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Thunivu
''Thunivu'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action heist film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor. It stars Ajith Kumar in lead role with Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Mamathi Chari, Ajay, Veera, Bagavathi Perumal, Darshan, Pavani Reddy, Ciby and Amir in supporting roles. The film was announced with the tentative title ''AK61'' (Ajith's 61st film in a leading role) in February 2022, with the official title announced that September. Principal photography commenced in April and ended in that October, taking place in Hyderabad and Bangkok. Post-production works began in late-October and were completed that December. ''Thunivu'' was released theatrically on 11 January 2023, in the week of Pongal, clashing with Vijay's ''Varisu'' and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Radha, a dreaded gangster, and his men plan a heist at "Your Bank", one of the biggest privately-owned bank in Chennai, with the support of Assistant comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varisu
''Varisu'' (; ) is a 2023 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action drama film directed by Vamshi Paidipally who co-wrote it with Hari and Ashishor Solomon. Produced jointly by Dil Raju and Sirish under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations and PVP Cinema, the film stars Vijay (actor), Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna, with R. Sarathkumar, Prabhu (actor), Prabhu, Jayasudha, Prakash Raj, Srikanth (Telugu actor), Srikanth and Shaam (actor), Shaam in supporting roles. It focuses on a business magnate's youngest son being named the chairman of his father's business, much to the dismay of his two elder brothers. The film was announced in September 2021 under the tentative title ''Thalapathy 66'', as it is Vijay's 66th film in a leading role. Principal photography began in April 2022 and concluded in December. The film was shot mostly in Chennai and Hyderabad, with sporadic schedules in Visakhapatnam, Bellary and Ladakh. The music was composed by Thaman S, cinematography handled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavani Reddy
Pavni Reddy also known as Pavani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She acted as the lead female role in the blockbuster film ''Thunivu'' (2023) opposing actor Ajith Kumar. In 2021, she was a contestant on the reality series Bigg Boss 5 Tamil and finished as the 2nd runner up. She is also known for playing the lead in the Tamil-language television series ''Chinna Thambi''. Reddy made her debut in the Hindi film ''Login'' playing the role as Seema. and later acted in various different films such as ''Amrutham Chandamamalo'' (2013), '' Vajram'' (2015), ''465'' (2017), ''Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva'' (2017), '' Premaku Raincheck'' (2018), ''July Kaatril'' (2019), ''Senapathi'' (2021), '' Malli Modalaindi'' (2022) and ''Thunivu'' (2023). Career Beginnings Pavani made her silver screen debut with the Bollywood movie ''Login'' in 2012. Reddy began her career as a model at age 21 before playing a village belle in ''Rettai Vaal Kuruvi''. In 2016, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. To date, he has starred in over 60 films. His awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film '' En Veedu En Kanavar''. He established himself as a romantic hero with ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996), ''Aval Varuvala'' (1998) and ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (1998), and established himself as an action hero starting with the film ''Amarkalam'' (1999). Ajith's dual portrayal of twin brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Suryah's '' Vaali'' (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in the vigilante film '' Citizen'' (2001). In 2006, he starred in ''Varalaru'', in which he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manju Warrier
Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kerala State Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards South. She is regarded as one of the most prolific actresses in Malayalam cinema. She made her acting debut in ''Sakshyam'' (1995) at the age of 17. Her notable films include ''Thooval Kottaram'' (1996), ''Sallapam'' (1996), '' Ee Puzhayum Kadannu'' (1996), and '' Aaraam Thampuran'' (1997). Warrier married actor Dileep in 1998 and stopped acting. Since their divorce in 2014, she returned to cinema with the critically and commercially successful Malayalam film '' How Old Are You?'' (2014). Early life Manju Warrier was born on 10 September 1978 in Nagercoil city of Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu in a Malayali family. Her family is originally from Pullu village in Thrissur district of Kera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamathi Chari
Mamathi Chari (born 21 December 1978) is an Indian radio jockey, television personality and actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films and television shows. She is very well known for hosting the television show ''Vanakkam Tamizha'' and appearing as an actress in the soap opera '' Vani Rani''. Personal life Mamathi was born on December 21, 1978, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She studied at Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School and later attended I.P Pavlov, where she graduated Medicine. After her divorce, she took a hiatus from the entertainment industry and became a businesswoman. She came back to the limelight in 2017. However in 2020 she announced that she permanently is going to quit the television industry and focus on medical school. Career Mamathi worked as an RJ for Big FM's ''Big Vanakkam'' in 2007 before working as a host for several television shows. She made her acting debut in the soap opera '' Vani Rani'' which aired on Sun TV 2013. She played the dual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah (born 16 November 1974) is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film '' Paisa Vasool''. Career After having worked as an assistant to other noted cinematographers and solely on many television advertisements, music videos and short films, Nirav Shah became an independent cinematographer for a "full feature film", debuting with the 2004 Bollywood film '' Paisa Vasool'', following which he worked on another Hindi project ''Intequam'' (2004). It was, however, the Hindi blockbuster film ''Dhoom'' (2004) that made people take notice of Shah, winning him accolades and gaining him fame and popularity. Subsequently, Shah got offers from the Tamil film industry as well and moved southwards, debuting in Kollywood with the 2005 Linguswamy-directed action film ''Sandakozhi'', following which he was called up by director Vishnuvardhan. They first teamed up for the 2005 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghibran
Ghibran (often credited as M. Ghibran) is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages. Early life Ghibran was born and raised in Coimbatore. When he was in the tenth grade, his family relocated to Chennai after his father suffered a severe loss in business. He had to discontinue studies and do several jobs to support his family. Ghibran said that he had developed an interest in music after he had seen Yanni perform on TV, when he was about eight or ten. He had enrolled into a music college, but had to drop out and instead attended keyboard classes and learnt keyboard part-time from Paul Augustine. He completed RSA Grade 8 in both piano and music theory through Trinity College London, and obtained a degree in classical composition and film scoring under Australian Composer Lindsay Vickery at the LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. He received an offer to compose music for animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Studios
Zee Studios is a film production and distribution studio established in 2012, as a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. Known to include a library of productions under its predecessor banners Zee Motion Pictures and Zee Limelight, it operates as a cinematic content engine with a presence in feature film production, distribution, international distribution, promotion, advertising and revenue generating streams. Zee Entertainment's first film was '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' in 2001, which it released under Zee Network. After this, it released movies under the Zee Limelight and Zee Motion Pictures banners. The studio's first major film was the 2015 action thriller drama ''Jazbaa'', starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her comeback and Irrfan Khan as the leads under Essel Vision Productions. Since 2017, it has been widely associated with the production and/or distribution of numerous mainstream projects, almost all of whose satellite rights are exclusively owned by Zee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Giant Movies
Red Giant Movies is an Indian film production and distribution company headed by actor, politician and businessman Udhayanidhi Stalin. History The proposed venture of the studio was meant to be a collaboration between director Thamizhvaanan and actor Vishal, but the film never took off. Subsequently, the first production of Red Giant Movies was the action comedy ''Kuruvi'' (2008) starring Vijay, following which the studio financed K. S. Ravikumar's '' Aadhavan'' (2009) starring Suriya. The studio later worked on big budget films including the Kamal Haasan-starrer ''Manmadan Ambu'' (2010) and AR Murugadoss's ''7aum Arivu'' (2011). The studio received acclaim in 2010, when all four of its distribution projects, ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', ''Madrasapattinam'', ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' and ''Mynaa ''Mynaa'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and written by Prabu Solomon. Jointly distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin and Kalpathi S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (Tamil Actor)
Darshan (born 29 April 1991) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough by playing the supporting role in '' Kanaa'' (2018) and played one of the leads in ''Thumbaa'' (2019). He is also the runner up of the comedy cooking show '' Cooku with Comali (season 3)''. Early life Darshan was born on 29 April 1991 in Coonoor in the state of Tamil Nadu. He later did his schooling at Stanes Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, and went to CSI Bishop Appasamy College Of Arts And Science for his college. He later graduated from his studies and decided to go into the film industry full time. Career Darshan first made his lead debut under Sivakarthikeyan productions banner called '' Kanaa'' playing a supporting role known as Murali Krishna which was directed by Arunraja Kamaraj. The film overall received a high positive feedback from critics. After his debut, Darshan received an offer from director Harish Ram L. H to play the lead character in his advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boney Kapoor
Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor in 1955, the son of Surinder Kapoor who was a Bollywood film producer, and Nirmal Kapoor. His younger brothers Anil and Sanjay are both actors and producers. Career Kapoor started his career working under legends like Shakti Samanta. The most famous film produced by him remains the Shekhar Kapur directed sci-fi film '' Mr India'' starring his brother Anil Kapoor and his future wife Sridevi. It was the second biggest hit of 1987 and remains a cult classic in India. The film was known for several of its lines and songs, including Sridevi's "Miss Hawa Hawaii" performance and Amrish Puri's quote "Mogambo khush hua" (Mogambo is satisfied), which is one of the most famous quotes of Bollywood and has become synonymous with Puri. Laxmikant–Pyarelal's music performed well too, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciby Bhuvana Chandran
Ciby Bhuvana Chandran (born 5 August 1991) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as a minor character in '' O Kadhal Kanmani'' (2015) before playing the protagonist in ''Vanjagar Ulagam'' (2018). He also participated in the reality show '' Bigg Boss Tamil Season 5'' as a contestant. Early and personal life Ciby was born in Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu and later moved to Salem, Tamil Nadu. After this, he moved to Chennai. His father is a doctor. While in college, he starred in short films. He married Shloka whom he met after returning from the United Kingdom on November 14. Career Film Ciby's first movie was '' O Kadhal Kanmani'', where he played a friend of Dulquer Salmaan in a minor role. His major breakthrough role came when he played one of the lead protagonists in the film ''Vanjagar Ulagam''. This earned him some fame, which led him to another breakthrough performance in the 2021 movie ''Master''. He starred opposite Vijay, where he played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
