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Agathian
Agathiyan (born 18 August 1952; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996). For the film, he also won National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil. Career Agathiyan, a director in his late forties entered films a decade back and struggled as an assistant to various directors. Hailing from a agriculturist family, he spent a happy-go-lucky time in college, and when he decided to pack his bags and come to Chennai to try his luck in films as a director, he lost his family's support. Struggling with no money, he did odd jobs in film companies and became an assistant to anyone who offered him food and shelter. He initially directed movie in 1991 and was credited as Ravi Thasan but it was unsuccessful. Anbalaya Prabhakaran, who acted in that movie and also produces small budgeted films with ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaadhal Kavithai
''Kaadhal Kavithai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan and produced by Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Isha Koppikar, while Kasthuri, Manivannan and Srividya play other supporting characters. The film had music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while duo Lancy-Mohan and Ravi Yadav handled the editing and cinematography respectively. The storyline revolves around a classical dancer who, while touring Europe, visits Princess Diana's memorial at Althorp. Browsing through the various messages left by the public, she comes across a poetic, poignant epistle in Tamil that captivates her and impels her to scribble a response. While returning a few days later, she finds the author of that note has left another one, prompting her to begin to search for the author. After opening on 25 December 1998, the film went on to gain success critically and became a commercially successful venture. Plot Vishwa (Prashanth) spends his time hanging out with Anand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirf Tum
''Sirf Tum'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Agathian. It was released on 4 June 1999. The film features Sanjay Kapoor, Priya Gill, Sushmita Sen, Jackie Shroff and Mohnish Behl. The movie was filmed in Nainital, Kerala and Houston. It is a remake of the 1996 Tamil film '' Kadhal Kottai''. Plot Deepak Rai (Sanjay Kapoor) comes across a purse that contains educational certificates belonging to a woman named Aarti ( Priya Gill). He finds out that this lady lives in Nainital and mails her stuff back to her, this starts an enduring correspondence through letters. Even though the couple has never seen each other, there is a mutual attraction. Aarti's sister and brother-in-law Nirmal ( Tej Sapru) are encouraging to a certain extent. While Nirmal suggests she marry a Mr. Prem ( Salman Khan), a renowned young businessman in his neighborhood and business-partner, Aarti's older sis wants Aarti to choose her own life partner. One day, Aarti starts out on her jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadhal Kottai
''Kadhal Kottai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan. It stars Ajith Kumar and Devayani, with Heera, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Karan in supporting roles. The film was a major commercial success and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, the National Film Award for Best Direction as well as the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Agathiyan. It garnered positive critical acclaim upon release on 12 July 1996 and ran for over 270 days at the box office, becoming a silver-jubilee film. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Yaare Neenu Cheluve'', in Hindi as ''Sirf Tum'', and in Bengali as ''Hothat Brishti''. Plot Kamali, a graduate, lives with her sister Malliga and brother-in-law Shekar in Kotagiri, and is searching for a job. While visiting Madras, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her academic credentials. Suriya, an orphaned, carefree man who works in Jaipur, finds the purse and sends it back to her, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-east, and the Indian Ocean in the south. The at-large Tamilakam region that has been inhabited by Tamils was under several regimes, such as the Sangam era rulers of the Chera, Chola, and Pandya c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makkal TV
Makkal TV is a Tamil language TV channel. It was launched on 6 September 2006 and is promoted by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Ramadoss is the founder of TV and T.Bhuvaneswari is the Vice President and Administrator of the Channel. Programs * Chinna Chinna Aasai * Theethum Nandrum * 7 Naal 7 Suvai * Akkarai Seemai Aalayangal * Kuttram * Jannalukku Veliye * Azhagiya Tamizh Magan/Magal * Aadal Arasigalin Sangamam * Kaalai Vanakkam * Andam * Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (Live Game Show) * Achamillai * Nam Nattu Samayail * Malarum Bhoomi * Uppum Orappum * Pennay Unagaka * Pattimandram * Elakkiya pithan Pattimandram telecast in makkal TV in special function days Dubbed Soap Operas * Sayeera * Neethane En Ponvasantham * '' Neelambari'' References External links Official website Tamil-language television channels Television stations in Chennai Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Tamil Nadu { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Language
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the ''lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhosham (1998 Film)
''Santhosham''() is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by newcomer Karthik. The film stars Saravanan and Suvalakshmi, with K. S. Ravikumar, Anand Babu, Prakash Raj, R. Sundarrajan and Thalaivasal Vijay playing supporting roles. It was released on 3 April 1998. Plot Indran (Saravanan) is a jobless young man despite being a gold medalist graduate. Without revenue, he collapses under debt and has always bad luck so people who know him neglects him. Only Bhavani (Suvalakshmi) befriends him. One day, he meets his college friend Karthik (Anand Babu) who works for the minister Nadesan and Karthik promises to find him a decent job in politics. During the interview, his bad luck continued. Later, with the help of Bhavani, he becomes an auto rickshaw driver. Someday, he carries a pregnant lady in his auto rickshaw to the hospital. The next day, the father of the pregnant lady comes to congrats him for this good deed and gives him a decent job in his company. Then, Indran pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidukathai (film)
''Vidukathai'' is a 1997 Tamil-language drama film directed by Agathiyan. The film stars Prakash Raj and Neena, while Manivannan and Janagaraj portray supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Deva and the film opened to positive reviews in October 1997. Cast * Prakash Raj as Neelakandan * Neena as Anandhi * Manivannan * Janagaraj * Vijayan * Balu Anand * Suthangan * Ramji * Jegadeesh * Akash Production Neena, a former child actress in '' Keladi Kanmani'' (1991), was selected to portray the lead role in ''Vidukathai'' when she was still at school and had to work on her schedules around exams. The production of the film was hampered by the FEFSI strike of 1997 and the makers had to postpone the venture from its original scheduled release date of June 1997. Subbu Panchu, son of producer Panchu Arunachalam Panchanathan Arunachalam (22 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist who worked in Tamil cinema. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hum Ho Gaye Aapke
''Hum Ho Gaye Aapke'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, directed by Agathiyan, stars Fardeen Khan and Reema Sen in her Bollywood debut. It is a remake of Agathiyan's Tamil film '' Gokulathil Seethai'' (1996). The film was released on 3 August 2001. Plot Rishi Oberoi is the only son in the Oberoi family, who are wealthy and own a palatial home. Rishi is a womanizer, and often drinks. Mohan is an employee at Rishi's company and also his classmate from college. Rishi takes Mohan with him to an Inter College Beauty Contest. Chandni Gupta (Reema Sen) wins the beauty contest and gives a heart touching speech. In her speech she states that she wants to be the woman behind a successful man and even if her life partner is a coward she will help him become successful. Rishi was smitten by her beauty and Mohan was mesmerized by her words. Rishi sends her flowers to impress her while Mohan records an audio cassette that he sends to her hostel. Chandni agrees to me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulathil Seethai (film)
''Gokulathil Seethai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Agathiyan, starring Karthik, Suvalakshmi and Karan. Plot Rishi sleeps around through the efforts of a sophisticated, dedicated and ‘immigration officer’ look alike pimp. His Dad whom Rishi considers to be his ‘friend’ voices his concern in a friendly way about Rishi's life style and suggests him to try falling in love instead of spending all his hard earned money on call girls. Rishi brushes him off asking him to only worry about his earnings and that he would take of care of the expenditure. Rishi offers his employee/old friend I.C. Mohan to take him to a show. Although hesitant at first (as Mohan refers I.C. to be inferiority complex), he agrees. The show turns out be a college show where a beautiful looking Nila, doing her final year BBA performs a song. Mohan instantly falls in love with her and, on the contrast, Rishi sets his sexual sight on her. Rishi calls on the pimp t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaare Neenu Cheluve
''Yaare Neenu Cheluve'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran, Sangita and Heera Rajagopal. Popular actors such as Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Jaggesh and Prakash Raj are seen in special appearances in the film. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Kadhal Kottai''. Heera reprised her original role in this version as well. The film released in 1998 to generally positive reviews from critics. The songs composed by Hamsalekha was received well and was at the top of the charts for many weeks. He was awarded with the Best Music Director award at the 1998 Filmfare Awards South. Plot Kamali (Sangita), a graduate, lives with her sister, Malliga (Jyothi) and brother-in-law Shekar (Prakash Raj) in Kuduremukha, and is searching for a job. While visiting Bangalore, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her academic credentials. Surya (Ravichandran) an orphaned, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysian Tamil, Malaysia, Myanmar Tamils, Myanmar, Tamil South Africans, South Africa, British Tamils, United Kingdom, Tamil Americans, United States, Tamil Canadians, Canada, Tamil Australians, Australia and Tamil Mauritians, Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a Languages of India, classical language of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
