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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] |
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Hindi film director after David Dhawan. He was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films. Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade. In 2013, he announced that ''Rangrezz'' would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema. His most notable films include ''Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu'', ''Thalavattam'', ''Vellanakalude Nadu'', ''Chith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyothika
Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.Jo Jo Jyothika ... – Jyothika – Suriya – Tamil Movie News Behindwoods.com (18 October 2012). Retrieved 12 December 2012. She has also acted in some , , and |
Tabu (actress)
Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), credited as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Telugu, Tamil and English films. Regarded as one of the most accomplished actresses in Hindi cinema, she has often played troubled women, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards (including a record four Best Actress (Critics)), and two Filmfare Awards South. In 2011, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian honour.Padma Awards Announced Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2011 Tabu had her first credited role as a teenager in |
Manasi Scott
Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, songwriter, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her live performances and for composing "Khatti Meethi" for Sanjay Gupta's '' Acid Factory''. In 2018, she played the female protagonist in ALTBalaji's web series '' Baby Come Naa'' as Sophie opposite Shreyas Talpade. Early life Manasi is known as a multi talented personality. She made national level recognition as a singer while she was studying in eighth standard. After obtaining a degree in mass communications from the St. Xavier College, she also did a course on TV and Film production. She kick-started her professional singing career with the popular Pune rock band Dark Water Fixation, which also paved way to get her first break in Tamil composer Vidyasagar's '' Snehithiye''. The song was "Othaiyadi Pathaile" and the film directed by Priyadarshan turned out to a box office hit. Manasi also played an important supporting role in the film and her character's name was Nancy. ''Snehithiye'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchitra (actress)
Suchitra Murali, commonly known by her stage name Suchitra, is an Indian actress. Debuting in a lead role with the 1990 film ''No.20 Madras Mail'' at the age of 14, she has appeared mostly in Malayalam films as well as a few films in Tamil. Personal life Suchitra is born to Karunakaran and Usha. She has a sister Sumitra and a brother Deepu Karunakaran, who works as a director. She had her primary education from Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum. Suchitra became a mainstream actress at a very young age when she was cast as the heroine in the film ''No.20 Madras Mail''. She left the industry after her marriage to Murali in March 2002. The couple has a daughter Neha and are settled in U.S. She has opened a dance school there called "Naatya Graha Dance Academy". Career Suchitra, who debuted as a heroine in the film ''No.20 Madras Mail'' did numerous films in Malayalam in the 90s, mostly with heroes like Mammooty, Mohanlal, Mukesh, Jagadeesh and Siddique. Widely regarded as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharati Achrekar
Bharati Achrekar is an Indian Marathi and Hindi theatre, film and television actress. She has been a part of several films in Indian cinema and was celebrated as Mrs Wagle from the doordarshan show, ''Wagle ki Duniya''. She is currently starring as Radhika Wagle in Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey. Career Bharati made her acting debut with a Hindi drama Apne Paraye, directed by Basu Chatterjee. The series is based on the 1917 Bengali novel, Nishkriti written by Sarat Chandra. Filmography Films Television * ''Aa Bel Mujhe Maar'' Hindi * ''Kachchi Dhoop'' (1987) * ''Wagle Ki Duniya'' (1988) as Radhika Wagle * ''Shrimati Sharma Na Kehti Thi'' Hindi * ''Teri Bhi Chup Meri Bhi Chup'' Hindi * '' Lapataganj'' (2009–2014) - as Saas of Mukundi lal * ''Chidiya Ghar'' (2011–2017) - as Billo Bua * '' Sumit Sambhal Lega'' (2015–2016) - as Dolly Walia (Sumit's mother) * '' Main Kab Saas Banoongi'' (2008–2009) as Saraswati * ''Siya Ke Ram'' (2015–2016) * ''Son Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ila Arun
Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk and folk-pop singer. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood movies such as ''Lamhe'', ''Jodhaa Akbar'', ''Shaadi Ke Side Effects'' and '' Begum Jaan''. Personal life Arun was born on 15 March 1954 in Jodhpur in Rajasthan. She hails from Jaipur . She is the sister of Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey. Her mother name is Bhagwati Pandey. Ila Arun is the mother of actress Ishita Arun. Playback singing Arun has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few South Indian languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song to date has been " Choli Ke Peeche" sung along with Alka Yagnik for the film ''Khalnayak'' starring Madhuri Dixit, for which they won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. Another song which she is famous for is "Ghup Chup" from the film ''Karan Arjun''. She also is well known for her song "Morni Baaga Ma Bole" accompanied with Lata Mangeshkar, in the movie ''Lamhe'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadivukkarasi
Vadivukkarasi is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' (1978) and has acted in more than 350 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam and 40 television serials in Tamil. Film director A. P. Nagarajan is her maternal uncle. Personal life Vadivukarasi's maternal uncle is director A. P. Nagarajan, and was named after his film '' Vadivukku Valai Kappu''. She has one daughter Padmapriya. Career Vadivukarasi's first job was as a primary school teacher. Due to her struggling family situation she chose to do different jobs. She made her debut in Tamil film ''Sigappu Rojakkal''. Her first movie was ''Kanni Paruvathile.'' She has played various characters, playing the lead, supporting as well as antagonistic roles. In the early 2000s, she started acting in television serials''.'' She has done 350 movies and featured in more than 40 television serials. Filmography Tamil * ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' (1978) - Debut Film * ''Shri Kanchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shari (actress)
Sadhana better known by her stage name Shari is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress from 1982 to 1995 in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. Personal life Sadhana was born to Subramaniam and Lakshmi Devi in Andhra Pradesh. She is a trained classical dancer who learned Bharata Natyam from Padma Subrahmanyam and Kuchipudi from Vempati Chinna Satyam. She had her primary education from Saraswathi Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai. She is the grand daughter of famous Kannada actress B. Ramadevi. She married Kumar, a businessman, in 1991. They have a daughter, Kalyani born in 1996. She resides with her family in Chennai. Career She rose to fame after ''Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal'' (1986'')''. She received a Kerala State film award for the same. In the Tamil industry, she is known as ''Sadhana.'' She received her first offer in a supporting role in '' Hitler Umanath'' in 1982 where she played Sivaji Ganesan's daughter. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepti Bhatnagar
Deepti Bhatnagar (born 30 September 1967) is a former Indian actress and model who worked predominantly in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu films. Her first film role came in Sanjay Gupta's ''Ram Shastra''. She has also appeared in the Telugu film, ''Pelli Sandadi'', the American film, ''Inferno'' and the Bollywood film, '' Mann''. Early life Bhatnagar was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She Went to school in Delhi and attended Meerut University. She moved to Mumbai in 1992 to identify a good ad agency to promote her handicrafts factory in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Career In 1992, Bhatnagar was promoting her handicrafts in Mumbai, when she got an opportunity to sign for an ad agency to model for the Roopmilan saris' press ad and after that ad she signed 12 more campaigns. She had given up her interest in running the handicraft factory and entered into the professional modeling world. She won the Eves Weekly contest in 1990. Soon afterwards, she was modeling in Singapore for vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jomol
Jomol (; born 1 January 1981), also known as Gauri is an Indian actress, known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and National Film Award - Special Mention for her role in ''Ennu Swantham Janakikutty'' (1996). Early life Gauri Chandrashekar Pillai was born as Jomol John to K. A. John and Alphonsa at Kodenchery in Kozhikode district. Her father was an entrepreneur and her mother was a nurse in Saudi Arabia. Career She is an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam films. She has had major roles in films like ''Niram'', ''Piriyadha Varam Vendum'' and ''Deepasthambham Mahascharyam''. In 1997, she won the Kerala State Film Award for best actress for her role in ''Ennu Swantham Janakikutty'' and also a special jury mention from the National Film Awards. Personal life Jomol married Chandrashekar Pillai in 2002, after converting to Hinduism and changed her name to Gauri Chandrashekar Pillai. The couple have 2 daughters. Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manju Pillai
Manju Pillai (born 11 May 1976) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She is best known for portraying comedic roles, but has also played character roles. She has won the Kerala State Television Award for Kerala State Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in two consecutive years (2001 and 2002). In 2007, she played one of the female lead roles in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's drama film ''Naalu Pennungal''. Manju is the granddaughter of Malayalam film actor S. P. Pillai.Manju received huge acclaim for her performance in the 2021 film Home. Personal life Manju Pillai is the granddaughter of Malayalam film actor S. P. Pillai. She did her undergraduate studies from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum. She was married to Malayalam cine-serial artist Mukundan Menon & was later divorced. She married cinematographer Sujith Vaassudev on 23 December 2000. They have a daughter Daya Sujith.https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/malayalam/a-quick-look-at-the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
