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Karunas
Karunas (born 21 February 1970 as Karunanidhi Sethu) is an Indian actor, politician and comedian in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played lead roles in films including '' Dindigul Sarathy'' (2008) and ''Ambasamudram Ambani'' (2008). Apart from acting, Karunas has also been credited in films as a producer, music composer and a singer, while he continues to serve as the Vice-President of the Nadigar Sangam, after being elected in October 2015. Early life Karunas was born in Kuruvikkarambai, a village in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling at Palangudi Bharathi School and later studied at Nandanam Arts, Presidency College. Karunas began his career as pop singer and dancer, working extensively on Tamil folk music. He then gradually appeared in films as a comedian. Film career Karunas began work as a gaana singer aged 12, earning the moniker "Gaana" Karunas, and made his television debut through Yuhi Sethu's ''Naiyaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Karunas
Grace Karunas is an Indian playback singer, actress who has worked in the Indian film industry. The wife of actor Karunas, Grace has often sung in films featuring her husband. Career Grace began singing at the age of five with the CSI Church, Poonamallee. She continued singing with her church and at college and caught the interest of actor Karunas during an intercollegiate competition, which the actor had come to judge. Karunas subsequently asked Grace to perform songs in his independent albums, and the pair later got married. Her first film song was "Cheena Thaana Doi" in the Kamal Haasan-starrer ''Vasool Raja MBBS'' (2004), and she received the opportunity after Karunas had recommended her to the film's director Saran and music composer Bharathwaj. The success of the song made her popular and she soon worked on other songs including "Velaku Onnu Thiriya Paakudhu" from ''Devathaiyai Kanden'' (2004), "Alappuzha Ammani Allo" from ''Karka Kasadara'' (2005), "Freeya Vidu Maamu" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambasamudram Ambani
''Ambasamudram Ambani'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Ramnath. P. It was produced by actor Karunas, Singapore R. Saravana and A. John Peter. The film stars Karunas, Navneet Kaur Rana, Navneet Kaur, Ambani Shankar, and Kota Srinivasa Rao alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Cochin Haneefa, Sriranjini (Tamil actress), Sriranjini, J. Livingston, Livingston, Delhi Ganesh, and R. Sundarrajan (director), R. Sundarrajan. Karunas had also composed the songs, while Sabesh–Murali composed the background score and lyrics written by Vairamuthu, "Kaviperarasu" Vairamuthu. Cinematography was handled by P. Pulidevan and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The film released on 7 February 2010 and become a decent hit. Plot Dhandapani, coming from a poor background, nurtures his ambition to become an owner of businesses like Reliance Industries Limited, Reliance, Vasanth & Co, Saravana Stores, etc. He meets Nandhini, who falls in lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragalaipuram
''Ragalaipuram'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil language comedy drama film written and directed by Mano, which is a remake of the 1991 Malayalam film ''Aanaval Mothiram''. The film features Karunas, Angana Roy, and Sanjana Singh in the lead roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. The film opened to mixed reviews upon release on 18 October 2013. Cast * Karunas as Velu * Angana Roy as Kalyani * Sanjana Singh as SI Shwetha * Bharath Reddy as SI Suresh * Manobala as Inspector * Uma as Velu's mother * M. S. Bhaskar as Vincent * Pawan as Burma Kumar * Vaiyapuri as Insurance Policy Agent * Delhi Ganesh as Constable Pandian * Kovai Sarala as Head Constable Ekavalli * Singampuli * O. A. K. Sundar as SI Veerapandi * Mayilsamy * Ken Karunas * Kottaikumar * Shakeela as Kuruvamma (Special Appearance) * Sridhar (Special Appearance - "Obamavum") Production The film was first reported in February 2012, with debutant Mano chosen to direct the remake of the 1991 Malayalam film ''Aanaval Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandhamama
''Chandhamama'' is a 2013 Tamil language film written and directed by R. Radhakrishnan. The film features Karunas, Shweta Prasad and Harish Kalyan in the lead roles. The film released on 1 March 2013 to negative reviews. Cast * Karunas as Santhanakrishnan (Chandamama) * Shweta Prasad as Mary * Harish Kalyan as Yuvan * Ilavarasu as Santhanakrishnan's father * Sujatha as Santhanakrishnan's mother * G. M. Kumar as J. Kanthan * Mohan Ram as Church Father * Madhan Bob * R. Sundarrajan * Rahasya * M. S. Bhaskar * Srikanth Deva as himself * Sridhar as himself ("Narayana") Soundtrack Music was composed by Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor .... Release A reviewer noted "on the whole an ordinary effort, delivering nothing new or entertaining to the audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dindigul Sarathy
''Dindigul Sarathy'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by Siva Sanmukam, who earlier directed ''Thagapansamy''. The film stars Karunas, Karthika, and Saranya Ponvannan, while Nassar, M. S. Baskar, Livingston, and Chitti Babu play supporting roles. The film has cinematography by S. Thaj and music by Dhina. The film released on 19 December 2008. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Vadakkunokkiyantram'' (1989). Plot The story revolves around an insecure teetotaler named Sarathy (Karunas), who feels bad due to his dark skin (his wife Vasanthi ( Karthika) is fairer than him), which is often the butt of many jokes. Because Sarathy feels inferior to Vasanthi, he begins to suspect her of infidelity and thinks that she will one day elope with a lover. After a misunderstanding, Sarathy and his mother Saradha (Saranya) are estranged, which further weakens the bond between him and Vasanthi. How Sarathy resolves his issues and gets back together with Vasanthi forms the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanga Meenkal
''Thanga Meenkal'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ram in his second directorial venture after ''Kattradhu Thamizh''. The story was written by Ram and his daughter Shri Sankara Gomathy Ram, with the former, besides, played the lead role as well alongside newcomers Sadhana and Shelly Kishore. The film is jointly produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon and J. Satish Kumar under the banners Photon Kathaas and JSK Film Corporation, respectively. It follows, Kalyani a poor man who is forced to live under the shade of his father, takes up a job beyond his reach to provide his daughter a good living. The film's cinematography was handled by Arbhindu Saaraa, and editing done by A. Sreekar Prasad. The film's score and soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.Ram is Gautham's new hero IndiaGlit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pori (film)
''Pori'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Subramaniam Siva, who rendered his debut ''Thiruda Thirudi'', a 2004 runaway blockbuster. The film stars Jiiva and Pooja. The film was later dubbed into Hindi under the title ''Naya Zalzala'' and released in 2011. The film met with negative reviews and turned out to be a box office bomb. Plot Hari (Jiiva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh), an upright retired schoolteacher, buys him a shop in a building with his PF money. He names it "Periyar Bookshop" and runs it with his friends (Karunas and Ganeshkar). Meanwhile, he constantly bumps into a TV reporter Pooja ( Pooja), and a love-hate relationship happens. One day, a Malaysian-based businessman named Mahadevan ( Seeman) comes and evicts Hari from the shop, claiming that it belongs to him. Hari now discovers that his father was cheated by a land mafia gang which specializes in forged documents and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattradhu Thamizh
''Kattradhu Thamizh'' (; previously titled is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Ram, who directs his debut film. Produced by Salmara Mohammad Sharief, it stars Jiiva, Anjali and Karunas. The film was released on 6 October 2007, to unanimous critical acclaim. The film is about an ordinary young Tamil-postgraduate, who becomes a tortured victim of Chennai city's gentrification, fueled by the booming IT industry, slowly losing his mental balance and becoming a psychopath. According to Ram, the movie explores what might become of a society, that undervalues the education and practice of arts and humanities. The film, though commercially not successful during its release, garnered a cult following later. Plot Prabhakar (Jiiva) is a Tamil teacher in a private school in west Mambalam area of Chennai, who leads a lonely life in a lodge. He is frustrated and even tries to commit suicide, in a system where knowing your mother tongue and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandha
''Nandha'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, while Rajkiran, Laila, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of comedian Karunas. The score was by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by R. Rathnavelu. ''Nandha'' is story about a young man from a borstal coming back to a society and his family he had left many years ago. It is about a battle of love and life, and how a misfit tries to fight to fit into the usual social circus, a fight to earn his mother's love, and a fight to live the second chance he has given himself. Plot The plot opens with a mother and her children arriving at Rameshwaram. The elder child, Nandha is sent to a rehabilitation center for murdering his father as a boy after witnessing his father's illicit affair with a prostitute and abuse towards Nandha's mother when she finds it. He returns home to his mother, who is deaf and mut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Pictures
Sun Pictures is an Indian film distribution and production studio based in Chennai, India. It is a unit of Sun TV Network a part of the Sun Group. Founded in 2000, it started producing the TV film ''Siragugal ''Siragugal'' () is an Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Raadhika, produced by Kalanithi Maran, and co-directed by Manobala and Raadhika. Set in London, the film stars Raadhika and Vikram, while Devan plays a supporting role. It was ...'' and later it started producing and distributing Tamil-language films. Filmography References External links * Film distributors of India Film production companies of India Film production companies based in Chennai Indian film studios Indian companies established in 2008 Sun Group 2000 establishments in Tamil Nadu {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komban
''Komban'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by M. Muthaiah and produced by Studio Green. The film stars Karthi and Lakshmi Menon, while Rajkiran, Super Subbarayan, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunas, and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. The film released on 2 April 2015 to positive reviews. Plot Kombiah Pandian aka Komban is a good-hearted but short-tempered man living in a village with his mother Kottaiamma in Ramanathapuram. Komban cannot tolerate injustice in any form and repels against it immediately without fearing about its after effects. He falls in love with Pazhani, the only daughter of Muthiah. Kottaiamma approaches Muthiah with a wedding proposal between their children. Muthiah agrees for the wedding seeing Komban's kind heart. However, he has a fear that Komban's short temper would make him land in problems. Komban and Pazhani then get married. Gundan Ramasamy is a corrupt politician who goes to any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadigar Sangam
The Nadigar Sangam ( en, Actors' association), officially known as the South Indian Artistes' Association (SIAA), is a union for film, television, and stage actors in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, based in Chennai. Formed in 1952, the group has a charitable trust fund to provide pensions to retired actors, voice support for actors caught in controversy, and have collectively protested socio-political issues. Elections in the Nadigar Sangam, which is made up of over 3000 members, are held once every three years to determine the president of the group. R. Sarathkumar, who had been elected unopposed three times since 2006 when former president Vijayakanth stepped down, was ousted after an election on 18 October 2015 by Nassar. The elections held in 2019 is under the scrutiny of the court and a special officer appointed by the government is now looking into the administrative roles of the sangam. History Formation and early history Film director K. Subrahmanyam, who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |