course, he gets enemies due to his good deeds. The rest of the story forms on how Raja succeeds over his enemies and disproves the false claims on him and the superstitions and prejudice that surrounded him. Cast * Rajinikanth as Raja * Rupini as Ruba * Raghuvaran as Kumaravelu * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidambara Rahasiyam (film)
''Chidambara Rahasiyam'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Visu. It stars Visu, S. Ve. Shekher, Delhi Ganesh, Arun Pandian, Ilavarasi and Manorama. The film revolves around a simpleton (S. Ve. Shekher) who is framed for murder. Here enters Visu who teams up with the local police and Arun Pandian to find the real culprits. The subject matter of the film is not related directly to Chidambara Rahasiyam, a Hindu religious belief. The film was released on 14 December 1985. Plot Chidambaram, a good-hearted simpleton from a rich family in Karaikudi is in love with his cousin Uma. Uma is a well-educated girl and in love with Arun, her college-mate. When Chidambaram's parents Kaathamuthu Chettiyar and Valayapatti Valliammai speak to Uma's parents (Ponnazhagi and her husband) about getting their children married, Ponnazhagi insults Chidambaram for his stupidity. So, Chidambaram sets to find a job and earn money so that he can ask Uma's hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Raghavendrar
''Sri Raghavendrar'' is a 1985 Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and was produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth, portraying the title character, in his 100th film. Lakshmi, Vishnuvardhan, Delhi Ganesh and Nizhalgal Ravi play prominent roles. The film is based on the life of Hindu saint Raghavendra Tirtha. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Vaali. The dialogues for the film were written by A. L. Narayanan. The cinematography was handled by T. S. Vinayagam while the editing was handled by the duo R. Vittal and S. B. Mohan. The film was released on 1 September 1985 to positive reception with Rajinikanth's performance as a saint was widely praised. But the film failed at box office. Plot This film is the life of Raghavendra Tirtha, from Birth till his Mahasamadhi. Cast * Rajinikanth as Raghavendra Tirtha * Lakshmi as Saraswati Bai * Vishnuvardhan as Sri Yogenthra Tirtha * Sathy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padikkadha Pannaiyar
''Padikkadha Pannaiyar'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan and produced by G. Sulochana. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Y. G. Mahendra and V. K. Ramasamy. It is a remake of the director's own film ''Kan Kanda Deivam''. It was Vijaya's 200th film as an actress. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesan * K. R. Vijaya * Anuradha * Y. G. Mahendran * V. K. Ramasamy * Dilip * Thengai Srinivasan * Jayamala * Culcutta Viswanathan *V. S. Raghavan *Achamillai Gopi *Venu Aravind * V. Gopalakrishnan *Shanmugasundaram *Pasi Sathya *Bayilvan Ranganathan *Ennatha Kannaiya Ennathe Kannaiah (1925 - 7 August 2012) was a comedian who appeared in Tamil-language films. In the Ravichandran-Jayalalita starrer Naan, as he spoke his dialogues, he frequently used the word Ennathe and this became his nickname. Decades later, ... Soundtrack The soundtrack for the movie composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The lyrics for the songs were written by Vaali, Gan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras Vathiyar
''Madras Vathiyar'' ( ) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vijaya Bhaskar and written by A. L. Narayanan. The film stars Vijayakanth, Sasikala and Anuradha. It was released on 14 January 1984. Plot Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh. Release and reception ''Madras Vathiyar'' was released on 14 January 1984. Jayamanmadhan of ''Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...'' gave the film a negative review. References External links * {{IMDb title, tt0364490 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1984 films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhooram Adhighamillai
''Dhooram Adhighamillai'' is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Robert–Rajasekar, starring Karthik, Viji and Janagaraj. The film had musical score by Shankar–Ganesh and was released in 1983. Plot Meena, the lead actress in Manikam's drama troupe, creates trouble for him as her love life is affecting his business. Meena's lover and Manikam keep trying to outwit each for their personal gains. Cast * Karthik as Araamuthu * Viji as Meena *Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthu ... *Samikannu *G. Seenivasan * Kumarimuthu *Junior T. S. Balaiah *Sathya *Noorjahan *Seethapatti * R. Parthiepan References External links * * 1983 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellai Roja
''Vellai Roja'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. Jagannathan and written and A. L. Narayanan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Prabhu and Radha. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Post Mortem''. ''Vellai Roja'' was released on 4 November 1983, and ran for 100 days in 13 centres. Plot Father James is a Catholic priest, well-respected by the entire town. Parisutham is a multimillionaire and head of the town, Peter who is the son of coffin maker Savaerimuthu is an angry young man, who always fights for justice and is against rich people. Peter's sister Mary and Parisutham's son Johnny are in love. Mary becomes pregnant and at that time Johnny has to leave the country for few days on business, so she asks James' help to arrange her marriage with Johnny because both Parisutham and Peter respect his words. But Peter's girlfriend Lakshmi overhears part of a conversation between James and Mary on her pregnancy and misunderstands that James and Mary wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |