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M. Sukumar
M. Sukumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam language films. Career Sukumar began his career in 1995 by assisting his brother M. Jeevan, who had then, broken into the Tamil film industry as a photographer. While studying for his degree in agriculture, Sukumar stepped in to assist Jeevan for a shoot of Rajiv Menon's ''Minsara Kanavu'' (1997). He subsequently continued working as an assistant photographer in films including ''Minnale'' (2001), ''Samurai (2002 film), Samurai'' (2002) and ''King (2002 film), King'' (2002) and struck up a good relationship with the lead actor Vikram (actor), Vikram. His association with Vikram later led to him being offered the role as the main photographer for the actor's films including ''Dhool'' (2003) and ''Majaa'' (2005). While launching ''Kokki (film), Kokki'' (2006), director Prabhu Solomon asked Sukumar to make his first foray into cinematography but his reluctance meant that his brother J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madurai
Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is governed by the Madurai Municipal Corporation established on 1 November 1866. As of the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census, it is the List of cities in India by population, third largest metropolis in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and Coimbatore in terms of population and 27th largest List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, urban agglomeration in India. Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia and has a documented history of more than 2500 years. It is often referred to as "Thoongatha Nagaram", meaning "the city that never sleeps". Madurai is closely associated with the Tamil language. The third Tamil Sangam, a major congregation of Tamil scholars, is said to have been held in the ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumki (film)
''Kumki'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language musical adventure romantic drama film written and directed by Prabhu Solomon. It was presented by N. Lingusamy and produced by N. Subash Chandra Bose, under the banner Thirrupathi Brothers, and distributed by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under the banner Studio Green. It features Vikram Prabhu, making his acting debut, while Lakshmi Menon, Thambi Ramaiah and Ashvin Raja appear in other prominent roles. The story revolves around a mahout and his trained Kumki elephant, who is used to guide other wild animals to minimize the destruction of properties and fields of nearby villages. Filming took place in various places of Karnataka and Kerala. The film's music is composed by D. Imman, in which his soundtrack was commended by the audience and critics. The cinematography was handled by M. Sukumar and editing was handled by L. V. K. Dass. ''Kumki'' was released on 14 December 2012. The film opened to positive reviews from critics, pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaki Sattai
''Kaaki Sattai'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Dhanush under Wunderbar Films. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Sri Divya, with Prabhu and Vijay Raaz in supporting roles. It revolves around a police constable who wants to prove himself as a true, powerful cop by finding ways to solve issues of corruption in the law-and-order system in the department of police. Principal photography commenced in March 2014 and wrapped that September. The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography was handled by M. Sukumar, and editing by Vivek Harshan. The film was released on 27 February 2015 and became a box office success. Plot Mathimaran is a police constable who only reports to work and goes home daily without contributing anything useful to society as his boss, Inspector Sathyamurthy, does not want to get on the wrong side of the upper levels of the police, who are corrupt and politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosakutty
''Mosakutty'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by M. Jeevan and produced by John Max under the banner of Shalom Studios. It features actors Veera and Mahima Nambiar in the lead roles. The film is set in Madurai and Kerala. The film marks the acting debut of doctor Veera. Plot Mosakki works as a henchman for Virumandi. He gets in trouble when he falls in love with Virumandi's daughter. Cast * Veera as Mosakutty Bala (Mosakki) * Mahima Nambiar as Kayalvizhi * Joe Malloori as Virumandi * Sendrayan as Sendru, Mosakutty's friend * Pasupathy * M. S. Bhaskar as Malayali * Meenal * Jangiri Madhumitha * Scissor Manohar * K. S. Thangasamy as Police Officer * Yaar Kannan * Rindhu Ravi Music The soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaare Koogadali
''Yaare Koogadali'' () is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Bhavana. Parvathamma Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar are producing the film under for Poornima Enterprises. The film is a remake of Samuthirakani's Tamil film '' Poraali'' (2011). Movie Completes 50-days run 49 centre in Karnataka. Plot The story begins on a rainy night when Kumara (Puneeth Rajkumar) and Natesha (Yogesh) escape from NIMHANS and enter Bangalore with their past actions unclear. They settle at Shishupala's (Sadhu Kokila) residence and find jobs in a petrol bunk. Bharathi (Bhavana) comes into Kumara's life. Her initial wrong belief about him changes as soon as she gets to know his kind heart when she sees him helping people in need (including her). She pursues him to take her as his girlfriend but he is not interested and warns her away due to his lifestyle. However, the residents of his neighborhood convince him that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thadaiyara Thaakka
''Thadaiyara Thaakka'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Magizh Thirumeni. The film stars Arun Vijay and Mamta Mohandas, with Rakul Preet Singh, Maha Gandhi and Vamsi Krishna in supporting roles. The title is derived from the devotional song Kanda Shasti Kavasam. ''Thadaiyara Thaakka'' was released theatrically on 1 June 2012, and received positive critical reviews but underperformed at the box office, which Magizh attributed to the low-key promotions and publicity. The film slowly gained praise from viewers after the end of its theatrical run. During an interview for ''Yennai Arindhaal'' (2015), Arun Vijay would go on to call it as the best film in his career to that point. Plot Selva is a self-built man who owns a small travel agency in Chennai, and works hard to achieve something in life. He is all set to marry his lover Priya. The city is under the grip of dreaded loan shark brothers Maha and Kumar who would go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veluthu Kattu
''Veluthu Kattu'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Senapathi Magan. The film stars newcomers Kathir and Arundhati, with Archana Sharma, Pavina, L. Raja, Karate Raja, Muthuraj and Vishwanth playing supporting roles. The film, produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar, had music by Bharani and was released on 2 July 2010. Plot Kathiresan (Kathir) is a wastrel and a brute in the village Singampatti, he dropped out of school at an early age whereas Arukkani ( Arundhati) is the village belle and a hard-working student. They are cousins and madly in love with each other since their childhood. As per the village's custom, they have the right to marry. Arukkani's father Marudachalam ( L. Raja) hates Kathir to the core and wants his daughter to marry an educated groom. One day, the short-tempered Kathir cuts off the hand of Arukkani's cousin Karuppusamy ( Vishwanth), for misbehaving with his lover Arukkani. Kathir was then sent to jail for this crime. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madurai Sambavam
''Madurai Sambavam'' () is a 2009 Tamil language action film written and directed by Youreka in his directorial debut. It stars Harikumar, Anuya Bhagvath and Karthika, while Radha Ravi, Kadhal Dhandapani, and Raj Kapoor play supporting roles. The music was composed by John Peter with cinematography by M. Sukumar and editing by P. Sai Suresh. The film was released on 4 September 2009. Plot Aalamarathaar is dreaded by his enemies in Aattuthotti in Madurai. He involves in "katta panchayat" but strives to do his best for the people in the neighborhood, where he is respected by everyone. Aalamarathaar is assisted by his son Azhagar aka Kutty and son-in-law. Gomathi is Kutty's niece who loves him madly, which he does not reciprocate. Local MP Cutout Ganesan and Assistant Commissioner R. Subramaniam are both keen to bump off Aalamaram and Kutty. Kutty falls in love with a female cop named Caroline Thomas. However, it is revealed that she uses him just to shoot down Aalamaran, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab, India, Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°3' to 30°12' North latitude and 69°30' to 78°17' East longitude, with the Tropic of Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
''Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, starring Akshay Kumar as an army officer. It also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Freddy Daruwala, Sumeet Raghavan and Govinda in a special appearance. It is an official remake of Murugadoss' own 2012 Tamil film '' Thuppakki'' and follows an Indian Army officer who arrives in Mumbai on vacation and sets out to hunt down the terrorist leader of a sleeper cell network and deactivate the sleeper cells operating under his command. Kumar revealed that the story of ''Holiday'' was signed by his production company Hari Om Entertainment after listening to the first action sequence of the film by Murugadoss even before the script was fully written. He let Murugadoss make the film in Tamil as '' Thuppakki'' due to date issues, and later announced its remake. Production commenced in 2013 with the initial working title ''Pistol'' under the banner of Hari Om Entert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AR Murugadoss
Murugadas Arunachalam (born 25 September 1974), known professionally as AR Murugadoss, () is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil, Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama film, action drama ''Kaththi''. Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of ''Ratchagan'' (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film ''Kushi (2000 film), Kushi'' (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith Kumar, Ajith starrer ''Dheena'' (2001). His first Bollywood film was ''Ghajini (2008 film), Ghajini'' (2008), a Hindi remake of his Ghajini (2005 film), Tamil film of the same name. It became the first Bollywood film to gross over domestically. In 2012, he directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayal (film)
''Kayal'' () () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language adventure romance film directed by Prabhu Solomon and produced by Madhan of Escape Artists Motion Pictures. The film stars newcomers Chandran, Anandhi and Vincent, while D. Imman composed the film's music. The film, set against the backdrop of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, released on 25 December 2014. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Tholi Premalo'' in 2016. Plot The story revolves around two friends who work hard, and spend their money travelling around the country. On one such trip, they accidentally help a pair of lovers elope, without realising it. The family of the eloped young lady get angry, and suspect them of being friends of the eloped young man. They take the two friends home, and try to beat them to get the truth out of them. One of the two friends fall for a girl named Kayal, who is working in the house, and he speaks of his love in front of everyone. After the eloped young lady is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
