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Sarvam
''Sarvam'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Vishnuvardhan. It stars Arya and Trisha, while J. D. Chakravarthy, Prathap Pothan, and Indrajith play prominent supporting roles. The film, which had been under production since late 2006, was produced and distributed by K. Karunamoorthy and C. Arunpandian under the banner of Ayngaran International Films. It was filmed by Nirav Shah and edited by Sreekar Prasad. The film's soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was released on 14 February 2009, coinciding with Valentine's Day. The film revolves around five individual characters and the events that change everything in their lives, which the film's title refers to, and also brings them together. It is an anthology film, containing two parallel stories that are connected by a freak accident in Chennai. A young architect falls in love with a young beautiful pediatric doctor, runs after her and tries to convince her to marry he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 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 with the ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2001) soundtrack, and established himself as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah (born 16 November 1974) is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film '' Paisa Vasool''. Career After having worked as an assistant to other noted cinematographers and solely on many television advertisements, music videos and short films, Nirav Shah became an independent cinematographer for a "full feature film", debuting with the 2004 Bollywood film '' Paisa Vasool'', following which he worked on another Hindi project ''Intequam'' (2004). It was, however, the Hindi blockbuster film ''Dhoom'' (2004) that made people take notice of Shah, winning him accolades and gaining him fame and popularity. Subsequently, Shah got offers from the Tamil film industry as well and moved southwards, debuting in Kollywood with the 2005 Linguswamy-directed action film '' Sandakozhi'', following which he was called up by director Vishnuvardhan. They first teamed up for the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnuvardhan (director)
Vishnuvardhan is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema. A one-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 hindi film directorial debut with ''Shershaah'' (2021), for which he received positive reviews. Early life Vishnuvardhan was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father is Kulasekaran, a businessman, who later became a producer of Tamil films. He has a younger brother Krishna Kulasekaran who is an actor in the Tamil film industry. Vishnuvardhan went to St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai and studied visual communication a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arya (actor)
Jamshad Cethirakath (born 11 December 1980), known by his stage name Arya, is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema. Arya has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and received two nominations each for Filmfare Awards and Vijay Awards. He was included on the 2015 edition of the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100, a list based on the top earning Indian celebrities. He made his breakthrough portraying rogue characters in Vishnuvardhan's ''Arinthum Ariyamalum'' (2005) and ''Pattiyal'' (2006). He later won critical acclaim for playing an Aghori in Bala's ''Naan Kadavul'' (2009). Arya gained further commercial success with the release of the period drama '' Madrasapattinam'' (2010), the comedy film ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' (2010), family action film ''Vettai'' (2012) and Atlee's family film '' Raja Rani'' (2013). In 2013, he appeared in three more Tamil films: R. Kannan's comedy film '' Settai'', Vishnuvardhan's action thriller '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrajith Sukumaran
Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajith made his acting debut in the 1986 film ''Padayani'' as a child artist, and has gone on to star in more than 80 films, notably '' Meesa Madhavan'' (2002), ''Runway'' (2004), Vesham (2004), ''Classmates'' (2006), ''Chotta Mumbai'' (2007), ''Arabikkatha'' (2007), '' Twenty:20'' (2008), '' Nayakan'' (2010), '' Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram'' (2010), ''Ee Adutha Kaalathu'' (2012), ''Amen'' (2013), '' Left Right Left'' (2013), ''Ezhamathe Varavu'' (2013), ''Angels'' (2014), '' Amar Akbar Anthony'' (2015), ''Virus'' (2019), ''Lucifer'' (2019), ''Halal Love Story'' (2020) and ''Kurup'' (2021). Indrajith has also starred in a few Tamil, English, Telugu and Hindi films, such as ''En Mana Vaanil'' (2002), ''Before the Rains'' (2007), '' Sarvam'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayngaran International
Ayngaran International is a film distribution and production company, based in the United Kingdom. Historically, Tamil films from India have been distributed to overseas theaters and for home media consumption by Ayngaran. The chairman of the company is Mr.Karunamoorthy who is based out of London and he is one of the pioneers in this field who took Tamil cinema to the worldwide audience. It also operates a chain of retail video stores located in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore. As of 2008, the company debuted as an independent film studio, opening offices in India. Its first production was '' Karuppu Roja'' (1996). History Film production Ayngaran International made its first foray into film production with the 1996 horror film '' Karuppu Roja'', directed by Aabavanan, but the venture's failure prompted them to prioritise European distribution ventures. In 2006, Ayngaran International entered into a joint venture with Eros International and announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trisha (actress)
Trisha Krishnan (born 4 May 1983), known mononymously as Trisha, is an Indian actress and model, who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She was noticed after winning Miss Chennai contest (1999), which marked her entry into the film industry. Trisha is often referred as ''Queen Of South India'' for her performances across all South Indian languages. She has been ranked among the best actresses of South India by ''The Times of India''. After appearing in a supporting role in the 1999 Tamil film ''Jodi'', she had her first lead role in the 2002 film ''Mounam Pesiyadhe''. She later rose to fame starring in the successful films, ''Saamy'' (2003), ''Ghilli'' (2004) and ''Aaru'' (2005) in Tamil cinema and '' Varsham'' (2004), ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005) and '' Athadu'' (2005) in Telugu cinema. she secured her first Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in a Lead role for ''Varsham'' in 2004. She went on to win the award two more times for ''Nuvvostanante Nen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad is an Indian film editor. He works predominantly in Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi language films. In a career spanning more than 35 years, he has edited over 600 films. He is a recipient of nine National Film Awards including seven wins for Best Editing which is a record in that category. He also won five Kerala State Film Awards, two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, and two Filmfare Awards among others. He was included in the Limca Book of Records ' People of the Year - 2013' list for his contribution to Indian cinema in several languages. Prasad also holds the record for "films edited in most number of languages" in Limca Book of Records. He has edited films from 17 languages so far. Early and Personal life Sreekar Prasad was born into a Telugu family in Madras to film editor and director Akkineni Sanjeevi, the younger brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad. His family hails from the village of Somavarappadu near Eluru in Andhra Pradesh. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prathap Pothan
Pratap Pothen (13 August 1952 – 15 July 2022) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who acted in about 100 films and directed 12 films. He appeared in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu as well as Hindi films. He also worked as a scriptwriter and producer for films. Early life and career Pratap was born in Trivandrum, Kerala on 13 August 1952. His father Kolathinkal Pothan was a businessman who died when Pratap was 15 years old. Pratap had five siblings, including an elder brother, Hari Pothan, who also worked as a film producer. Pratap was educated at the Lawrence School, Lovedale in Ooty. Initially, he was interested in painting; however, once he joined college, he started acting in plays with the help of his friends, and gradually got more interested in acting than painting. After his graduation from the Madras Christian College, Pratap worked as a copywriter in an ad agency in Mumbai. Later he also worked at Sistas ad agency and Hindustan Thomson. Personal life Pratap married act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Haasan
Anu Haasan (born Anuradha Chandrahaasan on 16 July 1970) is an Indian actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed ''Indira'' (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles. She hosted the celebrity talk show '' Koffee with Anu'' on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons. Early life Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1970 to Chandrahasan, the brother of actors Kamal Haasan and Charuhasan. Anu is the cousin of film actresses Suhasini Maniratnam, Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan. Anu did her schooling at St.Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, Trichy and RSK Higher Secondary School and earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. Personal life Anu Hasan married Shri Vikas in 1995 and the couple divorced in 1999. After living alone for around 11 years, she married her long-time British friend Graham Jay in 2010 in a private wedding ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Hansika began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including '' Desamuduru'' (2007), '' Kantri'' (2008) and '' Maska'' (2009). She started her career in Tamil cinema with '' Mappillai'' (2011) and then appeared in several commercially successful Tamil films such as '' Engeyum Kadhal'' (2011), ''Velayudham'' (2011), '' Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012), '' Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru'' (2013), '' Singam II'' (2013) and '' Aranmanai'' (2014). She has also acted in the Malayalam film '' Villain'' (2017). Early life Hansika Motwani was born to a Sindhi family in Bombay, Maharashtra (present-day Mumbai). Her father, Pradeep Motwani is a businessman and her mother, Mona Motwani is a dermatologist. She attended the Podar International School and the International Curriculum School, Santacruz, both in Mumbai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Kadavul
''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and Pooja. The film produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and jointly distributed by Vasan Visual Ventures and Pyramid Saimira, had background score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Arthur A. Wilson handled the cinematography while Suresh Urs looked after the editing. The film had been in making for over three years, finally released on 6 February 2009. Upon release the film received critical acclaim, winning two National Film Awards, including the Best Director Award for Bala, four Vijay Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. It was also shown at film festivals, such as the 2010 Fantastic Fest and the 2011 Beloit International Film Festival. Plot For astrological reasons, a father (Azhagan Thamizhmani) has to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
