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Multi-camera
The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, multi-camera or simply multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene. It is often contrasted with a single-camera setup, which uses one camera. Description Generally, the two outer cameras shoot close-up shots or "crosses" of the two most active characters on the set at any given time, while the central camera or cameras shoot a wider master shot to capture the overall action and establish the geography of the room. In this way, multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start and stop the action. This is more efficient for programs that are to be shown a short time after being shot as it reduces the time spent in film or video editing. It is also a virtual necessity for regular, high-output shows like daily soap operas. Apart from saving editing time, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinnaponnu
Chinnaponnu (also credited as Chinna Ponnu or Chinnaponnu Kumar) is a folk and playback singer from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Early life Chinnaponnu was born in Suranam, a small village in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, India. She started performing in temple festivals and churches when she was 13 years old. Soon afterwards, she began singing professionally in the troupe of fellow folk artist Kottaisamy, whom she credits as a mentor. Later her voice brought the attention of K.A. Gunasekaran, a leading researcher on the folk arts and folk songs of Tamil Nadu, who also had close ties to the Communist Party of India. Gunasekaran helped promote her performances in different parts of the state. Career In 2004, she broke into the Tamil film industry as a playback singer with the song "Vazhthuren Vazhthuren" in the hit film '' Chandramukhi'', starring Rajinikanth and Jyothika. This led to television appearances and interest from other music directors. In the year 2010, she wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RJ Ophelia
Ophelia Santhaselvi, popularly known as Imsai Arasi ("Queen of Mischief") and RJ Ophelia (RJ Ophe for short), is an Indian radio jockey and television show host based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is best known for her unique voice and Tamil slang, humour and rapid speaking rate. She has worked at 92.7 BIG FM and at 94.3 Radio One. Though mainly a radio jockey, she is also active in other fields such as emceeing, television, social media, films and Supported Independent music and Independent musicians Like hip hop tamizha and Rap Rakesh Sethulingam, and is regularly involved in various social causes. Early life Ophelia was born in a Tamil middle-class family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her father wanted to give her a "rare name" and named her after Ophelia, the character from William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''. Her father is a retired Traffic Manager of Metropolitan Transport Corporation, while her mother works for Bharat Petroleum. She has a younger brother. Ophelia did her scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RJ Dheena
Dheena Dayalan, popularly known as RJ Dheena, தீனதயாளன் (தமிழ்) is an Indian radio jockey and television show host based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known for his unique voice and Tamil slang, humour and rapid speaking rate. He has worked at Suryan FM 93.5 and BIG FM – Tamil, Chennai. He started his own studio/business Academy of Radio Studios & Salt Audios in 2011. Later Joined 8K Miles media ) as a creative consultant United States of America in 2015 and 2018-19 headed a Tamil Radio station 89.4 Tamil FM in Dubai. He set a new world record live on radio continuously for 168 hours and entered the Guinness Book of World Records, after breaking the existing world record of 135 hours set by Italian RJ Stefano Venneri. He also appeared as cameo in a Tamil movie ''Chennaiyil Oru Naal ''Chennaiyil Oru Naal'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Shaheed Kader. The film ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vijay
John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. Vijay also works as the head programme director of Radio One FM. John is the chief of 'H2O', an advertising agency with its office at Nungambakkam. Pushkar and Gayatri, who were his juniors in the Visual Communications course in Loyola College, offered him a role in their directorial debut ''Oram Po''. His performance as "Sun of Gun" in the film was described by critics as "scene stealer, his antics bring the house down". He played a friend of Rajinikanth in ''Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Winston Chao, Kishore, Dines ...'' (2016). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagan
Jagan is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil films. His breakthrough was with K. V. Anand's '' Ayan'', where he played a small-time smuggler Chitti Babu, and the role won him critical acclaim. He was the anchor of popular show ''Kadavul Paadhi Mirugam Paadhi'', which was about reviewing movies, aired in Vijay TV. The show was pulled off air citing hard-hitting criticism. He is also a prominent TV and stage show host. He also hosts the game show ''Connexion'' on Vijay TV 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 chang .... He is married to his longtime girlfriend Vaanmathi. Filmography Actor Director * ''Aanandham Aarambham'' (2022) (Micro Web Series) Television References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagan Indian male film actors Tamil mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singer
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. South Asia South Asian cinema, South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Cinema of India, Indian films as well as Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors and music directors and receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Nambiar
Rahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. An MBA and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live. He sung more than 2000 songs in movies,He later ventured into playback singing, performing for many leading South Indian film composers in various languages. Career Rahul hails from Kannur, Kerala and was brought up in Delhi and Chennai. After completing his MBA and M.Com, Rahul started working for two years in a bank, which he felt was too "monotonous", before performing at live shows with Sunitha Sarathy. In 2001, he won the Sun TV Sapthaswarangal contest, beating 3000 contestants, following which he decided to pursue a singing career. Rahul was introduced as a playback singer by Vijay Antony in the Tamil film ''Dishyum''. In 2009, Rahul joined hands with his longtime friend and bass player Aalap Raju to form a band named RAHLAAP. The duo released a self-titled album in Hindi language based on "Music beyond genres", on whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjith (singer)
Ranjith K. Govind (born 21 February 1977), also known as K.G. Ranjith, is an Indian playback singer, working in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries and has sung more than 2500 songs. Early life Ranjith was born in Chennai, India into a Malayali family, hailing from Kalluvazhi, Kerala. He grew up listening to various kinds of music. He used to stay in a locality where there were many Keralites, and had a chance to participate in the local programs there. Later, a family friend suggested that he be trained in classical music. He learned Hindustani music and Carnatic music. He was trained by Vidwan Cuddalore Subramanian, K. S. Kanakasingam, Trichur P. Ramankutty and P. S. Narayana Swamy. He became popular when he won the Sun TV Saptha Swarangal singing contest in 2001. He is married to a trained Bharata Naatiyam dancer, Reshmi Menon. He has a daughter and a son. Career Mani Sharma introduced Ranjith as a playback singer, calling him to sing the song "Adugu Adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalap Raju
Aalaap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass player from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie '' Ko'' composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months in 2011 and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – 2011. He has sung for music directors like Harris Jayaraj, Thaman, G.V Prakash, Deepak Dev, D.Imman, Sreekanth Deva and many more. His other noticeable songs include Vaaya moodi summa iru da from Mugamoodi, Engeyum Kadhal from Engeyum Kadhal, Endhan Kann Munnae from Nanban, Kadhal Oru Butterfly and Akila Akila from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Anjana Anjana from Vandhan Vendran, Kuthu Kuthu from Ayyanar, Nenjodu Cherthu from Yuvvh, Theeyae Theeyae from Maattrraan, Jal Jal Osai from Manam Kothi Paravai, and Maya Bazaar from Ennai Arindhaal. He is also a well-known Bass Player, have collaborated for all top composers in Kollywood, Mollywood and all the way to Bollywood. His noticeable Bollywood collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badava Gopi
Badava Gopi is an Indian stand-up comedian and actor. Career Badava Gopi is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor, singer, hailing from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was introduced into films in 2005 in the movie ''Poi'', shot in Sri Lanka by the veteran director Thiru K. Balachander (who is the guru to Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and many others in the film industry), he has performed his comedy shows globally and the show performed exclusively for Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam has earned him many accolades. He was a radio jockey and host, with Hello FM and Radio city. Gopi has worked as an actor, often portraying supporting comedic characters. He has often been cast in films directed by Venkat Prabhu, while he has also portrayed major roles in Samuthirakani's ''Poraali'' & ''Nimirndhu Nil''. Gopi portrayed a television journalist in ''Thodari'' (2016), and to prepare for his role, he observed several television hosts and incorporated their body language into his performance. Gopi has also worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriman (actor)
Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy (born 14 February 1972), better known professionally as Seeman, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Tamil films, and also some Telugu films. He is primarily known for his prominent character roles in '' Sethu'' (1999), '' Friends'' (2001) '' Panchathanthiram'' (2002), '' Aayutha Ezhuthu'' (2004), ''Pokkiri'' (2007), ''Aegan'' (2008), '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) and '' Kanchana 2'' (2015). He is the son of noted producer Prakash Reddy. Early life Sriman was born as Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy on 14 February 1972. His father Karri Prakash reddy is a popular dancer. He also was an assistant dance director, production Executive in his Brothers company. Later he started his production company, in which he produced 24 Telugu and Kannada films. His mother Jaya Lakshmi is a house wife. He has two siblings, a brother Prabhakaran and a sister Surekha. His uncle K. S. Reddy was the first popular solo Dancer in film industry, popular dance director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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