Madurey
''Madhurey'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Ramana Madhesh. It stars Vijay, Sonia Agarwal and Rakshitha while Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Seetha, and Tejashree play supporting roles. The film released on 29 August 2004. It received mixed reviews and was a commercial success. Plot Madhuravel works as a vegetable vendor with his friend Pandu. He is a do-gooder and protector of the family of Kamatchi and her two daughters. Madurey eradicates loan sharks and fights "bad guys" in the market. Meanwhile, Anitha has a liking towards Madurey and manages to win him over from Maheshwari. One day, while Madhurey was fighting some goons, a goon attempts to throw a briefcase at Madurey, but it falls. When the briefcase opens, Kamakshi finds a newspaper with Madurey and her daughter Susheela's photos in it. She then shoots Madurey, and he is hospitalized. At the hospital, when Kamakshi questions Pandu about how he can be an accomplice to someone who she thought was a m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sridhar (choreographer)
Sridhar is an Indian choreographer who has worked in across India's several regional film industries. He has also appeared as an actor, making his debut with '' Poi'' (2006) and by making cameo appearances in songs he has choreographed. Career Sridhar made his full acting debut in K. Balachander's '' Poi'' (2006), appearing in a supporting role. He worked as the choreographer for the "Naaka Mukka" song in ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2008), and was given the responsibility of ensuring the hit song translated well on-screen. Behindwoods.com consequently noted Sridhar "gave it some rocking steps and he more than delivered", listing it as a "signature dance step". Sridhar won further critical acclaim for his work as a choreographer in Prabhu Deva's ''Engeyum Kadhal'' (2011), where he collaborated with his mentor for four songs. He also choreographed and appeared in the title song of television series ''Nadhaswaram The Nagaswaram (nādḥasvaram) is a double reed wind instrument ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramana Madhesh
Ramana Madhesh (born 23 December 1971) is an Indian film director, producer and writer in Tamil cinema. He is mainly known for his debut ''Madhurey'' (2004) and Vijayakanth's 150th film ''Arasangam'' (2008). Career Madhesh is film director and producer in Tamil cinema. He also distributed many movies like ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002) and ''Villain (2002 film), Villain'' (2002). He started out in Tamil cinema by bankrolling Shankar's ''Mudhalvan'' (1999), which turned out to be a blockbuster and was subsequently remade into Bollywood under the title ''Nayak'' (2001). Since, his directorial debut with Vijay (actor), Vijay in ''Madhurey'' (2004), was a box office hit. Madhesh has helmed a handful of movies, notable among which are the crime thriller ''Arasangam'' (2008) and the action comedy ''Mirattal'' (2012). Besides these, he has also written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie ''Friends''. In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller ''Mohini (2018 film), Mohini'', whi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yugendran
Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on 20 December 1976) is an Indian actor and singer who has sung hundreds of songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He is also an occasional music director and host. Personal life Yugendran is the son of the late Malaysian Malayali origin Tamil language playback singer-actor Malaysia Vasudevan. He has two sisters named Pavithra and Prashanthini. Prashanthini is a Tamil playback singer as well and has sung in films such as '' 12B'', ''Veyil'' and ''Vaaranam Aayiram''. Yugendran performed in the Launch of a Tamil radio station in Sri Lanka called Swarna Oli in 1999, where he met his wife, Hayma Malini, a popular RJ host. His wife Hayma Malini who was born and raised in Singapore, holds an Singapore citizenship. Together they have three children, Visashan Naarayan, Kishan Kutty Naarayan and Darshan Naarayan Nair. He, his wife and children had previously resided in India, Malaysia and Singapore. They currently reside in Auckland, New Zealand and ... [...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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Jyothika Saravanan
Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.Jo Jo Jyothika ... – Jyothika – Suriya – Tamil Movie News Behindwoods.com (18 October 2012). Retrieved 12 December 2012. She has also acted in some , , and [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jyothika
Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.Jo Jo Jyothika ... – Jyothika – Suriya – Tamil Movie News Behindwoods.com (18 October 2012). Retrieved 12 December 2012. She has also acted in some , , and [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simran (actress)
Rishibala Naval (born 4 April 1976), known mononymously as Simran, is an Indian actress, Producer, Dancer and TV personality who prominently works in Tamil films along with a few Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. Early and personal life Simran was born as Rishibala Naval on 4 April 1976 to Punjabi parents in Mumbai; her father is Ashok Naval and mother is Sharda Naval. Simran has two younger sisters, Monal and Jyothi Anand, and a younger brother Sumeet Naval. She did her schooling from St. Anthony's high school, Versova and finished her 12th from Children Welfare Centre Yari Road in Mumbai. She actively participated in dance and drama during her school and college time. She married Deepak Bagga, her childhood friend, on 2 December 2003. The couple has two sons. Career Debut and breakthrough (1995–1999) Simran made her cinematic debut in the 1995 Hindi-language film ''Sanam Harjai'', directed by Saawan Kumar. It was the first Indian film to be shot in New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simran Bagga
Rishibala Naval (born 4 April 1976), known professionally as Simran, is an Indian actress, Producer, Dancer and TV personality who prominently works in Tamil films along with a few Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. Personal life and background Simran was born as Rishibala Naval on 4 April 1976 to Punjabi parents in Mumbai; her father is Ashok Naval and mother is Sharda Naval. Simran has two younger sisters, Monal and Jyothi Anand, and a younger brother Sumeet Naval. She did her schooling from St. Anthony's high school, Versova and finished her 12th from Children Welfare Centre Yari Road in Mumbai. She actively participated in dance and drama during her school and college time. She married Deepak Bagga, her childhood friend, on 2 December 2003. The couple has two children, Adheep and Aadit Veer. Career Debut and breakthrough (1995–1999) Simran made her cinematic debut in the 1995 Hindi-language film ''Sanam Harjai'', directed by Saawan Kumar. It was the fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in ''Vaigasi Poranthachu'' (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992), R. K. Selvamani's ''Chembaruthi'' (1992), K. Rushendra Reddy's ''Tholi Muddhu'' (1993), and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy ''Jeans'' (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of this film saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jai (2004 Tamil Film)
''Jai'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. Narayan, who had previously worked primarily in Kannada language films. The film stars Prashanth and Anshu, while the former's father Thiagarajan, along with Rajkiran, Bhanupriya, and Rajan P. Dev play supporting roles. A remake of the 2002 Telugu film ''Aadi (2002 film), Aadi,'' it was produced by Thiagarajan and has music composed by Mani Sharma. ''Jai'' was released in January 2004 to negative reviews. Plot Nallamuthu meets Veerapandi, his wife, and eight-year-old son Jai returning from the USA after a long gap. Veerapandi's late father was a well-known factionist in that area and owned of land. While leaving for USA, Veerapandi gave the responsibility of managing this land to Vajravelu. Now back in India, Veerapandi realises that Vajravelu has been misusing his power. He wants to donate all his land to the 2000 families staying in that village. When Vajravelu learns of this impending charity, he attacks Ve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raj Kapoor (Tamil Film Director)
Raj Kapoor (born 15 August 1958) is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He introduced cinematic techniques in his Tamil serial ''Nandini'' causing a huge hype in south Indian film industry. He has also appeared as a supporting actor in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. Career Raj Kapoor started his cinema career as an assistant director to Film director C. V. Sridhar one of the legends of golden period of Tamil cinema. Later became an independent film director for ''Thalattu Ketkuthamma'' (1991). He is known for films like Prabhu-Khushbu’s ''Uthama Raasa'' (1993) and Ajith-Simran’s ''Aval Varuvala'' (1998). He went on to direct other films like Ajith-Meena's ''Anantha Poongatre'' (1999), Arjun's ''Sudhandhiram'' (2000) and ''Vambu Sandai'' (2008). After making his debut as an actor in ''Thalaimurai'' (1998), Raj Kapoor announced his intentions of continuing to act in films ahead of prioritizing directorial work. During t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bala Singh
Bala Singh (7 May 195227 November 2019) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Nassar's '' Avatharam'' (1995), he appeared as the antagonist in over a hundred films. Early life and career Bala Singh was born in Kaliyakkavilai, near Marthandam in Kanyakumari District. Bala Singh initially began his career featuring in stage plays and trained with the National School of Drama, before being handed his first film role in Nassar's '' Avatharam'' (1995). He played the role of the chief antagonist, Baasi, an expelled troupe member and won critical acclaim for his performance in the film. He has since played supporting roles in films directed by Shankar, Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan, often playing the role of villain. In 2009, he played a lead role of a grandfather in ''Vannathupoochi'', in a film which explored the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren. Death On 27 November 2019, he died at Chennai due to Cardiac arre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |