|
Snehan
Snehan (born Sivaselvam) is a Tamil poet, politician, lyricist, and actor who has worked in the Tamil film industry. In the year 2018 he entered politics with Makkal Needhi Maiam and contested in the Lok Sabha election. In 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, he contested on behalf of Makkal Needhi Maiam as a candidate for Virugambakkam Constituency. Born as the eighth son in a farmer family with 6 elder brothers and 1 elder sister, Snehan, a qualified Intermediate teacher, started to write songs in the year 2000. After serving as an assistant to poet Vairamuthu, he began working as a lyricist in the film ''Putham Pudhiya Poove'' and has written lyrics for more than 2500 songs and has worked in more than 750 films. Snekan has since also appeared in films as an actor and made his acting debut with ''Yogi'' (2009). Early life Sivaselvam was born in a small village in the Thanjavur district, the youngest of 8 sons into an agricultural family. He later changed his name t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yogi (2009 Film)
''Yogi'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Subramaniam Siva, starring director-turned-actor Ameer as the titular protagonist alongside Madhumitha, and Swathi, Vincent Asokan, Ponvannan, lyricist Snehan in his acting debut, and Ganja Karuppu. An uncredited remake of the 2005 South African Academy Award-winning film ''Tsotsi'', the film was written and produced by Ameer himself, and features musical score composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film follows Yogi, a slum-dwelling criminal who makes a living out of murders and robberies. When he is chased by cops during a robbing spree, Yogi steals a woman's car and succeeds in fleeing. His life starts to change when he realizes there is a baby inside the car, and he can't just let go of it even though he attempts to do so while abandoning the getaway car. Launched in October 2007, ''Yogi'' was released theatrically on 27 November 2009, opening to mixed reviews. Critics praised the performances but criticiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaya (film)
''Dhaya'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Senthil Kumar and produced by Prakash Raj. It stars Prakash Raj, Meena, Lakshmi and Raghuvaran. The National Film Award—Special Jury Award for Best Actor was awarded for Raj for this movie. The film released on 14 February 2002 and received positive reviews from critics and audience. Plot Dhaya (Prakash Raj) is a rowdy in Chennai with enough political clout to make the police look the other way when he indulges in his nefarious activities. Thulasi (Meena) moves into his neighbourhood, but all her attempts to reform him fail. Rudhraiya (Raghuvaran), an ex-army man who has a score to settle with Sharada Amma (Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...), hires Dhaya to discredit her. Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandavar Bhoomi
''Paandavar Bhoomi'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language family drama film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiwari played the antagonists, Chandrasekhar, Ranjith, Manorama and Charle played supporting roles. The film released on 21 September 2001. It met with critical acclaim and went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil for Cheran. Plot Dhanasekar returns to his native village along with his family after twelve years of city life. All the villagers feel happy over welcoming him back to the village. Dhanasekar decides to build a new bungalow adjacent to his ancestral home in the village and plans to live there. He approaches Tamizharasan aka Tamizh, an architect to design his new home. Tamizh's father is also an architect who is famous for traditional architectural designs. Dhanasekar and his family temporarily stay in his ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyarthiru 420
''Uyarthiru 420'' () is a 2011 Tamil language action drama film directed by S. Premnath The film stars lyricist Snehan, Vaseegaran, and Meghana Raj in the lead roles, while Akshara Gowda, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Akshaya play supporting roles. The film revolves around "an ordinary man who aspires to become rich by adopting wrong ways like hugging women by taking advantage of them and fondling their hip folds under the pretext of seeing them as sisters". It was released on 12 August 2011. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by D. Shankar. The film was shot in Bangalore. The film released on 12 August 2011. Cast * Snehan as Thamizh * Vaseegaran as Rishivanth * Meghana Raj as Iyal * Akshara Gowda as Devatha * Aishwarya as Charu * Akshaya as Savithri * Jayaprakash as Jagan Pattabiraman * R. Chandrasekar as Chandrasekar * Deepak Dinkar as Thamizh's friend * Mime Gopi as a rowdy * Bosskey * Ramesh Khanna as Muthappan * Chaams * Raj Kapoor * Arjunan as Doctor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounam Pesiyadhe
''Mounam Pesiyadhe'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Ameer (director), Ameer in his directorial debut. It stars Suriya (actor), Suriya and debutant Trisha (actress), Trisha in the lead along with newcomers Nandha (actor), Nandha, Neha Pendse and choreographer-turned-actor Anju Mahendra in supporting roles along with several other newcomers, while Laila (actress), Laila appears in a cameo role during the climax. The major part of the film is shot in Pondicherry. The film, released on 13 December 2002 and turned out to be a hit at the box office. It was remade in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Aadanthe Ado Type'' (2003) and later dubbed in the same language as ''Kaanchu'' (2006). The music by Yuvan Shankar Raja was released to positive response. It was also dubbed in Hindi language, Hindi as ''Ghatak Returns'' (2012). Plot Gautham (Suriya) and Kannan (Nandha Durairaj, Nandha) are close friends from childhood days. Gau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saamy
''Saamy'' ( God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by Hari. The film was presented by K. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Vikram and Trisha and Kota Srinivasa Rao (debut in Tamil cinema) in a negative role. Music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Upon release, the film was highly successful at the box office. It was remade in Telugu as '' Lakshmi Narasimha'' (2004) starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, in Bengali as ''Barood'' starring Mithun Chakraborty, loosely in Kannada as '' Ayya'' (2005) starring Darshan and later in Hindi as ''Policegiri'' (2013)(Directed by K.S. Ravikumar) starring Sanjay Dutt reprising the role of Vikram. Like other films directed by Hari, this film also specialises a particular city and this time it is Tirunelveli. ''Saamy'' along with ''Kaakha Kaakha'' started a trend of police films in Tamil such as '' Bheeshmar'', '' Gambeeram'', ''Anjaneya'' and many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameer (director)
Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. Early life and career Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economics and worked as an entrepreneur before starting to work as an assistant director to Tamil filmmaker Bala (director), Bala on his award-winning film ''Sethu (film), Sethu'' in 1999 and ''Nandha'' in 2001. Shortly after, he directed his first film, the romantic comedy ''Mounam Pesiyadhe'' (2002). The film starred Suriya (actor), Suriya in the lead and became Trisha Krishnan's first release featuring her in a leading role. The same year, he began his own production company, Teamwork Production House. His second directorial was the mystery thriller ''Raam (2005 film), Raam'', which he produced himself. It was released three years later, in 2005. The film, which revolves around an autistic teenager, portrayed by Jiiva, who is highly attached to his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for ''Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough with the ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2001) soundtrack, and established himself as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penngal
''Penngal'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Raj Marudhu. The film stars Akash and Divyasree, with Santhoshi and Santhana Bharathi in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Bharathwaj, the film was released on 8 December 2000. Cast *Akash as Bharath Nageswaran *Divyasree as Kaveri *Santhoshi as Amudhavalli *Santhana Bharathi *Manivannan * Ashwini *Sharmili *S. N. Parvathy *Vichithra Production The producers of the film were unhappy after actress Divyasree broke an exclusivity contract and she signed on for a film opposite actor Murali amid production. Soundtrack The music composed by Bharathwaj. Release A reviewer from ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...'' wrote "films such as ''Penngal'' are required to make us a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raam (2005 Film)
''Raam'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language mystery drama film written, produced and directed by Ameer. The film stars Jiiva, Gajala and Saranya Ponvannan in lead roles with Kunal Shah, Rahman, Ganja Karuppu and Murali playing supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 4 March 2005 and slowly became a sleeper hit. It was screened at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival, where it won two awards for Best Actor and Best Musical Score for Jiiva and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively. The film was critically acclaimed with praise for the performances of Jiiva and Saranya, screenplay, music and cinematography. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Bolo Raam'' (2009) and in Kannada as ''Huchcha 2'' (2018). Plot The story revolves around a mother-son relationship set in Kodaikanal. The movie commences with Rama Krishna and his mother Saradha, a school teacher, lying in a pool of blood. The police find that Raam is stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chaplin (2002 Film)
''Charlie Chaplin'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Prabhu and Prabhu Deva. Abhirami, Gayathri Raghuraman and Livingston play other supporting roles. It released on 15 February 2002 and become a commercial success. Prabhu had won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in the film. The film's commercial success led to remakes in several languages, such as in Telugu as ''Pellam Oorelithe'', Hindi as ''No Entry'', Malayalam as '' Happy Husbands'', Kannada as ''Kalla Malla Sulla'', Marathi as ''No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey'' and in Bengali as ''Kelor Kirti''. Plot Ramakrishnan is a rich businessman in Ooty who owns an advertising company and tea estates. He is married to Mythili who is very possessive about her husband. Mythili always suspects her husband fearing that he would end up having an affair with some other girl as they are childless after 5 years of marriage, and this brings frequent quarrel bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameer Sultan
Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. Early life and career Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economics and worked as an entrepreneur before starting to work as an assistant director to Tamil filmmaker Bala on his award-winning film '' Sethu'' in 1999 and ''Nandha'' in 2001. Shortly after, he directed his first film, the romantic comedy ''Mounam Pesiyadhe'' (2002). The film starred Suriya in the lead and became Trisha Krishnan's first release featuring her in a leading role. The same year, he began his own production company, Teamwork Production House. His second directorial was the mystery thriller '' Raam'', which he produced himself. It was released three years later, in 2005. The film, which revolves around an autistic teenager, portrayed by Jiiva, who is highly attached to his mother, but becomes suspected of having murdered her, received critical accla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |