Rekha (Tamil Actress)
Sumathi Josephine, better known by her stage name Rekha is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She also starred in few Telugu and Kannada films.She was one of the contestant of Bigg Boss Tamil Season 4. Career She was introduced to the Tamil cinema with the film, '' Kadalora Kavithaigal'' (1986) directed by Bharathiraja with Sathyaraj in the lead role. Her notable works include '' Punnagai Mannan'' (1986), ''Enga Ooru Pattukaran'' (1987), '' En Bommukutty Ammavukku'' (1988), ''Puriyaadha Pudhir'' (1990) and ''Gunaa'' (1991). In Malayalam, ''Ramji Rao Speaking'' (1989), '' Aey Auto'' (1990) and '' In Harihar Nagar'' (1990) were also successful. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for the film ''Dasharatham'' (1989). After few roles as a heroine, she started to act in character roles, such as sister in law and mother. In 2020, she is entering as a contestant in the reality show ''Bigg Boss 4''. Personal life Sumath ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramji Rao Speaking
''Ramji Rao Speaking'' is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-thriller film written and directed by the duo Siddique–Lal (in their directorial debut) and produced by Fazil, Swargachitra Appachan, and Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy. It stars Sai Kumar, Mukesh, Innocent, Rekha, Vijayaraghavan and Devan, with Sankaradi, Sukumari, Kunchan and Mamukkoya in other supporting roles. The film deals with social factors affecting Kerala including unemployment during the 1980s, and went on to achieve a cult classic status. ''Ramji Rao Speaking'' marked the debut of director duo Siddique and Lal, actors Sai Kumar (first appearance in a notable role), Rekha, N. F. Varghese and Harishree Ashokan (both in minor roles), and music director S. Balakrishnan. '' Mannar Mathai Speaking'' (1995) and ''Mannar Mathai Speaking 2'' (2014) are the sequels to the film. The core plot of the movie was inspired by the 1971 TV movie ''See The Man Run''. Fazil remade this film in Tamil as ''Arangetra V ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kavalan Avan Kovalan
''Kavalan Avan Kovalan'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Visu, starring Prabhu, Rekha and Madhuri. It was released on 29 May 1987. Plot The hero, unknown to himself, has a look-alike. The look alike is good for nothing and is in love with his cross-cousin. The hero, a film director, is married to an devout, pious, orthodox wife who never lets him near her on account of her religious resolutions. This results in him having an affair and ending up getting blackmailed. The director's father-in-law, understands the situation of both look alikes and uses both to solve the problem of the other. Cast *Prabhu *Rekha * Madhuri *Prameela *Kalaranjini *Visu *Oru Viral Krishna Rao *Loose Mohan *Omakuchi Narasimhan *Pyramid Natarajan * M. S. Bhaskar *Gundu Kalyanam *Master Haja Sheriff *Jithan *Sethu Vinayagam *S Narasimhan *Thayir Vadai Desikan *Kanchi Ramesh *Raghuvaran (special appearance) * Karthik Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Vijayanand, and th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ini Oru Sudhanthiram
''Ini Oru Sudhanthiram'' (''Freedom Now'') is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by Manivannan. The film, starring Sivakumar, was released on 12 June 1987, and failed at the box office. Plot Sundaramoorthy is an Indian liberal leader. He tries to obtain his pension money, but all his attempts are futile. His daughter Kannamma gets cheated by a collector and she gives birth to a baby but the collector avoids that baby. The collector is killed by Sundaramoorthy, who is sentenced to death. How the lives of such a leader and his family changes due to circumstances, forms the crux of the story. Cast * Sivakumar as Sundaramoorthy * Chandrasekhar as Muthukaalai * Pandiyan * Raja as the collector * Janagaraj * Senthil * Nalini * Rekha as Kannamma * Jeevitha * Kovai Sarala * Sulakshana * Sathyaraj as an IPS officer Production ''Ini Oru Sudhanthiram'', directed by Manivannan, was Sivakumar's 154th film as an actor. Raja played a charact ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aankalai Nambathey
''Aankalai Nambathey'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by K. Alex Pandian, starring Pandiyan, Rekha, and Ramya Krishnan. The film was released on 27 June 1987, and played for only 50 days in theatres. Plot Cast * Pandiyan *Rekha *Ramya Krishnan *Senthil *Charle * Shankar Production ''Aankalai Nambathey'' is the directorial debut of K. Alex Pandian. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Devendran. Reception ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Routine song-and-dance sequences riddle the film". Jeyamanmadhan of ''Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...'' wrote that if the film had been given an agility injection and fed a speed pill during the climax, then there would have been a sense of completion upon leaving the theatre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Solvathellam Unmai (film)
''Solvathellam Unmai'' () is 1987 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Netaji, starring Vijayakanth and Rekha. It was released on 23 January 1987. Plot A newspaper editor Jagan mastheads an inaccurate, unverified story about the death of a doctor Sundaramoorthy. Unable to prevent the print order from reaching the stands, he murders the doctor the same night. This brings him in league with a murderer and impersonator whose designs had tricked him into publishing the story in the first place. It is now left to the son of the editor's victim Vijay to avenge his father's death. Cast * Vijayakanth as Vijay * Rekha as Rekha * Jaishankar as Jagan * Radha Ravi as Fake Dr. Ramanathan * Poornam Viswanathan as Dr. Sundaramoorthy * Senthil as Geetha's husband * Kovai Sarala as Geetha * Delhi Ganesh as Raghavan * Kallapetti Singaram as Munusamy * Charle as Caregiver Psychiatrist * Gundu Kalyanam as Gundu Kalyanam * Anuradha as Item number Soundtrack The soundtrack wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru
''Namma Ooru Nalla Ooru'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by V. Azhagappan. The film stars Ramarajan, Rekha, Rajeev and Sulakshana. It was released on 28 November 1986, and Ramarajan won the Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor. Plot Cast * Ramarajan as Ramu *Rekha as Sita * Rajeev * Sulakshana * S. S. Chandran * Senthil *Vinu Chakravarthy * K. K. Soundar *Rajavelu as Judge * Pasi Narayanan *'Director' Dasarathan *S. Ramasamy *Manohan *Kovai Balu *Karunakaran *Balraj *Vasanthi *Kaarai K. Balan *Baby Saarah *Shankar–Ganesh in a friendly appearance Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split be ...'' criticised the film and called th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eramalloor
Eramalloor is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Eramalloor had a population of 28223 with 14187 males and 14036 females. Geography Eramalloor is a place in Ezhupunna village located on the NH66 Highway linking Kanyakumari,Trivandrum, Mangloore, Goa, Panvel(Mumbai). It is near the coast, with a landscape characterised by salty ponds (known locally as "Kandom") and larger ponds used for fishing (known as "Chaal"). It lies along the backwaters of Alapuzha, and is situated next to Ezhupunna near the model tourism village at Kumbalangi and the beach at Chellanam. Administration Administratively, Eramalloor falls under the Ezhupunna Ezhupunna is a village in the taluk of Cherthala in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies between Alappuzha and Kochi, near National Highway 66. There is also a railway station, where only passenger trains halt. This is a ... panchayat (local village administrative b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dasharatham
''Dasharatham'' is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Rekha, Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumaran, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and Jayabharathi. The music was composed by Johnson. The movie deals with the subject of surrogacy ''Dasharatham'' is widely regarded as one of the best films from the writer-director duo Lohithadas-Sibi Malayil. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Scriptwriter. ''Dasharatham'' was the first Malayalam film officially dubbed and released in Marathi as ''Mazaa Mulga'' (Meaning: My son). Plot Rajiv Menon is born into riches and is an alcoholic with absolutely no aim in life. With no parents to guide him and with the family business being run by a trusted manager Pillai, Rajiv is free to waste his life and money on drinks and debauchery. A close friend Scariah with his wife and children come over to stay a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |