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Raghu Manivannan
Raghu Manivannan is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. The son of actor Manivannan, he has appeared in films including '' Maaran'' (2002) and ''Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA'' (2013). Career Raghu Manivannan made his debut with the Sathyaraj-starrer '' Maaran'' (2002), with a critic from The Hindu stating "as the studious first year medical college student suits the character so well, that you forget that the lad is just acting out a role". He subsequently failed to get bigger film offers and worked on a couple of low-budget ventures and shelved films including ''Kadhal Valarthen'', where he worked with Manoj Bharathiraja and Kunal. In 2013, Raghu Manivannan played a leading role alongside Sathyaraj in his father's 50th directorial venture, ''Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA''. He had also signed up to act in his father's next project ''Thalattu Machi Thalattu'', but the film was cancelled after Manivannan died in June 2013. In February 2015, Raghu Manivannan announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a career spanning three decades, he went from being a story and dialogue writer for director Bharathiraja from 1980–82 to a successful director who thrived in experimenting with different genres, before becoming an actor. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan was one of the most experienced actors in the field and directed exactly 50 films. Manivannan was mainly a supporting actor in films and often played the comedian, supporting character and villainous roles. He supported various political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He later became affiliated with the Naam Tamilar Katchi and had long supported its ideology of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism. Personal life Manivannan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaran (film)
''Maaran'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante crime film, directed by A. Jawahar, starring Sathyaraj, Seetha and Raghuvannan. It was released on 20 September 2002. The film was a moderate success at the box office. Plot Maaran is a clerk in the district collector's office. His life centres around his loving wife, his son, and his daughter. Soft-spoken, and a Gandhian to the hilt, Maaran does not stand by any smear on the Mahatma's name. Being a staunch patriot, he had even named his son Sudhandhiram. After topping at the state level, Sudhandhiram gets an admission in a medical college, where he is in for a rough time, ragged mercilessly by the sadistic Shivadas and his cronies. Nonetheless, Anjali falls in love with Sudhandhiram. Matters run wild when Sudhandhiram returns Shivadas's humiliations with a tight slap and defeats him in the college elections. Shivadas's humiliation makes matters even wild when Sudhandhiram pays for it with his life. Shivadas packs the corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA
''Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA'' is a 2013 Tamil-language political satire film directed by Manivannan. A sequel to ''Amaidhi Padai'' (1994), it stars Sathyaraj in his 200th film, reprising his role as Nagaraja Cholan from the original, alongside an ensemble cast including Seeman, Manivannan, his son Raghuvannan, Mrudula Murali, Komal Sharma and Varsha Ashwathi. The film, featuring music composed by James Vasanthan, was produced by Ravichandran and K. Suresh under the banner of V House Production and shot in Coimbatore and surrounding areas in one single schedule. Unlike the original, ''Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA'' opened to mixed reviews. It was Manivannan's 50th and last film as a director and actor, as he died a month after the film's release. Cast * Sathyaraj as Nagaraja Chozhan & Rajagopal * Manivannan as Ex-MLA Manimaran, the sidekick and ex-officio owner of Nagaraja's illegal properties * Seeman as a farmer and farmer rights activist * Raghuvannan as Gangaikondaan, Nagaraja's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathyaraj
Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also include works in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), ''Nadigan'' (1990), ''Amaidhi Padai'' (1994), ''Periyar (2007 film), Periyar'' (2007) and ''Onbadhu Roobai Nottu'' (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in ''Nanban (2012 film), Nanban'' (2012), Mirchi (film), ''Mirchi'' (2013), ''Raja Rani (2013 film), Raja Rani'' (2013), ''Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali'' (2015), ''Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Baahubali 2'' (2017), ''Kanaa (film), Kanaa'' (2018), and Jersey (2019 film), ''Jersey'' (2019). He was also the director of the film ''Villadhi Villain'' (1995), starring himself in three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaran (2002 Film)
''Maaran'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante crime film, directed by A. Jawahar, starring Sathyaraj, Seetha and Raghuvannan. It was released on 20 September 2002. The film was a moderate success at the box office. Plot Maaran is a clerk in the district collector's office. His life centres around his loving wife, his son, and his daughter. Soft-spoken, and a Gandhian to the hilt, Maaran does not stand by any smear on the Mahatma's name. Being a staunch patriot, he had even named his son Sudhandhiram. After topping at the state level, Sudhandhiram gets an admission in a medical college, where he is in for a rough time, ragged mercilessly by the sadistic Shivadas and his cronies. Nonetheless, Anjali falls in love with Sudhandhiram. Matters run wild when Sudhandhiram returns Shivadas's humiliations with a tight slap and defeats him in the college elections. Shivadas's humiliation makes matters even wild when Sudhandhiram pays for it with his life. Shivadas packs the corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Bharathiraja
Manoj K. Bharathi (born 11 September 1976 as Manoj Bharathiraja) is an Indian actor. He is most noted as the son of director Bharathiraja. Manoj made his acting debut with ''Taj Mahal'' in 1999. He has been the part of few Tamil movies like ''Samudhiram'' (2001), ''Kadal Pookkal'' (2001), ''Varushamellam Vasantham'' (2002), '' Pallavan'' (2003), '' Eera Nilam'' (2003), ''Annakodi'' (2013) and ''Baby'' (2015). Before becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry, Manoj worked as an assistant director. He worked as an assistant to his father in films such as ''Final Cut of Director'' (2016). Career Before becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry, Manoj worked as an assistant actor. He studied theatre arts at the University of South Florida. He made his acting debut in the 1999 Tamil film ''Taj Mahal'', directed by his father, with himself alongside Riya Sen, who was making her debut as well. Subsequently, Manoj appeared in films such as ''Samuthiram'', alongside Sarath Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal (actor)
Kunal Singh (29 September 1976 – 7 February 2008), known professionally as Kunal, was an Indian actor who mainly appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He is best known for his romantic role in Kathir's ''Kadhalar Dhinam'' (1999), which is Kunal's debut super-hit film. Career Kunal was born on 1976 in Haryana, India. He was introduced in Kathir's 1999 romantic Tamil film ''Kadhalar Dhinam'', alongside Sonali Bendre, a popular Bollywood actress that time. He played a young student who falls in love with Bendre's character over the internet. After the relative success of ''Kadhalar Dhinam'', Kunal appeared in a series of Tamil films like ''Paarvai Ondre Pothume'' (2001) and ''Punnagai Desam'' (2002). Those films were relatively successful. Then, he appeared in many flops like ''Pesadha Kannum Pesume'', ''Enge Enadhu Kavithai'' and ''Unarchigal (2005 film), Unarchigal''. Several of his later films were started and then shelved, like Nava's ''Nilavinilae'' opposite Vijayalaksh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nooravathu Naal
''Nooravathu Naal'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Manivannan. The film stars Vijayakanth, Mohan and Nalini, with Thengai Srinivasan, Janagaraj and Sathyaraj in supporting roles. It is an unofficial adaptation of the 1977 Italian giallo film '' Sette note in nero''. The film was remade in Malayalam as '' Aayiram Kannukal'' (1986) and in Hindi as '' 100 Days'' (1991). Plot Devi, a college student has a strange premonition one night of her sister being murdered. Her sister soon goes missing. After a few years, Devi meets and marries a rich businessman Ramkumar. Soon after, Devi has another vision of an unknown woman being murdered and seeks the help of her brother-in-law Raj to help her save the possible victim. Raj is reluctant to believe her story but assists her anyway. Devi also finds a decomposed body in the bungalow where she lives with Ramkumar, which she believes is her sister's based on her previous vision. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natarajan Subramaniam
Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in ''Sathuranga Vettai'' (2014). Career Born into a Tamil-speaking family, Natarajan pursued an interest in photography and quit school at 18, choosing to take up a series of odd jobs to fund his interest rather than going through college. He worked as a still photographer at weddings, and then performed as a videographer at ceremonies. He briefly assisted cinematographer B. R. Vijayalakshmi but was unable to get a break in the film industry, so chose to work on documentaries instead, before venturing into work on commercials and music videos. He shot videos of the music band Euphoria's first album, and his work was well received. He became acquainted with director Ram Gopal Varma and the pair discussed a film project which did not materialise, before he was recommende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thodakkam
''Thodakkam'' ( ''Beginning'') is a 2008 Indian Tamil language thriller film starring Raghu Vannan and Monica directed by Muthukumar. Prior to release the film was known as ''Arambam''. The film opened to poor reviews, and went unnoticed at box-office. Plot Vanchinathan (Raguvannan), Gayathri (Monica), Chindo (Abinay), Habeeb (Rishi) and Nancy (Meha Nair) have studied together from childhood. Now graduates, they plan to find opportunities abroad to earn money. The day arrives but their plans are thwarted as they find themselves in the thick of a conspiracy. Cast * Raghu Vannan as Vanchinathan * Monica as Gayathri *Abhinay as Chindo *Rishi as Habeeb *Meha Nair as Nancy *Raghuvaran * Subair Mohamed Rikas Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Jerome Pushparaj. *"Yaar Yaaro" — Gautham, Maya *"Adamin Apple" — Ranjani-Gayatri, Sathyan *"Phone Pottu" — Gana Bala *"Ethuthan Mudiyathu" — Raghuvaran *"Vaa Nanba" — Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goripalayam
''Goripalayam'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by ''Mayandi Kudumbathar'' fame Rasu Madhuravan. The film stars Vikranth, Harish, Ramakrishnan of '' Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' fame, Manivannan's son Raghuvannan, and Poongodi. The film released on 7 May 2010 to moderate responses. Plot Azhagar ( Harish), the son of a police constable, is tempted to take bad habits, seeing his father in his younger days. Azhagar, along with his friends A to Z ( Ramakrishnan), Azhagappa (Raghuvannan), and Inippu Murugan (Prakash), leads a carefree life by involving in petty crimes. Unfortunately, they hold responsibility in Viruman's (Ravi Mariya) sister's death. In a bid to take revenge on them, Viruman hires a contract killer named Paandi (Vikranth), who is in the business, only to educate his young brother. What happens after this forms the climax. Cast * Vikranth as Paandi * Harish as Azhagar * Ramakrishnan as A to Z * Raghuvannan as Azhagappan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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