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Shahul Hameed
Shahul Hameed (Tamil: சாகுல் ஹமீது; 1953-1998) was an Indian playback singer who sang predominantly in Tamil cinema under the music direction of the Academy winner A. R. Rahman. His association with the composer dates back to the TV jingles in the 1980s. He is most known for songs, ''Rasaathi En Usuru'' from ''Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993), ''Senthamizh Naatu Thamizhachiye'' from ''Vandicholai Chinraasu'' (1994), ''Urvasi Urvasi'' from ''Kadhalan'' (1994), ''Vaarayo Thozhi'' from ''Jeans'' (1998). Early life and career Shahul used to be a regular TV show singer in the 1980s. He has sung more than 30 songs in ''Isaithendral'' and other shows. He was highly noticed on the television in the year 1982. During this time, he met A. R. Rahman who was also popular in composing TV jingles. Their first association was for the album ''Deen Isai Mazhai'', a Muslim Devotional album in 1989. There were some songs from this combination in the early 1990s and they became clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Madham
''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released on 9 September 1994. It was remade in Hindi as ''Love You Hamesha'' (2022). Plot Sandhya is the only daughter of big shot who always controls her life and schedules her activities. When she finds out he has planned to get her married with a US immigrant, she decides to run away from her family to Madras. Due to some unfortunate events, Sandhya loses her money because of a young photographer Eeshwar and now she is stuck with him until he repays her cash. As the story unfolds, her family finds her in Madras and love blossoms between the two. Cast * Vineeth as Eeshwar * Sonali Kulkarni as Sandhya * Manorama as Aandal * Kaka Radhakrishnan as Sadha Sivam * Janagaraj as Captain * R. Sundarrajan as All in All Ayyasamy * P. C. Ramakrishna as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopala Gopala (1996 Film)
''Gopala Gopala'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself and Khushbu, with music composed by Deva. The film ran for 100 days. The film was remade in Malayalam as ''Mister Butler'' and in Telugu as ''Suprabhatam''. Plot Gopalakrishnan, a clever cook from Coimbatore, moves to an apartment in Chennai. He becomes quickly popular and appreciated among the apartment's women, however, their husbands get jealous of Gopalakrishnan. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Usha. He decides to marry her with the support of his neighbours. After the marriage, Usha has just learned that Gopalakrishnan was already married. Gopalakrishnan had got married with a girl but she was already pregnant and she eloped with her lover that very evening. Gopalakrishnan informed Usha's father of all these details, but Usha's father did not convey it to Usha because he thought it to be irrelevant. Usha, unaware of these details, is upset thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruva Velu
''Aruva Velu'' is a 1996 Tamil language action drama film directed by P. S. Bharathi Kannan. The film stars Nassar and Urvashi. The film, produced by K. V. Gunasekaran, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 15 January 1996 to negative reviews. Plot The film begins with Velu (Nassar) being sentenced to the death penalty. In the past, Velu was an angry man who solved villagers problems by violence. Whereas Muthurasa (Rajesh), Velu's uncle, was a respected village chief who solved villagers problems peacefully. Maruthayi (Urvashi), Muthurasa's daughter, loved her cousin Velu. Alavanthar (Anandaraj), a stone-hearted rich landlord, exploits the villagers and with his twin sons (Ram-Lakshman) spread terror among the villagers. Muthurasa helped the villagers by giving them some lands. Alavanthar, angry, managed to kill some villagers and Muthurasa informed the police. Alavanthar was therefore arrested, he was immediately released and killed Muthurasa. To take revenge, Vel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay (actor)
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), known as Vijay, is an Indian actor, dancer and singer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is among the highest paid actors in India. He has played the lead in Vijay filmography, 66 films and the International Business Times framed him as a "consistent performer". Referred to by the fans and media as "Thalapathy", he has a significant fan following internationally. He has List of awards and nominations received by Vijay, won several awards, including the List of awards and nominations received by Vijay#Honours, International Achievement Recognition Award and the South Indian International Movie Awards, South Indian International Movie Award. Early life and family Vijay was born in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. His father S. A. Chandrasekhar is a film director and his mother Shoba Chandrasekhar is a playback singer and carnatic vocalist. His father is of Christian descent and his mother is Hindu. Vijay was Baptism, bap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coimbatore Mappillai
''Coimbatore Mappillai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by C. Ranganathan. It stars Vijay and Sanghavi. The film's score and music was composed by Vidyasagar. It was released on 15 January 1996 coinciding Pongal release. The film ended as a hit at the box office as it released on Pongal Festival, marking Vijay's favourable success streak with his other film releases on Pongal day. Plot Balu comes to Chennai from Coimbatore and stays with his friend Gopal, who claims he has a job. Actually, he is also unemployed. Both of them are tenants of a girl named Sumithra. First, Balu and Sumithra get into fights, but then their arguments and fights turn into love. Meanwhile, Sumithra's cousin Mahesh is also in love with her. One day, Balu witnesses a thief stealing a necklace, and when he tries to catch him, the thief inserts the necklace in Balu's pocket, and Balu is blamed for stealing it. Sumithra starts hating Balu. Taking advantage of this situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizhakku Mugam
