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Magamuni
''Magamuni'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Santhakumar. The film stars Arya in dual roles along with Indhuja Ravichandran and Mahima Nambiar. Kaali Venkat, Rohini, Jayaprakash, Ilavarasu, and Aruldoss play supporting roles. S. Thaman scores music for the film, and editing is handled by V. J. Sabu Joseph. Principal photography of the film commenced during November 2018. It was theatrically released by Tarun Pictures on 6 September 2019 to highly positive reviews from both critics and audience. Magamuni has won several international awards from various film festivals across the world. Plot The film travels back and forth between two characters. Magadevan is a cab driver in Chennai and also works as a thug for a corrupt politician named Muthurajan. Muniraj is a good Samaritan and organic farmer who believes in Swami Vivekananda's teachings, thinks the world of Tamil literature, and lives in a village near Erode. It is made clear that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahima Nambiar
Mahima Nambiar is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Early life and career Nambiar hails from Kasaragod, Kerala. In 2014, she was pursuing a BA in English Literature privately. She is a trained classical dancer and a singer. At age 15, she made her acting debut in the Malayalam film ''Kaaryasthan'', playing Dileep's sister, with Mahima calling it a "blink and miss role". She was working as an advertisement model, when director Samy tried to cast her for ''Sindhu Samaveli'' (2010) but she had to decline the offer for personal reasons. The production team later recommended her for ''Saattai'' (2012), which marked her Tamil film debut. She was in class 12 when she acted in the film, in which she played the lead role of Arivazhagi, a village school girl. After ''Saattai'', she took a year's sabbatical to complete her school, and returned to acting with roles in four Tamil films. Her next release was ''Ennamo Nadakkudhu'' (2014) in which she appeared as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepa Shankar
Deepa Shankar is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in the Tamil movie industry. Deepa has worked in movies like '' Maayandi Kudumbathar'' (2009), ''Kadaikutty Singam'' (2018) and ''Doctor'' (2021). She made her debut in popular television show ''Metti Oli.'' She participated in the reality television show '' Cooku with Comali''. Early life and career She moved on from Thoothukudi to Chennai for her higher education at Kumaraguru College of Arts and Science. She auditioned for ''Metti Oli'' in which she was selected for a supporting role, which was her first on-screen role. After working in television, she was noticed for her role in ''Doctor Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...'' (2021) for which one critic wrote that she had "imppecable comic timing". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indhuja Ravichandran
Indhuja Ravichandran is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil films. She is known for her notable works in ''Meyaadha Maan'' (2017), ''Mercury'' (2018) & ''Bigil'' (2019). Career Indhuja Ravichandran, born and brought up in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India pursued her schooling in Seventh-Day Adventist Mat. Hr. Sec. School Vellore. Degree in Software Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology. While pursuing her degree, she did several modeling assignments, auditioned for different roles, did several short films both internally within the college, and outside the college for different college fests. She was spotted by Karthik Subburaj during her audition and eventually made her film debut with ''Meyaadha Maan'', where she played Vaibhav's sister. M. Suganth, in a review of the film on the ''Times of India'', stated that she made "a very impressive debut". In 2019, she starred in ''Bigil ''Bigil'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports action film written and directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arya (actor)
Jamshad Cethirakath (born 11 December 1980), known by his stage name Arya, is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema. Arya has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and received two nominations each for Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards. He was included on the 2015 edition of the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100, a list based on the top earning Indian celebrities. He made his breakthrough portraying rogue characters in Vishnuvardhan's ''Arinthum Ariyamalum'' (2005) and ''Pattiyal'' (2006). He later won critical acclaim for playing an Aghori in Bala's ''Naan Kadavul'' (2009). Arya gained further commercial success with the release of the period drama ''Madrasapattinam'' (2010), the comedy film ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' (2010), family action film ''Vettai'' (2012) and Atlee's family film '' Raja Rani'' (2013). In 2013, he appeared in three more Tamil films: R. Kannan's comedy film '' Settai'', Vishnuvardhan's action thriller '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Voter (film)
''Voter'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language political thriller film written and directed by G. S. Karthik Reddy and produced by Pudhota Sudheer Kumar. The film stars Vishnu Manchu and Surbhi in lead roles, with Sampath Raj, Posani Krishna Murali, Jayaprakash, Nassar in prominent roles. The music is composed by S. Thaman. It was released on 21 June 2019. Plot Gautam, who works in the US, comes back to India to cast his vote. In this process, he falls in love with Bhavana and proposes to her. Bhavana lays a condition to Gautam that if he fulfills a particular task related to a dreaded central minister, Bhanu Shankar she will accept his love. Cast * Vishnu Manchu as Gautam * Surbhi as Bhavana * Sampath Raj as Central Minister Bhanu Shankar * Posani Krishna Murali as M.L.A. * Jayaprakash as Siva * Nassar as Krishnamoorthy * Brahmaji as Madhava Rao * Supreet as Prakash * Praveen as Jagdish * Pragathi as Pragathi * L.B. Sriram as Bhiksaraju * Shanoor Sana as Bhavana's mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Aruldoss
Aruldoss is an Indian actor who has appeared in supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer for several films. Career After completing school, Aruldoss worked as a photographer at weddings. Through his acquaintances, he managed to get a breakthrough into the Tamil film industry and served as an assistant cinematographer in Sundar C's '' Arunachalam'' (1997). He subsequently went on to work as the main cameraman in '' A Aa E Ee'' (2009) and '' Pathinaaru'' (2009). Aruldoss has often collaborated as an actor with film maker Suseenthiran, after making his debut in '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010) and appearing in '' Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'' (2011), ''Rajapattai'' (2011) and '' Paayum Puli'' (2015). His close friendship with Seenu Ramasamy has meant that Aruldoss has also played roles in ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010), ''Neerparavai'' (2012) and ''Idam Porul Yaeval'' (2016). He has also appeared in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venky Mama
''Venky Mama'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by K. S. Ravindra. It stars Venkatesh, Naga Chaitanya, Raashii Khanna, and Payal Rajput in the lead roles, while Nassar, Prakash Raj, and Rao Ramesh play supporting roles. The film was produced by D. Suresh Babu of Suresh Productions and T. G. Vishwa Prasad of People Media Factory, with music composed by Thaman. The film was released on 13 December 2019, coinciding with Venkatesh's birthday, to mixed reviews from critics but praise for Venkatesh's performance and ended up as a commercial success at the box office. Plot The film begins at Draksharama where a well-known personality Ramanarayana, an astrologer, lives with his wife Lakshmi and son Venkatarathnam. Ramanarayana opposes his daughter's marriage, as he foresaw the couple's death, soon after, a year of their son Karthik's birth. Just like Ramanarayana predicted, Karthik loses his parents in a tragic accident. Here, Ramanarayana warns that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaprakash
V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, '' Mayakannadi''. Subsequently, performing a variety of supporting roles, he found more success as a character actor, with his most notable performances in ''Pasanga'' (2009), ''Naadodigal'' (2009), '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010), ''Yuddham Sei'' (2011), ''Mankatha'' (2011), ''Moodar Koodam'' (2013) and ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum'' (2014). Career Jayaprakash hails from Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India. Before entering the film industry, he had worked in various fields such as dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour. He started acting at age of 45. His first film was '' Mayakannadi'' in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments. His role as the village school teacher, Chokkalingam, in Company Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Green
Studio Green is an Cinema of India, Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. The company was founded in 2006 by K. E. Gnanavel Raja, relative of actor Sivakumar and many of their films feature his sons Suriya and Karthi. They have produced several Tamil films and also distributed films across South India. History The company first produced and distributed the film ''Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' starring Suriya (actor), Suriya, in 2006. Next they produced and distributed ''Paruthiveeran'', introducing Karthik Sivakumar, younger brother of Suriya. It ran for more than a year in screens in Tamil Nadu. Following this success, ''Singam'' was produced. The Hari (director), Hari directed action film, starring Suriya, also went on to become highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year. Their following production was ''Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film), Naan Mahaan Alla'' starring Karthi and Kajal Agarwal which also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaali Venkat
Kaali Venkat (born 5 May 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Tamil language films. Personal life Venkat hails from Kudaiyadevanpatti a village near Kovilpatti. Venkat used to act in dramas during his school days. With an ambition to act in films he moved from his village to Chennai in 1997 to enter the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. In Chennai, he was doing jobs like selling groceries in order to survive until he met director Vijay Prabakaran. Prabakaran, who Venkat considers his guru, coached and taught him "everything I know about cinema today". Venkat got married on 30 October 2017 in Chennai. Career The first film Venkat acted was also by Vijay Prabhakaran, ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum''. The film failed to release but Venkat decided to keep his character name in it, Kaali, as his stage name, screen name after everybody on the set was calling him by that name. He then acted in various short films made for the Kalaignar TV show ''Naalaya Iyakkunar'' and won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |