Etcetera Entertainment
Etcetera Entertainment is an Indian film production and distribution company headed by V. Mathiyazhagan. History Etcetera Entertainment began producing and distributing Tamil films in 2015, notably working on Samuthirakani's '' Appa'' (2016) and Atharvaa's '' Semma Botha Aagathey'' (2018). The film also produced four films with actor Dhruvva in the lead role. In 2019, the studio bought the rights of the long-delayed ''Kolaiyuthir Kaalam'' from Yuvan Shankar Raja's K Productions, and prepared the film for release. During the promotions for the film's release, the film's lead actress Nayanthara initially distanced herself from the project, calling it an "incomplete" film. In the early 2020s, the studio ran into financial trouble following the failure of several of its films. Mathiazhagan filed a police complaint against Atharvaa for failing to compensate as promised for losses experienced during the making of '' Semma Botha Aagathey'' (2018). Atharvaa had initially committed to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures and were supported in royal courts and developed into sophisticated forms, over time becoming available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded pro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sathyaraj
Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also include works in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), ''Nadigan'' (1990), ''Amaidhi Padai'' (1994), ''Periyar'' (2007) and ''Onbadhu Roobai Nottu'' (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in ''Nanban'' (2012), ''Mirchi'' (2013), '' Raja Rani'' (2013), ''Baahubali'' (2015), '' Baahubali 2'' (2017), '' Kanaa'' (2018), and ''Jersey'' (2019). He was also the director of the film ''Villadhi Villain'' (1995), starring himself in three different roles. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show ''Home Sweet Home'' on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys, Su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mishti
Indrani Chakraborty (born 20 December 1987), known by her stage name Mishti, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She starred in films such as '' Kaanchi: The Unbreakable'' (2014), '' Chinnadana Nee Kosam'' (2014), ''Adam Joan'' (2017), ''Brihaspathi'' (2018), and ''Burra Katha'' (2019) among others. Early life Mishti was born as Indrani Chakraborty on 20 December 1987, in a Bengali family in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Her mother Beena Chakraborty is a housewife and her father is a construction businessman. She graduated in English literature from the University of Calcutta. She began to use the name Mishti professionally after 2014. Career She made her Bollywood debut with Subhash Ghai's film '' Kaanchi: The Unbreakable'', and her Telugu film debut with the Nithiin- A. Karunakaran film '' Chinnadana Nee Kosam''. and her Malayalam film debut with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Jinu Abraham's film ''Adam Joan'' Mishti's next Telugu fil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Badri Venkatesh
Badri Venkatesh (born 2 May 1974) is an Indian film director and television professional of work experience in film direction, Screen writing, film writing, television fiction writing, reality show direction, event direction, and film making, cinematic teaching, creative management, novel writing and short fiction film making. Venkatesh made his directorial debut with the 2010 Tamil film ''Baana Kaathadi''. Career Venkatesh won the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film, National award for his short film, ''VIdiyalai Nokki'', which also is the first Tamil short fiction film to win this accolade. Venkatesh's popular works include screenplay and direction for the Tamil feature film ''Baana Kaathadi'', released in 2010 and starring Atharvaa, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Samantha, and Prasanna (actor), Prasanna. Apart from mainstream Tamil cinema, Venkatesh has been credited for leading a large number of TV shows including ''Nalaya Natchathiram Thangamazhai'' and ''Amul Super Ku ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English comedian Charlie Chaplin. Biography Charle completed his degree in chemistry from G. V. N. College in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. During his college days, he was known for histrionics and his uncanny ability to imitate Tamil actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. He is an avid entertainer, and a popular stage artist, while at this colcolharle started his career as a Staff Artist – Actor in Song & Drama Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and moved on to perform more than 1000 dramas in six years. He was named Charlie and got introduced in the film '' Poikkal Kudhirai'' in the year 1982 by the director K. Balachander. He proved to be a versatile actor in comedy as well as character roles in Tamil, Telugu an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kadhal Kasakuthaiya
''Kadhal Kasakuthaiya'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Dwarakh Raja. Featuring Dhruvva and Venba in the lead roles, the film also has veteran actors Charle and Kalpana in pivotal roles. The film began production during mid-2016 and was released on 8 September 2017 to mixed reviews from critics. Plot The film begins with Diya, a seventeen-year-old girl, studying in high school. Diya is the only child for her parents. Diya's father is very fond of her. Diya goes to school by cycle with her friend Patricia. Arjun is a twenty-five-year-old software engineer. He lives in Diya's apartment. Diya sees Arjun and is impressed. Diya gets Arjun's number and calls him. Diya asks Arjun to meet him. Arjun agrees to her. Arjun gets shocked when he sees Diya. A short school-going girl comes and proposes to him. After a few days, they meet again. Arjun is impressed and proposes to her. Arjun's friends scold him for having an affair with a schoolgirl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Namo Narayana
