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Dinosaurs (film)
''Dinosaurs'' is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by M. R. Madhavan. The film stars Udhay Karthik, Rishi Rithvik, Saipriya Deva and Maara in the lead roles. The film was produced by Srinivas Sambandam under the banners of Galaxy Pictures. Cast Production Madhavan, who had previously worked as an assistant director to Suraj and M. Saravanan, began work on the film in early 2020. After narrating the script to over thirty different actors, Madhavan opted to select Avishek Karthik for the lead role, expressing the importance of having a relatively unknown lead actor to suit the script. He had been recommended to contact Karthik after interacting with filmmaker H. Vinoth. For the film, Karthik adapted a different stage name of Udhay Karthik. Rishi Rithvik, who had played lead role in the film '' Attu'' (2017) was cast in a supporting role. Production on the film began in early 2020 and continued for 30 days, before being paused as a result of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishek Karthik
Udhay Avishek Karthik is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Closely associated with director Gautham Vasudev Menon, Karthik has worked previously as Menon's assistant in the films ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007) and ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2008), before making a breakthrough as an actor through the director's experimental thriller '' Nadunisi Naaygal'' (2011). Early life Karthik was born to Mohan Reddy, who hails from Tirupati, and Suryakala Yalamanchili, who belongs to Telugu speaking community in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. He is the brother of actress Maheswari and the nephew of veteran actress Sridevi. Career Karthik joined Gautham Menon's directorial team in 2006 and worked with him during the production of ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007), before being announced as one of the four new male leads in a film titled ''Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam'' to be directed by Menon. The film, set in the backdrop of Chennai's IT industry, began its shoot in mid-2007 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishi Rithvik
Rishi Rithvik is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in lead roles in Tamil-language films. Career Ritvik began his career as an athlete and competed professionally between 2001 and 2007, before moving on to work as a computer software engineer. He was later offered the lead acting role in Rathan Linga's directorial debut '' Attu'' (2017), where he portrayed a Chennai-based gangster. To prepare for the role, Rishi lost weight and interacted with real-life gangsters from the region. The film opened to positive reviews but took a low-key opening at the Chennai-based office. As a result, a further film planned with Rathan Linga, ''Ugramm'' co-starring R. K. Suresh, and ''Sillaakki Dumma'' by Maran Kandhaswamy. were also put on hold. Rishi played a police officer in his second release, ''Marijuana'' (2020), before starring in ''Dola'' (2021), a film which notably only starred two actors. He co-starred Vikram Prabhu in ''Raid'' (2023), a remake of the Kannada film ''Tagaru'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saipriya Deva
Saipriya Deva is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema. Career Deva's family has been in the film business for almost a century. Her great-grandfather started, and grandfather (V.M. Paramasiva Mudalier) was the owner of Sri Murugan Talkies in Mint. She made her acting debut in the 2017 Tamil film ''Shivalinga'' directed by P. Vasu. She also acted in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ... film '' Ente Ummante Peru'' (2018). Filmography *''Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.'' References Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian film actresses 1994 births Living people Actresses from Chennai Female models from Chennai Actresses in Malayalam cinema {{India-film-actor-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo Shashi
Sasikanth, better known as Bobo Shashi (born 12 October 1981), is an Indian film composer and singer. Biography and career Sasikanth was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to a musically affluent family. His father Murali Raj is a famous composer who composes along with his brother Sabesh as Sabesh–Murali. His uncle Deva is a popular music composer. His cousins are actor Jai and composer Srikanth Deva. In his early stage, his uncle Deva introduced Sasikanth as a keyboard player in his movie ''Porkkaalam'' (1997).Also, he worked along with many other music directors in Tamil and Telugu industry until 2007. His first movie for which he composed music was '' Kulir 100°'' (2009). The soundtrack won critical acclaim. Prior to the movie, he assisted other Indian film composers, such as Srikanth Deva, Sabesh–Murali, Deva, and Vidyasagar. A year later, after his first film released, he started to compose music for Telugu films. His Telugu film debut was '' Bindaas'', followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senthil
Senthil (born 23 March 1951) is an Indian comedy actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is famous for his comedian roles along with fellow actor Goundamani. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s.Goundamani presides Senthil's son marriage! Personal life Senthil was born on 23 March 1951 in a small village near Mudukulathur in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. He married Kalaiselvi on 14 May 1984. They have two sons and two granddaughters.Career As actor He ran away from his village at the age of 13 due to his father's scoldings. He first worked in an oil mart, then in a private wine shop as a waiter and then ended up in drama where he started developing his skills. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramana (director)
Ramana is an Indian film director who has directed 3 Tamil cinema, Tamil films. After making his debut in 2003 with the successful ''Thirumalai'', he has gone on to make other ventures, ''Sullan'' (2004) and ''Aathi'' (2006). Career Ramana penned a series of film scripts featuring serious off-beat stories and approached producers with little luck, hoping to land an offer. He spent several years narrating the script of a proposed film titled ''Karkaalam'' to actors and then finally agreed terms with Prakash Raj to play the lead role during 1996, but no financiers eventually backed the project. After failing to establish himself as a director who could be funded to make films with serious themes, he felt that he should make a series of commercially viable films in the Masala film, masala genre before diversifying into serious subjects. Ramana's first release was ''Thirumalai'' (2003), an action-masala venture featuring Vijay (actor), Vijay, which took a large opening at the box o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suraj (director)
Suraj (born Suresh; December 31, 1977) is an Indian film director who works primarily in Tamil films. He is best known for directing Action film, action and masala films. Career In 1996, Suraj began working as an assistant director to Sundar C on his comedy films ''Ullathai Allitha'' and ''Mettukudi''. In 1997, he continued to assist Sundar C on ''Arunachalam (film), Arunachalam'' starring Rajinikanth and he was the co-director of the film ''Janakiraman''. He then made ''Kunguma Pottu Gounder'' and ''Military'' under the name Sai Suresh. Then, Suraj returned to assist Sundar C in his films. In 2006, he made his directorial comeback through ''Thalai Nagaram'', starring his mentor Sundar C, Jyothirmayi and Vadivelu. The following year, Suraj made his third film ''Marudhamalai (film), Marudhamalai'', featured Arjun Sarja, Arjun, Meera Chopra, Nila and again comedian Vadivelu. In 2009, he directed ''Padikkadavan (2009 film), Padikathavan'' starring Dhanush, Tamannaah and due his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attu (film)
''Attu'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Rathan Lingaa, who previously directed the short film ''Blood Revolution''. The film stars newcomers Rishi Rithvik and Archana Ravi. Cast Production Rishi Ritwik, who previously worked as a computer science engineer and athlete, interacted with gangsters for six months to prepare for his role in the film. Release Chitra Deepa Anandram of ''The Hindu'' opined that "The manner in which debutant director Rathan Linga has perceived each and every scene in ''Attu'', and the detailing that goes in in creating those scenes, tell a lot about his directorial brilliance". A critic from '' Samayam Tamil'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars. A critic from ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhanvi Kapoor
Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu films. Born to film actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama ''Dhadak'', which was a commercial success. Her subsequent theatrical releases were commercially unsuccessful, but she received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for playing the titular aviator in '' Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'' (2020) and a woman trapped in a freezer in '' Mili'' (2022). In 2024, she had a brief role in the Telugu action drama '' Devara: Part 1'', which became the highest-grossing of her career. Early life and background Janhvi Kapoor was born on 6 March 1997. Her father is the film producer Boney Kapoor, the son of the late filmmaker Surinder Kapoor, and her mother is the actress Sridevi. She is the niece of film actors Anil and Sanjay Kapoor. Her younger sister, Khushi, is also an actress. She has two half siblings, Arjun (an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mysskin
Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin (), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, actor, film producer and composer. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with '' Chithiram Pesuthadi''. His subsequent films '' Anjathe'' (2008), '' Nandalala'' (2010) and '' Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum'' (2013) and '' Pisaasu'' (2014) received critical acclaim. He made his acting debut with '' Nandalala'' (2010), where he portrayed a mentally disabled man. Early life Shanmugha Raja chose Mysskin as his assumed name, inspired by Prince Myshkin, the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel ''The Idiot''. His schooling was in Tamil. He is an avid book reader. Career Mysskin was working in a book store when director Kathir first asked him to join him. He was with him for nearly eight months but did not work in any movie. It was under director Vincent Selva that he did his first movie ''Youth'', followed by '' Jithan'', again under Vincent Selva. Mysskin m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
