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Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among his accolades are four National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), 14 SIIMA Awards, nine Vijay Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South, five Vikatan Awards, five Edison Awards and a Filmfare Award. He has been included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list six times, which is based on the earnings of Indian celebrities. Dhanush's first film was '' Thulluvadho Ilamai'', a 2002 coming-of-age film directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. He achieved further success in '' Polladhavan'' (2007) and '' Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008), both of which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. His role as a rooster fight jockey in ''Aadukalam'' (2010) won him Best Actor at the 58th National Film Awards and Best Tamil Actor A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vada Chennai
''Vada Chennai'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action crime drama film written and directed by Vetrimaaran in his fourth film as a director. It is the first instalment in a planned trilogy. Produced by A. Subaskaran's Lyca Productions and Dhanush's Wunderbar Films with Vetrimaaran's Grass Root Film Company, it stars Dhanush as Anbu, a skilled carrom player who becomes a reluctant participant in a gang war between two rival gangsters. Along with Dhanush, Andrea Jeremiah, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ameer, Samuthirakani, Daniel Balaji, Kishore and Pawan appear in prominent roles. The film had been in the news since late 2009 with an official announcement only made in November 2011 that the filming would commence by March 2012. After being temporarily shelved, the film re-materialized in May 2015 with a new cast; featuring Dhanush as the lead, making his third collaboration with the director after '' Polladhavan'' (2007) and '' Aadukalam'' (2011). Principal photography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velaiilla Pattadhari
''Velaiilla Pattadhari'' (), popularly referred to as ''VIP'', is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Velraj, in his directorial debut. The film stars Dhanush and Amala Paul, while Vivek, Saranya Ponvannan, Samuthirakani and Surbhi play supporting roles. Dhanush, besides acting, producing and distributing the venture in association with Escape Artists Motion Pictures, also worked as the lyricist and album producer on the film's original soundtrack. The film's album and score were composed by Anirudh Ravichander.The stunt department of this movie handled by Hari Dinesh. The film focuses on Raghuvaran, a graduate who is unemployed for four years, and how he gets a job, whilst successfully overcoming various obstacles before and after finding employment. Principal photography commenced in August 2013 and was completed by May 2014, with the film being shot primarily in Chennai. The film was released on 18 July 2014, and received positive cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anegan
''Anegan'' (; ) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language historical fiction, period action film, action romantic thriller, romance thriller film directed by K. V. Anand, and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. The film features an ensemble cast starring Dhanush, Karthik (actor), Karthik and Amyra Dastur in lead roles, whilst Ashish Vidyarthi, Aishwarya Devan, Mukesh Tiwari, and Jagan, appear in supporting roles. Set in four different time periods, it is based on theme of reincarnation, which revolves around Ashwin (Dhanush) and Madhu (Amyra Dastur) who were lovers in their past lives, have been brought together in the present scenario. Dhanush played four different characters in the film. The film's title is based on Thiruvasagam, Tiruvacakam, written by Tamil poet Manikkavacakar. Principal photography commenced on 2 September 2013 at Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. Filming continued in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Burma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryan (film)
''Maryan'' (pronounced ''Mariyāņ''; ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharat Bala, and produced by Venu Ravichandran, under the banner Aascar Films, starring Dhanush and Parvathy Thiruvothu. The film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman; cinematography and editing were done by Marc Koninckx and Vivek Harshan respectively. The dialogues in the film were penned by Joe D' Cruz. Oscar-award winner Resul Pookutty was the sound designer of the film. ''Maryan'' is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film's title represents the character as "a man who never dies". The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries. Bharatbala narrated the story to Dhanush on September 2011, and the film was announced officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodi (film)
''Kodi'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Vetrimaaran under his banner Grass Root Film Company. The film stars Dhanush, Trisha and Anupama Parameswaran in the lead roles, while, Saranya Ponvannan, S. A. Chandrasekhar, Kaali Venkat, Namo Narayana, and G. Marimuthu play other key roles. Dhanush and Trisha pair up for the first time. ''Kodi'', marks the Tamil debut of Anupama Parameshwaran. Dhanush played dual roles for the first time in his career. Dhanush, who produced R. S. Durai Senthilkumar's previous two films, '' Ethir Neechal'' and ''Kakki Sattai'', which stars Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, played the male lead actor in this film. The film's music and background score were composed by Santhosh Narayanan, the cinematography is performed by Venkatesh S. The film was simultaneously dubbed in Telugu as ''Dharmayogi'', which released one day after the Tamil version. Upon release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil people, Tamil film lead actors. The Filmfare Awards South Awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972.#Film world, Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of the film. Superlatives *Kamal Haasan with ten wins, has most number of awards than any other actor. Vikram (actor), Vikram has five wins, followed by Karthik (actor), Karthik and Dhanush with four wins. Four actors have won the award thrice in chronological order they are Sivaji Ganesan, Sarath Kumar Ajith Kumar and Suriya. Actors Sivakumar and Vijay Sethupathi has two wins each. *Vikram (actor), Vikram, Dhanush, Karthi, Suriya and R. Madhavan are the five actors to win both Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and Vikram (actor), Vikram is the first actor to win this honour. *Sathyaraj, Suriya and R. Madha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aishwarya Rajinikanth
Aishwarya Rajinikanth (born 1 January 1982) is an Indian film director and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. She is the elder daughter of actor Rajinikanth and wife of actor Dhanush. She made her feature film directorial debut with '' 3'' (2012) starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan in the lead. Early life Aishwarya was born to actor Rajinikanth and Latha Rangachari. She has a younger sister, Soundarya, who works in the Kollywood film industry as well. Career Aishwarya began her career in the Tamil film industry as a playback singer in the unreleased film ''Ramanaa'', directed by Parthy Bhaskar. The song was composed by Deva in November 2000. Her first song to be released was "Natpe Natpe" from D. Imman's soundtrack for ''Whistle'' (2003), which she sung alongside the composer and actor Silambarasan. In August 2011, she announced that she would direct her then-husband, Dhanush, and Shruti Haasan in her first feature film titled '' 3''. Dhanush later clarified that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadukalam
''Aadukalam'' (; ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Vetrimaran, who also co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues with Vikram Sugumaran from his story. Produced by Five Star Kathiresan and distributed by Sun Pictures, the film stars Dhanush and Taapsee Pannu (in her film debut), with Kishore, V. I. S. Jayapalan, Naren, and Murugadoss in supporting roles. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film score and soundtrack. The film was released on 14 January 2011 to critical acclaim, with critics praising the screenplay, direction and performances. The film won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. The film also won five awards at the 59th Filmfare Awards South – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Cinematography. Based on an online poll by ''The Times of India'', Vetrimaran was chosen as the best director for ''Aadukalam''. Plot In Madurai, veteran roost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polladhavan (2007 Film)
''Polladhavan'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Vetrimaran in his directorial debut. Starring Dhanush and Divya Spandana, the film revolves around a man whose life improves after buying a bike, and turns upside down after it is stolen. Three songs and the background score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while Yogi B and Dhina composed each one song. Velraj was the director of cinematography, V. T. Vijayan edited the film and Rambo Rajkumar choreographed the stunts. The film was released on 8 November 2007. Receiving a tremendously positive response, it popularized the Bajaj Pulsar among the youth. The film was remade in a number of languages, owing to its success. Plot Prabhu Shankar is a happy-go-lucky middle-class man who spends time playing carrom in the streets with his friends Sathish and Kumar and others. He and his father keep falling into minor misunderstandings, and falls in love with a girl named Hema, who he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thulluvadho Ilamai
''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language teen drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, but Kasthuri Raja is credited for business reasons and the film marks the acting debut of Dhanush, who plays the lead role. The film also features other newcomers Abhinay, Sherin, Ramesh, Shilpa and Gangeshwari in major roles, and features prominent film personalities Vijayakumar, Ramesh Khanna, and Pyramid Natarajan playing supporting roles. The film depicts the story of six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective families and escape from their homes, deciding to live together on their own with the help of an older friend of theirs. While the soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Viji Manuel composed the film score. The film was released on 10 May 2002. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Juniors'' (2003) with Sherin reprising her role. Plot Mahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edison Awards (India)
The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of cinema, Thomas Alva Edison. It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia. The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon. The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...s and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote. Awards Merit awards * Best Actor * Best Actress * Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaaradi Nee Mohini
''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mithran Jawahar. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu hit Selvaraghavan's ''Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'' and stars Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, and Nayanthara in lead roles, whilst Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, Telugu film director K. Vishwanath, Karunas, and Saranya Mohan play supporting roles and slightly different climax. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The title is derived from a song from the 1958 Sivaji Ganesan- Padmini starrer '' Uthama Puthiran''. ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' was released on 4 April 2008, becoming highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. Plot Vasudevan (Dhanush) is from a middle-class family. He makes several bids to obtain employment, but all goes in vain due to his poor English language skills and inadequate education qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
