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Rendu
''Rendu'' () a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Sundar C and produced by Khushbu. The film stars Madhavan in dual lead roles, with Reema Sen and Anushka Shetty (in her Tamil film debut) as the lead actresses. Vadivelu, Santhanam and Bhagyaraj also appear in supporting roles alongside a large ensemble cast. ''Rendu'', which featured music composed by D. Imman, released on 24 November 2006. Plot Shakti is a young man from a village with no job but much ambition and dreams. As he sees his life pass him by, stuck in a rut in his hometown, he decides that he will try his fortunes elsewhere. Chennai beckons him and off goes Shakti to join his uncle Kirikalan, who has a stall of magic tricks at an exhibition. Kirikalan is not really a magician, but poses as one, and his amateurish tricks don't exactly bring in big crowds. Next door to Shakti and Kirikalam's stall though, is one ever-populated with visitors. The reason: it is an all-girls stand, with mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reemma Sen
Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress and model who primarily appeared in Bengali theatre films, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Early life and education Sen was born in Kolkata on 29 October 1981. She completed high school from St. Thomas Girls School in Kidderpore, Kolkata, after which her family moved to Mumbai. Personal life Reema Sen married businessman Shiv Karan Singh in 2012. She gave birth to their son, Rudraveer, on 22 February 2013. Career Film and modelling career In Mumbai, she began her modelling career, appearing in a number of advertising campaigns. She then moved to films and made her acting debut with Telugu film '' Chitram'', in which she acted opposite Uday Kiran, whom she later paired with in '' Manasantha Nuvve''. She also appeared in the Tamil film '' Minnale'' alongside Madhavan, which was very successful. Her first Hindi film ''Hum Ho Gaye Aapke'' flopped, and she decided to continue working in Tamil cinema. Her appearance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reema Sen
Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress and model who primarily appeared in Bengali theatre films, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Early life and education Sen was born in Kolkata on 29 October 1981. She completed high school from St. Thomas Girls School in Kidderpore, Kolkata, after which her family moved to Mumbai. Personal life Reema Sen married businessman Shiv Karan Singh in 2012. She gave birth to their son, Rudraveer, on 22 February 2013. Career Film and modelling career In Mumbai, she began her modelling career, appearing in a number of advertising campaigns. She then moved to films and made her acting debut with Telugu film '' Chitram'', in which she acted opposite Uday Kiran, whom she later paired with in '' Manasantha Nuvve''. She also appeared in the Tamil film '' Minnale'' alongside Madhavan, which was very successful. Her first Hindi film ''Hum Ho Gaye Aapke'' flopped, and she decided to continue working in Tamil cinema. Her appearance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundar C
Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil language, Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist. His notable films include ''Ullathai Allitha'' (1996), ''Arunachalam (film), Arunachalam'' (1997), ''Unnai Thedi'' (1999), ''Anbe Sivam'' (2003), ''Winner (2003 film), Winner'' (2003), ''Giri (film), Giri'' (2004), ''Kalakalappu'' (2012), ''Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru'' (2013), ''Aranmanai'' (2014), ''Aambala'' (2015) and ''Kalakalappu 2'' (2018). Sundar C is one of the few directors who directed Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan (in ''Arunachalam (film), Arunachalam'' (1997) and ''Anbe Sivam'' (2003), respectively. He took a short break from direction, after his initial launch as an actor in 2006, with the film ''Thalai Nagaram'', which became a commercial success. He returned to direction with his trade mark comedy roller coaster in the movie ''Kalakalap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasad Murella
Prasad Murella is an Indian film cinematographer, who mainly works for Telugu cinema. He started his career in the Tamil film industry. Personal life He was born in Vijayawada where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to Chennai and assisted many cinematographers, such as Ravi Yadav and D. Shanker. Career He started his career with the Tamil film '' Azhagana Naatkal'' directed by Sundar C. in 2000. Later he made his debut in Telugu with the film ''Venky'', directed by Srinu Vaitla in 2004, and shot another film called '' Chanti'' in the same year. He went back to Tamil films in 2004 with '' Devathayai Kanden'' and was there until the year 2006 working for the films '' Chinna'' and ''Rendu''. In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film ''Dhee'' and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for the film ''Namo Venkatesa''. It is an award giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Singh
Bala Singh (7 May 195227 November 2019) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Nassar's '' Avatharam'' (1995), he appeared as the antagonist in over a hundred films. Early life and career Bala Singh was born in Kaliyakkavilai, near Marthandam in Kanyakumari District. Bala Singh initially began his career featuring in stage plays and trained with the National School of Drama, before being handed his first film role in Nassar's '' Avatharam'' (1995). He played the role of the chief antagonist, Baasi, an expelled troupe member and won critical acclaim for his performance in the film. He has since played supporting roles in films directed by Shankar, Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan, often playing the role of villain. In 2009, he played a lead role of a grandfather in ''Vannathupoochi'', in a film which explored the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren. Death On 27 November 2019, he died at Chennai due to Cardiac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avni Cinemax
Avni Cinemax also known as Avni Movies and also Avni Telemedia is an Indian film production and distribution company owned by Kushboo and her husband Sundar C. The company was named by the starting letter of their daughter's name Avanthika. The company was established in 2004. History Kushboo made her debut as a film producer through the action drama film '' Giri'' (2004) directed by her husband Sundar C and featuring Arjun, Reemma Sen and Divya Spandana in the lead roles. The film performed well at the box office, prompting her to carry on as a producer and she next made '' Rendu'', a comedy drama featuring Madhavan in the lead role. In 2016, a partner group from the parent Avni Groups company called Avni Movies produced the film, ''Hello Naan Pei Pesuren'', with Sundar C Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil language, Tamil and acted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viswanathan Ravichandran
V. Ravichandran, is an Indian film producer and distributor in Chennai, India. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, Aascar Films Pvt. Ltd. Ravichandran started his venture in 1998 with the co-production of ''Kadhalukku Mariyadhai''. He went on to produce many large-scale Tamil language films and distribute a number of English films across South India. Early life He was born in Vellore and completed his graduation from Voorhees College, Vellore. His brothers own smaller production companies, Celebrity Pictures and Viswas Pictures. He started distributing films since he was 16 years old as he was the son of a leading distributor in Vellore. Career Prior to making his name as a film producer, Ravichandran had been a leading film distributor in Tamil cinema since the late 1970s and gained attention through the distribution of Jackie Chan films across Tamil Nadu. Ravichandran made his debut as a producer in cinema through Fazil's romantic dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thambi Ramaiah
Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Maniyaar Kudumbam'' (2018). Career Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates. He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasi Viswanathan
Kasivishwanathan (born 28 January 1968) is an Indian film editor, who has worked on Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films. Career Kasivishwanathan entered films hoping to work as a cinematographer but failed to get opportunities, prompting him to work as an assistant to Malayalam editor K. Narayanan. He later moved on to work as an associate editor in films like ''Thevar Magan'' (1992) and '' Kuruthipunal'' (1996). He later apprenticed under A. Sreekar Prasad in films of several languages including Oriya, Sinhalese and Kannada. He made his debut as an editor with Kamal Haasan's ''Aalavandhan'' (2001), experimenting with techniques involving animation and motion capture cameras, before also working on the romantic comedy, '' Pammal K. Sambandam'' (2002). His work on his first film won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor. Kasi Viswanthan subsequently went on to collaborate as an editor in several of Prakash Raj's productions with Duet Movies. He has since reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Aria
Nikita Aria Palekar also known as Supriya, is an Indian television presenter, creative director, model, actress, Veejay, western jazz, ballet, contemporary and classical dancer. She hosted several TV shows & live events, modeled in commercials and acted in prime time TV soaps, corporate and feature films in various languages. Television shows (TV presenter) Television Soaps Filmography See also * List of Indian film actresses This is an alphabetical list of notable Indian film actresses. A * Aaditi Pohankar * Aahana Kumra * Aakanksha Singh * Aamna Sharif * Aanchal Munjal * Aarathi * Aarti Agarwal * Aarti Chhabria * Aashka Goradia * Abhirami * Adah Sharma ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Aria, Nikita Living people Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian film actresses Indian voice actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Female models from Mumbai Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Mumbai 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neelu
R. Neelakantan (20 July 1936 – 10 May 2018), best known by his stage name Neelu, was an Indian actor known for his comedy and supporting role performances in Tamil cinema, television and theatre. He has acted in over 7,000 plays and 160 films. He died on 10 May 2018 in Chennai. Career Neelu started acting in school plays from school days, continuing through his college days at Vivekananda College. He along with Ambi (Cho Ramaswamy's brother) and Narayanasamy started Viveka Fine Arts. He acted in plays like ''Muhammad bin Tughluq'', ''Endru Thaniyum Indha Sudandira Dhaagam'', ''Quo Vadis'', ''Unmayae Un Vilai Enna?'', ''Yarukkum Vetkamillai''. In 1966 he made his film debut ''Aayiram Poi'' directed by Muktha Srinivasan. He has acted in plays along with Crazy Mohan, Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anushka Shetty
Sweety Shetty (born 7 November 1981), known by her stage name Anushka Shetty, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of Three Filmfare Awards South, Two Nandi Award, and One Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Having appeared in 47 films, she is one of the highest-paid South Indian actresses and is popularly referred as ''Lady Superstar'' of South Indian cinema. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Telugu film ''Super'', which garnered her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress – Telugu nomination. The following year, she starred in S. S. Rajamouli's blockbuster hit ''Vikramarkudu''. Her further releases '' Lakshyam'' (2007), ''Souryam'' (2008), and ''Chintakayala Ravi'' (2008) were also box office successes. In 2009, Shetty played dual roles in the Telugu dark fantasy film '' Arundhati'', which led her to her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu, and Nandi Award. The following year, Shetty's portrayal o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
