Netru, Indru, Naalai
''Netru, Indru, Naalai'' () was a series of musical theatre performances that were held in Chennai, India, by Indian film director Mani Ratnam. Choreography for the show was provided by Kala and Brinda. There were unconfirmed reports of close to 12,000 people attending the show. Overview Conceptualized first in 2000, the original show was supposed to be a one-off event in order to help The Banyan raise funds for its building corpus fund. It featured Revathi Menon and Aamir Khan and was held at the Indian Airlines stadium in Chennai. The next show was held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in December 2002. It had an approximate audience of about 10,000 spectators. The format was similar to the first show, with songs and dances through the ages. The television rights were given to STAR Vijay. In February 2006, the third installment ''Netru, Indru, Naalai'', a Broadway musical style tribute to the Tamil filmdom premiered at the Jeppiar Engineering College, in Chennai, Tamil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Musical Theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Edward Harrigan, Harrigan and Tony Hart (theater), Hart in America. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows tec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sindhu Tolani
Sindhu Tolani is an Indian actress working in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi language films. Early life Tolani was born in Mumbai, India. She has been a '' Fair & Lovely'' cream model in North. Film career Sindhu Tolani made her acting debut in the Telugu film '' Aithe'' in 2003. Her Tamil debut was ''Sullan'' (2004) opposite Dhanush. She acted in the romantic thriller with Silambarasan in '' Manmadhan'' (2004) became a blockbuster hit at the box office. She acted an item number with Vikram in ''Majaa'' (2005), has been struggling to find some work in Kollywood. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, '' Netru, Indru, Naalai''. She gained recognition for her role in the Telegu film '' Athanokkade'' (2005). In Kannada, she’s done films like ''Rishi'' (2005) and '' Snehana Preethina'' (2007). In 2008, her performances in ''Bathukamma'', ''Victory'' and '' Hare Ram'' were praised although the films were only average scorers. She is paired opposite Rajeev Kanaka ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran Bhatnagar ( born 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi films. Although Saran aspired to become a dancer, she became an actress and made her film debut with the Telugu film ''Ishtam (2001 Telugu film), Ishtam'' (2001). She had her first commercial success with Santosham (2002 film), ''Santosham'' (2002). Saran subsequently appeared in several successful Telugu films such as ''Nenunnanu'' (2004) and ''Chatrapathi (2005 film), Chatrapathi'' (2005), alongside Hindi and Tamil films. After marking her Hindi debut with ''Tujhe Meri Kasam'' (2003), she gained critical acclaim for her role in ''Awarapan'' (2007). Saran marked her Tamil debut with ''Enakku 20 Unakku 18'' (2003) and starred in ''Sivaji (film), Sivaji'' (2007), the highest-grossing Tamil film at that time. In 2008, Saran played the lead role in her first English film, ''The Other End of the Line''. Her following projects included ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bharath (actor)
Bharath Srinivasan (born 21 July 1983), known professionally as Bharath, is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Tamil cinema, along with few films in Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu. He made his acting debut in 2003 with S. Shankar's '' Boys''. He made his Malayalam debut '' 4 the People'' (2004). Then, he played the antagonist character in '' Chellamae'' (2004). He received his breakthrough as his first lead in the Tamil film '' Kaadhal'' (2004). Some of his other notable films include '' Pattiyal'' (2006), '' Em Magan'' (2006), ''Veyil'' (2006), '' Pazhani'' (2008), '' Kanden Kadhalai'' (2009), '' Vaanam'' (2011), '' Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (2013) and '' Kaalidas'' (2019). Early and personal life Bharath Srinivasan was born into a Tamil family on 21 July 1983 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a trained dancer by profession and joined Swingers International Dance Club when he was 11 years old. He did his schooling at DAV Senior Secondary School, he's also a football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, English, and Hindi-language films. he is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Prakash Raj, several accolades, including five National Film Awards, eight Nandi Awards, eight Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, four South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and three Vijay Awards. Apart from his native language Tulu and Kannada, Raj's fluency in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, English, and Marathi language, Marathi has placed him among the most sought after actors in Cinema of India, Indian cinema. After working in stage shows and television in Kannada for a few years, Raj ventured into films. He made his debut in Tamil cinema through ''Duet (1994 film), Duet'' (1994), by K. Ba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (; born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. From 2012 to 2016, Bachchan appeared in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list, based on his income and popularity. Bachchan began his career with the moderately successful drama film ''Refugee'' (2000), which was followed by a dozen unsuccessful ventures. His career prospects changed in 2004 with the action film '' Dhoom'', and he received critical acclaim for his performances in the dramas ''Yuva'' (2004), '' Sarkar'' (2005), and '' Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' (2006), winning three consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor. His biggest successes as a sole male lead came with the comedy '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005) and the drama ''Guru'' (2007). Bachchan's other commercially successful films include the ensemble action films '' Dus'' (2005), '' Dhoom 2'' (2006) and '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asin Thottumkal
Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononyomusly as Asin, is an Indian former actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu films. Asin is a recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Asin, several accolades including a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award, two Filmfare Awards South and four South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Awards. The Government of Tamil Nadu honoured her with the state's highest civilian award Kalaimamani, in 2009. Asin is considered as one of the leading South Indian actresses of the 2000s and is referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood". A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, Asin made her acting debut at 15 in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film ''Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka'' (2001). Asin had her first commercial success with the Telugu language, Telugu film ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu, Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Aw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in Mohanlal filmography, more than 400 films. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest Orders, decorations, and medals of India, civilian honours, for his contributions to Cinema of India, Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army (India), Territorial Army. Mohanlal was named as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema" by CNN. Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film ''T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vikram (actor)
Kennedy John Victor (born 17 April 1966), known professionally as Vikram, is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is among the List of awards and nominations received by Vikram, most decorated actors in Tamil cinema, with laurels including eight Filmfare Awards South, a National Film Awards, National Film Award, four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and the Kalaimamani, Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Vikram was included in the ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list for 2016 and 2018. Vikram debuted with the romance ''En Kadhal Kanmani'' (1990) followed by his major breakthrough with his portrayal of a rogue-turned-lover in Bala (director), Bala's tragedy film ''Sethu (film), Sethu'' (1999) and next appeared in hit films like ''Dhill'' (2001), ''Gemini (2002 Tamil film), Gemini'' (2002), ''Dhool'' (2003), ''Saamy'' (2003), ''Anniyan'' (2005), ''Raavanan (2010 film), Raavanan'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vijay (actor)
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (born 22 June 1974), known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over three decades, Vijay has acted in Vijay filmography, 68 films and is one of the most commercially successful actors in Tamil cinema with multiple films amongst the List of highest-grossing Tamil films, highest-grossing Tamil films of all time and is amongst the highest paid actors in India. He has List of awards and nominations received by Vijay, won several awards as an actor. Referred to as "Thalapathy" (), Vijay has a significant fan following. Born in Madras to director S. A. Chandrasekhar, Vijay made his debut as a child actor in the Tamil language, Tamil film ''Vetri (film), Vetri'' (1984). After a few roles as a child actor in his father’s films, he played his first lead role in the film ''Naalaiya Theerpu'' (1992) at the age of 18. Vijay continued doing lead roles for the next few years with notable ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haasan is also known for introducing many new technologies to Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil language, Tamil films, he has also appeared in some Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali language, Bengali films. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards, nine Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Nandi Awards, one Rashtrapati Award, two Filmfare Awards and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. He was awarded the Kalaimamani, Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999), Padma Shri in 1990, the List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019), Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Order of Arts and Letters (''Chevalier'') in 2016. Haasan started hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |