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K. S. Jayalakshmi
K. S. Jayalakshmi is an Indian actress who works in the Tamil film and television industries. She has acted in comedy roles in movies. Jayalakshmi made her acting debut in the Tamil film ''Etharkum Thuninthavan'' released in 1976. Career She has since then been featured in more than a hundred films, including ''Agni Satchi'', ''Poikkal Kudhirai'', ''Manathil Uruthi Vendum'', ''Guru Sishyan'', ''Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal'' and ''Kaadhale Nimmadhi''. She was regularly cast in productions by Kavithalaya Productions and has acted in numerous films by K. Balachander Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un .... Television ;Serials ;Reality shows * Vaanam Vasapadum * Super Kudumbam Season 1 * Sooriya Vanakkam * Sollathan Nanikeren * Sagara Sangama * Puthiya Paatukal * Po ...
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Tamil Cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood'' - a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, ''Keechaka Vadham'', was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, ''Kalidas'', a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture ''Alam Ara''. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil film industry established in Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema, other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films from India established a global presence through distri ...
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Uravugal
Uravugal () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV. The show premiered on 1 June 2009. The show starring by Archana Krishnappa, Bhavana, Shreekumar, Rajkanth and Durga. The series also reunited Bhavana, Shreekumar and Rajkanth, who previously starred together three years before on Megala (2007-2010). The show was directed by Balaji Yadav, Shiva K. and S. Haribabu. The show is produced by San Media Ltd. The show last aired on 12 October 2012 and ended with 854 episodes. It also airs in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Vasantham TV. Plot Uravugal as the name suggests, is the story of the relationships between the members of one a joint family, who have a fallout after the death of the elder. Annamalai is the eldest of the family who is married to Parvathy. They have two children, Krishnan and Gowri. Annamalai has a younger brother Azhagesan who is married to Visalakshi / Visalam. They have two children, Ranjani and Mukunthan. Ranjani is married to Senthil And ...
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Moodu Pani
''Moodu Pani'' ( en, The Mist, italic=yes) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. Starring his then wife Shoba and Pratap, with N. Viswanathan, Ganthimathi, Mohan and Bhanu Chander in supporting roles, it is based on two novels: ''Idhuvum Oru Viduthalai Thaan'' (1978) by Rajendra Kumar, and ''The Collector'' (1963) by John Fowles. The film follows Chandru (Pratap), who has a strong hatred towards prostitutes and would kill any such woman he encounters. He falls in love with Rekha (Shoba) and believes marrying her will end his psychological distress. ''Moodu Pani'' was the third directorial venture of Mahendra and his second in Tamil after '' Azhiyatha Kolangal'' (1979). It also marked Mohan's debut in Tamil cinema, and the last film Shoba acted in before her death. Principal photography took place between January and April 1980, mostly in Udupi, Bangalore and Ooty. The film's similarities to Alfred Hitchcock ...
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Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham
''Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language soap opera airing on Zee Tamil from 24 February 2020. It is also digitally available on ZEE5. The TV series stars with Jai Akash and Dharshana Ashokan. This series is an official remake of the Marathi television series, ''Tula Pahate Re''. The story is about a middle-aged business tycoon, Suryaprakash "Surya" falls in love with a young middle-class woman, Anu. Synopsis Anu, a simple, middle-class girl meets Surya, a rich business man in an auto rickshaw and they both share the ride. Anu prepares a speech for Surya for her college cultural function, unknown that Surya himself was sitting next to her. At college cultural function, Anu is surprised to know that he's Surya and delivers her speech about him. Thus they both understand each other and become friends. As Anu searches for a job, Surya tells Anu to join as an employee in his company. But Surya's PA, Meera hates Anu because of Surya and Anu's relationsh ...
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Zee Tamil
Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Zee Entertainment Enterprises also launched a full Tamil movie channel named ''Zee Thirai'' in 2020. History Zee Tamil was launched on 12 October 2008 as the third south Indian channel after Zee Telugu and Zee Kannada. It was launched under Zee Entertainment Enterprises. In Canada, the channel is distributed by Ethnic Channels Group. Zee Tamil went on a revamp with an update in its on-air graphics on 15 October 2017 with the slogan of "Let's bridge heart and welcome change (மனதால் இணைவோம் மாற்றத்தை வரவேற்போம்), along with the launch of a high-definition feed with Tamil film actress Jyothika as the brand ambassador. The rebranding coincided with the Zee Network' ...
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Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (TV Series)
''Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal'' () was an Indian Tamil-language family television drama that aired on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5. The series premiered on 22 March 2021 and featured Devayani, Abhishek Shankar, and VJ Parvathy in the lead roles. It is an official remake of the Zee Marathi series ''Aggabai Sasubai''. The series ended on 20 November 2022 after 536 episodes. The plot focuses on the life of Lakshmi, a widow with a peaceful personality. She looks after her son Santhosh and cares for her father-in-law Thiruvenkadam, but does not take care of herself. After Santhosh gets married, the show focuses on how Lakshmi's daughter in law Pavithra strives to bring a little joy to Lakshmi's life. Santhosh and Pavithra try to get Lakshmi to marry her favorite chef, Hari Krishnan. Plot After Santhosh and Pavithra, Lakshmi goes with them to a hotel restaurant for a meal. The hotel is owned by renowned chef Hari Krishnan, who notices Lakshmi and falls for her. Lakshmi and her family ...
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Pandavar Illam
Pandavar Illam () is a 2019 Indian-Tamil language Family drama television series, which premiered on 15 July 2019 in Sun TV and digitally streams on Sun NXT. It stars Papri Ghosh, Aarthi Subhash, Krithika Annamalai, Naresh Eswar, Guhan Shanmugam, Nesan Nepolean, Surendar Raaj, Mohammad Absar, Anisha and Anu Sulash. The show is produced by VSAGA Pictures Pvt Ltd and directed by O.N. Rathnam. Synopsis The huge ancestral house of Periya Sundaram and his five grandsons, Raja Sundaram Pandavar, Nalla Sundaram Pandavar, Azhagu Sundaram Pandavar, Anbu Sundaram Pandavar and Kutty Sundaram Pandavar, is strictly barred for women. This 'only men' family take a vow against marriage, after losing their elder brother, Shiva Sundaram Pandavar on the day of his wedding. On the other hand, a district level boxer Mrs. Kayal has her heart set on marrying Kutty Sundaram. The sequences continued with the marriage of all the other brothers, after the marriage of Kutty Sundaram, Rasu and Anbu Sund ...
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Vamsam (TV Series)
Vamsam is a 2013-2017 Indian Tamil-language family soap opera starring Ramya Krishnan, Urvashi, Sandhya Jagarlamudi, Sakthi Saravanan, Sai Kiran and Bharath Kalyan. It replaced Rajakumari and it was broadcast on Sun TV on Monday through Saturday from 10 June 2013 to 18 November 2017 for 1338 episodes. It was dubbed in Telugu as ''Kutumbam'' on Gemini TV. Plot summary The original story starts with Shakthi ( Ramya Krishnan) wanting to find her relatives and unite her mother with her uncle Vetrivel Annachi ( Vijayakumar) and her father with her aunt Nagavalli (Vadivukkarasi). Still, in a tragic accident set up by Nagavalli, Shakthi's parents die, and she is the only survivor. She returns to the serial after many episodes. She marries Ponnuran (Sai Kiran). Still, after a while, it is revealed that since the accident, Shakthi's twin sister, Archana IAS ( Ramya Krishnan), separated from her a long time ago, has been acting as Shakthi. She did this because, after the accident in ...
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Chandralekha (TV Series)
''Chandralekha'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera airing on Sun TV. The show premiered on 6 October 2014 and ended on 8 October 2022. It starred Shwetha Bandekar, Naagasri GS and Sandhya Jagarlamudi. It became the First longest ran Tamil soap opera, after crossing 2304 episodes on its final day of airing. Plot Meena and Vasundhara are long-lost sisters where Meena was abandoned from her parents from when she's a child. Meena give birth to Lekha and Vasundhara give birth to Chandra. After some kidnappers came to the hospital, the babies switched where Meena raised Chandra and Vasundhara raised Lekha. Chandra is benevolent and brave while Lekha is cunning and arrogant, like her adoptive mother. Meena only knows that Chandra and Lekha were switched at birth. Events later show that Meena is the adopted sister of Lekha's adopted father Ashok. Enter Sabari, an innocent man who runs a non income matrimony. Meena fixed a man for Chandra's marriage from the matrimony wher ...
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Jaya TV
Jaya TV HD is a Tamil language satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. Jaya TV HD is also broadcast to the expatriate Tamil community via various media partnerships. Hemant Sahai of HSA had Jaya TV HD as his first client. Jaya TV HD revamped from Oct 14th, 2018 with fresh look and content. Shows Media partners Jaya TV broadcasts its shows in United States through DISH Network Channel 792 and in Singapore through mio TV (Jaya TV) on Channel 632 has been cease transmission since 1 July 2013 at 0000 hrs. In Malaysia it broadcasts through Astro (Jaya TV) on Channel 221 has been ceased transmission On June 1, 2020 at 0002 hrs and Unifi TV (Jaya MAX) on Channel 313 & (Jaya Movies) on Channel 314 (Coming Soon). It is also available in most of Indian DTH Services. Jaya Plus (News) is also on DISH Network Channel 594 and JAYA Max (Music) on DISH Network Channel 595. Jaya Max on Channel 313 and Jaya Movies on Channel 314 (Coming Soon) is available in Malaysia on Unifi ...
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Mannan Magal (TV Series)
Mannan Magal ( ta, மன்னன் மகள்) is an Indian Tamil-language thriller soap opera aired on Jaya TV. The show premiered on 17 February 2014 and aired Monday through Friday at 8:30 pm IST. A new show named Akka replaced this show at 8:30PM and pushed this serial to 9:30PM IST instead since 15 September 2014. The show stars Madhumitha, Chitra, Sarath Babu and Yuvarani. The show was ended on 17 February 2015 and with 253 episodes. Plot This is a story of Vishali (Madhumitha), a Chennai girl, and the problems she faces in her family and office. Her boss believes that Vishali is in disguise and is not just a working-Chennai girl, but the princess of Paandiyaapuram! Thaayamma, the princess of Paandiyaapuram, is very kind hearted, yet brave woman, who cares about the welfare of people of Paandiyaapuram. Her father is (Sarath Babu) Andavaar, the Zamindar of Paandiyaapuram, he is a wise man, he considers the welfare of the people and helps the necessitous. His second wi ...
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Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval
Bhairavi: Aavigalukku Priyamanaval () is a 2012-2017 Indian Tamil-language supernatural mystery television series that aired on Sun TV from 29 January 2012 to 10 September 2017 for 1317 episodes. The series follows the life of Nithya Das/Mahalakshmi (Bhairavi), who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. The show is produced by Saregama and director by P.S Dharan and S. Selvakumar. The show completed its 1000th episode on 17 October 2015. Plot The plot of this series revolves around a young woman Bhairavi (Nitya Das/Sujitha/Radha), an antique shop owner who can see ghosts since childhood. She uses her special abilities as a psychic medium to help the ghosts cross over to the Light (afterlife). Suddenly her life turns into some mysterious events where she is identified as goddess Madhura kaali, Kannagi reincarnation and is expected by demon to take revenge for destroyed him in the past. But however, she destroyed him again in the present and moves on her life again ...
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