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Tamil Nadu State Film Award For Best Music Director
The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil ( Tamil Movie Industry) feature films. Both Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman have won this award for a maximum of 6 times. The list Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. See also * Tamil cinema * Cinema of India References {{TamilNaduStateAwardForBestMusicDirector Actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
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Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The awards were decided by a committee headed by a Judge. The awards were first given in 1967 and discontinued after 1970. The awards were given again in 1977 and continued till 1982. The awards were not given in the years 1971 to 1976. However, in the year 1977, the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor were announced for the years 1971 to 1976 by way of honorary certificates by the government led by the then chief minister M.G.Ramachandran. Since 1988, the awards were regularly given until it became defunct in 2008. After winning the election for the Producers Council of Tamil cinema, the chairman Vishal revealed that he would approach the government to reinstate the awards. The awards were reinstated in July 2017 after the government announ ...
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Mozhi (film)
''Mozhi'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil language musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Radha Mohan and produced by Prakash Raj. The film stars Jyothika, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prakash Raj, and Swarnamalya. The film's plot is about Karthik (Prithviraj), who works as a musician in films. He falls in love with a deaf and mute girl, Archana (Jyothika), but she considers him as her friend and disapproves of his love. The rest of the story revolves around Archana accepting Karthik's love. The film was launched in 2006 and shot at several locations in India and Mauritius. Vidyasagar scored the music while lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. Mu. Kasivishwanathan handled the editing and K. V. Guhan worked as the cinematographer. The dialogues were written by Viji. The film was released on 23 February 2007 and emerged a critical and commercial success. Reportedly, Jyothika reached the final round of National Film Award for Best Actress for her role, however she lost the award to ...
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Dinakaran
Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by K. P. Kandasamy in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate Sun Group's- Sun Network.''Dinakaran'' is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after ''Dina Thanthi''. It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy after he split from ''Dina Thanthi'' owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group. ''Dinakaran'' is published from 12 cities in India namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on ...
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Kushi (2000 Film)
''Kushi'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by S. J. Suryah and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film featured Vijay and Jyothika in the prominent roles, while Vijayakumar, Shilpa Shetty, Mumtaj, Vivek and Nizhalgal Ravi and others in the supporting roles. The film's cinematography was done by Jeeva, while music was composed by Deva. The film was released on 19 May 2000. Kushi was remade in Telugu as '' Kushi,'' in Hindi as '' Khushi'', and in Kannada as '' Eno Onthara''. Jyothika went on to win the Filmfare Best Actress Award in Tamil and Cinema Express Award for Best Sensational Actress at the Cinema Express Awards, for her performance. Plot The movie begins with the birth of the protagonists, Shiva and Jennifer "Jenny" aka Selvi, in Calcutta and Kuttralam in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu respectively. During the course of their childhood, they encounter each other a couple a times, though both don't know each other. When S ...
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Deva (composer)
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a south Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years. He has composed music for more than 400 films. Personal life Deva was born to M. C. Chokkalingam and M. C. Krishnaveni. Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes. He started learning classical music under Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor. Career Before coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in the television field. In those days, Deva's brothers were working in the musical troupes of Illayaraja and other music directors as instru ...
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Poovellam Un Vasam
''Poovellam Un Vaasam'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Ezhil and produced by V. Ravichandran. It stars Ajith Kumar and Jyothika as childhood friends, alongside an ensemble supporting cast of Nagesh, Sivakumar, Sayaji Shinde, Vivek, Yugendran, and Kovai Sarala. The film was released on 17 August 2001. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success. Plot Two families stay in identical bungalows, adjacent to each other, tracing their friendship to over 40 years. Their respective progenies Chinna and Chella are childhood friends, their easy camaraderie and strong bonding carried over to their adult years. The two of them study in the same college, same class, zoom together on the motorbike, their togetherness at home and college, as accepted a fact as it was in films like ''Piriyadha Varam Vendum'' (2001). Somewhere along the way, the duo falls in love, throwing some soft glances at each other when the other is not looking. Thei ...
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Thavasi
''Thavasi'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. R. Udhayashankar starring Vijayakanth in dual lead roles, with Soundarya, Vadivelu, Jayasudha, Prathyusha, Nassar, Ponnambalam playing other pivotal roles. The film released on 14 November 2001 and received mixed reviews from the critics but was a hit at the box office. It was also dubbed in Hindi as ''Aaj Ka Krantiveer''. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Mallikarjuna''. Plot Thavasi is an influential do-gooder landlord in a small village, who commands respect from the village. Thavasi and his wife arrange for their son Boopathi's marriage with Priyadarshini. Sankarapandi, who sodomised and killed Thavasi's sister after marrying her, wants to marry his daughter (whom he had with his second wife) to Boobpathi. Thavasi, since he doesn't want his son to marry his daughter, insults Sankarapandi. Sankarapandi instead to save his prestige, engages her daughter with Maragathammal's son Thangarasu, who i ...
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Dhill
''Dhill'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram and Laila, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar and Vivek play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar, while S. Gopinath handled the camera work. The film was released on 20 July 2001, and achieved critical and commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Sreeram'' (2002), Hindi as '' Dum'' (2003), Kannada as '' Sye'' (2005), Bengali Kolkata as ''Shatrur Makabila'' (2001) and in Bengali Bangladesh as ''Arman'' (2002). Dhill was the first film to credit Vikram with the title ''Chiyaan''. Plot Dhill is the story about Kanagavel ( Vikram), whose only dream is to become a police officer. He succeeds in passing the exams and wins a girlfriend named Asha ( Laila). One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach, Kanagavel goes to pay the bill, leaving Asha behind. At that moment a corrupt police officer named ...
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Unnai Ninaithu
''Unnai Ninaithu'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vikraman. It stars Suriya, Sneha and Laila while Ramesh Khanna, Charle, R. Sundarrajan and Ramji play supporting roles. The film opened on 10 May 2002 with high positive reviews and went on to become a commercial success. It was dubbed into Telugu as ''Nee Prematho'' and was also remade into Telugu as ''Cheppave Chirugali'' starting Venu Thottempudi. Plot Surya works as a receptionist in a lodge in Chennai. He, along with his friend Gopi, manages the entire lodge. Actually, the lodge is owned by Surya's father but has been leased due to financial troubles. Radha is the daughter of the new manager for the lodge who stays next to the lodge along with her mother and family. Radha gets attracted towards Surya upon seeing his good nature, but Surya tells his past love story to Radha. A few years back, Nirmala lived in the same house where Radha lives now. Surya likes Nirmala and helps ...
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Sirpi
Narayanan, known by his stage name Sirpy ( ta, சிற்பி; born 25 May 1962), is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam films. He has also sung a few of his own compositions. Career Sirpy debuted as a music composer in 1992 for the film Manobala's ''Shenbaga Thottam'' and has composed for over 50 commercial and critically acclaimed feature films. His son Nandhan Ram made his acting debut as lead actor with the film ''Palli Paruvathile'' (2017). Awards He has won the Best Music director award from the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2002 for the film ''Unnai Ninaithu'' and the Kalaimamani Award The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ... in the year 1997. Di ...
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Kaaka Kaaka
''Kaakha Kaakha'' (), titled ''The Police'' in the UK, is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It stars Suriya and Jyothika, with Jeevan playing the antagonist. The film featured music composed by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by R. D. Rajasekhar. The film released on 1 August 2003 to highly positive reviews and was considered a comeback film for producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu. It became Suriya's first biggest blockbuster. Owing to its commercial success, the film has been remade in several languages. Plot Anbuselvan is an honest, daring IPS officer with the Chennai City Police as the ACP in the Crime Branch. As he has no family or relatives, he lives with no fear. Anbuselvan and his IPS friends Srikanth, Arul, and Ilamaran are recruited for part of a special unit of police officers who are battling organised crime in Chennai. Violent and laconic, Anbuselvan finds little patience for his personal life. The unit is ...
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Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor Jai. Personal life Srikanth married Febi Mani on 21 February 2005 at Chennai. Their first daughter Varanya, was born in 2007. Discography Released projects Upcoming projects Singer *"Mummy Chellama" (''Jore'') * "Aasaiyilla" ('' Kathavarayan'') * "Azhagazhaghai" (''Madhikettan Saalai'') * "Coimbatore Coimbatore" (''Githan'') * "Kadhal Kirukka" (''Kadhal Kirukkan'') * "Kaalaiyum Neeye", "Nyokka Makka" (''Madurai Veeran'') * "Love in minor" ('' Nepali'') * "Machaan" (''Machaan'') * "Mayile Mayile" (''Aalwar'') * "Miya Miya" ('' Aai'') * "Naan Tholaithuvitten" (''Ivanum Panakkaran'') * "Pachaikili", "Pottuthakku" (''Kuthu'') * "Sudamani" (''Ragalaipuram'') * "Topclass" (''Puli Vesham ''Puli Vesham'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-langua ...
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