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Vengayam
''Vengayam'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language film written and directed by Sankagiri Rajkumar. Sathyaraj plays a guest role as himself in the film, which stars Alexander and Pavina Joel in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Bharani and cinematography performed by Rahu. The film was released to very low profile on 19 August 2011. Later it was re-released on 23 March 2012. Plot The film revolves around fake godmen in a village. Cast *"Makkal TV" Alexander as Anbumani *Pavina Joel *Sathyaraj as himself (guest appearance) *Sankagiri Rajkumar *Eazhaventhan *Thangaraj *Azhagappan Soundtrack The songs were composed by Bharani. The lyrics were written by Arivumathi, Suba.Veerapandian and Manickam.S.M. Reception The movie was critically acclaimed but commercially failed. The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandar Soundarrajan
Alexandar Soundarrajan is a Tamil actor, TV anchor and businessman. He debuted in the Tamil film ''Vengayam'' as the protagonist. Early life Alexandar Soundarrajan grew up in a household with a strong legal orientation, which prompted him to pursue a degree in law at Dr. Ambedkar Global Law Institute, where he received a B.A., L.L.B. Career Soundarrajan began his career as an anchor in 2006 at Makkal TV. He appeared in television series prior to 2013. While he was working with Makkal TV in 2011, he made his debut in a film, ''Vengayam'', in 2012. Sankagiri Rajkumar directed the film, in which Alexandar played the protagonist opposite Sathyaraj. Cheran served as the producer. He is also a board member of Food Corporation of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister. Departments The ministry is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srimathumitha
Srimathumitha is an Indian playback and Carnatic singer who sings mainly in Tamil language, Tamil. She has also sung in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada songs. Some of her notable songs are "Azhage Azhage" from the movie Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, "Valayapatti Thavile" from the movie ''Azhagiya Tamil Magan'', "Kanaa Kaanum Kalangal" from the movie ''7G Rainbow Colony'', and "Rathathin Rathame" from the movie ''Velayudham''. She has sung for leading music directors like Ilayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, A. R. Rahman, Bharadwaj (composer), Bharadwaj, Deva (composer), Deva, S. A. Rajkumar, and Bharani (composer), Bharani. She emerged as the "Best Voice of 2002" in the TV Reality Show Rajageetham conducted by RAJ TV. She is the first playback singer to win the Vikadan Awards started in 2004, which was juried by late Sujatha (writer), Sujatha. A. R. Rahman has featured her in two songs in the soundtrack of Oscar-winning film ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Early life and family background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arivumathi
Arivumathi born Mathiazhagan is an Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. His first movie as lyricist was ''Siraichalai.'' Early life Arivumathi was born in Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He changed his name to Arivumathi combining his friends first name Arivazhagan as "Arivu" and his own first name "Mathi" together called as Arivumathi, he made this as paying respect to his friend who studied with him in his college. He studied Epigraphy and Archaeology in Chennai. Before turning into a lyricist he was working as assistant director to many legendary directors like Bharathiraja, Balu Mahendra and Bhagyaraj. Career He began his career from poet Abdul Rahman from whom he learnt the art of writing Haiku poems. He began his career in film industry as assistant director to Bhagyaraj working with him for four films. Later he joined Balu Mahendra as assistant director and worked with him for nine films. He introduced Bala a new face to Balu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suba Veerapandian
Subbaiah Veerapandian (born 22 April 1952), known popularly as Suba Veerapandian or Subavee, is an Indian political activist, author, orator, former Tamil language, Tamil-language professor and former film artist. Since 2007, he has been serving as the general secretary of the Dravida Iyyakka Tamilar Peravai, a Tamil Nadu-based political organisation that aims to promote B. R. Ambedkar, Ambedkarite, Dravidianism, Dravidian and Marxism, Marxist ideals in the State and elsewhere. In 2021, Subavee was appointed to two posts – Member of the Advisory Committee for Tamil Nadu Text Book and Educational Services Corporation, and as chairperson of the newly constituted Social Justice Monitoring Committee of Tamil Nadu Early life and career Subavee was born in Karaikudi on the early morning of 22 April 1952 as the youngest of seven children to Rama Subbaiah, Rama.Subbaiah (1908–1997) and Visalatchi (d.19 September 1987). His eldest living brother is Tamil film director S. P. Muthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharani (composer)
Bharani is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in a few Telugu films. He has also sung few of his own compositions. Early life Bharani was born in a village near Tanjore and was the eldest son in a family of three brothers. He studied up until Class 10 and actively used to compose songs during his school days, and came to Chennai in 1989 seeking an opportunity. Career Bharani, under his real name Gunasekaran, initially made a breakthrough as a lyricist and wrote Vijay's first on screen song for ''Naalaiya Theerpu'' (1992). Bharani was introduced as a music director by director S. A. Chandrasekhar in '' Periyanna'' (1999), before going to gain acclaim for his work in film such as '' Paarvai Ondre Podhume'' (2001) and ''Charlie Chaplin'' (2002). ''Veluthu Kattu ''Veluthu Kattu'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Senapathi Magan. The film stars newcomers Kathir a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchith Suresan
Suchith Suresan (born 24 August 1987) is an Indian playback singer in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries. Personal life Suchith Suresan was born to C. Suresan, a retired government servant and a reputed painter who focuses in oil-on-canvas; and K.P. Sucheeta, a retired banker, on 25 August 1987 at Trivandrum. He joined Madras Christian College Chennai for a degree in visual communications. He is married to Nimi Chandrika. He has an elder brother, Dr. Surej, who plays drums for an alternate-rock band based in Trivandrum called SPASM and is also an assistant surgeon in the health service department of the Govt. of Kerala. Career Suresan made his debut with the song "Pulayodu" from ''Saadhu Mirandaal'', and reached fame with the song "Karigalan" from '' Vettaikaaran'', composed by Vijay Antony. Since then, he has lent his voice to many films, including '' Chikku Bukku'' and '' Nanban''. His contributions to the soundtrack of ''Dam 999'' earned him a nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s Tamil-language Films
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 27 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of '' RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as '' Drive'', '' The Tree of Life'', '' Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', '' Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', ''The Adventures of Tint ... [...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] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepa Miriam
Deepa Miriam (Malayalam: ദീപ മിറിയം, Tamil: தீபா மிரியம்; born April 1981) is an Indian playback singer of South Indian movies. Her debut film was '' Naan Avanillai''. Deepa rose to fame with the song ''Kangal Iraandal'' in the Tamil movie ''Subramaniapuram''. Life and career Deepa was born and brought up in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), to a Malayalee Christian family, and completed schooling there. She began singing at a very young age. She received training in carnatic music, beginning at age seven. She has won first place in singing competitions in light music, semi-classical and classical categories, and performed many live music shows with musicians from Kerala when still in school. Deepa passed the Twelfth Board Exam with Distinction. She received her B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara, Kerala. At the age of 11, she was named the Best Child Singer in U.A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy is a Tamil folk singer, playback singer, lyricist, writer and music composer. He has been credited for reviving the Naatupura Paatu, a type of Tamil folk art. Together with his wife Anitha Kuppusamy, he has conducted several concerts of Tamil folk songs, and the couple have together brought out several albums of authentic Tamil folk music. He has also written books on Tamil Folk songs. He appears on Television Channels like Sun TV, Vijay TV, and Makkal TV performing musical shows. He is a recipient of the Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Biography Kuppusamy studied at Madras University and gained M.A., M.Phil., and a Ph.D. in music. He received his Ph.D. from Queen Mary's College, Chennai. Sathyabhama University gave an Honorary Doctorate to Kuppusamy for his contribution to music. Along with his wife, he has performed around 3000 shows in India and abroad. He is known for his incorporation of social messages through his music. Kup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
