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Mambattiyan
''Mambattiyan'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language vigilante film co-written, produced and directed by Thiagarajan, starring his son Prashanth as the title character. The film, also starring Meera Jasmine, Prakash Raj, Vadivelu and Mumaith Khan in other pivotal roles, is a remake of the 1983 Tamil film ''Malaiyoor Mambattiyan'' that starred Thiagarajan. The film was released on 16 December 2011. Plot IG Ranjith (Prakash Raj) recalls the memories of a criminal whom he failed to capture. Annachchi (Kota Srinivasa Rao) rules a village in western Tamil Nadu. When he is opposed by Mambattiyan's (Prashanth) father Chinnasamy ( Vijayakumar), the "jameen" kills him. Coming to know of this, Mambattiyan kills Annachi and those in support of him. A group of youngsters in the village join hands with Mambattiyan. They lead a life in a forest. By robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor, Mambattiyan becomes the local Robin Hood. Meanwhile, police forces led by Ranjith go fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
''Malaiyoor Mambattiyan'' () is 1983 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Thiagarajan, Saritha and Silk Smitha. It was released on 1 July 1983. The film became a blockbuster and established Thiagarajan as a star. It was remade in Hindi by the same director as '' Gangvaa'' (1984) and in Telugu as ''Kondaveeti Nagulu'' (1984). In 2011, Thiagarajan remade the film starring his son Prashanth, titled as '' Mambattiyan''. Plot There is a group of youngsters in the village headed by Mambattiyan, who lead life in a forest by robbing the rich and distributing the wealth to the poor. Cast Production Thiagarajan was inspired to make a film on the bandit Malaiyoor Mambattiyan after he heard a folk song praising Mambattiyan for helping the people in Malaiyoor village and hailing him as a real-life Robin Hood. Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The songs "Chinnai Ponnu Selai" and "Kaattu Vazhi" were well received and later re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at age 17 with the Tamil film '' Vaigasi Poranthachu'' (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's '' Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992), R. K. Selvamani's '' Chembaruthi'' (1992) and Mani Ratnam's '' Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy '' Jeans'' (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of ''Jeans'' saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thiagarajan
Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Indian actor, film director and film producer in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil, he has acted in several Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth, son-in-law of actor-director Peketi Sivaram and the maternal uncle of Tamil actor Vikram. Career Originally a businessman, Thiagarajan made his acting debut with '' Alaigal Oivathillai'' (1981), appearing as the elder brother of the film's lead actress Radha. The film became successful and offers poured in for him. His portrayal of a jungle bandit in '' Malaiyoor Mambattiyan'' (1982) provided him a major breakthrough in his career. He was part of such successful films as '' Komberi Mookan'' (1984) and ''Neengal Kettavai'' (1984). He acted in the Malayalam film ''New Delhi'', which became successful and his portrayal of a goon received acclaim. The success of the film prompted Thiagarajan to make his directorial debut titled '' Salem Vishn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph, , rediff.com; 1 August 2004. known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in , , Telugu and films. Jasmine made her debut in 2001 with the Lohithadas film Soothradharan. She went on to star in various commerci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shaji Kumar
Shaji Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. Career Shaji Kumar began his career as a cinematographer for Malayalam films, He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like Shaji Kailas, Joshiy, Vinayan and Vysakh, before moving on to balance those commitments alongside Tamil films. In the Tamil film industry, Shaji has extensively collaborated with actor Prashanth for his films. Shaji received critical acclaim for his work in '' Ponnar Shankar'' (2011), while he also shot '' Mambattiyan'' (2011) and '' Saahasam'' (2016). Filmography Awards ;Asiavision Awards Asiavision Awards have been held annually since 2006 to honor the artistes and technicians of Indian cinema and television & is organized under the leadership of renowned journalist Nissar Syed. More than 40,000 people across United Arab Emirates ... * 2016: Best Cinematographer – '' Pulimurugan'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rajasekhar (director)
Subramanian (??? – 24 April 1991), known professionally as Rajasekhar () was an Indian film director and screenwriter who was active mainly in Tamil cinema during the 1980s. He also directed films in Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Early life and career Rajasekhar was born as Subramanian in Nattarasankottai in the then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. Prior to his entry in films, he was working in government department and few people encouraged him to write scripts as they felt he had a creator in him thus he wrote story for the 1977 release ''Naam Pirandha Mann''. It was Rajinikanth who gave Subramanian the name Rajasekhar. He worked as assistant director to M. A. Kaja and Rama Narayanan. He made his directorial debut with ''Hunnimeya Rathriyalli'' in Kannada based on their story while ''Kanneer Pookkal'' was his debut in Tamil. Rajasekhar frequently collaborated with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. With the former he directed ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Riyaz Khan
Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films, as well as two Hindi cinema, Hindi films. Riyaz debuted in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam through the 1994 film ''Sukham Sukhakaram'', directed by Balachandra Menon. Early and personal life Khan was born to Rasheed, a Malayalam film producer and Rasheeda Baanu at Fort Kochi, Kerala. He has a sister, Roshini who is married. Since his father was a movie producer and all the South Indian movies were then shot in Madras, now known Chennai, his family migrated there. He did his primary education from Chennai and pursued his bachelor's degree from United States. In 1992, he married actress Uma Riyaz Khan, Uma Riyaz, who is the daughter of Tamil music director Kamesh and actress Kamala Kamesh. The couple has two sons including Shariq Hassan. Career His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vengal Rao
Vengal Rao 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 He initially eventually began his career as a stuntman and he also went onto perform stunt double and dupe sequences for prominent actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Vijayakanth. Some of his notable works as a stunt master came in ''Rajadhi Raja'' (1989), ''Mappillai'' (1989), '' Panakkaran'' (1990) and '' Captain Prabhakaran'' (1991). However, injuries at shooting sets and location shooting spots frequently derailed his career as a stuntman and hence he decided to focus on acting. He sustained critical injuries on his knees and shoulders as a stuntman during fight sequences in film shooting. He had worked as a stunt master for nearly 25 years in his career and also worked alongside veteran action stunt choreographer Vikram Dharma dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mumaith Khan
Mumaith Khan (born 1 September 1985) is an Indian actress and model. She has appeared in numerous item numbers primarily in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil films. Early life Khan was born on 1 September 1985. She was born and brought up in Bombay (present Mumbai). Her father is from Pakistan and her mother is from Tiruchirappalli. Career Khan has acted primarily in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada language films. Besides movies, she has contested in the reality shows like ''Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6'' and first season of ''Bigg Boss Telugu''. As of now, she has been a part of nearly 100 movies. Her call to fame was her cameo performance in the Sanjay Dutt starrer hit Munna Bhai MBBS. Her career was rocked by a controversy of drug allegations in which many south movie stars were also questioned. Her relationship with a prime suspect Calvin Mascerehas was also at the centre of investigation. Because of those allegations, in July 2018, Mumaith was evicted mid way from ''Big Boss Telugu seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Malayalam Cinema, Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA from Vijayawada East (Assembly constituency), Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004. He made his debut with the Telugu film ''Pranam Khareedu'' in 1978. He starred in over 750 feature films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards in various categories of villain, character actor, and supporting actor. In 2012, he has garnered the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Award for his work in ''Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum''. In 2015, he received India's fourth highest Indian honours system, civilian honour Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. He received wide critical acclaim for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rama (actress)
Rama is an Indian actress who appeared in the Tamil film industry in 1990. After her marriage in 1991, she stopped acting in movies and settled with her husband Venkatesh and two sons. However she made a film comeback in the 2010 movie '' Aval Peyar Thamizharasi'' in mother roles and also acting with other supporting roles and TV serials. Career Shanthi was a volleyball player for the Tamil Nadu team when director Bharathiraja cast her in '' En Uyir Thozhan'' (1990). The failure of the film prompted her to stop appearing in Tamil films. She made a brief return in 2010, playing a mother role in '' Aval Peyar Thamizharasi'' before earning critical acclaim as Karthi’s feisty, possessive mother in Pa. Ranjith’s ''Madras'' (2014). She has since also been a part of A. R. Murugadoss’ '' Kaththi'' (2014), where she played Vijay’s mother, and the political drama '' Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai'' (2015). She also acted in television serials such as Bharathiraja Bharathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalairani
Kalairani is an Indian actress who has worked in many Tamil films and as a performer with the Koothu-P-Pattarai theatre group. Filmography Tamil films Telugu films Serials * ''Panchavan Kaadu'' (2014) * ''Unarchigal'' (2014) * '' Nandini'' (2018) * '' The Village'' (2023) * '' Inspector Rishi'' (2024) References External links * {{authority control Indian film actresses Tamil actresses Indian Tamil people Living people Actresses in Tamil cinema Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners Actresses in Telugu cinema 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |