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Punnagai Poove
''Punnagai Poove'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy and written by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandhaa of ''Mounam Pesiyadhe'' fame, newcomer Rekha Vedavyas and Kaveri in lead and the likes of Vadivelu, Senthil and renowned music composer M. S. Viswanathan in other supporting roles, whilst Bollywood actress Sarika, ex-wife of Kamal Haasan, making a comeback to Tamil films after 17 years, and music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, who scored the music for this film as well, make special cameo appearances in the film. Plot The story revolves around two best friends, Meera (Rekha Vedavyas) and Nithya (Kaveri) with contrasting personalities. Meera is an extrovert while Nithya is an introvert. They have been friends since childhood and work in the IT industry in Chennai. They live as roommates in an apartment community, into which a handsome young man Venkatraman(Nandha), moves into. As time goes on, Meera is attracted to V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, also known and credited as S. D. Saba, and Saba Kailash, is an Indian film director, mainly working in the Tamil film industry. Career Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy started his career after completing his DFT in M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as the Adyar Film Institute and started his career in 1992 with ''Bharathan''. ''Bharathan'' was the first Tamil film to become a blockbuster that ran for 100 days in Kerala. After that he went on to direct hit films ''Sundara Purushan'', ''V.I.P.'', ''Punnagai Poove'' and the critically acclaimed ''Naam''. ''Sundara Purushan'' was remade in Telugu as ''Andala Ramudu'' in 2006. In 2001, he began making a film titled ''Irandu Paer'' starring Ramki, Roja, Khushbu and Sanghavi. The film however did not release. Dekshinamurthy briefly worked on the production of a family drama film titled ''Maa'' during 2009, featuring Prithviraj, Srikanth, Bhumika Chawla and Madhu Shalin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achamillai Gopi
Gopalakrishnan (born 9 May 1955), known professionally as Achamillai Gopi, is an Indian actor, singer, dramatist, and a Dubbing (filmmaking), voice over & dubbing artist. He has acted in a number of films and TV serials and has also given his voice for various cine actors in multiple languages. He is a singer, owns a band called "Gopi melodies" for more than 30 years, and has been consistently performing live shows. He is also the nephew of singer Shri. Vani Jairam. He has acted in several films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and has done over 1,000 telefilms and serials. He has done a number of short films brought out by the state government, promoting social awareness, and was also bestowed the prestigious Doctor Malcolm Adiseshiah award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1998. Early life and family Born in a closely knit small town in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu his parents, Mr. M. Venkatraman, a retired Railway officer, and Ms. Meenakshi, named him V. Gopalakrishnan (fondly c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Ekambaram
Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December 1975) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, Kannada and has sung for over 500 films. Education Devan pursued his higher school studies at the Freehold Township High School, New Jersey. He enrolled and dropped out of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in his second year. Playback singing career Devan began his singing career in the year 1999, when he received an unexpected call from Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman's assistants for a voice audition. He then, went on to record his maiden song "O Maria" for the film ''Kadhalar Dhinam'' along with Yugendran. The song proved to be a hit among all sections and thereafter he received several offers from many other Southern music directors. Devan's second huge hit came in his short piece me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hema Sardesai
Hema Sardesai, also known as Hemaa Sardesai, is an Indian playback singer and lyricist. Hema hails from the coastal state of Goa, in India, and was born in Mumbai. She shot to fame in 1997 with songs from movies like '' Sapnay, Biwi No. 1'' and ''Jaanam Samjha Karo.'' Early life Hema Sardesai was born to Kumudini Sardesai (hailing from Parra) and Dr Kashinath Sardesai (hailing from Savoi-Verem, this doctor had previously been the cricket captain of Goa) and is the younger of their two daughters. Her talent was first discovered at the age of six by her school teacher, Late Mrs. Sequiera. She is an alumnus of Sharada Mandir School, and was born and brought up in Boca de Vaca, a locality of Panaji. She made her stage debut at the age of 8 years, at a Navratri Festival, where the local Gujarati Samaj encouraged her. She has accomplished the Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music (with Pandit Sudhakar Karandikar as her first guru) and has always been passionate about Western Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Carn (2003 Film)
''Pop Carn'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Nassar (actor), Nassar. The film stars Mohanlal and Simran (actress), Simran, and introduces newcomers Kunal Shah (Shakthi) and Simran (actress)#Personal life and background, Jyothi Naval. The title is short for the phrase "Pop Carnival", with a story-line focusing on why marriages between celebrities can suffer due to conflicts between egos. Plot Popular music director Vikramaditya returns from a long sabbatical to work with a young music troupe and falls in love with a fusion dancer Jamuna. The two marry but fall apart due to their clashing artistic egos. Vikramaditya's daughter Megha attempts to reunite her father and mother, but fails. The rest of the movie shows how Vikramadithya and Jamuna reuniting which forms the rest of the story. Cast * Mohanlal as Vikramaditya * Simran (actress), Simran as Jamuna * Simran (actress)#Personal life and background, Jyothi Naval a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premji Amaran
Prem Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 26 February 1979), better known as Premgi, is an Indian playback singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian. The son of composer and director Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in his elder brother Venkat Prabhu's films. His stage name, Premgi, is actually a spelling error, as it is meant to be "Prem G.", (the G referring to his father's name). He is also best known for his catchphrases ''Enna Koduma Sir Idhu ?'' (What atrocity is this, sir ?) and ''Evvalavo pannitom, itha panna mattoma'' (We've done so much, won't we do this also ?), the former being a modified version of a famous dialogue used by Prabhu in '' Chandramukhi'' (2005). Career In 1997, Premgi planned to enter the film industry as a director with a project titled ''Wanted'' starring Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. The film, which had Yuvan Shankar Raja as music composer and Gangai Amaren and S. P. Balasubrah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitti Babu (Tamil Actor)
Chitti Babu ( ta, சிட்டி பாபு; a.k.a. Sajjiah Adeebh, 10 January 1964 – 8 November 2013) was an Indian Tamil comedian, presenter and actor who prominently played supporting roles in Tamil cinema. He was also one of the judges in the comedy show ''Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV. Personal life Chitti died at the age of 49, after going into a diabetic coma. He is survived by his wife (Zareena Jabeen), 2 daughters (Rizwanah Adeebh, Rifah Adeebh) and one son (Riaz Adeebh). Filmography Television * ''Hari Giri Assembly'' (Jaya TV) * ''Comedy Time'' ( Sun TV) * ''Asathapovathu Yaaru This is a list of current, upcoming and former programmes broadcast on the Indian television Tamil-language channel Sun TV. Current programming Presently airing Dubbed serials Former programming Dramas ;Original series ;Dubbed series ...'' ( Sun TV) * ''Pondatti Thevai'' ( Sun TV) – Kovilmani References External links * 1964 births 2013 deaths Tamil mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithya Ravindran
Nithya Ravindran is an Indian actress and dubbing artist who works primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films and television. Background Her father was a government employee and mother was a house wife. Her father had a drama troupe and she started as child artist in her father's dramas. She has one younger sister, Jayasree and one elder sister, Kalyani . She had her primary education from Stella Matutina College of Education, Chennai till eighth grade. Due to shortage in attendance she shifted to Government girls high school. She dropped her studies at ninth grade since she became busy with movies by then. Nithya started her film career as a child artist in ''Kuruthikkalam'', a Malayalam movie in 1969. She went on to act in few movies as a child artist and later became a heroine. She had acted in few Tamil, Kannada, Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanti Williams
Shanthi Williams is an Indian film and television actress who has played supporting roles in various Tamil and Malayalam movies and serials. Career Williams came into the industry as a child artist at the age of 12. Williams started her acting in 1970 with the film, ''Vietnam Veedu''. She started doing television serials from 1999, playing second lead and supporting roles. She is best known for her role as the traditional mother in the serial Metti Oli. She was awarded the Best Actress in a negative role by director K. Balachander for her performance in Thendral where she played Tamizharasu's mother. She has acted in many Tamil and Malayalam films as well as serials. Personal life Shanthi Williams was born at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Malayali parents. She married a Malayali cameraman J. Williams in 1979. They have 4 children. Filmography Tamil * Madhana Maaligai (1976) * Uyarndhavargal (1977) *General Chakravarthi (1978) - * Manthoppu Kiliye (1979) - Lakshmi * Panam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyagu (actor)
Thyagu (born 5 February 1958) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Tamil films. He is the grandson of violinist Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai. Career Beginning as a protagonist, Thyagu played roles in ''Oru Thalai Ragam'' and '' Palaivana Solai'', before playing antagonistic roles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the 2000s, he often formed an association with Vadivelu and would appear in a few scenes in films he had signed for, occasionally portraying comedy roles. His recent work includes roles in ''Kuselan ''Kuselan'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language dramedy film directed by P. Vasu. An official remake of the Malayalam film ''Kadha Parayumbol'' (2007), it was produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy, Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages. ''Kusel ...'' as well as a politician in the '' Singam'' series. In 2011, Thyagu quit the DMK political party, whom he had been associated with for twenty-eight years. Soon after his split, he lamented the leader Karunan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthukaalai
Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming of a Stunt Choreographer. He attained black belt in Karate at the age of 18. He made his acting debut with ''Ponmanam'' (1997) and went on to portray comedic characters and he gained popularity with his appearances in the comedy tracks of Vadivelu. Notable filmography *''Ponmanam'' (1997) *''En Uyir Nee Thaane'' (1998) *''Nilave Mugam Kaattu'' (1999) *''Suyamvaram'' (1999) *''Minsara Kanna'' (1999) *'' 12B'' (2001) *''Thavasi'' (2001) *'' En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri '' (2001) *''Youth'' (2002) *''Karmegham'' (2002) *''Album'' (2002) *''Anbe Sivam'' (2003) *''Punnagai Poove'' (2003) *'' Diwan'' (2003) *''Winner'' (2003) *'' M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi'' (2004) *''Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu'' (2005) *'' Selvam'' (2005) *''Sudesi'' (2006) *''Perarasu'' (2006) *'' Mozhi'' (2007) *'' Sivaji: The Boss'' (2007) *''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
