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Vetri (cinematographer)
Vetri Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as ''Souryam'', '' Muni 2: Kanchana'', '' Veeram,'' ''Vedalam, Viswasam and Annaatthe.'' Early life and career After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like '' Aahaa..!'', Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu, Maayi. Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film ''Thenavattu'' (2008), before working on the comedy ''Maasilamani'' (2009) and the successful horror film, '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) with Raghava Lawrence. Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, souryam(2008) ''Sankham'' (2009) and ''Daruvu'' (2012), as well as his Tamil films with Ajith Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palladam
Palladam () is a town and First Grade Municipality in Tirupur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the headquarters of Palladam Taluk of Tirupur district. Palladam is located on National Highway NH 81. Palladam is a major Town with large source of income collected from the business community which includes Textile industries, Poultry farms and Agriculture. Palladam High-tech weaving park is a milestone of the town. It is a part of the Coimbatore MP Constituency. Palladam is well known for production of Broiler chicken production and head office of Broiler coordination committee (BCC) situated here. Geography Palladam is located at . It has an average elevation of 325 metres (1066 feet). Palladam is located near to Tirupur (14 km away) which is called the 'Dollar City' of Tamil Nadu and located 38 km east of the city of Coimbatore, ‘‘‘Manchester of South India‘‘‘ . Palladam is the gateway to Coimbatore from the eastern and south-ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangamam
''Sangamam'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language musical romance dance film co written and directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by V. Natarajan of Pyramid Films. The film stars Rahman and newcomer Vindhya with Manivannan, Vijayakumar, Radharavi, and Vadivelu playing other important roles. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while Saravanan handled the cinematography. The film was released in 1999 but despite the award-winning soundtracks and rave reviews, the film became a financial failure. First release Sun TV network Plot This film depicts the disputes between two forms of the dance styles and music, Classical Indian (in particular Carnatic music and Bharathanatyam danceform) against rural Tamil folk music and dance. The film depicts the misunderstanding and mutual ignorance of the two factions. The parallel plot in the movie is of the children and intended successors of the respective dance doyens falling in love with each other. Cast * Rahman as Selvam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adyar Film Institute
The M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as the Adyar Film Institute, is Asia's first-ever film and television training institute. Established in 1945 as Adyar Film Institute, it is one of the pioneer film institutes in India, It is in Tharamani, Chennai, and is run by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu State Government under the Department of Information and Public Relations. It offers four-year bachelor's degree courses Screenplay and Direction, Cinematography, Sound Recording and Sound Engineering, Film Editing and Film Processing, and functions of the government. Only 14 students are admitted in each course. The diplomas are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), while the certificates are awarded by the Department of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, appointed actor Rajesh as the Head of the Institute in Sep 2022. History The institute was esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivegam
''Vivegam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Siva. The movie features Ajith Kumar as primary lead, with Vivek Oberoi (in his Tamil debut), Kajal Aggarwal, and Akshara Haasan playing the supporting roles. The film's background score and soundtrack were composed by Anirudh Ravichander, whose soundtrack album released on 7 August 2017. Cinematography was performed by Vetri and editing by Anthony L. Ruben. Principal photography of the film commenced at Slovenia in August 2016, and the movie released worldwide on 24 August 2017 along with its Telugu dubbed version titled ''Vivekam''. The film incurred a financial loss of 50 crore to the production house. Plot An arms exchange deal happens between the General Secretary of Europol police and the head of the Russian mafia gang in a dense Serbian forest, secured with multiple layers of military personnel, where Ajay Kumar "AK", a former counter-terrorist officer, successfully int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. To date, he has starred in over 60 films. His awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film '' En Veedu En Kanavar''. He established himself as a romantic hero with ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996), ''Aval Varuvala'' (1998) and ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (1998), and established himself as an action hero starting with the film ''Amarkalam'' (1999). Ajith's dual portrayal of twin brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Suryah's '' Vaali'' (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in the vigilante film '' Citizen'' (2001). In 2006, he starred in ''Varalaru'', in which he play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daruvu
''Daruvu: Sound Of Mass'' is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film written and directed by Siva, produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna under Sri Venkateswara Entertainments banner and starring Ravi Teja and Taapsee in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film is composed by Vijay Antony, while the cinematography is handled by Vetrivel. Anil Ravipudi penned the dialogues and Gautham Raju handled the editing department. The film is inspired from ''Yamudiki Mogudu''. The movie was an average at box office. The movie was remade in Odia as ''Ashok Samrat''. Plot The film's story is similar to fantasy films like ''Yamagola'', '' Yamudiki Mogudu'', ''Yamaleela'', and ''Yamadonga''. Bullet Raja (Ravi Teja) is a small-time crook with a good heart. He bumps into Swetha (Taapsee) at a function and falls in love with her, but she is already engaged to Harbour Babu (Sushant Singh), a powerful local goon. One day, using Swetha's dance master Vidya Balan (Brahmanandam) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankham
''Shankar'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by J Bhagavan, J Pulla Rao under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner and directed by Siva and associated by Shiva Rama Krishna. Starring Gopichand, Trisha and Sathyaraj, the music was composed by S. Thaman. The film follows a Chandu, an NRI living in Australia with his uncle and friend. When Chandu's girlfriend Mahalakshmi is forcefully taken to India by her violent family members, he arrives in India to marry her but is assigned a task that would eventually pull him into an ages-old feud with the rival village and lead him to the discovery of his true identity. The film was released theatrically on 11 September 2009. The film was also dubbed and released in Hindi as ''Phir Ek Most Wanted'' () in 2010, in Bhojpuri as ''Baghi Balma'' () and in Tamil as ''Sivappu Saamy'' (). It was remade in Dhallywood as ''Kothin Prothishodh'' starring Shakib Khan & Apu Biswas. Plot Chandu ( Gopichand) is a rich, rough you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (director)
Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or also as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with ''Souryam'' (2008) superhit, which was followed by ''Sankham''hit, (2009) and ''Daruvu'' hit,(2012) Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with ''Siruthai'' (2011), the second Telugu film to enter 100 Crore Club worldwide. He further made the high-prolific Tamil films ''Veeram (2014 film), Veeram'' (2014), ''Vedalam'' (2015), ''Vivegam'' (2017), ''Viswasam'' (2019) and ''Annaatthe'' (2021). Early life and family Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghava Lawrence
Lawrence Raghavendra is an Indian dance choreographer, actor, director, composer, dancer and playback singer. After making his debut as a dance choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film. He adopted the name "Raghava" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film ''Style'' and then '' Muni''. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won four Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards for best choreography. In 2015, after the death of former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lawrence set up a charity trust in his name and donated . Early life and background Lawrence had a brain tumor when he was a child. He attributes the curing of his tumor to the deity, Raghavendra Swamy, and in an act of devotion, he took the name Raghava. He built the Raghavendra Swamy Brind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maasilamani
''Maasilamani'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romance action comedy film directed by R. N. R. Manohar and distributed by Sun Pictures. It stars Nakul and Sunaina and in their second collaboration after ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'', while Pawan, Santhanam, Karunas, Srinath, and M. S. Baskar, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by D. Imman, while editing was done by Manoj. The movie was released on 19 June 2009. Plot Maasilamani aka Maasi (Nakul) is an orphan living in a lower-middle-class colony. With a heart of gold, he is a popular guy who takes up local issues, fights for them, and is considered rowdy by those who do not know him. Enters the heroine Divya (Sunaina), a rich upper-middle-class girl who is a dance instructor and with whom Maasi falls in love at first sight. However, Divya shows aversion to his rowdyism and gets offended by his proposal. Maasi attempts to win her family by being a good person and dons another name, Mani. All are aware that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thenavattu
''Thenavattu'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by V. V. Kathir, starring Jiiva and Poonam Bajwa, whilst Ganja Karuppu, Ravi Kale, Shafi, Saikumar, and Rajan P. Dev play pivotal roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by Vetri. The film released on 21 November 2008 to highly negative reviews but performed well at b and c centers. Plot The film starts with Kailasam, the somber bigwig who is performing the last rites of someone dear to him, but the appearance of Kottai (first in the chaotic Koovagam festival and later atop a Veeranam pipe) swinging a scythe maniacally sets the tone for the rest of the film. Cut to the flashback a few months ago: in Ramnad, Kottai's mother is cutting down logs and boasting about her son: he is a god who deserves to see the outside world and derive its benefits. Kottai journeys to big bad Chennai in company with Vellaiyan, who dances with every Karagattam dancer on the roadside, makes le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaram (film)
''Agaram'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by T. Nagarajan. It stars Nandha and Archana, with Biju Menon portraying the role of the antagonist, and Vivek, Seetha and Raj Kapoor among others in supporting roles. Despite being announced shortly after Nandha's debut in 2002, the film's release was delayed and eventually released on 16 February 2007, failing at the box office. The film's title is a reference to the first letter of the Tamil alphabet. Plot Thiru (Nandha) is a young Airtel employee who has just moved into the family's new house in Tuticorin with his sister (Varshini), mother (Seetha), and grandmother (Sukumari). Their happiness is tinged with the grief of Thiru's father's (Agathiyan) recent death, before the construction could be completed. Fate decrees that the entire family be placed in jeopardy when Thiru has an argument with Pasupathy, the brother of the dreaded don of the waterfront mafia, Varma (Biju Menon), during the local elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
