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Pichaikkaran
''Pichaikkaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, with Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, and Dheepa Ramanujam in supporting roles. Antony also composed the music for the film. The story is about Arul (Vijay Antony), a billionaire businessman who leads a 48-day long secret life as a beggar as part of a religious offering to save his hopeless dying mother. The film was released on 4 March 2016. The film was remade in Odia as ''Baby'', in Marathi as ''Bhikari'' and in Kannada as ''Amma I Love You''. Plot Arul Selvakumar is a rich businessman based out of Palladam, Tirupur district. His mother, Bhuvaneshwari, is the person behind the growth of their textile business following her husband's early death. Avinashi is her brother-in-law who is money minded and has plans to grab Arul's properties. Arul returns from abroad after graduation and tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first Indian Music Director to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the song ''Naaka Mukka'' advertising film in the Best Music category. The song propelled his fame and was played at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He made his debut film ''Naan'' in 2012. He is best known for his roles in action thriller films such as ''Salim'' (2014) and ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Early life Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. His father died when he was seven years old and his sister was four. Career Vijay Antony made his acting debut in the lead role in the crime thriller ''Naan''. The film's standalone sequel titled ''Salim'', an action thriller, was his next venture as an actor and music director. Both the films were sleeper hits. In 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satna Titus
Satna Titus is an Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She made her debut in the Tamil film ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Career Satna Titus made her acting debut in the low-budget Tamil film, ''Guru Sukran'' (2015). She was then cast in a leading role in the Vijay Antony-starrer ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016) directed by Sasi. Portraying an independent young woman who owns a pizza joint, Titus won critical acclaim for her performance, with a critic from The Hindu calling her "refreshingly grounded" and Sify.com stating "she looks cute and her girl next door look is a big plus". The film subsequently went on to become one of the most successful Tamil films of the year, while its dubbed Telugu version also did profitable business. The success of the film prompted Titus to sign on to appear in films including ''Yeidhavan ''Yeidhavan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Sakthi Rajasekaran and produced by S. Sudhakaran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasi (director)
Sasidharan known as Sasi is an Indian Film Director, Screenwriter, working primarily in Tamil Cinema based in Chennai. He made his directorial debut with ''Sollamale'' in 1998, followed by a series of successful romantic films like ''Roja Kootam'' (2002), ''Dishyum'' (2006), '' Poo'' (2008). His first action film was '' Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (2013), followed by ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016), ''Sivappu Manjal Pachai'' (2019) Career He made his directorial debut with ''Sollamale'' in 1998 and the Telugu movie '' Seenu'' (1999). It was followed with a series of successful romance films ''Roja Kootam'' (2002) and ''Dishyum'' (2006). In January 2007, he decided to make '' Poo'' (2008), after being inspired by the romantic short story of Veyilodu Poi written by Thamizh Selvan, noting that the effect that the story had on him was "Mind-blowing" and decided that he had "to take the story to everyone". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasanna Kumar
Prasanna S Kumar is an Indian cinematographer who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.He is cousin brother of director Sasi who directed many films including Pichaikaran.At his early stage, he was associated with cinematographer Muthiah in movie ''Poo''. After a couple of years' experience with him, he then moved on to DOP Ratnavel who is well known as “Randy”, where he worked in movies like ''David'', ''Haridas'' and '' 1: Nenokkadine''. He also associated with Ravi K Chandran. He made his debut in director Sasi's ''Pichaikkaran''. He is now currently working in director Kannan's Ivan Thanthiran ''Ivan Thanthiran'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by R. Kannan. The film features Gautham Karthik and Shraddha Srinath in the lead roles, while RJ Balaji and Super Subbarayan play supporting roles. .... Filmography *''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.'' References Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Artists fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amma I Love You
''Amma I Love You'' ( Mother I love you) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by K. M. Chaitanya and produced by Dwarkish and Yogi Dwarkish. It features Chiranjeevi Sarja and debutant Nishvika Naidu along with Sithara in the lead roles. The soundtrack for the film is by Gurukiran. The film had a good box office collection and completed 50 days run in theaters and multiplexes and became one of the ''Hit'' films of 2018. This film is remake of Tamil film ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Plot Siddharth Shivakumar aka Siddhu is a rich businessman based out of Mysore. His mother, Annapoorna, is the person behind the growth of their textile business ''Annapoorna Textiles'' following her husband's early death. Puttappa is her brother-in-law who is money minded and has plans to grab Siddhu's properties. Siddhu returns from abroad after graduation and takes charge of all the businesses that were run by his mother. In the meantime, Annapoorna meets with an accident in the facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinod Sagar
Vinod Sagar is an Indian actor and dubbing artist working in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, mostly as a supporting actor. Making his debut with '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'', he played almost 30 small roles, before getting noticed in ''Pichaikkaran'' in 2016, and then in the psychological thriller '' Raakshasan'' (2018), where he played a pedophile. Sagar played the same role in its Telugu version as well. Career Vinod Sagar, a B.A.Corporate secretaryship graduate, has also worked as Radio jockey for Radio Asia, Dubai (2005) and later enrolled with 'Theatre Lab', a theatre group before appearing in small roles in films like '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'' and ''Naan''. Sagar has also done prominent roles in the Tamil film ''Champion'' (2019), ''Nayattu'' (2021) and ''Jana Gana Mana "" (Sanskrit: जन गण मन) is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as '' Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata'' in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dheepa Ramanujam
Dheepa Ramanujam is an Indian entrepreneur and actress who appears in Tamil films. Dheepa Ramanujam forayed into acting with K. Balachander's television serial ''Premi'', while made her acting debut with a small role in the Rajinikanth-starrer '' Arunachalam'' (1997). She worked as an assistant director to Arun Vaidyanathan. She is popularly known for directing Chillu, a science fiction stage play produced by Sri Thenandal Films Thenandal Studios Limited (TSL), formerly known as Sri Thenandal Films and Sri Thenandal Pictures, is an Indian film production and distribution studio in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded by director Rama Narayanan. History Rama Narayanan se ... in collaboration with Shraddha and Krea, a US–based theatre group. She's also well known for her role as Bhuvaneshwari in the film Pichaikkaran directed by Sasi. Since 2020 Dheepa has also become an entrepreneur and started her own line of denim jeans for Indian women under the brand name oLotusline. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagavathi Perumal
Bagavathi Perumal, popularly known as Bucks, is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil films. Perumal debuted in Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). Bagavathi has since appeared in pivotal roles in films including ''Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum'' (2014), ''Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum'' (2015), ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016) and ''Super Deluxe'' (2019). Career After starting his career as an assistant director, Bucks initially assisted Director Karthik Raghunath for couple of movies, Later he joined director Gautham Vasudev Menon's crew for the blockbuster ''Kaaka Kaaka'' and finally was with the team of Director N.Krishna for the movie ''Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' . He debuted as an actor in Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012), portraying himself in a film inspired by a real-life event. The film became a sleeper hit, with the actor gaining reviews for his portrayal. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Raman
Mohan Raman, also known as Mohan V. Ram (born 3 April 1956), is an Indian actor and writer. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema. Raman is a film historian and writes for ''The Hindu''. He has also worked on Hindi-language films including ''Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) and ''Chennai Express'' (2013). Partial filmography Tamil films Hindi films Telugu films Dubbing artist *Raghuvir Yadav (''Uyire'') *Girish Karnad ('' Amirtham'') * Tanikella Bharani (''Dhoni'', '' Vaikuntapuram'') * Suresh Krishnamoorthi (''Pulan Visaranai 2 ''Pulan Visaranai 2'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Ibrahim Rowther. It stars Prashanth, Karthika in lead roles with R. K. and Pyramid Natarajan playing pivotal roles. The film, which ...'') Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raman, Mohan Living people Tamil male television actors Tamil male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby (2016 Film)
''Baby'' is a 2016 Indian Odia film directed by K.M Krishna and produced under Saurav Entertainment. Anubhav Mohanty, Preeti Priyadarshini, Poulomi Das and Jhilik Bhattacharya are in the lead roles. Mahurat of the film in Gadagadia Temple, Cuttack on 31 July 2016 and is scheduled for a release on Dussehra 2016. It is remake of Tamil movie ''Pichaikkaran''.The music is released by Amara Muzik. Cast * Anubhav Mohanty Anubhav Mohanty (born 24 December 1981) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and politician who is known for his work in Odia-language films. Career Mohanty started his career by first appearing in Odia music videos before ... * Preeti Priyadarshini * Poulomi Das * Jhilik Bhattacharjee Soundtrack The music of ''Baby'' is composed by Prem Anand while the lyrics are penned by Arun Mantri and Subrat Swain . The full soundtrack was launched on 1 October 2016. Prior to that, Two Songs were released for "Baby (Title song)" and "Sun Zara" on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhikari
''Bhikari'' () is a 2017 Marathi-language action thriller film co-produced and directed by Ganesh Acharya. The film stars Swapnil Joshi, Rucha Inamdar and Kirti Adarkar, with Sayaji Shinde, Guru Thakur and Kailash Waghmare in supporting roles. The film, a remake of the 2016 Tamil-language film ''Pichaikkaran'', revolves around a young businessman who is forced to live the life of a beggar to cure his ailing mother and in the process faces various problems. The film was released on 4 August 2017 to mixed to positive reviews. Cast * Swapnil Joshi *Rucha Inamdar *Sayaji Shinde * Milind Shinde *Amanda Rosario as item number Production Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay, in Thanet, Kent are featured as the seaside location in Samrat's fantasy. Soundtrack The music was composed by Milind Wankhede, Vishal Mishra and released by Zee Music Company Zee Music Co. (ZMC) is an Indian music company, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. It carries its business activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dishyum
''Dishyum'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film directed by Sasi. Cinematography by Santonio Terzio. The film stars Jiiva, Sandhya, Guinness Pakru, Nassar, and Malavika Avinash. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vijay Antony of Sukran fame. The film was released on 2 February 2006, receiving positive reviews from critics. Plot Bhaskar, a stuntman, is smitten with Cinthya, a college student. However, his heart is broken when he learns that she doesn't love him back, but he still to tries persuade her. Cast Production The producers of the film had initially signed Pooja to play the lead role in January 2004, before Sandhya replaced her. Before Jiiva was brought onboard, the film was shot for eleven/twelve days with actor Ashok. Vijay Sethupathi played a police officer in the initial version, which was later scrapped. Jiiva, who had previously trained in Kung fu for three years, underwent gymnastics training for his role as a stuntman. He perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |