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Gowtham Sundararajan
Gowtham Sundararajan is an Indian actor and choreographer who has worked on Tamil-language films and in television dramas. Career Gowtham Sundararajan was born to Tamil actor Major Sundarrajan and Shyamala in Madras, Tamil Nadu. He studied at Vivekananda College and graduated in 1989, before attempting to make a breakthrough in the film industry by appearing in item numbers, featuring in various projects including K. Balachander's ''Azhagan'' (1990). He married Kokila Hariram in September 1996. In 1998, along with his wife, he founded the Academy of Modern Dance, Chennai's first formal Western dance school. The pair also worked on choreographing for films, with their biggest venture being their first film, the Kamal Haasan-starrer ''Aalavandhan'' (2001). They continued to work on other film projects including the incomplete R. Madhavan-Jyothika starrer ''Acham Thavir'', which they travelled to Syria to shoot. Gowtham then began a career in acting, notably starring as one of Tami ... [...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, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandini Tamilarasan
Chandini Tamilarasan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. She made her debut in the lead role in K. Bhagyaraj's ''Siddhu +2'' (2010), before signing to play role in ''Naan Rajavaga Pogiren'' (2013). Early and personal life Chandini was born to Tamilarasan and Padmanjali. She is half Tamil (from her father's side) and half Telugu (from her mother's side). She married choreographer Nandha on 12 December 2018. Career She was among the contestants for the Miss Chennai 2007 pageant, aged 17, but did not finish in the top three. Post that in 2009, she appeared in a reality show on a Tamil channel and it was then that she got a call from K. Bhagyaraj's office asking her to come for a screen test for his new venture. She subsequently impressed and was signed to appear in ''Siddhu +2'' which starred Bhagyaraj's son, Shanthnoo, alongside her. The film after a delay released in December 2010 but performed poorly at the box office, winning average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thee (2009 Film)
''Thee'' (''Fire'') is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by G. Kicha. The film stars Sundar C, Namitha and Ramya Raj while Vivek, G. M. Kumar, Manoj K. Jayan, and Sayaji Shinde play supporting roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva, and the editing was done by Saeem. The film was released on 27 February 2009. The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''Operation Duryodhana''. Plot The story begins with Sarathy ( Sundar C.), a tough but honest cop. Given his straightforward nature, he is the thorn in the flesh for many antisocial elements and politicians. Due to this, he keeps getting transferred from time to time but has no qualms about it, since he is happily married to Ganga (Ramya Raj). However, Sarathy's life takes a turn when he arrests a corrupt MLA J.P. ( G. M. Kumar) and his men, which leads J.P. to quit the field. J.P. vows revenge, so he kills Ganga and their two children. He also frames Sarathy in a case. Ganga e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattiyal
''Pattiyal'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha. It stars Bharath, Arya, Pooja Umashankar, and Padmapriya Janakiraman while Cochin Haneefa and Santhana Bharathi play pivotal roles. The film tackles the issue of dons and was based on the 1999 Thai film ''Bangkok Dangerous''. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. It released on 17 March 2006. Plot Kosi and Selva, are contract killers working for a middleman with the ironic name of Sami. Director Vishnuvardan portrays this morbid telling of two orphaned youths with incredible realism of trust, friendship, and ultimate betrayal masterfully. Kosi is an unblinking man with a stubborn feel for life, thereby refusing to love and be loved. Selva, deaf and dumb, is equally intrepid, although he has a heart ticking beneath the dark, dire exterior. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udhaya
''Udhaya'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action drama film which was directed by Azhagam Perumal which released on 26 March 2004. The film stars Vijay and Simran, while Vivek, Nassar and Rajesh play supporting roles. The soundtrack for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman and the background score was by Pravin Mani. The editing was by Raja Mohammad, and the cinematography was by Priyan. Plot Udhayakumaran is a college student who does research on subatomic physics. He is offered a research position at Princeton University due to his ground-breaking research papers. However, he declines the offer and becomes a lecturer in his college, where he meets Vasanthi, and they fall in love with each other. Udhaya later discovers that she has already been engaged and decides to move to another city. With the help of Basheer, he finds a job as a reporter in Chennai. Unfortunately, Basheer dies in a bomb blast, and Udhaya unwittingly gets to meet the people responsible for Basheer's deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giri (film)
''Giri'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C, starring Arjun in the lead role, with Ramya, Reema Sen, Devayani, Vadivelu, and Prakash Raj among others enacting supporting roles. The film was released on 1 October 2004. The movie was remade in Kannada in 2020 as '' Shivarjuna'' starring his nephew Chiranjeevi Sarja. This film is also noted to be actress Khushbu's productional debut in her production company house, Avni Cinemax. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the same name. Plot Two villages, Veerapandi Puram and Soolachery, on either side of a river are always feuding, as the headmen Veerasamy (Vinu Chakravarthy) and Sethupathy (FEFSI Vijayan) have personal enmity. Due to some misunderstanding, Sethupathy's children die, and the blame falls on Veerasamy. Sethupathy seeks revenge and tries to kill Veerasamy's son Surta but Surya is saved by his servant's son Giri, but the boy Surya disappears. 20 years later, Shiva ( Arju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhumalai
''Ezhumalai'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also played the titular character. It also features Simran, Gajala and Mumtaj as the female leads, while Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidhyarthi play supporting roles. This film is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film ''Narasimha Naidu'' (2001), starring Balakrishna and Simran, where the latter reprised her role in the Tamil version. It was dubbed into Hindi as "Main Hoon Rangbaaz". The film released on 21 June 2002. Plot Ezhumalai leads a peaceful life as a dance master in the village. Anjali falls in love with him before learning that he has a son and that his wife Lakshmi is dead. She wishes to marry him but faces competition from Lakshmi's sister Sandhya, who also wishes to wed him. Anjali is the daughter of Nagalingam, who is from a neighboring village. When she reveals this fact to Ezhumalai, she learns that he and her father are sworn enemies and that her father was responsible for his famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thedinen Vanthathu
''Thedinen Vanthathu'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Ravi Varma. The film stars Prabhu, Goundamani, Mantra and Amrutha. The film, produced by Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan and Kanchana Sivaraman, had a musical score by Sirpy and was released on 30 October 1997 as one of the Deepavali releases. Plot Velumani (Prabhu), an innocent bank watchman, loses his job after two robbers steal one crore in his bank. In a misunderstanding, a hotel manager thinks that Velumani is a bank manager. Tamizhmani (Goundamani), the hotel server, knows his secret but Velumani manages him by giving him a lottery ticket. The next day, they have the winning numbers. Tamizhmani immediately resigns from his job, but the lottery ticket was a fake. Viswanathan (Vennira Aadai Moorthy) has two daughters: Mythili (Amrutha) and Janaki (Mantra). Viswanathan looks for grooms for several years and decides to ask an astrologer about it. The astrologer tells him that grooms will approach hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sishya (film)
''Sishya'' is a 1997 Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Selva. The film stars Karthik and Roshini. The film was produced by Tharangai V. Sunder and had musical scores by Deva. Plot Shruti ( Roshini), the daughter of a minister, flees to Chennai from Delhi where she falls in love with Aravindan ( Karthik). But fate separates the couple when the C.B.I ( Nizhalgal Ravi) finds her and sends her back to Delhi. Cast * Karthik as Aravind * Roshini as Shruti / Anu *Goundamani as Aravind's friend *Manivannan as Police inspector Malachamy *Visu as Aadhimoolam *Sonia as Anu, Aadhimoolam's daughter *Thyagu *Vivek * Nizhalgal Ravi as C.B.I Ashok Narayanan *Crazy Mohan as Manager * Chitti Babu as Minister *Gowtham Sundararajan as Gowtham * Mohan V. Ram *Vichu Vishwanath *LIC Narasimhan *Vichithra Vichithra is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. She has also appeared in a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. Career Her breakthrough came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Hind (1994 Film)
''Jaihind'' () is a 1994 Tamil language war action film written and directed by Arjun. The film stars him and Ranjitha. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 20 May 1994 and was a blockbuster at the box office. A spiritual successor titled ''Jaihind 2'', also starring Arjun, was released in 2014. Plot Bharath ( Arjun), a police officer, is in love with Priya (Ranjitha), a policewoman. A terrorist group attacks the state of Tamil Nadu and kills the current Chief Minister (Kalyan Kumar) and Sriram, Bharath's brother ( Devan). Bharath decides to go with some prisoners and his lover in the island where the terrorist group is hidden. This is a secret and dangerous mission. Whether he will be able to prevent their attacks or become a victim himself forms the crux of the story. Cast * Arjun as ACP Bharath IPS *Ranjitha as Inspector Priya *Goundamani as Head Constable Kottaisamy * Manorama as Bharath's mother *Senthil as Pulikutty / Poonaikutty / Paayuso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Maaman
''Thai Maaman'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political satire film starring Sathyaraj and Meena. It was released on 16 September 1994. Plot Rasappan (Sathyaraj) is a wealthy but irresponsible landlord in a village, who loves his niece Meena (Meena), an educated girl. Their parents decide to engage them, but Meena refuses to marry as Rasappan is jobless. Rasappan challenges them to find a decent job. Rasappan's uncle (Goundamani) advises him to become a MLA. Rasappan joins Paramasivan's (Manivannan) political party and contests in MLA election against his uncle Velusamy ( Vijayakumar). Paramasivan is cruel-natured and decides to loot public money if Rasappan wins in his party. But Rasappan feels bad contesting against his own uncle and campaigns electors to vote for Velusamy instead of him. But, in an unexpected event, Rasappan wins the election. Rasappan becomes an honest MLA and helps his village people. He convinces the villagers to deposit their money in a new bank, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karpagam Vanthachu
''Karpagam Vanthachu'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy. The film stars Arjun Sarja and Raadhika, with Gowtham Sundararajan, Y. G. Mahendran, Vidyasri, Soorya, S. S. Chandran, Vinu Chakravarthy, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, and Charle playing supporting roles. It was released on 15 October 1993. The film is an adaptation of the stage play ''Delhi Maamiyar'' written by Komal Swaminathan. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Bejawada Rowdy''. Plot Sakthivel is a poor orphan living alone in a slum and works as a cycle rickshaw puller. Being a short-tempered person, he cannot tolerate injustice so he is often caught in fights. He then meets the outspoken Karpagam, who delivers meals at homes. They fall in love with each other. Raja and Sarathi are brothers, and they have lost their parents at a young age. Sarathi is married to the arrogant Sarasu and is totally submissive to her, while his younger brother Raja is a bachelor. Sarasu is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |