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Gautham Karthik
Gautham Ram Karthik (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil language, Tamil-language films. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's ''Kadal (2013 film), Kadal'' (2013). He is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a SIIMA Award. Early life and background Gautham Karthik was born on 12 September 1989 to actor Karthik (actor), Karthik and his first wife, actress Ragini. Gautham's parents split when he was aged nine, and he subsequently grew up with his mother in Udhagamandalam, Ooty, while his father only visited him once a year. He graduated from Christ University, Bangalore, when film-maker Mani Ratnam approached him with an offer. He holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology, English & Media. In college, he performed as a guitarist and vocalist in the band, ''Dead End Street''. He married actress Manjima Mohan, his co-star from ''Devarattam'', on November 28, 2022. Career Reports as early as 2003 suggested that actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangoon (2017 Tamil Film)
''Rangoon'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Rajkumar Periasamy in his directoral debut and produced by A. R. Murugadoss. The film stars Gautham Karthik and Sana Makbul. It was the fifth joint venture of AR Murugadoss Productions and Fox Star Studios. The film turned out to be the first hit film for Gautham Karthik. Plot Venkat (Gautham Karthik) hails from the Burmese city of Rangoon, which has now been renamed Yangon by the regime. He lives as a Tamil Burma repatriation in a neighbourhood called Annai Sivagami Nagar also known as Burma Nagar in Ennore, Chennai. His family, in search of a better livelihood, has migrated from his birthplace to a neighbourhood of Chennai, where many other Tamil-Burma repatriates live. Venkat grows up as an irresponsible youth and now is a college dropout who is looking for a job. Through his childhood friend Atho Kumar a.k.a. Kumaran (Lallu), he gets an employment under Gunaseelan a.k.a. Siya ( Siddique) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raavan (2010 Hindi Film)
''Raavan'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film co-written and directed by Mani Ratnam, who also co-produced the film. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram (actor), Vikram while Govinda (actor), Govinda, Nikhil Dwivedi, Ravi Kishan and Priyamani are in pivotal 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 that reveals the perspective of Ravana. ''Raavan'' was announced in February 2008, whilst Abhishek and Aishwarya's collaboration in the second time after ''Guru (2007 film), Guru'' (2007), created 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 Santosh S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Thanthiran
''Ivan Thanthiran'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by R. Kannan. The film features Gautham Karthik and Shraddha Srinath in the lead roles, while RJ Balaji and Super Subbarayan play supporting roles. S. Thaman composed the film's music, while Prasanna Kumar handled the cinematography and Selva RK did the editing. The film released on 30 June 2017 to positive reviews and eventually became a sleeper hit success. Plot Two engineering college dropouts and best friends, Sakthi ( Gautham Karthik) and Balaji (RJ Balaji) start a shop in Richie street to sell assembled electronic products. Sakthi, who understands the electronic functionalities well, reverse engineers the products and sells them in their shop. Sakthi has also developed a mobile phone which can be assembled by unique parts and thus be heavily custom modified. He meets a final-year engineering student named Asha ( Shraddha Srinath), who buys a laptop from him and later clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthuramalingam
''Muthuramasingam'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Rajadurai. The film stars Gautham Karthik and Priya Anand, while Napoleon plays a pivotal supporting role. Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, song lyrics written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film had a theatrical release worldwide on 24 February 2017. This film received highly negative reviews and was panned by critics. Cast Production The project was announced on 1 January 2016, with a press release stating that Gautham Karthik would work with director Rajadurai. Panchu Arunachalam, in his final project before his death, worked on the lyrics of the film's song after a sabbatical from the industry and teamed up with composer Ilaiyaraaja after a period of 21 years. In mid-January, Catherine Tresa was signed on to play the leading female role, while Prabhu, Suman and Vivek among others were signed on to feature in supporting roles. Catherine Tresa was later replaced by Priya A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Business Times
The ''International Business Times'' is an American online newspaper that publishes five national editions in four languages. The publication, sometimes called ''IBTimes'' or ''IBT'', offers news, opinion and editorial commentary on business and commerce. IBT is one of the world's largest online news sources, receiving forty million unique visitors each month. Its 2013 revenues were around $21 million. IBTimes editions include Australia, India, International, Singapore, United Kingdom, U.K. and United States, U.S. ''IBTimes'' was launched in 2005; it is owned by IBT Media, and was founded by Etienne Uzac and Johnathan Davis (businessman), Johnathan Davis, two followers of David Jang who also has a relationship to IBT and Newsweek. Its headquarters are in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City. In 2013, it bought the struggling Newsweek magazine from Barry Diller. In 2018, IBT spun out Newsweek as an independent entity co-owned by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vai Raja Vai
''Vai Raja Vai'' ( Place It King, Place It) is a 2015 Indian Tamil language black comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Aishwarya Dhanush, and produced by AGS Entertainment featuring an ensemble cast starring Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek, Gayathri Raguram and Daniel Balaji with S. J. Suryah, Taapsee and Dhanush playing guest appearances. The film was announced on 12 September 2013, along with the commencement of principal photography. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the film's soundtrack and score. The film's plot summary is a mix of Hollywood movies ''Next'' and '' 21''. The film was released on 1 May 2015 to mixed reviews from critics and was declared successful at the box office. Plot Karthik is a middle-class boy gifted with extrasensory perception who works at an IT company. He has a girlfriend Priya. During school days, he scores good in the exams using his power, so his father asks him to suppress this power to avoid suspicion due to prior incidents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aishwarya Dhanush
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 playback singer Latha Rajinikanth and also the former wife of actor Dhanush. She made her feature film directorial debut with '' 3'' (2012). Early life Aishwarya was born to actor Rajinikanth and singer Latha Rangachari. She has a younger sister, Soundarya, who works in the Tamil 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 sang alongside the composer and actor Silambarasan. In August 2011, she announced that she would direct her husband, Dhanush, and Shruti Haasan in her first feature film titled '' 3''. The film was highly anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ala Modalaindi
''Ala Modalaindi'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by B. V. Nandini Reddy under the Sri Ranjith Movies banner. It stars Nani, Nithya Menen (in her Telugu debut) and Sneha Ullal with the music composed by Kalyani Malik. The film's cinematography is performed by Arjun Jena with editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Released on 21 January 2011, the film opened to favorable reviews by critics and became a commercial success. The film grossed on a budget of . Reddy won the Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu. The film is considered one of the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by ''Film Companion''. The film is remade in Tamil as '' Yennamo Yedho'' (2014) and in Kannada as '' Bhale Jodi'' (2016). Plot The film begins with an accident. Gautam is abducted by John Abraham. On the way, Gautam is forced to narrate his tale as he talks of stopping a marriage and John too talks of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yennamo Yedho
''Yennamo Yedho'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Ravi Thyagarajan starring Gautham Karthik, Rakul Preet Singh, and Nikesha Patel. A remake of the Telugu film ''Ala Modalaindi'', the film was produced by Ravi Prasad Productions and has music by D. Imman. Gopi Jagadeeswaran was the cinematographer and Lalgudi N Illayaraja, of ''Vishwaroopam'' fame, was the art director. The film released on 25 April 2014 to mixed reviews. The film's title was based on the song of the same name from '' Ko''. In 2019, the film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Ajab Ashique Ki Gazab Kahani''. Plot The film begins with an accident. Gautam is abducted by Chakravarthi. On the way, Gautam is forced to narrate his tale as he talks of stopping a marriage and John too talks of preventing a wedding. Hence, the flashback. Gautam is ready to propose to Simran with a bunch of roses, but destiny has other plans. Elsewhere, Nithya is playing cricket and hits Gautam with her shot. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization. It is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Sarja
Srinivasa Sarja (born 15 August 1962), better known by his stage name Action King Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil cinema, Tamil films in addition to Telugu cinema, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films as well as a few Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. Referred to by the media and his fans as "Action King" for his roles in action films, Arjun has acted in more than 160 films, most of them being lead roles. He is one of few Cinema of South India, South Indian actors to attract fan following from multiple states of India. He has directed 12 films and also produced and distributed a number of films. In 1993, he starred in S. Shankar's blockbuster ''Gentleman (1993 film), Gentleman'' which opened to positive reviews, while Arjun went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. During this time, he starred in hits such as ''Jai Hind (1994 film), Jai Hind'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvind Swamy
Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, film director and entrepreneur known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi cinema, Telugu cinema and Malayalam cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster film '' Thalapathi'' (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as '' Roja'' (1992), ''Bombay'' (1995), '' Minsara Kanavu'' (1997), '' Thani Oruvan'' (2015), and '' Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'' (2018). He made his debut as a director in the Netflix anthology series '' Navarasa'' (2021) in which his segment was named '' Project Agni(Adbhutha-Wonder)''. He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two SIIMA Awards. Swamy also starred in other regional film industries, including Telugu and Malayalam films where he has done films such as '' Mounam'' (1995), '' Daddy'' (1992) and '' Devaraagam'' (1996). He has also appeared in Hindi, making his debut appearance as lead actor in '' Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
