M. Saravanan (film Director)
M. Saravanan ( ta, சரவணன்) is an Indian film director, best known for directing the film '' Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011). Career Saravanan began his career as an assistant director under director A. R. Murugadoss. In 2009, he made his directorial debut with the Telugu film ''Ganesh'' starring Ram,. In 2011, he directed his first Tamil film '' Engeyum Eppodhum'' which featured Jai, Anjali, Ananya and Sharvanand, and was produced by his mentor A. R. Murugadoss in association with Fox Star Studios. The film gained very positive responses from critics and audience alike, emerging a sleeper hit In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a film, television series, music release, video game, or some other entertainment product that was initially unsuccessful on release but became a success later on. A sleeper hit may have little promo .... He was honoured with an award by the Human Rights Organization for directing ''Engeyum Eppodhum'' with a "very relevant socia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chakravyuha (2016 Film)
''Chakravyuha'' () is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language vigilante action film written and directed by M. Saravanan and produced by N. K. Lohith under the Sunshine Creations banner. An adaptation of Saravanan's own Tamil-language film ''Ivan Veramathiri'', the film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Rachita Ram, and Arun Vijay, while Abhimanyu Singh, Sadhu Kokila, Bhavya, and Rangayana Raghu play supporting roles. S. Thaman composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was dubbed in Hindi with the same name by ''Shree International'' and is dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Civil Engineer''. The key sequences of the film (not found in the Tamil version) went on to be re-used in the Odia remake version '' Abhaya'' (2017). Plot Sadashivayya, who was a former gangster and present Karnataka State Law minister asks for an illegal quota in student admissions in Government Law College, but the principal refuses. In order to remove the principal, he instigates violence in the law college cam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Varagur
Varagur is a village in Senthamangalam Taluk, Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu state. Erumaipatti is 7 kilometers and Thathaiyangarpet is 9 kilometers away from the village. The Varagur village is located in the state Tamil Nadu having state code 33 and having the village code 634663. The Namakkal is the district of this village with district code 609. The total geographical area in which this village is expanded in . Demographics According to 2011 census the village has 719 households with the total population 2833, out of which 1402 are male 1431 are female. The total number of children in the age group of 0-6 was 303. The Varagur village is situated in the Namakkal district with district code number 609. Namakkal is the subdistrict (tehsil / mandal), is a low-level administrative division of a district, of this village, having the sub district code is 05747. Erumaipatti is the Community Development Block (C.D. Block) of this village with C.D. Block code number 0109. The gram ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sleeper Hit
In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a film, television series, music release, video game, or some other entertainment product that was initially unsuccessful on release but became a success later on. A sleeper hit may have little promotion or lack a successful launch but gradually develops a fan following that garners it media attention, which in turn increases its public exposure and public interest in the product. In film Some sleeper hits in the film industry are strategically marketed for audiences subtly, such as with sneak previews a couple of weeks prior to release, without making them feel obliged to see a heavily promoted film. This alternative form of marketing strategy has been used in sleeper hits such as ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), the Oscar winner ''Forrest Gump'' (1994), ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998), and ''The Sixth Sense'' (1999). Screenings for these films are held in an area conducive to the film' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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6th Vijay Awards
The 6th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of Tamil film industry in 2011 was held on 16 June 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, India. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Sivakarthikeyan. Jury The jury members were director K. S. Ravikumar, comedian Yugi Sethu, actress Nadia Moidu, Lizy Priyadarshan and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu R. Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. His work in films such as '' Sethu'', ''Nandha'', ''Vaaranam Aayiram'', ''Enthiran'', '' 1: Nenokkadine'', ''Rangasthalam'' and ''Sye Raa Narasimha Re .... Award winners and nominees Jury awards Source: Favorite Awards References {{reflist Vijay Awards 2012 Indian film awards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edison Awards (Tamil)
The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of cinema, Thomas Alva Edison. It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia. The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon. The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...s and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote. Awards Merit awards * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada Cinema and is one of the first Kannada actors to be listed in the Forbes list of top 100 celebrities of India since 2013. He has received several awards including four Filmfare Awards South. Sudeepa is known for his critically acclaimed performances in the Kannada films '' Sparsha'' (2000), ''Huchcha'' (2001), '' Nandhi'' (2002), ''Kiccha'' (2003), '' Swathi Muthu'' (2003), ''My Autograph'' (2006), ''No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' (2007), ''Mussanjemaatu'' (2008), ''Veera Madakari'' (2009), ''Just Maath Maathalli'' (2010), ''Vishnuvardhana'' (2011), ''Kempe Gowda'' (2011), the Telugu-Tamil bilingual ''Eega'' (2012), ''Maanikya'' (2014), ''Ranna'' (2015), ''Kotigobba 2'' (2016), ''Hebbuli'' (2017), '' Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Puneeth Rajkumar
Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar, He was one of the most popular actors in Kannada cinema. He was the lead in 30 films; as a child, he appeared in many films. His performances in '' Vasantha Geetha'' (1980), '' Bhagyavantha'' (1981), ''Chalisuva Modagalu'' (1982), '' Eradu Nakshatragalu'' (1983), '' Bhakta Prahaladha'', ''Yarivanu'' and ''Bettada Hoovu'' (1985) were praised. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role of Ramu in ''Bettada Hoovu''. He also won Karnataka State Award Best Child artist for ''Chalisuva Modagalu'' and ''Eradu Nakshatragalu''. Puneeth's first lead role was in 2002's ''Appu''. He was conferred with the Doctorate by Mysuru University. The Karnataka Government conferred the state's highest civilian award, Karnataka Ratn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raangi
''Raangi'' () is an 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by M. Saravanan and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions. The film stars Trisha, Anaswara Rajan (in her Tamil debut) and Bekzod Abdumalikov in the lead roles. The film's music composed by C Sathya, while cinematography and editing is handled by K. A. Sakthivel and M Subarak respectively. The film was released theatrically on 30 December 2022. Plot Thaiyal Nayagi is a fearless investigative journalist who works for an online news portal committed to promoting equality, democracy, and justice. She is arrested by a special police task force for the murder of Police Inspector Krishnamurthy, but is rescued by a team of FBI and CBI agents. The story starts a few weeks earlier, when Thaiyal encounters Inspector Krishnamurthy during a routine police check and records him making inappropriate comments, which she later posts online. The inspector retaliates by sending goo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valiyavan
''Valiyavan'' ( Strong Man) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic sports film written and directed by M. Saravanan. It stars Jai and Andrea Jeremiah and the music was composed by D. Imman with editing by M. Subarak and cinematography by Dinesh B. Krishnan. The film commenced shoot from May 2014 and ended on 27 March 2015. Plot The film opens with Vinod sipping his milkshake and walking in the subway. Suddenly, a young woman called Subiksha blocks his path, proposes to him, and disappears. He takes it as a joke and goes away, but during the following week, he starts to wonder about her and questions himself on whether she told the truth. Because of this, he starts to wait in the subway every day. Subiksha does not come, but on the other hand, she visits his workplace in and his friend's room, where he stays. Unfortunately, both times, he does not make it in time to meet her. Finally, when he meets her, she tells him that they have already met at a party where their mut ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ivan Veramathiri
''Ivan Veramathiri'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by M. Saravanan. The film has been presented by director N. Linguswamy and produced by his brother N. Subash Chandrabose under Thirupathi Brothers, in association with Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Vikram Prabhu, Surbhi, Ganesh Venkatraman, Vamsi Krishna and Hariraj. The background score and soundtrack were composed by C. Sathya. The film was released on 13 December 2013 to positive reviews. The director adapted the core storyline of this movie in Kannada as '' Chakravyuha'' starring Puneeth Rajkumar and the Kannada version was remade in Odia in 2017 as '' Abhaya'' starring Anubhav Mohanty. Plot Tamil Nadu State Law minister Sadasivam asks for his illegal "minister's allocation quota" in student admissions in Chennai Government Law College, but the new principal refuses to yield, as the students in the quota are unfit to study ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |