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Enbathettu
''Enbathettu'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Madhan starring himself and Upasana RC while Jayaprakash and Daniel Balaji play supporting roles. The film had a theatrical release on 21 July 2017, alongside ''Vikram Vedha'' (2017). Plot A family-oriented man is caught off-guard when his number is misused by a bunch of gangsters. He then tries to find a way out this trouble, highlighting how people, especially the youth, should use technology wisely and be wary of being too exposed to it mainly the negative impact of technology in our lives. Cast Production This film marks the directorial debut of Rajasekhar's nephew Madhan who previously starred in the Telugu film ''Parvathipuram'' (2016). The film was shot in Chennai, Kumbakonam and Kerala. Former Miss India Asia Upasana RC made her Tamil debut with this film. Soundtrack Dayarathnam composed the songs and Kingsley background score for the film. Madhan Karky bought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upasana RC
Upasana Roy Chowdhury, known professionally as Upasana RC or Upasana, is an Indian actress and television personality who works in the Tamil and Kannada film industries and the Hindi television industry. Life and career Upasana was born in a Bengali family in Vadodra and graduated in software engineering from Bangalore. She participated in Elite Miss India, and won the title of Elite Miss India Asia. She made her debut with the Kannada film ''Colours In Bangalore'' in 2016 and her Tamil debut ''Enbathettu'' in 2017. Regarding her performance in her debut film, a critic wrote that "Upasana has done a neat job of her role". She has starred in Tamil movies including '' Brahma.com'', ''Traffic Ramaswamy K. R. Ramaswamy (1 April 1934 – 4 May 2021), referred to by the media as Traffic Ramaswamy, was an Indian public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was a mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home Gua ...'' and '' Karuthukalai Pathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaams
Chaams (born as Swaminathan: 30 November 1972) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has predominantly appeared in supporting roles, notably in Crazy Mohan dramas and playing one of the several leads in '' Palaivana Solai'' (2009) and '' Onbadhule Guru'' (2013). Career He is an actor who began his career by doing small roles but later bagged meaningful roles and has received mass appreciation for his performances. Right from the beginning he started a new style of comedy that people loved and then he followed it with every film. He used his natural tone and local style to deliver dialogues with timing and sense of humor. In the year 2009, a film named '' Palaivana Solai'' was released which was a remake version of the same film released in 1981 where a love story of five friends woven around one simple girl received critics appreciation. In the 2009 flick, Chaams played the lead role as one of the five friends. Chaams garnered accla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haricharan
Haricharan Seshadri, known mononymously as Haricharan (born 20 March 1987), is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ... music and cinema. He has sung over 2,000 songs in films and albums. He recorded his first Tamil film song for '' Kaadhal'' to Joshua Sridhar's music when he was 17, and went on to record three songs in his debut movie. His song "Unakkena Iruppen" was nominated for the National Film Awards in 2005 and became widely popular. However Haricharan became popular only after his rendition of the song " Thuli Thuli", composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the movie '' Paiyaa'' (2010). Background Haricharan comes from a Tamil musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhan Karky
Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and soon after ventured into the Tamil cinema, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from his teaching profession in early 2013 and began working full-time in the film industry, while also launching the ''Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo)'', an educational research organization which primarily focuses on language computing and language literacy. He also founded the ''Mellinam Education'', which develops educational games and story books designed to propagate learning among children, and ''DooPaaDoo'', an online music platform which promotes independent music and serves a distributor for film soundtracks. Early life Karky is the eldest son of seven-time National Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaplin Balu
Chaplin Balu is an Indian actor and comedian who predominantly featured in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. For the major part of his acting career, he shared screen space with fellow veteran comedian actor Vadivelu in many film comedy sequences. He had acted in over 150 films in his acting career. Career During his acting career, he frequently collaborated with lead actor Vijay in most of the latter's earlier films, often appearing as a friend of him in a supporting character role. Chaplin Balu was one of the five close friends of Vijay alongside Vaiyapuri, Vivek, Dhamu and Mayilsamy and the five of them often teamed up with Vijay in majority of the films during his initial stages of his acting career. His prominent collaborations with Vijay include '' Naalaiya Theerpu'' (1992), '' Senthoorapandi'' (1993), ''Deva'' (1995), ''Coimbatore Mappillai'' (1996), '' Vasantha Vaasal'' (1996), '' Maanbumigu Maanavan'' (1996), '' Once More'' (1997) and these films significantly mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lollu Sabha Manohar
Lollu Saba Manohar (born 10 January 1958) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career with the television show '' Lollu Sabha'' alongside other comedians, including Santhanam. Career Manohar first garnered attention through his performances in the spoof show '' Lollu Sabha'' on Vijay TV. The series spawned several successful comedians, who eventually moved on to appear in Tamil cinema including many of the show's lead cast such as Santhanam, Swaminathan, Jeeva, and Balaji. Other supporting actors such as Yogi Babu and Madhumitha also became popular actors in the film industry. At the height of the show's success, Manohar, along with three other cast members, received mysterious parcel bombs. As a part of the show, Manohar was known for his signature body language. In 2017, he protested against PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; ) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadam Kishan
Gadam Kishan is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has acted in films including ''Deiva Thirumagal'' (2011) and '' Thirumanam Enum Nikkah'' (2014). Career Gadam Kishan began his career as a musician, performing the ghatam in fusion concerts, before going on to appear in the television serial ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal''. Gadam Kishan then went on to portray supporting roles as the lead actor's friend in '' Bale Pandiya'' (2010), as a mentally challenged person in ''Deiva Thirumagal'' (2011) and as Jai's brother in '' Thirumanam Enum Nikkah'' (2014). Before Balu Mahendra's death in early 2014, the director had planned a project starring Kishan in the leading role as a mentally challenged youngster. Despite conducting a photoshoot, the film maker's death meant that the film did not materialise. Kishan worked as a comedian in the film '' Ennodu Vilayadu'' (2017). Filmography ; Films ; Television *''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' () is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vijay
John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. He is well known for his performances in '' Oram Po'' (2007), '' Thillalangadi'' (2010), '' Mouna Guru'' (2011), '' Kalakalappu'' (2012) and '' Sarpatta Parambarai'' (2021). Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. Vijay also works as the head programme director of Radio One FM. John is the chief of 'H2O', an advertising agency with its office at Nungambakkam. He made his acting debut with the film '' Thalaimagan'' (2006). Pushkar and Gayatri, who were his juniors in the Visual Communications course in Loyola College, offered him a role in their directorial debut '' Oram Po''. His performance as "Sun of Gun" in the film was described by critics as "scene stealer, his antics bring the house down". His character in his debut film ''Oram Po'' was defined as a person who hails from Thoothukudi who had to come to Chennai a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appukutty
Sivabalan, better known as Appukutty, is an Indian actor and comedian, who mainly appears in Tamil films. He became recognized following his performance in '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu''. His role as Azhagarsami in '' Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai'' was praised by film critics and fetched him the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Career Sivabalan hails from a village Nathan Kinaru in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. He moved to Chennai in 1994, initially in search of a job for survival only. Sivabalan was working as a cleaner in hotels, when he was spotted by film personalities and received acting offers from them. He then began acting in small character roles. In an interview in 2011, Sivabalan stated that he always wanted to be a comedian and that he had appeared in several minor roles for over 17 years, before gaining recognition in Suseenthiran's '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu''. Suseenthiran went on to cast him in the lead role in his comedy drama film '' Azhagarsamiyin Kudhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerstar Srinivasan
Srinivasan (popularly known as Powerstar and sometimes simply Power) is an Indian actor, doctor, politician, comedian, producer, singer and businessman who has worked in the Tamil film industry. Beginning his career as a medical practitioner, he moved into finance before embarking on making films starring himself. He then appeared in N. Santhanam's ''Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya'' (2013) which gave him a breakthrough in receiving further offers for comedic roles. Career Srinivasan completed his degree at Madurai Kamaraj University and then acquired a qualification as an acupressure practitioner from a university in China through a distance education programme, before commencing practise soon after. His passion for the film industry brought him to Chennai, where he set up a finance firm, Baba Trading Company, in Anna Nagar and advertised through brokers that he would help businessmen acquire huge bank loans. He played supporting roles in several films starting with '' Unakkaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Krishnan
Meera Krishnan is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil-language films and television serials. Career Meera Krishnan initially played veena for music directors Deva and Maragathamani. She then worked as an announcer for Doordarshan before working as a newsreader for the same channel and Sun TV. Meera also worked alongside Jaishankar in the television series ''Kuppathu Sastrigal''. Personal life She did her post graduate degree at the University of Madras The University of Madras is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an ... and is also a singer. She is the daughter-in-law of devotional singer K. Veeramani. Her husband Krishnan has been running the recording studio Shruthilaya in Chennai for more than twenty five years. Her son Adithya Krishnan was a part of the eighth season of Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manikka Vinayagam
Manikka Vinayagam (10 December 1943 – 26 December 2021) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He sang for South Indian language films and acted in several Tamil films as a character artist. He was the son of the dancer Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai. His uncle and music guru was the singer C. S. Jayaraman. Biography Vinayagam was born on 10 December 1943 in Mayiladuthurai in the then Madras Presidency. His father Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai was a Bharatanatyam dancer while his uncle C. S. Jayaraman was a singer, music director, and actor in the Tamil film industry. He was introduced to Carnatic and Hindustani music by his uncle. He picked up the Nadaswaram, a wind instrument, in his youth. Vinayagam debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film '' Dhill'', with the song "Kannukkulla Gelathi" composed by Vidyasagar. His debut in acting was for '' Thiruda Thirudi'' playing the father character to Dhanush. Since then, he has sung close to 800 songs in various languages. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |