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Palani Bharathi
Palani Bharathi is an Indian writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Early life Palani Bharathi was born in Karaikudi to Sami Palaniappan, a poet, and Kamala. He has a brother and four sisters. Palaniappan was an assistant of orator/writer Kundrakudi Adigal and follower of poet Bharathidasan. When Palaniappan moved to Madras (now Chennai) with his family in search of work, he got a job in the government newspaper ''Tamil Arasu''. As a result, Bharathi studied and grew in Chennai. He initially studied at a municipal school, and later at Ganapathi Higher Secondary School till the twelfth grade. Aspiring to become a film editor, he tried joining the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, to no avail. Career Bharathi began his career by editing articles, mainly correcting factual errors, in publications including ''Neerottam'' and ''Porval''. He later got a job in the Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation, of checking and recording the account of volumes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaikudi
Karaikudi is a Greater municipality in Sivagangai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the 21st largest urban agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area commonly referred to as " Chettinad" and has been declared a Municipality by the Government of Tamil Nadu, on account of the palatial houses built with limestone called ''karai veedu''. Karaikudi comes under the Karaikudi Assembly constituency, which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years, and it is a part of the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency, which elects its member of parliament (MP) once in five years. The town is administered by the Karaikudi municipality, which covers an area of . As of 2011, The town had a population of 181,851 of which 90,799 were males and 91,052 were females in 2011. The municipality consists of karaikudi, Kanadukathan, Kandanur, Kottaiyur, Pallathur, Puduvayal, and Sankarapuram (census town) This city is fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam
''Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Anand Babu and Mohini. It was released on 9 July 1993. Plot Viswanath (Anand Babu) has only a cousin Kaveri (Latha) as family and is very affectionate towards her. He even dropped out of school to pay Kaveri's school fees. Viswanath worked hard for her and begins to sing in the street to support Kaveri. A few years later, he becomes a singer in a band and organizes some stage performance with his friend Govind (Vivek). Unknowingly, Govind and Viswanath pick up a woman called Sandhya (Mohini). She tells that she isn't a singer, she doesn't have family and she has come to find a job in the city. But Sandhya helps Viswanath and Govind in a timely manner by helping them settle their house rent. Kaveri completes her graduation and becomes a famous newscaster in a TV channel. However, she gets arrogant owing to her fame and she does not want to marry Viswanath as she thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deva (composer)
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a south Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years. He has composed music for more than 400 films. Personal life Deva was born to M. C. Chokkalingam and M. C. Krishnaveni. Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes. He started learning classical music under Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor. Career Before coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in the television field. In those days, Deva's brothers were working in the musical troupes of Illayaraja and other music directors as inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arunachalam (film)
''Arunachalam'' is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Sundar C. and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Rambha, with Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Visu in supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by Deva, while U. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography. The film is loosely based on the 1902 novel ''Brewster's Millions'' by George Barr McCutcheon. The film opened in April 1997 to highly positive reviews from film critics and went on to win three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including an award for Best Film. Plot A village head Arunachalam ( Rajinikanth) who has two brothers Saravanan (Raja), Shakthi, (Shakthi Kumar) and a sister Arundhati (Anju Aravind) and a happy family. Ammayappa ( Ravichandran) and K. R. Vatsala are his parents. Vedavalli (Soundarya) is the daughter of Aathikesavan (Jaishankar) and (Vennira Aadai Nirmala). Nirmala is Ammayappa's sister and they all come to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakiraman
''Janakiraman'' is a 1997 Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. The film stars Sarathkumar and Nagma whilst Rambha, Goundamani and Manivannan play supporting roles. The film was one among 1997 Deepavali releases and became a commercial success as well. Plot Janakiraman (Sarathkumar) and his brother (Goundamani) are nephews of R. Sundarrajan, Sunderajan is a devotee of Lord Hanuman and trains the two brothers to live as bachelors and not to interact with girls. Meanwhile, Manivannan, who plays another uncle, wants to get his two daughters married to the two brothers. So when Sunderajan goes out of town, Manivannan dresses up as Hanuman and comes to Janakiraman's bedroom and advices him to get married. He even tells him that the girl will arrive at Hanuman temple wearing the outfits of a colour he had suggested. Mani then gets his daughters to dress up according to the colour combination however Janakiraman gets confused switches the colour combination of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surya Vamsam (1997 Film)
''Surya Vamsam'' ( and ) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars R. Sarathkumar in dual lead roles with Devayani. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year 1997. It was subsequently remade into Telugu under the same title (1998), in Hindi as '' Sooryavansham'' (1999), and in Kannada as ''Surya Vamsha'' (2000). Plot Sakthivel Gounder (Sarath Kumar) is a rich, influential and one of the most educated men in his village near Pollachi. He has a wife Latha ( Raadhika), three sons, and a daughter. Sakthivel hates his youngest son Chinnarasu (Sarath Kumar). Sakthivel's daughter's wedding is fixed, and Nandini (Devayani) is the groom's sister. She meets Chinnarasu during her brother's wedding and wonders why Sakthivel dislikes him. Chinnarasu's sidekick Rasappa (Manivannan) tells a flashback to Nandini. Chinnarasu was weak in studies from childhood. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengottai (film)
''Sengottai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by C. V. Sasikumar. The film stars Arjun Sarja, Meena and Rambha. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 April 1996. The film bombed at the box-office. Plot Thirumoorthy ( Rajan P. Dev), a corrupt politician, dreams to become the prime minister and hires a terrorist to kill the current prime minister. In jail, Sekhar (Arjun Sarja) is engaged by a terrorist, and they escape from the jail. He reveals that he is a police officer, kills the terrorists and catches the leader. He is then praised for saving the prime minister by his superiors. Neelakandan (Delhi Ganesh), an orthodox Brahmin, is Sekhar's father's ( Vijayakumar) best friend and Sekhar's father decides to marry his son to Neelakandan's daughter Meena (Meena). Franka, an Indo-French girl, also lives with them to learn about their culture. But Sekhar is in love with Yamuna ( Rambha).One day, Sekhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poove Unakkaga
''Poove Unakkaga'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijay and Sangita. Actor Murali makes a guest appearance in a song in the film. The film released on 18 February 1996. The film received critical acclaim and it was the first blockbuster and a major breakthrough in Vijay's career in the Tamil film industry. The movie ran over 250 days in theatres at the time of release. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Subhakankshalu'' (1997), in Kannada as ''Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi'' (1997) and in Hindi as ''Badhaai Ho Badhaai'' (2002). Plot Sadasivam and Stephen were family friends for generations until the time when Sadhasivam's daughter Janaki falls in love with Stephen's son Robert. The couple elope and get married against both families' wishes which leads both families to abandon them. Also enmity is created between the two families and they hate each other. Vasudevan is the son of Sadhasivam and Moses is the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullathai Allitha
''Ullathai Allitha'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Sundar C. The film stars Karthik, Rambha and Goundamani, with Manivannan, Jai Ganesh, Senthil, and Jyothi Meena in supporting roles. It revolves around a man who escapes from his home to avoid a forced marriage, but unknowingly falls in love with the same woman. ''Ullathai Allitha'' is heavily based on the Tamils film '' Bommalattam'' (1968) and ''Sabaash Meena'' (1958). The film was scored by Sirpy, photographed by U. K. Senthil Kumar and edited by B. S. Vasu, with filming taking place predominantly in the Fernhills Palace, Ooty. It was released on 15 January 1996 and became a commercial success. Plot Raja is the only son of retired military colonel Chandrasekhar, who raises his son very strictly. Chandrasekhar decides to get Raja married to his friend Viswanathan's daughter Indhu. Vishwanathan is one of the richest men in Ooty and is a tea estate owner. Raja misunderstands another gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyasagar (composer)
Vidyasagar (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film ''Poo Manam'' and nicknamed as Melody King Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of the National Award and five Filmfare Awards. Life and career Vidyasagar was born to Ramachandra Rao, a musician, and Sooryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He was named after the 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He was brought up in Bobbili. He underwent carnatic vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from Master Dhanraj along with A. R. Rahman and then later piano. Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song ''En Anbe'' in the 1989 Tamil movie ''Poomanam''. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murai Maman
''Murai Maman'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil language comedy film and the directorial debut of Sundar C. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 May 1995. Plot Sirusu (Jayaram) and his elder brother Perusu (Goundamani) own a village cinema theatre lot of orchards and farms and they are rich bachelors. Their family gets the first respect in their region. For several years, his family feuded with their rich relative Parameswaran's family. In the past, Sirusu's father was killed by Parameswaran's brother, who was sentenced to death, then Saratha married Parameswaran's relative secretly. Saratha ( Sangeetha), Sirusu's sister, comes from Mumbai with her husband (Jaiganesh) and her daughter Indhu (Khushbu). Sirusu falls in love with Indhu at first sight. Ratnam (Kazan Khan) and his father Parameswaran (Vinu Chakravarthy) proposes to Saratha's husband to marry Ratnam to his daughter. Indhu's father forces her to marry but she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavithra
''Pavithra'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by K. Subash under his home banner, Dhanooja Films. The film stars Raadhika, Nassar, Ajith Kumar and Keerthana. It was released on 2 November 1994, Diwali day, and won two National Film Awards: Best Male Playback Singer (P. Unnikrishnan) and Best Lyrics ( Vairamuthu). Plot Ashok is a cancer patient, and Pavithra is a nurse in the hospital where he is being treated. Since Ashok's age is same as her child (which was stillborn, and she is childless), Pavithra showers maternal affection on him, which her husband Raghunathan "Raghu" mistakes as something else because of Nambiar, a rogue doctor. Confusion ensues, and Pavithra misunderstands Ashok. In the end, Ashok dies and Pavithra adopts a baby as her own child. Cast *Raadhika as Pavithra * Nassar as Raghunathan "Raghu" *Ajith Kumar as Ashok *Keerthana as Chitra *S. S. Chandran as Raghu's neighbour *Vadivelu as Thenmozhi's husband *Kovai S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
