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Pooja Vaidyanath
Pooja Vaidyanath is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. After appearing on several reality singing shows on Tamil and Telugu television, Pooja has worked on Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films for musicians including A. R. Rahman, D. Imman and S. Thaman. Career Pooja was born to doctor Vaidyanath and Gita, a bank employee in Chennai. After becoming interested in Carnatic and Hindustani music as a child, Pooja regularly took part in singing talent shows and first partook and won in the Telugu show ''Padalani Undi'' hosted by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam on Maa TV in 2006. She later competed in the ''Zee Telegu Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Voice of Youth'' in which she was crowned runner-up in 2008, before also winning the Vaanampadi competition broadcast in 2010 on Tamil language channel Kalaignar TV. In 2011, she finished as a runner up in ''Airtel Super Singer 3'' and the opportunity brought her offers from the film industry. Pooja worked with A. R. Rahman in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanmam
''Vanmam'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Jai Krishna, a former assistant of Kamal Haasan. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna and Sunaina. The film has music scored by S. Thaman and cinematography by Balabharani. It is a rural tale about the life of two friends, played by Sethupathi and Kreshna. In spite of expectations the movie didn't perform well at the box office. The film was highly panned by the critics for its poor screenplay. The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Raj TV. Cast * Vijay Sethupathi as Radha * Kreshna as Chelladurai * Sunaina as Vadhana * Madhusudhan Rao as Ratnam * Bose Venkat as Palraj * Anjali Rao as Hema * Sriranjani as Nila * Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Palraj's wife * Radha as Radha's mother * Radhamani Ammal as Chelladurai's mother * "Subramaniapuram" Raja as Jai Prakash * Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Thangappan * Aroul D. Shankar as Inspector Sakthivel * "Avan Ivan" Ramraj as Lawyer * Albert Raj as Sappattai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Sivamani
Sivamani (1 December 1959), commonly known by his stage name Drums Sivamani, is an Indian percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, ghatam and kanjira. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 and 2010. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as A. R. Rahman's lead percussionist. They have been close friends since childhood. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri. Career Sivamani is a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven. Sivamani started his musical career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. He has played for M.S.Viswanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, Illayaraja, A. R. Rahman and others. In 1990, he shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan. He has stated that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is his godfather. Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saisharan
P. Sai Sharan is a Carnatic musician and Indian playback singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He rose to prominence after winning the third season of the ''Airtel Super Singer''. He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the junior version of the show, ''Airtel Super Singer Junior''. Early life Saisharan started his music journey by giving his first Carnatic music concert at the age of 8 at the Thyagaraja Aradhana in Thiruvaiyaru. Career Television works Saicharan competed in a number of reality TV singing competitions. He initially entered the finals of the debut season of Vijay TV's ''Airtel Super Singer Junior''. He subsequently appeared as a member of the " Tiruchi Thimingalangal" team led by playback singer Srilekha Parthasarathy in the debut season of Sun TV's '' Sangeetha Mahayuddham'', in which he and his team were crowned the runner up at the grand finale. Saisharan rose to prominence in 2011 after being crowned the winner of season 3 of Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rap Rakesh Sethulingam
Rap Rakesh Sethulingam (born 11 January 1999) better known as Rap Rakesh, is the Pioneer of Music " YouTuber" in Tamilnadu who started the first Independent Artist YouTube Channel and Released two Official songs before the start up of YouTube Channels like Sony Music, Saregama, T series,etc..Rap Rakesh, is an entrepreneur, composer, lyricist, rapper, singer, and performer. He is one of the Pioneers of Tamil Hip-hop in India(Among 3) who took interest in rapping ever since he was in school. Career Rakesh popularised rap when it still was not big in Tamil music. Inspired by ‘Pettai Rap’, he composed his own song in 2009, performed it at IIT Saarang and won the first prize. Since then, he has been known as Rap Rakesh to his friends, and now, to his Facebook fans as well. He shot to fame with 'Munne Vaada' song which is centered on physically challenged people in 2014. Later in 2016, Rakesh launched his next music video titled '12 AM'. The video is said to be an ode to woman, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayogya (2019 Film)
