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Kadhal Dhandapani
Kadhal Dhandapani (17 April 1943 – 20 July 2014) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He rose to fame portraying the antagonist in Balaji Sakthivel's ''Kaadhal'' (2004), and is credited with the film's name as a prefix. He died on 20 July 2014 following a cardiac arrest. Career Before entering films, Dhandapani was a businessman in Dindigul. Along with his various businesses, he was actively involved in various honorary postings in the town. In 2004 he was selected by film director Balaji Sakthivel Balaji Sakthivel is an Indian director of Tamil films. He is best known for directing the 2004 film, ''Kaadhal''. Career Balaji Sakthivel began as an assistant director to S. Shankar. In 2002, he directed his first film, ''Samurai (2002 film), ... to play the role of lead actress Sandhya's father in ''Kaadhal''. This was his film breakthrough, and led to an acting career spanning more than 200 films. Dhandapani's films include Sathyaraj's ''En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dindigul
Dindigul, also spelt Thindukkal (), is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dindigul district. Dindigul is located southwest from the state capital, Chennai, away from Tiruchirappalli, away from Madurai and 72 km away from the Tex City of Karur. The city is known for its locks and biryani. Parts of Dindigul Districts like Palani, Oddanchatram, Vedasandur, Nilakottai, Kodaikanal, Natham, Athoor. The Dindigul Municipality has been upgraded as Municipal Corporation with effect from 19 February 2014. Hon'ble Chief Minister Jayalalithaa handed over the government order to Municipal Chairman V. Marudharaj Dindigul is believed to be an ancient settlement region and has been ruled at different times by the Chera dynasty, Cheras, Early Pandyan Kingdom, Early Pandyas, Chola dynasty, Cholas, Pallava dynasty, the Pandya dynasty, later Pandyas, the Madurai Sultanate, the Dindigul Sultanates, the Vijayanagara Empire, Madurai Nayak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Bhai
''Raju Bhai'' is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Surya Kiran, starring Manoj Manchu and Sheela Kaur, with Dhandapani, Tanikella Bharani and Brahmanandam in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the successful 2006 Tamil film ''Chithiram Pesuthadi'', directed by Myshkin was produced by Manoj's father, Mohan Babu, and was released on 18 May 2007 and was critically and commercially universally unsuccessful. Cast Soundtrack The music was scored by noted Tamil musician Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack, which released on 28 April 2007, features 9 tracks with lyrics provided by Suddala Ashok Teja and Ramajogaiah Sastry. One of the songs, "Korameenu", was retained from the original Tamil film ''Chithiram Pesuthadi ''Chithiram Pesuthadi'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Mysskin in his directorial debut. The film stars Narain and Bhavana, both making their debuts in Tamil cinema,. The film's sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaidehi (film)
''Vaidehi'' is a 2009 Tamil language romance film directed by Gemini Raghava. The film stars Prithvi Rajan, Madhuchanda, Gemini Raghava and Karthika Adaikalam, with Dhandapani, Pallavi, Thadi Balaji, Kadhal Sukumar and Benjamin playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Srikanth Deva and was released on 6 November 2009. Plot Venkat (Prithvi Rajan) is a studious college student and son of the poor widow Parvathi (Pallavi). He stays in a hostel in the city with his classmates (Thadi Balaji and Kadhal Sukumar). Venkat is madly in love with his college mate Kavitha (Madhuchanda), daughter of the rich landlord Pannaiyar (Dhandapani), for two years. When Venkat declares his love to her, Kavitha, who absolutely detests the very thought of a young boy and girl falling in love, humiliates and insults him. She keeps avoiding Venkat, but he tries different ways to impress Kavitha. Kavitha then falls in love with him and accepts his love. After finishing their studies, the two l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madurai Sambavam
''Madurai Sambavam'' () is a 2009 Tamil language action film written and directed by Youreka. It stars Harikumar, Anuya Bhagvath and Karthika, while Radha Ravi, Dhandapani, and Raj Kapoor play supporting roles. The music was composed by John Peter with cinematography by M. Sukumar and editing by P. Sai Suresh. The film released on 4 September 2009. Plot Aalamarathaar is dreaded by his enemies in Aattuthotti in Madurai. He involves in "katta panchayat" but strives to do his best for the people in the neighborhood. He is respected by everyone there. He is assisted by his son Azhagar aka Kutty and son-in-law. Gomathi is Kutty’s niece who loves him madly, which he does not reciprocate. Local MP Cutout Ganesan and Assistant Commissioner R. Subramaniam are both keen to bump off Aalamaram and Kutty. Kutty falls in love with a female cop named Caroline Thomas. However, it is revealed that she uses him just to shoot down Aalamaran, so she kills Aalamaran. When Kutty discovers abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innoruvan
''Innoruvan'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by S. T. Gunasekaran. The film stars newcomers Adithya and Manoha, with Visu, Manivannan, M. S. Bhaskar, Dhandapani, R. Aravindraj, Pasi Sathya, Vincent Roy, P. R. Varalakshmi, and Crane Manohar playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Aadhish Uthriyan and was released on 6 March 2009. Plot Siva (Adithya) is a naive ragpicker who works for Vaali ( M. S. Bhaskar) and lives with his widow mother (Pasi Sathya). His life changes when he meets a judge (Visu) who motivates him and lectures him about Swami Vivekananda's principles and philosophies. Siva dreams to buy a closed paper mill, so he decides to work hard and with positive thinking to realize his dream. In the meantime, Siva falls in love with the college student Kavinaya ( Manoha), daughter of the greedy politician Sadhasivam (Manivannan). Siva starts to woo her, and it annoys Kavinaya. Therefore, she and her father get Siva arrested, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindhanai Sei
''Sindhanai Sei'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language heist film written and directed by R. Yuvan in his directorial debut. The film stars R. Yuvan and Madhu Sharma, with Shafi, Nitish Veera, Shashank, Bala, Tharsha, and Ajay playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Ghilli Sekhar and Amma Rajasekhar, features a musical composed by S. Thaman (in his Tamil compositional debut) and was released on 31 July 2009. The film was also dubbed into Telugu as ''Bheebatsam'' (). Plot The film starts with a flashback. The young man Aadhi (R. Yuvan) was disowned by his family and struggled to find a job in Chennai. He then fell in love with a rich girl named Gayathri ( Madhu Sharma), and a month later, they got married, but later, Gayathri humiliated him and expelled him from her home because he was apathetic, poor, and could not satisfy her sexually. Aadhi then ran into his childhood friends Pazhani ( Shashank) and Seenu (Bala) in a police station. Pazhani was a naïve bank employee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathavarayan (2008 Film)
''Kathavarayan'' is a 2008 Tamil language action comedy-drama film directed by Salangai Durai starring Karan, Vidisha and Vadivelu. Plot The film revolves around Kathavarayan, who sells illicit arrack in Hogenakkal. Though he is involved in arrack trade, he is honourable. Malti, a student, arrives in the village as part of her NSS project. She vows to end the arrack menace in the village and takes efforts to arrest Kathavarayan. Thanks to her efforts, Kathavarayan is arrested and imprisoned in Chennai. Parallel narration is the comedy track of Karuppu ( ''Vaigai Puyal'' Vadivelu). Call it fate, Malti is arrested for no fault of her own in Chennai. Her efforts to expose drug-peddlers in Chennai backfires. They hatch a conspiracy and Malti falls a prey to it. She is arrested for possessing drugs and is imprisoned. Kathavarayan leaves jail to retaliate against Malti. But he learns her real intentions and dire situation. He masterminds joins the drug-peddling gang and eventually exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandai
''Sandai'' () is a 2008 Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. The film stars Sundar C, Nadhiya, Namitha and Ramya Raj, while Vivek, Lalu Alex, and Mithun Tejasvi, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by Dhina with cinematography done by K. S. Selva Raj and editing by G. Sasikumar. The film was released on 21 March 2008. Cast Production It was announced in 2007 that Sundar C. will team up with Sakthi Chidambaram for an action comedy film. During the launch, the film was initially titled as ''Porukki'', however as the title was said to be derogatory, the titles like ''Adhirudhula'' and ''Mahamagam'' were considered before the team preferred to name the film as ''Sandai''. Soundtrack Music is composed by Dhina Dhina (also credited as Dheena) ( ta, தினா; born on 15 January 1966) is an Indian film and television series composer from Tamil Nadu, India. Biography and career Dhina first worked as an assistant mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theekuchi
''Theekuchi'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. L. Raja. The film stars Jai Varma and newcomer Mythri, while Vadivelu, Bhanupriya, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Dhandapani play supporting roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was released on 14 March 2008. The film was dubbed into Telugu language as ''Aggiravva'' with additional scenes featuring Vinutha Lal and Brahmanandam, and it was released in 2014. Plot Sakthi (Jai Varma) is on a mission to take revenge on those who usurped government land and killed his mother (Bhanupriya), who wanted to construct a school there. Instead, a local illicit arrack seller and rowdy named Pasupathy Pandian ( Ashish Vidyarthi), with the help of the Education Minister (Dhandapani), builds a self-financing private engineering college and strikes gold. Pasupathy becomes rich and powerful by giving admissions by getting capitation fees. The poor students who do not pay up either commit suicide or disappear. Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaalai
''Kaalai'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Tharun Gopi. The lead roles are played by Silambarasan and Vedhika. Supporting roles are played by Sangeetha, Seema, Santhanam, Lal and Sulile Kumar. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film opened on 14 January 2008 to mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. The Hindi dubbed version was named, ''Jwalamukhi (Man With Fire)''. Plot Jeeva shares his name with two other people: one villain and one police officer Jeevanandham who becomes a villain. The confusion arising from this is a significant part of the plot. At the age of nine, Jeeva’s grandmother Karuppayi Aatha slays five men because they scorned her father’s advice and illegally distilled alcohol in the village. After her return from prison, the villagers both fear and revere her, and consider her the head of the village. Jeevanandham comes to the village ruled by Karuppayi Aatha to try to find illicit act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna (2008 Film)
''Krishna'' is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film starring Ravi Teja and Trisha. The film is directed by V. V. Vinayak, cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and produced by B. Kasi Viswanatham. The film released on 11 January 2008, during the Sankranthi festival. The film was ''blockbuster'' at the box office and second highest-grossing Telugu film of 2008 after ''Jalsa''. It was dubbed into Tamil as ''Madhura Thmiru''. It was remade in Bengali as '' Awara'', starring Jeet and Sayantika Banerjee and in Kannada as '' Rajani'' with Upendra and also in Bangladeshi Bangla as ''Prem Prem Paglaami'' (2013) starring Bappy Chowdhury and Achol. In 2013 movie was dubbed in Hindi under the title ''Krishna: The Power of Earth''. It was dubbed in Bhojpuri as ''Krishna The Great''. This film has brought some fame to the noted Tamil actor Kadhal Dhandapani in Telugu. Plot The film is about Krishna (Ravi Teja), who was once a software engineer but quits his job to give it to his fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puli Varudhu
''Puli Varudhu'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by G. V. Kumar, starring Jithan Ramesh and Mallika Kapoor, with Manivannan, Saranya, Karunas, and Livingston in supporting roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva, and the film released on 21 December 2007 to mixed reviews. Plot Ramesh (Jithan Ramesh) is the son of Manivannan and Saranya. Karuppa (Karunas) and other friends stay in Ramesh's house as paying guests. Ramesh's parents treat them as their own. Ramesh's parents want their son to fall in love and get married, but Ramesh prefers an arranged marriage. A mutual friend of Ramesh and Karuppa is getting a fixed marriage. Along with Karuppa, Ramesh goes to their friend's village to attend the marriage. On the way there, he has a dream that he meets a beautiful girl Shenbagam (Mallika Kapoor), but also that his friend would die in an accident. He wakes up with a shout and later attends the wedding with Karuppa. Ramesh later meets Gayathri ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
