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Aneethi
''Aneethi'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language psychological romantic thriller film written and directed by Vasanthabalan. It is produced by Vasanthabalan himself, V M. Krishna Kumar, Murugan Gnanavel and Varadharajan Manickam under the banner of Urban Boyz Studios. The film stars Arjun Das and Dushara Vijayan in the lead roles. The film was announced in February 2021, under the tentative title ''Production No.1'', as it is the production banner's maiden production, while the title of the film was revealed in September. Principal photography commenced in February 2021 and wrapped in May 2022. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while the cinematography and editing are handled by A. M. Edwin Sakay and Ravikumar M, respectively. ''Aneethi'' was released theatrically on 21 July 2023 and received positive reviews from critics and became a sleeper hit at the box-office. Plot The film starts with Thirumeni going into a house holding a pickaxe and searching for Subbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasanthabalan
Vasanthabalan (sometimes credited as Vasantha Balan) is an Indian Tamil film director and screenwriter. He has made critically acclaimed films including ''Veyil'' (2006), '' Angadi Theru'' (2010) and '' Kaaviya Thalaivan'' (2014). Career Vasanthabalan began his film career as an editing assistant and later became an assistant director to S.Shankar in the latter's directorial debut, ''Gentleman'' (1993). He continued to work under Shankar in three more films '' Kaadhalan'' (1994), '' Indian'' (1996) and ''Jeans'' (1998). He later made his break as an independent director with the box-office failure ''Album'' (2002). His second film, produced by Shankar's S Pictures, ''Veyil'' (2006) was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. It was shown as the Indian representative at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. His next release, '' Angadi Theru'' (2010), showcased a romantic tale set in the famous Ranganathan Street in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The film won critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Das
Arjun Das is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He has garnered major attention for his bass voice. Early life Arjun Das was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was working for Incline POS in Dubai, before moving back to Chennai to find opportunities in the film industry. He lost around , when he decided to enter the Tamil cinema industry. Career In 2012, he debuted in the independent film '' Perumaan''. Regarding his role in the film, The ''Times of India'' stated that "Arjun makes a confident debut". After shooting for the Netflix-featured independent film and V. Vignarajan's debut venture, '' Andhaghaaram'', Arjun Das worked with Radio One 94.3FM hosting the ''Drive show'' as a radio jockey. He cites this past occupation as a form of sustenance before entering the film industry, and has often mentioned that this was where he first claimed a fan base for his voice. He has also portrayed Gopichand's brother in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dushara Vijayan
Dushara Vijayan (born 14 October 1997) is an Indian actress who is known for her works in Tamil cinema. She made her debut in the Tamil film '' Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari'' (2019), and gained recognition for her performances in '' Sarpatta Parambarai'' (2021), '' Natchathiram Nagargiradhu'' (2022), ''Raayan'' (2024) and ''Vettaiyan'' (2024). Career Born in Dindigul as the daughter of a local DMK Treasurer K. Vijayan, Dushara initially pursued an engineering degree, before discontinuing and taking fashion studies. She made her acting debut in '' Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari'' (2019), a film made by newcomers, before working on Anbulla Ghilli (2022), a film based on a dog. Dushara's breakthrough came through the sports drama '' Sarpatta Parambarai'' (2021), where she portrayed a feisty woman from 1970s Madras. She was selected for the film after director Pa. Ranjith had seen a photograph of her on Twitter and called her for a twenty-minute audition. Despite initially being unconvinced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranthangi Nisha
Aranthangi Nisha () (born 12 October 1987) is an Indian actress and comedian who predominantly works in Tamil film and television. She is known for appearing in films such as ''Maari 2'' (2018), '' Aan Devathai'' and '' Thiruchitrambalam'' (2022). She has also performed in more than 800 stage shows as a comedian. She has appeared in several different television shows such as '' Kalakka Povathu Yaaru'' (2015), ''Sagala vs Ragala '' (2018), ''Kalakka Povathu Yaaru Champions'' (2018), ''Ramar Veedu'' (2019), ''Mr And Mrs Chinnathirai (season 1) '' (2019), '' Cooku With Comali '' (2019-2020), '' Bigg Boss Tamil (season 4)'' (2020), ''BB Jodiagl (season 1) '' (2021), '' Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani '' (2021), ''Star Kids '' (2021), ''Bharathi Kannamma'' (2021), ''Mr And Mrs Chinnathirai (season 4)'' (2022) and ''Vijay Sabhai'' (2022). Early life Aranthangi Nisha was born on 12 October 1987 in Aranthangi, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. She loved to act and do comedy in her school days and chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaali Venkat
Kaali Venkat (born 16 November 1982) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Tamil language films in supporting roles. Personal life Venkat hails from Kudaiyadevanpatti a village near Kovilpatti. Venkat used to act in dramas during his school days. With an ambition to act in films he moved from his village to Chennai in 1997 to enter the Tamil film industry. In Chennai, he was doing jobs like selling groceries in order to survive until he met director Vijay Prabakaran. Prabakaran, who Venkat considers his guru, coached and taught him "everything I know about cinema today". Venkat got married Janani on 30 October 2017 in Chennai and has a son. Career Before entering films, he worked in theatre. The first film Venkat acted was also by Vijay Prabhakaran, ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum''. The film failed to release but Venkat decided to keep his character name in it, Kaali, as his screen name after everybody on the set was calling him by that name. He then acted in various short fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Vaidyanathan
Arun Vaidyanathan is an Indian-American film director who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. He directed his first full-length feature film in Tamil, ''Achchamundu! Achchamundu!'', which released in July 2009. He produced a Tamil romantic-comedy film, '' Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' in 2013. In 2014, he directed Mohanlal in a Malayalam-language political satire film, '' Peruchazhi''. Early life and career Arunachalam Vaidyanathan was born and raised in Sirkali, a remote town in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He watched movies during his childhood as it served as his only entertainment. In school, he was very much interested in music and dance and held the talent of receiving an applauding audience. He also discovered a talent for mimicry, which he pursued in college. This led to jobs in the television field. He wrote scripts, directed and performed in the leading television programs of South India aired on Sun TV and Raj TV. On Raj TV, he worked on a program called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subramaniam Siva
Subramaniam Siva is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Tamil film industry. Career Directing Subramaniam Siva made his debut with the romantic comedy ''Thiruda Thirudi'' in 2003, featuring Dhanush and Chaya Singh. The success of the film meant that he later remade it in Telugu as ''Donga Dongadi'' (2004) with a new cast. He subsequently went on to make ''Pori (film), Pori'' (2007) featuring Jiiva, and then took the opportunity of directing Ameer (director), Ameer in ''Yogi (2009 Tamil film), Yogi'' (2009), his debut film as an actor, which took two years to make. His fifth directorial movie was ''Seedan'' (2011), a remake of the 2002 Malayalam film ''Nandanam (film), Nandanam'', and the film featured Unni Mukundan and Ananya (actress), Ananya in the lead roles, while Dhanush made a guest appearance. He went on to help with the post-production of ''Velaiilla Pattadhari'' (2014) and also went on to write dialogues for ''Amma Kanakku'' (2016). He made his comeba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanitha Vijayakumar
Vanitha Vijayakumar (born 6 October 1980 ) is an Indian actress and film director who has appeared predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil films and television shows. Early life Vanitha is the eldest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar (Tamil actor), Vijayakumar and his second wife, Tamil actress Manjula Vijayakumar, Manjula. Vanitha has two younger sisters, Preetha Vijayakumar, Preetha and Sridevi Vijayakumar, Sridevi, who were former actresses. From his first marriage to Muthukannu Vellalar, Vijayakumar had three children. Actor Arun Vijay, Anitha and Kavitha are among her half-siblings. In September 2018, she had a public fallout with her family after she refused to leave a family property that she had initially rented for a shoot in Ashtalakshmi Nagar. Her father, Vijayakumar, subsequently filed a police complaint against her. Career Debut in Tamil and Malayalam cinema (1995–1999) Vanitha made her acting debut opposite Vijay (actor), Vijay in ''Chandralekha (1995 film), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha Ra
Shah Ra is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil films. Early life and career Shah Ra did his schooling at Laurel High Secondary School, Pattukkottai. He completed his graduation with B. Sc., in Visual Communication from SRM Institute of Science and Technology. He worked as a Radio personality in Hello FM 106.4. He came to limelight after he started the YouTube Channels ''Temple Monkeys'' and ''Friday Facts''. a Tamil-language YouTube channel, along with Vijay Varadharaj. He made his acting debut on the big screen with the film '' Maanagaram'' (2017). He is known for acting in ''Meesaya Murukku ''Meesaya Murukku'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiphop Tamizha in his directorial debut. He stars as the lead along with newcomer Aathmika as the female lead, while Vivek, ...'' (2017) and '' Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu'' (2018). Filmography Streaming television References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharani (actor)
Bharani is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Balaji Sakthivel's college drama '' Kalloori'' (2007), he made a breakthrough with his role as an eccentric Madurai-based youngster in Samuthirakani's buddy film '' Naadodigal'' (2009). He has since appeared in leading and supporting roles in films including '' Thoonga Nagaram'' (2011) and '' Netru Indru'' (2014). Career Bharani made his acting debut through Balaji Sakthivel's coming-of-age college drama '' Kalloori'' (2009), where he played a supporting role alongside Tamannaah and Akhil. The film, produced by Shankar, won critical acclaim and created further offers for the leading actors. Bharani was then cast in Samuthirakani's buddy movie '' Naadodigal'' (2009), where he featured as an eccentric Madurai-based youngster along with Sasikumar and Vijay Vasanth. Bharani won critical acclaim for his performance, with Rediff.com noting "it is Bharani who takes the cake as the perfect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Chidambaram
Arjun Chidambaram is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut as an actor in '' Moone Moonu Varthai'' (2015). He made a breakthrough appearing in ''Nerkonda Paarvai'' (2019). He has since appeared in leading and supporting roles in films. Career Arjun is a theatre artist who acts in plays. Arjun himself wrote plays such as ''First Day, First Show''. Arjun worked with the Evam and Stray Factory. He got the opportunity as the protagonist of S. P. B. Charan's production, '' Moone Moonu Varthai''. In 2017, he signed onto ''Rum'' where he played a deaf and mute hacker. Arjun got his break through role as Adhik in H. Vinoth's ''Nerkonda Paarvai'' alongside Ajith Kumar. He played the antagonist of the film who attempts to abuse a woman and takes revenge once she refused. Arjun took the role as it will set an example of how men should not be and the film opens up discussion about sexual violence and consent. Arjun has been officially cast in Mani R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Pictures
S Pictures is a film production company managed by film director S. Shankar. Filmography Films produced Films distributed In addition to the films produced by S Pictures since 1999, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company: * ''Prajapathi ''Prajapathi'' () is a 2006 Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Ranjith (director), Ranjith. It stars Mammootty, Siddique (actor), Siddique, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, and Thilakan. The music was by Tej Manoj. The fil ...'' (2006) * '' Kappal'' (2014) * '' Aneethi'' (2023) See also * S. Shankar * S Musics References Film production companies of India Film production companies based in Chennai 1999 establishments in Tamil Nadu Indian companies established in 1999 Mass media companies established in 1999 {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |