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Kummi Paattu
''Kummi Paattu'' is a 1999 Tamil-language drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars Prabhu and Devayani in leading roles, with Sivakumar, Raadhika and Urvashi in other pivotal roles. The film, which has music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, released in May 1999. Cast * Prabhu as Kanagaraasu * Devayani as Amaravathi * Sivakumar as Dharmaraasu * Raadhika as Ramathaayi * Urvashi as Kamatchi * Ranjith as Selvarasu * Manorama * Vadivelu * Anandaraj as Pachhamalayan * Ponnambalam as Pachhamalayan's son * Bobby as Pachhamalayan's son * Vinu Chakravarthy as Amaravathi's father * K. S. Jayalakshmi as Amaravathi's mother * Sindhu The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ... as Pachhamalayan's wife * Mannangatti Subramaniam as Sornamuthu * Kavithasri in a special appearance ...
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Prabhu (actor)
Prabhu Ganesan (born 25 December 1956), known professionally as Prabhu, is an Indian actor, businessman and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. He is popularly known as ''Ilaya Thilagam''. He has worked in more than 215 films in lead and supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. After making his debut in '' Sangili'' (1982), Prabhu played various leading and supporting roles, earning the Best Actor award recognition by the Tamil Nadu State for his portrayal in ''Chinna Thambi'' (1991). Early life Prabhu was born to veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan and Kamala on 25 December 1956. His elder brother Ramkumar is a film producer and he has two sisters Shanthi and Thenmozhi. Career After leaving Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore, Prabhu got involved in film production as an executive producer and worked alongside his uncle and mentor V. C. Shanmugam, who insisted that Prabhu learn the film maki ...
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Ponnambalam (actor)
Ponnambalam (born 11 November 1963) is an Indian actor and stuntman who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. He is best known for playing antagonistic roles in Indian films during the 1990s, notably appearing in films such as ''Nattamai'' (1994), '' Muthu'' (1995) and ''Amarkalam'' (1999). Later in his career, Ponnambalam also appeared in a few leading roles, while also taking up the mantle of director and producer. Career Ponnambalam made his debut in cinema as a stuntman, and often appeared as an extra fighter in films, starring in minor roles in films including '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989) and ''Michael Madana Kama Rajan'' (1990). As a result of his proficiency as a stuntman, he later received the nickname "Spare Parts" Ponnambalam as no part of his body was ever injured or fractured. He made a breakthrough as an actor following the success of P. Vasu's ''Walter Vetrivel'' (1993), and subsequently starred in several prominent Tamil films in the 1990s in vi ...
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1990s Tamil-language Films
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1999 Films
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Bhavatharini
Bhavatharani Raja is an Indian singer and music composer. She is the daughter of Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She has mostly sung songs under the direction of her father and brothers. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2000 for her rendition of the song "Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu" from the film '' Bharathi'', composed by her father Ilaiyaraaja. Career Bhavatharini Raja made her debut as a singer for '' Raasaiya''. Her song was a major hit. From then onward, she has sung in albums composed by her father and brothers. She has also lent her voice in songs composed by Deva and Sirpy. In 2001, she won the National Award for the song ''Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu'' in the movie '' Bharathi'' (the music director was her father). She turned music director for the 2002 film ''Mitr, My Friend'', directed by Revathi, starring Shobhana. She then forayed into the Telugu film industry with '' ...
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Arunmozhi
Arunmozhi ( ta, அருண்மொழி) (also called Napoleon Selvaraj) (born 1951) is an Indian playback singer and well-known flutist. He has sung songs composed by leading Indian film industry music directors, including Ilaiyaraaja, Shankar Ganesh, Deva, S. A. Rajkumar, Viji Manuel, Swararaj, Harris Jayaraj, Sirpy, Vidyasagar, Soundaryan, Karthik Raja, Siva, Masa, Dhina and Yuvan Shankar Raja. He has also performed in live concerts across the world. He is a part of Ilaiyaraaja's musical troupe, playing flute. Arunmozhi is very familiar with western musical notes, and used to interpret and explain those written by Ilaiyaraaja to other musicians in the group. Introduced by Ilaiyaraaja as a playback singer, Arunmozhi has sung some very popular hit songs. Early life Arunmozhi was born in Thirukandiswaram village, near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu. Arunmozhi, a self-taught musician, started playing flute at the age of nine, with a flute that was made by him. ...
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Swarnalatha
Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. She is considered to be as Humming Queen Of India and Nightingale Of Tamil Cinema. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 until her death), she recorded over 10,000 songs in many Indian languages, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, and Badaga. she is referred to as Swarangalin Arasi. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film ''Karuththamma''. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. She was also the first female playback singer to get a National Award In A. R. Rahman Music.
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Alphonsa (actress)
Alphonsa is an Indian actress known for her works in South Indian films, predominantly in item numbers, supporting and cameo roles. Career Alphonsa played a supporting role in K. S. Ravikumar's '' Panchathanthiram'' (2002), appearing alongside Kamal Haasan in a few scenes like, before appearing in ''Kadhal Sadugudu'' (2003), opposite Vikram, where her work was described as "lewd". Personal life Alphonsa was born in Tamil Nadu. Her younger brother is choreographer Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ..., who has also worked in films as an actor. Alphonsa married Nazeer, her co-star in ''Parvu Mazhai'', in 2001, against the wishes of her family. Alphonsa had lived with an upcoming actor, Vinod, in a live-in relationship for two years, before he committed suici ...
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Sindhu (actress)
Sindhu was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films. She is the daughter of actress Manjula Vijaykumar's sister Shamala. Partial filmography Television * 1999 Micro thodar * 1999 Panchavarnakili * 2002-2003 Penn * 2002-2004 Annamalai as Thulasi * 2002-2003 Metti Oli as Sarala Death Sindhu picked up a lung infection Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a term often used as a synonym for pneumonia but can also be applied to other types of infection including lung abscess and acute bronchitis. Symptoms include shortness of breath, weakness, fever, co ... during a door-to-door campaign for funds and died a few days later. References External links * {{authority control Place of birth missing Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian film actresses 2005 deaths 1972 births Actresses from Chennai 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Deaths from pneumonia in India ...
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Vinu Chakravarthy
Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. The 2007 released Tamil movie '' Muni'' was his landmark 1000th movie. Early life and education Chakravarthy was born on 15 December 1945, in Usilampatti to Adimoola Thevar and Manjuvani Ammal. He studied at Wesley School, Royapettah and graduated in commerce from A. M. Jain College. He was eldest son among other 3 sons and a daughter. Career On completion of his education, Chakravarthy worked as a Reserve Sub-Inspector at the Ice House police station for six months before joining the Southern Railways where he worked for four years. Chakravarthy was working as a script writer for Kannada director Puttanna Kanagal when he was noticed by film producer Tiruppur Mani who, in 1977, gave him a role in the Kannada fil ...
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Anandaraj
Anandaraj (born May 15, 1959) is an Indian actor. He has acted in villain roles in several Tamil films and has appeared in over a two hundred films in different languages including Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Career Anandaraj was born and brought up in Pondicherry. His father was a civil surgeon . After schooling, he wanted his son to be a police officer, but Anandaraj wanted to try something different as he was fascinated with films. His family supported his dreams. He joined in M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai for a course. Kannada actor Shiva Rajkumar was his classmate. Anandaraj was under the impression that offers would come his way, but later he had to struggle for an opportunity and finally started off with the 1988 film '' Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam'', starring Prabhu and Sivakumar, and later ''En Thangachi Padichava'', directed by P. Vasu, gave him the much-needed break in all the four south Indian languages. He did Suresh Kriss ...
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Devayani (actress)
Devayani (born 22 June 1974) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu-language films. She started her career with Malayalam and Bengali films She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in the films '' Surya Vamsam'' (1997) and '' Bharathi'' (2000) and a Special Award for ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996). She was a part of several successful films, including ''Ninaithen Vandhai'' (1998), ''Nee Varuvai Ena'' (1999), ''Thenali'' (2000), ''Friends'' (2001), ''Aanandham'' (2001) and '' Azhagi'' (2002) as well as in the Sun TV's huge successful serial '' Kolangal''. Personal life Devayani was born on 22 June 1974 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Konkani father from Mangalore,Karnataka and a Malayali mother from Kerala. She has two younger brothers Nakkhul and Mayur. The former is working as an actor and singer in the Tamil film industry, while the latter would also make his acting debut in an upcoming film. She dat ...
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