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Soundararajan (cinematographer)
Soundar Rajan is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. Early life Soundar Rajan was born in Uthiramerur, Tamil Nadu to Saranathan and Chandra. His childhood days were spent in Kancheepuram. He graduated with Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications from Loyola College. Career Soundar Rajan completed a degree in Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai before approaching P. C. Sreeram for work experience. Sreeram recommended him to K. V. Anand, who accepted him as an assistant, and they subsequently worked on films including ''Nerukku Ner'' (1997), ''Mudhalvan'' (1999) and ''Josh'' (2000), before continuing as an apprentice till ''Khakee'' (2004). Soundar Rajan made his debut as a lead cinematographer with ''Sukran'' (2005), before going on to work on ''Kana Kandaen'' (2005), directed by his mentor K. V. Anand. He was also given an opportunity by director Shankar to shoot Chimbu Deven's ''Arai En 305-il Kadavul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimbu Deven
Chimbu Devan is an Indian film director also known as a writer, cartoonist, and screenwriter. His films mostly explore the fantasy and historical genres and also comedy. He debuted with the historical comedy-drama film Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi. Career Deven started his career as an assistant director on Cheran's 2000 film ''Vetri Kodi Kattu''. His first independent direction opportunity came from S Pictures with the 2006 film ''Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei''. When the plot was pitched to director S. Shankar, the latter was interested and agreed to collaborate with Deven. His second film was the 2008 fantasy comedy ''Arai En 305-il Kadavul'', which starred Santhanam and Ganja Karuppu as the leads. His third movie, 2010's western comedy ''Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam'', starred Raghava Lawrence and Padmapriya as the leads. In 2015, Deven wrote and directed ''Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum'', starring Arulnithi. Then '' Puli'', starring Vijay in the lead role and Sudeep p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharth Chandrasekhar
Siddhartha or Siddharth is the birth name of the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha. Siddhartha may also refer to: Books * Siddhartha (novel), ''Siddhartha'' (novel), about a fictional contemporary of the Buddha, by Hermann Hesse Film and TV * Siddhartha (1972 film), ''Siddhartha'' (1972 film), a 1972 American film * Sidhartha (1998 film), ''Sidhartha'' (1998 film), a 1998 Indian Malayalam film * Siddharth (2013 film), ''Siddharth'' (2013 film), a 2013 Indian-Canadian film * Siddhartha (2015 film), ''Siddhartha'' (2015 film), a 2015 Indian Kannada film Music * Siddharta (band), a Slovenian rock band * Siddhartha (band), an American rock band * Siddhartha (Nørgård), ''Siddhartha'' (opera), opera by Per Nørgård * Siddhartha (Vivier), ''Siddhartha'' (1976), orchestral suite by Claude Vivier (1948-1983) * Siddhartha (musical), ''Siddhartha'' (musical), a 2007 original production by Chu Un Temple and BLIA Cebu * "Siddhartha", a song by Jerry Cantrell on the album ''Degradation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bale Pandiya (2010 Film)
''Bale Pandiya'' () is a 2010 Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar. It stars Vishnu Vishal and Piaa Bajpai in the lead roles. The film was released on 3 September 2010 with mixed reviews. The movie is based on the 1990 movie ''I Hired a Contract Killer''. Plot Contract killer AKP (R. Amarendran) and his two sidekicks (one of which is a driver that does a full 360-degree flip from the car window and opens the door, allowing AKP to exit from the passenger seat) arrive at a club. The group walks into the club and starts showing their power before reaching their table. A finger with a ring is placed on the table. Pandian (Vishnu Vishal) considers himself unlucky. All his efforts to come up in life end on the wrong side. He approaches AKP and urges to kill him. A shocked AKP is initially hesitant. Soon, he decides to give him some time. Hence, he gives Pandian some money and entrusts him with the job of turning a human bomb, a job that he should exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meher Ramesh
Meher Ramesh is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works for Telugu films. Ramesh debuted as a director with the Kannada film ''Veera Kannadiga'' (2004) which was simultaneously made in Telugu as ''Andhrawala'' (2004), and has made films like ''Ajay'' (2006), a Kannada film which was remake of ''Okkadu'' (2003). He then directed Telugu films ''Kantri'' (2008) and ''Shakti'' (2011) with NTR, ''Billa'' (2009) with Prabhas and ''Shadow'' (2013) with Venkatesh Venkatesh is a given name and family name from the Indian subcontinent derived from Venkateswara, a Hindu deity. Notable persons with the name include: * A. Venkatesh Naik (born 1936), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India * A. Venkatesh (directo .... Filmography As an actor As a director References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramesh, Meher 21st-century Indian film directors Living people Kannada film directors Telugu film directors Artists from Vijayawada Film directors fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billa (2009 Film)
''Billa'' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language gangster action thriller film directed by Meher Ramesh. The film stars Prabhas in a dual role alongside Krishnam Raju, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Namitha, Rahman, and Kelly Dorjee. A remake of the 2007 Tamil film ''Billa'', which itself was a remake of the 1978 Hindi film ''Don'' by Salim–Javed, it is the second remake of ''Don'' in Telugu after ''Yugandhar'' (1979). The film began its production in October 2008 and was released on 3 April 2009. Plot The story begins with an underworld don Billa hiding and operating out of Malaysia, hiding from Interpol's international criminal list. Krishnamoorthy, an ACP working for Interpol, has spent the last few years looking for Billa, leaving behind a life in India. During a chase with the police, Billa is severely wounded after an accident and dies in front of the ACP. The ACP then secretly holds a funeral for Billa. Interpol Officer Dharmendra is assigned to work with the ACP to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramana (director)
Ramana is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. After making his debut in 2003 with the successful ''Thirumalai'', he has gone on to make other ventures including ''Sullan'' and ''Aathi''. Career Ramana penned a series of film scripts featuring serious off-beat stories and approached producers with little luck, hoping to land an offer. He spent several years narrating the script of a proposed film titled ''Karkaalam'' to actors and then finally agreed terms with Prakash Raj to play the lead role during 1996, but no financiers eventually backed the project. After failing to establish himself as a director who could be funded to make films with serious themes, he felt that he should make a series of commercially viable films in the masala genre before diversifying into serious subjects. Ramana's first release was ''Thirumalai'' (2003), an action-masala venture featuring Vijay, which took a large opening at the box office and performed well commercially. He brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aathi
''Aathi'' () or known as ''Aadhi'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by Ramana and produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Starring Vijay in the lead role, it is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film ''Athanokkade''. The film released on 15 January 2006. It received to mixed reviews, and performed below average. Plot The film starts by with Anjali sitting on a bench in Rameswaram feeding a white pigeon by a calm ocean. A retired police officer Shankar comes and sits on the bench by her side, and they exchange pleasantries. Suddenly, she whips out a knife and kills him with the help of her paternal uncle Ramachandran, while saying that she has been waiting for this moment for many years. She then comes back to Chennai with Ramachandran to attend college. After that, the scene shifts to Aathi, who lives in New Delhi with his foster family consisting of his parents Mani and Lakshmi, who are both loving to him, and his sister. He takes up a course in a college i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogan (film)
''Bogan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Lakshman and produced by Prabhu Deva (Prabhu Deva Studios) and Ganesh. The film stars Arvind Swamy and Jayam Ravi in titular roles, with Hansika Motwani, Akshara Gowda, Nassar, Ponvannan and Naren in supporting roles. The film story is about the body swapping of a honest police officer, Vikram (Jayam Ravi) and a thief with astral projection power, Aditya (Aravind Swami). Featuring music composed by D. Imman, the film began production during March 2016 and released on 2 February 2017 and received positive reviews and become a commercial success. Plot Vikram (Jayam Ravi) is an honest cop who serves as the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Chennai. He has a team of police officers, namely, Sathya ( Varun), Akshara ( Akshara Gowda), and Prasad (Nagendra Prasad). He lives with his parents, elder sister (Sindhu Shyam), and brother-in-law (Prakash Rajan). His family sets up an arranged ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshman (director)
Lakshman is an Indian film distributor, director and producer who has worked in Tamil language films. He was born in Kokkarayanpettai, Erode district. Career Lakshman made a breakthrough as a film distributor following the success of S. J. Surya's ''New (film), New'' (2004), which he released in the Chengalpet area of Tamil Nadu. He subsequently agreed terms to produce a film starring S. J. Surya in the lead role and the pair initially considered starting a film with Selvaraghavan as director, before finalising Thamizhvannan. The film was initially launched with the title ''36-24-36'', before the makers decided to use ''Kalvanin Kadhali'', with actress Nayanthara and Shradha Arya joining the cast. The film had an average response critically and commercially. After spending several years away from the film industry, Lakshman announced that he would make his first venture as a director with a film titled ''Romeo Juliet (2015 film), Romeo Juliet'' (2015) featuring Jayam Ravi in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language satire (film and television), satirical romantic comedy film directed by Balaji Mohan. Produced by Varun Manian and S. Sashikanth under their respective production houses, Radiance Media Group and YNOT Studios, the film stars Dulquer Salmaan, in his maiden Tamil film, with Nazriya Nazim as female lead role while Madhoo, appearing in prominent role. It was Multiple-language version, filmed simultaneously in Tamil and Malayalam, the latter being titled as ''Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram'' () with a slightly changed supporting cast. Principal photography commenced in November 2013 at Munnar and Kodaikanal. The film's technical crew includes newcomer Sean Roldan as the music director, Soundararajan (cinematographer), Soundararajan as the cinematographer and Abhinav Sunder Nayak as the editor respectively. Both the versions were released on 25 April 2014, receiving positive reviews from critics. Plot ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suriya
Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and a philanthropist. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He received numerous awards including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two SIIMA awards and five Vijay Awards. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Suriya has been included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list six times. After making his debut in ''Nerukku Ner'' (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in ''Nandha'' (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003). Following award-winning performances of a conman in '' Pithamagan'' (2003) and a hunchback in ''Perazhagan'' (2004), he played a man suffering from anterograde amnesia in the 2005 blockbuster '' Ghajini''. He rose to stardom with dual roles of a father and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
