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Vincent Selva
Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, ''Priyamudan'' starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan worked under him. Career Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s. He made his film debut as a director through the film ''Priyamudan''. The romantic film released in 1998 was a major hit at box office and had been remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role. In 1999 he released his second film, '' Iraniyan'', a fictional biography of freedom fighter "Vattakudi Iraniyan". The movie starred Murali and Meena and opened to mixed reviews. In 2002 he directed ''Youth'' a film starring Vijay, which was well received by critics and audiences. The movie starred the Fair & Lovely girl, Shaheen Khan in the lead role. In 2002, he was signed on by producer Keyaar to make a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood'' - a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, ''Keechaka Vadham'', was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, ''Kalidas'', a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture ''Alam Ara''. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil film industry established in Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema, other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films from India established a global presence through distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jithan
''Jithan'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language supernatural romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Jithan Ramesh (in his Tamil debut) along with Pooja, Kalabhavan Mani, Livingston, S. Ve. Shekher, and Nalini. R. Sarathkumar plays an extended cameo appearance in the film. The film was produced by Raadan Network, owned by Raadhika. Its score and soundtrack were composed by Srikanth Deva. The film is a remake of Bollywood film, ''Gayab'' (2004). The film released on 6 May 2005 to positive reviews and became a surprise hit. The film was produced by Sarathkumar's wife Raadhika. Plot Surya, an introvert by nature, loves his classmate Priya from childhood but has never expressed his feelings towards her. Meanwhile, Surya's classmate Ajay also tries to woo Priya, in which he succeeds but to an extent. Priya does not like Surya as she views him as a nerd. One day, Surya gets frustrated as he is not being liked by anyone and cries loudly in a beach, where he finds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil-language Film Directors
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virumandikum Sivanandikum
''Virumandikum Sivanandikum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Vincent Selva and starring debutante Sanjay and Arundhati Nair with Thambi Ramaiah in an important role. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Royal Treat''. Plot Shiva, who is not interested a government job, does business with his friend. They borrow money from an evil moneylender and pay back the money with interest. Shiva and his friend end up in money issues, A director, Ganduchamy, who is a fraud, makes a movie with Shiva as the protagonist, his friend as the antagonist, and a woman, Nandhini, as the female protagonist. He promises to give Shiva six lakhs for acting in the film. Vincent Selva works as the cameraman for the film. The director shoots the film without Nandhini knowing that she is a part of the film. After shooting for the film, Shiva falls in love with Nandhini. Sivanandi, the head of a village, finds out that Shiva was part of a film with Nandhini, a girl who ran away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvvu Nenu
''Nuvvu Nenu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Teja who co-wrote it with Dasaradh. The film stars Uday Kiran and Anita while Sunil, Banerjee, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and Telangana Shakuntala play the supporting roles. This is the official debut film of Anita Hassanandani. Released on 10 August 2001, the film was a commercial success. It won four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu and five Nandi Awards in various categories. Plot Ravi is the son of a multimillionaire in Hyderabad. Vasundhara is the daughter of a milk supplier. Ravi and Vasundhara study in the same college. The film starts with Vasundhara showing hatred towards Ravi, as he is a sportsman who is not good at studies. Over a period of time, her hatred turns into love. Finally, he falls in love with her too, but their parents do not agree to their marriage. Their parents plan to avoid their marriage by giving the couple a clause that they s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiru Navvutho
''Chiru Navvutho'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language film directed by G. Ram Prasad from a story written by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Prema, debutante Shaheen and Prakash Raj. The score and soundtrack is composed by Mani Sharma. It was second movie in Venu's career after his first hit '' Swayamvaram'' (1999)''.'' It turned out to be a ''Super Hit'' at the box-office with critics praising Trivikram Srinivas's writing and Venu's acting. The film won three Nandi Awards including Best Feature Film. It was later remade into Kannada as '' Premakke Sai'' (2001) and in Tamil as ''Youth'' (2002). Shaheen reprised her role in both remakes. A few scenes were inspired by the 1997 Italian film ''Life Is Beautiful''. The film was unofficially made in Hindi as ''Muskurake Dekh Zara''. Plot The story revolves around Venu, who is an orphan and a talented chef. His philosophy is to live happily with a smile (Chirunavvu) all the time. His uncle wants to marry him w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jithan 2
''Jithan 2'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil language horror comedy film directed by Rahul Paramahamsa and written by Vincent Selva. The film is a sequel to ''Jithan'' (2005), and stars Jithan Ramesh and Srushti Dange. The film began production in December 2013 and it released on 8 April 2016 to poor reviews. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Pizza 3'' in 2018. The film had background score by Yeshwanth Raja. The film received negative reviews from critics. Cast *Jithan Ramesh as Surya *Srushti Dange as Priya *Meghali as Anjali *Mayilsamy as Venugopal *Yogi Babu as Annayya *George Maryan as Sombu Vinayagam *Robo Shankar as Police Officer *Vinoth Babu as Police Constable *Karunas as Surya's known person *Sona Heiden *Swaminathan *Nellai Siva as Vijayakumar *Bharanidharan as Bharani *Supergood Subramani *Kesava *Vengal Rao * Sandy(cameo appearance) Production In September 2013, RPM productions began working on a sequel to the successful 2005 film ''Jithan'', with newcomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Enna Solluthu
''Inga Enna Solluthu'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Vincent Selva, and produced and written by Arunraj who also plays the lead role, with Meera Jasmine and Santhanam in supporting roles. The film released on 30 January 2014 and opened to negative reviews. Cast * VTV Ganesh as Ganesh * Meera Jasmine as Rajeshwari * Santhanam as Ezhumugam (Sai Baba) * Pandiarajan as Ramalingam * Swarnamalya as Subha * Ammu Ramachandran as Ganesh's sister * Srinath * Aarthi * Ujjaini * Mayilsamy as himself * K. S. Ravikumar as himself * Silambarasan as Raghu (Guest appearance) * Andrea Jeremiah as Raghu's fiance (Guest appearance) * Anthony as Anto (Guest appearance) * Rajeevan as Rajeevan (Guest appearance) Production The first look of ''Inga Enna Solluthu'' was released on 14 April 2013 with posters featuring VTV Ganesh, Meera Jasmine and Santhanam. It was revealed that the film would be directed by Vincent Selva, would have R. D. Rajasekhar, Anthony and Dhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thulli Vilayadu
''Thulli Vilayadu'' is a 2013 Tamil comedy thriller film written and directed by Vincent Selva and produced by D. Govindaraj. The film features newcomer Yuvaraj, Deepthi Nambiar, Soori, and Sendrayan in the lead roles. Prakash Raj and Jayaprakash play important roles with comic shades. Srikanth Deva has scored the music, while S. K. Boopathy has cranked the camera and V. T. Vijayan did the film's editing. The film released on 28 June 2013. Plot Raghu (Yuvaraj), Mano ( Soori), and Thangavelu (Sendrayan) are faithful for politicians Singam ( Prakash Raj) and Samipillai ( Jayaprakash). Both politicians are fighting for 200 million rupees, which is meant to be used to bribe the people for the upcoming elections. in the meantime, the three men decide to jump in this and take it for their advantage. The men decide to go to Rajasthan to hide. On their trip, they meet a girl named Yamuna (Deepthi Nambiar), who is claimed to be Asin's younger sister. What is the next part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perumal (film)
''Perumal'' is a 2009 Tamil action film starring Sundar C, Namitha and Meenakshi. It is directed by Vincent Selva and released to negative reviews. Plot The movie begins in a hospital where a mafia is involved in adulterating drugs. Unfortunately, a junior doctor Alamu (Meenakshi) manages to stumble upon their antisocial act. To safeguard themselves, the gang sets out to wipe out Alamu. She meets Perumal (Sundar C), a petty thief who does the job of recovering loans for an agency. He eventually vows to protect Alamu from her distress by putting an end to the gang and their atrocities. Cast * Sundar C. as Perumal * Namitha as Saroja * Meenakshi as Dr. Alamu * Vivek as Idithangi/Indrasena Reddy * Kota Srinivasa Rao * Sudheer * Ilavarasu * Singamuthu * Swaminathan * Dhamu * Thennavan * Cell Murugan * Thambi Ramaiah * T. P. Gajendran * Crane Manohar * Muthukaalai * Scissor Manohar * Kadhal Arun Kumar * Sivanarayana Moorthy * Kaajal Pasupathi as Idithangi's wife * Bava Lakshmanan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madurai Veeran (2007 Film)
''Madurai Veeran'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action romance film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Jithan Ramesh and Saloni Aswani. The score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva. The film is the Tamil remake of the 2001 Telugu film ''Nuvvu Nenu'' directed by Teja. Selva and Ramesh previously collobarorated for ''Jithan'' (2005) and this film was also successful at the box office. Jithan Ramesh's voice is dubbed by his brother Jiiva. Plot Shiva is the only son of a rich businessman. He grows up surrounded by money and he is not cared for by his parents, due to his mother dying when he was a young boy and his father is business-minded and only cares about his money. Shiva and his friends are playful and athletic, and do not study. Priya, who also goes to the same college (the college was created and run by Shiva's family) Shiva attends, is the daughter of a cow herder and a gangster Mayandi. Priya keeps her distance from Shiva, but as the film progresses, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
