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Durai
Durai may refer to: * ''Durai'' (film), a 2008 Indian Tamil-language film by A. Venkatesh People Given name * Durai Chandrasekar, Indian INC politician from Tamil Nadu * Durai Chandrasekaran, Indian DMK politician from Tamil Nadu * Durai Govindarajan, Indian AIADMK politician from Tamil Nadu * Durai Manivel, Indian AIADMK politician from Tamil Nadu * Durai Murugan (born 1938), Indian DMK politician and lawyer from Tamil Nadu * Durai Ramasamy, Indian INC/AIADMK politician from Tamil Nadu * Durai Sundar, Indian computational biologist and bioinformatician * Durai Vaiko (born 1972), Indian MDMK politician from Tamil Nadu * B. Dorai Raj (died 2000), Indian filmmaker * R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist Surname * Durai (director) J.F.C. Durai (25 February 1940 – 22 April 2024) was an Indian film director who was mostly active during the 1970s. As of 2014, he had directed 46 films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai (film)
''Durai'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Venkatesh, from a story by Arjun, and produced by P. L. Thenappan. It stars Arjun, alongside Kirat Bhattal, Gajala, Suma Guha, Vivek and Vincent Asokan. The music was composed by D. Imman, while cinematography and editing were handled by V. Lekshmipathy and V. Krishnakumar Plot Raja, who does not remember his past and is haunted by vague memories, works with a cook for ''Arusuvai'' Ambi. A sequence of events leads Raja to recollect his real identity as Durai and sets out to avenge his family's death and find the truth behind the death of his mentor Deivanayakam, an honest politician. Cast Production The female lead role was initially offered to Padmapriya, who was later replaced with Kirat Bhattal. Soundtrack The music was composed by D. Imman. It includes a remix of the song " Raja Rajathi" from ''Agni Natchathiram'' (1988), composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Critical reception ''Chennai Online'' wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Sundar
Durai Sundar is an Indian computational biologist, bioinformatician and the current Head of the Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his studies in the fields of genome editing tool designing, biological studies of natural drugs and metabolic engineering as well as for his participation in the Indo-Japanese collaborative research initiatives on anti-cancer drug development and is a life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2012. Biography Durai Sundar, born in the south Indian state of Pondicherry, did his undergraduate and post-graduate studies as well as his doctoral studies at Pondicherry University and completed his post-doctoral work at Johns Hopkins University. Subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Murugan
Durai Murugan (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK since 9 September 2020. He graduated in MA and BL and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party. Durai Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected ten times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Durai Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009. He was re-elected from the Katpadi constituency in the elections of 2016. He currently resides in Kotturpuram, Chennai. He was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Vaiko
Durai Vaiko (born 2 April 1972) is an Indian politician of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (MDMK). He was appointed as the MDMK principal secretary of the party, and leads internet campaigns for MDMK. His political career began when his father contested the Lok Sabha election from Virudhunagar constituency in 2014. In June 2024, he was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirappalli constituency. Personal life Durai Vaiko is the son of Vaiko, founder of MDMK. He graduated with an MBA. He married Geetha on 29 November 1998. Philanthropy In 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Durai Vaiko set up COVID information centres in Ezhayirampannai, Alankulam, Sathirpati, Padandhal and Sattur in Virudhunagar District Virudhunagar District is a district (an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in south India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar district. Virudhunagar district was formed by the separati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai (director)
J.F.C. Durai (25 February 1940 – 22 April 2024) was an Indian film director who was mostly active during the 1970s. As of 2014, he had directed 46 films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada cinema, Kannada, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi. Though known for his work in commercial cinema, he made women-centric films like ''Avalum Penthaane'' and ''Pasi (film), Pasi'', which won two National Film Award (India), National Film Awards. He served as a jury member of the 58th National Film Awards (India) in 2011. As of 2011, he was the vice president of the South Indian Film Writers' Association. Born on 25 February 1940, Durai died on 22 April 2024, at the age of 84. Partial filmography * ''Avalum Penn Thaane'' (1974) * ''Oru Kudumbathin Kathai'' (1975) * ''Aasai 60 Naal'' (1976) * ''Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram'' (1977) * ''Paavathin Sambalam'' (1978) * ''Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam'' (1978) * ''Sadhurangam (1978 film), Sadhurangam'' (1978) * ''Aayir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharma Durai (other)
Dharma Durai may refer to: * ''Dharma Durai'' (1991 film), an Indian Tamil-language action drama film * ''Dharma Durai'' (2016 film), an Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age drama film See also *Dharma (other) Dharma is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian and other religions. Dharma, or variants, may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Dharma (character), a fictional character in DC Comics * Dharma Finkelstein, in A ... * Durai (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Chandrasekar
Durai Chandrasekar is an Indian politician who is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Ponneri Assembly constituency, Ponneri as an Indian National Congress candidate in 2021. Electoral performance References Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu {{TamilNadu-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Chandrasekaran
Durai Chandrasekaran is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected four times to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Tiruvaiyaru constituency in the 1989, 1996, 2006 and 2016 elections. He lost the seat to P. Kaliyaperumal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the 1991 election and to K. Ayyaru Vandayar of the same party in 2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan .... He is Thanjavur Central DMK District secretary. Electoral performance References Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Tamil Nadu MLAs 1996–2001 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Year of birth missing (living people) T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Govindarajan
Durai Govindarajan is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ... candidate from Thiruvonam constituency in 1977 election, and from Tiruvaiyaru constituency in 1984 election. References All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil Nadu MLAs 1977–1980 Tamil Nadu MLAs 1985–1989 {{AIADMK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Manivel
Durai Manivel is an Indian politician and former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Ariyalur constituency, represented the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ... party. References Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{AIADMK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durai Ramasamy
D. Ramasamy was an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Political career Ramasamy joined Congress under K. Kamaraj. He served as the Vellakovil Panchayat board president for 10 years, then as union chairman for 15 years. When the Congress split in Tamil Nadu, he joined the NCO under Kamaraj. After Kamaraj's death, he, along with G. Moopanar, merged the party with Indira Congress. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Vellakoil constituency for five terms. He was first elected in 1977, then as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1980 and 1984. He was also a Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha) candidate in the 1989 election. In 1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