Namo Narayana is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil films. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and ''Komban'' (2015). Career Narayana was a software engineer before he chose to star in a supporting role in Samuthirakani's ''Naadodigal'' (2009). He was close friend of Samuthirakani during bachelor days. Post-release, he became a close friend of the lead actor Sasikumar, and has often collaborated in their films, such as ''Easan'' (2010), ''Poraali'' (2011), ''Kutti Puli'' (2013) and ''Nimirndhu Nil'' (2014). In 2015, Narayana described his role in ''Komban'' as a breakthrough role in his career at the film's press meet. He played one of the lead roles in ''Appa'' (2016). He played the antagonist in '' Thondan'' (2017). Filmography *''Naadodigal'' (2009) *''Easan'' (2010) *''Mudhal Idam'' (2010) *''Poraali'' (2011) *'' Ishtam'' (2011) *''Thappana'' - Malayalam (2012) *''Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga'' (2012) *''Kutti Puli'' (2013) *' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thambi Ramaiah
Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), ''Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and ''Maniyaar Kudumbam'' (2018). Career Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates. He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years. He got ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shaalin Zoya
Shaalin Zoya also known as Shalu is an Indian actress, dancer and anchor. She is best known for playing the negative role of ''Deepa Rani'' in Asianet TV's soap opera Autograph and a supporting role of Jessy in ''Elsamma Enna Aankutty''. Early life Shaalin Zoya hails from Tirur-Malappuram, Kerala. Her father is a businessman. Her mother, a dance teacher, encouraged her to pick up a career in acting. Filmography As Actor As director Television career Awards *2011 - Asianet Ayucare Television Award - ''Best New Face'' of the year (for TV soap opera Autograph) *2011 - Kazhcha Television Award - ''Best Performer - Female'' (for TV serial Autograph) * Vayalar Award for ''Best Child Artist'' (for film Elsamma Enna Aankutty ''Elsamma Enna Aankutty'' () is a 2010 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Lal Jose and written by M. Sindhuraj and Sangeeth Kollam starring Kunchacko Boban, Ann Augustine and Indrajith. The film was produced by Rejaputhra Vis .. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaali Venkat
Kaali Venkat (born 5 May 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Tamil language films. Personal life Venkat hails from Kudaiyadevanpatti a village near Kovilpatti. Venkat used to act in dramas during his school days. With an ambition to act in films he moved from his village to Chennai in 1997 to enter the Tamil film industry. In Chennai, he was doing jobs like selling groceries in order to survive until he met director Vijay Prabakaran. Prabakaran, who Venkat considers his guru, coached and taught him "everything I know about cinema today". Venkat got married on 30 October 2017 in Chennai. Career The first film Venkat acted was also by Vijay Prabhakaran, ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum''. The film failed to release but Venkat decided to keep his character name in it, Kaali, as his screen name after everybody on the set was calling him by that name. He then acted in various short films made for the Kalaignar TV show ''Naalaya Iyakkunar'' and won the Best Actor in a Series ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kalaiyarasan
Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan is an Indian actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He has collaborated with directors Myshkin and Pa. Ranjith, with whom he worked in ''Madras'' (2014) for which he received acclaim for his performance. Career Kalaiyarasan, a graduate in Computer Applications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, initially began work as an actor with Parthy Bhaskar's ''Arjunan Kadhali'' in 2008, but the film remains unreleased. He then worked with director Myshkin on two ventures, '' Nandalala'' (2010) and '' Mugamoodi'' (2012), and credits the film maker as his mentor. He also played small roles in Ranjith's directorial debut '' Attakathi'' (2012), playing the suitor to the heroine, as well as in Vikram Sugumaran's '' Madha Yaanai Koottam'' (2013). Kalaiyarasan's breakthrough as an actor came through his performance in Ranjith's drama film ''Madras'' (2014), where he portrayed the pivotal role of Anbu. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raja Manthiri
''Raja Manthiri'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Usha Krishnan and produced by V.Mathiyalagan and P. G. Muthiah Productions. The film stars Kalaiyarasan, Kaali Venkat, Shaalin Zoya and Vaishali. Featuring music composed by Justin Prabhakaran, the film was released on 24 June 2016. Cast *Kalaiyarasan as Karthik *Kaali Venkat as Suriya *Shaalin Zoya as Subha *Vaishali Radhakrishan as Maha * Bala Saravanan as Satish *Naadodigal Gopal as Sivakumar. Karthik and Suriya's father * Florent Pereira as Subha's father *Saravana Sakthi as Chithappu *Meenakshi as Karthi and Surya's mother *S. R. Pandiyan as Muneesh, Subha's brother *Gajaraj as Maha's father and drunk astrologer *Supergood Subramani as the alliance broker *Rindhu Ravi *Anandhi *Gunalan Production Usha Krishnan, an assistant of Suseenthiran, worked on the film's script in 2013 and selected Kalaiyarasan to play a leading role before he had signed on to star in his breakthrough ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |