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Kurumbu
''Kurumbu'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language teen romantic comedy film directed by Vishnuvardhan, making his directorial debut. The film, a remake of the 2002 Telugu film '' Allari'', stars Naresh, who also starred in the original version, along with Nikita Thukral and Diya. The film was released on 21 November 2003, failing to repeat the success of the original version and hence, ending up as a box-office bomb. Although there is the Telugu original, it was dubbed in Telugu also as ''Naa Allari''. Plot ''Kurumbu'' deals with a love triangle between three teenagers. The story portrays how the hero finds his true love. Cast Production After Vishnuvardhan returned from Mumbai, Gemini Color Labs that had produced '' The Terrorist'' offered him to remake the Telugu comedy film '' Allari'' in Tamil. Although he did not want his first film to be a remake, he accepted since he felt he shouldn't "ruin the chance". The film saw Naresh from the original film reprising his role w ... [...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] |
Nikita Thukral
Nikita Thukral is an Indian actress and model, who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu films alongside a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Early life Thukral was born into a Punjabi people, Punjabi Hindu family and was raised in Mumbai. She completed her Master of Arts, M.A in Economics from Kishinchand Chellaram College, Kishinchand Chellaram College, Mumbai. She was spotted by producer D. Ramanaidu while dining at a hotel in Juhu. He offered her a role in his upcoming film ''Hai (film), Hai'' (2002). Career Thukral was the part of Aati Rahengi Baharein crew, which was a popular television drama series that aired on Zee TV channel on 9 September 2002. She then shifted to the South film industry by debuting in the Telugu film ''Hai (film), Hai''. After appearing in ''Hai'', Thukral starred opposite Fahad Fazil in his film debut ''Kaiyethum Doorath''. The Malayalam film was not a box office success, but she was ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diya (actress)
Diya is a former Indian actress who appeared in Tamil and Malayalam language. Career Diya was born into a Brahmin family in Hyderabad, and her family settled in Chennai when she was two years old. She trained as a dancer through lessons at the Kalakshetra Foundation, while also completing a bachelor's degree in psychology, a course in fashion technology, and a postgraduate course in computer science. Her first lead role came through Vishnuvardhan's ''Kurumbu'' (2003), and she subsequently played a similar glamorous role alongside Dhanush in ''Dreams A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5–20 minutes, althou ...'' (2004). The actress was married in 2006 and subsequently opted out of the several unreleased projects she had committed to, including ''Seven'', ''Sooravali'' and ''Century Raagam ... [...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] |
Allari Naresh
Edara Naresh (born 30 June 1982), better known as Allari Naresh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu films. Starring in over 55 films and known for his various comic roles, Naresh earned two Filmfare Awards South, one Nandi Award, and one South Indian International Movie Award for his work. Naresh established himself as a lead actor with commercial successes such as '' Allari'' (2001), '' Thotti Gang'' (2002), '' Maa Alludu Very Good'' (2003), '' Kithakithalu'' (2006), '' Gamyam'' (2008), '' Blade Babji'' (2008), '' Bendu Apparao R.M.P'' (2009), '' Sambho Siva Sambho'' (2010), '' Aha Naa Pellanta'' (2011), ''Seema Tapakai'' (2011), '' Sudigadu'' (2012), '' Yamudiki Mogudu'' (2012), '' Kevvu Keka'' (2013), '' Maharshi'' (2019), and '' Naandhi'' (2021). He is also a producer and has produced films with his brother Aryan Rajesh under their production company, E. V .V. Cinema. Personal life Naresh is the son of veteran Telugu director and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Krishnan
Meera Krishnan is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil-language films and television serials. Career Meera Krishnan initially played veena for music directors Deva and Maragathamani. She then worked as an announcer for Doordarshan before working as a newsreader for the same channel and Sun TV. Meera also worked alongside Jaishankar in the television series ''Kuppathu Sastrigal''. Personal life She did her post graduate degree at the University of Madras The University of Madras is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an ... and is also a singer. She is the daughter-in-law of devotional singer K. Veeramani. Her husband Krishnan has been running the recording studio Shruthilaya in Chennai for more than twenty five years. Her son Adithya Krishnan was a part of the eighth season of Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopika Poornima
Gopika Poornima is an Indian singer who mostly sings for Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, and Kannada language films. She became popular with the singing competition ''Padutha Theeyaga''. Her husband Mallikarjun is also a singer and composer in Telugu cinema, Telugu Film Industry. Personal life Gopika was born in Vizianagaram and brought up in Hyderabad. After her initial training in carnatic classical music from her own Aunt Smt. M Padma, Gopika further trained under renowned Padmabhushan Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar, Smt. Prabhavathi and at present she is under the tutelage of the famous classical exponent Smt. Binni Krishnakumar. Her father was a senior manager in a central government office in Hyderabad. She participated in the first edition of singing reality show Padutha Theeyaga hosted by E TV (India), ETV. She got opportunities as a playback singer in films through this show and it was also at this time Gopika Poornima participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunitha Sarathy
Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian vocalist and performer in both Indian contemporary and Western classical music genres. She is also a gospel singer who performs in various church choirs. After having won the "Virgin Voice Choice" contest – a joint initiative of Channel V and Virgin Records in the year 2000, Sarathy debuted into film playback in the year 2002. She debuted as a playback singer with the Tamil film '' Yei! Nee Romba Azhagey Irruke'' guest-singing the prelude and interlude portions of the song "Ini Naanum Naanillai" with Srinivas and Sujatha Mohan as the lead singers. Sarathy has around 200 film songs in various languages, performances as singer-keyboardist-percussionist across a wide spectrum of Western music genres including classical, jazz, soul and R&B, neo-soul and quiet storm, and a prolific output of gospel songs to her credit. Early life Coming from a family well-versed in Western music (classical jazz), Sarathy started singing in choirs from a young age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adutha Varisu
''Adutha Varisu'' ( ) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written by Panchu Arunachalam and directed by S. P. Muthuraman. The film stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi. It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film '' Raja Jani'', which itself was loosely based on the 1956 American film ''Anastasia''. The film was released on 7 July 1983. Plot Kannan, a small-time bounty hunter, is enlisted by the crooked members of a royal family to find a girl to impersonate Radha, the lost princess to the throne so that they can usurp the Zameen's wealth. Kannan comes across a nomadic girl Valli, a tribal dancer and trains her to act appropriately, and introduces her as the lost heiress to the family's head, Queen Mother Rajalakshmi who is Radha's grandmother. Valli falls in love with Kannan. However, when he learns from Valli's adopted parents that Valli is actually Radha, he sets out to protect her and Rajalakshmi from the crooked clan. After Kannan defeats the crooked Zamindar, Rajala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bava Lakshmanan
Bava Lakshmanan is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian who predominantly featured in comedy roles. For the major part of his acting career, he shared screenspace with fellow veteran comedian actor Vadivelu in many film comedy sequences. Career Originally from Madurai, Lakshmanan was born as fifth child among two sisters and six brothers in the family. He started his career as child actor portraying Surulirajan's son in '' Madras to Pondicherry'' (1966) through which he developed interest towards acting. He was originally screen tested for Karthik's role in '' Alaigal Oivathillai'' (1981), which did not happen. He briefly worked as painter and construction worker. He joined as worker for FEFSI Vijayan through which he tried for opportunities for films. He worked as manager for the film '' Sirayil Sila Raagangal'' (1990) and worked as production manager for Super Good Films where he earned the name Super Good Lakshmanan. Many directors cast him in comedic roles due to his Madurai T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuyili (actress)
Kuyili is an Indian actress and dancer who has acted and performed in multiple South Indian films. She also acted in many TV serials. She is famous for the song "Nila Athu Vaanathu Mela" in Mani Ratnam’s '' Nayakan'' (1987), in which she performed an item number In Indian cinema, an item number or special song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu c ..., balancing on a moving boat. Filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuyili Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian television actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Date of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Telugu cinema Year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirosha
Nirosha is an Indian actress. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil film industry. She has also starred in a few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and was popular in the 1990s. Filmography Tamil * '' Agni Natchathiram'' (1988) - Debut in Tamil * '' Soora Samhaaram'' (1988) * '' Senthoora Poove'' (1988) * ''Paravaigal Palavitham'' (1988) * ''Pattikattu Thambi'' (1988) * '' Paandi Nattu Thangam'' (1989) * ''En Kanavar'' (1989) * '' Sonthakkaran'' (1989) * '' Kai Veesamma Kai Veesu'' (1989) * '' Poruthathu Pothum'' (1989) * '' Maruthu Pandi'' (1990) * ''Pachai Kodi'' (1990) * '' Kavalukku Kettikaran'' (1990) * '' Inaindha Kaigal'' (1990) * ''Manitha Jaathi'' (1991) * '' Vetri Padigal'' (1991) * '' Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada'' (1992) * ''Amma Nagamma'' (1992) * '' Paarambariyam'' (1993) * '' Maindhan'' (1994) * '' Valli Vara Pora'' (1995) * ''Puthiya Aatchi'' (1995) * '' Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela'' (2000) * '' Priyamaana Thozhi'' (2003) * '' Kadhal Dot Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
