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Umashankari
Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's ''Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' alongside newcomers. She also acts in a few serials like Chikamma (the remake of the famous Tamil serial "Chithi" in Kannada) and Valli (a new Tamil Serial). Personal life Uma was born to D. Rajendra Babu, a commercial director in Kannada film industry, and actress Sumithra, who appeared in regional Indian films. Her younger sister, Nakshatra Nakshatra ( sa, नक्षत्रम्, translit=Nakṣatram) is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Indian Astronomy. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a ..., made her debut with the film ''Doo'' in 2011. Alongside films, she studied B.A, English literature in Indira Gandhi Open University. She eventually mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ee Snehatheerathu
''Ee Snehatheerathu'' or ''Saamam'' is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Kaviyoor Sivaprasad and written by Ramakrishnan, starring Kunchacko Boban, Umashankari Sumithra, Lal, Nedumudi Venu and Jagathy Sreekumar. Kunchacko Boban won the Special Jury Award at the Kerala State Film Awards for this movie. Plot Viswanathan (Kunchacko Boban) who is idealistic to a fault, suspicious of an evil-doer but kind-hearted Gounder (Lal). Nathan's father Sasthri (Nedumudi Venu) has been enjoying Gounder's largesse but Nathan refuses to believe that it comes no strings attached. It makes him fiercely protective of his mother (Jayaprada) and sister (Suja Karthika). Nathan teaches at a "parallel college" where his student (Uma Shankari) falls for his charm. Cast * Kunchacko Boban as Vishwanathan * Umashankari Sumithra as Gayathri * Jaya Prada as Lekshmi, Vishwanathan's Mother * Lal as Chinnappa Gounder * Ravi Menon... Gayathri's Father * Kannur Sreelatha.... Gayathri's Mother * Nedumudi Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saphalam
''Saphalam'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Asok R. Nath and produced by V. Anil Thomas. The film stars Manoj K. Jayan, Balachandra Menon, Sumithra and Umashankari in lead roles. The film had musical score by Jassie Gift and Ramesh Narayan. Plot This is the love story of an elderly couple, who have to undergo separation. Cast * Manoj K. Jayan *Balachandra Menon *Madhupal *Pala Aravindan * Sumithra *Umashankari Awards ; National Film Awards 2003 * National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam Soundtrack The music was composed by Jassie Gift and Ramesh Narayan. This was Jassie Gift's first film. The song "Thoovella Thoovunnushassin", sung by Rajesh Vijay Rajesh is a given name of Indian and Nepali origin. Given name * Rajesh (actor), South Indian actor * Rajesh (Kannada actor), Kannada actor * Rajesh Bishnoi, Indian cricketer * Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer * Rajesh Gangwar, Indian social ... became a chartbuster. Cassettes were not re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadal Pookkal
''Kadal Pookkal'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharathiraja which stars Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Umashankari, Pratyusha and Sindhu Menon. The film was delayed several times before release but opened to critical acclaim with Bharatiraja winning the National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Murali has won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Plot Karuthayya and Peter are best friends, sharing with each other their hopes and dreams. Karuthayya's plan to get his beloved sister Kayal married elsewhere is thwarted when he learns that she is in love with Peter. He hears this from Uppili, who has a soft corner for Karuthayya and vice versa. For his sister's sake, Karuthayya approaches Peter with the marriage proposal. A shocked Peter, who had all along shared an easy relationship with Kayal, consents for the sake of friendship. Peter then makes a counter proposal that Karuthayya marry his sister Maria. Peter however withholds the fact that Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumithra (actress)
Sumithra (born 18 September 1953) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu language films. She acted as the lead heroine in films between 1974 and 1986. She later started being known for her roles as a mother since the 1990s. Early life Sumithra was born on 18 September 1953 to Raghavan Nair and Janaki at Thrissur, Kerala. She has three brothers, her father was working in an oil refining company. When she was doing her schooling, she learnt dance from Murugappan Master, who was the guide to actress K. R. Vijaya at that time. Sumithra is a good classical dancer. Sumithra started her career at 19 years of age in the film ''Nrithasala'' (1972); director A. B. Raj is the first to have noticed Sumithra's talent. Sumithra acted as heroine with Rajani and Kamal as well as she acted as mother to both of them. Sumithra made her debut in ''Nirmalayam''. She has acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. In Tamil, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasanthamalika
''Vasanthamalika'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Suresh Krishnan and written by Mahesh Mithra. It stars Mukesh, Jagadish, and Uma Shankari. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Budget Padmanabhan''. This was Arun Kumar Aravind's first film as an editor. Cast * Mukesh as Balakrishnan a.k.a. Balu, a garment worker * Uma Shankari as Nandini, the managing director's daughter * Jagathy Sreekumar as Bodheswaran * Kavilraj as College student * Sai Kumar as Varadharaja settu * Bindu Panicker as Anandavalli * Sreenath as Balakrishnan father * Kalarenjini as Lekshmiamma mother of Balakrishnan * Nadirshah as Abhilash * Master Arun as a Child of Kulappura veedu * Salim Kumar as Komalan * Jagadeesh P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comi ... as Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakshatra (actress)
Nakshatra is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam and Kannada language films. Early life Nakshatra was born as the youngest daughter to Kannada film director D. Rajendra Babu and actress Sumithra. She has one elder sister, Umashankari, who is also an actress. She has studied biotech at the Erode Sengunthar Engineering College. Nakshatra has said that she had always wanted to become an actress. Her parents were initially against her wish as she was their "pampered daughter" and did not want to see her go through any hardships. Career At age 17, Nakshatra was spotted by director Sunil Kumar Desai at a function, who called her mother, Sumithra, and expressed interest in casting her in his film. She was given the starring role in Desai's ''Saregama'' and shortly after landed a role in ''Gokula'', which also became her maiden release, and one of the lead roles in ''Hare Rama Hare Krishna''. She played a shy girl in ''Gokula'' and got to co-act with her mother. Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppi Dada M
''Uppi 2'' (titled Upendra 2 in Telugu) is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film written, directed and starring Upendra in the lead role, and is a sequel to his 1999 film ''Upendra'', and was produced under his production company, Upendra Productions. Alongside Upendra, the film stars Kristina Akheeva and Parul Yadav in lead roles. The supporting cast features Sayaji Shinde, Shobhraj, Satyajit, Bank Janardhan and Mimicry Dayanand. The soundtrack and film score were composed by Gurukiran. The dubbed Telugu version titled ''Upendra 2'', was released the same day. Although the film got mixed response because of its confusing story-line and screenplay, it was highly profitable at the box office and completed 50 days of run. Upendra won the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Director for the film. While, the movie Upendra was all about "Naanu" (I), Uppi 2 is about "Neenu" (You). The name also is synonym to the dish Uppittu. While the movie Upendra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selvam (2005 Film)
''Selvam'' is a 2005 Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Agathiyan. The film stars Nandha, Uma, and Vani. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 12 August 2005. Plot The movie begins with Selvam (Nandha) coming to Chennai. After a quarrel with a person, he suffers a head injury and forgets about his past. He rushes to a hospital where he seeks the help of Dr. Lakshmi (Ranjitha). Lakshmi assigns Dr. Thendral (Uma) to treat him back to his normal self. Selvam does not remember his name, so he is christened as Kannan by the hospital doctors. Thendral falls in love with Kannan and expresses her love for him. A couple of incidents helps Kannan know about his past. He returns to his village and meets his parents and fiancée Jyothy (Vani), waiting for his return. Then, he knows the truth from his sister that he is adopted son to his parents and got abonded from them.Finally, he return to Thendral and reunite with her. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amudhae
''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma. Premise Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, gets married to millionaire Victor. Dinakar later gets married to his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story. Cast *Jai Akash as Dinakar *Prakash Raj as Victor *Madhumitha as Nancy *Uma as Vinaya *Ranjitha as Susi (special appearance) *Ragasya (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaluda") *Anamika (special appearance in the song "Valayal") *Dhamu as Dinakar's friend *Delhi Ganesh as Dinakar's father * M. S. Bhaskar as Victor's friend *Santhana Bharathi as Nancy's father *Sathyapriya as Dinakar's mother *Fathima Babu as Nancy's mother *Kuyili as Vinaya's mother * Rajasekar as the church father *Swaminathan as a priest * Bava Lakshmanan as the village head * Krishnamoorthy as an alcoholic Production After Ezhil saw a special screening of ''Ramakrishna'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swamy (2004 Film)
''Swamy'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by VR Pratap and starring Harikrishna, Meena, Uma and Rajiv Kanakala. Cast * Harikrishna as Swamy *Meena as Swamy's wife *Aamani as medical college principal *Uma as Seeta and Geeta *Rajiv Kanakala as Anand *Jaya Prakash Reddy *Tanikella Bharani *Mohan Raj *Nutan Prasad as judge * Jeeva *Banerjee *Raghu Babu *Chalapati Rao as taxi driver *Srinivasa Reddy *Duvvasi Mohan * Venu Madhav *Brahmanandam *Asha Saini (item number) Production This film marks the return of Meena to a high-key Telugu film after a hiatus. Soundtrack The soundtrack composed by M. M. Keeravani in his third collaboration with Harikrishna. The songs were well received. Reception A critic from ''Sify Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology company providing end-to-end ICT solutions including telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |