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New (film)
''New'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language science fiction adult comedy film directed, written and produced by S. J. Suryah, who also stars alongside Simran. Kiran Rathod and Devayani play supporting roles. In the film, an 8-year-old child gets an experiment done on him that requires him to live as himself during the day and like a 28-year-old man at night. Chaos begins after he toggles between two roles simultaneously. ''New'' was simultaneously shot in Telugu as '' Naani'' with Mahesh Babu and Ameesha Patel, while Devayani reprised her role in ''Naani''. The plot is adapted from the 1988 American film ''Big''. It was released on 9 July 2004. Plot Eight-year-old Pappu always troubles his mother Indira and frequently gets scoldings due to his bed-wetting. Pappu's elder brother Kishore plans to watch a porno with his friends in his room. Pappu insists on joining them. When Kishore refuses and gets rid of him, Pappu cuts off the power out of anger, creating a short circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simran (actress)
Rishibala Naval (born 4 April 1976), known professionally as Simran, is an Indian actress, who predominantly works in Tamil films whilst also appearing in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films.She is the recipient of numerous accolades including three Filmfare Awards South and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Simran debuted in Tamil films in 1997, with two successful films '' Once More'' and '' V.I.P.'', where earned her Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for '' Kannathil Muthamittal'' (2002) and Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for '' Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2008). Following a career hiatus, Simran returned to screens in 2014. Life and family Simran was born as Rishibala Naval on 4 April 1976 to Punjabi parents in Mumbai. Simran has two younger sisters, former film actress Monal and Jyothi Anand, and a younger brother, Sumeet Naval. She was educated at St. Anthony's High School, Versova, Mumbai. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmanandam
Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, having appeared in over 1,000 films.Brahmanandam breaks 1000 film record - ''The Times of India'' Dated 29 January 2015 Retrieved 10 February 2015 Brahmanandam has received numerous accolades, including six and two |
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian music streaming service and a digital distributor of music in Hindi, Marathi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Chhattisgarhi and other regional languages of India. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 80 million music tracks in 16 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with Jio in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn. History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Hindi Cinema content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...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] |
Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website dedicated to Telugu cinema. Established in 1999 by G. V. Ramana, popularly known as Jeevi, a graduate of BITS Pilani, the site is among the oldest websites on the Internet focused on Telugu films. The site features film reviews, news, box office updates, trailers, interviews, photo galleries, and movie schedules. Jeevi's film reviews, starting with '' Iddaru Mitrulu'' (1999), have made the site particularly popular, with an archive of over 1,000 reviews as of April 2023. It is regarded as a prominent online resource for Telugu cinema. History G. V. Ramana (born ), popularly known by his nom de plume Jeevi, is a graduate of BITS Pilani who had short stints in software and finance firms. While he was working in a private firm in Mumbai, his only connection with Telugu cinema was stray magazines. At that time, for a cinephile like him staying outside Andhra Pradesh, latest information related to Telugu films was scarce and har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deva (composer)
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a Tamil film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years. He has composed music for more than 400 films. Personal life Deva was born on 20 November 1950 to M. C. Chokkalingam and M. C. Krishnaveni. Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes. He started learning classical music under JB Krishna and continued the same with Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor. Career Before coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in Doordarshan Podhigai channel and composed songs for the show ''Vayalum Vaazhvum''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on 5 September 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to S. Sadanand, founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', another English newspaper. In 1933, ''The Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai and launched the Tamil language, Tamil daily ''Dinamani'' on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyothika
Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress and producer who primarily works in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She has received several accolades including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards (a record four Best Actress award) and Kalaimamani Award. Jyothika is regarded among the most prolific actresses in Tamil cinema, and has been ranked among the best South Indian actresses. Jyothika debuted in films with the Hindi film '' Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' (1997), directed by Priyadarshan. She starred in her first Tamil film '' Vaalee'' (1999) and her first Telugu film ''Tagore'' (2003), opposite Chiranjeevi. She received her first Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South for the former film. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for '' Kushi'' (2000). A string of successful films followed and gained prominence for her performances in '' Kushi'' (2000), '' Dumm Dumm Dumm''(2001), '' Poovellam ... [...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] |
Ravi Mariya
S. Ravi Mariya (born August 4, 1979) is an Indian film director and actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He appears in villainous and supporting roles. Career Ravi Mariya started working as S. J. Suryah assistant with cameo in the movie '' Kushi'' (2000) which had Vijay in the lead. He made his debut directing Jiiva in '' Aasai Aasaiyai'' (2003). Ravi Mariya's directorial debut was meant to be ''Nee Naan Kaadhal'' starring Prashanth for Super Good Films, but the project was later stalled. He was later seen in '' New'' (2004), '' Anbe Aaruyire'' (2005), ''Veyil'' (2006), ''Pazhani'' (2008). He also dialogue writer in '' Aalwar'' (2007) and '' Sandai'' (2008). Mariya ventured in Malayalam cinema with Major Ravi's '' Mission 90 Days'' (2007) and ''Kurukshetra'' (2008). He collaborated with Rasu Madhuravan and acted in the dramas films '' Mayandi Kudumbathar'' (2009) and '' Goripalayam'' (2010). He directed his second film '' Milaga'' in 2010. He appeared in ''Jilla'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam (20 September 1954 – 7 December 2013) was an Indian actor, comedian and film director who worked in Telugu cinema. He was established as one of the highly paid and top most leading comedians in Telugu film industry. Dharmavarapu had huge fan following among Telugu audience for his unique style and dialogue modulation. He hosted several popular television shows. Dharmavarapu has received two state Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian, Nandi Awards for best male comedian for his roles in ''Yagnam (2004 film), Yagnam'' (2004) and ''Aalasyam Amrutam'' (2010). Early life Dharmavarapu was born in a Traditional Telugu Brahmin, Telugu Aruvela Niyogi Brahmin family at Komminenivaripalem in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Career Dharmavarapu originally worked as a government employee. He became popular through his comedy serial "Anando Brahma" which he both acted in and directed. It was aired on Doordarshan in the 1980s becoming a sensational hit show in And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
