Kirumi
''Kirumi'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written, directed and edited by Anucharan in his debut feature. The film co-written by M. Manikandan and produced by JPR Films, stars Kathir and Reshmi Menon. The film, featuring music composed by K and cinematography by Arul Vincent, released on 24 September 2015. Plot Kathir is a selfish youth in search of a job. Despite being married and having a child, he is waiting for a job offer that he feels meets his standards. Meanwhile, his wife Anitha is the breadwinner of the family. Prabhakar, a friendly neighbour who acts as his father figure, gets him a job as an informant with the less than honest local police inspector. Kathir uses this opportunity to take revenge against the violent bar owner who humiliated him in front of his friends, despite Prabhakar's advice. With his tip-off, the police raids the bar and arrests the owner for running an illegal gambling den as a side business. One night, Prabhakar is murdered by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kathir (actor)
Kathir is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough by playing the lead role in ''Madha Yaanai Koottam'' (2013) and gained critical acclaim for his performance in ''Kirumi'' (2015), ''Vikram Vedha'' (2017), ''Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018) and '' Sigai'' (2019). In 2022, he starred in the Prime Video thriller series '' Suzhal: The Vortex''. Early life Kathir was born and brought up in Erode. He completed his basic education in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and pursued Civil engineering in Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. He married Sanjana on 4 March 2018. Career Kathir made his debut as an actor through Vikram Sukumaran's ''Madha Yaanai Koottam'' (2013), which was produced by noted music composer G. V. Prakash Kumar Kathir acted in this movie during his college studies. In the evenings, after finishing college studies, he went to shootings. The film opened to positive reviews, with Kathir earning critical acclaim for his portrayal of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anucharan Murugaiyan
Anucharan Murugaiyan is an Indian director, writer and editor who works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut in Australia with the short film Infinity (2011) released in Australia and got his breakthrough in feature films with Kirumi, which has critically acclaimed and featured in 19th Annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Early life He did his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology . He is a design engineer by profession and has done a job at TCS Kolkata for about 18 months. Then he travelled to Australia to pursue his master's degree in Animation Technology at Sydney. He joined Animation mentor course in Sydney the masters in the field of animation where he learned from renowned including people from Pixar and ILM. Film career Anucharan, a director of several short films, 20 music videos and 10 television shows in Australia. He has reached to the semi – finals with his short film "Infinity" at the Trop Fes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reshmi Menon
Reshmi Menon is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Career In 2008, Menon was pursuing Visual Communication at Women's Christian College, Chennai, a course she enrolled in because she "loved the media". She accompanied her friend to the auditions for the Prakash Raj production, ''Inidhu Inidhu'' (2010), and was offered the lead role. She shot for the film while still studying, and had to skip classes at WCC to work in the film. Reshmi was one of several newcomers to make their acting debuts in ''Inidhu Inidhu''. A remake of the Telugu film ''Happy Days'', it had her reprising the role originally played by Tamannaah. Critics were divided on her performance. While ''The Hindu'' felt that she was a "cute find", Sify's critic said that she "sticks out like a sore thumb". Sekhar Kammula, the director of the original film, stated that he forgot Tamannaah and could only see Reshmi, when he saw the remake. Reshmi then acted in the independent film ''Om Obama'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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K (Indian Composer)
Krishna Kumar, better known by his stage name K, is an Indian music composer. Background K did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London. K graduated in Genetic Engineering (BTech) from SRM University, Chennai. His musical talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘''Panatella''’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements and corporate films, singing several songs for the same. Music career In the year 2010, K was brought on board for director Mysskin's film ''Yuddham Sei''. The film's sound track was a hit. He then composed for Mysskin's ''Mugamoodi'' starring Jiiva. His next big career break came when famed cinematographer Rajeev Ravi roped him for his directorial venture in Malayalam, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yogi Babu
Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), ''Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and ''Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018). Early and personal life Babu's father was a havildar in the Indian Army, so Babu had to travel alongside a lot as a child, as a result of which he studied in Jammu in the early 1990s. Babu married Manju Bhargavi on 5 February 2020 in an intimate ceremony held at their ancestral temple in Tiruttani. Career Babu worked as an assistant director in the ''Lollu Sabha'', and helping write scenes for two years. He made his feature film debut in the Ameer-starring ''Yogi'' (2009) as an aspiring actor and subsequently adapted the name of the film as a prefix for his stage name. He appeared as a goon in ''Paiyaa''. He later appeared in an uncredited role as a pimp in Sundar C.'s ''Kalakalappu'' (2012). In 2013, he appeared in his first exte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vinod Sagar
Vinod Sagar is an Indian actor and dubbing artist working in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, mostly as a supporting actor. Making his debut with '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'', he played almost 30 small roles, before getting noticed in ''Pichaikkaran'' in 2016, and then in the psychological thriller '' Raakshasan'' (2018), where he played a pedophile. Sagar played the same role in its Telugu version as well. Career Vinod Sagar, a B.A.Corporate secretaryship graduate, has also worked as Radio jockey for Radio Asia, Dubai (2005) and later enrolled with 'Theatre Lab', a theatre group before appearing in small roles in films like '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'' and ''Naan''. Sagar has also done prominent roles in the Tamil film ''Champion'' (2019), ''Nayattu'' (2021) and ''Jana Gana Mana "" (Sanskrit: जन गण मन) is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as '' Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata'' in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English comedian Charlie Chaplin. Biography Charle completed his degree in chemistry from G. V. N. College in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. During his college days, he was known for histrionics and his uncanny ability to imitate Tamil actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. He is an avid entertainer, and a popular stage artist, while at this colcolharle started his career as a Staff Artist – Actor in Song & Drama Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and moved on to perform more than 1000 dramas in six years. He was named Charlie and got introduced in the film '' Poikkal Kudhirai'' in the year 1982 by the director K. Balachander. He proved to be a versatile actor in comedy as well as character roles in Tamil, Telugu and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Escape Artists Motion Pictures
Escape Artists Motion Pictures is an Indian film production studio established by producers Madan and James. Formed in 2010, it has since gone on to produce several Tamil language films. They have also acted as distributors for several Tamil films since 2010. Career Escape Artists Motion Pictures was first announced in an article by the The Economic Times, Economic Times in 2009, and it was announced that the studio would collaborate with to be the producers of Gautham Vasudev Menon's ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' alongside VTV Ganesh and RS Infotainment's Elred Kumar and R. Jayaraman. The romantic coming-of-age story featured Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, while A. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack. Upon release, it achieved positive reviews, with several critics giving "modern classic" status, whilst also becoming a commercially successful venture. Filmography Producer Distributor References {{Reflist External links Officia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kammatipaadam
''Kammatipaadam'', alternatively spelled as ''Kammatti Paadam'', is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Rajeev Ravi and written by P. Balachandran. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Vinayakan, Shaun Romy, Manikandan R. Achari, Vinay Forrt, Shine Tom Chacko, and Suraj Venjaramoodu. The songs were composed by K, John P. Varkey and Vinayakan while the background score was composed by K. The film centers on Kammattippaadam, a slum locality in Kochi, Kerala. It focuses on how the Dalit community was forced to give up their lands to real-estate mafias and how modern urbanisation of Kochi metro-city took place over the plight of the Dalits. The film won four awards at the 47th Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Art Director and Best Film Editing. It has been listed by several publications as one of the best Malayalam films of the decade and a defining movie of the New Wave Movement. Plot Krishnan, who works in a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kallappadam
''Kallappadam'' () is a 2015 Tamil language, Tamil-language independent film, independent thriller film written and directed by J. Vadivel for first time producer Dr. Anand Ponniraivan under his production company Iraivan Films. The lead roles were portrayed by the film's director Vadivel, its cinematographer Sriirama Santhosh, editor Gaugin and its music director K (Indian composer), K, who play fictionalized versions of themselves.And Malayalam actor Jishnu Raghavan Made his Tamil Debut by this flim. ''Kallappadam'' is a story about how first-timers try to make a film, based on the native folk art Koothu. The film was released on 20 March 2015. Production Director by J. Vadivel is a former associate of director Mysskin and has previously worked on ''Nandalala'', ''Yuddham Sei'', and ''Mugamoodi''. Cinematographer S. Sriirama Santosh, was a former assistant to cinematographer P. C. Sreeram. Music was composed by K (Indian composer), Krishna Kumar and edited for the film by Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thennavan (actor)
Thennavan is an Indian actor who has appeared in supporting roles. After making his debut in Bharathiraja's ''En Uyir Thozhan'' (1990), the actor was recognised for his work in ''Gemini'' (2002) ''Virumaandi'' (2004) and ''Jay Jay'' (2003). Career After graduating from Sarvajana High School, Coimbatore in 1984, Thennavan moved to Chennai to pursue a career in films. Thennavan made his acting debut in Bharathiraja's 1990 film ''En Uyir Thozhan'', portraying a secondary lead role. He won critical acclaim for his performance as Kai in Saran's ''Gemini'' (2002), and has since been credited in films as Kai Thennavan. Playing a sidekick to Vikram's titular character, The Hindu gave him a positive review writing "he does a convincing job" and "his penetrating stare takes care of the expressions." The success of the film, saw Kamal Haasan pick him to play a role in ''Virumaandi'', for which he also received positive reviews. Thennavan then played the lead role in an experimental film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vanitha Krishnachandran
Vanitha Krishnachandran is an Indian film and television actress. She acted during the 1980s in nearly 170 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films along with several Malayalam and Tamil Television serials. Personal life Vanitha was born to Ganeshan and Kamala as the youngest of four children at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Her father is from Manjeri, Kerala, whose paternal ancestors originally hail from Tamil Nadu and her mother is from Tiruchirappalli. She was originally named Sai Vanitha, since her parents were huge devotees of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. She has two elder sisters, Sai Prashanthi and Sai Jayalakshmi and an elder brother, Sai Ram. She had her primary education from RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli. She stopped studies after tenth grade since she became busy with movies by then. She married Malayalam actor and singer Krishnachandran on 11 May 1986 with whom she had starred in ''Eenadu'', ''Vanithapolice'', ''Belt Mathai'', ''Deepa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |