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Annaatthe
''Annaatthe'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Siva and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, alongside Khushbu, Meena, Nayanthara, and Keerthy Suresh, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj, Soori, Pandiarajan, Sathyan and Sathish. D. Imman composed the film's music, Vetri handled the cinematography, Dhilip Subbarayan arranged stunts and Ruben edited the film. The movie's plot revolves around Kaalaiyan, a ''sarpanch'' (decision maker) in Thanjavur, who strives to protect his sister from a businessman and his elder brother. The film was officially announced in October 2019, marking Rajinikanth's first collaboration with Siva. Principal photography began on 11 December 2019 and was completed in September 2021. The COVID-19 lockdown in India and Rajinikanth's health issues in late-December 2020 delayed the film's production. Filming was primarily done in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajinikanth
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. Known for his uniquely styled mannerism and one liners in films, he has a huge fan base and a cult following. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2019, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema, for his contributions to Indian cinema. He has won numerous film awards including one National Film Award, seven Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Nandi Award, one Filmfare Award and two Maharashtra State Film Awards. Following his de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Pictures
Sun Pictures is an Indian film production and film distribution based in Chennai, India. It is a division of Sun TV Network a part of the Sun Group. In 2010, it started producing films, the first film was '' Enthiran'' which was a huge blockbuster. Alongside Enthiran, they have produced numerous blockbuster films such as '' Beast'', '' Petta'', '' Sarkar'' and '' Jailer''. Films produced * ''All films are in Tamil, unless mentioned otherwise.'' Distributed films Sun Pictures Music References External links * Film distributors of India Film production companies of India Film production companies based in Chennai Indian film studios Indian companies established in 2008 Sun Group 2000 establishments in Tamil Nadu {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khushbu
Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian politician, actress, film producer and television personality. She is known for her work predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil language films and in a few Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. She has appeared in over Khushbu Sundar filmography, 185 films, and has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil, Cinema Express Awards, a Kalaimamani#1994–95, Kalaimamani Award and a Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention, Kerala State Film Award. Early life Khushbu was born as Nakhat Khan on 29 September 1970 into a Muslims in India, Muslim family in Mumbai, Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Her parents gave her the stage name Khushbu when she started her career as a child actress. She has been living in Chennai for nearly 40 years now. Film career Khushbu started her career as a child artist in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meena (actress)
Meena Durairaj (born 16 September 1976), known professionally as Meena, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in South Indian films as well as Hindi cinema. She is a classical dancer. Meena has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She became one of the most sought after actresses in the South Indian film industry in the '90s. Meena is also a playback singer, TV show judge, and occasional dubbing artist. She has received numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Nandi Award for Best Actress and Cinema Express Awards. In 1998, she was honoured with the Kalaimamani Award by Government of Tamil Nadu. Early life Meena was born on 16 September 1976 and was brought up in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu. Her mother Rajamallika is from Kannur district of Kerala. Career Child artist Meena started her career in 1982 as a child artist in the film '' Nenjangal'', featuring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keerthy Suresh
Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam Cinema, Malayalam films. Her film accolades include one National Film Award, five South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. Keerthy was placed in ''Forbes India''s Forbes 30 Under 30, 30 Under 30 list of 2021. Keerthy is the daughter of film producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka (actress), Menaka. She began her career as a child actor, child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film ''Geethaanjali'', for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Malayalam. After winning the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil for ''Idhu Enna Maayam'' (2015), Keerthy went on to star in successful films such as ''Ring Master'' (2014), ''Nenu Sailaja'' (2016), ''Rajinimurugan'' (2016), ''Remo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetri (cinematographer)
Vetrivel Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as ''Souryam'', '' Muni 2: Kanchana'', '' Veeram,'' '' Vedalam, Viswasam and Annaatthe.'' Early life and career Vetri hails from a village located in the Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like '' Aahaa..!'', Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu, Maayi. Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film '' Thenavattu'' (2008), before working on the comedy '' Maasilamani'' (2009) and the successful horror film, '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) with Raghava Lawrence. Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathish
Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the Tamil cinema. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside Sivakarthikeyan in '' Ethir Neechal'' (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian for his performance in ''Kaththi'' (2014), '' Thangamagan'' (2015) and ''Remo'' (2016) and Edison Award for Best Appearance for the film '' Tamizh Padam 2'' (2018). Personal life Born in a middle-class iyer family, Sathish barely attended school and worked part-time jobs alongside his studies to support his family. Interested in cinema, he joined Crazy Mohan's Troupe in 2001, at the age of 14 and performed for nearly 8 years as part of the troupe. Crazy Mohan saw potential in Sathish and took him as one of his own, educated him and supported him financially and helped him land small roles in '' Jerry'' and other small roles until 2009. He received many awards for his dramas in Crazy Mohan from Kamal Haasan and other celebrities. Sathish mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (director)
Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. Siva began his film career as a cinematographer, working in several Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam films. He later transitioned to directing and screenwriting in Telugu cinema, making his directorial debut with ''Souryam'' (2008), a commercial success. He followed it with ''Sankham'' (2009), and ''Daruvu'' (2012). Siva then moved to Tamil cinema, where he made his directorial debut with ''Siruthai'' (2011). He achieved significant success with high-profile films such as Veeram (2014 film), ''Veeram'' (2014), ''Vedalam'' (2015), and ''Viswasam'' (2019). Early life and family Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben (film Editor)
Livingston Antony Ruben is an Indian film editor, who works in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films. Career After graduating with a degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai. Ruben approached director Gautham Vasudev Menon to become an assistant, who redirected him towards noted film editor, Anthony, to join as assistant editor. Ruben subsequently worked on the production of films including ''Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' (2006) and '' Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' (2010) under the guidance of Anthony. Ruben was then given the opportunity to work as an editor when preparing trailers for films and managed to work on projects including ''Thoranai'' (2009), '' Avan Ivan'' (2011) and '' Vedi'' (2011). He made his full debut as an editor with ''Kandaen'' (2011), before going on to win acclaim for his work in Elred Kumar's ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' (2012), particularly for his work in the "Oru Murai" song. Ruben made a career breakthrough with his work in '' Raja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandiarajan
R. Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director and comedian who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class family. He has two sisters, Maheshwari and Geetha. In 1986, he married Vasuki, daughter of the director, producer, and poet Avinasi Mani. They have three sons, Prithvi Rajan, Pallava Rajan and Prem Rajan. Career During his early career, Pandiarajan aspired to become an actor but faced challenges due to his height and appearance. As a result, he decided to start his journey in the film industry as an assistant director. His interest in music led him to earn a diploma as “Isai Selvam” in 1977 from Thamizisai College. While working as an office assistant for writer Thooyavan, he crossed paths with director K. Bhagyaraj and eventually became his associate director. His journey led him in three of his film, '' Andha 7 Naatkal'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Giant Movies
Red Giant Movies is an Indian film production and film distribution company headed by Udhayanidhi Stalin. It has distributed nearly all major films in Tamil Nadu in the last few years, and is often accused of having a monopoly in Tamil cinema. History The proposed venture of the studio was meant to be a collaboration between director Thamizhvaanan and actor Vishal, but the film never took off. Subsequently, the first production of Red Giant Movies was the action comedy '' Kuruvi'' (2008) starring Vijay, following which the studio financed K. S. Ravikumar's '' Aadhavan'' (2009) starring Suriya. The studio later worked on big budget films including the Kamal Haasan-starrer '' Manmadan Ambu'' (2010) and AR Murugadoss's '' 7 Aum Arivu'' (2011). The studio received acclaim in 2010, when all four of its distribution projects, '' Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', '' Madrasapattinam'', '' Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' and '' Mynaa'' became commercial successes. In the case of ''Mynaa'', th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhilip Subbarayan
Dhilip Subbarayan is an Indian stunt choreographer who has worked Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. The son of stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan, Dhilip also made his debut as a film producer with '' Anjala'' (2016) and also played the lead role in '' Sangu Chakkaram'' (2017). Career Dhilip, the son of veteran stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan, has also worked in the same profession as his father, and first won notice for his work in '' Aaranya Kaandam'' (2011). He worked as assistant director to Pushkar–Gayathri in the film Oram Po and then He worked both as associate director and stunt master of movie Aaranya Kaandam, which was his debut (but Thamizh Padam released first).He has continued to associate with big and medium budget films in the Tamil and Malayalam film industry and has worked on productions including '' Arima Nambi'' (2014), '' Puli'' (2015), '' Naanum Rowdy Dhaan'' (2015) and '' Theri'' (2016). In late 2013, he launched hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
