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Pattiyal
''Pattiyal'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha. It stars Bharath, Arya, Pooja Umashankar, and Padmapriya Janakiraman while Cochin Haneefa and Santhana Bharathi play pivotal roles. The film tackles the issue of dons and was based on the 1999 Thai film ''Bangkok Dangerous''. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. It was released on 17 March 2006 and became a commercial success. Plot Kosi and Selva are contract killers working for a middleman with the ironic name, Sami. Director Vishnuvardan portrays this morbid telling of two orphaned youths with incredible realism of trust, friendship, and ultimate betrayal. Kosi is an unblinking man with a stubborn feel for life, refusing to love and be loved. Selva, deaf and dumb, is equally intrepid, although he has a heart ticking beneath the dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnuvardhan (director)
Vishnuvardhan (born 6 December 1976) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who works in Tamil films. A long-time associate of Santosh Sivan, he made his directorial debut in 2003 with '' Kurumbu'', which did not fare well at the box office. However, his subsequent films, '' Arinthum Ariyamalum'' (2005), '' Pattiyal'' (2006), '' Billa'' (2007), '' Panjaa'' (2011) with Pawan kalyan as main lead and '' Arrambam'' (2013) went on to become highly successful ventures, turning him into a household name in Tamil Nadu. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with '' Shershaah'' (2021), produced by Karan Johar, under Dharma Productions, for which he received positive reviews and even won filmfare award for best director. Early life Vishnuvardhan was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father is Pattiyal K Shekar, an actor and producer, who worked in Tamil films. He has a younger brother Krishna Kulasekaran who is an actor in the Tamil film industry. Vishnuvardhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arya (actor)
Jamshad Cethirakath (born 11 December 1980), known by his stage name Arya, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema and a few Malayalam and Telugu language, Telugu films. Arya has won two Filmfare Awards South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He was included on the 2015 edition of the ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100, a list based on the top earning Indian celebrities. Arya made his breakthrough portraying rogue characters in Vishnuvardhan (director), Vishnuvardhan's ''Arinthum Ariyamalum'' (2005) and ''Pattiyal'' (2006). He later won critical acclaim for playing an Aghori in Bala (director), Bala's ''Naan Kadavul'' (2009). He gained further commercial success with the release of the period drama ''Madrasapattinam'' (2010), the comedy film ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' (2010), family action film ''Vettai'' (2012) and Atlee Kumar, Atlee's family film ''Raja Rani (2013 film), Raja Rani'' (2013). In 2013, he appeared in three more Tamil films: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punnagai Poo Gheetha
Gheetha Ammasee, best known by her stage name "Punnagai Poo" Gheetha, is a Malaysian radio personality, film producer and actress, who works in Malaysia and the Tamil film industry in India. Gheetha gained popularity as a radio jockey at the Malaysian radio station THR Raaga, before launching her own film production studio and venturing into Tamil cinema, becoming recognized as the first female producer from Malaysia. She has also worked as a host for various events and acted in several kollywood films as well as a Malaysian film. Career Gheetha Ammasee was born in an Indian Malaysian Tamil family in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia as the daughter of a plantation owner. She started off as a host on the Malaysian television channel NTV7 on a show called ''Rhythm And Raaga'', before starting her career as a radio jockey at the Malaysian Tamil radio station, THR Raaga. She has been working at THR Raaga since its inception. Besides her work in radio, she did hosting jobs, produced telef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western culture#Music, Western music elements and often credited with having introduced Hip hop music, hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu which included mixed Electronic dance music, EDM and jazz. He is frequently referred to as the "BGM King" of Tamil film music. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, three Vijay Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director, Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 190 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for ''Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah (born 16 November 1974) is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film '' Paisa Vasool''. Career After having worked as an assistant to other noted cinematographers and solely on many television advertisements, music videos and short films, Nirav Shah became an independent cinematographer for a "full feature film", debuting with the 2004 Bollywood film '' Paisa Vasool'', following which he worked on another Hindi project ''Intequam'' (2004). It was, however, the Hindi blockbuster film '' Dhoom'' (2004) that made people take notice of Shah, winning him accolades and gaining him fame and popularity. Subsequently, Shah got offers from the Tamil film industry as well and moved southwards, debuting in Kollywood with the 2005 Linguswamy-directed action film '' Sandakozhi'', following which he was called up by director Vishnuvardhan. They first teamed up for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Padmapriya Janakiraman, better known mononymously as Padmapriya, is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu film '' Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi'' in 2004. Early life Padmapriya hails from Delhi and was born to Janakiraman, a distinguished brigadier in the Indian Army, and Vijaya, both of Tamilian descent. She did her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, Telangana and studied at Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, from which she graduated with a B.Com degree. Later, she pursued an MBA degree in finance at KIAMS, Harihar. She was then working for GE Capital as a risk consultant in Bangalore and Gurgaon. After GE she was with Symphony in Bangalore. During her free-time, she ventured into modelling, which would later pave her way to the film business and acting. She has also won Miss Andhra Pradesh in 2001. While studying in 12th class in Andhra Pradesh, Padmapriya did a music album. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Umashankar
Pooja Gauthami Umashankar is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress who has primarily appeared in Indian Tamil and Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema. Early and personal life Pooja was born on June 25, 1981, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pooja's father, H. R. Umashankar, is an Indian Kannada Brahmin from Sringeri, in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka while mother, Sandhya, is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese. Her father worked with Hindustan Unilever in Valparai as a manager. After she did her pre-schooling in Sri Lanka, she came to India and went to Poornapragnya in Aldur, Chikmagalur and then to Nirmala Convent in Mysore. Later she continued her education at Baldwin Girls' High School in Bangalore and did graduation (B.Com.) and Post Graduation (MBA) at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Pooja can speak Kannada, Sinhala, Tamil, and English. In December 2016, she married Prashan David Vethakan, who is a Sri Lankan businessman. Career Pooja was introduced by a friend of her to cinematographer-turned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarthi (actress)
Aarthi, also known as Harathi is an Indian actress, comedian and television host who works in Tamil films and television dramas. She initially worked as a child artist in the late 1990s, she also appeared in stand-up comedy shows namely ''Super10'' and ''Lollu Sabha'', before joining the Tamil film industry, she has played roles in ''Giri (film), Giri'' (2004), ''Padikkadavan (2009 film), Padikkadavan'' (2009) and ''Kutty (2010 film), Kutty'' (2010). Career She started her career in Vanna Kanavugal movie when she was only 6 months old. Later headed by ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Mu. Karunanidhi awarded her "Kalaimamani" for her unique style of humorous acting in films. Some of her popular early films included ''Arul (film), Arul'' (2004), ''Giri (film), Giri'' (2004) and ''Kundakka Mandakka'' (2005), in which she collaborated with actor Vadivelu. For her roles in ''Padikkadavan (2009 film), Padikkadavan'' (2009) and ''Kutty (2010 film), Kutty'' (2010), she won the Anand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas. Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film '' Millennium Stars'', which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in '' Nivedyam'' (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in '' Grandmaster'' and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in '' Spirit'' (2012), and "Poomuthole" in '' Joseph'' (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film '' Maari'' (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film '' Padaiveeran'' (2018). Early life Vijay Yesudas was born to singer K. J. Yesudas and Prabha. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochin Haneefa
Cochin Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010) was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam and Tamil. As a director he is best known for the films '' Aankiliyude Tharattu'' (1987) and '' Vatsalyam'' (1993). Personal life and education Haneefa was born in Cochin (present-day Kochi) to Veluthedathu Tharavattil A. B. Muhammed and Hajira, as the second among their eight children. He studied at Kochi St. Augustine's School and St. Albert's College and graduated with a degree in commerce. He was married to Fasila and they had twin daughters, Safa and Marwa. Career He made his film debut in 1972 in '' Azhimukham'' directed by Vijayan and went on to act in over 300 films in Malayalam. He also acted in over 80 Tamil films, including popular movies like '' Mahanadi'' with Kamal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vatsala Rajagopal
Vatsala Rajagopal (born December 25, 1933) is a former Indian actress. She started her acting career as a stage artist in 1979 and has acted in 450 plays in 25 years. She has acted in many Tamil television serials from the days when they were produced in 1990s. She has also acted in Tamil films including ''Roja'', '' Sathi Leelavathi'', ''Rhythm'' and '' Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga''. Filmography Serials References Tamil television actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Living people Tamil theatre Indian film actresses 1933 births Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian television actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses {{India-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
