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Vilangu
''Vilangu'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film produced, written and directed by P. Jayadevi. The film stars Jaishankar in the lead role. It was released on 27 February 1987. Plot DIG Jayaraman seeks to capture an international smuggler. Cast * Jaishankar as DIG Jayaraman * Arun Pandian as Babu * Nizhalgal Ravi * M. N. Nambiar as an international smuggler * Sulakshana as Jayaraman's wife * Ramya Krishnan as Kavitha * Janagaraj * Sathyaraj (guest appearance) Production ''Vilangu'' was written, produced and directed by P. Jayadevi under Thulasi International. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. Release and reception ''Vilangu'' was released on 27 February 1987. On the same day, N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group ...
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Shyam (composer)
Samuel Joseph (born 1937), better known as Shyam, is a music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. From the mid-1970s to the late 1980s, Shyam had a prolific run as a composer in the Malayalam film industry, composing for nearly 200 films. Working with all major directors of the time, Shyam had scored for many hits of Jayan and the early films of Mammootty and Mohanlal. Career beginnings Shyam apprenticed under maestros M. S. Viswanathan and Salil Chowdhury, the former renaming him 'Shyam'. He has been an assistant for various music directors including Salil Chowdhury, Rajan Nagendra, Satyam, S. Rajeswara Rao, Pendyala Nageswara Rao, AM Raja, TG Lingappa etc for several years before venturing as an independent music director. He has also worked as a lead violinist with famous composers like C. Ramachandra, V Dakshinamoorthi, Naushad, Madan Mohan, G. Devarajan, Bombay Ravi, RD Burman etc. Along with his training in western violin he is also trained in carnatic classical ...
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Arun Pandian
Arun Pandian is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician. He began his career as an actor as part of the critically acclaimed film ''Oomai Vizhigal'' (1986). After retiring from acting, he took the post of chief producer for the London-based Ayngaran International, a film production and distribution company, however, he later started his own production and distribution company A&P Groups. He is the secretary of South Indian Film Financiers Association (Siffa) and he is also the president of South Indian Film Exporters Association (Sifea). Politics He became a Member of Legislative Assembly in 2011 after contesting in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate for the constituency of Peravurani. On 21 February 2016, Arun Pandian and nine other MLAs tendered their resignations prior to the Assembly election in the state. On 25 February 2016, he joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the presence ...
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Sulakshana (actress)
Sulakshana is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films and serials. She started at the age of two and half in the movie ''Kaaviya Thalaivi'' as child Krishna, she was credited as Dolly. After that she acted in ''Thulabharam'' as child artist in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi (all versions) and credited as Rajani . Her first leading role was with Chandra Mohan in ''Subhodayam'' in 1980. Her second film was with Rajkumar and he gave advise to her about the importance of make-up as an actress and presented a make- up kit. After that she acted against K. Bhagyaraj as a third film ''Thooral Ninnu Pochi''. She has acted in over 450 films. After a 12 year-break from the film industry, Sulakshana reentered the industry with the teleserial ''Sahana''. Personal life She was married to director Gopikrishnan, son of a famous music director M. S. Viswanathan. They have three sons, first son Vishnu is working as a Navy Officer and he got ...
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Janagaraj
Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai Tamil Nadu. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with Delhi Ganesh, another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date. Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of ''Kizhake Pogum Rail'', Bharathiraja gave him the chance to act as a Brahmin in the same movie. Later in Puthiya Vaarpugal, Bharathiraja gave Janagaraj another sensational character as a minor boy of the villain (G. Srinivasan). Janagaraj had acted with a trouser and baniyan for that movie. Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in Bharat ...
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Jaishankar
Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or ''Makkal Thamizhan'' (people's Tamil) in most films starring him. He was also referred to as ''Thennakathu James Bond'' (South Indian James Bond) because of his roles in films such as ''Vallavan Oruvan'' and ''CID Shankar''. Biography Jaishankar, whose real name was Shankar hailed from Kumbakonam, but was born in Thirunelveli to parents Subramaniyan Iyer who was the Judge of Thirunelveli court and Yogambal on 12 July 1938. Jaishankar did his schooling in P.S. Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, and completed his graduation from The New College, Chennai, where he was awarded an honours degree. He studied law but gave it up after a year because of his interests in the theater and other art forms. He joined Cho Ramaswamy's "Cho's Viveka Fi ...
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Tamil Language
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 on ...
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Deputy Inspector General Of Police
A Deputy Inspector General of Police (abbreviated as DIG) is a high-ranking official position in Police in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. India Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) is a rank in the Indian police, just below Inspector General of Police. It is a rank held by Indian Police Service officers who had successfully served as Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police (Selection Grade) and got promoted to this rank. DIG-ranked officers wear Gorget patches on their collar which have a dark blue background and a white line stitched on it, similar to SSPs There is no limit to the number of DIGs a state can have and most states have several DIGs. DIGs are in pay band 4 ( to ) with grade pay . Bangladesh In Bangladesh Police, the post of a Deputy Inspector General of police is an important appointment. It's the third highest post in the force. Generally a DIG commands police range. But some times ...
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Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film ''Nizhalgal''. He has acted in 550 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil. Career Nizhalgal Ravi started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film ''Nizhalgal'' (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like ''Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi'' (1987), ''Nayakan'' (1987), ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Raadhika, Radha, Gautami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, R ...
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Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in the Telugu and Kannada film industries) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramya has won four Filmfare Awards, three Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize. She is known for playing Neelambari in ''Padayappa'' which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu for the 2009 comedy film ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam''. Ramya's portrayal of Sivagami Devi in the '' Baahubali series'' (2015–17) received universal acclaim. Both '' Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015) and its sequel '' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion'' (2017) are among the highest grossing Indian films. Her performance in the franchise won her several accolades, including two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu (2016 and 2018) and a Andr ...
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Sathyaraj
Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also include works in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), ''Nadigan'' (1990), ''Amaidhi Padai'' (1994), ''Periyar (2007 film), Periyar'' (2007) and ''Onbadhu Roobai Nottu'' (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in ''Nanban (2012 film), Nanban'' (2012), Mirchi (film), ''Mirchi'' (2013), ''Raja Rani (2013 film), Raja Rani'' (2013), ''Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali'' (2015), ''Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Baahubali 2'' (2017), ''Kanaa (film), Kanaa'' (2018), and Jersey (2019 film), ''Jersey'' (2019). He was also the director of the film ''Villadhi Villain'' (1995), starring himself in three ...
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Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film ''Nizhalgal'', an Ilaiyaraaja musical, directed by Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award, for his abundant literary output. Early life Vairamuthu was born on July 13, 1953, to Ramasamy and his wife Angammal, who were agriculturalists based in the village of Mettoor, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. In 1957, his family was forced to move to Vadugapatti, another village in the Theni di ...
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The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ...
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