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Eli (2015 Film)
''Eli'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language spy comedy written and directed by Yuvaraj Dhayalan. The film stars Vadivelu and Sadha. Vidyasagar composed the film's music. ''Eli'', set in the 1960s, focuses on a small-time thief who is recruited by the police to infiltrate a gang in an effort to thwart an illegal cigarette smuggling scheme. The film was released on 19 June 2015 to mostly mixed to positive reviews and became a box office success. Plot In 1960s, Chennai (Madras then), a police officer and a social worker give speech about ban of cigarettes in All India Radio. Then three men gets out from a car. They were thieves and led by Elisamy alias Eli, a petty thief (who once aspired to become a police officer), who pretends to be a captured-thief who has sold all his robbery items to a jewellery shop owner. The jewellery shop owner had no contact with him and his henchmen dressed as police take all the items pointed out and pretend to arrest Eli and loot the shop. He use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvaraj Dhayalan
Yuvaraj Baiju Dhayalan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Tamil cinema. Career Dhayalan hails from Chengalpattu. He joined as an assistant director to director M. Raja for his Tamil ''Santosh Subramaniam''. He had also assisted Chimbu Deven in his film ''Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam''. Dhayalan made his directorial debut with the cricket comedy film ''Potta Potti'' (2012), starring Sadagoppan Ramesh. It received positive reviews. In 2014, he directed the historical comedy ''Tenaliraman (film), Tenaliraman'' starring Vadivelu. Dhayalan collaborated with Vadivelu a second time for the 2015 film ''Eli (2015 film), Eli'', which released to negative reviews and was a box office bomb. In 2023, he directed the romance film ''Irugapatru'', which became a box office success. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhayalan, Yuvaraj 1987 births Living people Tamil film directors Tamil screenwriters 21st-century Indian people Film dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose Venkat
Bose Venkat (born 4 February 1976) is an Indian actor, director and dubbing artist who appears in Tamil films and television serials. Personal life Venkat is married to actress Sonia in 2003. Career Venkat came to Chennai at the age of 17, hoping to become an actor in films. After facing an unsuccessful start to his career, he worked briefly as an auto rickshaw driver while attending auditions. He subsequently got selected for a role in the serial '' Metti Oli''. Recognising his work in the serial, director Bharathiraja offered him a role in '' Eera Nilam'' (2003). He was also part of the 2005 Tamil film, '' Kannamma''under the direction of S. S. Baba Vikram. He has also acted in a few Malayalam movies alongside Mammootty and Dileep. He says his best experience was acting with Superstar Rajinikanth in the Tamil action-thriller film, '' Sivaji'' under the direction of S. Shankar in 2007. Although he played a negative role alongside Suman, his performance was showered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Informant
An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie", "tout" or "grass", among other terms) is a person who provides privileged information, or (usually damaging) information intended to be intimate, concealed, or secret, about a person or organization to an agency, often a government or law enforcement agency. The term is usually used within the law-enforcement world, where informants are officially known as confidential human sources (CHS), or criminal informants (CI). It can also refer pejoratively to someone who supplies information without the consent of the involved parties."The Weakest Link: The Dire Consequences of a Weak Link in the Informant Handling and Covert Operations Chain-of-Command" by M Levine. ''Law Enforcement Executive Forum'', 2009 The term is commonly used in politics, industry, entertainment, and academia. In the United States, a confidential informant or "CI" is "any individual who provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenaliraman (film)
''Tenaliraman'' (previously titled ''Jagajala Pujabala Tenaliraman'') is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language Historical fiction, historical comedy film directed by Yuvaraj Dhayalan. Vadivelu stars in this film in dual roles. Meenakshi Dixit plays the pivotal role in the film. The film released to average reviews. Plot Tenaliraman (Vadivelu) is an intelligent guy and a rebel leader who is fighting a battle against Maamannar Krishnadevarayar (Vadivelu) the King who has no time for his people and is controlled by his corrupt ministers. The king with 36 wives and 52 children believes his nine ministers are Navarathnams (nine jewels) of his court. Soon Tenaliraman is able to infiltrate into the court as he is able to charm the king with his all-round talents including singing, dancing, sharp wit and amazing sense of humor. Meanwhile, other ministers in the court sell out to the Chinese who want to take over the kingdom and expand their market. Tenaliraman comes to the king's rescue and wheth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pei Krishnan
N. Gothandaraman (or Kothandaraman; 1958 or 1959 – 18 December 2024), more popularly known by his stage name Pei Krishnan, was an Indian actor, comedian and stuntman who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films in comedy track sequences. He had also worked as a stunt master in Tamil cinema for over 25 years. Career Gothandaraman initially joined Tamil cinema industry as a stunt master performing dupe stunt sequences for actors in action oriented sequences. He was one of the prominent members of the Stunt Union. He worked as stunt choreographer in films including '' Ellame En Pondattithaan'' (1988), '' Ellame En Rasathan'' (1995) and '' Once More'' (1997). He later ventured into acting in films predominantly in supporting roles. He worked as a co-stunt master in films including '' Bagavathi'' (2001), '' Kireedam'' (2007) and '' Vedalam'' (2015). He also acted in supporting roles in films including ''Bagavathi'' (2001), ''Thirupathi'' (2006), ''Kireedam'' (2007), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishnamoorthy (actor)
Krishnamoorthy (1963/1964 – 7 October 2019) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. Career Krishnamoorthy moved from his home town Tiruvannamalai to Madras (now Chennai) in 1983, hoping to become an actor in films. Despite being initially unsuccessful, he joined the crew of the film '' Kuzhandhai Yesu'' (1984) as an office boy, and by the end of production, he was assigned the role of production manager. He subsequently went on to work on several films and adverts as a member of the crew. As a result, he was initially credited in films as Manager Krishnamoorthy. Krishnamoorthy made a breakthrough as a comedy actor through his role in '' Thavasi'' (2001), where he notably appeared in a scene where his character asks Vadivelu's character for directions to Osama bin Laden's and George W. Bush's residences in order to forge a peace treaty between both of them. He subsequently worked on several films in the 2000s as a comedian, often appearing in scenes alongside Vad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthukaalai
Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Tirukovilpuram near Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming a stunt choreographer. While studying in school, he received his black belt in karate. He came to Chennai in 1990. He did various small jobs including working as a carpenter at AVM Studios for three years. Muthukaalai worked alongside Stun Siva in '' Kadhalukku Mariyadhai'' (1997). He forayed into acting with '' Ponmanam'' (1998) after fellow stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan backed out of the film. He played comedic characters and he gained popularity with his appearances in the comedy tracks of Vadivelu especially the dialogues "Sethu Sethu Vilayaduvoma" () and "Neeyum Naanum Onna Thiruparankundram malaiyil irunthu kuthichu sethuponome. Gnayabagam illa? () from '' En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri'' (2001) and his chicken 65 comedy with Vadivelu in '' Diwan'' (2003). Personal life He has thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong (actor)
Shankar Ezhumalai, popularly credited by his moniker King Kong, is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films in supporting roles. A clip from the film '' Adhisaya Piravi'' (1990), which features King Kong dancing, has become a viral internet video titled '' Little Superstar''. Career King Kong has appeared in Tamil films, primarily portraying comedy supporting roles. He has also appeared in television serials and given stage performances as a dancer. A clip from the film '' Adhisaya Piravi'' (1990), featuring King Kong dancing in front of Rajinikanth, became a popular internet viral video in the late 2000s. The clip, dubbed " Little Superstar", features the actor breakdancing to MC Miker G & DJ Sven's " Holiday Rap". The video has been featured on YouTube, in Tom Anderson's bulletins on Myspace, on the E! TV show '' The Soup'', the MSNBC shows ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' and ''Tucker'', G4TV's '' Attack of the Show!'' and elsewhere, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellai Siva
Sivanathan Shanmugavelan Ramamoorthy (16 January 1952 – 11 May 2021), better known by his stage name Nellai Siva, was an Indian comedian and actor, who predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. He worked mostly in comedy scenes. His first film was '' Aan Paavam'' released in 1985. He appeared in popular movies like '' Mahaprabhu'', '' Vetri Kodi Kattu'', '' Kannum Kannum''. His way of speaking in the movies is completely of Nellai slang, which shows him unique to other supporting actors. He has acted in over 500 films in his career. Early life Nellai Siva was born on 16 January 1952, in Veppilankulam, a small village in Nellai district. He was a fan of Sivaji Ganesan and came to Chennai to make a break in films. He met and became friends with Mansoor Ali Khan and Bonda Mani, who were also upcoming actors at the time. After struggling for over a decade, he met K. Bhagyaraj and participated in a few series on Chennai Television, gaining popularity, and whom he credits with "ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vengal Rao
Vengal Rao is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian who predominantly featured in comedy roles. For the major part of his acting career, he shared screenspace with fellow veteran comedian actor Vadivelu in many film comedy sequences. Career He initially eventually began his career as a stuntman and he also went onto perform stunt double and dupe sequences for prominent actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Vijayakanth. Some of his notable works as a stunt master came in ''Rajadhi Raja'' (1989), ''Mappillai'' (1989), '' Panakkaran'' (1990) and '' Captain Prabhakaran'' (1991). However, injuries at shooting sets and location shooting spots frequently derailed his career as a stuntman and hence he decided to focus on acting. He sustained critical injuries on his knees and shoulders as a stuntman during fight sequences in film shooting. He had worked as a stunt master for nearly 25 years in his career and also worked alongside veteran action stunt choreographer Vikram Dharma dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bava Lakshmanan
Bava Lakshmanan is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian who predominantly featured in comedy roles. For the major part of his acting career, he shared screenspace with fellow veteran comedian actor Vadivelu in many film comedy sequences. Career Originally from Madurai, Lakshmanan was born as fifth child among two sisters and six brothers in the family. He started his career as child actor portraying Surulirajan's son in '' Madras to Pondicherry'' (1966) through which he developed interest towards acting. He was originally screen tested for Karthik's role in '' Alaigal Oivathillai'' (1981), which did not happen. He briefly worked as painter and construction worker. He joined as worker for FEFSI Vijayan through which he tried for opportunities for films. He worked as manager for the film '' Sirayil Sila Raagangal'' (1990) and worked as production manager for Super Good Films where he earned the name Super Good Lakshmanan. Many directors cast him in comedic roles due to his Madurai T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
