Heera Rajagopal
Heera Rajagopal (born 29 December 1971) is a former Indian actress who has appeared in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films. Career As a military brat, Heera shifted to schools across different states in India every few years. She later pursued a degree in psychology at Women's Christian College, Chennai. During her time in college, Heera was approached to model for print magazines and she took on the opportunities for financial independence. She also briefly worked as an encyclopaedia-seller, a hotel worker and a model coordinator in her days as a student. Heera was initially not keen for a career in films and turned down initial approaches for roles by film directors. She first received a film offer on a family holiday at Gulmarg in Kashmir, where a producer had approached her to play the body double for Tina Munim. She also later rejected an offer from filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who had attended one of her modelling assignments. In 1991, soon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
''Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gautami and Heera. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani. The film's title is based on a song from ''Keladi Kanmani''. It was an average success. Plot Nandha, a young graduate falls in love with Nivedha, an illicit daughter of a venerated judge. The man's father learns of the affair; helps his son set up a scene to introduce Nivedha to their dominated mother, Vedavalli. Vedavalli likes the girl immediately and goes on to the Judge's house asking for Nivedha's hand to his first wife and ends up being bashed up. The second unmarried wife learns of the scene and begs the judge to give a moral life to their daughter. Judge goes to meet Nandha's parents and Vedavalli is not convinced. Nandha's father gives him cash asking him to elope with Nivedha. Meanwhile, the illicit wife get ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amanaat
''Amaanat'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Raj N. Sippy. It stars Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Heera Rajagopal and Kanchan in pivotal roles. Plot summary In a small village having mostly aged people, there has not been any rainfall for the past 3 years. A youngster wanting to be the leader of the village has to free the village people from this calamity. The people of the village beg a rich master for water, but in vain. So the hero has to go to the city to buy a water tube. In the city, all his belongings including his money have been stolen. Then he rescues a guy who was getting beaten up by thieves. They become good friends and they help each other. Cast *Sanjay Dutt as Vijay *Akshay Kumar as Amar *Heera Rajagopal as Geeta * Kanchan as Radha *Farheen as Bijli *Mukesh Khanna as Agarwal Seth *Gulshan Grover as Niranjan *Kiran Kumar as Rajeshwar/ Lankeshwar *Navneet Nishan Navneet Nishan (also known as Navnit Nishan, Navnit or Navnit Singh) (bor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raj N
Raj or RAJ may refer to: History * British Raj, the 1858–1947 rule of the British Crown over India * Company Raj, the 1757–1858 rule of the East India Company in South Asia * Licence Raj, the Indian system of elaborate licences, regulations and accompanying red tape * Mafia Raj, slang term for a criminalized nexus of government officials Places * Raj, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland * Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship, north Poland * Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Poland * Ráj, a village in the Czech Republic * Raj, the Hungarian name for Brazii Commune, Arad County, Romania People * Raj (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Raj (caste), Muslim ethnic group in northern India Other * Raj Comics, Indian comic book publisher * Raj TV or RAJ, Tamil channel, Chennai, India * Raj–Koti, a pair of composers and musicians in the Telugu film industry * Raj Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India * raj, the ISO 639-2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on accoun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anand (actor)
Anand is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films along with a few Kannada productions. He has also acted in several Malayalam TV serials. The actor's biggest film till date is Mani Ratnam's black comedy film ''Thiruda Thiruda'', but unlike his co-stars of that film, it failed to give him a breakthrough. He has also played second lead roles and supporting characters in several films including Kamal Haasan's '' Sathya'' and Vijayakanth's ''Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran''. Career He made his film debut in 1987 with ''Vanna Kanavugal''. He is best known for his works in films such as '' Sathya'' (1988), '' Anbe En Anbe'' (1988), '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989), '' Oor Mariyadhai'' (1992), ''Thalaivasal'' (1992), ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993), screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and ''Enakku 20 Unakku 18'' (2003). Anand also produced and directed a Malayalam short film "Kassu Panam Thuttu Money Money". His recent works as a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in ''Vaigasi Poranthachu'' (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992), R. K. Selvamani's ''Chembaruthi'' (1992), K. Rushendra Reddy's ''Tholi Muddhu'' (1993), and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy ''Jeans'' (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of this film saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thiruda Thiruda
''Thiruda Thiruda'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language black comedy caper film directed by Mani Ratnam written along with Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Prashanth, Anand, Anu Aggarwal and Heera Rajagopal while S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Salim Ghouse play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman while the cinematography was handled by P. C. Sriram. In 1994, the film premièred at the Toronto International Film Festival. It also won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects. Plot Printed Indian currency from the Reserve Bank of India security press at Nasik with an estimated value of 1000 crores, is stolen from a train by T. T. Vikram, a gangster and drug dealer living in London. The container is shipped off by Vikram's henchman and is on the move. The access card of the container goes to the possession of pop star Chandralekha, an acquaintance of Vikram. CBI SP Lakshminarayanan is assigned to track down the stolen cu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caper Story
The caper story is a subgenre of crime fiction. The typical caper story involves one or more crimes (especially thefts, swindles, or occasionally kidnappings) perpetrated by the main characters in full view of the reader. The actions of police or detectives attempting to prevent or solve the crimes may also be chronicled, but are not the main focus of the story. The caper story is distinguished from the straight crime story by elements of humor, adventure, or unusual cleverness or audacity. The main characters often have comical idiosyncrasies and the law enforcement individuals are characterized by ineptitude or inadequacies. The criminals comically plan a crime with details unnecessary for the nature of the crime and humour is created when their personalities clash and their quirks are exposed. For instance, the Dortmunder stories of Donald E. Westlake are highly comic tales involving unusual thefts by a gang of offbeat characters — in different stories Dortmunder's gan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film. Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest in films when he was young. Upon completion of his post graduation in management, he started his career as a consultant. He entered the film industry through the 1983 Kannada film, ''Pallavi Anu Pallavi''. The failure of his subsequent films would mean that he was left with fewer offers. However, his fifth directorial outing, ''Mouna Ragam'' (1986), established him as a leading filmmaker in Tamil cinema. He was the director o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sabash Babu
''Sabash Babu'' () is a Tamil language action film released in 1993 written by T. Rajender and directed by Sasi Mohan. Rajender himself appears in a major role with his son, Silambarasan appearing in the title role as a child artiste. Heera Rajagopal and T. Rajender played supporting roles. The film released during Deepavali festival 1993. The music and lyrics were by T. Rajendar. Plot Lalitha is tortured by her relatives and made insane to take over her whole property. The rest of the film shows how her son Babu saves her mother with the help of his father Veluchamy, an army officer. Cast *Silambarasan as Babu *Heera Rajagopal as Lalitha Veluchamy, Babu's mother *T. Rajendar as Veluchamy, Babu's father *Kuralarasan *Disco Shanti Cameo Appearance *Silk Smitha Cameo Appearance Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by T. Rajender, who also wrote the songs. *"Maane Marikozhundhe" (Male) - K. J. Yesudas *"Maane Marikozhundhe" (Female) - K. S. Chithra *"Podiyannu" - Chithra *"Aap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |