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Sri Lankan Tamils In Indian Cinema
Contributions to popular culture involving direct reference to the Sri Lankan Tamil community in Indian cinema are listed below. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Tamils of Sri Lanka today are a trans-national minority and are found across the globe. While most films on the topic are made in Tamil cinema, there has also been Malayalam and Hindi content on the area. Portrayals of Sri Lankan Tamils in Indian cinema has regularly caused controversy, with any sentiments which are not pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), often being criticised in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As a result, such films have often faced political pressures and threats from Tamil people in Tamil Nadu and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. Indian cinema has often also been criticised for showing Sri Lankan Tamils as either militants or refugees, rather than as normal people. Key themes often covered by Indian filmmakers when including S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Culture
Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the activities and feelings produced as a result of interaction with these dominant objects. The primary driving force behind popular culture is the mass appeal, and it is produced by what cultural analyst Theodor Adorno refers to as the "culture industry". Heavily influenced in modern times by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of people in a given society. Therefore, popular culture has a way of influencing an individual's attitudes towards certain topics. However, there are various ways to define pop culture. Because of this, popular culture is something that can be defined in a variety of conflicting ways by different people across diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Potta Savaal
''Naan Potta Savaal'' () is 1980 Indian Tamil-language Western film directed by Puratchidasan. The film stars Rajinikanth and Reena, with M. R. Radha and M. R. R. Vasu in supporting roles. This is the first film in which the screen credits carried the title "Super Star" for Rajinikanth. It was also the last film of Radha. The film did not do well at the box office. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as ''Idhe Naa Savaal''. In Telugu version Rajinikanth, Reena, Pandari Bai, C. L. Anandan, Ceylon Manohar, S. V. Ramadoss and Jayamalini Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies. Career She was introduced to Tollywood in 1975 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, ''Aadadani Adrustam ... reprise their roles and other roles cast by Telugu actors. Cast Soundtrack ;Tamil Songs Lyrics for the songs were written by film director Puratchidasan himself. ;Telugu So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thatrom Thookrom
''Thatrom Thookrom'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Arul S. The film stars Teejay Arunasalam, Cheenu Mohan and Kaali Venkat while Sampath Ram portrays a negative role. Balamurali Balu composed music for the film while Kabilan Vairamuthu penned lyrics for the songs. The film had a low profile theatrical release on 14 November 2020. Cast * Teejay Arunasalam as Kaaka * Fouziee as Anjana * Nandu Suresh as Kadugu * Sakthivel Kalkona as Urulai * Cheenu Mohan as Rajamanickam * Kaali Venkat as Pandian * Linga as Inspector Sekar * Sakthi Saravanan as ACP Rajaram * G. Marimuthu as Dhandapani * Crane Manohar as Murugan * Sampath Ram as Chinna * G. V. Subba Rao * Sivavelavan * Ravi Venkatraman as Manikandan * Supergood Subramani as Madhusudhanan * Udumalai Ravi Production and marketing The principal photography of the film began during early 2018 with Teejay Arunasalam being signed to play the lead role in 2017. Most of the portions of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuran (2019 Film)
''Asuran'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Vetrimaaran and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. It is based on the novel ''Vekkai'' () by Poomani. The film stars Dhanush, along with Manju Warrier (in her Tamil debut), Ken Karunas, and Teejay Arunasalam. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. Cinematography was handled by Velraj, with editing by R. Ramar. ''Asuran'' was released in theatres on 4 October 2019. The film was a commercial success at the box office. The film won two awards at the 67th National Film Awards— Best Feature Film in Tamil and Best Actor (Dhanush). It was one among the ten Indian films to be screened at the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) under the Best Foreign Film category. It was also screened at the 51st International Film Festival of India in the Indian Panorama section. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Narappa'' (2021). Plot In the late 1970s Tirunelveli, a man and a boy are trekking across a riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teejay Arunasalam
Teejay Arunasalam is a British playback singer and actor who has worked in Tamil language films. After making his acting debut in the Tamil film '' Asuran'' (2019), he has been in films including ''Thatrom Thookrom'' (2020) and the anthology web series ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa'' (2022). Career Born in the area of Northolt in London to Sri Lankan Tamil immigrants, Teejay became interested in music through Carnatic classes and his pursuit of a GCSE qualification in music technology. He rose to fame in the European Tamil diaspora through his work as a singer on independent Tamil music albums in the early 2010s. He worked on albums with US-based singer Pragathi Guruprasad, and other UK-based singers such as Inno Genga and Arjun. He went on to pursue a degree in airport and airline management at university, before switching to study music. Teejay announced that he would make his acting debut in the Tamil film industry through ''Amsana'', a low-budget romantic drama, made by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivappu Mazhai
''Sivappu Mazhai'' ( ta, சிவப்பு மழை; en, Red Rain) is a 2010 Tamil action film written and directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Earlier referred to as ''Guinness Vision'', the film was made in 11 days 23 hours 45 minutes, breaking the Guinness World Record. The film features the Tamil Canadian multiple Guinness World Record-holder Suresh Joachim, who produced the film, in the lead role, whilst Meera Jasmine, Vivek and Suman play other prominent roles. Plot The film revolves around Nandhan (Suresh Joachim), a Sri Lankan youth who kidnaps Meera Jasmine, a Minister's daughter and a television journalist. The Minister ( Suman) is helped by the Director General of Police ( Rajeev) and his subordinate (Bose Venkat) to rescue Meera. Things take a turn when they get an interesting demand from Nandhan seeking the release of a certain Sri Lankan national detained by the police. Cast * Suresh Joachim as Nandan * Meera Jasmine as Samyukta * Sonu as Nurse * Vivek as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Joachim
Suresh Joachim Arulanantham (born August 17, 1968) is a Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken more than 60 world records. World records Farthest distance run, whilst carrying a 4.5 kg brick in a nominated ungloved hand in an uncradled downward position. Joachim traveled 126.675 km around the Westfield Hornsby mall on Florence Street in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. A broadcast by Joachim on Geethavaani Tamil Radio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, lasted for a record 120 hours. It was broadcast between 4 p.m. on 23 June and 4 p.m. on 28 June 2003. On March 17, 2006, he set the world record for a couple dance marathon by dancing 31 hours consecutively with Tiffany Lesko. Basketball dribbling distance in 24 hours. Other Guinness-acknowledged records * Greatest distance covered in 24 hours while dribbling a basketball is at Vulkanhallen, Oslo, Norway on 30–31 March 2001 * Travelled a distance of in 48 hours on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rojavanam
''Rojavanam'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Selva. The film stars Karthik, Laila and Malavika in lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Bharathwaj. Plot Muthu ( Karthik) is the favourite employee at Rojavanam, an old age home jointly by two friends ( Ravi Kumar and Nizhalgal Ravi) in Ooty. Sindhu ( Malavika) is a psychology student staying near to the home who falls in love with Muthu. But Muthu develops a liking towards Roja ( Laila), the daughter of his boss, and later learns that the boss and his friend had decided long ago that their children would be married, and this has resulted in the friend's son Siva (Akash) growing up enamoured of Roja. Roja also has a liking towards Muthu and her father accepts Muthu as his son-in-law, but his friend, angered at this, decides to bulldoze Rojavanam to the ground. Muthu steps in to solve the problem and convinces Roja to marry Siva as per their parents wishes, so that Rojava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roja Kootam
''Roja Kootam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Sasi. The film stars Srikanth and Bhumika in lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharathwaj. This was Srikanth's debut movie and catapulted him into stardom. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Roja Poolu''. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Manasina Maathu'' with Ajay Rao and Aindrita Ray in 2011. Plot Ilango and Sriram are best friends. Ilango is his parents' only son, who aren't interested in anything but his academics. However Ilango is not interested in academics and wants to set up business. He falls in love with Manohari, who also eventually happens to reside opposite their house, with her loudmouthed sub-inspector mother. With the responsibilities of a brother to get his sisters married, Sriram leaves for Libya on a job received through Ilango's parents. Before he leaves, he tells Ilango that Mano and himself are in love, and asks Ilango to look after his lover until he ... [...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] |
