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Vaishnavi (malayali Actress)
Vaishnavi is an Indian actress and voice artist. She was a prominent lead actress from 1988 to 1997 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the granddaughter of actress Sowcar Janaki. Family She is the granddaughter of famous film actress Sowcar Janaki. Vaishnavi's mother Yagnna Prabha is the elder daughter of Sowcar Janaki. She married in 1996 after which she stopped acting. She has two daughters, Aditi and Meghna. Filmography Vaishnavi started her film career in Tamil language in 1987. She has also done 100 shows of a drama, called "Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhovame" in 1993, touring US, Thailand, Sri Lanka, London and Paris. Tamil Malayalam Kannada * 1992 – ''Aathma Bandhana'' Telugu * 1988 – ''Prema'' as Lizzy * 1991 – '' Attintlo Adde Mogudu'' as Sharada * 1992 - ''Chamanti'' * 1993 – ''Ayyappa Karuna'' * 1993 – ''Paruvu Prathista'' as Sita * 1995 – '' Subha Sankalpam'' as Rakkamma Hindi * 1992 - '' Roja'' * 1995 – '' Ravan Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sowcar Janaki
Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows and was a radio artist during her earlier years. She is the recipient of two Nandi Awards, Kalaimamani and India's fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri. Her younger sister Krishna Kumari, is also a noted actress. Personal life Janaki is born on 12 December 1931. She is the elder daughter of T. Venkoji Rao and Sachi Devi of Rajahmundry. Her younger sister is Krishna Kumari, who is also an actress. She being brought up in a Telugu-speaking Madhva Brahmin family. She completed her earlier studies from Gauhati University in Assam and has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Arizona. She has two daughters and a son. Her granddaughter Vaishnav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roja (film)
''Roja'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Arvind Swami and Madhoo, with the latter in the title role. It follows a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, making desperate efforts to find her husband after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Jammu and Kashmir. The film was produced by K. Balachander under his Kavithalayaa Productions and distributed by G. Venkateswaran. The film's cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan, music by A.R.Rahman and editing done by Suresh Urs. The film released on 15 August 1992, to positive reviews, receiving praise for its patriotic theme and critically acclaimed soundtrack. It was featured in the Indian panorama section of the 24th IFFI. Roja won three National Film Awards, including Best Film on National Integration, catapulting Ratnam to national acclaim. The film also gained international acclaim with its nomination for Best Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aham (film)
''Aham'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeevnath and written by Venu Nagavally from a story by Rajeevnath. The film stars Mohanlal, Urvasi, and Ramya Krishna. The soundtrack was composed by Raveendran and cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan and Venu Plot Aham means self. The film revolves around Siddharthan, a bank manager, a man who has different outlook to life. He wants to be perfect in every thing that he does and even wants people around him to accept the way he thinks. He lacks love from his parents and develops hatred towards his father, a judge, who was responsible for the death of their servant and his family, who were the only friends of Siddharthan. Growing up Siddharthan becomes very narrow minded and looks at every one else's behavior with doubt and prejudice. He doubts the relationship between his wife Renjini (Urvashi) and her friend (Suresh Gopi) to the extent that he goes and warns him from ever entering his house to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makkal Mahatmyam
''Makkal Mahatmyam'' is a 1992 Malayalam comedy film directed by Paulson, written by Siddique-Lal, and starring Mukesh, Sai Kumar, Innocent, Jagadish, Vaishnavi, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Zeenath, Sukumari and Suchitra. Plot Kuruppumash is married to Kunjulakshmi. They go to the temple to pray for a child. Kurupumash is the headmaster of the public school. One day, Kurupumash comes late with his wife to the school, where the DEO had been waiting for long time. The DEO is initially angered, but becomes sentimental on hearing Kurupumash's childless status, tells him to either get a doctor's checkup or marry another woman who can deliver. Hearing this, Kunjulakshmi, full of guilt, attempts suicide, and makes Kurupumash marry a woman named Saraswathi. Kunjulakshmi gets pregnant and delivers a son. The same time, Saraswathy also pregnant, gives birth to a male child and a female later. But Kunjulakshmi wants Saraswathi to leave their home as she has her own child. Kurupumash does not a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrugaya (1989 Film)
Mrigaya may refer to: *''Mrigayaa ''Mrigayaa'' () is a 1976 Indian historical drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by K. Rajeshwara Rao. It is based on an Odia short story by Bhagbati Charan Panigrahi, called "Shikaar". The film portrayed the relationship between the B ...'', a 1976 Hindi language film directed by Mrinal Sen * ''Mrigaya'' (1989 film), a 1989 Malayalam language film directed by I. V. Sasi {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manikkam
''Manikkam'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. V. Pandian and produced by T. Siva for Amma Creations. The film stars Rajkiran and Vanitha Vijayakumar, while Vinu Chakravarthy and Ganthimathi play supporting roles. Plot The story of “Manikkam” is based on the Tamil religious belief of yesteryear heroes, brave-hearts, warriors (“veerargal”) eventually becoming worshipped as sub-deities and believed to become “protectors” of villages. These are locally known as “kaval deivangal”, or “guardian gods”. Manikkam (Rajkiran) is a protector (kaaval) of many local villages, but he resides at a village in Vadipatti. Manikkam is believed to get the “arul vakku” from the local Neethi Amman kovil and operates accordingly. Meanwhile, local villagers are terrorized by Karuvayan (Mansoor Ali Khan) and the gang from a local town called Vakkanoor. Karuvayan is a ruthless bandit that thrives on the livelihood of stealing from others and selling arra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaprabhu (film)
''Mahaprabhu'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by A. Venkatesh, making his directorial debut. The film stars R. Sarathkumar, Sukanya and Vineetha. It was released on 26 January 1996. Plot Dhamodaran sells black cinema tickets alongside his friends Sedhu and Vicky. Dhamodaran is known to be an angry man thus he promises to his mother Vellaiyamma to avoid violence. Jothi, Dhamodaran's cousin, is deeply in love with Dhamodaran. Shanmugavel, a corrupt politician, is an influential man and even the police cannot arrest him for his crimes. His son Bhaskar spreads terror among the college students. Eswarapandiyan, an honest police officer, is determined to arrest Shanmugavel. Later, Uma, Eswarapandiyan 's wife, is killed by Shanmugavel and Eswarapandian is left for dead. Thereafter, Mahalakshmi moves into the house opposite to Dhamodaran's house. Mahalakshmi is an orphan and becomes a college lecturer. Dhamodaran falls in love with her but Mahalakshmi advises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthu Kaalai
''Muthu Kaalai'' is a 1995 Tamil-language drama film directed by Gokula Krishnan. The film stars Karthik and Soundarya. The film, produced by Raadhika Reddy, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 24 February 1995 to above average reviews. Plot The film begins with Poochi (Vadivelu) announcing bad news to Muthu Kaalai ( Karthik). Muthu Kaalai first refuses to see Poonjolai (Soundarya) in her deathbed, but he finally accepts. In the past, Poonjolai was from a rich family in her village, while Muthu Kaalai was a poor herdsman who worked for Raakayi ( Manorama). Since their first meeting, Poonjolai hated him and put him in a lot of troubles. Muthu Kaalai wanted to marry Poonjolai, but her uncles Sakthivel (Napoleon), Sangaiah ( Vijayakumar), and Rathnavel ( Chandrasekhar) were determined to wipe out his wish. Cast * Karthik as Muthu Kaalai *Soundarya as Poonjolai *Napoleon as Sakthivel * Vijayakumar as Sangaiah, Poonjolai's uncle * Chandrasekhar as Rathnavel, Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolangal (1995 Film)
''Kolangal'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by I. V. Sasi. The film stars Jayaram and Kushboo. It was released on 15 September 1995. Plot Ganga, a Tamil girl who doesn't know Hindi, looks for her friend Malini in Mumbai. She then meets Bairavan, a Tamil man, who says that he knows Malini and Bairavan then sells Ganga to a brothel. The Tamil Nadu Police raids at the brothel to rescue Tamil women and they save most of them including the innocent Ganga. Anand , a police officer, is worried about Ganga and she tells him about her past. After Ganga's father died, Ganga lived in her sister's house but her brother-in-law tried to rape her. She left the house and decided to go to Mumbai. So, Anand drops Ganga in her sister's house and to Anand's surprise, her angry brother-in-law beat her in front of him. Anand intervenes and saves her. Anand secretly marries her. Anand's family is a traditional Hindu joint family and they all live in a bungalow. He has a wido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aanazhagan
''Aanazhagan'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Thiagarajan and produced by S. Balaji. The film stars Prashanth, newcomer Suneha, Vadivelu, Charle, and Chinni Jayanth, while K. R. Vijaya, Gandhimathi, and Vaishnavi play supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Chitram Bhalare Vichitram''. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. In the film, Prashanth disguises himself as a woman in order to convince the landlady. Plot Raja, Sudhakar, Raghava and Marudhu are good friends who stay together as tenants at a rented house. After being thrown out, they start searching for a new house on rent, but no one is willing to give their house for bachelors. Finally, they come to know a landlady in search of a family as her tenants. A plot is hatched by, and all four bachelors dress up to be a family man (Sudhakar), his retarded brother (Raghava), his uncle (Marudhu), and his wife Lakshmi (Raja). Now, Raja's lady love Priya (Suneha) happens to be the landlad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru
''Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Thulasidas. A remake of the Malayalam film '' Sandesam'' (1991), it stars Sivakumar, Saravanan, Thalaivasal Vijay and Jayanthi. The film was released on 5 February 1994. Plot Palanivel, a military personnel, comes home to enjoy retirement with his wife and family. But politics has divided his two sons Siva and Sakthi. They support opposing political parties and things escalate when one of the parties wins in the local elections. Palanivel and his family are caught in the middle and even lose their previous land whose sale proceeds is for the political coffers but ends up in the pockets of the politicians. The brothers eventually realise their folly when their leaders are exposed. Cast * Sivakumar as Palanivel * Saravanan as Siva * Thalaivasal Vijay as Sakthi * Jayanthi as Palanivel's wife * Ranjitha as Saravanan's fiancée * Meera as Saravanan's sister * Vaishnavi as Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Hind (1994 Film)
''Jaihind'' () is a 1994 Tamil language war action film written and directed by Arjun. The film stars him and Ranjitha. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 20 May 1994 and was a blockbuster at the box office. A spiritual successor titled ''Jaihind 2'', also starring Arjun, was released in 2014. Plot Bharath ( Arjun), a police officer, is in love with Priya (Ranjitha), a policewoman. A terrorist group attacks the state of Tamil Nadu and kills the current Chief Minister ( Kalyan Kumar) and Sriram, Bharath's brother ( Devan). Bharath decides to go with some prisoners and his lover in the island where the terrorist group is hidden. This is a secret and dangerous mission. Whether he will be able to prevent their attacks or become a victim himself forms the crux of the story. Cast * Arjun as ACP Bharath IPS *Ranjitha as Inspector Priya *Goundamani as Head Constable Kottaisamy * Manorama as Bharath's mother *Senthil as Pulikutty / Poonaikutty / Paayuso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |