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Rajkiran
J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films. Early life Rajkiran was born as J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar on 16 March 1959 at Keelakarai into a Muslim family. Film career Rajkiran began by producing two Ramarajan starrer films and in one of them he appeared in a brief role. In 1991, he produced and acted in lead role in Kasthuri Raja's debut film, ''En Rasavin Manasile'' which had a silver jubilee run. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize and the Cinema Express – Best New Face Award for his performance. He directed, produced and acted in lead role in ''Aranmanai Kili'' (1993) and ''Ellame En Rasathan'' (1995), which also had silver jubilee runs. In 1996, he acted in ''Manikkam'' which was an average grosser at the box-office. The following year, he worked in ''Pasamulla Pandiyare''. The film turned out to be a failure. In the mid of 1998, he acted in ''Ponnu Vela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Rasavin Manasile
''En Rasavin Manasile'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja in his directorial debut. The film stars Rajkiran and Meena. The film, produced by Rajkiran, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 13 April 1991. The film had a silver jubilee run and gave a break to Rajkiran and Meena. Vadivelu made his official acting debut with this film. The film was later remade in Telugu as ''Moratodu Naa Mogudu'' (1992) with Meena reprising her role, and in Sinhala as ''Ayadimi Sama'' (1999). Plot Mayandi was a brave and strong man who was respected by the villagers. He was in love with his cousin Solaiyamma and wanted to marry her, but they had nothing in common. The soft-spoken Solaiyamma was afraid of him. In the meantime, Murugesan, a city youngster, fell in love with Solaiyamma's younger sister Kasthuri. Later, Mayandi and Solaiyamma had an arranged marriage, but Solaiyamma was still afraid of him after the marriage. One night, May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pa Paandi
''Pa Paandi'' (also known by its former title ''Power Paandi'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Dhanush in his directorial debut. He also produced the movie under his studio Wunderbar Films. The film revolves around Pa Paandi (played by Rajkiran in the titular role), a retired ex-stunt master in the film industry, travels to Hyderabad to seek out for freedom, and also to reunite with his old village lover. Revathi, Prasanna and Chaya Singh play supporting roles in the film. Dhanush, who produced and directed the film, portray a cameo appearance in the film as the younger version of the protagonist, while Madonna Sebastian, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Dhivyadarshini too played cameo roles. The film was announced on 5 September 2016, announcing the title of the film, with a poster release, and the commencement of Principal photography took place on the same day. The filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad and Madurai. Initially the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranmanai Kili
''Aranmanai Kili'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Rajkiran in his directorial debut. He also stars alongside Ahana and Gayathri. The film was released on 16 April 1993. It was remade in Telugu as '' Maa Voori Maaraju'' (1995), and in Kannada as '' Neelakanta'' (2006). Plot Raasaiyya is a servant of a rich family which belongs to Poongodi, who secretly loves him. While Chellamma, a poor girl, was kidnapped and forced into prostitution, Raasaiyya saves her and takes her to his village. It remains to be seen what fate has in store for the three of them. Cast * Rajkiran as Raasaiyya *Ahana as Poongodi *Gayathri as Chellamma * Vadivelu as Kaththayya *C. R. Vijayakumari as Raasaiya's mother * Sangili Murugan as Raasaiya's father * Ilavarasi as Poongodi's mother *V. Nambirajan as Poongodi's uncle *Kanal Kannan as Henchman (special appearance) Production ''Aranmanai Kili'' is the directorial debut of Rajkiran who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellame En Rasathan
''Ellame En Rasathan'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by Rajkiran. The film stars Rajkiran, Sangita and Roopa Sree. It was released on 14 April 1995 and emerged a box-office hit. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Soggadi Pellam'' (1996). Plot Singarasu comes to a remote village with his daughter. Singarasu looks for his wife's murderer and only his daughter witnessed the murderer Mookaiyan. Although, Mookaiyan follows them to kill the witness. Meanwhile, the daughter of the village chief Chinna Raani falls in love with Singarasu. In the past, Singarasu was the gram panchayat president: he was a rough and irresponsible man who spent a lot of time playing rummy, but he was a kind-hearted man. The rowdy Mookaiyan killed a newborn girl in the other village and supported female infanticide. Later, Singarasu clashed with the other village's chief Ayya for supporting this practice. To punish Ayya, Singarasu kidnapped his daughter Raani and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandha
''Nandha'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, while Rajkiran, Laila, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of comedian Karunas. The score was by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by R. Rathnavelu. ''Nandha'' is story about a young man from a borstal coming back to a society and his family he had left many years ago. It is about a battle of love and life, and how a misfit tries to fight to fit into the usual social circus, a fight to earn his mother's love, and a fight to live the second chance he has given himself. Plot The plot opens with a mother and her children arriving at Rameshwaram. The elder child, Nandha is sent to a rehabilitation center for murdering his father as a boy after witnessing his father's illicit affair with a prostitute and abuse towards Nandha's mother when she finds it. He returns home to his mother, who is deaf and mut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shylock (2020 Film)
''Shylock'' is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Ajay Vasudev. The film stars Mammootty, Rajkiran, Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, Bibin George, John Vijay and Hareesh Kanaran. Shylock is a slang term for a loan shark. The film is written by debutants Aneesh Hameed and Bibin Mohan and was released on 23 January 2020. Plot Boss aka ''Shylock'' is a ruthless moneylender who provides money to a film producer Prathapa Varma to produce a film, but Prathapa Varma cheats Boss by not repaying the money, which enrages him. Varma is the friend of a corrupted Police Commissioner Felix John. Boss creates a ruckus on Prathapa Varma's film sets and abduct the film director, due to which Varma sends men to kill Boss. Boss defeats everyone and mocks Prathapa and Felix. Felix charges a fake case that Prathapa Varma's son Adithya Varma has gone missing and Boss is the kidnapper. The police arrest Boss but a piece of video evidence pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasamulla Pandiyare
''Pasamulla Pandiyare'' is a 1997 Indian Tamil language film directed by T. P. Gajendran and produced by Kalyani Murugan. The film stars Rajkiran, Meena, and Roja, while M. N. Nambiar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Alex, Sangili Murugan, Vadivelu, and Senthil play supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva. Plot Pandiyar (Rajkiran) is a genuine person adopted by Nesamani's ( M. N. Nambiar) family. The family migrates to Malaysia, leaving the house under Pandiyar and other properties under Eswaramoorthi (Alex). Vellayamma is a talented palm reader who falls for Pandiyar. Nesamani's daughter Dhanalakshmi returns to India with her husband Nagaraja (Nizhalgal Ravi) and daughter Revathi (Roja. Revathi falls in love with Pandiyar. Vellayamma reads Dhanalakshmi's palm and finds her untold secret story. Then, Nagaraja kills Vellayamma's associates with Eswaramoorthi, and the innocent man Pandiyar gets arrested for Vellayamma's murder. The rest of the story revolves around how Pandiyar prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi
''Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by K. Krishnan. The film stars Rajkiran, Khushbu and Vineetha, with Manivannan, Vadivelu, R. Sundarrajan, Venniradai Moorthy, Vittal Rao and Latha in supporting roles. The film, produced by A. G. Subramanian, had musical score by Deva and was released on 10 April 1998. Plot Palanisamy (Rajkiran) is a kind-hearted rich farmer and he soon becomes the village chief. Palanisamy is known in his village for holding demonstrations. The poor village girl Valli (Vineetha) falls in love with Palanisamy until Valli knows that Palanisamy is in fact married to Pushpa (Khushbu) who is mentally ill. In the past, Pushpa was an arrogant english-medium school owner. She first clashed with Palanisamy, then they fell in love with each other. On a misunderstanding, they get married and they lived happily together. Pushpa's father (Vittal Rao) wanted to take revenge on Palanisamy. During her childbirth, Pushpa's n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponnar Shankar (film)
''Ponnar Shankar'' is a 2011 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by Thiagarajan. It is a fictionalised account of the Ponnar Shankar epic, adapted from M. Karunanidhis novel of the same name. It features Thiagarajan's son Prashanth in lead dual roles as warrior princes, portraying the title characters, with actresses Pooja Chopra and Divya Parameshwaran making their film debut as princesses and Prakash Raj as the main antagonist. The film also features an extensive cast of supporting actors with Prabhu, Jayaram, Khushbu Sundar, Sneha, Vijayakumar, Nassar, Rajkiran, Napoleon, and Ponvannan, amongst others. The background score and soundtrack of the film, composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with cinematography handled by Shaji Kumar and editing done by Don Max. Filming, although significantly delayed, began in August 2009 at Valluvar Kottam in Chennai, where an ancient township film set with temples, forts, a lake and palaces had been built. The film's prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thavamai Thavamirundhu
''Thavamai Thavamirundhu'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Cheran. The film stars Rajkiran, himself and Padmapriya with Saranya, Senthil Kumar, and Meenal portraying supporting roles. The music was composed by the duo Sabesh–Murali with cinematography by M. S. Prabhu and editing by B. Lenin. The film released on 2 December 2005. The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. At 275 minutes, it is the second longest Indian film by runtime. Plot The movie begins with Muthaiah being admitted into the hospital due to a serious head injury. The incident that led to the injury is kept in suspense for the audience. The story is narrated by Muthaiah's second son Ramalingam, when he comes to visit his father in the hospital. Overcome by emotions, he recollects, along his trip, bits and pieces of memories from his younger days with his father. The first part of the story is about how Muthaiah, a father in a lower-middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manikkam
''Manikkam'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. V. Pandian and produced by T. Siva for Amma Creations. The film stars Rajkiran and Vanitha Vijayakumar, while Vinu Chakravarthy and Ganthimathi play supporting roles. Plot The story of “Manikkam” is based on the Tamil religious belief of yesteryear heroes, brave-hearts, warriors (“veerargal”) eventually becoming worshipped as sub-deities and believed to become “protectors” of villages. These are locally known as “kaval deivangal”, or “guardian gods”. Manikkam (Rajkiran) is a protector (kaaval) of many local villages, but he resides at a village in Vadipatti. Manikkam is believed to get the “arul vakku” from the local Neethi Amman kovil and operates accordingly. Meanwhile, local villagers are terrorized by Karuvayan (Mansoor Ali Khan) and the gang from a local town called Vakkanoor. Karuvayan is a ruthless bandit that thrives on the livelihood of stealing from others and selling arrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruthani (film)
''Thiruthani'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by Perarasu, who has also composed the film's music. The film stars Bharath and Sunaina, while Rajkiran, Pandiarajan and Ashish Vidyarthi also plays other pivotal roles. K. Bala handled cinematography, while V. Jaishankar worked the cinematography. The film released on 19 October 2012.the film received highly negative response & became utter flop at the box office. Plot The film opens with Velu ( Bharath) beating up men who cause trouble to his sister for celebrating Diwali. Duraipandi ( Rajkiran), an ex-military officer, proudly watches the fight along with many others. However, Duraipandi becomes furious when Velu refuses to save an athlete from having his leg broken, despite his pleas for help. It is here that Velu justifies his actions, saying that everyone stood watching as his unconscious mother was left locked up in a burning building for fear that they would be killed by the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