''Kizhakku Mugam'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by M. Anna Thurai, starring Karthik and newcomer Reshma. The film, produced by P. Govindaraj and M. Thangavel, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 15 January 1996 alongside Karthik's another film ''Ullathai Allitha''. Plot Venu and his friend Mukka work at the graveyard. Venu has a mother and a sister called Sindhamani, a studious student. Poongodi, daughter of the village president, eve-teases Sindhamani. Venu orders to Poongodi to stop it immediately and Poongodi decides to revenge Venu. They have some quarrels. Nagaraj, Poongodi's uncle and a smuggler, wants to marry his niece Poongodi. After Poongodi's puberty ceremony, she changes her behaviour and shows sympathy for Venu. The village president doesn't seem to care about caste or money, so he united many lovers. One day, Nagaraj steals the god status at the temple but Venu beats up the henchmen and he brings back the status. The village's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeetha Rajeshwaran
Sangeetha Rajeshwaran is a playback singer in the Tamil film industry. She lives in Chennai with her husband and two sons. Seetal Iyer, former World Space RJ, is her cousin sister. She recently participated in the ''Zee Tamil Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2009 Challenge'' singing competition, where she and her partner Raghu reached the semi-finals. Her most popular songs in Tamil have been composed by music director Vijay Antony. Songs produced under their combination include "Yen Enakku Mayakkam" ('' Naan Avanillai''), "Dailamo" (''Dishyum''), "Karikalan" ('' Vettaikaaran''), "Mayam Seidhayo" (''Velayudham'') and "Ichu Ichu" (''Vedi''). Sangeetha has also sung the title song "Ennai Thedi Kadhal" of the serial ''Kadhalikka Neramillai'' which aired in Vijay TV Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaman Magal (1995 Film)
''Maaman Magal'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Guru Dhanapal. It stars Sathyaraj, Meena, Goundamani and Manorama, along with Jayachitra in the lead negative role. Plot The story starts from Manikkam's entry in the film. He wants to drag down Devi Rajalakshmi, and he asks Shanmugam to marry his daughter Priya, so those two start cheating Devi and Priya. After Priya and Shanmugam get married, the truth comes to light. The plot takes a twist when Priya applies for a divorce. The plot completes by Priya leaving her solitude and joining Shanmugam. Cast * Sathyaraj as Shanmugam *Meena as Priya *Goundamani *Manivannan as Manikkam, Priya's father *Jayachitra as Devi Rajalakshmi, Priya's mother * Pratap K. Pothen as chithra's husband * Anandaraj as Paramasivam * Manorama as Shanmugam's mother * Ponnambalam as Govindhan *Ponvannan as Muthurasu * Sathyapriya as Muthurasu's mother *Kaviyasri as Chithra *Jyothi Meena *Halwa Vasu *LIC Narasimhan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theni Kunjarammal
Theni Kunjarammal (died 18 April 2008) was an Indian actress and playback singer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. As a playback singer, she has worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s for folk songs, while also regularly collaborating with Harris Jayaraj. Career As an actress, Kunjarammal is best known for her roles as an old woman in a rural village, and made a breakthrough with her performance in ''Karuththamma'' (1994) as a woman who feeds insecticide to baby girls. She later reprised the role in Vivek's comedy track in ''Kadhal Sadugudu'' (2003). Theni Kunjarammal has also worked a singer in films and has regularly collaborated with A. R. Rahman on folk songs. The duo first worked together on "Pettai Rap" from '' Kaadhalan'' (1994), and have since continued to work on albums including '' Muthu'' (1995), ''Taj Mahal'' (1999) and ''Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' (2006). She has also worked for other composers including Ilaiyaraaja in ''Viru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Peters
Suresh Peters (born 26 April 1968) is a multi talented artist in the field of Indian music. He is a music producer, a professional drummer, an award-winning music director in five Indian languages and a playback singer in multiple Indian languages for feature films in India. Career Having started his journey in music right from childhood, he went on to performing on stages since his school and college days. His primary instrument of choice was Drums and went on to collect accolades right from his school days. Having gained huge popularity as a musician since his school days he set out to become a professional in the field of Music at quite an early age. Having finished college he tried his stint at advertising in the film department for a few years before venturing full time into music. During this time he was also actively playing sessions and shows in his free time with established Musicians and also was a part of a hugely successful rock band called Nemesis Avenue. It was du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minmini
Minmini (born P. J. Rosily) is a South Indian film playback singer. She is best remembered for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai" from ''Roja'', the debut work of film composer A. R. Rahman, which was dubbed in Hindi as "Choti Si Asha". Most of her songs are in Tamil, most of them composed by Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. Her Malayalam songs include "Souparnikamritha" from ''Kizhakkunarum Pakshi'', "Oonjal Urangi", and "Neelaraavi" from ''Kudumbasametham''. She has lent her voice to songs from films including ''Enga Thambi'' (1993), ''Karuththamma'' (1994), and ''Thevar Magan'' (1992). She made a comeback in 2015 with the song "Kanmaniye" from '' Mili''. Career Minmini had her film debut with ''Swagatham'' (1988), directed by Venu Nagavalli. She sang three songs in it, composed by Rajamani. She was introduced to Tamil film industry by Ilayaraja through ''Tamil Movie - Meera'' (1991). Ilayaraja christened her Minmini, making her name more appealing to the Tamilians. Minmini's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
