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Thambi Ramaiah
Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Maniyaar Kudumbam'' (2018). Career Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates. He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years. He go ...
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Pudukottai District
Pudukkottai District is one of the List of districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Pudukkottai is the district headquarters. It is also known colloquially as ''Pudhugai.'' Pudukkottai district is bounded on the northeast and east by Thanjavur District, on the southeast by the Palk Strait, on the southwest by Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga District, Sivaganga districts, and on the west and northwest by Tiruchirapalli, Tiruchirapalli District. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,618,345 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males. The district has an area of 4,663 km² with a coastline of 42 km. The district lies between 78° 25' and 79° 15' east longitude and between 9° 50' and 10° 40' of the north latitude. Organisation On 14 January 1975, Pudukkottai was organised as a separate district comprising the former Pudukkottai Division of Tiruchirappalli district with some add ...
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National Film Award For Best Supporting Actor
The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Supporting Actor (), is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A national panel appointed annually by the DFF selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (17 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Bengali (3 awards), M ...
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Nee Venunda Chellam
''Nee Venunda Chellam'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action romance film, written and directed by L. Venkatesan, starring Ramesh, Gajala and Namitha in lead roles, with Thilakan, Vivek and Vincent Asokan playing supporting roles. The music is composed by Dhina and was a success. The film was a below average from film critics and audience. Plot The movie begins with Kannan falling in love with Geetha, a girl living in his neighborhood. Her father Viswanathan, a government employee, learns of Kannan's crushes on his daughter and plays all tricks and prevents Kannan from reaching out to his daughter. Anjali also resides in the same locality. Ashok, a dreaded gangster and Anjali's uncle, makes plans to marry her. He ends up bashing all those who try to propose Anjali. The turn of events results in Anjali mistaking Kannan of loving her. This results in Ashokan's men go behind Kannan's trail. Meanwhile, Kannan manages to meet Geetha and opens his heart. Learning of this, Anjal ...
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Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi
''Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language historical-comedy film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film stars Vadivelu in his debut as a solo lead actor. Monica and Tejashree play the female leads, while Manorama, Nassar, Ilavarasu, Sreeman and Nagesh play supporting roles. Sabesh–Murali composed the soundtrack album and background score. S. Shankar produced and distributed the film under his production banner S Pictures. Set in the late 18th century during the early stages of the British Raj, the film tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth. Pulikesi XXIII, the foolish elder brother, becomes a puppet of his uncle, the Chief Minister, while Ukraputhan, the wise younger brother, becomes a patriot intent on saving his land and his brother. Principal photography began in November 2005 at Prasad Studios. ''Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi'' was released on 8 July 2006, and was the first historical Tamil film released since ''Madhuraiy ...
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Kovai Brothers
''Kovai Brothers'' is a 2006 Tamil-language comedy spoof film written, produced, and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. The film stars Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Vadivelu, Namitha, Uma and Kovai Sarala. The music was composed by D. Imman. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Pokiri Brothers''. Plot ''Kovai Brothers'' tells of Ganesh and Vasanth, who are friends who come to Chennai to take revenge on the killers of Ganesh's niece. The duo stays with Ekadasi and then works in a TV channel that exposes corruption in the society. Sanya also works as an anchor in the same channel. Ganesh and Vasanth both see Sanaya and fall for her. Ganesh and Vasanth take on the bad guys and corruption besides falling for the same girl. The rest of the film is on how they kill the rowdies and who wins Sanya's love. Cast *Sathyaraj as Ganesh *Sibiraj as Vasanth *Vadivelu as Ekadasi *Namitha as Sania *Uma as Ganesh's niece and Vasanth's girlfriend *Kovai Sarala as Tenthara, Foursha and Bisin *Shobha as Leelavathy ...
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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 ...
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Vetrivel Sakthivel
''Vetrivel Sakthivel'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Lakshmi Priyan and produced by R. S. Venkatraman. It stars Sathyaraj and his son Sibiraj alongside Khushbu Sundar and Nikita Thukral while Vadivelu and Bharathi play supporting roles and Thambi Ramaiah play the antongonist roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva, while editing was dole by K. Palanivel. The film released on 9 December 2005. Plot Vetrivel ( Sathyaraj) is a businessman who lives with his wife Kamatchi (Khushbu Sundar), son Sakthivel (Sibiraj), daughter Selvi ( Bharathi), and brother-in-law (Kamatchi's brother) Thandapani (Vadivelu). Sakthi wanted to become as an IPS officer, but his father denied it and made him work in his shop. Selvi gets married and lives happily, while Sakthi falls in love with Manju (Nikita Thukral). It turns out that Manju is the daughter of Vetri's sister, who eloped with someone. Since Vetri has lost touch with his sister, Manju came in ...
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Bambara Kannaley
''Bambara Kannaley'' (lit. With the eyes like spinning top) (spelt onscreen as ''Bambharakannaley'') is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Parthi Bhaskar. The film stars Srikanth and Arthi Agarwal in lead roles. It was opened to negative reviews. The film's title is based on a song form ''Manamagan Thevai'' (1957). Plot Arumugam ( Srikanth) comes to Ooty for a job and falls in love with Pooja (Aarthi Agarwal Aarthi Agarwal (March 5, 1984 – June 6, 2015) was an American actress of who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. Early life and career Agarwal was born on March 5, 1984, in New Jersey to Gujarati parents. Her younger sister Aditi Agarwal ...). However, Pooja already has a fiancé Gautham ( Vikramadithya), who isn't as good as he appears to be. What happens to Arumugam's love is the rest of the movie. Cast Production This was Aarthi Agarwal's first and only film in Tamil. Soundtrack The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and re ...
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Kodambakkam (film)
''Kodambakkam'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K.P.Jagan, and starring Nandha and Diya. Cast * Nandha as Sugavannan * Diya as Dhanam * Tejashree as Preethi * Manivannan * Manobala * Ramesh Khanna * Kalairani * Thambi Ramaiah * Ganja Karuppu * Muthukaalai * Karupuraja * Sridhar as himself ("Oh Pappa") Production The producers of this movie are V.S Satheesan and K.Seveal. The film became a big hit. He used AAA Productions to help him. The director Jaagan had already directed a movie. In addition he directed Joseph Vijay 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 66 films and the Internatio ...'s movie Puthiya Geethai. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Sirpy. The song "Ragasiyamanathu Kadhal" was well received. The audio launch was held at Green Park Hotel. Rec ...
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Jore (film)
''Jore'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Selva, starring Sathyaraj and Sibiraj. The film, produced by C. Swarupa Lakshmi and C. Sarat Babu, had musical score by Deva and was released on 11 June 2004. The film was opened to positive reviews from the film critics and audience. Plot Sabapathy (Sathyaraj) is a widower who owns a cinema theater and school. He treats his son Sakthi (Sibiraj) like his friend. At college, he rode a horse into the sunset (Gajala), the daughter of a corrupt politician named Lingam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). Afterwards, Lingam's son Vijay (Ramana) clashes against Sakthi at the college election. Despite having support from his father, Vijay loses the election. Lingam then enters into the conflict. In the end, Sakthi kills both Lingam and Vijay. Cast *Sathyaraj as Sabapathy *Sibiraj as Sakthi *Gajala as Shalini *Bhanupriya as Meenakshi *Vadivelu as Thirupathi *Kota Srinivasa Rao as Lingam *Ramana as Vijay *Sathyapriya as Lingam's ...
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Arul (film)
''Arul'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari starring Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy, Kollam Thulasi, and Vadivelu, among others. The music is composed by Harris Jayaraj. The story tells how a man is rejected by his family but then finds his way back. Premise Arul, who works in a mill is the third son of four brothers in a family of goldsmiths in Coimbatore. Once, Arul's brother steals a chain due to financial circumstances. Arul took the blame and was labelled as a thief, where he was seen as a black sheep by his father Bala Aasari. Thus, he vows never to make a gold ornament ever again. Kanmani, who moves into his neighbourhood eventually falls for Arul. However, Arul does not reciprocate. When Bala scolds Arul at a family gathering, Kanmani stands up for him causing Bala to insult her. Soon, Arul marries Kanmani. The setting up of the party office of the ruling party forces Arul to lock horns with MLA Gajapathy, along with his brot ...
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Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay
''Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Inbasekhar. The film stars newcomers Umapathy Ramaiah and Reshma Rathore, while Karunakaran and Pandiarajan play supporting roles. Featuring music composed by D. Imman, the film began production in early 2015. Cast *Umapathy Ramaiah as Anand *Reshma Rathore as Shruthi *Karunakaran *Pandiarajan as Anand's father *Anjali Devi as Anand's mother *Yog Japee as Janaki Raman *Manobala *Aadukalam Naren *Yuvina Parthavi *Rajee *Harish *Pollachi Raja *Rekha Suresh Production In late 2014, Thambi Ramaiah announced plans to introduce his son Umapathy Ramaiah as a leading actor, and helped find his son a chance to act in the film, ''Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay'', directed by Inbasekhar and produced by Rameshkumar. Reshma Rathore, who had appeared in Malayalam films, signed on to play the lead female role and scenes were subsequently shot in and around Chennai during the middl ...
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