Stray Factory
Stray Factory is an Indian Independent entertainment company founded on July 17, 2010 by Mathivanan Rajendran as a performing arts company before diversifying into online media in 2014 and independent film in 2017. Upcoming films include '' Nirvana Inn'' (2019) & ''Nasir'' (2020). Overview 2010–2014: Theatre and early years After a few scripted plays, the company made a departure from traditional scripted work to devised theatre. The first of which was seen in their 2011 production of ''Great Indian Blogologues'' which took blogs from the public and adapted them to stage. Stray Factory's biggest achievements have been in the short format, particularly at International Short and Sweet festivals, notable plays include ''My Name is Cine-Ma''''Carpouram'', ''Typist with Destiny,'' ''Lost Audition'', ''Chairpersons'' & '' Maya from Madurai''. The group has performed at ''Short and Sweet'' Festivals in Sydney, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Los angeles and at other International festiva ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Arts Festival
The National Arts Festival (NAF) is an annual festival of performing arts in Grahamstown, South Africa. It is the largest arts festival on the African continent and one of the largest performing arts festivals in the world by visitor numbers. The festival runs for 11 days, from the last week of June to the first week of July every year. It takes place in the small university city of Makhanda (previously known as Grahamstown), in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The NAF comprises a Main programme and a Fringe festival, both administered by the National Arts Festival Office, a non-profit Section 21 Company. The Festival programme includes performing arts (theatre, dance, stand-up comedy and live music), visual art exhibitions, films, talks and workshops, a large food and craft fair and historical tours of the city. The NAF runs a children's arts festival over the same period and a number of other festivals take place in Makhanda over the period of the NAF, such as the Nat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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YuppTV
YuppTV is an over-the-top (OTT) content provider for South Asian content including live television and films with recording and storage features. YuppTV allows broadcasters and content providers to reach an audience, and allows consumers to view content on up to six screens of connected TVs, STBs, PC, smartphones, tablets and game consoles. Cricket YuppTV has acquired the digital media rights for the 2021 Indian Premier League in Australia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Japan, Bhutan, Maldives, Central Asia, Continental Europe, Central & South America, and Southeast Asia (except Malaysia, Singapore). It also purchased the media rights for broadcasting 2022 ICC World Cup in Bhutan and Nepal. Services Headquartered in Atlanta and Hyderabad, YuppTV offers 300+ TV channels in 15 languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Gujarati, Sinhalese, Bangla, Nepali, Urdu and English. YuppTV allows access through 25 devices on up to six screens in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Black Sheep (2016)
''Black Sheep'' is an Indian web series created by Stray Factory. The first season consists of eight episodes and premiered online on Rascalas. Plot summary This coming of age show, chronicles the life of Shyam Rajendran a student at an engineering college who has trouble completing his degree. He decides to drop out and decides to become a Stand up Comic, much to the disapproval of his father, a Colonel in the army. Cast * Shyam Renganathan as Shyam (8 episodes) * Sindhuri Nandhakumar as Pratyusha (8 episodes) * Vaishwath Shankar as Nikhil (8 episodes) * Janaki Sabesh as Mom (5 episodes) * Jeeva Ravi Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film bei ... as Dad (5 episodes) References External links * Indian television series Comedy-drama web series {{India-tv-p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aandavan Kattalai (2016 Film)
''Aandavan Kattalai'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language satirical film co-written and directed by M. Manikandan. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Ritika Singh, with Pooja Devariya, Nassar and Yogi Babu amongst others in supporting roles. Produced by G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan and featuring music by K, the film began production in March 2016 and was released on 23 September 2016. Narrating the story of how two men from interior Tamil Nadu struggle to acquire travel documents to fly to London, ''Aandavan Kattalai'' opened to widespread critical acclaim and became a huge commercial success. The film has been remade in Telugu as '' London Babulu'' (2017). It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Pappu Passport'' by Goldmines Telefilms on 10 February 2020. In 2022, Vignesh Shivan and Nayanthara announced the Gujarati remake titled ''Shubh Yatra'' starring Malhar Thakar and Monal Gajjar under their production house ''Rowdy Pictures''. Plot Faced with several debts, a village accountant Gandhi Aru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidyullekha Raman
Vidyullekha Raman (born 4 November 1991), also known as Vidyu Raman, is an Indian actress and comedienne who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. The daughter of actor Mohan Raman, Vidyullekha made her debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon's 2012 ''Neethaane En Ponvasantham''. She won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for the film ''Run Raja Run'' (2014). Early life and career Vidyullekha did her schooling in Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School and later went to MCTM Matriculation, where she developed an interest for theatre and acting. She gained her popularity doing stage productions during her college years at M.O.P. Vaishnav College, where she graduated with a degree in Visual Communication. She has had over 7 years of theater experience. She made her debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon's 2012 bilingual films ''Neethaane En Ponvasantham'' and ''Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu'', appearing as Jenny, a friend of the character portrayed by Samantha. The actress has since played pivota ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ma Ka Pa Anand
Ma Ka Pa Anand is an Indian actor and television presenter who has been working with Star Vijay. He has hosted '' Super Singer, Athu Ithu Ethu'', ''Kings of Dance'', ''KPY Champions'', '' Mrs. Chinnathirai'', ''The Wall'', ''Cinema Kaaram Coffee'' and ''Start Music''. Anand previously worked for six years with Radio Mirchi in Dubai. He started his acting career with the film '' Vanavarayan Vallavarayan'' in 2014. Television * '' Adhu Idhu Edhu'' * '' Cinema Kaaram Coffee (Star Vijay)'' * '' Super Singer Junior''(season 3-present) * ''Super Singer (Tamil reality show)''(2011-present) * '' Super Singer T20'' * '' Kings of Dance (season 2)'' * '' Mrs. Chinnathirai'' * ''Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai (1-4)'' *''The Wall (Tamil game show)'' * '' Murattu Singles'' *'' Ramar veedu'' * '' Start Music Season 3'' *'' Bigg Boss (Tamil season 5)'' as Guest and to Support Priyanka Deshpande *'' Sound party 2.0'' *'' Anda Ka Kasam'' (2022) *''Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya Oo Solriya Oo Oohm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amzath Khan
Amzath Khan is an Indian actor, who is known and famous for acting in ''Maya'' (2015) and ''Kaithi'' (2019). Career Seeking a career in media, Amzath pursued an MBA in film marketing and finance and briefly worked at Sony Pictures and then as the marketing head at an FM station - Radio One. He joined the theatre company, Stray Factory, hoping to get a breakthrough in films and worked on the film ''Pugaippadam'' (2010), which had a low-key release. He subsequently continued acting in short films made for the reality show, Naalaiya Iyakkunar. After a spell away from films, he successfully auditioned for the role of basketball player Guna in Arivazhagan Venkatachalam's sports drama, ''Vallinam'' (2015). The film won positive reviews from critics and performed averagely at the box office, though Amzath's performance was well-received, prompting further film offers. He starred in the horror film ''Rum Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rishi (Tamil Actor)
Rishi is an Indian film, theatre and television actor. He is known for his work on Sun TV's ''Deala No Deala'', the Tamil-language version of ''Deal or No Deal'' and ''Kaiyil Oru Kodi'', the Tamil version of '' Million Dollar Money Drop''. Rishi has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil films most notably '' Anandha Thandavam'' and '' Payanam''. He has stayed away from the limelight since 2017. Television Rishi appeared in a few fiction and non-fiction shows on STAR Vijay before appearing on Sun TV with Endemol's ''Dealaa No Dealaa (Tamil version of Deal or No Deal)''. This was a runaway success with Rishi's anchoring style making him a household name among the Tamil people all over the world, with a special fan following in Malaysia and Canada. In 2012, Endemol South and Sun TV made ''Kaiyil Oru Kodi, Are you ready? (Tamil version of Million Dollar Money Drop)'' with Rishi as the anchor. It was one of the most successful shows of the year. In 2009-10 Rishi played the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is a National award winning Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Malayalam films. A post graduate in human resource management from Madras School of Social Work, she joined the English theatre company Evam as a full-time employee, before venturing into the Tamil film industry. She is also a former National Level cricket player, and national Ultimate Frisbee champion.She has won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum Early life Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli was born into Tamil family. After completing her master's in social work, specialising in human resources, from the Madras School of Social Work, she worked for a corporate company as an HR professional. As she wanted to pursue "something more creative", she started to work with the theatre group Evam, on their managerial side. Although she never got to act in their plays because of a tight work schedule, she called i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |