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Swaminathan
Lollu Sabha Swaminathan (born 31 January 1959) an Indian actor and comedian on working in the Tamil film and media industry. He appeared in prominent roles in Vijay TV's satiric series ''Lollu Sabha'' before becoming a full fledged actor in Tamil films.https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/156084-actor-swaminathan-talks-about-his-personal-and-professional-career Filmography Television * ''Anandha Bhavan'' *''Lollu Sabha'' *''Metti Oli'' *'' Kolangal'' *''Arasi'' * Chellamadi Nee Enakku *''Thendral'' *'' Vani Rani'' * '' Priyamanaval'' *''All In All Alamelu'' *''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' * ''Bigg Boss ''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show '' Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...'' (Guest) References External links * {{authority control Living people Tamil male actors Tamil comedians Tamil male te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lollu Sabha
Lollu Sabha is a 2003-2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy series written by Rambhala and starring Lollu Sabha Manohar, Swaminathan, Jeeva, Balaji, Santhanam and Jangiri Madhumitha. It was broadcast on STAR Vijay with 156 episodes. Each episode of the series was a spoof of a Tamil feature film and television show. Comedy actor Santhanam, Swaminathan, Manohar, Yogi Babu and Madhumitha are the leads of the show. Cast Development In 2004, Rambhala pitched the idea of ''Lollu Sabha'' to the Star Vijay group's programming head Pradeep Milroy Peter, who approved for the show to be made. The concept was initially supposed to be a two-minute skit as a part of another show called ''Breakfast Show'' that Rambhala was working on, but the channel's head, Vijay Iyer, asked for 30-minute episodes to be made instead. The success of ''Lollu Sabha'' paved the way for a new era of comedy shows across Tamil channels. List Films spoofed *7G Rainbow Colony G Orampo Colony*Aaru aru Padu Joru* Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayabazar (1995 Film)
''Mayabazaar 1995'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film directed by Keyaar and produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Ramki and Urvashi, with Suvarna Mathew, Visu, Vivek and Ajay Rathnam in supporting roles. It was released on 12 August 1995. Plot Suji is the only daughter of billionaire Vishwanathan and plays pranks on the unsuspecting. One such prank she does is conducting an interview for choosing a personal secretary for her father, in which she chooses Ram as the secretary. Vishwanathan's friend Moorthy, manager Ajay, and Swarna want to take over Vishwanathan's property, so Moorthy sets up Raja to marry Suji. However, Suji marries Ram. Vishwanathan suddenly dies of a heart attack, and Suji goes to Ooty but is killed by Ram, Moorthy, and Ajay. Suji becomes a ghost and decides to take revenge. Suji witnesses Mayamma, a lookalike who works a fake exorcist and asks her to act as herself. Suji witnesses that the real Ram is kidnapped by the villai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pathu Pathu
''Pathu Pathu'' () is a 2008 Tamil language erotic thriller film written and directed by Sathyam. The film stars Sona Heiden, Thalaivasal Vijay and Bose Venkat, with Krishna, Sanjith, Chengalpattu Maran, Padma Narayanan, Manimaran, Swaminathan and Ashish playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Rajeswari Gnanasambandam, had musical score by L. Vaidyanathan's son L. V. Ganesan and was released on 25 July 2008. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Madanmohini''. Plot The film begins with a dead body of cinema director Subbu being found lying in a suitcase under a bridge. The tough police inspector Venkat is assigned to unravel the mystery behind the death. Venkat first interrogates advocate Valli for killing him. She confesses to him that she had found Subbu's dead body in her kitchen yesterday night and put him in a suitcase. She blames her archenemy P. T. Arun, a film producer, for murdering him. P. T. Arun then confesses that he and his assistant Kannan attempted to ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagareega Komali
''Nagareega Komali'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by Ramji S. Balan. The film stars newcomer Bala Joseph and Neetha Sree, with Bala Singh, Sabitha Anand, N. S. K. Rajan, Paravai Muniyamma, Swaminathan and Easter playing supporting roles. The film, produced by S. Jaganathan, was released on 17 February 2006. Plot In Madurai, Gopi (Bala Joseph) lives with his widowed mother (Sabitha Anand) and runs a cable TV comedy channel called "Nagareega Komali" with his friends. To push up their viewer rating, Gopi and his friends also prank people and telecast it on their channel. One day, Gopi pranks an old woman who was selling idly on the roadside and he gets scolded on phone by an anonymous woman. Gopi tracks down the caller's number and finds the woman: his new neighbour Kaveri (Neetha Sree), a gutsy and outspoken woman who fights for justice and spreads social awareness. In the meantime, a few people are falling into a coma in the city after being administered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musthaffaa
''Musthaffaa'' is a 1996 Tamil language action drama film directed by R. Aravindraj. The film stars Napoleon and Ranjitha, with Goundamani, Mansoor Ali Khan, K. Prasanna, Lakshmi, Kazan Khan, Alex, Sooriya, Rajeshkumar, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Ganeshkar and Charmila playing supporting roles. The film, produced by P. G. Shrikanth, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 16 February 1996. The film was later remade into Hindi as ''Ghulam-E-Mustafa'' (1997) starring Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon and into Bangladeshi Bengali as ''Abbajan'' (2001) starring Manna and Sathi and in Bengali as ''Rehmat Ali'' (2010) starring Mithun Chakraborty and Rituparna Sengupta. Plot Musthaffaa is the trusted henchman of the godfather Periyavar. When politicians need help, they notify Periyavar, and Musthaffaa, in turn, solves the problem with his sidekick Chellappa. Musthaffaa considers Periyavar as his own father and he calls him Vappa (father in Tamil Muslim) whilst he considers Chell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innoruvan
''Innoruvan'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by S. T. Gunasekaran. The film stars newcomers Adithya and Manoha, with Visu, Manivannan, M. S. Bhaskar, Dhandapani, R. Aravindraj, Pasi Sathya, Vincent Roy, P. R. Varalakshmi, and Crane Manohar playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Aadhish Uthriyan and was released on 6 March 2009. Plot Siva (Adithya) is a naive ragpicker who works for Vaali ( M. S. Bhaskar) and lives with his widow mother (Pasi Sathya). His life changes when he meets a judge (Visu) who motivates him and lectures him about Swami Vivekananda's principles and philosophies. Siva dreams to buy a closed paper mill, so he decides to work hard and with positive thinking to realize his dream. In the meantime, Siva falls in love with the college student Kavinaya ( Manoha), daughter of the greedy politician Sadhasivam (Manivannan). Siva starts to woo her, and it annoys Kavinaya. Therefore, she and her father get Siva arrested, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padikkadavan (2009 Film)
''Padikkadavan'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Suraj. It stars Dhanush, Tamannaah, Vivek, Atul Kulkarni, Suman, Sayaji Shinde, and Pratap Pothan amongst a huge supporting cast in small pivotal and cameo roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by A. Venkatesh and editing by Manoj. The film released on 14 January 2009 during Pongal and received a huge positive response. The film was successful grossing 15 crore in Tamil Nadu and established Dhanush as one of top 5 saleable heroes of Tamil cinema after then. Filming began in March 2008 and was released in Pongal 2009. Plot Radhakrishnan a.k.a. Rocky (Dhanush) is a 24 years old 10th grade dropout youth, who is looked down upon by his father Ramakrishnan (Pratap Pothan) because of his sharp contrast to the rest of the family, who are well-qualified in education. Rocky spends most of his time in a mechanic shop with his friends. Rocky's friends advise him to love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji (film)
''Sivaji: The Boss'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action masala film directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran, with Vivek, Suman, Manivannan and Raghuvaran playing significant roles. It revolves around a well-established software systems architect, Sivaji, who returns home to India after finishing work in the United States. On his return, he dreams of giving back to society with free medical treatment and education. However, his plans face a roadblock in the form of the influential political leader Adiseshan. When corruption also arises, Sivaji is left with no option but to fight the system in his own way. A R Rahman composed the soundtrack and background music (in his 100th milestone composition), while Thota Tharani and K. V. Anand were the film's art director and cinematographer respectively. The film, released on 15 June 2007 was positively received by critics and became a commercial success worldwide. It went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadhikkam
''Aadhikkam'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Ranjith, Vignesh and Monal, with Satya Prakash, Chandra Lakshman, newcomer Aruna Giridhar and Indhu playing supporting roles. The low-budget film, produced by Nallai Ananthan, had musical score by Chandrabose and was released in 2005 after many delays. This was the official last film of Monal who died back in 2002, 3 years before the release. Plot Naaga ( Ranjith) was a rowdy who secretly worked for Sub-Inspector Pandian (Satya Prakash) and helped the police solve cases. One day, the news reporter Lakshmi revealed Pandian's partnership with a rowdy to the media. The issue quickly mushroomed and made the front page. The scandal tarnished Pandian's reputation, and the promotion that he was waiting for so long was cancelled by his superiors. Naaga then kidnapped Lakshmi, and Pandian brutally raped her. Pandian ordered Naaga to kill her, but Naaga changed his mind and let he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayodhya (2005 Film)
''Ayodhya'' is a 2005 Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by R. Jayaprakash. The film stars newcomer Mohankumar, Ramana, Rekha Unnikrishnan and newcomer Ragini Nandwani, with Manivannan, J. Livingston, Charan Raj, Saranya Ponvannan, Seetha, Ilavarasu, Mayilsamy, Chitti Babu and Delhi Kumar playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Sabesh–Murali and was released on 28 January 2005. Plot Hussain Bhai (J. Livingston) and Sundaram Pillai ( Charan Raj) were best friends in Ayodhyapuri near Nagercoil, a place where Hindus and Muslims lived in harmony. Hussain and Sundaram bought land to build a factory at that place. Hussain was married to Jameela (Saranya Ponvannan), while Sundaram married Seetha (Seetha) under Hussain and Jameela's blessings. Jameela and Seetha then became pregnant. Jameela, who had suffered a miscarriage, feared to lose her baby. In the meantime, Sabapathy (Manivannan), who was a troublemaker, turned the friends into enemies f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaru (film)
''Aaru'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action gangster film written and directed by Hari. It stars Suriya in the main lead role as Aarumugam (aka Aaru). The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film released on 9 December 2005. It received mixed to positive reviews and became a commercial success. Plot Aarumugam, known as Aaru, is a thug and dealmaker with a band of boys handpicked from the slums of Chennai. Aaru was just a child when his parents died on different occasions. Being an orphan, he was brought up by Vishwanathan's little sister. Aaru is very devoted to Vishwanathan, whom he respects as his brother, and is ready to go miles for keeping him the most powerful person in Chennai. Vishwanathan protects Aaru because the latter gives him the violent undercover that he needs, but otherwise sees him as just his servant. When Vishwanathan declares war on his bitter rival Reddy, Aaru assists him. In the process, he is attacked by Reddy's goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amudhey
''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma. Premise Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, gets married to millionaire Victor. Dinakar later gets married to his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story. Cast *Jai Akash as Dinakar *Prakash Raj as Victor *Madhumitha as Nancy *Uma as Vinaya *Ranjitha as Susi (special appearance) *Ragasya (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaluda") *Anamika (special appearance in the song "Valayal") *Dhamu as Dinakar's friend *Delhi Ganesh as Dinakar's father * M. S. Bhaskar as Victor's friend *Santhana Bharathi as Nancy's father *Sathyapriya as Dinakar's mother *Fathima Babu as Nancy's mother *Kuyili as Vinaya's mother * Rajasekar as the church father *Swaminathan as a priest * Bava Lakshmanan as the village head * Krishnamoorthy as an alcoholic Production After Ezhil saw a special screening of ''Ramakrishna'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
