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Raghavan
Raghavan (Tamil: ராகவன்; Malayalam: രാഘവന്) is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit ''raghava'', meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States. It may refer to: People *Azhikodan Raghavan, Kerala politician *Edappally Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam poet *K. Raghavan, Malayalam music composer * K. Raghavan Pillai, writer and scholar from Kerala, India * M. K. Raghavan, Member of Parliament from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, India *M. V. Raghavan, communist leader from Kerala, India *Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam dramatist, poet, screenwriter, and actor from India *N. S. Raghavan, Indian industrialist * P. Raghavan, Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kasargod distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, and Kamalinee Mukherjee in prominent roles, while Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji, and Salim Baig played supporting roles. It revolves around a police officer who tries to track down two serial killers. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography being handled by Ravi Varman and editing done by Anthony. The film is also one of the first Indian films to be made using Super 35. ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' was released on 25 August 2006 to positive reviews and became a blockbuster at the box office. Kamal Haasan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Jyothika was nominated for the Best Actress category at the Filmfare Awards. Plot Rani, the daughter of former high rank Chennai police officer Superintendent Arokiya Raj IPS, tells her father over the phone that she will be back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghavan N
Raghavan (Tamil: ராகவன்; Malayalam: രാഘവന്) is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit ''raghava'', meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States. It may refer to: People *Azhikodan Raghavan, Kerala politician * Edappally Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam poet * K. Raghavan, Malayalam music composer * K. Raghavan Pillai, writer and scholar from Kerala, India * M. K. Raghavan, Member of Parliament from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, India * M. V. Raghavan, communist leader from Kerala, India * Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam dramatist, poet, screenwriter, and actor from India * N. S. Raghavan, Indian industrialist * P. Raghavan, Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kasargod dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghavan Thirumulpad
Raghavan (Tamil: ராகவன்; Malayalam: രാഘവന്) is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit ''raghava'', meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States. It may refer to: People *Azhikodan Raghavan, Kerala politician * Edappally Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam poet *K. Raghavan, Malayalam music composer * K. Raghavan Pillai, writer and scholar from Kerala, India * M. K. Raghavan, Member of Parliament from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, India * M. V. Raghavan, communist leader from Kerala, India *Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Malayalam dramatist, poet, screenwriter, and actor from India * N. S. Raghavan, Indian industrialist * P. Raghavan, Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kasargod distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumeet Raghavan
Sumeet Raghavan is an Indian film, television, and theatre actor known for his roles in '' Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedi Naye Kissey,'' Hudd Kar Di'', ''Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'', ''Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo'', '' Badi Door Se Aaye Hai'', and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Take 2.'' As a child actor, he played the role of Sudama in Mahabharat serial of B. R. Chopra. Early life Raghavan was born to Tamil father, Mr. R. Raghavan and a Kannadiga mother, Mrs. Prema Raghavan. He married Chinmayee Surve in 1996. Filmography Television Films Dubbing roles Animated series Live action films See also * Dubbing (filmmaking) * List of Indian dubbing artists This is a list of Indian dubbing artists that have Wikipedia articles and are credited for giving voice to certain roles in foreign media. It can also be for Indian media as well, but spoken in a different language, or for those that are unabl ... Footnotes References External links * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Raghavan, Sumeet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan (born 22 June 1963) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is primarily considered an auteur of neo-noir action thrillers. Raghavan made his directorial debut with '' Ek Hasina Thi'' (2004). He then went on to direct the critically acclaimed ''Johnny Gaddaar'' (2007), an adaptation of the 1963 French movie ''Symphonie Pour Un Massacre'' (The Corrupt) by Jacques Deray; followed by the action spy film '' Agent Vinod'' (2012) starring Saif Ali Khan; a critical and commercial failure. Raghavan's followup ''Badlapur'' (2015), a film based on ''Death's Dark Abyss'' by Massimo Carlotto met with positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success at the box office. Raghavan's prominence increased with ''Andhadhun'' (2018) which tells the story of a blind piano player who unwittingly becomes embroiled in the murder of a retired actor. The film received critical acclaim and was commercially successful. He is the recipient of several a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edappally Raghavan Pillai
Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a close associate of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai. The pair, the front-runners of romanticism in Malayalam, was considered by many as the Shelley and Keats combination of Malayalam poetry. Kesari Balakrishna Pillai compared Pillai to the Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi. Biography Raghavan Pillai was born on May 30, 1909, at Elamakkara, near Edapally in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Pavathu Neelakanda Pillai and Kalyani Amma, in a family with limited financial means. His mother died when he was young and his father, who was an alcoholic, remarried; he could not get along well with his step mother. His early schooling was at a local school in Ponekkara after which he completed middle school from the English School in Edapally Chuttupadukara before completing his high school education from a school in Cheranellore and later at St. Albert's HSS, Ernak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai (1900–1979) was a Malayalam dramatist, poet, screen play writer and actor who was well known in the role of Ashaan in Kavyamela. He was born in 1900 in Muthukulam, a small village near Haripad in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India. Known as the ''Akshara Guru'' of Malayalam talkie films, he wrote the screenplay and dialogues of '' Balan'', the first Malayalam talkie and ''Jeevithanauka'', the first box office hit in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the author of about 55 dramas and dozens of film stories and screenplays. In 1968, he acted in '' Viruthan Shanku'', the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema directed by P. Venu. He acted in around 150 Malayalam films and wrote ''Tataka Parinayam'' Kathakali. An award named ''Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Puraskaram'' has been instituted by ''Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai Samraka Samithi'' in honour of him. Filmography # Rajayogam (1976) # Kamam Krodham Moham (1975) # Chief Guest (1975) # Pulival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghavan (actor)
Raghavan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian actor who has acted in Malayalam more than 100 films including Telugu and Kannada films. Malayalam actor Jishnu was his son. From early 2000s he is more active on Malayalam and Tamil television serials . Early and personal life Raghavan was born in Taliparamba in Kannur district. eattended Moothedath High School, Kozhikode Guruvayoorappan School, Madhura Gandhigram. After completing higher secondary he worked in Tagore Drama Troupe. He pursued bachelors in Rural Education from Gandhigram Rural Institute. He got his Diploma from Delhi National School of Drama. His first film was ''Kayalkarayil'' in 1968. Filmography As an actor *''All films are in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ... language unless otherw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suren Raghavan
Suren Raghavan ( ta, சுரேன் ராகவன், translit=Curēṉ Rākavaṉ; si, සුරේන් රාගවන්, translit=Surēn Rāgavan) is a Sri Lankan academic and former Governor of the Northern Province. He is of biethnic heritage, classed as Sri Lankan Tamil due to paternal descent. Raghavan joined the University of Kent's School of Political and International Relations in 2005 on a scholarship from the James Madison Trust and received a Master of Arts degree after producing a dissertation on federalism in Sri Lanka. He then carried out research at the University of Ottawa before returning to the University of Kent in 2008 on another James Madison Trust scholarship to study for his doctorate degree. He was also an Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme scholar from 2008 to 2011 and a recipient of the Ontario Student Assistance Program award. In 2012 he received a doctorate politics and government from the University of Kent after producing a thesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radha Raghavan
Radha Raghavan (born 3 June 1961) is an Indian National Congress politician from Kerala. She has been a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for two terms and resigned from her second one. Early life Radha Raghavan was born on 3 June 1961 and attended school till secondary level. Career Raghavan has been the Madhya Varjana Samithi's Kerala President and the chairperson of Adivasi Vikas Parishad beside being a member of the working committee of Democratic India Congress. She is affiliated to the Indian National Congress (INC) party. Following the death of her husband, an INC politician, the party decided to field her in the North Wayanad constituency reserved for members of the scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa .... She won the election conduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramnad Raghavan
Ramnad V. Raghavan (19 June 1927 – 21 November 2009) was a player of the ''mridangam''. He was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, to P. Vaidyanatha Ayyar of Kooniyur, Tirunelveli district, and Brhannayaki. His elder brother Ramnad Krishnan was a famous Carnatic vocalist. Beginning in 1970, he taught for many years at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, United States. He was also a key initiator for the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. He retired around 2000 and moved to Chennai, India. He died on 21 November 2009 at the age of 82 in Chennai. Drake, Olivia Bartlett (30 November 2009)Artist in Residence Raghavan Dies Nov. 51. '' The Wesleyan Connection''. Retrieved 9 February 2010. His students have included Glen Velez, Jamey Haddad Jamey George Haddad (born July 2, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American percussionist who works primarily in the fields of jazz and world music and specializes in hand drums. Biography Haddad is of Lebanese ancestry. From the age of four, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azhikodan Raghavan
Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). Personal life He was born on 1 July, 1919, in South Bazar, Kannur. Political life In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by comrades P. Krishna Pillai and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of the Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the Malabar Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post. By that time Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala politics. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967. Death Com. Azhikodan died in 1972. It is believed that fake news spread in Thrissur that A. V. Aryan was murdered led to the murder of Azhikodan. There are also allegations raised by Nawab Rajendran that K. Karunakaran had a role in the murder. He was cremated in the public graveyard of Payyambalam beach, Kannur district, Kerala, where a column has been erected in his mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
