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Shanthi Williams
Shanthi Williams is an Indian film and television actress who has played supporting roles in various Tamil and Malayalam movies and serials. Career Williams came into the industry as a child artist at the age of 12. Williams started her acting in 1970 with the film, ''Vietnam Veedu''. She started doing television serials from 1999, playing second lead and supporting roles. She is best known for her role as the traditional mother in the serial Metti Oli. She was awarded the Best Actress in a negative role by director K. Balachander for her performance in Thendral where she played Tamizharasu's mother. She has acted in many Tamil and Malayalam films as well as serials. Personal life Shanthi Williams was born at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Malayali parents. She married a Malayali cameraman J. Williams in 1979. They have 4 children. Filmography Tamil * Madhana Maaligai (1976) *Uyarndhavargal (1977) *General Chakravarthi (1978) - * Manthoppu Kiliye (1979) - Lakshmi * Panam Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moodu Pani
''Moodu Pani'' ( en, The Mist, italic=yes) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. Starring his then wife Shoba and Pratap, with N. Viswanathan, Ganthimathi, Mohan and Bhanu Chander in supporting roles, it is based on two novels: ''Idhuvum Oru Viduthalai Thaan'' (1978) by Rajendra Kumar, and ''The Collector'' (1963) by John Fowles. The film follows Chandru (Pratap), who has a strong hatred towards prostitutes and would kill any such woman he encounters. He falls in love with Rekha (Shoba) and believes marrying her will end his psychological distress. ''Moodu Pani'' was the third directorial venture of Mahendra and his second in Tamil after '' Azhiyatha Kolangal'' (1979). It also marked Mohan's debut in Tamil cinema, and the last film Shoba acted in before her death. Principal photography took place between January and April 1980, mostly in Udupi, Bangalore and Ooty. The film's similarities to Alfred Hitchcock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennin Manathai Thottu
''Pennin Manathai Thottu'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Ezhil. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Jaya Seal, with Sarathkumar in a guest appearance. Produced by Kaja Mydeen, the film was released on 7 July 2000 to positive reviews and became a commercial success. Plot Sunil is one of the leading heart surgeons in India. He lives with Ganpat, who is also a doctor and is loved by everyone in the family. Sunitha arrives with a kid who has a heart problem to the hospital. But she is shocked seeing Sunil there and lashes out when she learns he is the doctor who is about to treat the kid. The movie goes for a flashback. Sunil's brother Balaram is a thug but does not want his brother to follow his footsteps, therefore sends him away to study. Sunitha and Sunil are classmates in a medical college and they both fall in love. Sunil expresses his wish of marrying Sunitha to Bala, for which he accepts. Meanwhile, Sunitha goes back to her villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snegithiye
''Snegithiye'' () is a 2000 Tamil-language mystery thriller film directed by Priyadarshan. The film notably features only female characters, played by Tabu, Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherjee and Ishita Arun. Music was composed by Vidyasagar. The film, released in 2000, proved to be an average grosser at the box office but bagged positive reviews from critics. Originally planned to be made as a bilingual, in Tamil and in Malayalam, the film released first in Tamil only, while the Malayalam version, ''Raakilipattu'', as well as the dubbed Hindi version, ''Friendship'', released seven years later. The film's story is loosely based on the 1999 Marathi film ''Bindhaast'' written by Chandrakant Kulkarni. Plot Best friends Vani "Vasu" Subramaniyam and Radhika are carefree pranksters at a prestigious ladies' college in Chennai. They stay up late, break rules and wreak havoc at their hostel, much to their lecturers' annoyance. They also form a rivalry against Gita, the college queen bee. Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaanavil
''Vaanavil'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced by Guru Films and directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Arjun, Abhirami and Prakash Raj in lead roles. The film released to mixed reviews, but performed well at the box office. Plot Surya ( Arjun) a farmer's son from Madurai, J. Prakash ( Prakash Raj) the only son of a billionaire industrialist and Priya ( Abhirami) an Ooty-based tea estate heiress board a train to Delhi as strangers, in the Chennai central station. They get seats next to each other and introduce themselves to one another. As a coincidence, they get to know that all 3 of them have passed the UPSC exams with high ranks, and are going to Delhi for phase-4 of their Civil Service training and become friends. During the course of the training, Surya loves Priya, whereas Prakash lusts after her. While Surya's dad Manivannan and Priya's family visit the trio in Agra, Prakash reveals to Priya's mom about his desire to marry Priya. At the same time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unakkaga Mattum
''Unakkaga Mattum'' () is a 2000 Tamil language drama film directed by Chinni Jayanth, making his directorial debut. The film stars himself, newcomer Adhithya, newcomer Poonam and Ramji. The film, produced by Jayasree Narayanan, had musical score by newcomer Bobby Shankar, Shankar's son (of the duo Shankar–Ganesh) and was released in 2000 to negative reviews. Plot Subramani (Adhitya), a timid and rich Brahmin boy, falls in love with Lakshmi (Poonam), a poor girl. Raja (Chinni Jayanth), a rich drunkard, joins the college. Raja falls for Lakshmi but later withdraws, and he is content to remain her good friend. Subramani begins to suspect the relationship between Raja and Lakshmi. Subramani becomes a drunkard, although Raja stops drinking alcohol. Cast *Chinni Jayanth as Raja *Adhitya as Subramani *Poonam as Lakshmi * Ramji as Guru *Vinu Chakravarthy *Pandu as a professor *Laxmi Rathan as Subramani's father *Sathyapriya as Lakshmi's mother * Kavitha *Shanthi Williams as Mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi (1999 Film)
''Jodi'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Praveen Gandhi and produced by Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Simran in the lead roles, with Vijayakumar, Nassar and Srividya in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman, featuring music reused from his own earlier soundtrack for the Hindi film ''Doli Saja Ke Rakhna,'' except for the song ''Oru Poiyavathu''. Due to Rahman's unavailability, Praveen Gandhi signed Sabesh–Murali to quickly compose the background score. The film was the 25th film of Prashanth. The film was released on 9 September 1999. It opened to positive reviews and became a commercial success. A reviewer noted that "the director's light-veined screenplay keeps the movie moving at a good pace". The film was remade in Kannada in 2006 as '' Sajni''. Plot Kannan is a young music shop employee. He dreams of a girl who wears gold anklets and decides to find her. One day, he sees the feet of a running girl, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suyamvaram
''Suyamvaram'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film starring an ensemble cast from actors in the Tamil film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry. The film was planned by Giridharilal Nagpal who produced and wrote the film's story and brought together 14 major directors, 19 cinematographers and over thirty leading actors in the Tamil film industry. The film also holds the Guinness World Record for casting the most stars in a film and also for being the quickest ever feature-length film made, with filming being completed in 23 hours and 58 minutes. The film released on 16 July 1999, to positive reviews from critics, praising the intentions of the makers. Plot Kuselan ( Vijayakumar) and his wife Suseela (Manjula Vijayakumar) are the heads of a large family which consists of their three sons - Arunachalam (Sathyaraj), Aavudaiyappan (Prabhu) and Indiran ( Abbas) - and six daughters - Urvashi ( Rambha), Easwari (Roja), Uma ( Kasthuri), Aishwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sollamale
''Sollamale'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sasi, who made his directorial debut with the film. The film stars Livingston and Kausalya while Karan, Vivek, Anand, and Prakash Raj play supporting roles. The film opened in July 1998 to positive reviews and became a box office success. It was later remade Telugu as '' Seenu'' (1999) and in Hindi as '' Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai'' (2002). It was also dubbed into Hindi as ''Dil Faink''. Plot Nataraj is an honest, not-too-good-looking, village artist who comes to the city to find a job. He ends up being a banner artist. Shweta is a US citizen who loves India and its culture and stays with her relatives to learn Bharatnatyam. She is a soft-natured, loving girl who loves to help people in distress but cannot stand it if anyone lies or cheats. Initially when these two meet, she mistakes Nataraj to be a mute and pities him. Shweta's occasional friendlier association with Nataraj, in the means of helpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaadhale Nimmadhi
''Kaadhale Nimmadhi'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Indhran. The film stars Suriya, Murali, Jeevitha Sharma and Sangeetha. Raadhika, Manivannan and Nassar also play significant roles in the film, while Deva composed the film's soundtrack. Plot Kavitha, who is part of a large family, is to be married to Chandramohan, a lawyer. Kavita was playing with a little girl while Chandru is seen capturing photos of statues. Kavitha's brother (Nassar), who wrongly assumes both of them to be in love with each other, starts hitting Chandru. The whole family suspects Kavitha for falling in love and refuses to believe her explanation. When Kavitha disappears from home, her family assumes Chandru of abducting her and gets him arrested. Chandramohan fights on behalf of Chandru with Kavitha revealing the actual reason. Chandramohan advises Kavitha's family to get her married to Chandru, to which they accept. Cast * Murali as Chandramohan * Suriya as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aahaa Enna Porutham
''Aahaa Enna Porutham'' () is a 1997 Tamil-language comedy film directed by C. Ranganathan. The film stars Ramki, Goundamani and Sanghavi. The film, produced by K. Balu, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 September 1997 to mixed reviews. Plot Kunju Gounder (Balu Anand) is a respected village chief, he seeks his missed son (Senthil). Panju Gounder, worked as a servant in Kunju Gounder's house and married his sister. Now, Panju Gounder (Pandu) tries hard to be respected by the villagers. Raja (Ramki) and his friend (Goundamani) are fraud. Raja attempts to make himself out to be Kunju Gounder's son and falls in love with Kunju Gounder's daughter Sinthamani (Sanghavi). Cast *Ramki as Raja *Goundamani *Sanghavi as Sinthamani *Senthil as Jack-an-Jill *Balu Anand as Kunju Gounder *Pandu as Panju Gounder *Sindhu as Subbu, Kunju Gounder's wife *Jyothi Meena * Kavitha *Shanthi Williams as Mangalam *K. S. Jayalakshmi as Jack-an-Jill's mother *Singamuthu *Omakuchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizhakku Mugam
''Kizhakku Mugam'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. Anna Thurai, starring Karthik and newcomer Reshma. The film, produced by P. Govindaraj and M. Thangavel, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 15 January 1996 alongside Karthik's another film ''Ullathai Allitha''. Plot Venu and his friend Mukka work at the graveyard. Venu has a mother and a sister called Sindhamani, a studious student. Poongodi, daughter of the village president, eve-teases Sindhamani. Venu orders to Poongodi to stop it immediately and Poongodi decides to revenge Venu. They have some quarrels. Nagaraj, Poongodi's uncle and a smuggler, wants to marry his niece Poongodi. After Poongodi's puberty ceremony, she changes her behaviour and shows sympathy for Venu. The village president doesn't seem to care about caste or money, so he united many lovers. One day, Nagaraj steals the god status at the temple but Venu beats up the henchmen and he brings back the status. The village's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |