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Pondy Ravi
Pondy Ravi is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. He has acted in over sixty films. Career Pondy Ravi worked as an assistant cameraman for ''Minsara Kanavu'' (1997). He has acted as a police officer in several films including ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000), ''Minnale'' (2001) and ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003). He went to an audition for Ang Lee's ''Life of Pi'' (2013). In the film, he plays a silent police officer who regulates traffic. Ravi portrayed a corrupt police officer in '' Vajram'' (2015) who acts on behalf of a minister for the sake of money. He also portrayed a lead role in a film called ''Saamida'' (2008) under the name Sembi; the film had a low-key release. Outside acting, Ravi manages a video lab and is a liaison for films shot in Pondicherry. Personal life His father is a theatre artiste in Neyveli Neyveli is a industrial town in the Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located inland from the Bay of Bengal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pondicherry University
Pondicherry University, also known as PU, is a Central university (India), collegiate public central university located in Kalapet, Pondicherry in Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 by the Department of Higher Education (India), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India. The Vice President of India is the Chancellor (education), Chancellor along with the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry acting as the Chief Rector and the President of India is the Visitor of the university. The university is a collegiate university with its jurisdiction spread over the Union Territory, Union Territory of Puducherry located in Tamil Nadu (Pondicherry and Karaikal), Kerala (Mahé, India, Mahé) and Andhra Pradesh (Yanam), and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The vast jurisdiction over three Union Territories namely gives the university a national character. The residents speak diverse languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyarkai
''Iyarkai'' (, ) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by S. P. Jananathan in his directorial debut. The film stars Shaam and Radhika. Arun Vijay—who at the time was known as Arun Kumar—and Bollywood actor Seema Biswas play supporting roles. The film's story is set against the backdrop of a lost ship in the port town of Rameswaram, and revolves around a young woman and two men who love her. ''Iyarkai'' marks the Tamil debuts of Radhika and Biswas. It is loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1848 short story "White Nights". The film was produced by V. R. Kumar, A. E. Gunasekaran, and G. Natarajan, and it was made on a low budget. The soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. ''Iyarkai'' was released on 21 November 2003. Although the film was not very successful at the box office, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 51st National Film Awards in 2004, and N. K. Ekambaram won the Tamil Nadu State Film Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum
''Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Premsai and produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Jai and Yami Gautam, with Ashutosh Rana, Santhanam, VTV Ganesh, Prem, Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah, Satya Krishnan and Thalapathy Dinesh, among others, in supporting roles. The film, featuring film score and soundtrack composed by Karthik. It was inspired from David Koepp's 2012 Hollywood film ''Premium Rush''. It was also simultaneously shot in Telugu as ''Courier Boy Kalyan''. However, The Telugu version was released in September 2015, after financial issues for the film were solved earlier than for the Tamil version. Production began in 2012, but delays meant that the film only had a theatrical release during 2016. The film was released on 5 August 2016 and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Tamilselvan is a college dropout, who does all small jobs, but becomes disinterested. Soon, Tamil moves to Chennai and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yennai Arindhaal
''Yennai Arindhaal'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Arun Vijay and revolves around a former police officer who tries to protect a young woman from a vengeful criminal linked to his past. The film co-stars Anikha, Parvathy Nair, Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Suman and Avinash. Menon decided to finalise the script in October 2013, with Sridhar Raghavan and Thiagarajan Kumararaja being the consultants. Principal photography of the film was launched on 9 April 2014, where its first schedule took place at Chennai on 11 April 2014, within 12 days. The second schedule of the film took place in May 2014, where the filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Sikkim, and a few parts in Malaysia. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, reuniting with Menon after ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2008). Dan Macarthur handled t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaghamann
''Meaghamann'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Magizh Thirumeni and produced by Nemichand Jhabak. The film stars Arya (actor), Arya and Hansika Motwani, while Ashutosh Rana, Sudhanshu Pandey, Ramana (actor), Ramana, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mahadevan (actor), Mahadevan, and Harish Uthaman play supporting roles. S. Thaman composed the film's music. It was also dubbed in Hindi under the same title and premiered on Zee Cinema. It was released in Telugu as ''Mande Suryudu'' (). The film was declared ''Semi-Hit'' at the box office. Plot In Goa, 6 dead bodies are washed ashore where the Indian Police Service, police department deduce that Jothi, a drug lord is responsible for the mess. The police is unable to capture him for nearly a decade because not a single person has seen him in person as he is constantly on the move and has no permanent aides or accomplices. Chitti is in charge for the drug trafficking in and around Goa. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja
''Oru Oorla Rendu Raja'' ( ''Two kings in a town'') is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by R. Kannan and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Vimal (actor), Vimal, Priya Anand and Soori (actor), Soori, while Nassar (actor), Nassar, Anupama Kumar and Thambi Ramaiah form the supporting cast and D. Imman composes the film's music. The film was released on 7 November 2014. Plot Azhagu (Vimal (actor), Vimal) and Mike (Soori (actor), Soori) are thick friends and happy-go-lucky jobless youths who just roam around doing nothing. They meet Priya (Priya Anand) in a train while trying to escape from a few goons who were chasing them for a reason. Initially, they take Priya for a prostitute but later understand that she is a doctor. Azhagu falls for her immediately and decides that he should become an engineer so that he can marry her. Priya is saved by Azhagu from a man who tries to kill her. Azhagu then listens to her story. Priya had a friend named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poojai
''Poojai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari, and produced by Vishal, who also played the lead role alongside an ensemble cast featuring Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, Raadhika, Mukesh Tiwari, and Soori. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack and score for the film, while cinematography and editing were handled by Priyan and V. T. Vijayan, respectively. The film was officially launched on 28 March 2014 with a first look release, and principal photography began on 18 April 2014. The film released on 22 October 2014 on the occasion of Diwali. and received mixed reviews from critics. It was remade in Kannada as ''Anjani Putra'' starring Puneeth Rajkumar. Plot Vasudevan "Vasu" is a Coimbatore-based moneylender and the heir to the Kovai Group, a cloth manufacturing company, until he was disowned by his mother and matriarch of his joint family Rajalakshmi due to some misunderstanding. He meets a rich girl named Divya at a mall and become fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilla
''Jilla'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by R. T. Neason and produced by R. B. Choudary through the company Super Good Films. Starring Mohanlal and Vijay athe film revolves around the conflict between crime boss and his adopted son, a police officer whose life and approach towards law change after a violent incident. The film co-stars Kajal Aggarwal, Soori, Mahat, Nivetha Thomas, Sampath Raj and Pradeep Rawat. The film features soundtrack composed by D. Imman, with Ganesh Rajavelu and Don Max handling cinematography and editing respectively. The film released on 10 January 2014 and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the cast performances (particularly Mohanlal and Vijay), background score and action sequences, while the length was criticized and consequently trimmed by ten minutes. ''Jilla'' completed a 100-day theatrical run on 19 April 2014. The film had earned 85 crore in its entire run at the box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thagaraaru
''Thagaraaru'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil action mystery drama film written and directed by newcomer Ganesh Vinaayac and produced by Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars Arulnithi and Poorna in the lead roles while Jayaprakash, Pawan, Sulile Kumar, and Aadukalam Murugadoss appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Dharan, while Praveen Sathya composed the score. Dillraj was the cinematographer, and T. S. Suresh edited the film. The film released on 6 December 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics. Due to the popularity of Madurai Backdrop, The film received generally positive reviews and become an above average hit at the box office. Plot Thagararu revolves around the lives of four friends - Saravanan (Arulnithi), Pazhani (Sulile Kumar) Senthil ( Pawan), and Aarumugam (Aadukalam Murugadoss) - who live in the city of Madurai. They are orphans who have been together since childhood. Learning to fend for themselves, they fall into bad ways and grow up to be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singam II
''Singam II'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari. A sequel to the 2010 film ''Singam'' and the second installment in the ''Singam'' film series, the film stars Suriya, Hansika Motwani, Anushka Shetty, Danny Sapani. This film is the second installment in the ''Singam'' film series. Produced by S. Lakshman Kumar, its music and score was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was released on 5 July 2013. Plot After having killed extortionist Mayil Vaaganam, police officer Durai Singam covertly meets Home Minister Ramanathan on the highways, while returning to Thoothukudi. 2 days before, Durai Singam publicly resigns from police and returns to his hometown. Eight months later, he starts working as an NCC master in a Thoothukudi school, and studies the illegal activities happening, for undercover purpose. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief Minister Kumaravel and Ramanathan. Sathya is a +2 student who has heavy infat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghajini (2005 Film)
''Ghajini'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Salem Chandrasekharan. The film stars Suriya and Asin in the lead, with Nayanthara, Pradeep Rawat and Riyaz Khan in supporting roles. Harris Jayaraj composed the soundtrack and background music, while R. D. Rajasekhar and Anthony were the film's cinematographer and editor, respectively. It revolves around a businessman who suffers from anterograde amnesia and is on a spree to avenge the murder of his girlfriend. The film's production began shortly afterwards in April and was completed by September on the same year. The film was shot at Chennai, while two song sequences were filmed in Switzerland. It was dubbed and released in Telugu by Allu Aravind in November 2005, and received positive reviews with praise for the performances of the lead pair and the plot. It was remade into a Hindi film by Murugadoss again in 2008, with Asin, Rawat and Khan reprising their roles wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
