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Uma Riyaz Khan
Uma Riyaz Khan is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil television shows and in supporting roles in a few Tamil films. Personal life Uma was the only child of her artist parents. Her father, Kamesh, was a music director and her mother, Kamala Kamesh, was a famous actress who is well respected in the industry. After losing her father at age of nine, she was single-handedly brought up by her mother. She married Malayalam actor Riyaz Khan in 1992. They have two sons, Shariq Hassan and Shamarth Hassan. Khan went to Fatima Convent School in Kodambakkam. She was a state level athlete in 100 meters, Javelin throw, and a professional dancer. She was a trained classical dancer, and later switched to salsa and other Latin American dance forms. Career Uma's first film was the Hindi film '' Muskurahat'' (1992) by director Priyadarshan. In the film she played Amrish Puri's daughter. She described her first movie as a 'superb' experience. She calls her work in the film ''Anbe Siv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouna Guru
''Mouna Guru'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Santha Kumar and produced by M. K. Thamizharasu. The film stars Arulnidhi and Ineya, while John Vijay, Madhusudhan Rao, Uma Riyaz Khan, Krishnamoorthy, and Balakrishnan play supporting roles. ''Mouna Guru'' illustrates a misunderstood college youth who becomes unwittingly involved in a crime plot that spirals his life out of order. The film's soundtrack has been composed by S. Thaman. It was released on 16 December 2011 and received highly positive reviews, subsequently becoming a sleeper hit. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Guru'', in Telugu as '' Shankara'' and in Hindi as '' Akira''. Plot Karunakaran finds it difficult to adjust with the society that he lives. As a result, he is unable to control his anger and ends up with trouble due to his unpredictable behavior, which becomes a constant worry for his mother and brother. A series of incidents force him to leave Madurai and end up in Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoongaa Vanam
''Thoongaa Vanam'' () is a 2015 Indian action thriller film directed by Rajesh M. Selva. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj, Trisha, Kishore, Sampath Raj, and Yugi Sethu, while Aman Abdullah, Asha Sharath, Madhu Shalini, and Jagan play supporting roles. It is filmed simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Cheekati Rajyam'' (). Both versions were produced by Raaj Kamal Films International and Sri Gokulam Movies. The film is a remake of the French film '' Sleepless Night'' (2011). ''Thoongaa Vanam'' was released on 10 November 2015 coinciding with Diwali while the Telugu version ''Cheekati Rajyam'' was released on 20 November 2015. The film received positive reviews from critics. Plot C.K Diwakar is an IRS officer in the NCB, who along with his deputy Mani, bust down a narcotics scam. In retribution, Vittal Rao, a drug smuggler who had masterminded the scam, kidnaps Diwakar's son Vasu. He is willing to release Vasu if Diwakar can return to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biriyani (film)
''Biriyani'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy action thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu. Produced by Studio Green, it stars Karthi and Hansika Motwani alongside an ensemble cast including Premji, Nassar, Ramki, Sampath Raj, Madhumitha, Jayaprakash, Prem, and Mandy Takhar. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the score and soundtrack of ''Biriyani'', which marks his 100th film, while Sakthi Saravanan and Praveen-Srikanth handled cinematography and editing, respectively. Filming started in November 2012, lasted for over nine months and took place primarily at Chennai, Hyderabad and Ambur. The film was released on 20 December 2013. The fim received mixed to positive reviews. The film was reported to be inspired by the 2004 American film ''Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle'', though Prabhu was lauded for making creative changes to the story. The film did a decent run and recovered its budget at the box-office. Plot The movie starts with Sugan (Karthi) and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryan (film)
''Maryan'' (pronounced ''Mariyāņ''; ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharat Bala, and produced by Venu Ravichandran, under the banner Aascar Films, starring Dhanush and Parvathy Thiruvothu. The film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman; cinematography and editing were done by Marc Koninckx and Vivek Harshan respectively. The dialogues in the film were penned by Joe D' Cruz. Oscar-award winner Resul Pookutty was the sound designer of the film. ''Maryan'' is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film's title represents the character as "a man who never dies". The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries. Bharatbala narrated the story to Dhanush on September 2011, and the film was announced officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambuli
''Ambuli'' ( ta, அம்புலி, moon) is the first Tamil stereoscopic science fiction 3D film written and directed by Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan in 2012 who earlier directed ''Orr Eravuu'' in 2010 and produced by KTVR Loganathan. The movie ran for over 100 days and became a box-office success. The film was released on 17 February 2012. Plot The film begins with happenings in the Maize fields in a village in South India, where a British forest ranger, who is in charge of the fields, has been alerted by some strange noises coming from inside the fields. He sets out with his dog and searches for the source of this noise. Suddenly, the dog is dragged inside and brutally killed by an unknown beast creature. The name is called ambuli then, the ranger is also dragged inside and killed. Then the film shifts to the 1970s, A College farewell party going on two college friends, Amudhan and Vendhan, have decided to stay back in the college hostel and spend the vacation there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIIMA Award For Best Actor Or Actress In A Supporting Role – Tamil
South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreciate film makers from across the South Indian film industries: Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Kannada cinema, and Malayalam cinema, and provide a platform to promote South Indian films in international markets. History The ceremony was instituted in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri, the founder of Celebrity Cricket League. Adusumilli Brinda Prasad is the chairperson of SIIMA. The Awards are presented in separate parts on two different days. On the first day the most promising upcoming South Indian film artistes are honoured at the Generation Next Awards, while the second day is reserved for the main SIIMA Awards. The Award nominees are selected by a jury of senior artistes and professionals and voted for by public polling. The first SIIMA cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Award For Best Supporting Actress
The Vijay for Best Supporting Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Nominations *2007 Sujatha Sivakumar - ''Paruthiveeran'' ** Hemalatha - '' Kalloori'' **Khushbu - ''Periyar'' **Swarnamalya - '' Mozhi'' ** Nadiya Moidu - '' Thamirabharani'' *2008 Simran - ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' ** Aishwarya - '' Abhiyum Naanum'' **Lekha Washington - '' Jayamkondaan'' **Saranya Mohan - ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' *2009 Abhinaya - ''Naadodigal'' **Madhumitha - ''Yogi'' ** Sanjana Singh - '' Renigunta'' **Senthi Kumari - ''Pasanga'' ** Sriya Reddy - ''Kanchivaram'' *2010 Saranya Ponvannan - ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' **Susan George - ''Mynaa'' ** Snigdha Akolkar - ''Nandalala'' **Abirami - ''Angadi Theru'' ** Sangeetha - '' Manmadan Ambu'' *2011 Uma Riaz - ''Mounaguru'' ** Ananya - ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' **Lakshmy Ramakrishnan - ''Yuddham Sei'' **Piaa Bajpai - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anbulla Rajinikanth
''Anbulla Rajinikanth'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language children's drama film directed by K. Natraj in his debut. The film stars Rajinikanth as himself, Meena, and Ambika. It was released on 2 August 1984, and received positive reviews, with praise for Meena's performance and Rajinikanth's acting. Despite this, the film was a box-office bomb. Plot Rosy, a girl with a left arm paralysed and weak cardiac health, lives at an orphanage along with others that were given up by their parents due to disabilities or having no parents, or for other reasons. Having been disowned by her parents for untold reasons since her birth and her inability to be like other normal children attributes to her rudeness. She even ill-treats all her caretakers, which leads to hatefulness towards her by almost all other orphanage workers and orphan children, except Mother Superior, who heads the orphanage and is always kind to everyone regardless of their age. Lalitha arrives at the orphanage as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun TV (India)
SUN TV is an Indian Tamil-language General entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 14 April 1993. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun TV Network. It was founded and is owned by Kalanithi Maran. It was started airing on open network (Antenna) on 14 July 2002 at the time of ''Majunu" Tamil movie premiering. Then it was removed from this open network on 2005. It was also removed from free on 9 November 2007. Sun TV launched its HD version on 11 December 2011. Since its inception, the channel consistently remains the top rated Tamil channel and one of the top rated Indian television channel. History Sun TV is the flagship channel of Sun TV Network which started on the Tamil New Year, 14 April 1993. It started off with a four and a half hour programming per day on a time sharing agreement with ATN. However, in January 1997 it became 24 hours programming channel. Sun TV was listed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raadhika Sarathkumar
Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Mediaworks India Limited and doing serials in most of the south Indian languages. and is a recipient six Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Personal life Raadhika is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha who hails from Tamil Nadu and Geetha who is a Sri Lankan. Raadhika did her education in India, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. She has a younger sister Nirosha, who is also an actress, and two younger brothers, Raju and Mohan. She also has an older half-brother Radha Ravi. Raadhika married actor Sarathkumar on 4 February 2001. They had been friends before their marriage and had been paired in two films: ''Namma Annachi'' (1994) and '' Suryavamsam'' (1997). The coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
