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Arivumathi
Arivumathi born Mathiazhagan is an Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. His first movie as lyricist was ''Siraichalai.'' Early life Arivumathi was born in Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He changed his name to Arivumathi combining his friends first name Arivazhagan as "Arivu" and his own first name "Mathi" together called as Arivumathi, he made this as paying respect to his friend who studied with him in his college. He studied Epigraphy and Archaeology in Chennai. Before turning into a lyricist he was working as assistant director to many legendary directors like Bharathiraja, Balu Mahendra and Bhagyaraj. Career He began his career from poet Abdul Rahman from whom he learnt the art of writing Haiku poems. He began his career in film industry as assistant director to Bhagyaraj working with him for four films. Later he joined Balu Mahendra as assistant director and worked with him for nine films. He introduced Bala a new face to Balu Mah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizhakkum Merkkum
''Kizhakkum Merkkum'' () is a 1998 Tamil-language drama film directed by Kalanjiyam. The film stars Napoleon, Nassar, Devayani and Geetha, with Manivannan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Vichithra, Theni Kunjarammal, Kalyanjiyam, and Chaplin Balu playing supporting roles. The film produced by Amudha Durairaj had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1998. Plot Suryamurthy (Napoleon) and Thillai ( Geetha) are siblings. They were expelled from their home by their stepmother Chinnamma ( Theni Kunjarammal) at a young age. The siblings worked hard to come up in life. Many years later, Suryamurthy looks for a groom for his sister and finds Kathalingam (Nassar), who is from another village. So Suryamurthy inquires the villagers about Kathalingam's character, and everyone praised Kathalingam, but they lied. Kathalingam is actually a bad person and drunkard, and he has an affair with the village belle Valli (Vichithra). Without knowing the truth, Kathalingam and Thillai ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalaimurai
''Thalaimurai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Saravana Pandian and produced by M. K. Hari Shankar. The film stars director K. S. Adhiyaman in leading role along with Rajkiran, Kanaka, Bhanupriya, Revathi and Rajkapoor playing supporting roles. The film has a musical score by Ilayaraja. Revathi received Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress. Adhiyaman, the lead actor of this film later directed Telugu remake of this film '' Bobbili Vamsam'' starring Dr. Rajasekhar. Plot Pandithurai (Raj Kiran) and Naachchiyaa (Revathi) are a respectable couple in the village. Naachchiyaa manages to conceive after 7 seven long years of marriage. She has a still born baby - Pandithurai replaces the dead baby with an illegitimate baby born to Panchavarnam (Bhanupriya) in the same hospital the same day, out of love for his wife, since he thinks that she would die if she hears that her baby was born dead. Raj Kapoor is the villain who is the father of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devathai
''Devathai'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language fantasy film written, directed and produced by Nassar. The film stars himself, Keerthi Reddy (in her Tamil film debut) and Vineeth, while the film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film released in June 1997 to positive reviews, however it ended up becoming an average grosser at the box office. The film's story was loosely based on 1992 American movie '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and novel of the same name. Plot The film centres on Shashanka, a dacoit who starts off as a Robin Hood type before lapsing into mass, and merciless, killings. He then falls in love with the daughter of one of his captives, only to be spurned. The dejected dacoit commits suicide. Years later, the girl is reborn in Dubai, grows up, falls in love and is on the verge of getting married when she makes a visit to India, to the family's ancestral home. Disturbing thoughts, hallucinations and meetings with a bearded man who is, though she doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thodarum
''Thodarum'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ramesh Khanna, featuring Ajith Kumar, Devayani and Heera in the leading roles. The supporting cast of Manivannan, Vadivelu and Gemini Ganesan also play pivotal roles in the film. The film is the Tamil remake of 1996 Telugu film ''Maavichiguru'', and was released on 14 January 1999. Plot Seetha is a possessive wife who suspects that all the women are throwing themselves at her husband Jayaram. Things get a little interesting after Meera enters the picture and ends up hugging Jayaram right in front of Seetha's eyes. Seetha is diagnosed with a deadly heart condition and decides to have and Meera tie the knot for the sake of a good life for her young son. She even goes as far as getting a divorce from Jayaram to make him hate her. In the end, Seetha dies, Jayaram and Meera get married, and they name their baby Seetha. Cast *Ajith Kumar as Jayaram *Devayani as Seetha * Heera as Meera * Gemini Ganesan as Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannathal
''Kannathal'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by Bharathi Kannan. This flim is a super hit at box office. The film stars Karan, Neena and Indhu, with Manivannan, Vadivelu, Vadivukkarasi, Fathima Babu, and Delhi Ganesh playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 2 December 1998. Plot Kannatha ( Neena) is a goddess believer and is treated as a goddess by the villagers. She lives with her father Shanmugam Pillai (Delhi Ganesh), who is a nadaswaram player and an ardent believer of a goddess, her mother ( Fathima Babu), and her four little sisters. Chinna Durai ( Karan) is the son of the rich Zamindar Mohana Sundaram (Manivannan) and Ranganayaki (Vadivukkarasi). He is a womanizer and has a lot of bad habits. One day, Chinna Durai witnesses Kannatha in a Hindu festival and wants to have sex with her, so he decides to marry her. Shanmugam, who is in deep debt, accepts for the marria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru Paarvai
''Guru Paarvai'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil language thriller film written and directed by Manoj Kumar, who earlier directed ''Vandicholai Chinnarasu'' starring Sathyaraj. The film stars Prakash Raj, Khushbu and Anju Aravind, while Thalaivasal Vijay, Manivannan, Easwari Rao and Ramesh Khanna play the supporting roles. The film, produced by Manoj Kumar and N. J. Mothy, had musical score by Deva and was released on 13 November 1998 with positive reviews and became Super-Hit. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Naya Natwarlal'' and was remade in Telugu as ''Veedu Samanyudu Kadhu'' with Prakash Raj reprising his role from the original, and in Hindi as ''Bhairav'' with Mithun Chakraborty. Plot The film begins with Guru Moorthi (Prakash Raj) who follows Pooja (Easwari Rao) like a mental. Guru Moorthi claims to be Mahendra Boopathi in his past life and he was in love with Alamelu. According to him, Pooja looks like his lover Alamelu and Guru Moorthi finally seduces her. They decide to get m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiya Geetham
''Desiya Geetham'' ( National Anthem) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Cheran. The film co-produced by R. Chandru, Abuthahir, Sathish Kumar, G. V. Suresh Kumar. The film created controversy during release and received positive reviews. The film was one among 1998 Deepavali releases. Plot The film is about a Chief minister and his family being kidnapped and taken to a remote village making them undergo the hardships of village life to learn about it. Murali played the role of a villager who was looking for revolutionary means to correct the political system in Tamil Nadu. The basic line of the story was that the leaders should understand and know the difficulties faced by his subjects. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Arivumathi, Pazhani Bharathi, Vaasan, and received positive reviews. Reception A critic from ''Dinakaran'' noted "Cheran has won in highlighting minutely and emotively the village maladies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Uyir Nee Thaane
''En Uyir Nee Thaane'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by S. P. Rajkumar. The film stars Prabhu and Devayani. It is a remake of Telugu film ''Pellichesukundam''. The film released on 19 October 1998 to mixed reviews. Plot Vasu (Prabhu) is a rich industrialist who raises his father's illegitimate son after the death of its mother. His father opposes this. Vasu leaves home to live alone with the child. Janaki (Devayani) witnesses a murder and testifies against the murderer. He is convicted. The murderer's brother rapes Janaki in revenge, and Janaki is kicked out of her house by her brother. She goes to her friend's house, but even there, she is kicked out. Vasu comes to her rescue. Janaki becomes a mother for Vasu's illegitimate brother and manager in Vasu's mill. Vasu is drawn towards her and wants to marry her. She turns him down, believing he is doing so out of sympathy. Vasu's mother (Srividya) tells Janaki to say no to Vasu's proposal for mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyamudan
''Priyamudan'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Vijay in an antihero role and Kausalya as heroine, while Sujith Sagar plays a pivotal role. The story focuses on Vasanth, a young businessman, who is of a hyper-possessive nature and therefore he tries to achieve whatever he desires using any means. The film was released on 12 June 1998 with positive reviews and became a commercial success. The film was remade as '' Preminche Manasu'' in Telugu in 2000, as ''Nata'' in Kannada in 2002 and in Hindi as '' Deewana Main Deewana'' in 2013 and in Sinhala as '' Rush'' in 2019. The film ran for more than 100 days at the box office. Plot Vasanth is a son of a wealthy businessman from Chennai and grows up with a possessive attitude, and is almost considered as a psychopath by the audience. This is shown in one scene in a gift shop, where he breaks a gift which he likes solely as it had already been brought by someone els ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iniyavale
''Iniyavale'' is a 1998 Tamil-language drama film directed by Seeman. The film stars Prabhu, Gautami, Suvalakshmi and Keerthi Reddy. The film, produced by M. Vedha, had musical score by Deva and was released on 15 May 1998 to mixed reviews. The film marks Thamarai debut in Tamil cinema. Plot Prabhakaran (Prabhu), a poet, lives with his mother and his father. Prabhakaran has two friends Raja ( Raja) and Murugan ( Vadivelu) who are like his own brothers. A classical dancer (Gautami) admires his poems. His ambition is passing the IAS exams and becoming a collector at all costs before the marriage. Prabhakaran's father (T. S. B. K. Moulee) and Ramanathan ( Raghuvaran), Meena's father, are close friends and they decide to get Prabhakaran and Meena ( Suvalakshmi) married. Meena is a very sensitive girl. Prabhakaran cannot accept and tries to cancel the marriage whereas Meena falls in love with her future groom Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran refuses for the marriage as a consequence Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara
''Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil language comedy drama film, written and directed by Keyaar. The film stars Pandiarajan and Suvaluxmi, while K. R. Vijaya and Janagaraj portrayed supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the film opened to positive reviews in April 1998. The film was remake of Malayalam film ''Kalyanji Anandji''. Cast *Pandiarajan *Suvaluxmi as Philomena (Meena) * K. R. Vijaya *Janagaraj *S. S. Chandran as Vasool Baaba *Raghuram *Prakash Raj *Radharavi *Vadivukkarasi *Manivannan *Loose Mohan *Idichapuli Selvaraj Soundtrack Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Vaali, Panchu Arunachalam and Arivumathi Arivumathi born Mathiazhagan is an Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. His first movie as lyricist was ''Siraichalai.'' Early life Arivumathi was born in Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He changed his nam .... Release The film opened to positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ini Ellam Sugame
''Ini Ellam Sugame'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Abbas, Sanghavi and Shruthi Raj, with R. Sundarrajan, Jai Ganesh and K. R. Vatsala playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Valliyammai Azhagappan, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 18 March 1998. Plot Aravind ( Abbas) comes to Chennai to participate in a singing competition. During the competition, Aravind falls in love at first sight with the female spectator Nandhini ( Sanghavi) so does she. He eventually wins the first prize. Aravind and Nandhini want to meet each other and express their feelings. Aravind decides to stay in Chennai to find Nandhini. Meanwhile, he befriends the clever Chennaite Mani ( R. Sundarrajan) and his neighbour Nirmala (Shruthi Raj). Nandhini is the boss of an advertising company. Later, he is hired as a model in her company but Aravind and Nandhini don't express their love. With Aravind's help, Nirmala is also hired in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |