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Vasanth
Vasanth is an Indian director well known in Tamil language films for directing films such as ''Keladi Kanmani'' (1990), '' Aasai'' (1995), '' Nerrukku Ner'' (1997), ''Rhythm'' (2000) and '' Satham Podathey'' (2007). Career Vasanth began his career as a journalist and short story writer, before he began working as an assistant director to K. Balachander on 18 films including '' Sindhu Bhairavi'' and '' Punnagai Mannan''. He made his first independent film in 1990, the critically acclaimed film ''Keladi Kanmani'', which starred noted playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and enjoyed a 285-days-run at theatres. He next directed '' Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'', titled after a song from his previous film, which focussed on an unwed mother's issue. The film features the song "Nivedha", becoming noted for its visualisation and its lyrics consisting of a single word. His third directorial was the thriller '' Aasai'' (1995), which became a trendsetter and high financial success that ran f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keladi Kanmani
''Keladi Kannmanii'' (; also spelt ''Keladi Kanmani'') is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film that marked the directorial debut of Vasanth. The film stars S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Raadhika, Ramesh Aravind and Anju. It revolves around a terminally ill woman who seeks to make amends for a past mistake before she dies. Producer A. Sundaram approached Vasanth to make a film for his production company, Vivek Chithra Productions, but Vasanth did not have a story. Ananthu created the story of ''Keladi Kannmanii'', which Vasanth developed into a screenplay. Cinematography was handled by R. Raghunatha Reddy, editing was by the duo Ganesh–Kumar, and Maghi made his debut as art director. ''Keladi Kannmanii'' was released on 27 July 1990 and became a commercial success, running for over 285 days at theatres. It won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards (including Second Best Film) and Raadhika won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. Plot Anu is a college stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal
''Moondru Per Moondru Kadal'' (; ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romance film co-edited, co-written and directed by Vasanth. It stars Arjun, Cheran, Vimal, Surveen Chawla, Muktha Bhanu and Lasini. The film features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Cinematography and editing were handled by Bhojan K. Dinesh and S. N. Fazil respectively. The film was released on 1 May 2013. Plot Varun ( Vimal) and Anjana’s (Lasini) love story happens in the Ooty mountains (in Tamil literature, they are referred to as Kurinji); Gunasekar ( Cheran) and Mallika’s ( Muktha Bhanu) story happens in Tuticorin seashore (Neidhal); and Paul Harris Rosario (Arjun Sarja) and Divya’s (Surveen Chawla) story happens in the city (Marudham). The story revolves around these couples and the trials and tribulations they face. Varun explains the story of his life where he had fallen with Anjana in spite of knowing that her engagement has been called off, but he later sacrifices his love after hearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasai
''Aasai'' () () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar and debutant Suvaluxmi, with Prakash Raj, Rohini, Poornam Viswanathan, Nizhalgal Ravi, and Vadivelu in roles. It revolves around a major lusting for his sister-in-law, and attempting to ruin her relationship with her lover. Jeeva was the cinematographer, while Deva composed the music. The film, released on 9 September 1995, received positive reviews and went on to become a commercial success. It was remade in Hindi as ''Pyaar Zindagi Hai'' (2001). Plot Saraswathi "Yamuna", the younger daughter of an Orthodox father, comes to Madras for finishing her studies. Major Madhavan, the husband of Yamuna's elder sister Ganga, gets infatuated with Yamuna after seeing her photo in a letter sent by her. Meanwhile, Yamuna meets Jeevanantham "Jeeva" in a bus, who gives his ticket to her as she had not taken her own. Later one day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm (2000 Film)
''Rhythm'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by V. Natarajan. The film stars Arjun in lead role with Meena, Jyothika, Ramesh Aravind, Lakshmi, Nagesh, and Manivannan in other important roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was predominantly handled by P. S. Vinod, and Sreekar Prasad edited the film. The film was released on 15 September 2000, receiving positive reviews from critics. Plot Karthikeyan ( Arjun) is a photographer-editor working in ''Indian Express'' in Bombay. Chitra (Meena) is a bank employee. Both reside in Navi Mumbai. Karthik meets Chitra while opening a bank account. While returning home, he again meets her in a train. He offers his seat, but she does not want to accept it. During a train strike, he invites her to travel in an auto to reduce expenses, but she declines. When Chitra hesitated to travel in the same train with Karthik, he becomes exasperated and explai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerrukku Ner
''Nerrukku Ner'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Vijay, Suriya, Simran, and Kausalya, while Raghuvaran, Shanthi Krishna, Baby Jennifer, Karan, Vivek, Manivannan, and Prakash Raj played the supporting roles. It is the first film for Suriya, the eldest son of actor Sivakumar. Deva and K. V. Anand handled the film's soundtrack and cinematography respectively. ''Nerrukku Ner'' released on 6 September 1997. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success. Plot The story starts off with Raghu, a passport-issuing officer, and his wife Shanthi, who live in Chennai. Raghu, being an honest man, tells Shanthi that he cheated on her with a coworker when he was in Goa. She immediately leaves for her mother's house. Raghu, being a transformed gentleman, tries to stop her by apologizing, but in vain. Raghu's brother Vijay, being a good and supportive brother, and Shanthi's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke!
''Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film written and directed by Vasanth. Starring Shaam, Sneha, Rajiv Krishna and Jaya Re.The film narrates the story of four youngsters who go through unrequited love and respond differently to their failures. Produced by GV Films, it had a theatrical release on 13 July 2002 across Tamil Nadu. Plot Hari, Raji, and Arthi are cousins. Hari gets a job in Chennai. He then comes to Chennai and instead of staying at Raji and Arthi's home he rents an apartment with his colleague Subbu. Raji doesn't like this and refuses to come to Hari's house until he visits her place. But they meet and catch up with each other now and then. Meanwhile, Hari meets another girl, Swapna, who plays pranks on people just for fun. During one such prank Hari and Swapna end up becoming friends. They both work in rival Ad agency. While doing a project Hari selects his cousin Raji's photo (of her eyes) over Swapna's which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satham Podathey
''Satham Podathey'' () is a 2007 Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Shankar and Senthilnathan. It stars Prithviraj, Padmapriya and Nithin Sathya whilst Nassar, Suhasini, Premji and Raaghav play cameo roles. The film, which is based on a true incident, has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which received rave reviews. The film was released on 14 September 2007 to positive reviews. Plot The story revolves around Bhanumathy who marries Rathnavel Kalidas, a man who works in railways as a hockey player. He married Bhanu by hiding the facts that he is impotent and a recovering alcoholic. Soon, the relationship turns sour when the couple realizes that Rathnavel is impotent after a gynecologist tells them so. In spite of family pressures to get a mutual divorce, the old-fashioned Bhanu decides to go ahead with the marriage by adopting a child. With the baby's arrival, Rathnavel unfortunately becomes more insecure and tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appu (2000 Film)
''Appu'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Vasanth. The movie stars Prashanth, Devayani and Prakash Raj. The music is by Deva. This film is the Tamil remake of Hindi film ''Sadak'' (1991). The film was released to mixed reviews, but the critics praised the performance of Prakash Raj. Television premier was took place on July 27' 2003 for weekend Sunday @4pm. Plot Appu is a taxi driver in Mumbai. He had a sister Saradha who committed suicide as her husband sold her to a brothel for money. Appu had a habit of paying prostitutes just to talk to them. One day, Appu meets Seetha and develops affection, but she is also sold by her uncle to a brothel managed by Maharani, a transgender, as he is unable to repay his debt. Appu decides to save Seetha from the brothel by having an affair with Maharani. In the meantime, he finds out his sister was also sold to the same brothel managed by Maharani, so he decides to take revenge. Love blossoms between Appu an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
''Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gautami and Heera. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani. The film's title is based on a song from ''Keladi Kanmani''. It was an average success. Plot Nandha, a young graduate falls in love with Nivedha, an illicit daughter of a venerated judge. The man's father learns of the affair; helps his son set up a scene to introduce Nivedha to their dominated mother, Vedavalli. Vedavalli likes the girl immediately and goes on to the Judge's house asking for Nivedha's hand to his first wife and ends up being bashed up. The second unmarried wife learns of the scene and begs the judge to give a moral life to their daughter. Judge goes to meet Nandha's parents and Vedavalli is not convinced. Nandha's father gives him cash asking him to elope with Nivedha. Meanwhile, the illicit wife gets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudha Ragunathan
Sudha Ragunathan is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and composer. She was conferred the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1994, Padma Shri (2004) and Padma Bhushan (2015) by the Government of India, and Sangeetha Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy in 2013. Early life and education Sudha Ragunathan (née Sudha Venkatraman) was born in Chennai on 30 April 1956 and later shifted to Bangalore. She did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai. She studied at Ethiraj College, and obtained a postgraduate degree in economics. Musical career Training Sudha Ragunathan received her initial training in Carnatic music from her mother V. Choodamani. From the age of three, she began to learn bhajans, Hindu devotional songs. Her tutelage continued under B. V. Lakshman. In 1977, she received an Indian government scholarship to study music under a doyenne of Carnatic music, Dr. M.L Vasantha Kumari, whose student she remained for thirteen years. Trained under Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for '' Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough with the ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2001) soundtrack, and established himself as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood'' - a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. The first Tamil silent film, '' Keechaka Vadham'', was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, ''Kalidas'', a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture ''Alam Ara''. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil film industry established in Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema, other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films from India established a global presence through di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
