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Arun Vaidyanathan
Arun Vaidyanathan is an Indian-American film director who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. He directed his first full-length feature film in Tamil, ''Achchamundu! Achchamundu!'', which released in July 2009. He produced a Tamil romantic-comedy film, '' Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' in 2013. In 2014, he directed Mohanlal in a Malayalam-language political satire film, '' Peruchazhi''. Early life and career Arunachalam Vaidyanathan was born and raised in Sirkali, a remote town in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He watched movies during his childhood as it served as his only entertainment. In school, he was very much interested in music and dance and held the talent of receiving an applauding audience. He also discovered a talent for mimicry, which he pursued in college. This led to jobs in the television field. He wrote scripts, directed and performed in the leading television programs of South India aired on Sun TV and Raj TV. On Raj TV, he worked on a program called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirkazhi
Sirkazhi (), also spelled as Sirkali and Siyali, is a selection grade municipal town in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located from the coast of the Bay of Bengal, and from the state capital Chennai. Sirkazhi was a part of Thanjavur district until 1991 and has later been part of Nagapattinam district. The town covers an area of and in 2011 had a population of 34,927. It is administered by a second grade municipality. Sirkazhi is part of the Cauvery delta region and agriculture is the major occupation. Roads are the main means of transportation; the town has of district roads, including a national highway. The town is believed to be of significant antiquity and has been ruled by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire, the Marathas and the British. The Tamil trinity of Carnatic music; Arunachala Kavirayar (1711–78), Muthu Thandavar (1525–1600) and Marimutthu Pillai (1712–87), originated from Sirkazhi. The Saiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasanna (actor)
Prasanna Venkatesan, often credited mononymously as Prasanna, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in the Tamil cinema and alongside appeared in a few Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He made his first success in ''Five Star (film), Five Star'' in 2002, which was produced by Mani Ratnam. Some of his other notable films are ''Azhagiya Theeye'' (2004), ''Kasthuri Maan'' (2005), ''Kanda Naal Mudhal'' (2005), ''Cheena Thaana 001'' (2007) and ''Anjathe'' (2008). Apart from lead roles, he has also played villain and character roles. His film ''Achchamundu! Achchamundu!'', was screened at many international film festivals. Early life and background Prasanna was born in Tiruchirappalli. His father was an employee in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, BHEL and his mother is a homemaker. He completed his schooling from BHEL Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli. Prasanna was good at mimicry and acting, when he was in school and college. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvind Krishna (cinematographer)
Arvind Krishna is an Indian cinematographer, producer and actor who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He is well known for his work in ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2004) and ''Pudhupettai'' (2006). Career Cinematography His first stint was with P. C. Sreeram, with whom he interned for six years. In this role he assisted him in the cinematography department and worked on several prestigious ad campaigns, television commercials and feature films. He then moved to work independently as a cinematographer. Subsequently, he met film director Selvaraghavan and was his chief camera person for "Kadhal Kondein, 7G Rainbow Colony and Pudhupettai". Gautham Vasudev Menon collaborated with Arvind Krishna on "Pachaikili Muthucharam". Arvind has also worked with Veteran P.Vasu for the film "Kuselan". A.L.Vijay and Arvind worked together on "Poi Solla Porom" (a remake of "Khosla Ka Ghosla"). Production In 2012, he produced a TV series called Dharmayutham for Star Vijay. Acting Arv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Babu (actor, Born 1976)
Vijay Babu is an Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House. Vijay Babu is best known for producing and starring in the films '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), '' Peruchazhi'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), '' Mudhugauv'' (2016), '' Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), '' Aadu 2'' (2017), ''June'' (2019), ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'' (2021), and ''Home'' (2021). In 2014, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film (as producer) for ''Philips and the Monkey Pen''. In 2023, He received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam for ''Home'' (2021). The character ''Sarbath Shameer'' played by Vijay Babu in ''Aadu'' film series had developed into a cult following. ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'', produced by him under his banner Friday Film House, is the first Malayalam film to have a direct release on an OTT platform, Amazon Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sreenivasan. In a career spanning over a decade, he has acted in more than 145 Malayalam films. He owns a production company named Funtastic Films along with actor Dhyan Sreenivasan and producer Visakh Subramaniam. Personal life and career He has a younger sister Anju. Aju is married to Augustina since 24 February 2014. They have twins: a girl named Juana and a boy named Evan born on 28 October 2014. They later had a second set of twins - Jake and Luke - on 30 September 2016. Aju attended Rajagiri High School, Kalamasserry and later Bhavans Adarsha Vidhyalaya, Ernakulam. He did his Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai. He worked in HSBC in Human Resources, Chennai. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baburaj (actor)
Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films. He began and established his career in cinema by playing antagonistic roles and graduated to comedic and character roles after the 2011 film '' Salt N' Pepper''. Personal life Baburaj married twice. He has two sons from his first marriage. His second marriage is to South Indian actress Vani Viswanath. The couple has two children. On 14 February 2017, Baburaj was stabbed by one of his neighbours in Idukki following an argument. Film career Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in Malayalam was ''Bheesmacharya'' (1994), directed by Cochin Haneefa, where he played a notorious villain. He also acted as a villain in the Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragini Nandwani
Ragini Nandwani (born 4 September 1989) is an Indian actress who appears in few Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She became popular after playing the lead in the Hindi soap opera ''Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein'' (2011–12). She made her Bollywood debut with the crime thriller film ''Dehraadun Diary'' (2013), which was based on a real murder case. Nandwani made her debut in the Tamil film industry with the action thriller film ''Thalaivaa'' (2013), directed by A. L. Vijay. She played one of the female leads in the film opposite Vijay (actor), Vijay and earned critical acclaim for her role. Early life Nandwani was born on 4 September 1989 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Career Nandwani started her career with small supporting roles in television shows like ''Ye Meri Life Hai'', ''Thodi Khushi Thode Gham'' and ''C.I.D. (Indian TV series), CID'' (Episodic appearance). In 2011, Nandwani came into the limelight with Zee TV's daily soap ''Mrs. Kaushik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh (actor)
Mukesh Madhavan (born Mukesh Babu; 5 March 1957), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Mukesh, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and politician who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil language, Tamil-language films. In a film career spanning four decades, he has acted in over 275 Malayalam films. He made his onscreen debut in the 1982 film ''Balloon'' in the leading role. His 1996 film ''Kaanaakkinaavu'' premiered at the International Film Festival of India, IFFI and won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He co-produced ''Kadha Parayumbol'' (2007)'','' which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value. He also produced the 2012 film ''Thattathin Marayathu,'' which is considered one of the defining films of the New Wave (Malayalam film movement), Malayalam New Wave. He was the chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Bin Tughluq (1971 Film)
''Muhammad bin Tughluq'' is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language political satire film written and directed by Cho Ramaswamy, in his directorial debut. It is based on his play of the same name. Cho stars as the title character, with R. Neelakantan, S. Rajagopal, Veerasamy, Peeli Sivam, Manorama, Sukumari and G. Sakunthala in supporting roles. The film revolves around Tughluq, a fourteenth century sultan, waking up in 1971 and rising through the ranks in Indian politics. ''Muhammad bin Tughluq'' was released on 5 March 1971. Though the film became controversial like the source play, it was a commercial success and became a trendsetter for socio-political satire films in Tamil cinema. The film was remade in Telugu with the same title the following year. Plot In 1971, explorer Rangachari goes to Daulatabad to research the fourteenth century sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq, who had an arrogant attitude, indifferent view towards his kingdom and subjects, treated his guests poorly and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Explore With Richard Wiese
Richard Wiese (born July 13, 1959) is an American explorer, the serving President of The Explorers Club, and Executive Producer and Host of the multiple Emmy Award-winning ABC and PBS program, Born to Explore. Early life and education Wiese was born on Long Island, New York. His father, Richard Wiese Sr., was the first man to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in an aircraft. Richard first climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at the age of 11. He attended St. Anthony's High School in Smithtown NY, and then Brown University. At Brown, he was a brother in the Phi Psi fraternity, subsequently graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Biology. He also studied Applied Physiology at Columbia University and completed the USDA Graduate Program in Meteorology. Expeditions As a teenager, Wiese helped create the first artificial reef in the Long Island Sound in 1977. He has worked in Mexico's Yucatán jungle, placing satellite collars on jaguars. He also climbed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekha Washington
Lekha Washington (born 30 April 1984) is an Indian actress, artist, and product designer who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films as well as a few Hindi films. She was first recognised for her work as a sculptor in 2002 and then as a theatre actress in Chennai based stage plays. After appearing as a video jockey with SS Music, Washington's breakthrough film role was as an independent estranged sister in '' Jayamkondaan'' (2008), whilst she has gone on to portray roles in the multi-starrer '' Vedam'' and the comedy '' Va''. Early life Lekha Washington was born to a father of mixed Burmese, Italian and Punjabi ancestry, and a Maharashtrian mother. Despite the mixed heritage, Lekha has stated she considers herself South Indian due to her upbringing and speaks English and Marathi at home. Washington did her schooling in Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and later pursued a degree in Fine Arts at Stella Maris College, Chennai and went on to attend the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden State Film Festival
The Garden State Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Asbury Park and Cranford, New Jersey, Cranford, New Jersey, which debuts more than 200 independent films annually over four days each spring. The festival was founded in 2002 in Sea Girt, New Jersey by Diane Raver and Hollywood actor Robert Pastorelli. Pastorelli and Raver mounted the first festival in 2003. As of 2017, the executive director is Lauren Concar Sheehy. The festival pays tribute to Jersey's legacy as the birthplace of the American filmmaking in Thomas Edison National Historical Park, Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratories, to Fort Lee, home to America's first motion picture industry, and participants frequently include a New Jersey tie. The festival is one of Asbury Park's major cultural and economic forces. In 2021, the festival began including screenings at the The Cranford Theater, century-old Cranford movie theater in Cranford, New Jersey. See also *Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
