Mathapoo
''Mathapoo'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Nagaraj and starring newcomer Jayan and Gayathrie. Cast *Jayan as Karthik *Gayathrie as Pooja * Geetha as Pooja's mother * Sithara as Karthik's aunty * Ilavarasu as Karthik's uncle * Renuka as Karthik's mother * Kitty as Pooja's father * Pradeep Kottayam as Restaurant worker * Vivek Rajgopal as Maali * Senthi Kumari as Maid * L. Raja as Police inspector Production The film was directed by Nagaraj, who previously directed the film ''Dhinamdhorum'' (1998) and wrote the dialogues for ''Minnale'' (2001) and ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003). Jayan, a graduate of DG Vaishnav College, made his acting debut with this film. Gayathrie of ''18 Vayasu'' and ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' fame was signed as the main female actress. Velayudham was signed as the music director of the film. He learned music from Veeraraghavan, M. S. Viswanathan's teacher. Music duo Sabesh–Murali composed the background score ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gayathrie
Gayathrie Shankar (born 2 May 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Malayalam films. Her Tamil film debut was in 2012 with ''18 Vayasu'', and is best known for her role in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). She had her Malayalam film debut with ''Nna Thaan Case Kodu'' (2022). Early life Gayathrie was born and brought up in Bangalore. Career The actress's first release was the psychological thriller ''18 Vayasu'', but was recognized for her work in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' alongside Vijay Sethupathi. In 2013 she starred in two films, '' Ponmaalai Pozhudhu'' and '' Mathapoo''. She was next seen in ''Rummy'', a 1980s college love story, opposite Inigo Prabhakaran. The multi-starrer '' Ula'', was renamed ''Chithiram Pesuthuadi 2'' and saw a release in 2019. The movie is directed by Rajan Madhav of Muran fame, also starred Radhika Apte, Priya Banerjee, Vidharth and Dwayne Bravo. ''Puriyatha Puthir'' directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi co-starring ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vivek Rajgopal
Vivek Rajgopal is an Indian actor who works predominately in Tamil-language films. Personal life Vivek Rajgopal's mother tongue is Malayalam, but he settled in Tamil Nadu. Career Vivek Rajgopal had an interest for acting and subsequently joined Koothu-P-Pattarai and trained under Guru Somasundaram. After playing supporting roles in '' Naanga'' and '' Mathapoo'', he debuted in the lead role in '' Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal'' (2014) before getting his breakthrough with ''Echcharikkai'' (2018). He received the role after Ashok Selvan, who was supposed to do the role recommended Vivek's name. He was chosen to play a role in the web series ''Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...'' after the makers liked his performance in ''Echcharikkai''. Filmography *''All films ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geetha (actress)
Geetha Kadambee (born 14 July 1962) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She debuted in the Tamil film ''Bairavi'' (as Rajinikanth's sister). Since then she has acted in over 200 films in all major South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films. She also appears in South Indian television serials. Geetha has won two Filmfare Awards South and a Karnataka State Film Awards and Kerala State Film Awards each. Career Geetha made her film debut with the 1978 Tamil film ''Bairavi'' as the title character in which she played Rajinikanth's sister. She was in her seventh grade when she was cast for the film. She later discontinued her studies to concentrate on her movie career. Her performance as Indira in the 1986 Malayalam film ''Panchagni'' based on the true life story of a Naxalite revolutionary Ajitha was well acclaimed and described by The Hindu as "one of Malayalam cinema's landmark heroines". The same year she had more Mal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sithara (actress)
Sithara is a leading Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films. She made her Tamil debut in 1989 with K. Balachander's ''Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal''. She is best known for her performances in super-hit films such as Padayappa, Halunda Tavaru, Pudhu Vasantham. She is also known for her works in Television. In a film career spanning thirty seven years, she has starred in over hundred films in a variety of roles. Her recent Telugu hits include Srimanthudu, Shankaraabharanm, and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. Sithara made a Tamil cinema comeback with ''Nagesh Thiraiyarangam'' directed by Guinness record holder Isaq. Early life Sithara was born as the eldest among three children to Parameshwaran Nair and Valsala Nair in Kilimanoor. Her father Parameshwaran Nair was an engineer at Electricity board and her mother was also an officer at Electricity board. She has two younger brothers, Pratheesh and Abhilash. She Studied in Lourdes Mount Schoo ... [...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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Renuka (actress)
Renuka is an Indian actress who is known for playing the lead role ''Premi'' in K. Balachander's Tamil tele-serial of the same name. She has also acted in Malayalam and some Hindi films. Early life Renuka's family hailed from the town of Srirangam. Due to adverse circumstances caused by the early death of her father, she was compelled to move to the city of Chennai at an early age in search of work. In a short while, she was able to get a job as a drama artiste with Komal Swaminathan's troupe. Career She got the break in Tamil films with the 1989 movie ''Samsara Sangeetham'' directed by T. Rajender and in the year 1990, she worked in Malayalam movie ''Kuttettan''. Renuka has worked in a few Tamil films and about 75 Malayalam movies, after she was introduced to Tamil film director K. Balachander by colleague Geetha. Renuka was cast in a supporting role in the teleserial ''Kaialavu Manasu'' directed by Balachander. Following ''Kaialavu Manasu'', Renuka also did a support ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kitty (actor)
Raja Krishnamoorthy, popularly known as Kitty is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor, primarily working in the Tamil film industry with a few films in Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema. He has directed films like '' Dasarathan'' (1993). He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam' s ''Nayakan'', released in 1987. Early life He has done his Masters in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, 1975. He started with Mukund Iron & Steel as Management Trainee and Personnel Officer; he was with ITC Welcome Group as Personnel Manager and Regional Personnel Manager, and subsequently, with Enfield India Limited as General Manager (Human Resources). Between June 2000 and March 2002, he worked actively with Polaris Software Lab Ltd., an organization of 2600 people, as consultant and President of Human Resources. From July 2002 till August 2005, he was leading the Consulting and training Division, as Principal Consultant - at ProLease India Pvt. L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harish Raghavendra
Harish Raghavendra (born 7 December 1976) is an Indian Tamil vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. He is the son of photographer P.V Raghavendran. Harish is best known for his songs like ''Hey Azhagiya Theeyee'' from Minnale, ''Nirpadhuve Nadapadhuve'' from Bharathi, ''Devathayai Kanden'' from Kadhal Kondein, ''Sakkarai Nilave'' from Youth, ''Melliname Melliname'' from Shahjahan and ''Anbe Enn Anbe'' from Dhaam Dhoom. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies. He debuted as an actor in ''Vikadan'' directed by Arun Pandiyan in which he played the lead role. He also played a brother-role for Ajith Kumar in ''Thirupathi'', which was written and directed by Perarasu. Career Harish officially made his debut into the music industry as a singer at the age of 18. His first song was a Telugu song for the movie ''Panjaram'' and he subsequently sung 'Vaa Saghi' for the movie ''Arasiyal''. He was in his final year of college at the time. After that, he was not really active in the mu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sabesh–Murali
Sabesh–Murali is an Indian music director duo, who have jointly composed for many Tamil films in Chennai, India. Sabesh and Murali are siblings who began their careers working under their brother, the music director Deva, as assistant composers. They composed famous albums such as ''Pokkisham'' and '' Milaga''. The duo are also, rarely, playback singers. They composed for the Tamil movie ''Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi''. They scored the movie ''Goripalayam'' and the upcoming movie ''Anthony Yaar''. Personal life Sabesh–Murali are the younger brothers of popular music composer Deva. Sabesh's son Karthik Sabesh is a comedian while Murali's son Bobo Shashi is a composer. Their nephews are actor Jai and composer Srikanth Deva. Discography ;Songs *''Samuthiram'' (2001) *'' Naina'' (2002) *''Aayiram Poi Solli'' (2002) * ''Ball'' (2002) *''Paarai'' (2003) *''Ayodhya'' (2005) *'' Gurudeva'' (2005) *''Adaikalam'' (2005) *''Thavamai Thavamirundhu'' (2005) *'' Suyetchai MLA'' (2006) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Romantic Drama Films
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Indian Romantic Drama Films
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Pandiraj
Pandiraj (பாண்டிராஜ் in Tamil) is an Indian film director and producer, writer who works in Tamil cinema. His debut film, ''Pasanga'' (2009), was commercially successful and won several awards, including the National Film Award for Best Screenplay. Early life Pandiraj was born 7 June 1976 and brought up in Virachilai Township, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. After Schooling, he moved to Chennai in 1996. He worked as an "office-boy" with director K. Bhagyaraj. During his early years, he wrote several short stories for the famous Tamil Bagya. Gradually, his interest in film making increased and after hurdles, he got the chance to be an assistant director to filmmaker Cheran. He later worked as an assistant director to Thangar Bachan and Chimbu Deven in six films. Style Pandiraj is also famous for making village action family movies. The movies include a lot of family sentiments and focuses on farming. Career In 2009, Pandiraj became an independent directo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |