M. R. Krishnamurthy
M. R. Krishnamurthy (1940–2012) who popularly referred to as MRK, was an actor and stage artist who appeared in Tamil films. He starred in more than 100 films and in more than 500 stage plays conceived and hosted by various leading stage artistes. Film career MRK’s significant films are Veetula Raman Veliyila Krishnan, Pondatti Thevai and Ulle Veliye and the Rajini-starrers Dharmathin Thalaivan and Arunachalam. He has also worked with Kamal Haasan in the film Maharasan and with Vikram in Dhill. MRK worked as an assistant director under the late and legendary director C. V. Sridhar in a solitary film Oru Odai Nadhiyagiradhu which had the late Raghuvaran Raghuvaran Velayutham (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the ''Hindustan T ... playing the lead role. He had also played significant roles in drama ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pudhu Vasantham
''Pudhu Vasantham'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Murali, Anand Babu, Raja, Charle and Sithara. It revolves around a woman who, due to circumstances, ends up cohabitating with four men. ''Pudhu Vasantham'' is the directorial debut of Vikraman. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary and R. Mohan under Super Good Films. It was released on 14 April 1990, and became major commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Shruthi'' the same year, and in Hindi as '' Baharon Ke Manzil'' a year later. Plot Friends Balu, Michael, Raja and Manohar are street musicians who aim to achieve big in life despite leading a below poverty life. Balu sings, Michael dances and plays the tabla, Raja plays the guitar while Manohar plays the flute. One day, the friends come across Gowri, a seemingly mute girl. They help Gowri to find an address which she is looking for, however, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seval
''Seval'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language historical romance action film written and directed by Hari and produced by M. A. Jinnah. It stars Bharath, Poonam Bajwa, Simran, and Vadivelu, while Sampath Raj, Prem, Y. G. Mahendran, Rajesh, Yuvasri, and Shanmugarajan play supporting roles. The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with cinematography by Priyan and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The film released on 27 October 2008. Plot The film begins with Murugesan ( Bharath) being released from the Central Jail, Palayamkottai. Murugesan has been incarcerated for 17 years. The story rewinds to 1989 when he was an unruly youngster in Sivasailam village near Tenkasi. His parents are flower-sellers (Rajesh and Yuvasri). Life is a long, sunny adventure for Murugesan who beats people up, sells his grandfather's land, runs over rooftops (like the rooster of the title) and incurs so much of his father's wrath that he is prophesied to meet a horrible end – not that this gloomy pro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saamy
''Saamy'' ( God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by Hari. The film was presented by K. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Vikram and Trisha and Kota Srinivasa Rao (debut in Tamil cinema) in a negative role. Music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Upon release, the film was highly successful at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as '' Lakshmi Narasimha'' (2004) starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, in Bengali as ''Barood'' starring Mithun Chakraborty, loosely in Kannada as '' Ayya'' (2005) starring Darshan and later in Hindi as ''Policegiri'' (2013)(Directed by K.S. Ravikumar) starring Sanjay Dutt reprising the role of Vikram. Like other films directed by Hari, this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli. ''Saamy'' along with ''Kaakha Kaakha'' started a trend of police films in Tamil such as '' Bheeshmar'', '' Gambeeram'', ''Anjaneya'' and many ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pudhumai Pithan (1998 Film)
''Pudhumai Pithan'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by S. K. Jeeva. The film stars Parthiban whilst Roja, Devayani, Priya Raman, Anandaraj and Ranjith play supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 20 October 1998. The film opened to mixed reviews and was declared hit at the box office. It was later dubbed into Telugu as 'Oka Votu'. The film was one among 1998 Deepavali releases. Plot Jeeva (Parthiban), a social activist, ends up in a police lock-up. Mahesh ( Ranjith), a police officer, is surprised to see his best friend Jeeva in this condition and brings him to his home. Mahesh lives happily with his wife Aarthi ( Devayani) and his daughter (Baby Hemalatha). Aarthi and Jeeva were in love in the past. Ramadass (Jaiganesh), Aarthi's father, hated Jeeva and his activism. As an honest police officer, Ramadass protected a corrupted politician ( Anandaraj) and was beaten by Jeeva's supporters. Later, Aarthi and Jeeva ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thedinen Vanthathu
''Thedinen Vanthathu'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Ravi Varma. The film stars Prabhu, Goundamani, Mantra and Amrutha. The film, produced by Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan and Kanchana Sivaraman, had a musical score by Sirpy and was released on 30 October 1997 as one of the Deepavali releases. Plot Velumani (Prabhu), an innocent bank watchman, loses his job after two robbers steal one crore in his bank. In a misunderstanding, a hotel manager thinks that Velumani is a bank manager. Tamizhmani (Goundamani), the hotel server, knows his secret but Velumani manages him by giving him a lottery ticket. The next day, they have the winning numbers. Tamizhmani immediately resigns from his job, but the lottery ticket was a fake. Viswanathan (Vennira Aadai Moorthy) has two daughters: Mythili (Amrutha) and Janaki (Mantra). Viswanathan looks for grooms for several years and decides to ask an astrologer about it. The astrologer tells him that grooms will approach hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Senathipathi
''Senathipathi'' () is a 1996 Tamil language drama film directed by M. Rathnakumar, and also the script writer for films like ''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' (1993) and ''Karuthamma'' (1994). The film stars Sathyaraj in dual roles, along with Soundarya and Sukanya. The film, produced by Malar Balu and K. Dhandapani, had musical score by Deva and was released on 10 November 1996. It was a commercial success. Plot Senathipathi Thevar (Sathyaraj) is a rich and respected village man who is married to Meenakshi ( Sukanya), while his little brother Sethupathi (Sathyaraj) is a good-for-nothing young man. Senathipathi Thevar and Lingappan Naicker ( Vijayakumar), another rich respected village man and their area chief, are best friends. Senathipathi has been charged for past 10 years with the duty to protect the village against the robbers, which he has done with 100% efficiency. Lingappan Naicker's daughter Aishwarya (Soundarya), a clever, beautiful and arrogant girl, returns after studying i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seethanam
''Seethanam'' () is a 1995 Tamil language crime film directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars Prabhu, Sangita and Ranjitha in lead roles. The film, produced by T. Siva, had musical score by Deva and was released on 24 November 1995. Plot After spending many years in jail, Muthu Manikkam is back to his village and wants to take revenge on a corrupt politician Marimuthu. Soon, he clashes with advocate Radha until she knows his tragic past. It is revealed that Muthumanikkam's wife was killed by Marimuthu. In the end, Muthumanikkam kills Marimuthu. Cast *Prabhu as Muthu Manikkam *Sangita as Dhanalakshmi *Ranjitha as Radha * Mansoor Ali Khan as Marimuthu * R. Sundarrajan as Govindan, Dhanam's father *S. S. Chandran as Varadarajan *Vinu Chakravarthy as Kalimuthu, Radha's father *Prakash Raj as Rajasekhar, Radha's brother *Vichithra as Sarasu *Pandu as Dr. Thandavarayan * Santhana Bharathi *Mohan V. Ram * MRK *Thyagu *Rajasekhar *Balu Anand *Krishnamoorthy *Kovai Senthil *Chelladu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Puthiya Aatchi
''Puthiya Aatchi'' () is a 1995 Tamil-language drama film directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film stars Anandaraj, Raadhika and Sarath Babu. The film songs was composed by Premi - Sreeni and Manachanallur Giridharan, the film score was composed by Shyam and was released on 3 March 1995. Plot Marappan (Anandaraj) is the rebel leader of 'Puratchi Padai'. The rebel group only kills corrupted politicians who spoil the poor's lives. Whereas a corrupted politician Valluvadasan (Radha Ravi) misuses their name and he perpetrates murders of innocent people under their name. Vivekanandan (Sarath Babu), an IPS officer, lives happily with his wife (Raadhika) and his son. Vivekanandan is charged to arrest the members of 'Puratchi Padai'. Cast *Anandaraj as Marappan *Sarath Babu as Vivekanandhan / Vivek *Raadhika *Radha Ravi as Valluvadasan *S. S. Chandran as Kannusamy *S. Gajendra Kumar *V. Gopalakrishnan *Meesai Murugesan *Naga Kannan *Idichapuli Selvaraj * MRK *Velu Prabhakaran as Tami ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Namma Annachi
''Namma Annachi'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Dhalapathi. The film stars R. Sarathkumar in a triple role, along with Raadhika, Heera Rajagopal and Rupini. The film, produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Sivaraman, had musical score by Deva and was released on 21 May 1994. Plot Ayya was an honest police officer in a remote village. The villagers respected him for protecting the village against the heartless don Vaiyapuri. Ayya lived happily with his wife and son Annachi. One day, Vaiyapuri killed Ayya and his wife in front of Annachi. In turn, the young Annachi stabbed Vaiyapuri and fled to the city. 20 years later, Annachi did odd jobs for a living and eventually became a brave man who fought against injustice. He was adopted by an old couple. Meanwhile, Vaiyapuri controlled the city. Annachi began to work in Vaiyapuri's factory but realised the factory paid the labourers less than expected. Gayathri, a labour officer, came to support the labourers, but ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren
''Unnai Vaazhthi Paadukiren'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Shridev. The film stars Parthiban, Suman Ranganathan and Mohini. The film, produced by T. P. Kovai Thampi, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 7 February 1992. Plot Ravi (Parthiban), a poor mechanic who works in the garage of and lives with his mother. He is deeply in love with Priya (Suman Ranganathan), a rich girl. Priya hates him and flashback reveals that Ravi and Priya are married and had marital breakdown because he lied to her that his mother is dead. Priya stays with her parents who resent that she is staying with them instead of taking responsibility of her love marriage. In the meantime, Asha (Mohini), another rich girl, falls in love with Ravi and she proposes to him. Ravi tells her that he is, in fact, Priya's husband and is working to convince Priya to live with him. The rest of the story is what happens to Ravi, Priya and Asha. Cast *Parthiban as Ravi * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |