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Mookuthi Amman
''Mookuthi Amman'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by RJ Balaji in his directorial debut. Co-directed by N. J. Saravanan, the film stars Nayanthara and Balaji, with Urvashi, Smruthi Venkat, Madhu Mailankody, Abinaya, Moulee and Ajay Ghosh in supporting roles. It revolves around a news anchor joining forces with the title character to expose a godman as fake. The film was released on Disney+ Hotstar on 14 November 2020, Diwali day. Plot Engels Ramasamy, a Nagercoil-based news anchor, lives with his single mother, paternal grandfather and three sisters. Many girls rejected Engels’ marriage proposal because his family is poor and his father abandoned him. One day, the family plans to leave for the Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati for the fourth time, only to cancel it as the youngest sister has got of age. They soon realise that they should go to their family deity Mookuthi Amman's temple to seek good luck. The temple is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RJ Balaji
Balaji Patturaj (born 20 June 1985), popularly known as RJ Balaji, is an Indian actor, radio jockey, television presenter, comedian and film director in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known as the host of the 92.7 Big FM shows ''The Night Show with RJ Balaji'', ''Take it Easy'' and it's now defunct segment ''Cross Talk'', where he made prank calls to unsuspecting victims. Although mainly a radio jockey, Balaji is also active in other fields; he is known for his association with the television shows ''Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Dheva'' and ''Why This Kolaveri'', and for his performance in the films ''Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru'' (2013), ''Vadacurry'' (2014) ''Naanum Rowdy Dhaan'' (2015), ''Pugazh'' (2016) and '' LKG'' (2019) (as an actor), '' Mookuthi Amman'' (2020) and ''Veetla Vishesham'' (2022) (as an actor and a co-director). He has also been a presenter at many inter-school cultural events in Chennai, a cricket commentator, and has contributed to many social causes, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant-hill
An ant colony is a population of a single ant species capable to maintain its complete lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, communal, and efficiently organized and are very much like those found in other social Hymenoptera, though the various groups of these developed sociality independently through convergent evolution. The typical colony consists of one or more egg-laying queens, numerous sterile females (workers, soldiers) and, seasonally, many winged sexual males and females. In order to establish new colonies, ants undertake flights that occur at species-characteristic times of the day. Swarms of the winged sexuals (known as alates) depart the nest in search of other nests. The males die shortly thereafter, along with most of the females. A small percentage of the females survive to initiate new nests. Names The term "ant colony" refers to a population of workers, reproductive individuals, and brood that live together, cooperate, and treat one another non-aggressively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OMG – Oh My God!
''Oh My God!'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi language satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, S Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures and Playtime Creations. The storyline is based on the Gujarati stage-play ''Kanji Virudh Kanji'', which itself was inspired by the Billy Connolly film ''The Man Who Sued God''. The film stars Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty along with Om Puri, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Jhawer, Puja Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar in pivotal roles. Made on a budget of , the film released on 28 September 2012 and received positive reviews from critics. It was remade in Telugu as '' Gopala Gopala'' (2015) with Venkatesh, Pawan Kalyan, and Shriya Saran. It was also remade in Kannada as ''Mukunda Murari'' (2016) with Upendra and Sudeep. A stand-alone sequel, ''OMG 2'', with Akshay Kumar starring as Lord Shiva, along with Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam in other lead roles, was theatrically rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LKG (film)
''LKG'' (an initialism for ''Lalgudi Karuppiah Gandhi'') is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language political satire film produced by Ishari K. Ganesh and directed by K. R. Prabhu in his directorial debut. The film stars RJ Balaji and Priya Anand while Nanjil Sampath, J. K. Rithesh, Ramkumar Ganesan and Mayilsamy play supporting roles. Leon James scored music for the film, while Vidhu Ayyanna and Anthony handled the cinematography and editing, respectively. The film released on 22 February 2019 to unanimously positive reviews and performed well in the box office. Plot The film begins with newly elected Lalgudi Karupaiah Gandhi (LKG) swearing in as Chief Minister (CM) of Tamil Nadu, where he is shot in the chest by a sniper. The story moves back to six months ago where LKG is a mere councillor from Lalgudi ward in Trichy rural and belongs to the ruling party. LKG aspires to quickly achieve big in politics, unlike his father Azhagu Meiyappan, who neither achieved fame as a politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashika Aannand
Yashika Aanand (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian actress, model and television personality, who works predominantly in Tamil films and television shows. Early life Yashika Aannand was born into a Punjabi Hindu family on 4 August 1999 in New Delhi. After her family moved to Chennai, she completed her schooling in Sherwood Hall school in Chetpet, Chennai. Career Aannand began acting after being an Instagram model. At 14, she was filmed for ''Inimey Ippadithan'' (2015) alongside Santhanam but her role was later deleted after she could not attend a song shoot. She then portrayed a swimming instructor in ''Kavalai Vendam'' (2016), which became her first theatrical release. Aannand's breakthrough was in the 2016 film, ''Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru''. Shot on a small budget, the film was successful and won recognition for its cast members. She then appeared in '' Paadam'' (2018) and Thambi Ramaiah's '' Maniyaar Kudumbam'' (2018). Aannand then appeared in ''Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...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] |
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] |
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 Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News Minute
''The News Minute'' is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Dhanya Rajendran, Chitra Subramaniam and Vignesh Vellore in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. History In a December 2015 interview with Sadhana Chathurvedula of ''Mint'', Vignesh Vellore mentioned that the website has currently hired 12 people to work in it. ''The News Minute'' had secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Raghav Bahl's company. They raised second round of undisclosed amount in 2019. It plans to use those funds to hire more reporters and editors as well as expand its coverage. Vignesh Vellore stated that ''The News Minute'' aims to make use of User interface (UI) "so as to keep the audience more engaged with the content we publish." Notable people *Chitra Subramaniam Former editor for ''The Hindu'', known for her investigations on the Bofors scandal. She is also an Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union territory) in India; a territory of Australia; a province of Sri Lanka or Pakistan; a federal province in Nepal; an autonomous region of Philippines; or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-governance. It is also used as the English version of the title given to the heads of governments of the Malay states without a monarchy. The title is also used in the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man (since 1986), in Guernsey (since 2004), and in Jersey (since 2005). In 2018 Sierra Leone, a presidential republic, created the role of an appointed chief minister, which is similar to a prime minister in a semi-presidential system. Before that, only Milton Margai had the same position between 1954 and 1958. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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