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Gangai Amaren
Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ramaswamy and Chinnathayi. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilaiyaraaja and father of director and actor Venkat Prabhu and actor, composer and singer Premji Amaren. He had two more elder brothers, R. D. Bhaskar and Pavalar Varadharajan, both who died long back. Composers Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, singer Bhavatharini and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar are his relations. Regarding his name, Gangai was taken from a magazine of same name which he read during childhood while Amaran is derived from a pseudonym Amar Singh which he wanted to adopt himself when he aimed to be a lyricist. His latest interview with Chithra Lakshmanan in Touring talkies YouTube channel he has shared his life experiences and about his career s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pannaipuram
Pannaipuram is a panchayat town in Theni district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located hill foot of "Western Ghats" sharing its border with Kerala State and has very good literacy. Pannaipuram Town panchayat includes 4 villages namely Pannaipuram, Kariyanampatty, Mallingapuram and P. Renganathapuram. Mahalingeswarar Temple, Kaliamman Temple and Bommaiyaswamy Temple are located in Pannaipuram. Veereswarar Temple is located in Kariyanampatty. Most of the people in Pannaipuram are engaged in Cardamom cultivation and trade in nearby Kerala hills. Taluk: Uthamapalayam, District: Theni, Assembly Constituency: Cumbum (From 2011), earlier it was Bodinayakkanur. Parliament Constituency: Theni Demographics India census, Pannaipuram had a population of 9323. Males constitute 49.6% of the population and females 50.4%. Pannaipuram has an average literacy rate of 74.93%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82.58%, and fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premgi Amaren
Prem Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 26 February 1979), better known as Premgi, is an Indian playback singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian. The son of composer and director Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in his elder brother Venkat Prabhu's films. His stage name, Premgi, is actually a spelling error, as it is meant to be "Prem G.", (the G referring to his father's name). He is also best known for his catchphrases ''Enna Koduma Sir Idhu ?'' (What atrocity is this, sir ?) and ''Evvalavo pannitom, itha panna mattoma'' (We've done so much, won't we do this also ?), the former being a modified version of a famous dialogue used by Prabhu in '' Chandramukhi'' (2005). Career In 1997, Premgi planned to enter the film industry as a director with a project titled ''Wanted'' starring Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. The film, which had Yuvan Shankar Raja as music composer and Gangai Amaren and S. P. Balasubrahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enga Ooru Pattukaran
''Enga Ooru Pattukaran'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha and Nishanthi, with Senthamarai, Vinu Chakravarthy, Senthil, Kovai Sarala and S. S. Chandran playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Kalyani Murugan, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 April 1987. The film was a huge blockbuster at box office, making it as one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 1987. It gave a breakthrough for Ramarajan and Rekha. After this film, Ramarajan-Gangai Amaran duo were known as one of the successful duos in Tamil cinema then. Plot Shenbagam ( Nishanthi), the daughter of a wealthy landlord ( Senthamarai), and Seethan (Ramarajan), an orphan milkman, are in love but they do not express their love directly. Seethan has been brought up by Maruthamuthu (Vinu Chakravarthy). When Shenbagam's father decides to get her married to a rich man, she commits suicide. Seethan becomes distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RK Nagar , an educational institution in Karimganj, India
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RK Nagar may refer to: Places * Ramakrishnanagar, a neighbourhood in Mysore, India * Ramkrishna Nagar, Karimganj, a Township in Assam, India * Radhakrishnan Nagar, an Assembly constituency in Chennai, India * Radha Krishna Nagar, popularly known as Safilguda is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, India *Ramakrishna Nagar, a small neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Movies * RK Nagar (film), a 2019 Tamil film Institutions * Ramkrishna Nagar College Ramkrishna Nagar College, established in 1964, is a general degree college situated at Ramkrishna Nagar, in Karimganj, Assam, India. It is affiliated with Assam University. Departments Science *Physics *Mathematics *Chemistry Arts *Bengali *Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karagattakaran
''Karakattakkaran'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy dance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and debutant Kanaka, while Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar, Goundamani, Senthil, Shanmugasundaram, Raja Bahadur, Ganthimathi and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. It revolves around two karakattam dancers who fall in love with each other, but circumstances prevent them from confessing their love for one another. How they overcome these forms the rest of the story. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and all the songs were well-received, in particular, "Maanguyilae Poonguyile". The film was released on 16 June 1989 and was a major commercial success, running for over a year in theatres, and won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was also Goundamani and Senthil's 100th film as a combo. Goundamani and Senthil's banana comedy sequence from this film remains one of their popular act. Plot Muthaiya is the lead performer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozhi Koovuthu (1982 Film)
''Kozhi Koovuthu'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Gangai Amaran in his debut. The film stars Prabhu, Suresh, Smitha and Viji in her acting debut. The film has music by Ilaiyaraaja, cinematography by P. S. Nivas, editing by B. Lenin, and was released on 25 December 1982. Plot Velusamy is a macho man and everybody in the villager fears him for his rude and offensive talks, but Velusamy is good at heart and helpful to needy. Ramakrishna, an orphan comes gets appointed as postman in this rural community of Anaikaraipatti. Kamakshi, the daughter of Velusamy's elder sister Vellathaayi, initially misunderstands Ramakrishna and has tiffs with him. Vellathaayi insists on Velusamy to have his livelihood as she wishes arrange her daughter's marriage with him, but villagers oppose the same and insult Velusamy. Notwithstanding the insult, Velusamy promises to prove himself and the villagers of his worth, and joins the military. The rest of the story forms what happen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazhvey Maayam
''Vaazhvey Maayam'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Sripriya. It is a remake of the 1981 Telugu film '' Premabhishekam''. The film was released on 26 January 1982, and ran for over 200 days in theatres. Plot Rajasekaran (Kamal Haasan) is a spoiled brat from a rich family. He always takes advantage of his mother's affection and this irritates his father. He is a member of a flight club and does many aerial stunts in his plane. He gets attracted to an air-hostess named Devi ( Sridevi), When Raja tries to woo her, she gets irritated and insults him. Raja decides to pursue her regardless. He finds out that Devi is an acquaintance of his friend Prathap (Prathap Pothan). Raja is delighted at this since he can get to Devi through his friend Prathap. Prathap does not like this as he wants to marry Devi but has not proposed to her yet. He unwillingly accepts Raja's plans. Raja keeps trying to im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouna Geethangal
''Mouna Geethangal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film stars Bhagyaraj himself alongside Saritha, with S. Krishnamoorthy and Master Suresh in supporting roles. It revolves around a man attempting to reconcile with his estranged ex-wife after five years. The inspiration for the story came to Bhagyaraj from Jayakanthan's short story ''Unmai Sudum'', and his own personal life. The film was produced by K. Gobinathan under Bhagavathi Creations, photographed by B. S. Basaviraj and edited by T. Rajasekhar, with music composed by Gangai Amaran. When the film was still under production, Bhagyaraj published the story as a serial in the magazine ''Kumudam''. ''Mouna Geethangal'' was released on 23 January 1981, and became a commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres. In the same year it was remade in Hindi as ''Ek Hi Bhool'' and in Telugu as ''Sathyabhama''. In 1991 it was remade in Malayalam as ''Chancha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasuki Bhaskar
Vasuki Bhaskar is an Indian fashion design, fashion and costume designer, working in the Tamil film industry. She is the daughter of film producer R.D. Bhaskar and Pavalar Creations is their own production house. Career Vasuki was born as the only daughter to the late R. D. Bhaskar, film producer and brother of legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja. Her brothers are film director Parthi Bhaskar and playback singer and actor Hari Bhaskar, who briefly worked on an unfinished film titled ''Oru Idhayam Oru Kaathal'' in 2004, and ''Viyugam'', opposite Kanchi Kaul. Music directors Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, singer Bhavatharini, film director and actor Venkat Prabhu and comedy actor, singer and composer Premji Amaren are her cousins. Vasuki was studying in a designing course at Loyola College, Chennai, Loyola College. Director Bharathiraja offered her the opportunity to design costumes for his film ''Kangalal Kaidhu Sei'', after he saw her designs at some events. She designed the costu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavatharini
Bhavatharani Raja is an Indian singer and music composer. She is the daughter of Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She has mostly sung songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film '' Bharathi'', composed by her father Ilaiyaraaja. Career Bhavatharini Raja made her debut as a singer for '' Raasaiya''. Her song was a major hit. From then onward, she has sung in albums composed by her father and brothers. She has also lent her voice in songs composed by Deva and Sirpy. In 2001, she won the National Award for the song ''Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu'' in the movie '' Bharathi'' (the music director was her father). She turned music director for the 2002 film ''Mitr, My Friend'', directed by Revathi, starring Shobhana. She then forayed into the Telugu film industry with '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavalar Varadharajan
Pavalar Varadharajan was a singer, lyric writer, composer, musician, drama writer who mainly did music programs for the Communist Party of India during election campaigns. Early life Varadharajan was born in Pannaipuram village (now a town in Theni district of Tamil Nadu) to Ramaswamy and Chinnathayi. His brothers are R.D. Bhaskar, Ilaiyaraaja, and Gangai Amaran. Political life He was noticed by the communist leaders for his singing talent. During the 1958 Devikulam by election he campaigned for Rosamma Punnoose belonging to Communist Party of India (CPI) by singing political songs written and composed by himself in and around the tea estates in the constituency. CPI won the election. During the victory meeting, the then chief minister of Kerala, E. M. S. Namboodiripad mentioned that Pavalar Varadharajan was the main reason for the victory in the election. After that he started a orchestra singing political songs for the communist party of India and performed across various ci ... [...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] |
