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Pirappu
''Pirappu'' ( ''Birth'') is a 2007 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by L. V. Ilangovan. The film stars newcomer Prabha, Karthika and newcomer Priya Mohan, with Mahadevan, Saranya Ponvannan, Vijay Krishnaraj, Sulakshana, Shanmugarajan, Anjali Devi, Ganja Karuppu and George Maryan playing supporting roles. It was released on 1 June 2007. Plot Marudhu ( Mahadevan) and Kaliammal (Saranya Ponvannan) are a rich but childless couple. They adopt Kannan (Prabha), a young man from a lower caste. However, Kannan feels depressed to leave his parents and little sister for his new family. Kannan, Marudhu and Kaliammal then leave their place for Kaliammal's native village. In Kaliammal's village, some villagers start to talk ill about Kannan's caste. Kaliammal's brother Shankarapandi (Shanmugarajan), a politician and caste fanatic, hates Kannan and fears that Kannan would receive his sister's inheritance. In the meantime, Shankarapandi's daughter Padma (Karthika Adaikalam) falls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthika Adaikalam
Karthika Adaikalam (born May 3, 1991), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in ''Thoothukudi'' and '' Raman Thediya Seethai''. Career Karthika made her debut as an actress through Sanjay Ram's ''Thoothukudi'', a village action drama, where she appeared opposite choreographer-turned-actor Harikumar. She was cast in the film after the makers had spotted her in a commercial. The relative success of the film prompted Karthika to be labelled as 'Thootukudi' Karthika or 'Karuvappaiya' Karthika by the media, after a popular song from the film. A song titled "Ulaga Azhagi" from her second film, ''Pirappu'' (2008) also won her recognition, despite the relative low-key release of the film. She was recognised by director Bala, who cast her in the leading female role of a bling beggar opposite Arya in ''Naan Kadavul'' (2009) during mid-2007. However, despite being completing a test shoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathyan (singer)
Satyan, (Satyan Mahalingam), is an Indian playback singer and composer. He is best known for performing the hit numbers "Kalakkapovathu Yaaru" (''Vasool Raja MBBS''), "Sil Sil" (''Arinthum Ariyamalum'') and the title track from ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' and Thee Mugam Dhaan (''Nerkonda Paarvai'') Biography Early life Satyan Mahalingam was born on 31 May 1980 to Mr. Mahalingam and Mrs. Mariammal in Chennai, India. During his high school and college years, he was called "Needhi Mohan", but changed his name into "M. Satyan" later on. He developed interest in music at an early age and started singing in light music orchestras at the age of 15. Though he completed MBA, his passion towards music made him pursue musical career. He married Ms.Nithya Rengarajan in 2009 and the couple has 2 daughters viz Sudhantra and Niranthra Career Satyan had been singing in numerous light music orchestras since 1996. He had also performed for many of the leading orchestras in Tamil Nadu. In fact, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharadwaj (composer)
Ramani Bharathwaj known professionally as Bharadwaj is an Indian music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer, predominantly known for his work in Tamil cinema. He is trained in Hindustani, Western and Carnatic music and is a recipient of the Kalaimamani Award for the year 2008 from the Tamil Nadu State Government. Early life and family Bharadwaj was born in Ravanasamudram, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, but spent his entire childhood in Delhi. He did his schooling in DTEA, Mandir Marg & became a qualified Chartered Accountant. He had passion for music from the time he was a kid & pursued Carnatic music at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Delhi University, Hindustani Music at Shriram Bharatiya Kalakendra, New Delhi and Western Music at Delhi School of Music with the intent of specializing in Music. When he was 17 years old, he got an opportunity to compose music for All India Radio and Doordarshan. The overwhelming response & support he received for his Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janani Bharadwaj
Janani Bharadwaj is an Indian playback singer. She has sung hit songs in languages including Tamil and Telugu. She is the daughter of the famous Indian music director, Bharadwaj. She is famous for her hit songs ''Athiri Pathiri'' ( Ayya), ''Indha Nimidam'' (Pallikoodam), ''Tottadaing'' (Aasal), among others. Biography Though Janani was born in Bangalore, she grew up and pursued her Computer Engineering college degree in Chennai. She is married to Kartik, a Software Engineer & they presently reside abroad. Her father, music director Bharadwaj is her Music Guru. Career Janani debuted as a professional playback singer during her 10th Standard (Xth Grade), with the song ''Athiri Pathiri'', from the film Ayya. This was touted to be a solo introductory song of actress Nayantara in this film, and went on to become a huge hit. This was followed by her second song ''Kangalinal'', in the Madhavan starrer Priyasakhi, which she sang alongside Harish Raghavendra. She went on to sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanditha Jennifer
Jennifer is an Indian actress who has appeared in the Tamil film industry. The actress won critical acclaim for her performance in '' Eera Nilam'' (2003) and later appeared in other Tamil and Telugu language films. Career The daughter of film choreographer Chinna, Jennifer first appeared in a song in Vasanth's '' Yai Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey'' (2002), before starring in S. A. Chandrasekhar's slasher film ''Mutham'' (2002) in an ensemble cast, under her original name of Jennifer. She featured in the film alongside actors Nagendra Prasad and Arun Vijay, but it received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. she then appeared in several films throughout 2003, notably starring in Bharathiraja's '' Eera Nilam'', though critics criticized her performance as "comical". She then also appeared in two straight-to-video films alongside Pandiarajan, while another film titled ''Kaadhal Jaathi'' directed by Kasthuri Raja remained unreleased after running into financial troub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No 73, Shanthi Nivasa
''No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language musical drama film directed by Sudeep, starring him, Anu Prabhakar, Deepa. The film background score and soundtrack were composed by Bharathwaj and Produced by Kiccha Creations. The film released on 15 June 2007. This film is remake of 1972 Hindi film ''Bawarchi'' which itself was a remake of 1966 Bengali film ''Galpo Holeo Satti'' which was already remade in Kannada earlier as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha''. Synopsis Shanthi Nivasa, commonly known as no.73 Shanthi Nivasa, is a large house with a number of selfish, quarrelsome, and peculiar residents, with the exception of Radha. The situation is so bad that one servant barely remains for a month. When Raghu enters the house as a cook, things begin to change as he imparts morals and values in each of them, which clears the smokescreen of misunderstandings that separate the relatives. Meanwhile, a lookout notice is given for a criminal who has escaped from prison and is skille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja Karuppu
Ganja Karuppu is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's '' Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ''Sivakasi'' (2005), ''Paruthiveeran'' (2007), ''Subramaniyapuram'' (2008) and ''Naadodigal'' (2009). Career Karuppu was introduced as an actor by director Bala in '' Pithamagan'' (2003) as a person who works in the ganja plantations. As a result of the role, he was thereafter credited in films as Ganja Karuppu. In the 2000s, he subsequently was regularly cast in rural films by directors, working on notable films including Ameer's '' Raam'' (2005) and ''Paruthiveeran'' (2007), Sasikumar's '' Subramaniapuram'' (2008), Samuthirakani's ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and Sargunam's ''Kalavani'' (2010). During the period, he was also cast in the second lead role in Chimbudevan's ''Arai En 305-il Kadavul'' (2008) alongside Santhanam, produced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muni (film)
''Muni'' () is a 2007 Indian comedy horror film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence, who also plays the lead role. The film also features Vedhika, Rajkiran and Rahul Dev among others play supporting roles, while the film's score is composed by S. P. Venkatesh the songs were composed by Bharathwaj. The film released on 9 March 2007 along with a Telugu dubbed version of same name and gained positive reviews and huge box office collections. Later, it was dubbed into Hindi as ''Pratisodh: Ek Real Revenge'' in 2011. And In Bhojpuri as ''Kab Hokhi Mukthi Hamar''. In 2011, a sequel titled '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' was released directed by Raghava Lawrence. It is the first installment in the Muni (film series). Plot Ganesh, a young man with a deep fear of ghosts who refuses go out after 6PM, moves into a new house with his mother, father, and wife Priya. All of a sudden, Ganesh is possessed by a ghost and starts behaving in a rude manner; his family cannot understand his behaviour, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulakshana (actress)
Sulakshana is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films and serials. She started at the age of two and half in the movie ''Kaaviya Thalaivi'' as child Krishna, she was credited as Dolly. After that she acted in ''Thulabharam'' as child artist in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi (all versions) and credited as Rajani . Her first leading role was with Chandra Mohan in ''Subhodayam'' in 1980. Her second film was with Rajkumar and he gave advise to her about the importance of make-up as an actress and presented a make- up kit. After that she acted against K. Bhagyaraj as a third film ''Thooral Ninnu Pochi''. She has acted in over 450 films. After a 12 year-break from the film industry, Sulakshana reentered the industry with the teleserial ''Sahana''. Personal life She was married to director Gopikrishnan, son of a famous music director M. S. Viswanathan. They have three sons, first son Vishnu is working as a Navy Officer and he got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Krishnaraj
Vijay Krishnaraj, also known as R Krishnan, is an Indian actor, writer, director, who is working in Tamil Films and Television industry. He made his debut in Tamil cinema as story writer and dialogue writer of ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' film in 1979. He made his acting debut in the Tamil film '' Rajathi Rojakili'' along with Sulakshana, directed by S. Devarajan. He has acted over 100 films. Film career He was born in Tiruchengode, Namakkal Dist, Tamil Nadu. He started his career as story writer in the film ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari''. His notable movie for his story and dialogue such as ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'', '' Kalthoon'' and '' Ranuva Veeran''. Later, he has acted as supporting role in ''Rajathi Rojakili'' in 1985. He has written screenplay six films for Veteran Telugu film director Ragavendara Rao. His some well known films such ''Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale'', ''Kaalaiyum Neeye Maalaiyum Neeye'', ''Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran'', ''Sandhana Kaatru'', ''Vaanmathi'', ''Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saranya Ponvannan
Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles from 1987 to 1996. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to films in 2003 as a character actor roles. Career Saranya made her Tamil debut in Mani Ratnam's production ''Nayakan,'' as the female lead opposite Kamal Haasan in 1987. She made her first Telugu appearance in 1988 film ''Neerajanam;'' her Malayalam debut was a year later in the 1989 film ''Artham'' starring opposite Mammootty. In 1996 almost during the end of her career as a lead actress she debuted in Kannada cinema in '' Appaji''. After marriage in 1995, she quit from acting. However,in 1996 she acted with Ananthnag movie SAMAYAKKONDU SULLU in 2000 she appeared playing the lead role in the comedy television series, ''Veettukku Veedu Lootty'', and subsequently accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahadevan (actor)
Mahadevan (born 6 May 1961 as Mahadevan) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. He made his breakthrough portraying the antagonist in Bala's '' Pithamagan'', and the film's name has subsequently been used as a prefix to his stage name to distinguish him from other artistes called Mahadevan. In Telugu, he is credited as Ramaraju. Partial filmography Tamil films Telugu films Malayalam films Television * 2015: Suryavamsam * 2022: Maa Neella Tank, as Narasimham, released on Zee5. See also *Cinema of India The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ... References {{authority control Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people Male actors from Chennai Indian male film actors 1961 births Male actors in Telugu cinema Male a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |