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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] |
Duet (1994 Film)
''Duet'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Prabhu, Ramesh Aravind, Meenakshi Seshadri and marks the debut of Prakash Raj in Tamil cinema which he plays the main antagonist. It was inspired by the 1990 French film ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', which itself was based on the 1897 play of the same name directed by Edmond Rostand. The film revolves around two musician brothers who fall in love with the same woman. It was released on 20 May 1994. Plot In a bridge across a sea, saxophone music is heard which is played by Guna(Prabhu). He recollects about the tragedy which happened two years back in his life. Guna and Siva(Ramesh Arvind) are brothers who own an orchestra and are very popular with their performances. Both are very affectionate towards each other. Both of them look for their love and eventually find one. The girl whom Siva chose accepted his love, while the girl chosen by Guna insults him of his fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetri Vizha
''Vetri Vizha'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prathap K. Pothen. It stars Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, pairing with Sasikala and Khushbu as lead heroine along with Amala in guest appearance. The film was a blockbuster and completed 175-day run at the box office. It is loosely based on the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' by Robert Ludlum. ''Vetri Vizha'' was released on 28 October 1989 during the Diwali holiday. Santhi Narayanasamy and T. Manohar produced ''Vetri Vizha'' under the production company Sivaji Productions. The story was written by K. Rajeshwar and Shanmugapriyan. Cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar, the editing was by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan, and the art direction was by B. Salim. The first film in which Kamal Haasan and Prabhu co-starred. Filming took place primarily in Goa and Chennai. Plot A man ( Kamal Haasan) is being chased by heavily armed men in a coastline. He takes out a couple of them with his superior skills, but is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasu Madhuravan
Rasu Madhuravan (1969 – 9 July 2013) was a Tamil film director known for family dramas. He began his career as an assistant director to Manivannan, and made his directorial debut with ''Poomagal Oorvalam''. He died on 9 July 2013 from throat cancer. Early life and career Madhuravan was born as Karuppiah in a village called Mettupatti near Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu. He attended Usilampatti Government School. While studying agriculture in college, he left studies, citing lack of interest, and went to Chennai in 1987. Madhuravan joined as an assistant director with Manivannan and started his debut ''Manamagal Thevai'' with Jayaram and Devayani, but the film was dropped after recording songs. He was supposed to direct Ajith in a project called ''Namma Veettu Kalyanam'', but that too was dropped. R. B. Choudary gave Madhuravan a chance to direct ''Poomagal Oorvalam''. The film, starring Prashanth and Rambha, released in 1999 to average reviews, with a critic noting to "wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panakkaran
''Panakkaran'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Hindi film ''Laawaris (1981 film), Lawaaris'' (1981), it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami. The film was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal (festival), Pongal day, and ran for more than 175 days in theatres. Plot Sumithra is a famous singer and she is in love with Vijayakumar, a leading business man. She gets pregnant before wedding but Vijayakumar wants it to be aborted. Sumithra, who doesn't want to abort her child, decides to break up with Vijayakumar and she leaves with her brother Radharavi without informing Vijayakumar. Sumithra gives birth to a baby boy but Radharavi takes away the baby and gives it to Senthamarai asking him to kill the baby and lies to Sumithra that the baby was a stillborn. Sumithra leaves the hospital without informing anyone and even Radharavi doesn't know her whereabouts. Meanwhile, Senthamarai, a drunkard decides to raise the baby On hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avathara Purushan
''Avathara Purushan'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Pandiyan Arivali. The film stars Ranjith, Anand and Sivaranjani, with Goundamani, Senthil, Vivek, Veerapandiyan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Kavitha and Karikalan playing supporting roles. The film, produced by A. Jagannanthan and Kasthuri Ananth, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 28 June 1996. Plot Anand ( Anand) and Vaishali (Sivaranjani) are college students. Anand falls in love with Vaishali at first sight. When Anand reveals her his love, Vaishali rejects it and she ridicules him. Since that day, he follows her everywhere to tease her. She then complains to the police. Soon, Vaishali becomes pregnant and hides the father's name to her parents. Feeling ashamed about her pregnancy, her family moves to Ooty. Vaishali finally reveals to her parents that she was raped by a stranger. After giving birth, she drops the baby in front of the rapist's house. Anand ( Ranjith) didn't understand anyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manathile Oru Paattu
''Manathile Oru Paattu'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Gnanamozhi. The film stars Vignesh, Saradha Preetha and Sukran, with Raghuvaran, Vinu Chakravarthy, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Chinni Jayanth and Sangeeta playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Ilayagangai and was released on 3 March 1995. Plot Anand is a college student living with his friend Akbar in a small lodge, Anand doesn't have family and he has to take a part-time job to finance his studies. At the beginning of the college year, he meets Jyothi and Sukran. Jyothi is from a rich family, she lives with her mother and maternal uncle Ashok while Sukran is a disruptive student. Sukran spends time eve teasing the college girls with his friends during the day, and drank alcohol at the local bar the night. Soon, Anand and Jyothi become good friends, they slowly fall in love with each other but they are unable to reveal their love. Sukran is in love with Jyothi too. One da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasai
''Aasai'' () () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar and debutant Suvaluxmi, with Prakash Raj, Rohini, Poornam Viswanathan, Nizhalgal Ravi, and Vadivelu in roles. It revolves around a major lusting for his sister-in-law, and attempting to ruin her relationship with her lover. Jeeva was the cinematographer, while Deva composed the music. The film, released on 9 September 1995, received positive reviews and went on to become a commercial success. It was remade in Hindi as '' Pyaar Zindagi Hai'' (2001). Plot Saraswathi "Yamuna", the younger daughter of an Orthodox father, comes to Madras for finishing her studies. Major Madhavan, the husband of Yamuna's elder sister Ganga, gets infatuated with Yamuna after seeing her photo in a letter sent by her. Meanwhile, Yamuna meets Jeevanantham "Jeeva" in a bus, who gives his ticket to her as she had not taken her own. Later one day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villadhi Villain
''Villadhi Villain'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language action black comedy film, written and directed by Sathyaraj, starring himself in three distinct roles. Nagma and Raadhika play his love interests. The film, which was Sathyaraj's directorial debut, which remains his first and only directorial so far. The film was also his 125th starrer and 100th film in lead role, took a mammoth opening at the box office. It was dubbed in Hindi under the title ''Ek Aur Dharmatma'' and in Telugu as ''Sastry''. Plot Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar is a successful, cunning Brahmin lawyer in the city, and has never lost any case. He is known for his sheer intelligence in the court, and he is very brutal in nature, having excessive feelings for his caste. He is married to Parvathi, whom he always calls as Bombai. Also, they have a beautiful daughter named Janaki. Edison, a man who comes from the area of Ambetkar, is a road roller driver and local who trains fighting for his locals, living with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udan Pirappu
''Udan Pirappu'' () () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj, Rahman, Sukanya and Kasthuri, while Thilakan, Nassar, K. R. Vijaya, Radha Ravi, Goundamani, and Mohan Raj appear in supporting roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 15 August 1993. Plot Sathya ( Sathyaraj) and Vijay ( Rahman) are orphans and best friends. Since his younger years, Sathya worked hard to educate Vijay. Vijay, a young graduate, works as a driving instructor until he finds an adequate job. Sumathi ( Kasthuri) falls in love with Viji. Bhavani ( Sukanya), a childish woman, does not get married because she is cursed; all of her fiancés died before the marriage. Ameer Bhai (Nassar) and Sumathi's father Marthandan (Thilakan) are friends and business partners. Ameer Bhai is involved in land grabbing and tries to sell Ganapathy Colony (wherein poor people, Sathya and Vijay live) to a gunrunner named Vadivel (Mohan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzhaippali
''Uzhaippali'' (; ) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, written and directed by P. Vasu. It stars Rajinikanth and Roja. The film was released on 24 June 1993 and became a box office success. Plot Rajini works as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to feign to be a foreign-returned rich man, the heir of a property. Rajini acts, but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he discovers that he is the heir to the property, his father was killed by three brothers to take away the property and mother became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains a coolie. Cast * Rajinikanth as Thamizharasan/Thamizhazhagan * Roja as Vimala * Radha Ravi as Ragupathy * S. S. Chandran as Seethapathy * Nizhalgal Ravi as Gajapathy * Goundamani as P. A. of Lawyer Balasubramaniam * Vijayakumar as Thamizharasan's brother-in-law * Visu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senthamizh Paattu
''Senthamizh Paattu'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu and Sukanya while Salim Ghouse plays a supporting role. It was released on 25 October 1992 on the eve of Diwali. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Amma Koduku'', and in Kannada as ''Rasika'' in 1994. Plot Cast *Prabhu as Balasubramaniyan/Bala *Sukanya as Durgadevi/Durga * Kasthuri as Shanmathi * Sujatha as Kalaivani * Ravikumar as Ravi * Vijayakumar as Rangasamy * Manjula as Meenakshi * Salim Ghouse as Rajarathnam * Kavitha as Rajeswari *Kazan Khan as Boopathy * Goundamani as Murugesan * V. Gopalakrishnan as Ravi Father * LIC Narasimhan as College Professor * Ponnambalam as Fighter * Sakthi as Young Bala * Mayilsamy as Konavayen Production The success of P. Vasu's family drama '' En Thangachi Padichava'' (1988) starring Prabhu prompted further collaborations in the same genre between the pair with '' Chinna Thambi'' (1991) and ''Senthamizh Paattu'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinna Gounder
''Chinna Gounder'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. V. Udayakumar, starring Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Manorama, Salim Ghouse, Sathyapriya, Goundamani, Senthil and Vadivelu. It was released on 14 January 1992, during Pongal. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Chinarayudu'', and in Kannada as ''Chikkejamanru''. Plot Thavasi alias Chinna Gounder is a rich and respected landlord in Coimbatore district. His family has been the hereditaray Village Judge for a group of 18 villages and Thavasi takes over that work 10 years after his dad's death. Thavasi father, in an ill condition was asked to preside over a very tricky case and died before passing judgement. The case was that then newly built village temple stood on a land belonging to Sundari, the concubine of another landlord and Thavasi's sister's husband Sakkara Gounder. Sakkara had cited law and sealed off the temple premises days before its opening. Thavasi investigates the case, and clearly proves t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |