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Vikraman
Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema. Career 1990–1994 He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in ''Puthiya Pathai'' (1989), which was the latter's debut film as a director and an actor. Vikraman made his directorial debut with the film ''Pudhu Vasantham'' (1990) produced by R. B. Choudary, for which director K. S. Ravikumar apprenticed under him as an assistant director. The film was about four unemployed friends and musical experts who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. Upon release, the film received critical acclaim and it re-wrote Tamil cinema history, sparking a whole range of "friendship" films. Its hero Murali went on to become a romantic actor in subsequent films. His second film ''Perum Pulli'' (1991) received negative reviews with N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express'' stating, "Directed by Vikraman who made ''Pudhu Vasantham'' and made name for himself .Perum Pulli has a hash of a sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
''Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vikraman. It stars Karthik and Roja, with Ajith Kumar in a guest appearance. Ramesh Khanna, Moulee, Sathyapriya, Fathima Babu, and Madhan Bob play other supporting roles. It was Karthik's 100th film. The film released on 15 August 1998. It received positive reviews and became a blockbuster. Plot Selvam and his friend Bhaskar are petty thieves, who live their lives by stealing stuff from people. One day, they are assigned a job to steal a Ganesh Idol from the temple, for a man who had just moved into a new house, citing prosperity as a reason. The friends succeed in stealing the idol but are spotted by the people who start chasing them. They hide in a house and encounter Radha. Radha is a maid in the house and is looking after the owners' three children while the adults are away on pilgrimage tour. Radha and the kids lock the two of them in a room and order them to do stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanathai Pola
''Vaanathaippola'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijayakanth in dual role. The supporting cast include Meena, Prabhu Deva, Livingston, Kausalya and Anju Aravind. Produced by Venu Ravichandran under Oscar Films, the film has a score and soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar and cinematography handled by Arthur A. Wilson. The film tells the story of a caring brother who makes sacrifices to ensure his three younger brothers succeed in life. The film opened to positive reviews and box office success in January 2000, and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment the following year. ''Vaanathaippola'' subsequently went on to become the most commercially successful film in Tamil, running for over 250 days in theatres. Furthermore, the success of the film led to two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as several remakes in other Indian regional languages such as Telugu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suryavamsam (1997 Film)
''Surya Vamsam'' ( and ) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars R. Sarathkumar in dual lead roles with Devayani. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year 1997. It was subsequently remade into Telugu under the same title (1998), in Hindi as ''Sooryavansham'' (1999), and in Kannada as '' Surya Vamsha'' (2000). Plot Sakthivel Gounder (Sarath Kumar) is a rich, influential and one of the most educated men in his village near Pollachi. He has a wife Latha (Raadhika), three sons, and a daughter. Sakthivel hates his youngest son Chinnarasu (Sarath Kumar). Sakthivel's daughter's wedding is fixed, and Nandini ( Devayani) is the groom's sister. She meets Chinnarasu during her brother's wedding and wonders why Sakthivel dislikes him. Chinnarasu's sidekick Rasappa (Manivannan) tells a flashback to Nandini. Chinnarasu was weak in studies from childhood. He was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhu Vasantham
''Pudhu Vasantham'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Murali, Anand Babu, Raja, Charle and Sithara. It revolves around a woman who, due to circumstances, ends up cohabitating with four men. ''Pudhu Vasantham'' is the directorial debut of Vikraman. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary and R. Mohan under Super Good Films. It was released on 14 April 1990, and became major commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Shruthi'' the same year, and in Hindi as '' Baharon Ke Manzil'' a year later. Plot Friends Balu, Michael, Raja and Manohar are street musicians who aim to achieve big in life despite leading a below poverty life. Balu sings, Michael dances and plays the tabla, Raja plays the guitar while Manohar plays the flute. One day, the friends come across Gowri, a seemingly mute girl. They help Gowri to find an address which she is looking for, however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam
''Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Anand Babu and Mohini. It was released on 9 July 1993. Plot Viswanath (Anand Babu) has only a cousin Kaveri (Latha) as family and is very affectionate towards her. He even dropped out of school to pay Kaveri's school fees. Viswanath worked hard for her and begins to sing in the street to support Kaveri. A few years later, he becomes a singer in a band and organizes some stage performance with his friend Govind (Vivek). Unknowingly, Govind and Viswanath pick up a woman called Sandhya (Mohini). She tells that she isn't a singer, she doesn't have family and she has come to find a job in the city. But Sandhya helps Viswanath and Govind in a timely manner by helping them settle their house rent. Kaveri completes her graduation and becomes a famous newscaster in a TV channel. However, she gets arrogant owing to her fame and she does not want to marry Viswanath as she thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulam
''Gokulam'' is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Jayaram (in his major Tamil debut) and Bhanupriya, with Arjun Sarja in a supporting role. It was released on 11 June 1993. Plot Chellappa lives in a village owning a photo studio along with his friends Raju. Mary comes to the village and rents a house opposite to Kalyan Kumar's house. Kalyan Kumar's house is named "Gokulam" where he lives with his wife and daughter Uma. Kalyan Kumar also has a son named Kannan but has been abandoned by the family members for marrying a girl without the family's consent. But the family regularly receives money order from Kannan. Although Kalyan Kumar has changed his mind and accepted Kannan, he still does not return home. Everyone in Gokulam thinks that it is only Kannan's wife who does not allow him to reunite with his family. Mary gets close to Gokulam family members and attends singing classes from Kalyan Kumar. She helps everyone in the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perum Pulli
''Perum Pulli'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Vikraman, starring Babu and Suman Ranganathan. It was released on 14 January 1991. Plot ''Perum Pulli'' is the story of an innocent youth and his love for his mother. Cast * Babu *Suman Ranganathan Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Palani Bharathi was introduced as lyricist in this film. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Directed by Vikraman who made ''Pudhu Vasantham ''Pudhu Vasantham'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Murali, Anand Babu, Raja, Charle and Sithara. It revolves around a woman who, due to circumstances, ends up cohabitati ...'' and made name for himself .''Perum Pulli'' has a hash of a story". References External links * {{Vikraman 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Super Good Films films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhiya Mannargal
''Pudhiya Mannargal'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Vikram and Mohini. The movie's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. The film did not perform well commercially. Plot Cast * Vikram as Satyamoorthy *Mohini as Vidhya * Babu Ganesh as Pandian *Nalinikanth as Chitti Babu *Vivek as Araitchi Ariandndham * Prithiveeraj *Sriman *Dhamu *Soundarya Kumar *Udhayan (Sakthi Kumar) *Mahesh *S. S. Chandran as S. S. *Vinu Chakravarthy as Tamilmagan *Delhi Ganesh as Vidhya's Father *Y. Vijaya as House owner *Kamala Kamesh *P. R. Varalakshmi *Neelu *Sampath Kumar *Pasi Narayanan *Karuppu Subbiah *Typist Gopu *LIC Narasimhan *Manager Cheena *Perumal *Tirupur Ramasamy *Singamuthu as S.S's P.A *Peter Hein as Henchman (uncredited) Production During the making of ''Pudhiya Mannargal'', Vikram was approached by Mani Ratnam to star in ''Bombay'' (1995). However, Vikram had grown his hair long and had a bear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poove Unakkaga
''Poove Unakkaga'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijay and Sangita. Actor Murali makes a guest appearance in a song in the film. The film released on 18 February 1996. The film received critical acclaim and it was the first blockbuster and a major breakthrough in Vijay's career in the Tamil film industry. The movie ran over 250 days in theatres at the time of release. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Subhakankshalu'' (1997), in Kannada as ''Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi'' (1997) and in Hindi as ''Badhaai Ho Badhaai'' (2002). Plot Sadasivam and Stephen were family friends for generations until the time when Sadhasivam's daughter Janaki falls in love with Stephen's son Robert. The couple elope and get married against both families' wishes which leads both families to abandon them. Also enmity is created between the two families and they hate each other. Vasudevan is the son of Sadhasivam and Moses is the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayakanth
Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. Before entering politics Vijayakanth was a successful actor, producer and director. Vijayakanth is also the current DMDK chairman of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. He is the founder and president, general secretary of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) Political party and served as a Member of Legislative Assembly twice representing the constituency of Virudhachalam and Rishivandiyam respectively. Personal life Vijayakanth was born as Vijayaraj Alagarswami in Madurai on 25 August 1952. his parents are K. N. Alagarswami and Aandal Azhagarswami. He married Premalatha on 31 January 1990 and has two sons named Vijaya Prabhakaran and Shanmuga Pandian, an actor. Acting career Vijayakanth is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (actor)
Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman (born 13 September 1960), better known by his stage name Karthik, is an Indian actor, playback singer and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He is the son of veteran actor R. Muthuraman. In the 1980s and 90s, Karthik was one of the biggest stars in the industry. He was first introduced by Bharathiraja in the Tamil film ''Alaigal Oivathillai'' (1981) and became a lead actor in Tamil films by his own. He has also appeared in some Telugu films where he is credited as Murali. Karthik is popularly known as ''Navarasa Nayagan'' (multi-talented actor) for his "ability to emote all forms of actions and emotions". He has acted in more than 125 films. He has been the recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and the Nandi Award. He won four Filmfare Awards South. Early life and background Karthik was born as Murali Karthikeyan Muthuraman on 13 September 1960 in Chennai to veteran actor R. Muthuraman. He has two sons, Gautham and Ghayn, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Kumar
Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South. Originally a bodybuilder and later journalist, in 1986, Sarathkumar started his acting career in the Telugu film ''Samajamlo Sthree''. He first acted in negative roles, and later played supporting roles before establishing himself as a lead actor in subsequent years, earning him the titles ''Supreme Star'' and ''Super Hero'' in Tamil cinema. In 2007, he launched a new political party All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) in Tamil Nadu, claiming to carry out the ideals of K. Kamaraj. He is the former Member of Legislative Assembly of Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency), Tenkasi constituency. He served as the president of the Nadigar Sangam from 2006 to 2015 for three consecutive terms. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
