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R. S. Shivaji
R. S. Shivaji (born 26 October 1956) is an Indian actor, who is known for his work in Tamil films. He has often collaborated in films involving Kamal Haasan and Raaj Kamal Films International, working as an assistant director, sound designer and line producer on film projects. Career R. S. Shivaji is the son of actor and producer M.R. Santhanam, who worked on films including Ellis R. Dungan's ''Meera (1945 film), Meera'' (1945). His brother Santhana Bharathi is also a popular actor and film director, who has worked in Tamil cinema (Kollywood). As an actor, R.S.Shivaji has primarily played comedy roles and regularly featured in Kamal Haasan's films in the 1980s and 1990s. His ''Saar! Neenga Engeyo Poiteenga, sir'' dialogue from ''Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 film), Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989) directed at Janagaraj has been regularly parodied in later Tamil movies. He played important roles in ''Kolamavu Kokila'' and ''Dharala Prabhu'' as Nayanthara's father and Vivek (actor), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai
''Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Pratap Pothen in his directorial debut, and produced by Raadhika. They also star as the lead characters. The script was co-written by Pratap along with Somasundareshwar. The film revolves around the relationship between two mentally challenged people. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The cinematography and editing were handled by P. C. Sreeram and B. Lenin respectively. At the 32nd National Film Awards, the film won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. It was theatrically released on 15 February 1985. Plot Sarasu, born to a rich eccentric businessman Badrinath, is a mentally challenged child. Unable to cope with her condition, Badrinath admits her in a home for such children and is taken care by a Christian Missionary Principal and a guardian Juju Thatha, a kind old man. Sarasu meets Ganapathi "Guppi", another intellectually challenged orphan and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athma (film)
''Athma'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil language thriller film directed by Pratap Pothen. The film stars Ramki, Rahman, Nassar, Gautami and Kasthuri. The film, produced by Ajitha Hari, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 30 July 1993. Plot Raghu ( Rahman), an atheist archaeologist, and his father (Vijayachander) went to an isolated village for research. During the research, his father disappears mysteriously and Raghu finds out a strange prophecy: God will come to earth on Purnima day at the Nagakali Amman temple and the people who will submerge completely under the waterfall near the Nagakali Amman temple will be cured of any disease. His colleague Pathma (Vinodhini) informs her blind friend Divya (Gautami) who is a journalist and the news reaches the public. Pathma is in love with Naveen (Riyaz Khan), who is in the final stages of cancer. Soon, an atheist terrorist group, led by Saravanan (Ramki), try to destroy the temple. Saravanan has a tragic past: his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalaignan
''Kalaignan'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by G. B. Vijay and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. It stars Kamal Haasan and Farheen while Sivaranjani, Sindhuja, Nirmalamma and Chi. Guru Dutt play supporting roles. It was released on 14 April 1993, Puthandu. Plot Indrajith is a Tamil pop singer based in Bangalore with a large female following. When a back-up dancer, Sandhya, in Indrajith's group, is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the police suspect Indrajith, but they have no evidence linking him to the crime. Meanwhile, Sandhya's sister Divya arrives at her aunt Dr. Prabhavathy's house to find out the truth about Sandhya's death. She gets off on the wrong foot with Indrajith. She talks to his manager, Harichandra Prasad, and other musicians who all have differing opinions about Sandhya. While investigating, Divya stages an attack in a bar, getting Indrajith to save her and takes her to his concert. At the end of the concert, Jennif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ele, My Friend
''Ele, My Friend'' is a 1992 English-language children's film directed by Dharan Mandrayar and produced by Linda Mandrayar. The film stars Jacob Paul Guzman and an elephant named Ganesh. The film, an Indo-British co-production, revolves around a bond between 10-year old Charles and an elephant, which he names Ele. Cast *Jacob Paul Guzman as Charles *Ganesh as Ele *Gazan Khan as Jaggu *R. S. Shivaji as Ahmed *Katherine Byers as Mary *Santhana Bharathi as Kallar Village Chief * Amjad Khan as Omar (special appearance) *Prabhu (special appearance) Production Dharan Mandrayar, a nephew of actor Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ..., studied in India and later in the United States. He forayed into films after being encouraged by his wife, Linda. The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guna (film)
''Gunaa'' is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language psychological romantic drama film directed by Santhana Bharathi and co-written by Sab John. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Rekha and newcomer Roshini. The film revolves around a newly released psychiatric patient (Haasan) who kidnaps an heiress (Roshini) to make her fall in love with him. He believes she is an avatar of goddess Abhirami and it is his destiny to marry her. Haasan and John initially planned to make a film set in Sri Lanka during a time of insurgency, but the project was dropped over story concerns. John later developed a new story ''Mathikettan Solai'' (which would be renamed ''Gunaa''), inspired partly by a mentally-ill person he knew. The dialogues were written by Balakumaran, cinematography was handled by Venu and editing by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan. The film was mostly shot around Kodaikanal, including a cave then known as Devil's Kitchen. ''Gunaa'' was released on 5 November 1991, Diwali day. It was critically accl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavalukku Kettikaran
''Kavalukku Kettikaran'' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Santhana Bharathi and written by M. Karunanidhi, starring Prabhu and Nirosha. It is a remake of 1986 the Malayalam film ''Nandi Veendum Varika''. The film was released on 14 January 1990. Plot Panjavarnam ( V. K. Ramasamy) is a retired police constable and he wants that his anxious son Dilipan (Prabhu) becomes also a police officer. Dilipan works in a school as a teacher and he falls in love with Arivukodi (Nirosha), a new teacher. She later accepts his love. Panjavarnam manages to fire his son and sends him to the police training. Dilipan becomes a sub-inspector and he is transferred to Arivukodi's village. Arivukodi is also fired after slapping the school headmaster. Dilipan doesn't join immediately and lives with Siva (Nassar). Balayya (Rajesh), a corrupt politician, spreads terror among the villagers. Dilipan saves Arivukodi's father from Balayya's henchmen. Arivukodi tells the reason to her love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Dear Marthandan
''My Dear Marthandan'' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Pratap Pothen and produced by Sivaji Productions, starring Prabhu and Khushbu. It is loosely based on the 1988 American film ''Coming to America''. The film was released on 24 August 1990. Plot Marthandan lives with his parents in a palace. He sets out to Chennai to find a girl. There he meets "Idea Mani", who is very cunning and tries to make money from the innocent Marthandan in comical ways. He meets a girl named Rani in a bakery and befriends her. The rest of the story is about how he tries to win her over and how he understands the value of money. Cast * Prabhu as Marthandan * Khushbu as Rani * Goundamani as Idea Mani * S. S. Chandran as Maharaja * Nizhalgal Ravi as Pankaj * Kovai Sarala as Maharani * Venniradai Moorthy as Hotel Owner * Thyagu as Kattupanni * Pandu as Umapathy * Kumarimuthu as Teacher * Kullamani * Chinni Jayanth * R. S. Shivaji as Sengodan * Oru Viral Krishna Rao * Disco Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounam Sammadham
''Mounam Sammadham'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film written by S. N. Swamy, directed by K. Madhu and produced by Kovai Chezhiyan. The film stars Mammootty (in his Tamil film debut) and Amala. It revolves around a lawyer representing a wrongfully convicted man. The film was released on 15 June 1990. The film went on to become a commercial and critical success. This film along with ''Azhagan'' (1991), ''Thalapathi'' (1991), ''Kilipetchu Ketkava''the (1993) and ''Makkal Aatchi'' (1995) established Mammootty as a superstar in Tamil Nadu. This film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Lawyer The Great'', released on 15 February 1991. Plot The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by a lawyer to find the truth. Cast *Mammootty as Adv. K.C. Raja M.A., B.L., Bar-at-law *Amala as Dr. Hema (Sundaram's sister) *Jaishankar as Sundaram *Nagesh as Paramasivam *Sarath Kumar as Balu (Sundaram's brother) *Sathyapriya as Savitri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Madana Kama Rajan
''Michael Madana Kama Rajan'' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and written by Kamal Haasan, with Crazy Mohan penning the dialogues. The film stars Haasan in four roles alongside Urvasi, Rupini and Khushbu, while Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, Nassar, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, S. N. Lakshmi, Jayabharathi, R. N. Jayagopal, Nagesh, Praveen Kumar and Santhana Bharathi, R. S. Shivaji play supporting roles. It revolves around quadruplets who get separated at birth and cross paths as adults. Panchu Arunachalam obtained the rights to adapt a Pakistani film written by Kader Kashmiri. Despite retaining that film's core premise of quadruplets, Rao, Haasan and Mohan created an otherwise entirely new story. The film was produced by Arunachalam's wife Meena, photographed primarily by B. C. Gowrishankar and edited by D. Vasu. ''Michael Madana Kama Rajan'' was released on 17 October 1990, Diwali day, and was commercially successful, running for 175 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'' (), also known by the initialism ''JVAS'', is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language fantasy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao who co-wrote the script with Jandhyala and Yandamuri Veerendranath. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Sridevi while Amrish Puri, Kannada Prabhakar, Allu Ramalingaiah and Rami Reddy play supporting roles. The film is produced by C. Aswani Dutt on Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The plot revolves around a man who finds a ring that gives the bearer great power, but the goddess who lost the ring seeks it back to return to her world. ''Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari'' was theatrically released on May 9, 1990. The film upon release was a massive success, grossing ₹15 crore at the box office and becoming the highest grossing Telugu film in history at the time. It is regarded as a classic film in fantasy genre in Telugu cinema. The film won five state Nandi Awards. Plot Raju, a courageous and spirited young man, is a caregiver to fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mappillai (1989 Film)
''Mappillai'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Rajinikanth, Srividya and Amala. It is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film '' Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu'', the Tamil version was produced by Geetha Arts, and Chiranjeevi who played the lead role in the original Telugu version made a special appearance in this film. The film received a positive response from the public and ran for 200+ days and became a blockbuster. The film was again remade in Tamil with the same title, 22 years later. Plot Arumugam makes a blazing entrance, gatecrashing a marriage to abduct the bride. Geetha, the bride's friend, gets him arrested but then learns that he had rescued the girl from a forced marriage. Further revelations about him that he is a gold medalist and has a good heart make her fall in love with him. After some convincing, Aarumugam reciprocates too. Meanwhile, Aarumugam's sister is in love with the son of a rich woman Rajarajeswari. When Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
