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Kurangu Bommai
''Kurangu Bommai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, written and directed by Nithilan Swaminathan. The film stars Vidharth, Delna Davis and Bharathiraja, with Elango Kumaravel and P. L. Thenappan in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Ajaneesh Loknath and cinematography by Udhayakumar, the film released on 1 September 2017 to positive reviews from film critics. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Ombattane Dikku''. Plot Ekambaram is a don in Thanjavur who smuggles expensive idols and artifacts. Sundaram is a coworker and friend of Ekambaram. Sundaram's son Kathir is a cab driver in Chennai. One day, Kathir goes to a girl named Viji for her hand in marriage, only to be rejected by her father as he learns that Kathir's father works for Ekambaram. Kathir then slaps Viji's father and leaves; however, he still proposes to Viji. From here on, the movie is narrated in a nonlinear plot. Sindhanai is a pickpocket who suffers from insomnia. An astrologe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithilan Swaminathan
Nithilan Saminathan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in the Tamil film industry. He is known for his debut film, ''Kurangu Bommai'' and ''Maharaja'', one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 2024. Early life Nithilan initially aspired to join the military like his relatives, but his love for films and poetry gradually steered him towards filmmaking. He graduated with a degree in Visual Communication. Career Nithilan was looking for directorial opportunities when he heard about Naalaya Iyakunar Season 3. So he turned it meta and made a short called Pudhir. He went on to make seven more short films. Punnagai Vaanginaal Kanneer Elavasam, his final round entry, made him the top prize of season 3. Nithilan made his directorial debut with the film ''Kurangu Bommai'' in 2017. It was appreciated for its storytelling and direction. After a seven-year hiatus, Nithilan's sophomore film, ''Maharaja'', starring Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AR Murugadoss
Murugadoss Arunasalam (born 25 September 1974), commonly known as A. R. Murugadoss, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama ''Kaththi''. Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of ''Ratchagan'' (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film '' Kushi'' (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer ''Dheena'' (2001). His first Bollywood film was '' Ghajini'' (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name. It became the first Bollywood film to gross over domestically. He would then go on to direct ''7am Arivu in 2011, which would become the first non-Rajini 100cr grosser in Tamil cinema. ''In 2012, he directed the action thriller ''Thuppakk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puriyatha Puthir
''Puriyatha Puthir'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi and produced by Deepan Boopathy and Ratesh Velu under, ''Rebel Studio Productions''. Vijay Sethupathi, Gayathrie, and Mahima Nambiar feature in the leading roles, while the film's music was composed by Sam C. S., while the cinematography was handled by Dinesh B. Krishnan. Initially titled as ''Mellisai'', the film began production in 2013, but went through production delays and was only released on 1 September 2017. Plot A woman stands at the top of a building, calls someone from her mobile, apologizes, and then commits suicide by jumping from the building. The film fast-forwards in time by a few years. Kathir, who is an aspiring music director, and his friends, Vinod and DJ, are in a pub. Vinod and DJ are desperate about videos of women, while Kathir preaches them not to do so. On the way to his music shop, Kathir finds a girl writing her name "Meera" in the drenched win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Following a stint as an NRI accountant in Dubai, Sethupathi started his film career working as a background actor and playing minor supporting roles for few years before playing his first lead role in Seenu Ramasamy's ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010). In 2012, he rose to massive popularity with critical and commercial successes in ''Pizza'', ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' and ''Sundarapandian''. Sethupathi has established himself as an actor with his notable work in Tamil films like ''Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara'' (2013), ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum'' (2014), ''Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), ''Iraivi'' (2016), ''Vikram Vedha'' (2017), '' 96'' (2018), ''Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'' (2018), '' Petta'' (2019), ''Super Deluxe'' (2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
''Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu'' () is a 2017 Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by Suresh Sangaiah. The film stars Vidharth and Raveena Ravi, with a goat playing a pivotal role. ''Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu'' is produced by Eros International. The film received positive reviews and critical acclaim. Cast * Vidharth as Ramamoorthy *Raveena Ravi as Seetha * Jayaraj Periyamayathevar as Seetha's father * George Maryan as Lawyer Vasudevan *Hello Kandasamy as Arumbaatupatu *Krishnamoorthy as Village man *K. G. Mohan as Seval *TSR Soundtrack Music composed by R. Raghuram Production In July 2015, it was reported that director Manikandan' assistant Suresh Sangaiah had written a script titled ''Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu'' and was considering making it into a feature film. Later in February 2016, it was announced that Vidharth would work on the film. The film was officially launched in April 2016, with Eros International coming on board as the film's producers. Raveena Ravi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuttrame Thandanai
''Kuttrame Thandanai'' () is a 2016 Tamil language neo noir psychological thriller film cinematographed and directed by M. Manikandan and produced by S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, S. Kaleeswaran under Don Production, co produced with Tribal Art Productions. This film starring Vidharth, Pooja Devariya and Aishwarya Rajesh in the leading roles. Supporting role played by Rahman, Nassar, Guru Somasundaram, G. Marimuthu and Yogi Babu Played guest appearances. This film is written by M. Manikandan and Anand Annamalai, music score by Ilaiyaraaja (without songs), edited by Anucharan (Kirumi fame director and editor), production designed by Balasubramanian and Vijay Aadhinathan. The film is based on the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The film follows the story of a man with tunnel vision, who is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the suspects offer him large sums of money to remain q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Deccan Chronicle
''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL). The newspaper's name derives from the originating place, the Deccan regions of India. ''Deccan Chronicle'' has eight editions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They also publish from Chennai and Bengaluru. In 2007 and 2008, DCHL launched its new business divisions. New online initiatives in the sports, education, matrimony, robotics, campus news paper for schools and colleges, and jobs.J.Krishnan was appointed the head of new business initiatives, and the CEO of Netlink Technologies (Fully owned subsidiary of DCHL) and Deccan Chargers. Vivek Kumar and Bibhuti Acharya were heading the new business divisions. The DCHL is owned by Samagrahah in terms of the duly approved Resolution Plan. Deccan Chargers The Indian Premier League cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premgi Amaren
Prem Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 26 February 1979), better known as Premgi, is an Indian playback singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian. The son of composer and director Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in his elder brother Venkat Prabhu's films. His stage name, Premgi, is actually a spelling error, as it is meant to be "Prem G.", (the G referring to his father's name). He is also best known for his catchphrases ''Enna Koduma Sir Idhu ?'' (What atrocity is this, sir ?) and ''Evvalavo pannitom, itha panna mattoma'' (We've done so much, won't we do this also ?), the former being a modified version of a famous dialogue used by Prabhu in '' Chandramukhi'' (2005). Career In 1997, Premgi planned to enter the film industry as a director with a project titled ''Wanted'' starring Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. The film, which had Yuvan Shankar Raja as music composer and Gangai Amaren and S. P. Balasubrahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil speaking family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge.After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), Mahadevan ventured into music. Musical career Mahadevan got early fame as a indipop star with his fusion of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for ''Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough with the ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2001) soundtrack, and established himself as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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