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Nattukku Oru Nallavan
''Nattukku Oru Nallavan'' () is a 1991 Tamil-language action film written, produced and directed by V. Ravichandran and also produced by N. Veersamai. The film stars Rajinikanth, Juhi Chawla, V. Ravichandran, Anant Nag and Khushbu. The film was simultaneously shot in Hindi as ''Shanti Kranti'' () with a slightly different cast. The film marked the debut of popular Kannada actor Anant Nag in Tamil cinema as main antagonist. The music was composed by Hamsalekha. The film was simultaneously released in Kannada and Telugu under the ''Shanti Kranti'' title in 1991. Nagarjuna was the lead in Telugu and Ravichandran was the lead in Kannada, while Rajinikanth was in the lead in Tamil and Hindi. Incidentally, all the versions failed at the box-office. Plot ''Nattukku Oru Nallavan'' is the story of an honest police officer and his fight against a dreaded criminal named Daddy who indulges in organ transplant mafia. Cast Production Sandalwood actor V. Ravichandran announced tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravichandran (Kannada Actor)
Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor in the Kannada Film Industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravichandran continues to run his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions. He is popularly known as "Crazy Star", a title fans have prefixed to his name. Personal life Ravichandran was born in Tirunelveli, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India to N. Veeraswamy and Pattammal. His father is N. Veeraswamy was a producer of South Indian film industry. Ravichandran married Sumathi, on the Valentine's Day; 14 February 1986. The couple has a daughter Geethanjali, two sons Manoranjan and Vikram. Manoranjan made his acting debut with ''Saheba (film), Saheba'' (2017). Ravichandran famous for bringing innovations to Kannada film industry through Premaloka (1987) and introducing ''Juhi Chawla''. Film career He made his first on screen appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manorama (Tamil Actress)
Gopishantha (26 May 1937 – 10 October 2015), better known by her stage name Manorama, also called Aachi, was an Indian actress, playback singer and comedian who had appeared in more than 1000 films and 5000 stage performances and several television series predomninantely in the Tamil language until 2015. She was a recipient of the Kalaimamani award. In 2002, Government of India awarded Manorama the Padma Shri for her contribution to the arts. She received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film ''Pudhiya Padhai'' (1989) and Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South (1995). Early life Manorama was born to Kasiyappan Kilakudaiyar and Ramamirtham in Mannargudi, a town in the erstwhile Thanjavur district of Madras Presidency. Her mother brought her up by taking up a job as a maid. She mentioned her indebtedness to her mother for her success: Many of the mother roles that she has played in films resemble her own mother. Her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film ''Nizhalgal'', an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award, for his abundant literary output. Early life Vairamuthu was born on July 13, 1953, to Ramasamy and his wife Angammal, who were agriculturalists based in the village of Mettoor, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. In 1957, his family was forced to move to Vadugapatti, another village in the Theni di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. The case was resolved by settlement in 2009. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired the ''India Abroad ''India Abroad'' is a weekly new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year."About Penguin – company history" , Penguin Books. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), Woolworths and other stores for Sixpence (British coin), sixpence, bringing high-quality fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Its success showed that large audiences existed for serious books. It also affected modern British popular culture significantly through its books concerning politics, the arts, and science. Penguin Books is now an imprint (trade name), imprint of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gaud
Jack Gaud (1958 8 June 2000) was an Indian actor, film producer & military personnel known mostly for portrayal of negative roles in Hindi cinema. He died of a heart attack at the age of 42 in 2000. He entered cinema after leaving the Indian Navy. Gaud did bit roles, especially as a criminal or the main villain's henchman in several Hindi films. He is remembered for his roles as Shamsher Singh in the film Karan Arjun and as Fracture Bandya in the film Vaastav. His last film appearance was ''One 2 Ka 4''. Personal life Jack Gaud was born in a Small Village, Khetri in Rajasthan in 1958. He joined Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig .... He always wanted to become an actor. He joined film industry in the year 1984 after he left Indian Navy. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangita Madhavan Nair
Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, Tamil and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s. The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in ''Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala'', which was written and directed by Sreenivasan, for which she has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. She is also well known for her role of Nirmala Mary in actor Vijay (actor), Vijay's breakthrough film ''Poove Unakkaga'' (1996). She started her career as a child artiste in the movie ''Snehikkan Oru Pennu'', a Malayalam movie released in 1978. Her debut film as a child artist in Tamil was ''En Rathathin Rathame'', which is the Tamil remake of Hindi movie ''Mr. India (1987 film), Mr. India''. The first film she acted as a heroine was ''Ellame En Rasathan'' in 1995. Personal life She was born as the youngest among four children, to Madhavan Nair from Kottakkal, Malappuram and mother, Padma from Kuzha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idichapuli Selvaraj
Idichapuli Selvaraj ( – 30 January 2012) was a veteran Tamil comedy actor. He acted in more than five hundred films. He acted along with lot of actors. He also worked as an assistant director for the M. G. Ramachandran films like ''Idhayakkani'' and ''Ulagam Sutrum Valiban''. His brother Pandu In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ... was also a comedy actor as well as renowned artist. Filmography ''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.'' 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Dubbing artist References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selvaraj, Idichapuli Tamil comedians Tamil male actors Indian male film actors 2012 deaths Indian Tamil people 1939 births Indian male comedians 20th-century Indian male actors Tamil male television actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Ganesh
Jai Ganesh (1946 – 11 February 2001) was an Indian Tamil film actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' and ''Attukara Alamelu'', among others. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or as a villain in films such as '' Thaayillamal Naan Illai'' (1979) and ''Athisaya Piravi'' (1990). He was introduced into the film industry by director K. Balachander in ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai''. From then on, he acted in many films as hero and also as character actor. Some of his famous films in 1970s are ''Neeya'', ''Pilot Premnath'', ''Vattathukkul Sathuram'' and ''Vanakathukuriya Kathaliyae''& Azhage unnai Aradhikkiren. Jai Ganesh died of cancer on 11 February 2001, at the age of 54. He acted in lot of movies as hero as well as in supporting roles with famous actors including Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Muthuraman, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Ajith Kumar, Vijay and Master Raghu. Notable Tamil film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi Ganesh
Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Nataka Sabha''. Ganesh served in the Indian Air Force from 1964 to 1974 before quitting in favour of films. He was given the stage name Delhi Ganesh by K. Balachander. Career He was introduced to Tamil Film Industry by K. Balachander in the film '' Pattina Pravesam'' (1976). Ganesh played the hero in the 1981 film ''Engamma Maharani''. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or a comedian, but he has also played villainous roles in films like '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989). He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in ''Pasi'' (1979). He also received various state awards like Kalaimamani (1994) given by the then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. His most notable films are '' Sindhu Bhairavi'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babu Antony
Babu Antony (born 22 February 1966) is an Indian-American actor and martial artist, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in several Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Hindi and English films. He started his career doing antagonistic roles and progressed to supporting and leading roles as well. Babu owns a mixed martial art academy in Houston. He made his debut in Bharathan's ''Chilampu'' (1986). His career highlights include '' Vaishali'' (1988), ''Aparahnam'' (1991) and ''Uppukandam Brothers'' (1993). Early life He was born to T.J. Antony and Mariyam Antony in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He was educated in Sacred Heart High School, Government Boys High School and St. Dominic's High School Kanjirappally. He graduated in English literature from Pune. He has a master's degree in Business Administration in Human resources from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. He worked as a cinematographer in Film and Television Institute of India, Pune wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
