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Yugabharathi
Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. He started his career as editor in Kanaiyazhi and turned into a lyricist in Tamil film industry. Debuting in the film ''Aanandham'' with lyrics for the song "Pallankuzhiyin vattam parthaen", he has become a successful lyricist penning more than 1000 songs. Education His birth name is Prem kumar. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharathi" in honour of the great Tamil poet Subramanya Bharathi, commonly known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar. Yugabharathi studied in Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Thanjavur) and received his diploma in mechanical engineering at Government Polytechnic College ( Aranthangi). Notable works Some of the more notable songs which Yugabharathi has written lyrics for are "Kadhal pisase" from '' Run'', "Manmada Rasa" from '' Thiruda Thirudi'', "sambo siva sambo" from '' Naadodigal'', "Kannamma" from '' Rekka'', and "Konja neram" from Chandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice (2003 Film)
''Ice'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romance film directed by R. Raghuraj. The film stars newcomer Ashok, Priyanka Trivedi and Haripriya, while Vivek (actor), Vivek and T. S. B. K. Moulee, Mouli appeared in other pivotal role. The film produced by, had music scored by Devi Sri Prasad. It is a remake of the 2002 Telugu film ''Kalusukovalani''. The film was released in 2003 to below average collections and reviews. Cast Production ''Ice'' is a remake of the director's 2002 Telugu film ''Kalusukovalani'' which featured Uday Kiran and Gajala. The film became the maiden production venture of Sherif Ahmed for his Joy Entertainment. Gayathri Raguram was first chosen to play the heroine, but was subsequently replaced by Priyanka Trivedi. Devi Sri Prasad's tunes from the original version were retained, while cranking the camera was Shri, who had apprenticed with P. C. Sriram. The sets are designed by M. Prabhakar, the stunt and dance choreography are by Shiva and Coo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naadodigal
''Naadodigal'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Samuthirakani and produced by S. Michael Rayappan of Global Infotainment. The film stars Sasikumar along with Vijay Vasanth and Bharani, while Ananya and Abhinaya made their debut in Tamil cinema and Malaysia-based Shanthini Deva enacting the lead female roles and Ganja Karuppu playing a pivotal role, providing comical relief. The plot focuses on a trio who attempt to unite their friend with his lover against the wishes of all families involved, and at heavy cost to themselves, only to realize that the lovers separate after a short while. Cinematography was handled by S. R. Kathir, songs composed and score by Sundar C Babu, editing done by A. L. Ramesh, stunt co originated by Dhilip Subbarayan, dance choreography Dinesh, produced designed by R. K. Vijay Murugan and lyrics written by Vaali, Na. Muthukumar, Kabilan and Yugabharathi. The film released in June 2009, garnering highly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhiya Geethai
''Pudhiya Geethai'' ( New Gita) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language supernatural action drama film written and directed by newcomer K. P. Jagan. The film stars Vijay in the main lead role with Meera Jasmine and Ameesha Patel in the female lead roles. Kalabhavan Mani and Karunas play other supporting roles. Notably, this film is Patel's first and remains her only Tamil film till date. The film, which has music scored by brothers Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja. ''Pudhiya Geethai'' released on 8 May 2003. The film received mixed reviews and became a commercial failure. Plot The movie starts with a polydactylic baby boy born to Chinnaya from Nagapattinam, who works for Swamy, an astrologer. Swamy writes the horoscope of the baby and understands that the child will grow up to be an intelligent and responsible person but, he also predicts that the child's life will be only 27 years short. He suggests the baby to be named Sarathy but does not inform about the short life. Back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghilli
''Ghilli'' ( ) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Okkadu'' (2003), written and directed by Gunasekhar, with few changes made to the story. The film stars Vijay in the lead role, alongside Trisha and Prakash Raj (reprising his role from the original version). Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy, Janaki Sabesh, Nancy Jennifer, Nagendra Prasad, Ponnambalam and Pandu play supporting roles. The film is about a Kabaddi player, who goes to Madurai to participate in an exhibition match, but instead rescues a woman from a gang leader, who wants to marry her. The soundtrack album and score were composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography was handled by Gopinath and editing by V. T. Vijayan and B. Lenin. The dialogues for the film were written by Bharathan. The film was released on 16 April 2004 to positive reviews from critics. The film ran for more than 200 days at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thendral (film)
''Thendral'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thangar Bachan and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Parthiban and Uma, with Rajashree in a pivotal role. It was released on 5 February 2004. Plot In 1989, Nalangili is a famous writer from Aynavaram, Chennai who is passionate about social justice; he refuses to accept the Sahitya Akademi Award and instead asks the president to provide justice to Tamilnadu in the Kaveri River water dispute. Thamarai and her mother live in a hut in Aynavaram and sell milk to earn a living. Thamarai is a fan of Nalangili and has a secret crush on him. One day, Nalangili interferes with the kumbabishekam ritual at the local temple and is arrested. In prison, he meets a man who is on death row, having been charged with a crime he did not commit. The man tells Nalangili that he and his father used to be parai artists, but that father lost his hand in an altercation with a bigot. Meanwhile, Thamarai's mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetrivel
''Vetrivel'' is a 2016 Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vasantha Mani. The film stars Sasikumar, Prabhu, Miya and Nikhila Vimal (in her Tamil debut), while Viji Chandrasekhar, Ananth Nag and Varsha Bollamma portray supporting roles. The film, featuring music by D. Imman and cinematography by S. R. Kathir, released on 22 April 2016. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Plot In 1987, PM Rajiv Gandhi announces the recreation of local self-administration bodies in India and the plans for elections. "Maniyakkarar" Rajamanickam (Prabhu) is a rich landlord in a village in Tanjore. His pregnant stepsister Kayavarnam ( Viji Chandrasekhar) approaches him with a request that he should not contest the upcoming election for village chief, as her husband wants to contest. Rajamanickam relents without thoughts, and Kayavarnam goes happy. Meanwhile, leaders of eight villages gather with Rajamanickam and convince him to contest, as the village chief pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aanandham
''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film co-written and directed by N. Lingusamy in his directoral debut and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali (Tamil actor), Murali, Abbas (actor), Abbas, Devayani (actress), Devayani, Rambha (actress), Rambha, Sneha (actress), Sneha, Delhi Ganesh and Srividya. Arthur A. Wilson handled cinematography, while S. A. Rajkumar composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was released on 25 May 2001 to positive reviews, and became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. It was remade in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Sankranti (film), Sankranti'' (2005). Plot Thirupathisamy owns a provisional store and is the eldest among four brothers, and all live together in a home along with their parents. Thirupathi is widely respected by everyone in the family and was responsible for bringing back their family to a good sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indru
''Indru'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by Naveen S. Muthuraman. It stars Karthik, Tanu Roy and Maina in the lead roles. The film was released on 25 December 2003. It has the usual elements and did not make an impact at the box office. Cast Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Deva, and lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar, Yugabharathi Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. He started his career as editor in Kanaiyazhi and turned into a lyricist in Tamil film industry. Debuting in the film ''Aanandham'' with lyrics for the song "Pallankuzhiyin vattam parthaen", he has bec ..., and the director himself. Reception Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "It's still a fascinating experience watching this actor arthikin action, his endearing natural ease and spontaneity. But the fire in him is missing and the disinterest shows on the screen". A critic from ''BBThots'' wrote that "One almost wishes Tamil cinema could be banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run (2002 Film)
''Run'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by N. Linguswamy and produced by A. M. Rathnam under Sri Surya Movies. It stars Madhavan and Meera Jasmine (in her Tamil debut), alongside Vivek, Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvaran and Anu Hasan. The music was composed by Vidyasagar, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Jeeva and V. T. Vijayan. ''Run'' was released on 5 September 2002 to positive reviews from critics, which prompted the film to be partially reshot in Telugu with Sunil playing Vivek's role. It was remade in Hindi under the same name by Jeeva, with Abhishek Bachchan and Bhumika Chawla reprising the roles of Madhavan and Meera Jasmine. Plot Shiva lives in Srirangam, arrives at Chennai to gain admission to a college, and stays with his sister and her husband. He does not like his brother-in-law and never talks to him despite several attempts made by his sister to convince them. Shiva meets Priya during a bus journey. He meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaudin
''Alaudin'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ravi Chakravathy. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Ashima Bhalla with Raghuvaran playing the main antagonist. The film was released on 15 August 2003 after many delays. Plot Alaudin (Prabhu Deva) is a slum man and orphan with a golden heart who fights against injustice faced by his fellow slum dwellers. The people of Alli Kuppam bring him up. To fulfil the day-to-day needs of the poor, Alaudin decides to steal from rich people. His main enemy is the scheming and powerful Gangadhar (Raghuvaran). During one of his attempts to steal in Gangadhar's house, Alaudin witnesses a murder committed by Gangadhar and gets some implicating evidence: a blood-soaked knife and a cut right thumb of Gangadhar. He cleverly uses this situation and starts blackmailing Gangadhar to accomplish all of Alli Kuppam's needs. Gangadhar becomes his golden goose, his magic lamp, which does his every proposition. Preethi ( Ashima Bhalla) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu
''Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil language romance film directed by Kanmani. The film stars Mithun Tejasvi and Charmy Kaur and was produced by J S Pankaj Mehta. ''Aha Ethanai Azhagu'' also has Nassar, Ranjitha, Fathima Babu, Pyramid Natarajan, Devan, Dhamu, Karunas and Pallavi in the cast. Kanmani directs the film, where popular Kannada actress Bhavana also plays an important role. A. Venkatesh is the cameraman and Vidyasagar is the music director. This was Kaur's last film in Tamil, until 12 years later when she made her comeback in '' 10 Endrathukulla'' (2015). Cast Soundtrack Music was composed by Vidyasagar. He introduced Sujatha Bhattacharya, better known as Madhushree, to Tamil cinema through this film. Critical reception ''Sify'' wrote, "This is yet another stale love story, which is far from having logic or sense". Malini Mannath ''Chennai Online'' wrote "It's a fairly average entertainer, but what is commendable is that the director does n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullan
''Sullan'' (spelt ''Sulaan'' onscreen) is a 2004 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action film written and directed by Ramana (director), Ramana. The film stars Dhanush in the main lead role along with Sindhu Tolani, Manivannan, Pasupathy and Easwari Rao among others. It was released on 23 July 2004. Plot Subramani, known as Sullan among his friends, is the son of Mani, a corporation garbage lorry driver. A first-year college student, his only objective in life is to have fun with his friends. He falls in love with Kavya. Soori is a moneylender who charges atrocious rates and then goes after those who fail to pay him back. When Soori's actions start to affect Sullan's family and friends, he strikes back. Cast Production This was the first film produced by Salem A. Chandrasekhar who previously worked as distributor. The song "Yaaro Nee" was shot at Christ Church Gardens at Australia while the song "Kavithai Iravu" was shot at Auckland. A fight scene featuring Dhanush and Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |