Maaran (2002 Film)
''Maaran'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante crime film, directed by A. Jawahar, starring Sathyaraj, Seetha and Raghuvannan. It was released on 20 September 2002. The film was a moderate success at the box office. Plot Maaran is a clerk in the district collector's office. His life centres around his loving wife, his son, and his daughter. Soft-spoken, and a Gandhian to the hilt, Maaran does not stand by any smear on the Mahatma's name. Being a staunch patriot, he had even named his son Sudhandhiram. After topping at the state level, Sudhandhiram gets an admission in a medical college, where he is in for a rough time, ragged mercilessly by the sadistic Shivadas and his cronies. Nonetheless, Anjali falls in love with Sudhandhiram. Matters run wild when Sudhandhiram returns Shivadas's humiliations with a tight slap and defeats him in the college elections. Shivadas's humiliation makes matters even wild when Sudhandhiram pays for it with his life. Shivadas packs the corps ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pattukkottai Prabakar
Pattukkottai Prabakar is an Indian Tamil writer. He is the ultimate King of Crime and Thriller novels, also a versatile writer. Apart from print media, He is also a screenwriter for movies as well as TV. Pattukkottai Prabakar was born to Shri. V. Radhakrishnan and Smt.R.Chandra on 30 July 1958. He completed his Masters in Economics in St.Joseph's college, Trichy. He pursued his career as a writer. Career His debut as an author was in 1977, when his work was published in Ananda Vikatan. So far he has penned 250+ short stories, 300+ novels, 85+ serial stories. More than 200 works has been published by several publishers as special edition books. A monthly magazine named A novel time was publishing only his novels. His famous works are Bharath Susila Detective series. His versatility has taken his works to other languages too. He ran Ungal junior and ullasa oonjal monthly magazines for ten years. He has worked as assistant director and assisted in making scripts for 2 films with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ilavarasu
Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known as an actor, after he debuted and appeared in pivotal roles in Bharathiraja's and Cheran's films. He starred in over 160 Tamil films, mostly in supporting and comedian roles. Career According to T. Saravanan of ''The Hindu'', Ilavarasu's debut film was to have been the unproduced Tamil film ''Top Tucker'', and instead became ''Oru Kaidhiyin Diary'' (1984). However, Malathi Rangarajan of the same paper says he first appeared in a minuscule role in Bharathiraja's 1987 film ''Vedham Pudhithu ''Vedham Pudhithu'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Bharathiraja. It is based on the play ''Saadhigal Illaiyadi Papa'' written by K. Kannan, who after this film came to be known as ''Vedham Pudhithu'' Ka ...' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and other regional Indian music around the world. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 8.0 crore (80 million) music tracks in 15 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with JioMusic in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn., , . History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic music ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dinakaran
Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by K. P. Kandasamy in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate Sun Group's- Sun Network.''Dinakaran'' is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after ''Dina Thanthi''. It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy after he split from ''Dina Thanthi'' owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group. ''Dinakaran'' is published from 12 cities in India namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Item Number
In Indian cinema, an item number or item song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Bengali cinema) to describe a catchy, upbeat, often provocative dance sequence for a song performed in a movie.Journals : Item number defined The main aim of an item number is to entertain movie-goers and to lend support to the marketability of the film by being featured in . They are favoured by filmmakers as they afford t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abhinayashree
Abhinayashree is an evicted contestant on ''Bigg Boss (Telugu season 6)''. Career Her first major role came in Siddique's 2001 Tamil comedy ''Friends'', which featured her alongside Vijay and Suriya. She received a breakthrough in her career after featuring alongside Allu Arjun in the 2004 Telugu film ''Arya'' in an item number for the song "Aa Ante Amalapuram". The success led to further offers for the actress in similar roles. She played her first lead role in the 2005 Telugu comedy ''Hungama'' appearing alongside Ali and Venu Madhav and signed on to shoot for thirty days after the director Krishna Reddy convinced her with the role. The actress won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her role in ''Paisalo Paramatma'', her biggest recognition til date. After appearing in a full-fledged supporting role in the 2007 Telugu film ''Adivaram Adavallaku Selavu'', Abhinayashree opted against appearing in any more item numbers, but soon went back on her decision explaining ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pallavi (entertainer)
Pallavi is an Indian actress. Pallavi has appeared in many films as a heroine in Tamil and Kannada films from 1985 to 1993 and continued to pursue her career as a supporting actor until 2022. She has acted alongside various lead actors including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ambareesh, Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Murali, S. Ve. Shekher, Mohan, Arjun, Mukesh, Suresh Gopi, Pandiarajan and Shankar Nag. She was first introduced in Telugu by A. Kodandarami Reddy in the flim, Illalu Priyuralu in 1984.Afterwards, she was introduced in Kannada by T.S.Nagabharana in the film, Nethra Pallavi in 1985 and then she was introduced in Tamil by legendary actor, Sivaji Ganesan in his home production, Aruvadai Naal starring his son, Prabhu ''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended .. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Periya Karuppu Thevar
Periya Karuppa Thevar (1936 - 18 September 2012) was a Tamil film character artiste and folk singer who appeared in Tamil-language films. Film career PKT was part of the drama troupe floated by veteran Sankaradoss Swamigal more than fifty years ago. Like many actors of his era, he had made the grade to films as an actor after toiling hard on stage where he used to be quite popular for his acting as well as in singing many folk songs. His film career has spanned many decades in which he had starred in more than 200 films including a memorable role in Bharathiraaja's Mann Vasanai and in Gangai Amaren's Karagattakkaran which had memorable songs by Ilaiyaraaja. PKT has also sung a festival song in Kamal Haasan's Virumandi a few years back. He has four sons. One of his sons Virumandi, a director made his directorial debut with '' Ka Pae Ranasingam'' (2020). Partial filmography Death He died on 10 September 2012 and was survived by his four sons. He had suffered a massive cardia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bonda Mani
Bonda Mani is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has worked in comedy and supporting roles in over 270 films. Career Bonda Mani has described that his stage name is derived from his diet of bondas, when he was a struggling actor, and the suffix of his mentor, Goundamani. His original name is Kedheeswaran and he originates from Sri Lanka. While working in Singapore during the 1980s, he became acquainted with director K. Bhagyaraj who visited the country for a show. He later reconnected with Bhagyaraj during a visit to Chennai and was cast in a supporting role in ''Pavunnu Pavunuthan'' (1991). Mani subsequently made a breakthrough after his performance in '' Thendral Varum Theru'' (1994) won positive reviews. He appeared with legendary Tamil actor Vadivelu in many of his comedy tracks. Along with commitments as an actor, Bonda Mani runs a stage drama troupe called "Sai Kalai Koodam" and organizes theatrical shows. Personal life In June 2016, Bonda Man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crane Manohar
Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks. Career Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he started acting he kept the name 'Crane' Manohar. He started his career by acting in several K. S. Ravikumar films before playing supporting comedic roles in many films, often with Vadivelu. He garnered praise from critics for his roles in films including ''Kannukku Kannaga'' (2000) and ''Thenali'' (2000). Crane had roles in ''Udhaya'' (2004), '' Veeranna'' (2005), ''Satham Podathey'' (2007), '' Padikkadavan'' (2009), ''Velayudham'' (2011), ''Neram'' (2013), '' Bramman'' (2014), ''Katham Katham'' (2015) and ''Kamara Kattu'' (2015). He debuted as a character artiste in ''Irandu Manam Vendum'' (2016). He is also acted in sequel movies like ''Ko 2'' (2016), '' Singam 3'' (2017), '' Saamy 2'' (2018), ''Charlie Chaplin 2 ''Charlie Chaplin 2'' is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular and veteran television down the South Indian entertainment industry known for his impeccable comic timing and who is mostly seen playing strong supporting character roles in popular Tamil daily soaps and Tamil movies. Mayilsamy is also an acclaimed stage performer, stand in comedian, TV host and a theatre artiste, In short, he is a multifaceted and multitalented personality of the Tamil television industry. Mayilsamy was involved in various stage performances and in theatres from his early childhood days and performed and travelled across Tamil Nadu with a local famous comedy troupe. Mayilsamy has also had a series of standup comedy releases among which "Sirippoo Sirrippu" deserves a special mention. Mayilsamy made his debut on Tamil telev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mahanadi Shankar
Mahanadi Shankar is an Indian stage, film and television actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and serials as supporting actor and negative roles. He has appeared in films including ''Mahanadi'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995), ''Ratchagan'' (1997), ''Amarkalam'' (1999) and ''Dheena'' (2001). The success of the former film, meant that he used the title as a prefix to his stagename. Career After making his debut as an actor in ''Mahanadi'' (1994), Shankar has worked in several Tamil films in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s as a supporting actor, often as an antagonist or a comedy villain. In the movie Dheena, he used to Call Ajith Kumar As "Thala". Henceforth Ajith Kumar is called as "Thala" by his fans. Filmography *''Amma Vanthachu'' (1992) *''Mahanadi'' (1994) *''Namma Annachi'' (1994) *''Vanaja Girija'' (1994) *''Aasai'' (1995) *''Baashha'' (1995) *'' En Pondatti Nallava'' (1995) *''Ragasiya Police'' (1995) *''Indian'' (1996) *''Panchalankurichi'' (1996) *'' Senathipathi' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |