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Shruthi Raj
Shruthi Raj is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films before moving on to act in Tamil TV serials. She is known for her leading roles in the popular Tamil TV serials ''Thendral'', ''Office,'' ''Azhagu'', and ''Thalattu.'' Career Shruthi co-starred as Vijay's college mate in the movie '' Maanbumigu Maanavan'' in the year 1996. Srilata, a veteran Malayalam comedy actress, passed Shruthi's photo to director K. G. George, who was on the lookout for a fresh teenager, to act alongside Mammootty and Khushbu in ''Elavamkodu Desam''. After acting in this film, she co-starred in ''Udayapuram Sulthan'' and ''Priyam''. At the same time, she also entered the Telugu market through the films '' Veedekkadi Mogudandi?'' and ''O Chinadana''. In 2004, her single lead release was ''Kadhal Dot Com.'' She went on to do lead roles in ''Manthiran'' and ''Jerry''. However, none of her movies shined at the box office and she went unn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhal Dot Com
''Kadhal Dot Com'' is a 2004 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Selvaraj. The film stars Prasanna, Anu and Shruthi Raj, while Vadivelu, S. V. Shekher and Prashanth Kharun played supporting roles. Cast * Prasanna as Vinod *Anu Sasi as Sandhya *Shruthi Raj as Priya *Vadivelu as Pichu *Ahilan * Prashanth Kharun as Guna * S. V. Shekher * Nirosha *Madhan Bob *Pandu *Sethu Vinayagam *Radhika Chaudhari in an item number. Production The film marked the debut in Tamil films for Anu, daughter of Malayalam director I. V. Sasi. Release A critic from ''The Hindu'' noted "at a time when much-hyped, hero-backed films end up being mere dampeners, a low-key film like this comes with no unsavoury loudness or lewdness, is at least a decent offering." Another critic noted "the story has predictable turnings. At times it appears as if we are watching an old film." Soundtrack The soundtrack of the film was composed by Bharathwaj Ramani Bharathwaj known professionally as Bhara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun TV (India)
SUN TV is an Indian Tamil-language General entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 14 April 1993. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun TV Network. It was founded and is owned by Kalanithi Maran. It was started airing on open network (Antenna) on 14 July 2002 at the time of ''Majunu" Tamil movie premiering. Then it was removed from this open network on 2005. It was also removed from free on 9 November 2007. Sun TV launched its HD version on 11 December 2011. Since its inception, the channel consistently remains the top rated Tamil channel and one of the top rated Indian television channel. History Sun TV is the flagship channel of Sun TV Network which started on the Tamil New Year, 14 April 1993. It started off with a four and a half hour programming per day on a time sharing agreement with ATN. However, in January 1997 it became 24 hours programming channel. Sun TV was listed on the Bombay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil (language)
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyakkam
''Iyakkam'' () is a 2008 Tamil language action film produced, written and directed by Sanjay Ram. The film stars newcomer Rishi Kumar, Shruthi Raj and Sujibala, with Sanjay Ram, Sudhakar Vasanth, R. Sundarrajan, Chitti Babu, M. S. Bhaskar and Poovilangu Mohan playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Pravin Mani and was released on 25 April 2008. Plot In Chennai, two high-profile figures are killed and the police commissioner Muthu Kali takes charge of the case. From here, the film is narrated in a non-linear plot. Nallathambi moves in a slum in Chennai and poses as an orphan. He then meets the soft-spoken Sarasu and saved her from a local don who harassed her to marry him, Sarasu falls in love with Nallathambi. Nallathambi then shoots dead an advocate in his office. During his escape, Muthu Kali shoots Nallathambi in the leg and his prosthetic leg fell off. Muthu Kali finds out that three victims grew up in an orphanage, a team were behind the murders and the ... [...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] |
War And Love
''War and Love'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language war film directed by Vinayan and starring Dileep, Prabhu, Laila, Mukesh Rishi, Kalabhavan Mani and Siddique. Captain Raju had a major accident on the sets of this film. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Kalam''. Plot The film begins with Major Rajendran ( Suresh Krishna) being killed by Pakistani terrorists on the Indo-Pakistan border and the war between India and Pakistan begins. The Pakistani Army led by General Jaffer Khan (Mukesh Rishi) sends a battalion to capture a village on the Indian side of the Line of Control. The Indian Army Brigadier Nair (Captain Raju) sends the Madras Regiment to recapture the village. The Madras Regiment contains Lt.Col Sharath Chandran (Prabhu), Captain Gopinath (Dileep), Major Prabhakar ( Sai Kumar), Captain Kabir ( Siddique), Captain Vijayan (Vijayaraghavan), Havildar Kurian (Jagadish), Private Basheer (Kalabhavan Mani), Naik Haneefa, Havildar Prashanthan, Naik Kunjunni (Machan Varghese), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhosth (2001 Malayalam Film)
''Dhosth'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Thulasidas. Kunchacko Boban and Dileep share the title role with Kavya Madhavan, Jagathy Sreekumar and Kalabhavan Mani in supporting roles. It is a Malayalam remake of Tamil film '' Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' (1998). Plot Vijay (Kunchako Boban), a rich guy, meets a girl Geethu (Kavya Madhavan) in the Coimbatore railway station while travelling to Chennai to enroll in an engineering college. It is love at first sight for Vijay. Ajith (Dileep) also studies in the same college where Vijay joins and initially both Vijay and Ajith get off on the wrong foot. Geethu is Ajith's sister and without knowing that Vijay conveys his love to her but Geethu does not appear interested and keeps her distance from him. One day, Vijay saves Ajith's life from a few thugs. After this, they put their differences aside, and become very close friends. On one occasion, Ajith's mother insults Vijay when he comes over and ups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaman (1998 Film)
''Andaman'' is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by P. H. Vishwanath. The film starred Shiva Rajkumar and Soni. Shiv Rajkumar's daughter Niveditha made her acting debut featuring in a prominent role and won the Karnataka State Film Award for her performance. The film had a musical score by Hamsalekha and was jointly produced by Padmalatha. Plot Monisha and Anand are a happily married couple with a child, Chummi. But a small misunderstanding leads to their divorce leaving Anand pining for his daughter's affection. Though Chummy wants to stay with her father but Monisha wants none of it. It is revealed that Monisha's friend Aravind is responsible for creating misunderstanding between the couple for not being able to marry Monisha whom he is in love with since childhood. In the end, Aravind gets killed by falling off from elevator and the couple gets united. Cast * Shiva Rajkumar as Anand * Soni as Monisha * Sumanth as Aravind * Niveditha Shiva Rajk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ini Ellam Sugame
''Ini Ellam Sugame'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Abbas, Sanghavi and Shruthi Raj, with R. Sundarrajan, Jai Ganesh and K. R. Vatsala playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Valliyammai Azhagappan, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 18 March 1998. Plot Aravind ( Abbas) comes to Chennai to participate in a singing competition. During the competition, Aravind falls in love at first sight with the female spectator Nandhini (Sanghavi) so does she. He eventually wins the first prize. Aravind and Nandhini want to meet each other and express their feelings. Aravind decides to stay in Chennai to find Nandhini. Meanwhile, he befriends the clever Chennaite Mani ( R. Sundarrajan) and his neighbour Nirmala (Shruthi Raj). Nandhini is the boss of an advertising company. Later, he is hired as a model in her company but Aravind and Nandhini don't express their love. With Aravind's help, Nirmala is also hired in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrajan
''Agrajan'' is a 1995 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Manoj K. Jayan and Ganesh Kumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. Plot The story is set on the backdrop of the rivalry between top two newspaper companies in Kerala. P T Joseph (Nedumudi Venu) of Kerala Bhoomi is set to venture into strongholds of Kairali lead by Govindan Nair (Thilakan) by opening a new edition. This escalates the tensions between the two. While Kerala Bhoomi is the number one in circulation, Kairali has more financial assets and influence thanks to their diversified investments including cargo transport. Govindan, though a paraplegic due to a recent stroke is the tactician and is assisted by his sons Madhavan (N F Varghese) and Raju (Shammy Thilakan), an apparent business degree holder from USA. The Kairali family arranges a hit and run to kill Joseph. Joseph's car is hit by a truck driven by Govindan's henchmen seriously injuring the newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
