Vedika
Vedhika Kumar is an Indian actress and model who has established a career in the Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She started her acting career with the Tamil film '' Madrasi''. She made her breakthrough portraying ''Angamma'' in Bala's period film '' Paradesi'' (2013), winning critical acclaim and awards for her portrayal. A year later she starred in '' Kaaviya Thalaivan'' (2014). In 2016, her Kannada film ''Shivalinga'' went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in Kannada industry. In 2019, she appeared in the Tamil film '' Kanchana 3'' which became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. She made her Bollywood debut in 2019, with the film '' The Body''. Early life Vedhika was brought up in Mumbai but their family hails from the border areas of Maharashtra–Karnataka states. Her mother tongue is Kannada. Career Early in her career, she was involved in modelling assignments and did a notable advert for biscuits alongside prominent actor S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paradesi (2013 Film)
''Paradesi'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written and directed by Bala starring Atharvaa, Vedhika and Sai Dhanshika. The film's music was scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film was based on novel ''Eriyum Panikadu'', Tamil translation of the 1969 English novel ''Red Tea'' by Paul Harris Daniel and inspired from real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s. It was released on 15 March 2013. The dubbed version of Telugu was released with the same name. The film opened to highly positive reviews with critics mainly praising the performances of the cast and the direction of Bala. The movie was an average grosser at the box office Plot Raasa (Atharvaa) is a carefree young man living in a rural village in the Madras Presidency during the early days of the British Raj. Orphaned at a young age, he is brought up by his grandmother. Angamma (Vedhika), a local girl, falls for him and takes pleasure in bullying him. When she finally confess ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madrasi (2006 Film)
''Madrasi'' is 2006 Tamil-language action film produced by Subha Sandeep on Inspired Movies & Spice Team Entertainments banner and directed by Arjun. The film stars Arjun, Jagapati Babu, Vedhika, and Gajala with music composed by D. Imman. It is the debut movie of Vedhika. It was considered as an average grosser at the box office. The film was partially reshot into Telugu as ''Sivakasi'' with Sunil and M. S. Narayana replacing Vivek and Vennira Aadai Moorthy, respectively. Plot Kaasi ( Arjun) comes to Mumbai to track his parents' killers. He is successful in finding the first two and kills them and the third person escapes from him. Ravi Bhai and Mani Bhai are the two leading goons in Dharavi, Mumbai. Both were brothers then but now are enemies. Both keep trying to kill each other. To find the third one, Kasu joins Ravi Bhai (Raj Kapoor). Ravi is at loggerheads with his brother Mani Bhai (FEFSI Vijayan). Mani runs another gang, and the leading goonda in this gang is Siva (Ja ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaalai
''Kaalai'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Tharun Gopi. The lead roles are played by Silambarasan and Vedhika. Supporting roles are played by Sangeetha, Seema, Santhanam, Lal and Sulile Kumar. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film opened on 14 January 2008 to mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. The Hindi dubbed version was named, ''Jwalamukhi (Man With Fire)''. Plot Jeeva shares his name with two other people: one villain and one police officer Jeevanandham who becomes a villain. The confusion arising from this is a significant part of the plot. At the age of nine, Jeeva’s grandmother Karuppayi Aatha slays five men because they scorned her father’s advice and illegally distilled alcohol in the village. After her return from prison, the villagers both fear and revere her, and consider her the head of the village. Jeevanandham comes to the village ruled by Karuppayi Aatha to try to find illicit act ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jai Santoshi Maa
''Jai Santoshi Maa'' is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language devotional film directed by Vijay Sharma and written R. Priyadarshi. Santoshī Mā (also called Santoshi Mata) is the goddess of satisfaction. Usha Mangeshkar, sang the devotional songs for the film along with Mahendra Kapoor and the famous poet Kavi Pradeep, who wrote the lyrics of the songs. Made on a low-budget, the film became one of the most successful films at the box office. Plot The film opens in the Devaloka, where we witness the "birth" of Goddess Santoshi Mata as the daughter of Ganesha, the elephant headed god of good beginnings, his two wives Riddhi and Siddhi ("prosperity" and "spiritual power"), sons Kshema and Labha ("prosperity" and "profit"). Although, Ganesha has another wife Buddhi ("wisdom"), she is not portrayed in the film. A key role is played by the immortal sage Narada, a devotee of Vishnu, and a cosmic busybody who regularly intervenes to advance the film's two parallel plots, which concern both h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baanam
''Baanam'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by the debutant Chaitanya Dantuluri, starring Nara Rohit and Vedhika in the lead roles. Produced by Priyanka Dutt under the banner Three Angels Studio Pvt Ltd, the film also marks Nara Rohith's debut as lead actor. ''Baanam'' was released theatrically on 16 September 2009. The film was moderate box office success but received positive reviews from critics. It was also dubbed in Hindi-language under the title ''Jeo Aur Jeeno Do'' (). Plot The story is set in the town of Ranasthali, in the year 1989. Bhagat Panigrahi is preparing to become an IPS officer. His father, Chandrasekhar Panigrahi, a former Naxalite, returns after 20 years before giving up his fight for the society because of his retirement. According to his ideology, at a certain time, every person wants to retire in their works. He became the first person who retired in naxalism. He comes back home and questions his son's ambition of becoming ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malai Malai
''Malai Malai'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by A. Venkatesh. The film stars Arun Vijay, Vedhika, Prabhu, Prakash Raj and Kasthuri in lead roles. while, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu, Vijayakumar and S. N. Lakshmi play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with editing by V. T. Vijayan. The film released on 31 July 2009 and turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office. This film ran for 100 days in theaters. Synopsis Palanivel and Vetrivel are inseparable brothers who eke out a living as a farmer and minivan driver respectively in a village on the foothills of Palani temple. When Vetri falls in love with a city-based RJ Anjali, who is on a visit to Palani, he finds Lakshmi to romance his brother. Meanwhile, Vetri goes to Chennai in search of a job and his ladylove. He gets a job as a driver in a courier company, where Vimala Hassan, a fanboy of Kamal Haasan, is an employee and becomes Vetri's friend. Now enters Essaki, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ganesh (actor)
Ganesh Kishan (born 2 July 1980), known mononymously as Ganesh, is an Indian actor and television presenter known for his work in Kannada cinema. Through his career in films and television shows, he has become one of the most popular celebrities and highest-paid actors in Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Filmfare Awards. Ganesh shot to fame with the film ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), which set a record in Kannada cinema. In theatres, it was speculated to have collected over 75 crore by the end of its record-breaking 865-day theatrical run. It was the first movie to be screened continuously for one year in a multiplex in any language in India. The success of ''Mungaru Male'' brought Ganesh the nickname, "Golden Star". Ganesh won two consecutive Best Actor awards at Filmfare for the romantic comedy-drama ''Gaalipata'' (2008) and in the romantic drama ''Maleyali Jotheyali'' (2009). His other major success was ''Cheluvina Chittara'' (2007) after ''Mu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sangama (film)
''Sangama'' () is a 2008 Kannada language film starring Ganesh and Vedhika in lead roles. It is directed by Ravi Varma and produced by S.V. Babu.The film released on 24 October 2008. Plot Gajaraj has a big dream of getting his daughter Lakshmi (Vedhika) married to a good guy and he's looking out for a good bridegroom. Balu (Ganesh), who is Gajaraj's neighbour, has hard work getting the information of family background of the proposals and till now he has gotten it for Gajaraj's daughter. One day Balu gets a marriage proposal from someone who is an NRI guy from Germany. Lakshmi's family members are happy with the proposal and have agreed to it. Lakshmi's marriage arrangements are becoming greater and greater. Lakshmi expresses her love for Balu but he denies them. When it becomes very difficult for Lakshmi to forget Balu and marry the German bridegroom her family members come to know about her feelings towards Balu. Later her family members accept her affection for Balu and decid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj (born 24 August 1986) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language films. The son of actors K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Shanthanu appeared as a child artist in his father's '' Vettiya Madichu Kattu'' (1998), before making his debut as a lead actor in the romantic comedy ''Sakkarakatti'' (2008).He also has a YouTube channel with his wife calleWith Love Shanthnu Kiki Career 1998-2008 Shanthanu made his acting debut as a child artist in his father Bhagyaraj's film '' Vettiya Madichu Kattu'' (1998), and then worked as assistant director to his father in his sister, Saranya Bhagyaraj's debut project '' Parijatham'' (2006). Shanthanu appeared in his first lead role in the college-based romantic comedy ''Sakkarakatti'' (2008), appearing alongside actresses Ishita Sharma and Vedhika. His performance received mixed reviews with Behindwoods.com stating: "Shanthanu has to play a thinly sketched hero, but he puts energy and charm into eve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sakkarakatti
''Sakkarakatti'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kala Prabhu and produced by his father, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. It featured debutant Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, son of veteran actor K. Bhagyaraj, in the lead role while Ishita Sharma and Vedhika played significant roles. It featured a soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman. ''Sakkarakatti'' released on 26 September 2008. Plot Chennai-bred Yuvraj (Shanthanu Bhagyaraj) has had four close friends from childhood. He meets and falls in love with his only girl, only friend, only cousin, only niece, only sister, only daughter, only girlfriend, Deepali (Ishita Sharma). However, his only girl, only friend, only cousin, only niece, only sister, only daughter, only girlfriend, Reema (Vedhika) is in love with him. After Deepali sees Yuvraj with Reema, she becomes jealous and ignores Yuvraj when he follows her. Then, Yuvraj and Deepali get back together. Later, she sees Yuvraj and Reema together, bu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, before his first lead role in ''Kadhal Azhivathillai'' (2002), under his father's direction and produced by his mother Usha. Early and personal life Silambarasan was born on 3 February 1984 in Thogarapalli, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, as the eldest child of T. Rajendar and Usha Rajendar. He has a younger brother Kuralarasan, and sister Ilakiya. From early age, he has been a devout Hindu and an ardent follower of Lord Shiva. Silambarasan was educated at Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He then studied at the Loyola College, Chennai. Silambarasan starred in many of his father's films as a child until 2002, when he acted in his father's ''Kadhal Azhivathillai'', his first main role as a hero. Film career 1995– ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |