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Norway Tamil Film Festival Award For Best Actress
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards is the annual film festival conducted in Oslo to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Tamil film industry. NTFF was arranged for the first time in 2010 by VN Music Dreams. NTFF is a celebration of global Tamil cinema 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' .... Film awards Best Film The Best Film has been awarded since 2010. The Most Popular Film The Most Popular Film was first awarded in 2010, before being re-launched in 2013. The Most Appreciated Film The Most Appreciated Film was first awarded in 2010, before being re-launched in 2013. Midnight Sun Award The Midnight Sun Award has been awarded since 2010. Best Social Awareness Award The Best Social Awareness Award has been awarded si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala (director)
Balasubramanian known as Bala is an Tamil film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala has been praised for "revolutionizing Tamil cinema" through his realistic, dark and disturbing depiction of the working class on celluloid screen. Shaji N. Karun, who headed the jury of the 56th National Film Awards, said, "Bala is unique in many ways. The way he changed Tamil cinema's character was commendable ... There were many who tried for a change. Among the new generation of filmmakers, Bala leads the pack in bringing a change in Tamil cinema's outlook and approach." Film career Bala was introduced by lyricist Arivumathi to director Balu Mahendra. Initially he was working as a production assistant in Balu Mahendra movie. Later Bala turned to work with him as assistant director in his movies. Bala made his directorial debut with '' Sethu'' in 1999, that gave a break to Vikram, the film's lead actor, who was also struggling in the Tamil film industry for alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet Movies
Duet Movies aka Prakash Raj Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and owned by actor Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several .... The company was established in 1999 with their first production venture being '' Anthapuram''. In 2001, Prakash Raj changed the company's name from Duet Cinema to Duet Movies for numerological reasons. It was changed as Silent Movies in ''Payanam'' and later changed as Prakash Raj Productions. Filmography References Film distributors of India Film production companies based in Chennai 1999 establishments in Tamil Nadu Mass media companies established in 1999 Indian companies established in 1999 {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhoni (film)
''Dhoni'' is a 2012 Indian drama film co-written, directed and produced by Prakash Raj. Simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu languages, it stars Raj alongside Aakash and Radhika Apte. The plot illustrates the conflicting interests of a father and his son; the father wants his son to study MBA, but his son is more interested in sports and wants to become a famous cricketer like Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Based on the Marathi film ''Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho'' by Mahesh Manjrekar, ''Dhoni'' released on 10 February 2012 to positive reviews. Plot Subramaniam is a lower-middle-class widower with two kids. He works from dawn to dusk to bring up his daughter Kaveri and son Karthik. He wishes to give them a good education. He wants to see his son become an MBA graduate. But his son not interested in studies. Fourteen-year-old Karthik wants to become a good cricketer. His inspiration is Mahendra Singh Dhoni and like him, he wants to be an attacking wicketkeeper-batsman. While Subramaniam e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haridas (2013 Film)
''Haridas'' is a 2013 Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan starring Kishore and Sneha in the lead roles. Musical score is by Vijay Antony. It was released on 22 February 2013 to extremely positive reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. The movie was screened at 11th Chennai International Film Festival where it won 2 awards. It is unofficially remade in Bengali as Force in 2014. Plot Sivadas ( Kishore) is the daring cop who gets ruthless against the local goon Aadhi ( Pradeep Rawat) and is just miles away from nabbing the crook. He has a driver named Kandasamy ( Soori). However, he is forced to leave the force for a while to take care of his autistic son, Haridas (Prithviraj Das) because of an unfortunate matter. With much difficulty, he enrolls Haridas in a normal school where Amudhavalli ( Sneha) is a teacher specialized to deal with special children. Kishore dwells into the character of Sivadas, a sorry father for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subramaniyapuram
''Subramaniapuram'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language period action film produced, written, and directed by Sasikumar. The low-budget film received critical acclaim for its original script, expert direction, screenplay, editing, fresh music, accurate sets and costumes to resurrect Madurai from the 1980s. Sasikumar cast then relatively new actors Jai, Swathi, Ganja Karuppu and himself in pivotal roles. Shot in 85 days, it became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year. The movie was dubbed into Malayalam under the same name, into Telugu as ''Ananthapuram 1980'', and remade in Kannada in 2012 as ''Prem Adda''. Director Anurag Kashyap had revealed twice that this film was the inspiration for his ''Gangs of Wasseypur'' series - once in 2010 and once on the 10th anniversary of this film. It also marked Swati Reddy’s Tamil film debut. Plot The story takes place in the Subramaniapuram area of Madurai city. A convict is released from prison in 2008 after serving 28 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundarapandian
''Sundarapandian'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by debutant S. R. Prabhakaran. Sasikumar played the title character, besides producing the film, while Vijay Sethupathi, Lakshmi Menon, Soori, Appukutty, Inigo Prabhakaran, and Soundararaja appeared in supporting roles. Music was composed by N. R. Raghunanthan, while cinematography was handled by Premkumar. The film released on 14 September 2012 to overall positive reviews. Following its commercial success, the film was remade in Telugu as ''Speedunnodu'' and in Kannada as ''Raja Huli''. Plot Sundarapandian is the only son of Raghupathi, a rich landlord and the village head. He lives in Kandamanoor, near Theni. Murugesan and Arivazhagan are Sundarapandian's close friends from the same town. Arivu had failed his board exams twice and is now in his final year of college, while Sundarapandian completed college two years ago and is now living freely. Arivu falls in love with Archana, who lives in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AR Murugadoss
Murugadoss Arunasalam (born 25 September 1974), commonly known as A. R. Murugadoss, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama ''Kaththi''. Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of ''Ratchagan'' (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film '' Kushi'' (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer ''Dheena'' (2001). His first Bollywood film was '' Ghajini'' (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name. It became the first Bollywood film to gross over domestically. He would then go on to direct ''7am Arivu in 2011, which would become the first non-Rajini 100cr grosser in Tamil cinema. ''In 2012, he directed the action thriller ''Thuppakk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Rani (2013 Film)
''Raja Rani'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romance comedy drama film directed by Atlee in his directorial debut. Produced by AR Murugadoss, the film stars Arya, Jai, Nayanthara and Nazriya Nazim, while Sathyaraj, Santhanam, Sathyan appear in supporting roles. The core plot of the movie was heavily inspired by the 1986 Tamil film ''Mouna Ragam'' and the 2007 Kannada film '' Milana''. The film released on 27 September 2013, and received positive reviews upon release. It was remade in Bengali as '' Shudhu Tomari Jonyo'' in 2015 and was remade in Odia as ''Tu Je Sei'' in 2016. Plot The movie begins with the marriage of John and Regina at a church. The marriage is an arranged one, to which both have consented reluctantly to make their parents happy. After the marriage, they live together as strangers in their apartment, where the neighbours are upset with John who comes home drunk every night, which he does deliberately to annoy Regina. Eventually, Regina applies for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayngaran International
Ayngaran International is a film distribution and production company, based in the United Kingdom. Historically, Tamil films from India have been distributed to overseas theaters and for home media consumption by Ayngaran. The chairman of the company is Mr.Karunamoorthy who is based out of London and he is one of the pioneers in this field who took Tamil cinema to the worldwide audience. It also operates a chain of retail video stores located in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore. As of 2008, the company debuted as an independent film studio, opening offices in India. Its first production was ''Karuppu Roja'' (1996). History Film production Ayngaran International made its first foray into film production with the 1996 horror film ''Karuppu Roja'', directed by Aabavanan, but the venture's failure prompted them to prioritise European distribution ventures. In 2006, Ayngaran International entered into a joint venture with Eros International and announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandhalala
''Nandalala'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language independent drama film written and directed by Mysskin. He himself plays the lead role, alongside newcomer Ashwath Ram and Snigdha Akolkar. The film, which is produced by Ayngaran International and features a highly acclaimed musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, is based on the 1999 Japanese film ''Kikujiro'', and partly inspired from Mysskin's life. The movie was an average grosser. The film illustrates the road journey of two people, a mentally challenged adult and an eight-year-old schoolboy, both in search of their respective mothers. Myshkin began developing ''Nandalala'' in 2006, penning the scriptment for eight months. Supposed to be filmed, after the release of Myshkin's debut film ''Chithiram Pesuthadi'' (2006), the film was shelved since no producer came forward to fund the film, and was launched only in June 2008, after the release of Myshkin's second film ''Anjathe'' (2008). It was completed by December 2008, but got stuck in deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mynaa
''Mynaa'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and written by Prabu Solomon. Jointly distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin and Kalpathi S. Aghoram, it stars Vidharth (actor), Vidharth, Amala Paul and Thambi Ramaiah. Featuring an acclaimed soundtrack by D. Imman, the film, which garnered much anticipation prior to release, released on 5 November 2010, coinciding with the Diwali festival, receiving critical acclaim and going on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, Best Film Award at the 58th Filmfare Awards South. Actor Thambi Ramaiah went on to win the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2011. Mynaa became a major success and ended as a blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster among 2010 Deepavali releases and was released along with Dhanush's ''Uthamaputhiran (2010 film), Uthamaputhiran''. This film was remade into Bengali Bangladesh in 2013 as ''Poramon, PoraMon'' starring Symon Sadik and Mahiya Mahi. Plot A convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
