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V. I. S. Jayapalan
V. I. S. Jayapalan is a Sri Lankan-Norwegian writer, political commentator and actor who has appeared in Indian films, mainly in Tamil cinema. He made his acting debut in Vetrimaaran's '' Aadukalam'' (2011) and won a National Film Award for his portrayal. Career Jayapalan was born in Uduvil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He began writing in the 1970s while studying at the University of Jaffna and published his first anthology in 1986. He studied a degree in Economics during his time at the university, while also leading the student union. Since then he has published at least 12 anthologies of poetry and short fiction. As the Sri Lankan Civil War escalated, he fled to Oslo, Norway in 1988 and since then he has been living in Norway as a Norwegian citizen and was moving back and forth to South Indian state of Tamil Nadu to continue his art and literary work. In 1995, he was awarded as the best immigrant writer by the Norwegian Writers’ Association, with poetry being translated into English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uduvil
Uduvil ( ta, உடுவில்) is an agricultural village of about 32.7 square kilometers situated along the KKS Road at about five miles to the North of Jaffna city, Sri Lanka. It is surrounded by the villages Chunnākam, Kandarōdai, Sanguvēli, Mānipāy, Suthumalai and Inuvil. KKS Road and Kaithady - Mānipāy Road intersect at Uduvil and the Junction is called 'Maruthanār Madam' Junction. The name 'Maruthanār Madam' came into use because of the public resting place (Madam) situated at the North - Western corner of the junction. The old building that still exists is not in use nowadays. Two main roads, the Kaithady - Mānipāy Road and the branching Dutch Road cut through the village. The fork point is called 'Uduvil Junction.' A cross road connects the Dutch Road and the Puttūr - Chankānai Road that passes through Chunnākam Junction. It is called Uduvil - Kandarōdai Road. The nearest town to Uduvil is Chunnākam. From ancient time until the mid - 20th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, transformation integration services and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played an important role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October, 1999. Merill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's travel portal. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail", promoting emails ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49-O (film)
''49-O'' is a 2015 Tamil political satire film directed by debutante P. Arokiyadoss, who previously worked as an assistant to Gautham Vasudev Menon. It stars legendary actor Goundamani in the lead role, while actors Thirumurugan, Guru Somasundaram, and Balasingh, among others, play supporting roles. Production began in December 2013. The film released on 17 September 2015 on Vinayagar Chaturthi along with ''Maya'' and ''Trisha Illana Nayanthara'' and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Synopsis The story portrays how politicians grab agricultural lands to real estate land mafia. It also explains the importance of a special voting option of NOTA. Cast *Goundamani as Sowri * Thirumurugan as Karikalan *Guru Somasundaram as Broker Arumugam *Balasingh as Dheenadhyalan *Rajendran as Advertisement Director * V. I. S. Jayapalan as MLA Boominathan *Chaams as Chaams * Ritusen as Ritusen *Delna Davis *Munnar Ramesh Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by K with the lyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indru Netru Naalai
''Indru Netru Naalai'' () is a 2015 Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by R. Ravikumar in his debut feature. The film is jointly produced by Thirukumaran Entertainment and Studio Green, and features Vishnu Vishal and Miya in the lead while Karunakaran, T. M. Karthik, P. Ravi Shankar and Jayaprakash play supporting roles. The film received positive reviews from critics. Plot In the year 2065, a scientist (Arya) invents a time machine. To prove its capability, he sends it back in time to 2015, programming it to return within forty seconds. However, the machine does not return. The time machine is seen by three people in 2015 — Elango (Vishnu Vishal), a budding entrepreneur whose ideas are rejected by all and is struggling to maintain his relationship with his rich girlfriend Anu ( Miya George), who is embarrassed at the fact that Elango is unemployed; Elango's best friend Pulivetti Arumugam ( Karunakaran), a fake astrologer; and an inventor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras (film)
''Madras'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Karthi, Catherine Tresa, marking the debut in Tamil cinema and Kalaiyarasan while Charles Vinoth, Riythvika, V. I. S. Jayapalan, Poster Nandakumar, and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. Set in the backdrop of North Madras, the storyline revolves around Kaali (Karthi) and his friend Anbu (Kalaiyarasan), a political aspirant, who get embroiled in a brutal political rivalry, between two factions of a political party, after laying claim to a wall. ''Madras'' is the second directorial venture of Ranjith after ''Attakathi''. Before the film's announcement, Karthi and Ranjith decided to collaborate for a different project in December 2012, which failed to materialise. Later Ranjith announced this project in July 2013. Principal photography commenced on 11 October 2013 at Vyasarpadi in Chennai. Most of the film's shooting was done in localities in and around the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014 Film)
''Naan Sigappu Manithan'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed by Thiru and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. Co-produced by Vishal, the film stars himself in the leading role with Lakshmi Menon and Ineya in supporting roles, while G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. The film deals with narcolepsy. It was released on 11 April 2014. It was later dubbed and released into Hindi as ''Pyaar Reloaded''. The movie was remade in Odia in 2017 as ''Shiva Not Out''. The movie was declared as commercial success. Plot In the middle of the night, Indhiran, accompanied by his friends Sathish and Karuna, purchase a gun illegally from a local gangster. Back home, Indhiran stares at his wish list and recalls his past. Past: Since childhood, Indhiran has been suffering from narcolepsy, a rare disorder, which makes him fall asleep whenever his emotions reach an extreme level and hinders him from living an ordinary life. He needs to be accompanied all the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilla
''Jilla'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by R. T. Neason and produced by R. B. Choudary through the company Super Good Films. Starring Mohanlal and Vijay athe film revolves around the conflict between crime boss and his adopted son, a police officer whose life and approach towards law change after a violent incident. The film co-stars Kajal Aggarwal, Soori, Mahat, Nivetha Thomas, Sampath Raj and Pradeep Rawat. The film features soundtrack composed by D. Imman, with Ganesh Rajavelu and Don Max handling cinematography and editing respectively. The film released on 10 January 2014 and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the cast performances (particularly Mohanlal and Vijay), background score and action sequences, while the length was criticized and consequently trimmed by ten minutes. ''Jilla'' completed a 100-day theatrical run on 19 April 2014. The film had earned 85 crore in its entire run at the box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attahasa
''Attahasa'' () is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language biographical film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh, based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan. Kishore plays the role of Veerappan in the film, whilst featuring Arjun Sarja and Suresh Oberoi. After much delay in the theatrical release the film was opened to screens on 14 February 2013 all across the southern states of India to positive reviews. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as ''Vana Yuddham'' (). The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Veerappan''. Cast *Arjun Sarja as D.G.P K. Vijay Kumar IPS, who killed Veerappan * Kishore as Veerappan *Suresh Oberoi as Rajkumar, who gets kidnapped by Veerappan *Lakshmi Rai as Vijetha Vasisht (guest appearance) *Ravi Kale as Senthamarai Kannan IPS * V. I. S. Jayapalan as Periyavar *Sampath Ram as Sethukuli Govindan *A. M. R. Ramesh as Gurunatha * Vijayalakshmi as Muthulakshmi Veerappan, Veerappan's wife *Bhavana Rao as Chandhini * Sulakshana as Parvathamma Rajkumar * Suchendra Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandiya Naadu
''Pandiya Naadu'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran and produced by Vishal. The film features Vishal and Lakshmi Menon in the lead roles, while Bharathiraja, Soori, Vikranth, and Sharath Lohitashwa play other pivotal roles. The film has music composed by D. Imman with cinematography by R. Madhi and editing by Anthony. The film released on 2 November 2013, coinciding with Diwali, receiving positive reviews. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Shiva Ka Badla''. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Rudra Tandava'' with Chiranjeevi Sarja. Plot Sivakumar is a meek person who owns a mobile sales and service center in Madurai with his friend and sidekick Ganesan. He falls in love with his father's tenant Malarvizhi Chidambaram. His father Kalyanasundaram , a retired government employee, shows much care on Siva's elder brother Nagarajan, an honest government officer. Meanwhile, there is a big mafia gang led by Simmakkal Ravi, who rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellore Maavattam
''Vellore Maavattam'' ( en, Vellore district) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandha and Poorna in the lead roles. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film released on 6 October 2011 on the occasion of the festival of Ayudha Pooja. Cast * Nandha as Additional Superintendent of Police Muthukumar IPS * Poorna as Priya * Santhanam as Kumaravelu * Azhagam Perumal as Gurumurthy * S. Neelakantan as Nachiappan * G. M. Kumar as Muthukumar's father * Singamuthu as Veera, Kumaravelu's father * Swaminathan as Retired S.P. * Rani as Lakshmi Gurumurthy * Kaajal Pasupathi as Police Officer * Sriman * Manobala * Sathyan * Ravi * V. I. S. Jayapalan * Mayilsamy * Vaiyapuri Vaiyapuri (born 23 October 1968 as Ramakrishnan) is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil-language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters. His ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
