Vetri Selvan
''Vetri Selvan'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil language drama thriller film written and directed by Rudhran. Produced on Srushti Cinemas banner and Silicon Studios, the film stars Ajmal Ameer and Radhika Apte, while singer Mano and Sheriff appear in pivotal roles. The original music and background score of the film were composed by Mani Sharma. Cinematography was handled by Ramesh Kumar, while editing was by Kishore Te. The film released on 19 June 2014. It has been screened in 125 theatres. This was the last film of child actress Taruni Sachdev, who died in aeroplane crash two years before this film was released. Plot The film revolves around three youths: Vetri Selvan (Ajmal Ameer), Ananthakrishnan ( Mano), and Ganesh (Sheriff). They have been rejected by society, and the film tells of how they try to reform it. Cast * Ajmal Ameer as Vetri Selvan * Radhika Apte as Sujatha * Mano as Ananthakrishnan * Sheriff as Ganesh * Ganja Karuppu * Azhagam Perumal as Babu * Thalaivasal V ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ajmal Ameer
Ajmal Ameer is an Indian actor known for his works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Tamil cinema, Tamil, and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South for his roles in ''Anjathe'' (2008) and ''Ko (film), Ko'' (2011). Early and personal life Ajmal studied medicine in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. He has two brothers, Askar and Abith. He is married to Renju and they have a son and daughter. Career Ajmal made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in his friend's Tamil film, ''February 14 (film), February 14'' (2005). His lead debut film was the Malayalam film ''Pranayakalam'', opposite Vimala Raman in Malayalam. This was followed by the Tamil film ''Anjathe'', directed by Myshkin (director), Myshkin, in which he played an angry young man. The film became a commercial success, with Ajmal receiving several awards for his performance. He next starred in the Malayalam film ''Madambi'' alongside Mohanlal. It remains his only hit in Malayalam aside from ''Loh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramdoss
Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including '' Mundasupatti'' (2014), '' Maanagaram'' (2017), '' Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and '' Raatchasan'' (2018). Career Ramdoss came to Chennai from Nilakottai Nilakkottai (also spelled as Nilakottai) is a town in the Dindigul district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. The town was established in 1958, as 1st Grade Town Panchayat. In 1970, it was changed to Selection G ... in 2002, hoping to get a breakthrough as an actor in films and worked for several years as a junior artiste. Unable to get an immediate breakthrough, he moved to Malaysia for two years to work as a goldsmith before returning to Chennai and often slept homeless at Vadapalani temple. He became involved in short films, often portraying characters in the ''Naalaya Iyakkunar'' show on Kalaignar TV, and featured in Ram's original aw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mahathi (singer)
Mahathi is an Indian Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in Tamil and Telugu languages. Family Mahathi is from a family of musicians. Her father, Thiruvaiyaru P. Sekar, is a vocalist and a disciple of M. Balamuralikrishna. Her mother, Vasanthi Sekar, a flautist, is the grand disciple of T. R. Mahalingam, N. Ramani and Kesi. Mahathi is also the great-granddaughter of the violinist Sangeetha Kalanidhi Pazhamaneri Swaminatha Iyer. Career A carnatic musician & playback singer , Mahathi is a child prodigy who started Identifying classical ragas when she was 1.5 years old. Undergoing musical training under her parents Thiruvaiyaru Sekar & Smt. Vasanthi Sekar, she underwent musical training from Smt. Lalitha & Gayatri at trivandrum, Underwent advanced musical training from Sangeetha Kala Acharya Late Mangad Natesan & Padma Bhushan Awardee Madurai Shri T N Seshagopalan. Mahathi is a prominent playback singer in South Indian Languages. She was introduced to playback ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Haricharan
Haricharan Seshadri, known mononymously as Haricharan (born 20 March 1987), is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, playback singer, and musician who predominantly works in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ... music and cinema. He has sung over 2,000 songs in films and albums. He recorded his first Tamil film song for '' Kaadhal'' to Joshua Sridhar's music when he was 17, and went on to record three songs in his debut movie. His song "Unakkena Iruppen" was nominated for the National Film Awards in 2005 and became widely popular. However Haricharan became popular only after his rendition of the song " Thuli Thuli", composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the movie '' Paiyaa'' (2010). Background Haricharan comes from a Tamil musi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ranjith (singer)
Ranjith K. Govind (born 21 February 1977), also known as K.G. Ranjith, is an Indian playback singer, working in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries and has sung more than 2500 songs. Early life Ranjith was born in Chennai, India into a Malayali family, hailing from Kalluvazhi, Kerala. He grew up listening to various kinds of music. He used to stay in a locality where there were many Keralites, and had a chance to participate in the local programs there. Later, a family friend suggested that he be trained in classical music. He learned Hindustani music and Carnatic music. He was trained by Vidwan Cuddalore Subramanian, K. S. Kanakasingam, Trichur P. Ramankutty and P. S. Narayana Swamy. He became popular when he won the Sun TV Saptha Swarangal singing contest in 2001. He is married to a trained Bharata Naatiyam dancer, Reshmi Menon. He has a daughter and a son. Career Mani Sharma introduced Ranjith as a playback singer, calling him to sing the song "Adugu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rahul Nambiar
Rahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. He won the ''Swapthaswarangal'' show in 2001 and began singing live. He sang more than 2000 songs in movies, and later ventured into playback singing, performing for many leading South Indian film composers in various languages. Career Rahul hails from Kannur, Kerala and was brought up in Delhi and Chennai. After completing his MBA and M.Com, Rahul started working for two years in a bank, which he felt was too "monotonous", before performing at live shows with Sunitha Sarathy. In 2001, he won the Sun TV Sapthaswarangal contest, beating 3000 contestants, following which he decided to pursue a singing career. Rahul was introduced as a playback singer by Vijay Antony in the Tamil film '' Dishyum''. In 2009, Rahul joined hands with his longtime friend and bass player Aalap Raju to form a band named RAHLAAP. The duo released a self-titled album in Hindi language based on "Music beyond genres", on which they had worked ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India. Often referred to as the "Queen of Dynamics'' for her remarkable vocal expressions, Ghoshal is widely regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of the Indian subcontinent. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian and foreign languages and received numerous accolades, including five National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one Maharashtra State Award, one Telengana gaddar award, BFJA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. Beginning her training in classical music at the age of six, she made her singing debut with the 2002 romantic drama '' Devdas'' (2002) after winning the television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma. Her debut songs " Bairi Piya" and " Dola Re Dola" ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madhan Karky
Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and soon after ventured into the Tamil cinema, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from his teaching profession in early 2013 and began working full-time in the film industry, while also launching the ''Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo)'', an educational research organization which primarily focuses on language computing and language literacy. He also founded the ''Mellinam Education'', which develops educational games and story books designed to propagate learning among children, and ''DooPaaDoo'', an online music platform which promotes independent music and serves a distributor for film soundtracks. Early life Karky is the eldest son of seven-time National Aw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seenu Ramasamy
Seenu Ramasamy (born 13 October 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and poet who predominantly works in Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch .... He is known for directing quality films like '' Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010), '' Neerparavai'' (2012), '' Dharma Durai'' (2016), and '' Maamanithan'' (2022). Career He made his directorial debut with '' Koodal Nagar'' (2007). He garnered acclaim for the film '' Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'', which went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. A critic noted that "A well-crafted screenplay, clearly defined characters, a smooth, realistic flow of scenes, and fine performances from its entire cast, makes 'Thenmerku Paruvakaatru' one of the more watchable films of recent times". His ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ameer (director)
Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. Early life and career Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economics and worked as an entrepreneur before starting to work as an assistant director to Tamil filmmaker Bala on his award-winning film '' Sethu'' in 1999 and '' Nandhaa'' in 2001. Shortly after, he directed his first film, the romantic comedy '' Mounam Pesiyadhe'' (2002). The film starred Suriya in the lead and became Trisha Krishnan's first release featuring her in a leading role. The same year, he began his own production company, Teamwork Production House. His second directorial was the mystery thriller '' Raam'', which he produced himself. It was released three years later, in 2005. The film, which revolves around an autistic teenager, portrayed by Jiiva, who is highly attached to his mother, but becomes suspected of having murdered her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bala (director)
Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala has been praised for "revolutionizing Tamil cinema" through his realistic, dark and disturbing depiction of the working class on celluloid screen. His films are known to be tragic and disturbing. Film career Bala was introduced by lyricist Arivumathi to director Balu Mahendra. Initially, he began working as a production assistant under him. Later Bala turned to work with him as assistant director in his movies. Bala made his directorial debut with ''Sethu (film), Sethu'' in 1999, that gave a break to Vikram (actor), Vikram, the film's lead actor, who was also struggling in the Tamil film industry for almost a decade without a hit and recognition. More than 60 distributors saw the film and hesitated to screen it because of its tragic ending. The film was released on a low profile without any advertisement but after the first days the film started running to packed houses just through ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru
''Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer Nandhini JS. Starring Ajmal Ameer and newcomer Rupa Manjari, the film, produced by Sathyam Cinemas, was released on 25 September 2009. Plot Srinivasan ( Mouli) is an owner of Ad-Agency which is going on a loss. To make his company stand up he expects a great project from big company Johnson and Johnson. During a meeting for the project discussion Arjun (Ajmal Ameer) the art executive and a pet of Srinivasan, disappoints the clients with his mischievous behaviour. To convince the clients who are reluctant to give the project to them, Srinivasan produces the ad at his own risk with his own money, on the agreement that the project will be accepted if everything is done perfectly. The baby who is scheduled to act in the ad gets sick and Arjun and his colleague Archana try to find a new baby, else shooting will be cancelled. Arjun finds a cute baby on the road and ask ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |