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Ulkuthu
''Ulkuthu'' is a 2017 Tamil-language action comedy drama film directed by Caarthick Raju and produced by J. Selva Kumar, featuring Dinesh and Nandita Swetha in the leading roles. The project was first announced in late 2014 and finished production in September 2016. Cast * Dinesh as Raja * Nandita Swetha as Kadalarasi * Bala Saravanan as Sura Shankar * Sharath Lohitashwa as Kaaka Mani * Sriman as Sekar * John Vijay as Shanmugam * Chaya Singh as Raja's sister * Dhilip Subbarayan as Saravanan * Prinz Nithik * Chef Damodharan * Sendrayan as Kadappan * Muthuraman * Munnar Ramesh * Mippu * S R Pandiyan as Gangster Production Following the huge success of Tamil film, '' Thirudan Police'' (2014), producer Selvakumar decided to bring together director Caarthick Raju and Dinesh for a further film together. The project was first announced in December 2014, and the shoot starts around August, 2015 The film was predominantly shot around Muttom in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu and completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Ravi
Dinesh Ravi, better known as Attakathi Dinesh, is an Indian actor who has acted in leading roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing the lead role in ''Attakathi'' (2012), portraying Dinakaran. Career Dinesh completed his high school at the Dhanalakshmi Higher Secondary School in Washermanpet, Washermenpet, Chennai. After finishing high school, he tried his luck in acting from 2010. He acted in the Vijay TV "Kadhalika Neramilai" serial after sakthi's death. After playing the son to actress Seetha in the Sun TV series Penn and minor roles in ''Aadukalam'' (2011) and ''Mouna Guru'' (2011), Dinesh made a breakthrough appearing in ''Attakathi'' (2012). The film performed well commercially and also won positive reviews, with a critic from Rediff.com noting "he's an actor of great promise". Similarly a critic from Sify.com noted Dinesh "diverts your attention from the film's little flaws and spellbinds you with an endearing act that is ''Attakathi''s biggest strength", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Prabhakaran
Justin Prabhakaran (born 10 June 1986) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music mostly for Tamil films and also a few Malayalam and Telugu films besides one Hindi film. He made his debut as a film composer in the 2014 Tamil film ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum''. Early life Prabhakaran was born in Madurai. From childhood, he was interested in music. He was introduced to church music at an early age and groomed to become a keyboard player. He participated in a TV show and won the award for his own composition. He is proficient in playing keyboard and guitar. During a film shoot at the American College, Madurai in 2003–2006, where he studied B.Sc. Zoology, he happened to meet cinematographer Gopi Krishna, who advised him to study sound engineering from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Tharamani, Chennai. Career While studying at M.G.R. Film & TV Institute, Prabhakaran came up with his new composition for the Tamil thendral (cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandita Swetha
Swetha (born 30 April 1990), professionally known as Nandita Swetha, is an Indian actress, model, dancer and media personality who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films. Swetha also starred in the Kannada film industry with the 2008 film '' Nanda Loves Nanditha''. Later she made her acting debut in Tamil 2012 comedy film ''Attakathi''. She made her Telugu debut 2016 horror Comedy film ''Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada''. Career Swetha began her career as an VJ in Udaya Music while studying in school. She began her acting career in the 2008 Kannada film '' Nanda Loves Nanditha''. Her character in the film was named Nandita, which she later adopted as her screen name. In 2012 her first Tamil film was ''Attakathi'' directed by Pa. Ranjith. Her performances were appreciated. She went on to star as an athlete in '' Ethir Neechal'' (2013) directed by Durai Senthilkumar. She appeared in the comedy ''Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara'' (2013) as chennai girl Kumudha wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhilip Subbarayan
Dhilip Subbarayan is an Indian stunt choreographer who has worked in Tamil language films. The son of stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan, Dhilip also made his debut as a film producer with ''Anjala'' (2016) and also played the lead role in ''Sangu Chakkaram'' (2016). Career Dhilip, the son of veteran stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan, has also worked in the same profession as his father, and first won notice for his work in ''Aaranya Kaandam'' (2011). He worked as assistant director to Pushkar–Gayathri in the film Oram Po and then He worked both as associate director and stunt master of movie Aaranya Kaandam, which was his debut (but Thamizh Padam released first).He has continued to associate with big and medium budget films in the Tamil and Malayalam film industry and has worked on productions including ''Arima Nambi'' (2014), '' Puli'' (2015), ''Naanum Rowdy Dhaan'' (2015) and '' Theri'' (2016). In late 2013, he launched his first film production, ''Anjala'', though d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Manthiri
''Raja Manthiri'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Usha Krishnan and produced by V.Mathiyalagan and P. G. Muthiah Productions. The film stars Kalaiyarasan, Kaali Venkat, Shaalin Zoya and Vaishali. Featuring music composed by Justin Prabhakaran, the film was released on 24 June 2016. Cast *Kalaiyarasan as Karthik *Kaali Venkat as Suriya *Shaalin Zoya as Subha *Vaishali Radhakrishan as Maha *Bala Saravanan as Satish *Naadodigal Gopal as Sivakumar. Karthik and Suriya's father *Florent Pereira as Subha's father *Saravana Sakthi as Chithappu *Meenakshi as Karthi and Surya's mother *S. R. Pandiyan as Muneesh, Subha's brother *Gajaraj as Maha's father and drunk astrologer *Supergood Subramani as the alliance broker *Rindhu Ravi *Anandhi *Gunalan Production Usha Krishnan, an assistant of Suseenthiran, worked on the film's script in 2013 and selected Kalaiyarasan to play a leading role before he had signed on to star in his breakthrough role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivek (lyricist)
Vivek Velmurugan known by his stage name Vivek is an Indian lyricist working on Tamil language films. After making his debut in '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015), he received critical acclaim for his work in ''36 Vayadhinile'' (2015), '' Jil Jung Juk'' (2016), '' Mersal'' (2017), '' Sarkar'' (2018), '' Petta'' (2019), ''Bigil'' (2019) and '' Jagame Thandhiram'' (2021) . His songs " Aalaporan Thamizhan", "Marana Mass", " Verithanam" and "Ranjithame" hit 100 million views on Youtube.Vivek has worked on over 150+ songs. Career After studying Civil engineering and then practising law, Vivek began writing poems after being inspired by the works of Vairamuthu. Vivek made his debut as lyricist through '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015), where he wrote two songs for the film's album, under the instructions of composer Santhosh Narayanan. The pair have subsequently collaborated in several projects including ''36 Vayadhinile'' (2015), for which Vivek received a Best Lyricist nomination for at the 1st I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munnar Ramesh
Munnar Ramesh is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his character and villain roles. He has acted in over 100 films. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Vetrimaaran. Career Ramesh worked in a travels company before venturing into cinema. He made his debut with Balu Mahendra's ''Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam'' (2005). His first break came with ''Pudhupettai'' (2006) where he played Dhanush's father. He garnered acclaim for the dialogue "Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru" (God is there, Kumar). His dialogue gained popularity and inspired a film of the same name. He played a pivotal role in '' 6'' (2013) as a driver who helps the main character find his son. He played a police officer in ''Vada Chennai'' (2018). He also worked as a dubbing artiste for Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chef Damodharan
Damodharan K., professionally known as Chef Damu, is an Indian celebrity chef. He has hosted numerous cooking shows and reality cooking competitions on various Tamil language television channels, most notably a s a judge on ''Cooku with Comali'' on Star Vijay. In 2010, he received a Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by a single individual. He also became the first Indian chef to receive Ph.D in Hotel Management and Catering Technology, which was awarded by the University of Madras in 2004. Furthermore, he has made a few appearances in Tamil films. Career In December 2010, Damodharan cooked 617 dishes consisting of 190 kilograms of food in a day. He began cooking at 8 o'clock in the morning on 21 December and cooked for a period of 24 hours, 30 minutes, and 12 seconds. Damodharan was also a judge at ''The Hindus ''Our State Our Taste'' competition for 15 cities in Tamil Nadu. Onscreen appearances Films *''Kallappadam'' (2015) *''Ulkuthu'' (2017) *''Oru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputation of being very selective in her roles. Early life Singh belongs to a Rajput family. She grew up in Bangalore. She did her schooling at Lourdes School, Bangalore and studied for until twelfth there. Career Her first film role was in ''Munnudi''. She went to do more films in Kannada including ''Haseena'' which was directed by Girish Kasaravalli, '' Thuntata'', which was a success, Dinesh Baboo's ''Chitte'' and Sai Prakash's ''Rowdy Aliya''. After having few chances in the Kannada industry she migrated to Tamil movies. Chaya Singh's most famous movie is ''Thiruda Thirudi'' in Tamil which has the popular song "Manmadha Raasa". She also acted in its Kannada remake ''Sakha Sakhi'', which unlike the original was not successful. Chaya later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vijay
John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. Vijay also works as the head programme director of Radio One FM. John is the chief of 'H2O', an advertising agency with its office at Nungambakkam. Pushkar and Gayatri, who were his juniors in the Visual Communications course in Loyola College, offered him a role in their directorial debut ''Oram Po''. His performance as "Sun of Gun" in the film was described by critics as "scene stealer, his antics bring the house down". He played a friend of Rajinikanth in ''Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Winston Chao, Kishore, Dines ...'' (2016). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriman (actor)
Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy (born 14 February 1972), better known professionally as Seeman, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Tamil films, and also some Telugu films. He is primarily known for his prominent character roles in '' Sethu'' (1999), '' Friends'' (2001) '' Panchathanthiram'' (2002), '' Aayutha Ezhuthu'' (2004), ''Pokkiri'' (2007), ''Aegan'' (2008), '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) and '' Kanchana 2'' (2015). He is the son of noted producer Prakash Reddy. Early life Sriman was born as Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy on 14 February 1972. His father Karri Prakash reddy is a popular dancer. He also was an assistant dance director, production Executive in his Brothers company. Later he started his production company, in which he produced 24 Telugu and Kannada films. His mother Jaya Lakshmi is a house wife. He has two siblings, a brother Prabhakaran and a sister Surekha. His uncle K. S. Reddy was the first popular solo Dancer in film industry, popular dance director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharath Lohitashwa
Sharatchandra Lohithaswa (born 5 May 1972), known popularly as Sharath Lohithaswa, is an Indian actor mostly known for his work in Kannada and Tamil films. He has had a successful career in theatre, where he continues to work, and television. After working as a lecturer for a brief period, Sharath took to acting as a full-time profession and worked on stage following the footsteps of his father Lohithaswa. He began working in films in 1995 and has today established himself as a character actor. Early life Sharath had an inclination towards cricket and theatre as a child, and "dramatise Bhagat Singh on stage when in school." He "used to read a lot of plays written by people like Kambar" and rated himself as a "fairly good singer too." He accompanied his father Lohithaswa, to his rehearsals for plays, and also took part in "many stage and radio plays before doing amateur theatre in Bengaluru." This led his father Lohithaswa to suggest that Sharath take English-language as his g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
