Pulivaal
''Pulivaal'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. Marimuthu who earlier directed '' Kannum Kannum'', and produced by Sarath Kumar and Listin Stephen. The film stars Vimal, Prasanna, Oviya, Ananya, and Ineya. The film is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film ''Chaappa Kurishu'' which itself was an adaptation of the 2009 South Korean movie '' Handphone''. It started production in March 2013 and released on 7 February 2014. Plot The film revolves around two men who are poles apart in their lifestyle: Initially, we see Kasi, a Madurai based youth who lives at Besant Nagar in Chennai with his colleague. He works in a supermarket and earns only 3500 per month. He is in love with Selvi, a young girl and also who works in the same supermarket as Kasi, and they always hangout together. He has a close friend Chokkalingam. Valliappan, their manager always ill-treats Kasi even though he is very good natured. Then, we get introduced to Karthik, a rich businessman who i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prasanna (actor)
Prasanna Venkatesan, often credited mononymously as Prasanna, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry and alongside appeared in a few Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. He made his first success in ''Five Star (film), Five Star'' in 2002, which was produced by Mani Ratnam. Some of his other notable films are ''Kannum Kannum'', ''Cheena Thaana 001'', '' Kanda Naal Mudhal'', ''Naanga Romba Busy'' and ''Naanayam''. Apart from lead roles, he has also played villain roles. His film ''Achchamundu! Achchamundu!'', in which he starred alongside Sneha (actress), Sneha and American actor John Shea, was screened at many International Film Festival, International film festivals, such as Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai and Cairo International Film Festival. Early life and background Prasanna was born in Tiruchirappalli. His father was an employee in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, BHEL and his mother is a ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vimal (actor)
Vimal (born 30 August 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. Following credited appearances and a supporting role in the critically acclaimed movie ''Kanchivaram'', he played the lead role in Pandiraj's critically acclaimed ''Pasanga'' (2009). Subsequently, he played lead roles in several low-budget productions. He established himself as a successful upcoming actor with ''Kalavani'' (2010), after that he has claimed his name with these movies ''Vaagai Sooda Vaa'' (2011), ''Kalakalappu'' (2012), '' Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga'' (2013), ''Manjapai'' (2014) and ''Mannar Vagaiyara'' (2018). Early life Vimal was born in Pannankombu, a village near Manapparai, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and later moved to Chennai. He discontinued his studies and began learning dancing and joined the Koothu-P-Pattarai, a theatre group in Chennai. Vimal got married in a manner portrayed by him in ''Kalavani In 'Kalavani', its protagonist Vimal would marry the girl of his choice ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oviya
Helen Nelson, (born 29 April 1991) better known professionally by her stage name Oviya, is an Indian model and actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her breakthrough as an actress in Sarkunam's rural romantic comedy ''Kalavani'' (2010), before appearing in other films including Pandiraj's ''Marina'' (2012), ''Moodar Koodam'' (2013) and ''Madha Yaanai Koottam'' (2013). Oviya has also enjoyed box office success through her roles in Sundar C's ''Kalakalappu'' (2012) and the horror comedy ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' (2014). In 2017, Oviya appeared on the reality series ''Bigg Boss Tamil''. Early life Oviya was born as Helen Nelson in a Syrian Christian family in Thrissur, Kerala. Oviya studied at Vimala College, Thrissur. Career Debut in Malayalam cinema (2007–2009) Oviya began her career as an actress by portraying supporting roles in Malayalam films, notably working in ''Kangaroo'' (2007) and ''Puthiya Mukham'' (2009) starring Prithviraj and as one o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ananya (actress)
Ayilya Gopalakrishnan , better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer. She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film ''Positive'' (2008) and also debuted the following year in the Tamil film ''Naadodigal'', which turned out to be a critical and commercial success. She received the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2012 for the telefilm ''Doore'' and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' in 2011. Early life Ananya was born as Ayilya to Malayali parents Gopalakrishnan Nair, a noted film producer, and Praseetha in Perumbavoor, Kerala. She has one younger brother Arjun. Her name was taken from her birth star Aslesha, called ''Ayilyam'' in Malayalam and Tamil. She appeared as a child artist in one of her father's productions (executive producer), ''Pai Brothers'' (1995). Ananya pursued a B.A. degree in Communica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ineya
Shruti Sawant better known by her stage name Ineya, is an Indian actress and model from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She won the Best Actress Award for her role in the Tamil film ''Vaagai Sooda Vaa'' (2011) at TN state awards. Early life Ineya, whose real name is Shruti Sawant was born to Salahuddin. S and Savithri at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has an elder sister, Swathi, who is also a Malayalam television actress and a younger brother, Sravan. Ineya had her primary education at Thiruvananthapuram from Amritha Vidyalaya, Fort Girls Mission High School and Manakkad Karthika Thirunnal High School. She did her B.B.A course by correspondence. Career Ineya acted in several Malayalam television series, short films and telefilms as a child artist. While studying in class four, she acted in the telefilm ''Koottilekku'', which was followed by appearances in tele-serials ''Orma'' and ''Sree Guruvayoorappan'' by Vayalar Madhavan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soori (actor)
Ramalakshmanan Muthuchamy, professionally known as Soori, is an Indian actor and comedian who predominantly appears in Tamil film industry. Career Soori moved from Madurai to Chennai in 1996 with the intention of becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry. After failing to get any roles, he took up work in the city as a cleaner to fund his acting ambitions. He made occasional uncredited roles in films portraying a junior artiste who would appear in comedy scenes, appearing in films such as ''Winner'' (2003). The actor appeared in ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Soori got this suffix to his name because of the 'parotta competition' scene in which he stuns the hotelier by eating 50 parottas and getting ready to eat the same number once again. He has appeared in ''Sundarapandian'' (2012), ''Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam'' (2013), ''Pandiya Naadu'' (2013) and ''Jilla'' (2014). He acted in ''Rajini Murugan'' (2016) '' Idhu Namma Aalu'' (2016), ''Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Haricharan (singer)
Haricharan Seshadri, known mononymously as Haricharan (born 20 March 1987), is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu music and cinema. He sung 2000 songs in films, albums etc. He recorded his first Tamil film song for the film ''Kaadhal'', in Joshua Sridhar's music when he was 17, and went on to record three songs in his debut movie. His song "Unakkena Iruppen" was nominated for the National Film Awards in 2005 which became widely popular. However he became popular only after his rendition to the song, "Thuli Thuli", composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the movie ''Paiyaa'' (2010). Background Haricharan comes from Tamil music family from Chennai, India . His grandfather P. S. Ganapathy was an organiser of mic-less Carnatic concerts in the 60s under the name "Aalapanaa", and his grandmother Smt. Alamelu Ganapathy is a national awardee in Mathematics, and has been in academia for more than 35 years. His f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Divo (record Label)
Divo is an Indian-based record label known for music and digital media productions. Divo is one of the leading Multi-channel network(MCN) in South India. History Divo was established in 2014 as a startup online video company in South India. Since inception, the company has worked for well known musicians including A. R. Rahman, Dhanush, Anirudh Ravichander, Yuvan Shankar Raja and many others. Services Divo offers video and music distribution, marketing and copyright management for film studios, TV channels, musicians and music platforms. The company also offers reputation management for brands, celebrities, and films. Discography The record label has a catalogue of released albums it has worked on. The table below chronicles some of them: See also *Think Music India *Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prem (actor)
Prem Kumar is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. He rose to fame starring in television serials, and was also the winner of season 1 of the reality dance show ''Jodi Number One''. In the Nadigar Sangam elections held on 18 October 2015, he was elected as an executive committee member. He is the grandson of Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad. Career Prem made his acting debut starring in a television serial produced by K. Balachander and directed by Samuthirakani called '' Anni''. He was recommended by Dr. M. Karunanidhi, who had seen him perform in the TV serial ''Annamalai'', to feature in the film version of Karunanidhi's novel ''Kannamma''. The film released in 2005 to average reviews. He participated in season one of ''Jodi Number One'' with Pooja, his co-star in ''Annamalai''. He went on to win season 1 and announced a move away from television serials and into films. He has since appeared in films including '' Nepali'' (2008), '' Unnaipol Oruvan' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thambi Ramiah
Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and ''Maniyaar Kudumbam'' (2018). Career Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates. He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years. He got ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swarnamalya
Swarnamalya Ganesh is an Indian actress and TV anchor. A multidisciplinary artist, she was identified as a talent from a young age; firstly as a dance performer, later becoming well known as an anchor of several popular TV shows, an actor in films across various languages and an activist and public intellectual. She is a respected classical dancer. She holds two master's degrees, one of which is in Dance and a doctorate degree in History of Performing arts from the University of Madras. In 2014-2015 she received the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Professional and Academic Excellence Fellowship, awarded by the United States and Indian governments through the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). Ganesh went to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to teach and pursue her post-doctoral research. She received the award "Yuvakala Bharat" at the age of 17. Since then has received national and international recognition for her contribution to the arts. Ganesh serve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Listin Stephen
Listin Stephen is an Indian film producer and distributor who works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. He founded the film production company Magic Frames that has produced and distributed a lot of successful movies over a decade. His debut production was ''Traffic'' (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style and rejuvenated Malayalam cinema. Career His debut production was ''Traffic'' (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style into Malayalam cinema. His second production was ''Chaappa Kurish'' (2011). While it encountered controversies, the film turned out to be a moderate commercial and critical hit. In 2012, he produced ''Ustad Hotel'' which won three National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ..., including the o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |