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Tamil Nadu State Film Award For Best Villain ...
The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awardss for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The award was first given in 1997, with Prakash Raj being the first recipient. 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 {{Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Kadavul
''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and Pooja. The film produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and jointly distributed by Vasan Visual Ventures and Pyramid Saimira, had background score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Arthur A. Wilson handled the cinematography while Suresh Urs looked after the editing. The film had been in making for over three years, finally released on 6 February 2009. Upon release the film received critical acclaim, winning two National Film Awards, including the Best Director Award for Bala, four Vijay Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. It was also shown at film festivals, such as the 2010 Fantastic Fest and the 2011 Beloit International Film Festival. Plot For astrological reasons, a father (Azhagan Thamizhmani) has to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex (Tamil Actor)
Alex (1959 – 1 May 2011) was an Indian actor and magician. He appeared in over 100 Tamil films after making his debut in Rajinikanth's production ''Valli'' (1993) and won awards for his portrayal of characters in ''Mitta Miraasu'' and ''Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi''. Career The state government had conferred the Kalaimamani award on the actor, who also received the state award for the best character award for his performance in ''Mitta Miraasu'' (2001). Alex had also worked as an office-bearer of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He was in ''The Guinness Book of World Records'' and the ''Limca Book of Records The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, advent ...'' for performing magic non-stop for 24 hours. He died at a private hospital in Chennai on 1 May 2011 following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamizh
''Thamizh'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari, in his directorial debut and produced by Amudha Durairaj. The movie stars Prashanth and Simran, while Vadivelu, Urvashi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Livingston portray supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Bharathwaj, the film opened to positive reviews upon release in 14 April 2002 and became a commercial success. The film was remade in Bengali as ''Aakrosh''. Plot Thamizh leads a happy life with his mother and sister-in-law Kalaichelvi. Thamizh's brother Anbazhagan is working in Kuwait, and he too dreams of joining him there. Meenakshi, their tenant, and Thamizh fall in love. When the goons of Periyavar injure Thamizh's niece, he stops Periyavar's car on the road and questions him. He then beats up one of Periyavar's goons when insulted. This makes him Periyavar's target, and though he tries to withdraw from the violence, he is forced to join forces with Rathnam, Periyavar's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassar (actor)
M. Nassar (born 5 March 1958) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil and Telugu film industries he has also worked in few Malayalam, English and Hindi films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Early life and education Nassar was born on 5 March 1958 to Mehaboob Basha and Mumtaz in Tamil Nadu, India. He studied in St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School (Chengalpattu). He moved to Madras (now Chennai) after school, where he finished his pre-university at Madras Christian College. At Madras Christian College, he was an active member of the Dramatic Society. Later for a brief time, he worked in the Indian Air Force. He trained in two acting schools: the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce's Film Institute and the Tamil Nadu Institute for Film and Television Technology. Career Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's '' Kalyana Agathigal'' (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Of Women (film)
''Power of Women'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by P. Jayadevi. The film stars Khushbu, Hariharan and Riyaz Khan. Music for the film was composed by Vidyasagar and the film opened to mixed reviews on 27 May 2005. Plot Aatma ( Hariharan) is an international fusion singer and social activist, who protests for the emancipation of women and writes books on the subject. His latest book, Marana Sasanam, proves to be controversial and subsequently leads to him being put under house arrest. Through a flashback to visiting students, he narrates the story of the Indian village girl Jyoti (Khushbu) who marries and is then widowed in her formative years, resulting in her dropping out of education. She then marries a wealthy NRI, Shyam (Riyaz Khan), and leaves India to head to Canada. She copes well with the change in her lifestyle until she discovers that Shyam operates an illegal passport business, hence Jyoti attempts to rebel in vain against her hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam through the 1994 film '' Sukham Sukhakaram'', directed by Balachandra Menon. Later, he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry through the 2003 Mohanlal starrer '' Balettan''. Early and Personal Life Khan was born to Rasheed, a Malayalam film producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He has a sister, Roshini who is married. Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known Chennai, his family migrated there. He had his primary education from Chennai and pursued his bachelor's degree from United States. He married actress Uma Riyaz, who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple has two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancer (2004 Film)
''Dancer'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language dance film written and directed by Keyaar. The film was produced by Yogesh KR under KR Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. The film which revolves around a handicapped dancer with one leg was released on 12 January 2005. Cast *Kutty as Kutty *Robert as Arun * Kanika as Divya *Chinni Jayanth *Kaka Radhakrishnan *Manivannan *Delhi Ganesh *Vasu Vikram *T. P. Gajendran *Meera Krishnan *Swaminathan * Master Udayaraj as Kutty's friend Production Keyaar was inspired to direct the film with Kutty, a one legged handicapped dancer after seeing him dancing at a concert. Kutty did not appear in further films after he died by falling down stairs in 2007. Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar. *"Dancer" — Karthik, Suresh Peters *"Jingulu Jingale" — Rafi, Suchithra *"Kothavaranga" — Mathangi, Gopal *"Iraiva" — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam *"Sonnathu" — Srinivas Srinivasa (Sanskrit ) is a Hind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert (choreographer)
Robert Raj is an Indian choreographer and actor who has worked in across India's several regional film industries. He has also appeared as an actor, often portraying villainous roles or by making cameo appearances in songs he has choreographed. Career Robert began his career as a child artiste, notably playing Mammooty's son in ''Azhagan'' (1991). Robert then featured as a villain in films, with major acting roles in Sathyaraj's '' Maaran'' (2002) and the 2004 film ''Dancer'', which told the story of a disabled student making it successful as a dancer. Portraying the antagonist, Robert won critical acclaim for his portrayal and secured the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain later that year. In the period, he also featured in ''Pavalakodi'' (2003), with reviewers criticizing his performance, noting Robert "struggles to emote and even potentially funny dialogues lose their effect because of his dialogue delivery". Robert won the Vijay Award for Best Choreographer for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anniyan
''Anniyan'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he sees as increasing social apathy and public negligence leads to a split personality that attempts to improve the system. Vikram stars as Ambi, an idealistic, law-abiding lawyer who has Dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as Multiple personality disorder) and develops two other identities: a suave fashion model named Remo and a murderous vigilante named Anniyan. Sadha plays the female lead role. Actors Vivek, Nedumudi Venu, Nassar and Prakash Raj also featured in the film. Shankar conceived the film in mid-2003 during the post-production period of his previous film, ''Boys''. He based the film on his own life experiences during his formative years when he was disturbed by what he saw around him, and his eventual displeasure with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Commissioner Of Police (India)
Police ranks of India Superintendent of police (SP) is a senior rank in the Indian Police Service (IPS). They wear a star and an Ashoka emblem on their epaulettes with 'IPS' below. The larger and more important districts in India are headed by a senior superintendent of police (SSP), while smaller district are headed by a superintendent of police (SP). Below SP, there are additional superintendent of police (Additional SP) and deputy superintendent of police (DySP/DSP). A DySP who is in-charge of a sub-division is also called Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO). In the state of Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ..., superintendents of police in charge of police districts are called District Police Chiefs. Commissionerate system {{See also, Commissioner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E (2006 Film)
''E'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language medical thriller film directed by S. P. Jananathan. The film stars Jiiva and Nayanthara, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Pasupathy and Karunas played supporting roles. The film's music is composed by director Srikanth Deva. The film was appreciated for its fresh storyline connecting to real-life medical crimes. The movie was a commercial failure, garnering mixed critical response. Plot The movie revolves around Easwaran alias E, an orphan brought up in the musty, teeming slums of Chennai by an old woman. For him, money is God. He comes across Jothy, a bar dancer who settles down in the same locality. After a few encounters, they get acquainted with each other. E's simple ways attract Jothy. Coming to know of E's past, Jothy tries desperately to correct his ways and set him on the right path. Meanwhile, Dr. Ramakrishnan takes up the task of testing a medicine devised by a foreign company, which may come handy in killing people in thousands, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
