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R. K. Kalaimani
R. K. Kalaimani is an Indian film director who has worked on Tamil language films. He was active in the early 2000s and has worked on films featuring Prabhu and Vijayakanth. Career Kalaimani apprenticed under directors including Arjun, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and B. R. Vijayalakshmi, before making his directorial debut with the Prabhu starrer ''Thai Poranthachu'' (2000). He collaborated with the actor again in the following year, with the comedy drama ''Super Kudumbam'' (2001). Kalaimani returned with '' Engal Aasan'' (2009), a drama film featuring Vijayakanth and Vikranth, with the team filming schedules around Vijayakanth's political commitments. In 2013, he made a film titled ''Apple Penne ''Apple Penne'' () is a 2013 Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vatsan and Aishwarya Menon, while Roja plays a pivotal role. Cast * Vatsan as James * Aishwarya Menon as Komalavalli * Roja as Ham ...'' featuring newcomers in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian People
Indians or Indian people are the Indian nationality law, citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1.4 billion people, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous country, containing 17.7 percent of the global population. In addition to the Indian population, the Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India, Indian overseas diaspora also boasts large numbers, particularly in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the Western world. While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of India, it was also formerly used as the identifying term for people originating from Pakistan and Bangladesh during British Raj, British colonial era until 1947. Particularly in North America, the terms "Asian Indian" and "East Indian" are sometimes used to differentiate Indians from the indigenous peoples of the Americas; although the Native American name controversy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhu (actor)
Prabhu Ganesan (born 25 December 1956), known professionally as Prabhu, is an Indian actor, businessman and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. He is popularly known as ''Ilaya Thilagam''. He has worked in more than 215 films in lead and supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. After making his debut in '' Sangili'' (1982), Prabhu played various leading and supporting roles, earning the Best Actor award recognition by the Tamil Nadu State for his portrayal in ''Chinna Thambi'' (1991). Early life Prabhu was born to veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan and Kamala on 25 December 1956. His elder brother Ramkumar is a film producer and he has two sisters Shanthi and Thenmozhi. Career After leaving Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore, Prabhu got involved in film production as an executive producer and worked alongside his uncle and mentor V. C. Shanmugam, who insisted that Prabhu learn the film maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayakanth
Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before entering politics Vijayakanth was a successful actor, producer and director. Vijayakanth is also the current DMDK chairman of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. He is the founder and president, general secretary of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Political party and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly twice representing the constituency of Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam respectively. Personal life Vijayakanth was born as Vijayaraj Alagarswami in Madurai on 25 August 1952. his parents are K. N. Alagarswami and Aandal Azhagarswami. He married Premalatha on 31 January 1990 and has two sons named Vijaya Prabhakaran and Shanmuga Pandian, an actor. Acting career Vijayakanth is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Sarja
Srinivasa "Arjun" Sarja is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry, in addition to Kannada and Telugu languages as well. Referred to by the media and his fans as " Action King" for his roles in action films, Arjun has acted in more than 160 films, most of them being lead roles. He is one of few South Indian actors to attract fan following from multiple states of India. He has directed 12 films and also produced and distributed a number of films. In 1993, he starred in S. Shankar's blockbuster '' Gentleman'' which opened to positive reviews, while Arjun went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. During this time, he starred in hits such as ''Jai Hind'' (1994), ''Karnaa'' (1995), and the action thriller film '' Kurudhipunal'' (1995), for which Arjun won acclaim for his role while the film became India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. In 1999, he starred i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931), commonly known as Singeetam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most versatile directors of India. He is credited with having revolutionised the South Indian cinema with experimental films. He has directed about sixty films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and English languages across multiple genres. He has garnered two National Film Awards, five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, three Karnataka State Film Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South. Singeetam worked as an assistant to noted director K. V. Reddy from 1955 to 1968 in films like ''Mayabazar'' (1957), ''Jagadeka Veeruni Katha'' (1961). He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film ''Neethi Nijayithi'' (1972). He then directed social problem films like ''Dikkatra Parvathi'' (1974), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, and ''Tharam Marindi'' (1977), which won Nan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Poranthachu
''Thai Poranthachu'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Prabhu and Kausalya whilst Karthik, Vivek and Ponnambalam play supporting roles. It was remade in Telugu as '' Choosoddaam Randi'' and it had performed well commercially in box office.http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/chusoddham-randi/telugu/chusoddham-randi-movie-reviews-51-2.html Cast *Prabhu as Vellaiyangiri * Karthik as Aravind (guest appearance) *Kausalya as Geetha * Vivek as Kutti *Ponnambalam as Dharma *Mayilsamy as 'Netrikkann' Netkundram * Chinni Jayanth as James * Vennira Aadai Moorthy * Madhan Bob * Vaiyapuri *Pandu *Vijay Krishnaraj *Anita *Lavanya * Sridhar as dancer Soundtrack The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Kudumbam
''Super Kudumbam'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by R. K. Kalaimani, starring Prabhu, Roja, Alex, Pratyusha, Vinu Chakravarthy, and Vivek. The music is composed by Adithyan. Plot Arun (Prabhu) and Hari (Vivek) are close friends and bank employees. Abhirami (Prathyusha) sincerely and secretly loves Arun been living in the opposite mansion of Arun for a long time. She always communicates with him through phone and monitors each and every day life of Arun with love. One fine day after much request from Arun she accepts to meet him finally to reciprocate her love for him. Shanthi (Roja) who is a pickpocketeer steals Abhirami's scooter and accidentally comes across Arun. Arun thinking she is Abhirami even helps her financially when conned unknowingly. That night Abhirami calls him to apologise for not able to come for the meet due to her scooter got stolen. Arun insults her for lying and blames her for conning him to give money. Deeply saddened and hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engal Aasan
''Engal Aasan'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role and Vikranth, Sheryl Brindo, Akshaya and Suja Varunee playing supporting roles. The film was released on 18 July 2009. The film, upon release could not release the big theatres and became a colossal flop. Plot Mahendran, a bank officer who is transferred to the branch of Village Nilakottai to sort out the perplexing situation of bank fraud carried on by a big shot named Ramki. Over there, he happens to find out that Ramki has borrowed a loan of worth Rs.250 million in the name of villagers. Kumar and Muthu approach Ramki to return the money that he had illegally borrowed. When refused, he assures of arresting Ramki, and the very next day, Mahendran and his colleagues are pushed down in shock, for the entire bank is burnt down, and they are then dismissed. Now, Mahendran, together with his mates, tries to prove their innocence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikranth
Vikranth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He was first introduced in the film ''Karka Kasadara'' (2005) directed by R. V. Udayakumar and later appeared in other romantic drama films. Following his participation in the Celebrity Cricket League, Vikranth has moved on to work in bigger film projects. Career Vikranth made his lead acting debut with R. V. Udayakumar's ''Karka Kasadara'' (2005), before appearing as the lead actor in other small budget films such as ''Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen'' (2007), ''Mudhal Kanave'' (2007) and Agathiyan's ''Nenjathai Killathe'' (2008). Vikranth then appeared alongside Vijayakanth in ''Engal Aasan'' (2009) and collaborated with Rasu Madhuravan twice in quick succession, with ''Goripalayam'' (2010) and ''Muthukku Muthaaga'' (2011), portraying a negative character in the former. His contributions as a cricketer in the Celebrity Cricket League Vikranth's profile in the early 2010s and he began to work on more prominent fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology company providing end-to-end ICT solutions including telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played an important role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October, 1999. Merill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's travel portal. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail", promoting emails ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Penne
''Apple Penne'' () is a 2013 Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vatsan and Aishwarya Menon, while Roja plays a pivotal role. Cast * Vatsan as James * Aishwarya Menon as Komalavalli * Roja as Hamsavalli *Thambi Ramaiah as Constable Arumugam *Suresh *Deva *Suchitra *KG Pandian Production Vatsan was roped in to play the lead role in the film for the first time in his career after producer K. G. Pandian noticed him for his roles in his previous films. The film is a woman-centric film and Roja was roped in to play a pivotal role. Soundtrack The film features seven songs composed by Mani Sharma. Kalaipuli Thanu Kalaipuli S. Thanu is an Indian film producer, director and distributor, known for his films in Tamil cinema. He has produced several films through his two companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films International. Many of his films have been co ... released the audio in September 2013. The soundtrack was released und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
