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Viswanathan Ravichandran
V. Ravichandran, is an Indian film producer and distributor in Chennai, India. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, Aascar Films Pvt. Ltd. Ravichandran started his venture in 1998 with the co-production of ''Kadhalukku Mariyadhai''. He went on to produce many large-scale Tamil language films and distribute a number of English films across South India. Early life He was born in Vellore and completed his graduation from Voorhees College, Vellore. His brothers own smaller production companies, Celebrity Pictures and Viswas Pictures. He started distributing films since he was 16 years old as he was the son of a leading distributor in Vellore. Career Prior to making his name as a film producer, Ravichandran had been a leading film distributor in Tamil cinema since the late 1970s and gained attention through the distribution of Jackie Chan films across Tamil Nadu. Ravichandran made his debut as a producer in cinema through Fazil's romantic dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellore
Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separated into four zones that are further subdivided into 60 wards, covering an area of 87.915 km2 and housing a population of 423,425 as reported by the 2001 census. It is located about west of Chennai, and about east of Bangalore. Vellore is located on the Mumbai–Chennai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral. Vellore is governed under a mayor and the Vellore Municipal Corporation. It is a part of both the Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency), Lok Sabha and Vellore (State Assembly Constituency), state assembly constituencies of Vellore. Vellore is the home to Christian Medical College & Hospital, the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and Golden Temple, Sripuram, Sripuram Golden Temple. The Vellore region is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15 and went on to win the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and subsequently won the Mr. Olympia title seven times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, and has written many books and articles about bodybuilding. The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second-most important bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him. He appeared in the bodybuilding documentary ''Pumping Iron'' (1977). Schwarzenegger retired from bodybuilding and gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star, with his breakthrough in the sword and sorcery epic ''Conan the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendu
''Rendu'' () a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Sundar C and produced by Khushbu. The film stars Madhavan Madhavan may refer to: People * James Madhavan (died 1973), Fijian politician * Kavya Madhavan (born 1985), Indian actress * Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/64), Indian businessman, CEO of Bacardi * N. S. Madhavan (born 1948), Indian writer * O. Madha ... in dual lead roles, with Reema Sen and Anushka Shetty (in her Tamil film debut) as the lead actresses. Vadivelu, Santhanam (actor), Santhanam and K. Bhagyaraj, Bhagyaraj also appear in supporting roles alongside a large ensemble cast. ''Rendu'', which featured music composed by D. Imman, released on 24 November 2006. Plot Shakti is a young man from a village with no job but much ambition and dreams. As he sees his life pass him by, stuck in a rut in his hometown, he decides that he will try his fortunes elsewhere. Chennai beckons him and off goes Shakti to join his uncle Kirikalan, who has a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dishyum
''Dishyum'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film directed by Sasi. Cinematography by Santonio Terzio. The film stars Jiiva, Sandhya, Guinness Pakru, Nassar, and Malavika Avinash. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vijay Antony of Sukran fame. The film was released on 2 February 2006, receiving positive reviews from critics. Plot Bhaskar, a stuntman, is smitten with Cinthya, a college student. However, his heart is broken when he learns that she doesn't love him back, but he still to tries persuade her. Cast Production The producers of the film had initially signed Pooja to play the lead role in January 2004, before Sandhya replaced her. Before Jiiva was brought onboard, the film was shot for eleven/twelve days with actor Ashok. Vijay Sethupathi played a police officer in the initial version, which was later scrapped. Jiiva, who had previously trained in Kung fu for three years, underwent gymnastics training for his role as a stuntman. He perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalai Nagaram
''Thalai Nagaram'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Suraj and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Sundar C and Jyothirmayi, while Vadivelu, Prakash Raj, Bose Venkat, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, and K. S. Ravikumar play supporting roles. This film was a low-budget production but enjoyed huge success. The soundtrack, composed by D. Imman, was a great hit, and the song "Yedho Ninaikiren" charted at the top position for a week. The film also has cinematography by K. S. Selvaraj and editing by Mu. Kasi Viswanath. The film, Naai Sekar Returns is a spin-off of Vadivelu's character in this film, which became a huge hit. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Abhimanyu'', directed by Priyadarshan and starring Mohanlal. The film tells the story of a man who sacrifices his life to kick out gangsters who ruin other's lives. Plot Subramaniam alias Right (Sundar C) is a rowdy in North Chennai. He runs a separate gang and also works as a sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parijatham (2006 Film)
''Parijatham'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Bhagyaraj. The film stars Prithviraj and Saranya Bhagyaraj. It was released to positive reviews. Plot Santhosh and Seetha have a son named Surendhar. Sumathi lived in a palatial house and enjoyed a luxurious life in her childhood. However, her father loses his textile business and sinks into poverty. Seetha moves to the house opposite Sumathi's house. Her husband and son are still back in their city, waiting to finish training. Sumathi approaches her to work as a maid. Seetha becomes impressed at first sight by Sumathi's wise and sensible character and takes her as her maid. After a few days, Seetha learns that the house she has moved into was initially owned by Sumathi's family. She gets influenced by Sumathi's modesty, kindness, and good nature. Sumathi also had the habit of writing novels, one of which she shared with Seetha. Seetha imagined her son and Sumathi as the characters in the story (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anniyan
''Anniyan'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he sees as increasing social apathy and public negligence leads to a split personality that attempts to improve the system. Vikram stars as Ambi, an idealistic, law-abiding lawyer who has Dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as Multiple personality disorder) and develops two other identities: a suave fashion model named Remo and a murderous vigilante named Anniyan. Sadha plays the female lead role. Actors Vivek, Nedumudi Venu, Nassar and Prakash Raj also featured in the film. Shankar conceived the film in mid-2003 during the post-production period of his previous film, ''Boys''. He based the film on his own life experiences during his formative years when he was disturbed by what he saw around him, and his eventual displeasure with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thendral (film)
''Thendral'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thangar Bachan. The film stars Parthiban and Uma with Rajashree in a pivotal role. The film, produced by Venu Ravichandran, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 6 February 2004. Plot In opening scene,we see a man walking towards a grave in middle of farmland and lighting up lamp and keeping food in banana leaf. He slowly places his head on grave. The film slowly moves back to 1989,Nalangili (Parthiban) is a reputed writer with revolutionary mindset. He even refuses to take the sahitya award and instead asks the president to provide justice to tamilnadu on cauvery issue.Thamarai aka Thamaraichelvi (Uma) is a huge fan of Nalangili and harbours a secret crush on him. She lives with her mother in a hut in aynavaram, madras where they provide milk to neighbor homes to earn a living. Nalangili also lives in same locality. Venkatrama iyer (Madhan Bob) lives next to nalangili's house and is annoyed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasellam
''Manasellam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Santhosh. Produced by V. Ravichandran, it stars Srikanth and Trisha, while Cochin Haneefa plays a major supporting role. The film score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It was released on 20 March 2003 and failed both critically and commercially. It got dubbed as ''Manasantha'' in Telugu. Plot On his way to Chennai, Bala's bag and certificates get stolen in the train. But he has a look about him that endears him to a petty shop owner Sundaram, who provides him accommodation along with a few bachelors in the top portion of his house. Malar stays opposite this house, and the bachelors are crazy about her. They are scared if the handsome and cheeky Bala will try to woo her, so they hatch a plot and frame him so that Malar's two brothers beat him up black and blue. Three strangers, who claim to be his true friends from Hyderabad, save an unconscious Bala. Now, the true identity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Jay
''Jay Jay'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Saran. The film stars R. Madhavan, Amogha and Pooja, while Kalabhavan Mani, Charle, Dhamu and Malavika Avinash also play key supporting roles. Produced by V. Ravichandran of Oscar Films, the film had music scored by Bharathwaj. The core plot of the movie is based on the 2001 movie '' Serendipity''. Plot Jagan (R. Madhavan) is a carefree youth who stays with his friends in a room. He plays violin well and seeks every opportunity to help others, at the same time benefitting himself. His father is an assistant of an unsuccessful politician (Delhi Ganesh) who works for two politician brothers. Their sister, Seema ( Pooja), has a crush on Jagan after he saves her from some goons. On the other hand, is Jamuna ( Amogha). Jamuna is a very beautiful young woman who is from Kolkata. Her father is very protective of her. Jagan spots her at a book store and falls for her instantly only to be beaten up by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Mana Vaanil
''En Mana Vaanil'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language romantic drama film written and directed by Vinayan and was a remake of director's own Malayalam film ''Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan'' (2002). The film stars Jayasurya, Kavya Madhavan who were part of original film, making their debut in Tamil cinema with this film. The film also stars Vadivelu, Vijayakumar in supporting roles. The film's title is based on the song ''Kasi'' (2001). Plot A poor mute man Ganesh (Jayasurya) and a rich deaf-mute girl Thilaka (Kavya Madhavan) fall in love. Their love supported by Ganesh's family but is opposed with a vengeance by Thilaka's family. At the same time, Thilaka is pursued by other suitors who are only after her money. Ganesh and Thilaka flee their hometown together, pursued by Thilaka's uncle and suitor. Will their love succeed? Cast *Jayasurya as Ganesh *Kavya Madhavan as Thilaka *Vadivelu as Govindan *Chandrasekhar as Blind street singer * Mansoor Ali Khan as Gajendran * Vijayakumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramana (film)
''Ramanaa'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, stars Vijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla and Simran in lead roles. The film is about a man named Ramana who decides to abolish corruption completely with the help of his ex-students who are working in various government offices. The film released on 4 November 2002. It received positive reviews from critics and became a superhit. It was awarded the 2002 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film and A. R. Murugadoss won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer. The film was dubbed and released in Hindi as ''Mar Mitenge 3'' in 2015. Plot ''Ramanaa'' begins with the abduction of 15 Tahsildars. After three days in captivity, 14 officers are released, but one is murdered. The police find a tape recording and a file on the dead officer's body that provide significant evidence concerning the kidnapping and subsequent murder. The file suggests that the crimes were commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
