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Pancharaaksharam
''Pancharaaksharam'' (), also known as ''Pancharaksharam'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language supernatural thriller film written and directed by Balaji Vairamuthu in his directorial debut. The film stars Santhosh Prathap, Gokul Anand, Ashwin Jerome, Madhu Shalini and Sana Althaf. The film was produced by Vairamuthu under the production banner Paradox Productions. The film is branded as India's first psychological supernatural adventure thriller film. Plot Pancharaaksharam opens with an animated prelude set in the 11th century Chola period. A saint who is well versed in many languages writes a book called Pancharaaksharam. The book is a combination of many books from different languages and the experiences of the saint himself. It travels from person to person and eventually goes to a king who seems interested in the predictions in the book and follows it closely. The last time the king reads the book, it says that he will be killed in a war and the predictions come true. His ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwin Jerome
Ashwin Jerome is an up-and-coming actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for playing the lead role in ''Yaanum Theeyavan'' (2017). Career Ashwin was a professional dancer and he used to run a dance school before studying engineering and working in an information technology company for sometime. He had also completed a master's degree in business administration and worked in a resort in Singapore. His interest in cinema led him to join the theater group Koothu-P-Pattarai. He made his acting debut in ''Yaanum Theeyavan'' (2017), which starred Varsha Bollamma and Raju Sundaram. In a review of the film, a critic from the ''Deccan Chronicle'' noted that "Debutant Ashwin Jerome has the right looks of a hero and he is good at action sequences as well". He played the second lead in the thriller ''Pancharaaksharam'', but the film ended up releasing after ''Natpe Thunai'' (2019). He was approached for the role by Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi and the film producers Khushbu and Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhosh Prathap
Santhosh Prathap is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry, his feature film debut was in the lead role ''Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam'' (2014). In 2022, he participated in the popular cooking show Cooku with Comali (season 3) as a contestant in Vijay television. Career Santhosh made his acting debut with ''Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam'' (2014) directed by R. Parthiepan. Portraying a struggling director who wants to make a mark in cinema, the film released to positive reviews. After a brief sabbatical, he made his comeback with ''Dhayam ''Dhayam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Kannan Rangaswamy and produced by A. R. S. Sunder. Entirely shot inside a single room, the film stars Santhosh Prathap, Jayakumar, Aanchal Singh, Samai ...'' (2017), a thriller which was set completely in a single room. He was first seen in a negative role in '' Mr. Chandramouli''. Filmography Television eliminated , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokul Anand
Gokul Anand is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language stage plays, films and web series. He debuted as a lead actor with the Tamil movie, '' Chennai 2 Singapore'' (2017). Career As a child, he acted in Malayalam-language television shows, before joining the television group, ''The Boardwalkers''. In a review of Micheal Muthu's stage play ''An Idiot for Dinner'', a critic wrote that "Gokul Anand, as the frustrated Sanjay Kelavkar, put on a grand show which went above and beyond as his eyes glazed over in pain and anguish painted his face due to the antics of Gopu". He also starred in the play ''Moulin Rouge''. He auditioned for several films before meeting M. Ghibran who told him about the film '' Chennai 2 Singapore''. In a review of ''Chennai 2 Singapore'' by ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Sriram
Sidharth "Sid" Sriram (born 19 May 1990) is an Indian Carnatic musician, music producer, playback singer, and songwriter. He is an R&B songwriter and has been working in the Tamil ,Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi and English music industry. He regularly collaborates with his sister Pallavi Sriram, a Bharatanatyam dancer, and music directors. Early life Sid Sriram was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to a Tamil family. He moved with his parents to California at the age of one, growing up in Fremont. His musical skills were nurtured by his mother, Latha Sriram, a Carnatic music teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started learning Carnatic music since he was 3 years old. He simultaneously started picking up R&B. After graduating from Mission San Jose High School in 2008, he joined the Berklee College of Music and graduated in music production and engineering. Since his graduation, he has been regularly visiting India and performing Carnatic concerts, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeva Ravi
Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film being a prefix for his stage name. Career Ravi is the grandson of film producer G. M. Velumani, who made films in the 1950s and 1960s. Ravi began his career as a casting director, before acting in serials in STAR Vijay and Sun TV. He gradually moved on to feature in films and got his first major breakthrough by portraying Shruti Haasan's father in Aishwarya Dhanush's drama film, '' 3'' (2012). He subsequently appeared in more prominent roles in his following ventures, before gaining critical acclaim for his portrayal of a cricket coach in Suseenthiran's '' Jeeva'' (2014). The success of the film meant that he adapted 'Jeeva' as a prefix to his name and continued to play pivotal roles as a collector in AR Murugadoss's ''Kaththi'' (2014) and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sana Althaf
Sana Althaf is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. Career She was born in Kochi, Kerala to Althaf and Shameena Althaf. She attended Bhavan's Adarsha Vidyalaya in Kochi. She was a TV host before starting an acting career. She made her movie debut playing Dulquer Salman's sister in Vikramadithyan. She got the role through her aunt Sajna Najam. She then played the female lead, Salomi in Mariyam Mukku, opposite Fahadh Faazil and was also seen as a trekker in Rani Padmini. She made her Tamil debut through Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings playing Anuradha. She then acted alongside Farhan Faazil in Basheerinte Premalekhanam as Suhra. She was then seen in Odiyan ''Odiyan'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy drama film directed by V. A. Shrikumar Menon in his feature film debut. The film was written by Harikrishnan; it is based on the legend of the Odiyan clan, who in Kerala folklore are me ... were she played Meenakshi, sister of Manju Warrier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural Fiction
Supernatural fiction or supernaturalist fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world. Description In its broadest definition, supernatural fiction overlaps with examples of weird fiction, horror fiction, vampire literature, ghost story, and fantasy. Elements of supernatural fiction can be found in writing from the genre of science fiction. Amongst academics, readers and collectors, however, supernatural fiction is often classed as a discrete genre defined by the elimination of "horror", "fantasy", and elements important to other genres. The one genre supernatural fiction appears to embrace in its entirety is the traditional ghost story. The fantasy and supernatural fiction genres would often overlap and may be confused each for each other, though there exist some crucial differences between the two genres. Fantasy usually takes place in another world, where fantast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller Film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhu Shalini
Madhu (Sanskrit: ) is a word used in several Indo-Aryan languages meaning ''honey'' or ''sweet''. It is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*médʰu'', whence English ''mead''. Metaphorical use ''Madhu'' has been used for millennia since the Rigveda (1400–1000 BCE) Jamison and Brereton (2014) The Rigveda, Oxford University Press, p 5 in a similar metaphorical sense as ''wine'' is in English, e.g. "the wine of truth", and employed in that manner in Hindu religious literature. For example, the ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad'', believed to have been composed in the first millennium BCE, contains a chapter called the ''Madhu Brahmana'', and "the secret essence of the Vedas themselves, was called the ''Madhu-vidya'' or 'honey doctrine'". Various opinions There are different opinions surrounding the word ''Madhu''. Some scholars date metaphorical usage of ''madhu'' to a time very close to the initial composition of the Vedas. Soma, the shared sacred drink of the Indo-Iranians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas. Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film ''Millennium Stars'', which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in '' Nivedyam'' (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in '' Grandmaster'' and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in ''Spirit'' (2012), and "Poomuthole" in ''Joseph'' (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film '' Maari'' (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film ''Padaiveeran'' (2018). Early life Vijay Yesudas was born to singer K. J. Yesudas and Prabha. He is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Avalai Sandhitha Pothu
''Naan Avalai Sandhitha Pothu'' () is a 2019 Tamil-language comedy film directed by L. G. Ravichandran. The film features Santhosh Prathap and Chandini Tamilarasan in the leading roles. The film began production in early 2016 and was released on 27 Dec 2019. Cast * Santhosh Prathap as Moorthy * Chandini Tamilarasan as Rajakumari * Innocent (actor), Innocent as producer * Chaams as Moorthy's friend * G. M. Kumar as Kumari's father * Sujatha Sivakumar as Kumari's mother * A. Govindamoorthy as Assistant director * Shanthi Williams * Sriranjani (Tamil actress), Sriranjani * Shanmugasundaram * Singamuthu as astrologer * Halwa Vasu * R. Sundarrajan as himself * T. P. Gajendran as himself * V. T. Rethishkumar Production The film is set in 1995-96 and is based on a real-life story, and was shot in places like Tenkasi, Courtallam, and Papanasam. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Hitesh Murugavel. *Raavaa Naanum - Tippu (singer), Tippu (lyrics by L G Ravichandar) *Allikollava - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
