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Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer (born 4 June 1984), known by her professional name Priyamani, is an Indian actress and former model, who works in the South Indian film industry. She is a recipient of Several Awards. Priyamani made her acting debut through the 2003, Telugu film ''Evare Atagaadu''. She gained widespread recognition for her role as a village girl Muththazhagu in the Tamil romantic drama ''Paruthiveeran'' in 2007, receiving a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Tamil for her performance. Her notable works include '' Raam'' (2009), '' Raavan'' (2010), '' Raavanan'' (2010), ''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' (2010), ''Chaarulatha'' (2012) and ''Idolle Ramayana'' (2016). Apart from appearing in films she has also judged several dance reality shows across South Indian languages. Early life Priyamani Iyer was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka. She is from a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family. Her father, Vasudeva Mani Iyer, owns a plantat ...
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Chaarulatha
''Chaarulatha'' (also spelled as ''Charulatha'') is a 2012 Indian horror film made in Kannada and Tamil. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in the lead role. The film was an adaptation of the Thai horror film '' Alone'' which itself was based on My Brothers Keeper an episode of Tale From The Crypt season 2. Sundar C Babu composed the film's music. The film’s story is about conjoined twins. Produced by Global One Studios and distributed by Hansraj Saxena's Sax Pictures. ''Charulatha'' released on 21 September 2012 with dubbed Malayalam and Telugu versions with the same title. Plot The story takes it off showing the conjoined twins Charu and Latha (both played by Priyamani). Charu and Latha lived in Vizag as one body and soul until Ravi ( Skanda Ashok) comes into their lives. Both sisters fall in love with him, however, Ravi falls in love with Charu, causing a rift between her and Latha. Fina ...
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Paruthiveeran
''Paruthiveeran'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Ameer. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the title character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan, Ganja Karuppu, Sampath Raj, and Sujatha Sivakumar playing supporting roles. Produced by Studio Green, it features a soundtrack and score composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Ramji and editing by Raja Mohammad. ''Paruthiveeran'' was entirely shot in Madurai and its surroundings. After two years of making, the film was released on 23 February 2007 and received universal critical acclaim. The female lead of this film Priyamani won the National Film Award for Best Actress (2006) for her intense and brilliant performance as a gang rape victim. In this film Priyamani's voice modulation, dialogue delivery and accent in Madurai Tamil slang is considered as the finest output given by an actress in the Tamil film industry till date. The f ...
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Raam (2009 Film)
''Raam'' is a Kannada language romantic comedy movie released in 2009 directed by K. Madesh starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani, who making debut in Kannada cinema. Harikrishna is the music director for the movie. It is the remake of 2008 Telugu film ''Ready''. Plot Ram (Puneeth Rajkumar), a final year B.E student studying in Bellary comes to visit his joint family in Mysore in the vacation. His cousin's marriage is fixed. But his cousin loves another NRI Boy (Chethan Kumar). Knowing this Raam helps his cousin to get her married to her lover. His uncle gets angry and throws him out of the house. He goes back to his university. He sees a girl ( Priyamani) and falls in love at first sight. His friend gets depressed on losing his lady love as her parents disapproved their marriage and fixed her marriage with another boy. Ram decides to bring her and get her married to her friend. He goes to R.R. Kalyana Mantapa kidnaps the bride unconscious and brings her. And later gets to k ...
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Kangalal Kaidhu Sei
''Kangalal Kaidhu Sei'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic thriller film written by Sujatha and directed by Bharathiraja. It stars Vaseegaran in the protagonist's role and marks Priyamani's debut in the Tamil cinema. It also marks the only Tamil film performance by the veteran Sri Lankan actor Sanath Gunathilake. The cinematography was done by B. Kannan, while editing was done by K. Pazhanivel. The music was scored by A. R. Rahman, marking his fifth and final collaboration with Bharathiraja. The film revolves around a young, wealthy kleptomaniac's quest to find the love of his dreams in a young woman who is tasked to retrieve a stolen diamond from him. This film was released on 20 February 2004. It received mixed reviews and became a box office failure. However it achieved a cult status over the years. Plot John Vaseegaran, also called "Vasee", is a young man who ranks as the 5th richest man in India and 30th in the world. In business, his major rival is Pr ...
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Pranchiyettan & The Saint
''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith. The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur based businessman C. E. Francis a.k.a. Pranchiyettan ( Mammootty) and St. Francis of Assisi (Jesse Fox Allen). Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Khushbu Sundar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom and Biju Menon play the other important roles. The film is considered one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema and has attained cult status in the years following its release. Some critics consider the film as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave. Plot Chirammal Enashu Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan, is a successful businessman based in Thrissur. He is a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi and often has imaginary conversations with the saint. His ancestors were rice traders, but he has grown beyond the small rice shop to expand his business i ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Actress – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil ( Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of the film. Superlatives File:Nayanthara at Filmfare Awards.jpg, Nayanthara(3 Wins, among 4 Winners) Jyothika Filmfare 2014.jpg, Jyothika(Most nominations (15) and 1 Win) File:Trisha at World Children's Day Press Meet.png, Trisha Krishnan(Oldest winner with 1) File:Revathi at the screening of Masaala at PVR Phoenix (1) (cropped).jpg, Revathi(Oldest nominee and 3 Wins) File:Kushboo BH (cropped).jpg, Khushbu (Most nominations without a win) File:Sridevi05.jpg, Sridevi (Youngest winner and Nominee) *Actresses Sujatha won the most awards in the 1970s with three. Saritha and Raadhika won the award two times in the 80s, and Revathi won three times in the 1990s for the most in that decade. Laila had two wins in the 2000s, ...
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Idolle Ramayana
''Idolle Ramayana'' () in Kannada, shot simultaneously in Telugu as ''Mana Oori Ramayanam'' (), is a 2016 Indian comedy drama film directed by Prakash Raj. The film was produced by Prakash himself with Ramjee Narasiman under Prakash Raj Productions and First Copy Pictures. The film is a remake of 2012 Malayalam film '' Shutter'' with Jogi and Raman Gopisetti writing the dialogues for both versions simultaneously. The film is shot in two languages, Kannada and Telugu, each with a slightly different cast. It stars Prakash Raj and Priyamani with Achyuth Kumar, Rangayana Raghu, Raghubabu, Prudhviraj, Aravind Kuplikar and Satyadev Kancharana Satyadev Kancharana (born 4 July 1989), known professionally as Satya Dev, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is known for the movies ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015)'', Kshanam'' (2016)'', Mana Oori Ramayanam'' (2016)'','' ... portraying supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Both versi ...
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Evare Atagaadu
''Evare Athagadu'' is a 2003 Telugu-language film starring Vallabha, Priyamani, Jaya Sheel, and K. Viswanath. This was the debut film for both Priyamani and Vallabha, the son of Telugu film producer, K. S. Rama Rao. Plot Sunny (Vallabha) and Sneha (Jaya) are childhood friends. When Sunny joins Sneha's event management company, he falls in love with her. In a flashback narration, Sneha reveals the sad experiences of her life. As time passes, Sneha begins to fall in love with Sunny but is hesitant to tell him. Meanwhile, Sunny leaves for the United States, where he meets Rekha (Priya Mani) and proposes to her. Sneha is shocked to see Sunny engaged to Rekha upon his return but agrees to be the event manager for his wedding. Sunny soon realizes Sneha's love for him. Cast *Vallabha as Sunny. *Priyamani as Rekha *Jaya Seal as Sneha *Vasu * K. Viswanath as Rekha's grandfather * Tanikella Bharani * Ahuti Prasad * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam * Brahmanandam * L. B. Sriram * Mal ...
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Raavan (2010 Hindi Film)
''Raavan'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language epic action-adventure film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, who also co-produced the film. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram, while Govinda, Nikhil Dwivedi, Ravi Kishan and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles. It marks the Hindi film debuts of Vikram and Priyamani. The film follows the crux of the epic ''Ramayana'', but with a modernized plot which reveals the perspective of Ravana. ''Raavan'' was announced in February 2008, whilst Abhishek and Aishwarya's collaboration in the second time after ''Guru'' (2007), creating more anticipation. Shooting began soon after, and took place in various locations with a record number of extras in areas including Chalakudy, Kerala and Ooty, Tamil Nadu amongst other regions throughout India. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics written by Gulzar, the cinematography was handled by V. Manikandan and Santhosh Sivan, and editing is done by ...
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Raavanan (2010 Film)
''Raavanan'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language epic action-adventure film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam.The film stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Prithviraj Sukumaran with a supporting cast led by Karthik, Prabhu Ganeshan and Priyamani. It marked Aishwarya Rai’s return to Tamil after a decade gap, since her last Tamil film, ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (2000). The film follows the crux of the epic Ramayana, with a ruthless cop named Dev Prakash Subramaniam, who is on a quest to find a tribal leader-turned naxalite named Veeraiya as he had kidnapped his wife Raagini, who is suffering from Stockholm syndrome and begins to develop emotions for Veeraiya after learning his purpose. ''Raavanan'' was announced in February 2008, amidst much hype of the celebrated director, Mani Ratnam's return to Tamil films, whilst Vikram's and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's casting creating more anticipation. Shooting began soon after, and took place in various locations ...
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Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014. Vidya aspired to a career in film from a young age and had her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom '' Hum Paanch''. While pursuing a master's degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai, she made several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film, and featured in television commercials and music videos. She made her film debut by starring in the Bengali film ''Bhalo Theko'' (2003) and received praise for her first Hindi film, the drama '' Parineeta'' (2005). This was followed by commercial successes in ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' (2006) and '' Bhool Bhulaiyaa'' (2007), but her subsequent roles failed to propel her career forward. ...
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National Film Award For Best Actress
The National Film Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry. The National Film Awards were called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954. The State Awards instituted the "Best Actress" category in 1968 as the "Urvashi Award for the Best Actress"; in 1975, the "Urvashi Award" was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress". Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 56 Best Actress awards to 45 different actresses. Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus), certificate and a cash prize that amounted to in 2012. Although the Indian film industry produces films in ...
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