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Vijay Milton
S. D. Vijay Milton is an Indian cinematographer and director working in Tamil films. He directed the romantic comedy film ''Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu'' (2006) starring Bharath and Mallika Kapoor. He received critical acclaim for his work in ''Kaadhal'' (2004), ''Vazhakku Enn 18/9'' (2012), ''Goli Soda'' (2014) and '' Kadugu'' (2017). Career Following the success of ''Goli Soda'', Vijay Milton directed a film titled '' 10 Enradhukulla'', a road movie featuring Vikram and Samantha. In 2017, He directed Kadugu which is released by Suriya 's 2D Entertainment and won positive reviews from critics. He then directed Goli Soda 2 (known as GST) with his own production company Rough Note Production. Cinematographer cum Director has started his next venture in 2020, by joining hands with Kannada SuperStar Shiva Rajkumar, marking his maiden directorial in Kannada Film Industry (Sandalwood), with most of the scenes been shot, production is delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras Film Institute
The M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as the Adyar Film Institute, is Asia's first-ever film and television training institute. Established in 1945 as Adyar Film Institute, it is one of the pioneer film institutes in India, It is in Tharamani, Chennai, and is run by the Tamil Nadu State Government under the Department of Information and Public Relations. It offers four-year bachelor's degree courses Screenplay and Direction, Cinematography, Sound Recording and Sound Engineering, Film Editing and Film Processing, and functions of the government. Only 14 students are admitted in each course. The diplomas are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), while the certificates are awarded by the Department of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu. The chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, appointed actor Rajesh as the Head of the Institute in Sep 2022. History The institute was established in 1945 as Adyar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada Film Industry
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba, and was the first motion picture screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom. The film was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932 founded ''South India Movietone'' in Bangalore. Major literary works have been adapted to the Kannada screen such as B. V. Karanth's ''Chomana Dudi'' (1975), (based on ''Chomana Dudi'' by Shivaram Karanth), Girish Karnad's '' Kaadu'' (1973), (based on ''Kaadu'' by Srikrishna Alanahalli), Pattabhirama Reddy's '' Samskara'' (1970) (based on ''Samskara'' by U. R. Ananthamurthy), which won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival, and T. S. Nagabharana's Mysuru M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soori (2003 Film)
''Soori'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Selvan, a former associate of director S. Shankar. The film stars Vignesh, Uma and Vijayalakshmi whilst Chinni Jayanth, Senthil and Manobala play supporting roles. Parthiban plays a thug in a guest appearance. The film, produced by P. Vijayakumar, had a musical score by Deva while Vijay Milton and Suresh Urs were cinematographer and film editor respectively. The film was released on 19 December 2003 to mixed reviews. The film's story revolves around a sales representative who falls in love with a student. He accepts to separate from his lover for one year to test their love endurance. The youth doesn't find her after the delay as promised. The love turns into hatred and revenge, until he sees his soul mate. Plot The story begins with Surya walking lonely during Valentine's Day. He shaves his hair and his mustache, and then takes a container lorry. He starts to remember his happy past dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhaludan
''Kadhaludan'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Rajakumaran. The film stars Murali, Devayani and Abbas. The film, produced by Devayani, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 14 February 2003, coinciding with the Valentine's Day. Plot Kalyan ( Murali), a talented magician, works with his friend and assistant Ramesh (Ramesh Khanna). Kalyan's mother (Sathyapriya) insists him to get married soon and she finds a bride for him. Kalyan has a different view on marriage and he first wants to know all about his bride. With the marriage broker (Vaiyapuri) and Ramesh, Kalyan leaves his house to see his supposed bride. The supposed bride Kavitha (Devayani) has a father Manickavasagar ( T. S. Raghavendra). Kalyan then stalks her everywhere she goes. Kalyan slowly begins to fell under her spell and he even helps them to settle their debts. One day, Kavitha attempts to commit suicide because her lover's father arranges a marriage for her l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai (2002 Film)
''Samurai'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language Vigilante film, vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Balaji Sakthivel, and produced by S. Sriram. The film stars Vikram (actor), Vikram in the title role, with supporting roles played by Anita Hassanandani, Jaya Seal, and Nassar (actor), Nassar. Cinematography was handled by Sethu Sriram and the music was scored by Harris Jayaraj. Filming of Samurai started in 2000 but due to production delays, was not released until July 2002. Plot Thiyagarajan, a medical student, heads to meet his childhood friend Nisha. On the way, he meets a kind-hearted but naughty schoolgirl Deiva, who lives with her grandmother and is the daughter of a police officer named Sandana Pandian. Sandana has a run-in with Thiyagu, but later realizes his kind-heartedness. Thiyagu meets up with his friends to kidnap a politician for his illegal activities at which time, he finds out that Sandana's family are neighbors and good friends with his friend. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaya (film)
''Dhaya'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Senthil Kumar and produced by Prakash Raj. It stars Prakash Raj, Meena, Lakshmi and Raghuvaran. The National Film Award—Special Jury Award for Best Actor was awarded for Raj for this movie. The film released on 14 February 2002 and received positive reviews from critics and audience. Plot Dhaya (Prakash Raj) is a rowdy in Chennai with enough political clout to make the police look the other way when he indulges in his nefarious activities. Thulasi (Meena) moves into his neighbourhood, but all her attempts to reform him fail. Rudhraiya (Raghuvaran), an ex-army man who has a score to settle with Sharada Amma (Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with '' Maya'' ("Illusion"). A ...), hires Dhaya to discredit her. Shara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosth (2001 Tamil Film)
''Dost'' () is a 2001 Tamil-language action-crime film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Abhirami whilst Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj and Indu play supporting roles. Plot Vishwa (Sarathkumar) and Raghu (Raghuvaran) are the closest of friends. However, the former is true, while the latter is merely a mercenary. Nothing matters to Raghu except money. He uses his wealthy friend as a ruse to rise in status. Devoted to his selfish friend, Vishwa is too naive to know that Raghu is an archetypal scheming villain who could ruin him for money. When he does realize the truth, it is too late – he is already a wreck, estranged from his child and lover and behind bars. Now it is time for revenge. Cast *R. Sarathkumar as Vishwanathan * Abhirami as Anamika *Raghuvaran as Raghu *Prakash Raj as ACP Neelakanda Brahmachari *Indhu as Gowri *Santhana Bharathi as Judge * Sriman as Dharmaraj *Nizhalgal Ravi as Jail Superintendent *Besant Ravi as Police Inspector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate (2001 Film)
''Chocklet'' (sometimes ''Chocolate'') is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action romance film directed by A. Venkatesh the story penned by R. Madhesh and produced by R. Madhesh. Starring Prashanth and debutant Jaya Re, the film also has Livingston, Suhasini, Mumtaj (dual role) and Nagendra Prasad in supporting roles, while the score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film opened on 7 September 2001 to a positive response and was successful at the box office. Plot Aravind meets Anjali and falls in love at first sight without knowing her background. When they meet, Anjali tells Aravind she would like to go for a trial-romance for a week, which might lead to a long-term romance, for which he agrees. Anjali is the daughter of assistant Commissioner Jayachandran and Saradha. Aravind maintains a cordial acquaintance with both of them, not knowing Anjali is their daughter. Anjali acknowledges them as her parents. Jayachandran convinces Anjali to dispense with this trial romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello (1999 Film)
''Hello'' is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and written by K. Selva Bharathy. The film stars Prashanth and Preeti Jhangiani . The film was released on 7 November 1999. Plot Chandru works in a flower shop owned by Manivannan. He tries to woo girls and enter into a relationship, but it does not materialize. His friends tease him for being unable to find a girlfriend. Chandru has a plan to prevent them making fun of him. He requests his close friend Gayathri to come to the temple along with some of her friends so he would introduce her as his girlfriend to his friends. Chandru takes his friends with him to temple with plans of introducing Gayatri's friend as his lover. Unfortunately, Gayatri does not turn up that day, and Chandru simply points out a girl among the crowd in the temple as his lover to his friends. Chandru pretends as if he is talking frequently over phone to his lover so that his friends would believe him. Suresh (Suresh) is Charle's friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooparika Varugirom
''Pooparika Varugirom'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. Venkatesh. The film stars Ajay and Malavika, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Raghuvaran and M. N. Nambiar play supporting roles. The film opened in September 1999 to negative reviews and did poorly at the box office. Despite failure in box office, it got remade in Telugu as ''Pelli Sambandham''. This was Sivaji Ganesan’s last film. Cast *Sivaji Ganesan as the author of ''Pooparika Varugirom'' * Ajay as Aravind * Malavika as Priya *Raghuvaran as Ranganathan * Kavitha as Aravind's mother * M. N. Nambiar as Narayanan *Chinni Jayanth as Dhandapani *Malaysia Vasudevan *Ambika * Sanjeev as Vasanth Soundtrack Lyrics were written by Vaasan. * "Ailey Ailey" – Vidyasagar, Sujatha * "Ananjalum" – Vidyasagar * "Ettil Azhagu" – Srinivas * "Kannum Kannum" – Sujatha, Srinivas * "Kukkoo" – Gopal Rao, Malaysia Vasudevan Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), known as Malaysia Vasudevan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenjinile
''Nenjinile'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action romantic thriller film written by A. C. Jairam and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars his son Vijay and Isha Koppikar, while Sonu Sood, Sriman, Nizhalgal Ravi, Devan, Nizhalgal Ravi, and Manivannan play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Deva with cinematography by Vijay Milton. The film released on 25 June 1999. Plot Karunakaran departs from Ambasamudram to Mumbai in order to seek a job as he can arrange money for his sister's wedding. He lives with his elder sister and meets Nisha, who falls in love with him. Initially rejecting her, Karunakaran later accepts her proposal. Unable to find a job and through his old friend Chandru, Karunakaran joins as a henchman for a gangster named Supari, where he receives money for completing many assignments and is happy that he can help his family and sister financially. Unfortunately, Karunakaran's own gang members plan to kill Nisha after killing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyamudan
''Priyamudan'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Vijay in an antihero role and Kausalya as heroine, while Sujith Sagar plays a pivotal role. The story focuses on Vasanth, a young businessman, who is of a hyper-possessive nature and therefore he tries to achieve whatever he desires using any means. The film was released on 12 June 1998 with positive reviews and became a commercial success. The film was remade as '' Preminche Manasu'' in Telugu in 2000, as ''Nata'' in Kannada in 2002 and in Hindi as '' Deewana Main Deewana'' in 2013 and in Sinhala as '' Rush'' in 2019. The film ran for more than 100 days at the box office. Plot Vasanth is a son of a wealthy businessman from Chennai and grows up with a possessive attitude, and is almost considered as a psychopath by the audience. This is shown in one scene in a gift shop, where he breaks a gift which he likes solely as it had already been brought by someone els ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
