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Nandhi (2011 Film)
''Nandhi'' is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film, action masala (film genre), masala film written and directed by Tamilvannan and produced by Dinesh Karthik. The film stars Akhil (Tamil actor), Akhil, Sanusha, and Singampuli. The music was composed by Bharathwaj with editing by V. T. Vijayan and cinematography by M. P. Ratheesh. The film was released on 11 February 2011. Cast Soundtrack Director Tamilvannan worked with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja for his first two films, ''Kalvanin Kadhali (2006 film), Kalvanin Kadhali'' and ''Machakaaran'', which were hits. For Nandhi, however, the music director was Bharathwaj. References 2011 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamilvannan
T. Tamilvannan is a Tamil film director. His notable movies are '' Kalvanin Kadhali'' and ''Machakaaran''. He started his career as an Assistant Director with the top Tamil industry director Ezhil in the superhit film of actor Vijay " Thullada Manamum Thullum", followed by the film with actor Prabhu Deva "Pennin Manathai Thottu" and continued as Co-Director in the film of Actor Ajith Kumar "Poovellam Un Vasam" and "Raja". His Directorial debut film was " Kalvanin Kadhali" acted by the actor S.J.Suryah and the leading star "Nayantara" which was also a box office hit. He done the second film " Machakaran" with the actor Jeevan and the third film titled " Nandhi" After a good script work now he has signed his next project with Bollywood super star Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is rega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasal
''Aasal'' () () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the lead role, who is also credited for the story, dialogues, screenplay and co-direction of the film, while Sameera Reddy and Bhavana play the lead female roles. The film has an extensive cast, with Prabhu, Pradeep Rawat, Sampath Raj and Rajiv Krishna playing prominent roles, among others. The film, produced by Prabhu of Sivaji Productions, features music primarily composed by Bharathwaj, cinematography by Prashanth D. Misale and editing by Anthony Gonsalves. The film revolves around the feud between the three brothers over property; two brothers, from their father's first wife on one side with their avarice for all the wealth with the righteous third, from his father's second marriage, trying to stop the family from breaking down. The feud that exists as an undercurrent in the presence of their father and turns ugly and personal after he passes away. It grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of '' RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as ''Drive'', ''The Tree of Life'', ''Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', ''Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janani Bharadwaj
Janani Bharadwaj is an Indian playback singer. She has sung hit songs in languages including Tamil and Telugu. She is the daughter of the famous Indian music director, Bharadwaj. She is famous for her hit songs ''Athiri Pathiri'' ( Ayya), ''Indha Nimidam'' (Pallikoodam), ''Tottadaing'' (Aasal), among others. Biography Though Janani was born in Bangalore, she grew up and pursued her Computer Engineering college degree in Chennai. She is married to Kartik, a Software Engineer & they presently reside abroad. Her father, music director Bharadwaj is her Music Guru. Career Janani debuted as a professional playback singer during her 10th Standard (Xth Grade), with the song ''Athiri Pathiri'', from the film Ayya. This was touted to be a solo introductory song of actress Nayantara in this film, and went on to become a huge hit. This was followed by her second song ''Kangalinal'', in the Madhavan starrer Priyasakhi, which she sang alongside Harish Raghavendra. She went on to sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually got the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surmukhi Raman
Surmukhi Raman (earlier called as Suchithra Raman), born on 15 September 1983 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She occasionally writes lyrics. She is one of the emerging playback singers in South India. She has done playback for more than 150 film songs in four languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In addition, she has recorded a number of devotionals. She has performed in numerous concerts in India and abroad. Early life Surmukhi Raman completed her primary education in Pune, Maharashtra and higher education at Vyasa Vidhyalaya Matric Higher Secondary School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She studied at University of Madras. Her father S.V. Ramanan, who had been a semi classical singer in All India Radio, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He had great influence on her singing career. As advised by music composer Colonial Cousins, her birth name Suchithra Raman was rechristened as Surmukhi Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananthu (singer)
Ananthu is a Tamil singer known for his songs in the Tamil film ''Kabali'' (2016) and "Sendumalli" song from ''Jai Bhim'' (2021). Career Ananthu worked under M. S. Vishwanathan. He worked on a few songs in the 1990s, but none of his songs were chartbusters. He garnered acclaim for his song "Puli Urumudhu" in '' Vettaikaaran'' (2009) and "Ulagam Oruvanukka" and "Maya Nadhi" 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). The success of his songs in Tamil the makers to allow him to sing "Ulagam Oruvanukka" in the Telugu version and "Maya Nadhi" in the Telugu and Hindi versions of the film. Discography Tamil songs Telugu songs Hindi songs Malayalam songs References External links * {{Authority control Indian male playback sin ... [...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] |
Priyadarshini (singer)
Priyadarshini Ram, also known as Priyadharshi Ram or monomymously as Priyadarshini, is a Singaporean-Indian playback singer who has performed in more than 110 movies in the Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi cinema industries. She began her career as a playback singer by performing a duet song with Hariharan for the Tamil film ''Kadhal Dot Com'', released in 2004. She later sung a duet with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in the Kannada movie ''Rocky''. She has worked with music directors such as Bharathwaj, D. Imman, Hamsalekha, Mano Murthy, Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu ..., R. P. Patnaik, Rajesh Ramnath, K. Kalyan, and S. A. Rajkumar, and has also recorded jingles and albums. She has a PhD in film music from the University of Mysore. Playback songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh Mohamed
Mukesh Mohamed (earlier called Mukesh) is an Indian playback singer who is known for his mass-style singing. As a versatile singer, he sings melody, folk and gana songs. He has sung more than 500 film songs in various Indian languages. He has also recorded a number of devotional albums. He has performed in numerous live concerts across the world, and has regular appearance in Ilaiyaraaja’s musical orchestras. Mukesh Mohamed has sung some very popular hit songs including “Vaa Saamy” in '' Annatthe''. Early life Mukesh Mohamed was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His parents are from Seythunganallur village, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. He was actively participating in singing competitions during his school days. His teacher had foreseen his future in music, and advised him to enter into film industry. Mukesh Mohamed was determined to make a career in film industry as it was his passion since his childhood. His father, N.P. Abdul Kadar, who was also a musician, trained Muke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer who predominantly sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. He has also sung over 15,000 notable songs in 10 regional languages including Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sinhala and Bhojpuri. He is an established ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner. Hariharan, associating with Lesle Lewis, formed Colonial Cousins, a two-member band. They have cut many private music albums and also scored music for few feature films in Tamil and Hindi. On 9 October 2021 at 13:47, Hariharan and late Gulshan Kumar's Hanuman Chalisa recorded under the label of T-Series crossed the 2-billion views mark on YouTube, making it the first devotional song in the world to do so. Personal life and education Hariharan was born to classical musicians H A S Mani and Alamelu Mani. HAS Mani - h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athithi (2014 Film)
''Athithi'' ( ''Guest'') is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by "Punch" Bharathan, who worked as a dialogue writer in films such as ''Ghilli'', ''Dhill'' and ''Dhool'' and in his second directorial film after the Vijay-starrer ''Azhagiya Tamil Magan''. Produced by KP Ramakrishnan Nair, the film stars Nandha, Nikesh Ram, and Ananya, while Yuvina Parthavi, Varsha Ashwathi, Thambi Ramaiah, and Sendrayan play pivotal roles. The film is a remake of the 2010 Malayalam film ''Cocktail'' (2010), which was the actual remake of ''Butterfly on a Wheel''. The film was released on 27 June 2014. ''Athithi'' is an edge-of-the seat, realistic thriller about a life-changing - or ruining - day in the picture-perfect life of a successful and determined young man. In the world today, the list of necessities begins with a satisfying job and ends with wealth, and luxury is a happy family along with the package. When life is complete with all that, how bizarre can a no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
