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Aravaan
''Aravaan'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil language epic historical film directed by Vasanthabalan, based on Su. Venkatesan's novel ''Kaaval Kottam''. It was released in 2012 and stars Aadhi, Dhansika, Archana Kavi and Pasupathy. Kabir Bedi has a prominent role and Bharath is also featured in a cameo role. The film marks noted playback singer Karthik's debut as a music director. ''Aravaan'' was released on 2 March 2012 to mixed reviews and had moderate earnings at the box office. Plot The film is set in the 18th century and is about a group of people who steal from the wealthy to provide food and shelter for their tribe. Komboodhi ( Pasupathy) is the leader of the gang and always succeeds and keeps his villagers meagerly fed. One day, the general of their small kingdom visits Komboodhi's village and threatens to kill them all as one of them had single-handedly stolen the Queen's diamond necklace. Komboodhi refuses this as they rob only as a gang and makes a wager with the gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Dhanshika
Sai Dhanshika is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema. Career Dhanshika also known as mythili in her early career made her debut with Telugu movie named Pagale Vennela released in Jan26,2007,lead debut with the Kannada film '' Kempa'' (2009). She starred in several films including ''Peranmai'' (2009), '' Maanja Velu'' (2010) and ''Nil Gavani Sellathey'' (2010). Regarding her role in ''Nil Gavani Sellathey'', a reviewer stated that "Among the relatively fresh cast, only Dhansika (Maanja Velu, Peraanmai) makes an impression". She starred as the heroine in ''Aravaan'' (2012) and '' Paradesi''. She garnered acclaim for her performance in the latter with a critic noting that "Dhansikaa is as good as ever". Her next film '' Ya Ya'' released to negative reviews. ''Thiranthidu Seese'' (2015) released to positive reviews with a critic stating that "A ravishing Dhanshika plays Charmi with elan". She also garnered recognition for her portrayal of Rajinikanth's da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendhar Movies
Vendhar Movies is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. History In 2012 The company first started as proprietary by B.Balagurunathan and become partnership with S.Madhan in 2013 August. The company first distributed the film "Vettai" starring Madhavan and Aarya (2012 January) in Tirunelvely&Kanyakumari area (blockbuster) .Next the company distributes "Kalakalappu" starring Mirchi Siva, Vimal, Oviya and Anjali (Blockbuster). The company distributed ''Aravaan'' starring Aadhi, in 2012. Next they distributed ''Saguni'' starring Karthi , introducing Vishal. The film became a 2013 blockbuster. Following this success, '' Naan Sigappu Manithan'' was produced. Thiru directed action film, starring Vishal, also went on to become highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the Tamil films of 2014. Their following production was ''Puli Paarvai'' starring S.Madhan will be released soon. Their next production was ''Poojai'' starring Vishal and Shrut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest '' Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually got th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirumurugan (actor)
Thirumurugan is an Born: (November 4, 1988) Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam language films as a supporting actor. Career Thirumuruga was born in a small village in Thanjavur to Sadasivam, a retired teacher, and Ramalakshmi, a housewife. In the early 2000s, Thirumurugan moved to Chennai to pursue his dreams of becoming a film director and was initially financially supported by his father and sister,S.Padmarangam. He then befriended director Sargunam, who introduced him to director A. L. Vijay, with whom Thirumurugan worked as an assistant in more than 50 commercials and some of his films. When Sargunam got a chance to direct ''Kalavani'' (2010), Thirumurugan became his co-director, before then being asked to appear as the antagonist in the film. In 2011, Thirumurugan planned to debut as a director with a film starring Vimal in the lead role, but the project was later shelved. After more supporting roles in projects including ''Aravaan'' (2012) and '' Eetti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharath (actor)
Bharath Srinivasan (born 21 July 1983), known professionally as Bharath, is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil films, along with few films in Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu. He made his acting debut in 2003 with S. Shankar's '' Boys''. He then appeared in the Jayaraj-directed Malayalam vigilante film ''4 the People'' (2004) which was a musical hit and a blockbuster in Kerala. Then, he played the negative character in ''Chellamae'' (2004). He received his breakthrough as the lead in the Tamil film ''Kaadhal'' (2004). Some of his other notable films include ''Pattiyal'' (2006), '' Em Magan'' (2006), ''Veyil'' (2006), '' Pazhani'' (2008), '' Kanden Kadhalai'' (2009), ''Vaanam'' (2011), '' Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (2013) and '' Kaalidas'' (2019). Early and personal life Bharath was born as Bharath Srinivasan on 21 July 1983 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a trained dancer by profession and joined Swingers International Dance Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi ( pa, ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in '' Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story'' and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1980s blockbuster ''Khoon Bhari Maang''. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate '' Sandokan'' in the popular Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film '' Octopussy''. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai. He is 17th Descendant of Guru Nanak Dev Ji , Founder Of Sikhism Early life and education Kabir Bedi was born in Lahore in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) on 16 January 1946 into a Punjabi Khatri Sikh family of the Bedi clan that had devoted itself to India's fight for in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archana Kavi
Archana Jose Kavi (born 4 January 1990) is an Indian actress, YouTuber and a television host. She made her acting debut in film '' Neelathaamara'' (2009) scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. Early life Archana was born in New Delhi to Jose Kaviyil, a senior journalist, and Rosamma. Jose Kaviyil's family is from Kannur District in Kerala. She has an elder brother named Ashish Kavi. She was raised in Delhi and studied at St. Xavier's School, Delhi. In 2006, Archana moved to Ramapuram in Kerala for a Bachelor of Business Administration course at the Mar Augusthinose College. She stated that she came from a "typical Malayali middle-class family and acting was never considered a profession by us". She said that she wanted to be a journalist initially since her father was one and later wanted to be an RJ but that people discouraged her. Archana applied for an internship at the television channel Yes Indiavision and assisted in the production of certain prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasanthabalan
Vasanthabalan (sometimes credited as Vasantha Balan) is an Indian Tamil film director and screenwriter, known for his Tragedy Films in Tamil Cinema. He has made critically acclaimed films including '' Veyil'' (2006), '' Angadi Theru'' (2010) and '' Kaaviya Thalaivan'' (2014). Career Vasanthabalan began his film career as an editing assistant and later became an assistant director to S.Shankar in the latter's directorial debut, ''Gentleman'' (1993). He continued to work under Shankar in three more films'' Kaadhalan'' (1994), ''Indian'' (1996) and ''Jeans'' (1998)and first attempted to make a film titled ''Aathi'' with Rajasekar in the lead role, but the project was stalled. He later made his break as an independent director with the box-office failure ''Album'' (2002). His second film, produced by Shankar's S Pictures, '' Veyil'' (2006) was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. It was shown as the Indian representative at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. His ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasupathy
Pasupathy (born 5 September 1967) is an Indian actor. He appeared in critically acclaimed roles in many noted films in Tamil cinema, playing supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles. His performance in '' E'' (2006) earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won an ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in ''Kuselan'' (2008). He has also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. Early life Pasupathy Masilamani was born in 1967 at Vannandurai, a northern neighbourhood Chennai, India. In 1984, he joined the Chennai-based theatre group "Koothu-P-Pattarai" where he was there till 1997. He studied and grew up there till he started to act in films. He became friends with actor Nassar who was in the film institute and later joined the Koothu-P-Pattarai. Career When he was working in ''Marudhanayagam'', Nassar asked him whether he was interested in films. Pasupath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archana Jose Kavi
Archana Jose Kavi (born 4 January 1990) is an Indian actress, YouTuber and a television host. She made her acting debut in film '' Neelathaamara'' (2009) scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. Early life Archana was born in New Delhi to Jose Kaviyil, a senior journalist, and Rosamma. Jose Kaviyil's family is from Kannur District in Kerala. She has an elder brother named Ashish Kavi. She was raised in Delhi and studied at St. Xavier's School, Delhi. In 2006, Archana moved to Ramapuram in Kerala for a Bachelor of Business Administration course at the Mar Augusthinose College. She stated that she came from a "typical Malayali middle-class family and acting was never considered a profession by us". She said that she wanted to be a journalist initially since her father was one and later wanted to be an RJ but that people discouraged her. Archana applied for an internship at the television channel Yes Indiavision and assisted in the production of certain prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadhi (actor)
Aadhi Pinisetty is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. He is the recipient of a Nandi Award and a SIIMA Award, in addition to two nominations for Filmfare Awards South. Born to film director Ravi Raja Pinisetty, he debuted in 2006 with the Telugu film '' Oka V Chitram.'' His first prominent role was in the Tamil film '' Eeram'' (2009), produced by director S. Shankar. Early life Aadhi Pinisetty was born into a Telugu-speaking family. His father, Ravi Raja Pinisetty has directed over 50 films. He grew up in Chennai and was schooled at Don Bosco. Career Pinisetty made his debut in 2006 with the Teja-directed '' Oka V Chitram''. He later appeared in the Tamil film ''Mirugam'' (2007). In 2009, he starred in the supernatural thriller '' Eeram''. In 2010, he had two releases, ''Ayyanar'' and '' Aadu Puli'', which were commercial films and were average grossers, building his commercial value well despite the negative reviews. His next films were ''Aravaan'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shruti Marathe
Shruti Marathe (born 9 October 1986) is an Indian actress known for her works in Hindi, Marathi and Tamil films and television. Personal life Shruti married actor Gaurav Ghatnekar in 2016. Career She made her film debut with the Marathi film Sanai Choughade (2008) and the Tamil film ''Indira Vizha'' (2009). Her other works include films such as ''Naan Avanillai 2'' (2009), '' Guru Sishyan'' (2010), '' Rama Madhav'' (2014), ''Taptapadi'' (2014), ''Bandh Nylon Che'' (2016), and ''Budhia Singh – Born to Run'' (2016). Regarding her role in ''Rama Madhav'', a critic stated that "as Parvatibai, Shruti Marathe brings out the perfect pathos as a woman waiting for her dead husband to return from war". In a review of ''Budhia Singh – Born to Run'', a critic noted that "But the surprise package is Shruti Marathe as Biranchi's wife Gita. She holds her stead against Manoj with fair gusto. She smoothly conveys the poignant turmoil of a wife and mother". She made her Kannada film de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
