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Naga (director)
Naga ( ta, நாகா, birthname: Nagarajan) is a director of Tamil films and TV Shows from Tamil Nadu, India. He is especially acclaimed for directing the hit television series ''Marmadesam'' series in the late 1990s. He made his debut as a film director in 2010 with the film ''Anandhapurathu Veedu''. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Filmography Television dramas Director ; Thriller/Horror * Rudraveenai ( Episodes 1 -21 on Sun TV ) * ''Marmadesam'' (''Ragasiyam'', ''Vidathu Karuppu'', ''Edhuvum Nadakkum'') (1996–2001) * ''Chidambara Rahasiyam'' (2004–05) as the storywriter too. * '' Adhu Mattum Ragasiyam'' * Yamirukka Bayamen (TV series) ; Comedy: * ''Ramany vs Ramany'' (1998–2000; 2001) * '' Veettukku Veedu Looti'' (2003–05) Cinematographer * ''Kaiyalavu Manasu'' (1995) * ''Marmadesam'' (''Ragasiyam'', ''Vidathu Karuppu'') (1996–1998) Films ;Director * ''Anandhapurathu Veedu'' ;Cinematographer *'' Gawaahi'' *''Patthar Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamirukka Bayamen (TV Series)
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay changed hands several times before being partly acquired by the Star India in 2001. The channel telecasts Tamil language programmes such as serials, reality shows and Tamil films. History The channel was first launched by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC). United Breweries Group acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. The UTV Software Communications, UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for million. In 2001, Star India took over the channel and rebranded it as ''Star Vijay.'' Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Film Directors
Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, natively spoken by the Tamils * Tamil script, primarily used to write the Tamil language **Tamil (Unicode block), a block of Tamil characters in Unicode * Tamil dialects, referencing geographical variations in speech See also * Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood, the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood. * Tamil cuisine * Tamil culture, is considered to be one of the world's oldest civilizations. * Tamil diaspora * Tamil Eelam, a proposed independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka * Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states of India * Tamil nationalism * ''Tamil News'', a daily Tamil-language television news program in Tamil Nadu * Tamilakam, the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covered today's Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Television Directors
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patthar Ke Phool
''Patthar Ke Phool'' () is an Indian 1991 Hindi-language action film directed by Anant Balani, produced by G. P. Sippy, written by Salim Khan, and edited by Deepak Sehgal. It stars Salman Khan as a police officer opposite debutant Raveena Tandon. The supporting cast includes Kiran Kumar as an underworld gangster and Reema Lagoo as mother of the police officer. The film was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of the year. Tandon won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance. Plot Suraj is the son of Inspector Vijay Verma (Vinod Mehra) and his wife, Meera (Reema Lagoo). One day, Suraj meets a girl named Kiran. Unknown to everybody, Kiran is the daughter of Balraj Khanna, the king of an underworld gang. Balraj has kept his truth a secret from the world and his own daughter. Vijay, in the meanwhile, gets assigned to the case of Balraj's gang. Joining the same college, Suraj and Kiran fall in love. As Vijay probes deeper and deeper into the gang, the gang mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawaahi
''Gawaahi'' ( en, Testimony) is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Anant Balani. It was his directorial debut. The film stars Zeenat Aman, Shekhar Kapur, Ranjeeta Kaur and Ashutosh Gowariker. It was based on the 1934 play ''The Night of January 16th'', a courtroom drama by Ayn Rand. This movie was completed in 12 days. Synopsis A courtroom drama around the disclosures and cross-examinations of key witnesses of mysterious death of leading business tycoon Ranjeet Chaudhary (Shekhar Kapoor). Cast *Zeenat Aman as Janhavi Kaul *Tanuja as advocate Bharucha *Shekhar Kapur as Ranjeet Chaudhary *Ranjeeta Kaur as Shashi Chaudhary *Ashutosh Gowariker as Sayed Akhtar Rampuri *Vikram Gokhale as Prosecutor Tiwari *Vivek Vaswani as Tejchand Advani * Avinash Kharshikar as Ramakant Shinde * Hosi Vasunia as Inspector Vasunia *Shammi (actress) as Betty Lobo *Ravi Patwardhan as Judge * G.P. Singh as Colonel Ghai * Rakesh Shrivastav as building watchman * Gautam Siddharth as handwriting expert C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramany Vs Ramany
''Ramany vs Ramany'' (also known as ''Ramani Vs Ramani'') is a Tamil-language sitcom, directed by Naga and produced by K. Balachander under the banner Min Bimbangal. It is the first ever Tamil comedy play in the "sitcom" format. The sitcom follows the happenings in the daily life of a wife and a husband both named Ramany. Mr. Ramany is an innocent sales respresentative while Mrs. Ramany is a housewife who complains about how she wants a better husband. The first season starred Vasuki Anand and Prithvi Raj. First season was first telecasted in 1998 in Sun TV and ran for 25 episodes. The second season starred Ram G and Devadarshini. Second season was telecasted in 2001 in Raj TV and ran for 51 episodes. It was one of the most popular Tamil comedy shows. Both the seasons were re telecasted in Vasanth TV. The sitcom again became popular after the series was uploaded on Kavithalayaa's YouTube channel. A new season titled, Ramany vs Ramany 3.0 is preparing for release with Vasuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adhu Mattum Ragasiyam (TV Series)
''Adhu'' () is a 2004 Tamil-language horror film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha as a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai- Singaporean film '' The Eye''. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by P. Selvakumar, released on 15 October 2004 and received generally negative reviews and is considered a box-office disaster. Plot Meera (Sneha) is transplanted with the eyes of Kayalvizhi (Suha) which enables her to see able to see "things" not visible to other's eyes. Haunted and harassed by Kayalvizhi's Spirit, Meera goes all the way to Vijayanagaram to get to the bottom of the intrigue, because the spirit orders her to do so getting to know of Kayalvizhi's story and the injustice done to her by the village head (Vijayan). The spirit of Kayalvizhi seeks revenge and retribution. How it achieves this forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Film
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood'' - a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, ''Keechaka Vadham'', was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, ''Kalidas'', a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture ''Alam Ara''. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil film industry established in Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema, other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films from India established a global presence through distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidambara Rahasiyam (TV Series)
''Chidambara Ragasiyam'' () is an Indian Tamil-language suspense series directed by Naga and produced by Anil Mishr and P.K. Tiwari. This show replaced Rudhraveenai on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm. It aired in Sun TV during the years 2004–2006. This was a successful series. It revolved around the practice of "Nadi astrology", a very popular belief in Tamil Nadu and widely practiced around Vaitheeswaran Koil area near Chidambaram.The last episode was aired on Sunday, 23 July 2006 at 7.30pm. This serial was also dubbed in Telugu and was telecasted in ETV. Plot The story revolves around a young journalist Somu, working for Neithal Magazine in Chennai. The company's chief editor, Kumaraguru is like Somu's philosopher. He guides Somu like his own son. Kumaraguru has a daughter, named Thulasi, who is seen acting differently and making origami. Somu and his friend Padmarajan go around Chennai, interviewing people, on a title on previous birth. Once, they meet a beggar and homeless man who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
