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Kasthuri Raja
Kasthuri Raja is an Indian film director. He is the father of director Selvaraghavan and actor Dhanush. He worked as an assistant director with Director K.S.G. Most of the films he directed were either village based or infatuation of youngsters. He also worked with Director Visu on more than 16 films. Prior to entering the film industry, he ran away from home to Chennai and worked in a mill.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Filmography ;As director ;As an actor *'' Aval Sumangalithan'' (1985) *''Mouna Mozhi Mouna, also known as Mona, is an Algerian Jewish sweet bread of Sephardi origin, similar to challah, kubaneh or brioche, that is traditionally consumed for the Jewish holidays of Mimouna and Shabbat, which is commonly found today in France, and ...'' (1992) ;As lyricist *Solaiyamma - all songs *Dreams - all songs *Thaai Manasu - all songs *Kummi Paatu - all songs References External links * Living people People from Theni district Film directors ...
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Ettupatti Rasa
''Ettupatti Rasa'' ( ) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja and produced by V. Natarajan. The film stars Napoleon, Khushbu and Urvashi. It was released on 14 February 1997. Plot Singarasu (Napoleon), a brave and influential man, protects the eight villages living next to the canal. Palaniyamma (Urvashi) is crazy about Singarasu, but Singarasu prefers her soft and sensitive sister Pandiyamma (Khushbu). Singarasu finally marries Pandiyamma. Marimuthu's (Manivannan) brother (Sukanraj) and Ponrasu's (Ponvannan) daughter (Abitha) are in love. Ponrasu, the village chief, refuses for the wedding, so Singarasu decides to accommodate the lovers in his house and promises to unite them, but later the young lovers commit suicide. So Marimuthu and Ponrasu decide to take revenge on Singarasu. Singarasu, busy in his duty, neglects his wife and is unable to understand her feelings. One day, Marimuthu tells lies about Singarasu to Pandiyamma, and she commits su ...
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People From Theni District
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Aval Sumangalithan
''Aval Sumangalithan'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Visu. The film stars Karthik and Ilavarasi. It was released on 19 July 1985. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Punyasthree''. The film was adapted from Visu's play of same name. Plot Arumugam, a poor father, seeks a groom for his daughter Uma. For Arumugam, the perfect bridegroom seems to be Bhaskaran. Bhaskaran then marries Uma. Bhaskaran understands his in-laws' financial problems, thus he helps them. Later, Bhaskaran suffers from a brain tumour and will die soon. Before Uma realises this, she kills herself and Bhaskaran is cured of a brain tumour. Cast * Karthik as Bhaskaran *Ilavarasi as Uma *Visu as Arumugam *K. R. Vijaya as Mangalam *Chandrasekhar as Kuriakose *Nisha Noor as Stella *Master Haja Sheriff as Mani * T. P. Gajendran as Fernandes *Kishmu as a doctor *Kasthuri Raja as compounder Soundtrack The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan P ...
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Paandi Muni
Paandi, also known as Pandi or Nondi, is a regional hopscotch game traditionally played in rural parts of India (such as Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka and also in certain other countries with large numbers of immigrant Indians. The game is played only for leisure and does not involve serious rules or regulations. It is also called as Tokkudu Billa or ''Tangidi Billa'' in Andhra Pradesh and ''Kunte Bille'' in Karnataka History The exact time period pin pointing the origin of the game cannot be established since it is a part of Folklore games. However, it is believed to be in existence from very early centuries even being mentioned in ancient Tamil literatures.we can pronounce it as by Nondi (நொண்டி). Playing conditions Any land surface without any potholes and other serious damages (which may potentially harm a player) can be used as a field. Generally, it is played on evenings where there is little breeze and players can be free from the scorching sun prevalent in the tropica ...
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Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam
''Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam'' ( ''It's an age of love'') is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars several newcomers including Harish and Lakshmi Priya alongside Kiran Rathod. ''Idhu Kaadhal Varum Paruvam'' targeted at the youth, is a bubbly film chronicling the coming of age of a teenager who is a school student. Plot Surya, the school-going 15 -year old boy finds himself attracted to his classmate Raji. Later he gets infatuated with a model Manasi (Kiran Rathod). Finally, his lust grows for a call girl Swarna (Lakshmi Priya). As Swarna's husband is a pimp, she also shows some interest towards Surya. Surya and Swarna elope. But towards the end Swarna turns to preach. She advises Surya to be a good role model student and also to return to his parents. Cast *Arish Kumar as Surya *Lakshmi Priya as Swarna *Kiran Rathod as Manasi *Baba Bhaskar as Ajees *Karunas *Preethi Puttani Production The songs are shot in different places, ...
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Dreams (2004 Film)
''Dreams'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Kasthuri Raja and produced by Saraswathi Srikanth. The film featured Raja's son Dhanush in the lead role with Diya. The music was composed by Bharathwaj with cinematography by Kichas. The film released on 12 November 2004 and opened to negative reviews and became a failure at the box office. Premise Shakti, a young man, is spoilt by his father and leads a wayward life. However, when he falls in love, he works on changing himself for the better but things take a turn for the worse. Cast * Dhanush as Shakti * Diya as Shruti * Parul Yadav as Charu * Pyramid Natarajan as Shakti's father * Rajyalakshmi as Shakti's mother * Kaajal Pasupathi as Shakti's friend * Ramji as Guna * Manobala as Moosa * Thalaivasal Vijay as Mahendran, Shruti's father * Kuyili as Charu's mother * Nithin Sathya as Shakti's friend * Rajesh * Poovilangu Mohan * Karthik Sabesh * Aryan * Bala Singh * Sujibala * Vasanthi in a special appearance ...
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Thulluvadho Ilamai
''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language teen drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, but Kasthuri Raja is credited for business reasons and the film marks the acting debut of Dhanush, who plays the lead role. The film also features other newcomers Abhinay, Sherin, Ramesh, Shilpa and Gangeshwari in major roles, and features prominent film personalities Vijayakumar, Ramesh Khanna, and Pyramid Natarajan playing supporting roles. The film depicts the story of six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective families and escape from their homes, deciding to live together on their own with the help of an older friend of theirs. While the soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Viji Manuel composed the film score. The film was released on 10 May 2002. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Juniors'' (2003) with Sherin reprising her role. Plot Mahes ...
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Karisakattu Poove
''Karisakattu Poove'' is a 2000 Tamil-language drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars Napoleon, Vineeth, Khushbu Sundar and Ravali. It was released on 23 June 2000. Plot The young man Pounrasu has a brother Kottaisaamy and a sister. Pounrasu is secretly in love with his sister's daughter Nagamani. Pounrasu then returns to his native village after studying in the city and he still loves her. Nagamani's father fixes up Nagamani's marriage with a rowdy for money but her mother wants her brother Pounrasu to marry Nagamani. Finally, Kottaisaamy gets engaged with Nagamani and Pounrasu is unable to speak up against his brother. Kottaisaamy's family and his uncle's family are in a feud for several years only because Kottaisaamy sends his uncle in jail. Kottaisaamy and Nagamani get ready for the wedding. Meanwhile, Sankarapandian, his uncle, manages to provide a wrong message to Kottaisaamy that Aandal's marriage was a forced marriage. Kottaisaamy immediately cancels Aand ...
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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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