''Ayogya'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Venkat Mohan. An official remake of the 2015 Telugu-language film ''Temper'', the film follows a corrupt police officer whose life changes when he commits his first act of heroism that brings a rape case to his attention. Produced by B. Madhu through his company Light House Movie Makers, the film stars Vishal in the lead role along with Raashii Khanna, R. Parthiban, K. S. Ravikumar, Pavithra Lokesh, Yogi Babu, Anandaraj, and Pooja Devariya. The film's soundtrack was composed by Sam C. S., while cinematography and editing was handled by V. I. Karthik and Ruben respectively. Initially scheduled to release on 10 April 2019, ''Ayogya'' was released on 10 May 2019, along with Malayalam and Kannada dubs - the former under the same title as the original Tamil version and the latter as ''Rowdy Police''. Upon its release, the film received mixed reviews from critics who praised Vishal's performance, action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalaporaan Thamizhan
"Aalaporaan Thamizhan"() is a 2017 Indian Tamil language song composed by A. R. Rahman, from the music album of '' Mersal''. The song's lyrics were written by Vivek and sung by Kailash Kher, Sathyaprakash, Pooja AV, and Deepak. The song's music video is pictured upon actor Vijay. The song was released as first single track of the film on 10 August 2017. As of October 2020, the video song has grossed 155 million of views in YouTube. The song portrays about the popularity of Tamil speaking people all over the world. The song features Vijay as Vetrimaaran, praising Tamil heritage and pride following a wrestling match in Punjab. Song credits Personnel * Composer & Producer - A. R. Rahman * Lyrics - Vivek * Performers - Kailash Kher, Pooja Vaidyanath, D. Sathyaprakash, Deepak Blue * Additional Vocals - Veena Murali, Maalavika, Deepthi Suresh, Soundarya, Anu Subbhaiya, Vishnupriya, Yaamini, Aishwarya Kumar Musician *Flute - Naveen Kumar *Guitars - Keba Jeremiah *Nadasw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaveeran Kittu
''Maaveeran Kittu'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language period action drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran. The film stars R. Parthiepan, Vishnu Vishal and Sri Divya in the lead roles. It is the first time Yugabharathi has written film dialogues. The movie is about a warrior who struggled to uphold the rights of the Tamil Dalith people in this land. This film got mixed reviews and average successful at the box office. Plot Set in the year 1987, the movie depicts the life of Krishnakumar alias Kittu (Vishnu Vishal), a youth whose main ambition is to become a collector. He is influenced by the ideas of Chinnarasu (R. Parthiban), a local leader who had also sponsored his education. Chinnarasu and Kittu try to fight against the rampant caste discrimination meted out to them by the upper caste people, but are unable to do much about it as the police and courts are biased towards the upper castes. One day, Kittu sees his classmate Gomathi (Sri Divya), who is from the upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotigobba 2
''Kotigobba 2'' () in Kannada ''Mudinja Ivana Pudi'' () in Tamil is a 2016 Indian action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Sudeepa and Nithya Menen in the lead roles. The film was simultaneously produced by Rockline Venkatesh and M. Babu in Kannada and Tamil languages. Despite the title, the film is not a sequel to the 2001 film, ''Kotigobba''. The film revolves around Sathya, a real estate agent, who disguises himself as a professional robber and loots wealthy people. When the police begins their investigation, he tries to convince them that his identical twin brother Shiva is the culprit. The film's Kannada-Tamil versions of the film released on 12 August 2016 coinciding with the 2016 Varalakshmi Vrata. where it received positive reviews from critics and audience. The film was a commercial success at the box office. Plot Shiva is a profession burglar, who along his 5 accomplices loot from a rich businessman. Sathya is a doppelganger of Shiva, who works a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puli (2015 Film)
''Puli'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action adventure film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film stars Vijay in a dual role as demon prince and his son a half-demon alongside Hansika Motwani and Shruti Haasan in the female leads. Sudeep features as the main antagonist of the film along with Prabhu and Nandita Swetha in cameo roles. Sridevi features as the possessed evil Queen. The film's original Tamil version was released worldwide on 1 October 2015. The film was dubbed into both Telugu and Hindi, which were released a day later on 2 October 2015. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for the visual effects, cinematography and the performances of the cast but criticized the screenplay and execution. The story revolves around the clash between humans and demons (Vedhalams) ruled by a demon kingdom in a fantasy world, where a human is fighting for justice for the killing of humans by demons, but his ancestry turns out to be a mystery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
