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Kodai (film)
''Kodai'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Raajaselvam and starring Karthick Singa and Anaya Lakshmi in the lead roles. The film's music is composed by Subash Kavi, while the cinematography is handled by Arjunan Karthick and editing is done by G. Sasikumar. It was released on 10 February 2023. Plot The story set in a cottage at Kodaikanal is inspired by real life incidents... Narrates as a gang robs a large donation to an orphanage for needy children and how do the protagonist and his friends recover from the disaster and the struggle which takes a dangerous twists and turn from which they recover the lost gift? in a humorous, action packed tale. Cast Production Vasan Karthik, the son of actor Singamuthu, who had earlier appeared in '' Maamadurai'' (2007) and '' Ayyan'' (2011), used the new stage name of Karthick Singa for ''Kodai''. Music The film's soundtrack and background score was composed by Subash Kavi. Reception ...
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Karthick Singa
Karthick Singa, previously credited as Vasan Karthik, is an Indian actor in Tamil cinema. He is the son of actor Singamuthu. Career Karthick Singa, the son of comedian Singamuthu, made his debut as an actor through '' Maamadurai'' (2007) under the stage name of Vasan Karthik. He subsequently signed up for director A. R. Kendran Muniyasamy's '' Ayyan'' (2011) opposite Divya Padmini during early 2008. Karthick portrayed a dejected hero who takes to divinity and becomes Ayyan, the village guardian. The film had a delayed release and opened to mixed reviews with a reviewer noting "Vasan Karthik shows potential and his best can be brought out by a good director". In the early 2010s, he worked on a village-based drama titled ''Nadodi Vamsam'' opposite Archana Shastry, which eventually did not have a theatrical release. In 2023, he made a return to acting with the new stage name of Karthick Singa for the film '' Kodai'' (2023). His upcoming movie is ''Oththa Votu Muthaiah'' in ...
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Ayyan (film)
''Ayyan'' is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film. It was written and directed by Kendiran Muniyaswamy, and produced by S. Shekar Rajan under the banner of S. S. Pictures. It stars Vasan Karthik (Singamuthu's son) and the debutant Divya Padmini . Ilayaraja composed the film's music. Cast * Vasan Karthik * Divya Padmini as Selvi * Singamuthu * Shanmugarajan * Mahadevan * Muthukaalai * Crane Manohar Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks. Career Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he start ... Soundtrack The music of the film is composed by Ilayaraja. References External links * 2011 films Indian drama films 2011 drama films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 2010s Tamil-language films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub ...
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Thinaboomi
''Thinaboomi'' is a Tamil daily newspaper headquartered in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The newspaper was established in the late 1990s by S. Manimaran. It is printed and published from Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore and Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout .... History In 2010, ''Thinaboomis editor S. Manimaran and his son Ramesh Kumar were arrested by the police. The pair subsequently alleged they were harassed due to political pressure as a result of covering the Madurai granite scandal. In the following years, the Press Council of India and the newly elected Tamil Nadu government supported the editor in his case to get the case dropped. References External linksThinaboomi website
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Dina Thanthi
''Dina Thanthi'' ( en, Daily Mail; known as Daily Thanthi in English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. ''Dina Thanthi'' is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil language and the ninth largest among all dailies in India by circulation. It is printed in 16 cities across India and also prints an international edition in Dubai. History Dina Thanthi was established in Madurai in 1942 by S. P. Adithanar. Circulation This daily newspaper is published from 16 cities in India namely Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur and Vellore. In the second half of 2015, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,714,743. An international edition is printed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Middle East market. Circulation by editions Supplements The various supplements that come along with Daily Thanthi are as foll ...
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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 ...
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Vandana Srinivasan
Vandana Srinivasan is an Indian playback singer, working mainly as an independent singer and for the South Indian film industry especially kollywood 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' .... Biography Vandana began training in the Carnatic Classical music at an early age from her Guru, Mrs. Seetha Krishnan till she finished high school. She moved to Madras, India, in 2006 to major in Psychology at Women's Christian College (University of Madras). Here, she trained in the Hindustani Classical music under her Guru, Mrs. Tanushree Saha. She moved to London in 2009 to pursue a postgraduate degree in Organizational & Social Psychology from the London School of Economics & Political Science. She was exposed to various musical influences in London and she particularly e ...
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Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually got the ...
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Mano (singer)
Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Mano has recorded more than 1,000 songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Hindi films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. Notably, he has recorded 500 songs for music director Ilayaraja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full-fledged dubbing artist for Rajanikanth in Telugu from ''Muthu'' (1995) onwards. Early life and background Mano was born as Nagoor Babu in Tenali, Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father Rasool, was a musician in the All India Radio, Vijayawada division and his mother Shaheeda, was a popular Stage actress. Inspired heavily by his mother, Mano joined the stage the ...
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Velmurugan
Velmurugan is a Tamil film playback singer. He is known for folk songs including Madura in ''Subramaniapuram'' and Aadungada in ''Naadodigal'' and Otha Sollala in ''Aadukalam''. He considers being called by James Vasanthan James Vasanthan is an Indian Television (Tamil) host, a film music composer, and a filmmaker and a motivational speaker. For more than two decades, he has worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV and Vijay ... as one of the turning points in his life. Discography All songs are performed in Tamil unless otherwise specified. Filmography Films Television Awards * 2007 – American University (Doctorate) Award * 2009 – Edison Award for Best Introduced Playback Singer – "Aadungada" * 2010 – Naattuppura Nayagan Award (by President APJ Abdul Kalam) * 2011 – Naattuppura Nayagan Award * 2014 – Best Play Back Singer 2014 Award * 2017 – Marabu isai Nayagan Award * 2018 – Best PlayBackSinger 2018 * ...
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Anthony Daasan
Anthony Dasan is an Indian folk singer, who is currently working in the Tamil film industry. He is known for contributing a powerful voice to fusions of Tamil-folk, country, jazz, electronica and rock styles. Before this phase of playback singing, "Antony Dasan" worked as a travelling festival folk singer artist, collaborating with players of Nadaswaram, Thavil and Thappu, dancers and acrobats among others. He has performed with influential movie industry veterans such as Usha Uthup. Apart from his musical performances, he has also made cameo appearances in Tamil films, particularly in songs sung by himself, notable of which is a cameo as a gangster in the Karthik Subbaraj directorial, ''Jigarthanda''. Earlier he also featured in ''The Dewarists'', a musical television series in India, which is partly a music documentary and partly a travelogue. Biography Originally from Reddypalayam, a small town in Tanjore, he has a traditional musician-family background without formal tr ...
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Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ...
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Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the fore ...
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