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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] |
Colombo
Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is situated within the Colombo metro area. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, retaining its capital status when Sri Lanka gained independence in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila Mehdin
Laila Mehdi (born 24 October 1980), known mononymously as Laila, is an Indian actress. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s and later becoming one of the leading actresses throughout the 2000s. She has acted predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, as well as in a few Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. Career Laila made her debut in '' Dushman Duniya Ka'' (1996) and her lead debut in the Telugu film '' Egire Paavurama'' (1997), directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Laila began to receive offers from prominent directors to feature in Tamil films and turned down films such as '' Dharma Chakkaram'' and ''Kadhal Palli'' by K. S. Ravikumar and Pavithran respectively. She subsequently signed on to appear in the lead role in '' VIP'' after Pooja Kumar had walked out of the project. However, Laila was left unimpressed when the producer asked her to consider changing her stage name to Pooja, as the invitations for the film had already been printed, and furthermore, she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaam (actor)
Shamshuddin Ibrahim (born 4 April 1977), known professionally as Shaam, is an Indian actor and model who mainly appears Tamil, Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayalam films. Starting his career as a professional model, he soon made his acting debut in the film '' 12B'' (2001). He further appeared in lead roles in films such as '' Lesa Lesa'' (2003), '' Iyarkai'' (2003), and '' Ullam Ketkumae'' (2005). He garnered acclaim for his role in the Telugu film ''Kick'' (2009), which earned him the name ''Kick'' Shaam. ''Kick'' enabled Shaam to star in other prominent Telugu films such as ''Race Gurram'' (2014). After a hiatus, he returned to Tamil cinema with '' 6'' (2013), ''Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai'' (2015) and ''Varisu'' (2023). Early life Shamshuddin Ibrahim was born on 4 April 1977 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. His father hails from Madurai, while his mother is from Tiruppathur. He grew up in Bengaluru, where he pursued his studies. After completing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology (ICT) company providing telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services, and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played a role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October 1999. Merrill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail," promoting emails as an eco-friendly way of communication. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attahasam
''Attahasam'' () () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar in dual roles alongside Pooja while Sujatha, Nizhalgal Ravi, Babu Antony, Karunas, and Ramesh Khanna play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by Bharadwaj with cinematography by Venkatesh Anguraj and editing by Suresh Urs. ''Attahasam'' was released on 12 November 2004. Plot Jeeva, a driving instructor, leads a happy life with his mother. He falls in love with Swapna after several mishaps. Jeeva's mother hides the truth from her son that his father was murdered by a rowdy named Manthiram. The mother, much against Jeeva's wish, packs off his elder twin brother Guru with a family who offers to adopt him, who was a witness to the murderer from a close quarter, to a distant town. Guru runs away from the family, goes to Thoothukudi, and grows up to become a gangster there. When Jeeva visits Thoothukudi, he comes across Guru, also call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar Subramaniam (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting career, Ajith is also an occasional racing driver and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) and having competed in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the international arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list three times. Ajith began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil romantic drama '' En Veedu En Kanavar''. After his success in '' Rajavin Parvaiyile'', his first major breakthrough was '' Aasai'' (1995), Ajith established himself as a romantic hero with '' Kadhal Kottai'' (1996), '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately held company owned by the Nettakallappa family, heirs of Guruswamy. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Kalaburagi. History and background ''Deccan Herald'' was launched on 17 June 1948. Its founder, K. N. Guruswamy, in search of a suitable location for a news publishing business, purchased a bar and restaurant called Funnel's, that was owned by an Irish couple, in March 1948. Despite having no experience in the newspaper industry, Guruswamy, along with his close aides and well wishers, decided to launch two newspapers from Bangalore since there was no such title at the time. Veteran journalist Pothan Joseph served as its founding editor, which gave it a strong footing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saran (director)
K. V. Saravanan, better known as Saran, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who active mainly in Tamil cinema. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He owns production house called ''Gemini Productions.'' Early life Saran's father T. Kulandaivelayudam worked with the directorate of examinations and many of his relatives are teachers. He finished diploma in visual communications from the College of Arts And Crafts and became an instructor in textile designing. Saran worked as instructor for a year and, during this time, he did some work with a lady called Mohana who was art director for K. Balachander. KB was the director whom Saran admired above all others. Saran hoped this relationship would be the key to get to him. He joined as an assistant director to KB when he was making ''Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (film), Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal'' (1989). By then, Saran was also a cartoonist for Ananda Vikatan. He would do this work at two in the morning, sleep for a bit and get ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Jay
''Jay Jay'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Saran. The film stars R. Madhavan, Amogha and Pooja, while Kalabhavan Mani, Charle, Dhamu and Malavika Avinash also play key supporting roles. Produced by V. Ravichandran of Oscar Films, the film had music scored by Bharadwaj and is based on Hollywood film Serendipity. Plot Jagan ( R. Madhavan) is a carefree youth who stays with his friends in a room. He plays violin well and seeks every opportunity to help others, at the same time benefitting himself. His father (Delhi Ganesh) is an assistant of an unsuccessful politician, who works for two politician brothers. Their sister, Seema ( Pooja), has a crush on Jagan after he saves her from some goons. On the other hand, is Jamuna ( Amogha). Jamuna is a very beautiful young woman who is from Kolkata. Her father is very protective of her. Jagan spots her at a book store and falls for her instantly only to be beaten up by her father short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullam Ketkumae
''Ullam Ketkumae...'' () is a 2005 Tamil-language musical coming of age film written, cinematographed and directed by Jeeva, with dialogues by Sujatha. The film stars Shaam, Arya, Laila, Asin and Pooja as five college students. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Harris Jayaraj, while Vairamuthu penned the lyrics for the songs. The film tells the reunion of five friends who were together at college and exploring their relationships during the years. The film released after several delays in 2005 and went on to win critical and commercial success. The film marked the first successful film for Jeeva and Shaam, while Arya and Asin received several film offers after the release of the film. Plot The film is about a group of five college friends — Shyam, Emaan, Pooja, Priya and Irene. The friends gather for Emaan's wedding, years after everyone has parted ways. The film starts with Pooja leaving the United States to go to Indian cricketer and her friend Emaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indian people are a distinct minority group, minority community of mixed-race British and Indian ancestry. During the colonial period, their ancestry was defined as British paternal and Indian maternal heritage; post-independence, "Anglo-Indian" has also encompassed other European and Indian ancestries. Anglo-Indians' first language is usually English language, English. Prior to 1911, various designations like "Eurasian" or "Indo-Briton" were used to describe this community. The All India Anglo-Indian Association, founded in 1926, has long represented the interests of this ethnic group; it holds that Anglo-Indians are unique in that they are Christianity in India, Christians, speak Indian English, English as their mother tongue, and have a historical link to both the British Isles and the Indian sub-continent. During the period of Colonial India, British rule in India, children born to unions between British fathers and Indian mothers from the 17th century onwards form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
