Manikandan
Manikandan (born 1983) is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has acted in films including ''Boys (2003 film), Boys'' (2003) and ''Kicha Vayasu 16'' (2005). Career Manikanda, a visual communications graduate who had featured in Kala (choreographer), Kala’s dance troupe doing stage shows, was selected by S. Shankar, Shankar to feature in his coming-of-age film ''Boys (2003 film), Boys'' after impressing in auditions. He shot for the film throughout 2002 alongside fellow debutants Siddharth (actor), Siddharth, Genelia D'Souza, Bharath (actor), Bharath, Nakul (actor), Nakul and Thaman. The story centred on six youngsters, conveying a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex, and marked a move away from Shankar's usual brand of vigilante films, gaining much publicity prior to release. The film opened to mixed reviews but became successful at the box office, with reviewers noting the ens ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boys (2003 Film)
''Boys'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical film directed by S. Shankar. It stars newcomers Siddharth, Bharath, Manikandan, S. Thaman, Nakul and Genelia. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman (in his 75th film composition). The story revolves around the six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of adolescent life. The film was released on 29 August 2003 to positive reviews. Plot Munna, Babu Kalyanam "Bob Galy", Juju, Krishna and Kumar are five friends. Although from different backgrounds, they all have common interests: disinterest in studies, obsession with smoking, drinking, ogling girls, having sex, watching pornography, and complaining about their parents. Their obsession with sex is such that while Munna's parents are out of town, they hire a prostitute Rani, but all of them back out at the last moment. One day, they meet Mangalam, a depressed middle-age man, in a bar, and help him home after he passes out. Although they first use ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kicha Vayasu 16
''Kicha Vayasu 16'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil language film directed by A. N. Rajagopal starring Simran and Manikandan, with Jai Akash and Sujibala in supporting roles. The film centers around the antics of the eponymous character, Kicha, with other teenagers in the city of Nagercoil. The music was composed by Dhina. The film released on 25 March 2005. Plot Krishnamoorthy (Jai Akash), known as Kicha in his youth, is the District Collector who returns to his childhood city of Nagercoil to demolish an old school, which he recognises as his former school. His reminiscences of his school days in Nagercoil form the main theme of the film. The film then transitions to when Kicha (Manikandan) is a 16-year-old boy. After Nirmala (Simran), a teacher whom Kicha has a crush on, becomes the headmistress of their school, Kicha, who often teases people around him, becomes very well-behaved towards Nirmala. Because of this, he often garners her support. However, Kicha, being his usual self, beg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kadhal FM
''Kadhal FM'' is a 2005 Tamil film directed by Jayaprakash starring Manikandan, Shivani Singh and Aravind Akash. The movie was shot in and around Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Karaikudi and Tiruchi. Cast *Manikandan as Manikandan *Shivani Singh as Ruchika *Aravind Akash as Aravind *Karunas as Chilly Chicken *Ilavarasu as Astrologer *Vaiyapuri as Inspector *Lollu Sabha Balaji *Ajay Rathnam *Anu Mohan as Traffic police *Balu Anand Balu Anand (1954 – 3 June 2016) was an Indian actor and director who worked in Tamil-language films (Kollywood). He appeared in over 100 films as an actor and directed several films, such as ''Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri'', ''Annanagar Mudhal T ... Production The film is directed by V. Jayaprakash who previously directed ''Sathisanam'' (1997). Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Aravind-Shankar. *Adam Eval - Karthik *Bhagyasaali - Timmy *Kadale - Srinivas *Mugama - Chinmayi *Un udal - Sandeep, Sunitha Sarathy Reception ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "The narrat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bayam Ariyaan
''Bayam Ariyaan'' () is a 2010 Tamil language, Tamil-language action drama film directed by Prathesh. The film stars newcomer Mahesh Raja and Udhayathara, with Kishore (actor, born 1974), Kishore, Manikandan (actor), Manikandan, Saranya Ponvannan, Ponnambalam (actor), Ponnambalam, Devi Kiruba, Aswathy, Kadhal Sukumar, and Kottachi playing supporting roles. It was released on 23 April 2010. Plot Police Inspector Mithran (Kishore (actor, born 1974), Kishore) makes money on the side by hiring jobless youngsters in the area. The jobless Vinoth (Mahesh Raja), also known as Koni, along with his friends, indulges in criminal activities like extortion and rowdyism to fill the pocket of the corrupt cop Mithran. Despite his penchant for money, Mithran has a soft side: he cherishes his wife Ramya (Devi Kiruba) more than anything. Regarding Vinoth, he enjoys drinking and spending time in brothels. He is cruel even to his mother Saraswathi (Saranya Ponvannan), whom he beats up, ill-treats, c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuga (film)
''Yuga'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language sci-fi thriller film directed by Yaar Kannan and starring Nassar, Richard, Manikandan, Swarnamalya, Sukumar, Jai, Raja, Santhoshi, and Bharathi. The film was produced by fifty film technicians. Cast * Nassar as Professor Narendran * Richard as Sri * Manikandan as Rishi * Swarnamalya as Bhanu * Sukumar as Giri * Jai as Aravind * Raja as Dev * Santhoshi as Meenu * Bharathi as Bhuvana * '' Ice'' Ashok * Charuhasan as Bhanu's father * Yamuna as Elizabeth Thomas *G. K. as the assistant commissioner * Besant Ravi as an aghori * King Kong as a robot *Risha in a special appearance *"Metti Oli" Shanti Srihari in a special appearance *Rakshana Maurya in a special appearance Production Nassar plays a scientist in the film. The film was shot at AVM Studios and Hotel Blue Moon. The film was supposed to have a song featuring Prabhu Deva, but he eventually did not feature. Soundtrack The music was composed by Dhina. Actor Simbu sang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaadhal 2014
''Kaadhal 2014'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Suganthan and starring Arish Kumar, Neha, and Manikandan. The film is about female empowerment. ''Boys'' Manikandan debuted as a villain with this film. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by F. S. Faizal.https://masstamilan.in/kadhal/ *"Maanpola" *"Mailakilli" *"Oh Jinglee" *"Pathikucha" Reception Malini Mannath of ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...'' opined that "Dealing with a crucial issue, what was needed was a more focused screenplay and mature handling". A critic from '' Maalaimalar'' praised the film's novelty and music. A critic from '' iFlicks'' praised the film's theme and music while criticised the film's pace. A critic from '' Din ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moscowin Kavery
''Moscowin Kavery'' () is a 2010 Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by cinematographer Ravi Varman, making his directorial debut, besides handling the cinematography. The film, which has lyrics written by Vairamuthu and music scored by Thaman, stars Rahul Ravindran and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles with Harsha Vardhan, Santhanam and Seeman playing supporting roles. Samantha Ruth Prabhu made her debut in Tamil Cinema with this movie. Releasing on 27 August 2010, after nearly three years of production, the film was panned by critics and was a disaster commercially. Plot Moscow (Rahul Ravindran) and Kaveri ( Samantha Ruth Prabhu) are two IT professionals working in Chennai. Kaveri has abandoned her family in her hometown due to family disputes and the violence that followed. Moscow is an orphan who has ancestral properties in his native village. Both fall in love, buy a house and live together. Soon, they have differences of opinions and plan to part ways. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaadhal
''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first film as a main lead actor) and Sandhya. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film opened to critical acclaim and was a high commercial success. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Premisthe and released on 12 October 2005. It was remade in Kannada as ''Cheluvina Chittara'' in 2007, in Bengali as ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' in 2008, in Bengali Bangladesh as ''Nogor Mastan'' in 2015, in Marathi as ''Ved Laavi Jeeva'' in 2010, in Nepali as '' Manjari'' in 2013 and in Punjabi as ''Ramta Jogi'' in 2015. Plot Murugan is a diligent scooter mechanic in Madurai, and life goes on smoothly for him until a rich student Aishwarya sets an eye on him. The infatuation reaches a dangerous level when she coaxes Murugan to take her from the constraint of her family, who has other plans about her future. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siddharth (actor)
Siddharth Suryanarayan (born 17 April 1979), known mononymously as Siddharth, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi language films. Apart from acting, he has also been involved in films as a screenwriter, producer and playback singer. He has also been featured in many advertisements. After completing his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and assisted Mani Ratnam, before going on to make an acting debut in S. Shankar's coming-of-age Tamil film ''Boys'' (2003). The success of the film provided an opportunity to feature in Mani Ratnam's multi-starrer '' Aayutha Ezhuthu'' (2004), before he branched off to receive critical and commercial acclaim in Telugu and Hindi cinema through ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005), ''Rang De Basanti'' and ''Bommarillu'' (2006). In the late 2000s, he established himself as a bankable lead actor in Telugu films and subsequently chose to become more selective with his projects, while ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indian Actor
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around (US$2.7 billion). Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu and Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam and Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati and Bhojpuri. As of 2020, the combined revenue of all other language film industries has surpassed that of the Mumbai-b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Male Actors In Tamil Cinema
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. Not all species share a common sex-determination system. In most animals, including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as ''Cymothoa exigua'' change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineages, an example of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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