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Besant Ravi
Besant Ravi (born R. Ravi Kumar; 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor and stunt choreographer. He has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films. Early life Besant Ravi, who was born and brought up in Chennai, was a bike mechanic in his early stages of life, and all through his childhood days, he grew up watching film shootings near his house in Besant Nagar. He soon became familiar with the artists and technicians on the sets. Ravi is an expert in Mixed martial arts and boxing. He got his first break in cinema in the movie '' Lucky Man''. Career He got his first break in cinema in the movie '' Lucky Man'', in which he performed a solo stunt, then he got trained professionally for cinema by stunt master Pandiyan. He started his career as a fighter and later moved into acting in several action sequences. Later, he got many offers to enter into the acting arena and got busy with acting. Director S. Shankar's '' Mudhalvan'' was noted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besant Nagar
Besant Nagar is an upscale, exclusive residential neighbourhood in South Chennai, India. It is located along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The neighbourhood is inhabited by highly affluent population and is dotted with many upmarket restaurants, cafes and boutiques. The main attraction is Elliot's Beach, named after Edward Elliot, the former Governor of Madras. It forms the end-point of the Marina Beach shore. This has become an attractive spot for youngsters and elders alike with the pleasant sceneries and the ambiance it provides. History Kalakshetra Academy, the dance school started in 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband George Arundale and their associates at the Theosophical Society is also present in this locality. Besant Nagar was developed by Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) in the early 1970s and up to the early 1980s. It was developed in an area of about 4 sq km encompassing the surroundings of Indra Nagar and Shastri Nagar. TNHB developed re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanna Thamizh Pattu
''Vanna Thamizh Paatu'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu, débutantes Vaijayanthi and Mani Chandana. It was released on 17 November 2000. Plot Bhuvana ( Vaijayanthi) is back to her village after dropping out of college. Her father Muthumanikkam (Radha Ravi), the village's Zamindar, is amazed when he listens to the song of Bhoopathy (Prabhu) and he hires Bhoopathy as a servant and singer in his house. Muthumanikkam and his brother-in-law Rasappan (Anandaraj) are against love marriages. Thereafter, Devi ( Mani Chandana), Bhuvana's sister, falls in love with Bhoopathy but Boopathy does not reciprocate it. Soon, Bhuvana's mother finds out about the marriage between Bhoopathy and her daughter Bhuvana. A flashback is shown where Bhoopathy and Bhuvana fell in love with each other and were secretly married. Vijaya Raghunatha Bhoopathy Raja is, in fact, the son of the Zamindar Rathnavel Raghunatha Bhoopathy Raja (Prabh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasellam
''Manasellam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Santhosh in his debut. Produced by V. Ravichandran, it stars Srikanth and Trisha, while Cochin Haneefa plays a major supporting role. The film was released on 20 March 2003 and failed at the box office. Plot On his way to Chennai, Bala's bag and certificates get stolen in the train. But he has a look about him that endears him to a petty shop owner Sundaram, who provides him accommodation along with a few bachelors in the top portion of his house. Malar stays opposite this house, and the bachelors are crazy about her. They are scared if the handsome and cheeky Bala will try to woo her, so they hatch a plot and frame him so that Malar's two brothers beat him up black and blue. Three strangers, who claim to be his true friends from Hyderabad, save an unconscious Bala. The true identity of Bala is told in a flashback by these friends, that he is a rich son of an industrialist. Malar s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja (2002 Film)
''Raja'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by S. Ezhil which stars Ajith Kumar, Jyothika and Priyanka Trivedi. The film was released on 5 July 2002 and performed averagely at the box office. Plot Raja is paranoid about getting married. Priya Mahalakshmi arrives at his place acting as his friend Madhi’s lover. However the truth comes to light and on confrontation, she reveals that her father plans to marry her off so she ran away from home and needs a place to stay. Raja obliges and she meets Raja’s parents, introducing herself as Raja’s lover. Raja’s parents become very happy and plan their marriage, without Raja knowing. On the day of the engagement, Raja gets infuriated and asks Priya to move out, throwing her bag. A photo gets dislodged and when Raja sees it, he gets shocked; it is Priya, who he loved. In a flashback, it is seen that back in college, Raja was a writer and Priya was his die-hard fan. However, try as she might, she can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thenkasi Pattanam
''Thenkasi Pattanam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Rafi Mecartin and produced by S. S. Durairaju. The film stars Sarath Kumar, Napoleon, Vivek, Samyuktha Varma (in her Tamil debut by reprising her role from original), Devayani, and Aswathi Menon. This film is the remake of the Malayalam film '' of the same name'' (2000). The music was composed by Suresh Peters, while the editing was done by Harihara Puthran. The film was released on 21 June 2002 and became commercially successful. Plot Kannan and Dass are owners of the market in Tenkasi. They become the famous rowdies under the guidance of their godfather. Dass has a sister called Uma who is the educated girl and wants to get rid of their rudeness from their behaviour. Manikkam pillai (shortened as Mapillai) who later joined as the manager of the KD & Co who is regularly beaten by them due to his stupidity. Soon later it is revealed that Mapillai is in love with their sister, but she is not inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raajjiyam
''Raajjiyam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language political action film directed and produced by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Dileep, Shamita Shetty and Priyanka Trivedi. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The film was released on 14 April 2002, and it became a commercial failure. The film marked the debut of actors Dileep, Shamita and Priyanka in Tamil cinema. Plot Karthikeyan runs a Central Government-authorized Secret Service agency called "Jothi Security Force" under the guise of an organization that helps people arriving in Chennai. He leads a happy life with his wife Geetha, daughter Pooja, and younger brother Surya, a mute. Surya falls in love with Anuradha, a woman that Karthikeyan brings home from the railway station, but her past forces her to reject his romance. When the governor's daughter-in-law dies, Karthikeyan finds out that it was a murder and arrests the governor's son Kiran Kumar. Though the governor congratulates Karthikeyan and appoints him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamizhan
''Thamizhan'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by debutant Majith and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Vijay and debutant Priyanka Chopra. This is Chopra's debut, first and only Tamil film up to date. Revathi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Vivek also play pivotal roles in the film, while the film's score and soundtrack were composed by D. Imman. The story involves solving several corruption cases by a lawyer named Surya in the process fighting against a criminal boss and finally making Indian law basics available as a free book to common people. ''Thamizhan'' released on 12 April 2002. It received mixed reviews and performed average at the box office. Plot Surya is a happy-go-lucky guy and often gets involved in petty fights. He falls in love with Priya. His sister's lawyer husband Sakthivel advises him to work under senior lawyer Lakshminarayanan. He becomes an upright lawyer who values and tries to redress things legally. Sakthive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Chaplin (2002 Film)
''Charlie Chaplin'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Prabhu and Prabhu Deva in the lead roles. Abhirami, Gayathri Raguram and Livingston play other supporting roles. It was released on 15 February 2002, and became a commercial success. Prabhu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in the film. The film's commercial success led to remakes in several languages, such as in Telugu as '' Pellam Oorelithe'', Hindi as '' No Entry'', Malayalam as '' Happy Husbands'', Kannada as ''Kalla Malla Sulla'', Marathi as '' No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey'' and in Bengali as '' Kelor Kirti''. Plot Ramakrishnan is a rich businessman in Ooty who owns an advertising company and tea estates. He is married to Mythili who is very possessive about her husband. Mythili always suspects her husband fearing that he would end up having an affair with some other girl as they are childless after 5 years of marriage, and this brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhumalai
''Ezhumalai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Arjun, who also plays the title character. It also features an ensemble cast of Simran, Gajala, Mumtaj, Vijayakumar and Ashish Vidyarthi. It is the Tamil remake of the Telugu film '' Narasimha Naidu'' (2001) which also starred Simran and has music by Mani Sharma. ''Ezhumalai'' was released on 21 June 2002 and became a commercial success. It was dubbed into Telugu as ''Simha Baludu''. Plot A feud between two neighbouring villages ensues, where Venkatachalam and Kalingarayan are rivals. Since Venkatachalam is a peace-loving person, their village is suppressed under the toe of malice Kalingarayan. He squats the fields of their Lakshmi Narasimha temple. Looking ahead, Venkatachalam plans to build an army for which he orders to sacrifice a male child from a family, and accords his younger son Ezhumalai. Years later, Anjali, the pampered daughter of a savage factionist Nagalingam, grows at her matern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamizh
''Thamizh'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Hari, in his directorial debut, and produced by Amudha Durairaj under Deivanai Movies. The film stars Prashanth and Simran, alongside J. Livingston, Vadivelu, Urvashi, Nassar and Ashish Vidyarthi. The music was composed by Bharadwaj, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Priyan and V. T. Vijayan. ''Thamizh'' was released in 14 April 2002 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office. Plot Anbazhagan returns home from Kuwait after not seeing his family for three years. He reunites with his wife Kalaichelvi, his mother and his two children. He is waiting for his younger brother Thamizh and asked his mother and Kalaichelvi where he is, yet both of them has avoided the question. Meanwhile, outside there was a riot happening outside their house and their neighbour Moorthy happened to be the victim alongside his pregnant sister. This has been st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majunu
''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in other pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Harris Jayaraj, whilst Priyan handled the cinematography. The film was distributed by London-based Tamil Television channel – Cee I TV. The film was released on 14 December 2001 and performed well at the box office. Notably, this was the first and only Tamil film of Khanna and remains the only collaboration between music director Harris Jeyaraj and Prashanth. Plot Vasanth is a post-graduate student and son of the wealthy MP Gajapathy. Gajapathy is a senior leader in a religion based National party and acts against inter-faith marriage. Vasanth lives a fun-filled life in Chennai, until he meets a girl when they both rush to save a baby who was about to fall in a railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aanandham
''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film co-written and directed by N. Lingusamy in his directoral debut and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali (Tamil actor), Murali, Abbas (actor), Abbas, Devayani (actress), Devayani, Rambha (actress), Rambha, Sneha (actress), Sneha, Delhi Ganesh and Srividya. Arthur A. Wilson handled cinematography, while S. A. Rajkumar composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was released on 25 May 2001 to positive reviews, and became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. It was remade in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Sankranti (film), Sankranti'' (2005). Plot Thirupathisamy owns a provisional store and is the eldest among four brothers, and all live together in a home along with their parents. Thirupathi is widely respected by everyone in the family and was responsible for bringing back their family to a good sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
