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Madras (film)
''Madras'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Karthi, Catherine Tresa, marking the debut in Tamil cinema and Kalaiyarasan while Charles Vinoth, Riythvika, V. I. S. Jayapalan, Poster Nandakumar, and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. Set in the backdrop of North Madras, the storyline revolves around Kaali (Karthi) and his friend Anbu (Kalaiyarasan), a political aspirant, who get embroiled in a brutal political rivalry, between two factions of a political party, after laying claim to a wall. ''Madras'' is the second directorial venture of Ranjith after '' Attakathi''. Before the film's announcement, Karthi and Ranjith decided to collaborate for a different project in December 2012, which failed to materialise. Later Ranjith announced this project in July 2013. Principal photography commenced on 11 October 2013 at Vyasarpadi in Chennai. Most of the film's shooting was done in localities in and around ...
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Karthi
Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. The younger brother of actor Suriya and the youngest son of actor Sivakumar, Karthi initially joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director. He was offered acting roles and made his acting debut in ''Paruthiveeran'' in 2007, which garnered critical acclaim and several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. His next project was that of the lead role in '' Aayirathil Oruvan'' (2010), an action-adventure film directed by Selvaraghavan. He achieved consecutive commercial successes with his subsequent releases – '' Paiyaa'' (2010), '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010) and ''Siruthai'' (2011). After appearing in a series of box office flops, he starred in successful films such as ''Madras'' (2014), '' Thozha'' (2016), '' Theeran ...
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North Chennai
North Chennai is a geographic term used to refer to the northern part of Chennai city. Though its definition has varied with time and context, it is generally accepted among historians that North Chennai is used for the part of Chennai city situated north of the Coovum River. Encompassing the Fort St George and Georgetown areas from which the city originated, North Chennai is generally considered an area of stagnant growth, but now it is developing that has already reached saturation as a real estate choice. The area is generally notorious for its thick population, narrow roads, poor infrastructure, and high incidence of crime. This characterization is, however, limited to older neighbourhoods close to the sea coast as new areas to the west, like Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Avadi and Ambattur have good standards of living and acquired desirability as residential areas. Northwards of Georgetown, extends the Anglo-Indian settlement of Royapuram and the historical town of Thiruvottiyur b ...
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Edison Awards (India)
The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of cinema, Thomas Alva Edison. It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia. The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon. The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...s and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote. Awards Merit awards * Best Actor * Best Actress * ...
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Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards is an annual awards ceremony for people in the Tamil film industry. It is presented by the Tamil language weekly magazine ''ananda vikatan''. The awards were introduced in the year 2008, honouring the films that were released in 2007. The ceremony's main broadcaster is Sun TV. Main awards Best film Best director Best actor Best actress Best supporting actor Best supporting actress Best screenplay Best dialogue Best comedian – male Best comedian – female Best cinematographer Best editor Best art direction Best music director Best playback singer – male Best playback singer – female Best lyricist Best costume designer Best makeup artist Best choreographer Best stunt director Best production Awards introduced in subsequent ceremonies Best debut director Best debut actor Best debut actress Best story Best child artist Best villain – male Best Villain – female Best animation and visu ...
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4th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 4th South Indian International Movie Awards was held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai on 6th and 7 August 2015. SIIMA 2015 recognized the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. Honorary awards Lifetime Achievement Award * Bharathiraja * KPAC Lalitha Special appreciation * Dhanush – Pride of South Indian cinema Main awards List of Nominations & Award Winners Film Acting Critics awards Debut awards Music Choreography Generation Next Awards * Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (male) – Allu Arjun * Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (female) – Amy Jackson * Most Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema – Bharath Srinivasan * Most Popular Actress Middle East – Asin Thottumkal * Most Streamed Song Award : **Tamil – Anirudh Ravichander – ''Selfie Pulla'' – **Telugu – S. Thaman – ''Aagadu'' – Title song **Kannada – S ...
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9th Vijay Awards
The 9th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2014 was held on 25 April 2015 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini. Jury R Balki, K. Bhagyaraj, Yugi Sethu, KV Anand and Nadhiya Moidu are the juries of 9th Edition Vijay Awards. Winners and nominees Source: Jury awards ;Special Jury Awards * Soundarya Rajinikanth – '' Kochadaiyaan'' * Studio Green – ''Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...'' Favorite awards References External links * {{IMDb event, 0002360/2014, 9th Vijay Awards (2015) Vijay Awards 2015 Indian film awards ...
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62nd Filmfare Awards South
The 62nd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema The Cinema of South India refers collectively to the six distinct film industries based in Southern region of India namely Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, and Malayalam. Although these industries developed independently for a long ... in 2014 was an event held on 26 June 2015 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. Awards and nominees Main awards Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Technical Awards Special awards References Specific External links * * {{Filmfare Awards South, state=expanded Filmfare Awards South 2014 Indian film awards ...
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. His ...
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Perambur
Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo and ''ur (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British rule, this place was widely regarded as a place which was a bamboo forest, around the Huzur Gardens area, which currently houses the Simpsons Pvt. Ltd. This area was annexed to Chennai in 1742 CE. Location Perambur is located at an altitude of 10 m above mean sea level. Streets Some of the major connecting roads and streets include: Paper Mills road, Perambur High road, Madhavaram High road, Paddy Field road, Patel road, School road, Bharathi road, Siruvallur High Road, Raghava street, B.B. Road and Bunder Garden streets. Apart from these, Perambur also has a Road named after Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scout Movement. The road is well known as BP road. Transportation Road transport This neighborhood is well connected to all places ...
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Otteri
Otteri is a developed residential area in Central Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Otteri is a part of Purasaiwakkam but is too distinct to be called hence locals simply refer it as Otteri. Police station *There is a police station on Cooks road in Otteri, viz., 'Otteri Police station'. Location Otteri is located in between Perambur, Ayanavaram and is a part of Purasaiwalkam. Roads *Cooks road *Ayanavaram road *Strahans road *Brick kiln road *Perambur Barracks road *Purasawalkam High road *DeMellows road *Perambur High road *Pulianthope High road. Surroundings *Purasawalkam *Perambur *Ayanavaram * Kellys *Kilpauk *Egmore *Vepery * Doveton *Pulianthope *Pattalam, Chennai *Basin Bridge Basin Bridge Junction is a station on the Chennai Suburban Railway and serves the locality of Basin Bridge, the confluence on the Otteri Nullah and Buckingham Canal, in Chennai, India. The station is located at the southern end of the 'dia ... * Vyasarpadi * Choolai ...
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Royapuram
Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of south India, opening in 1856, and is today the oldest surviving railway station of the Indian subcontinent History The region existed as a well known settlement during the Chola times, but the name Royapuram is derived from a Tamil appellation for St. Peter, Royappa, in connection with St. Peter's Church in the area. The region was originally called Rayarapuram named after the Rayar Kings who rules down South. It is also believed that the British / Anglo Indias settled in this locality were called Rayars which lent the name Rayarpuram From the 14th century, the erstwhile Vijayanagara Rulers controlled this region till the Madras land grant to Francis Day. Royapuram Railway Station was the first railway station constructed in South India and second railway line in South Asia ...
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Royapuram Fishing Harbour
Royapuram fishing harbour, also known as Chennai fishing harbour or Kasimedu fishing harbour, is one of the major fishing grounds for catching fishes and crustaceans located at Kasimedu in the Royapuram area of Chennai, India. The harbour is located north of the Chennai Port and is under the administrative control of the Chennai Port Trust. The harbour is also a shipbuilding facility, chiefly building fishing boats. The nearest railway station is the Royapuram Railway Station. The harbour can accommodate 575 fishing boats, and by 2013 the number of boats has gone up to 1,395. History The harbour area is primarily a fisherman community area migrated from Chepauk village in 1799 during the rule of the East India Company. The harbour was constructed in 1975. The fishing harbour is functioning from 1984. It suffered an extensive damage during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The harbour and the market The breakwater inside the harbour leads up to 300 m into the sea. The draft a ...
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