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Gajendra (2004 Film)
''Gajendra'' (spelt onscreen as ''Gajendraa'') is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by V. A. Durai. The film stars Vijayakanth, Flora, and Laya. It is a remake of Telugu film '' Simhadri''. The music was composed by Deva with cinematography by V. Prathap and editing by K. Thanigachalam. The film was released on 17 September 2004 and failed at the box office. Plot Gajendra (Vijayakanth), an orphan and kindhearted man, grows up under Azhagarsamy's (Sarath Babu) family in Chennai. Gajendra and Azhagarsamy share a father-son bond. Kasthuri (Flora Saini) is Azhagarsamy's granddaughter, and she develops feelings towards Gajendra. Once a week, Gajendra meets a mentally challenged girl Indhu ( Laya). He entertains her and provides money for her caretakers. When Azhagarsamy and his wife ( Lavanya) discover that Kasthuri wants to marry Gajendra, Azhagarsamy decides to get them married. He makes a formal announcement to officially adopt Gaje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Krishna (director)
Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Language films. His first independent film as a director was '' Sathya'' (1988), with Kamal Haasan. He is well known for having directed Rajinikanth in four films which include, '' Annamalai'' (1992), '' Veera'' (1994), '' Baashha'' (1995) and '' Baba'' (2002). Early life and career Suresh was born to R. Krishna and K. Sharada in Bombay. He has two brothers, Sreeram and Satheesh, and one sister, actress Shanthi Krishna. He spent his early career in Mumbai. After completing his graduation in economics he joined the Mumbai office of L. V. Prasad for accounts management. Later he became an executive assistant to L. V. Prasad and also took care of the Prasad Productions Mumbai office. When L. V. Prasad started production of '' Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981), directed by K. Balachander, he assisted Prasad Productions on location. After completion of the film he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radha Ravi
Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi mononymously called as Radha Ravi is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of veteran actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Radhika. He is a former chief member of the Tamil Nadu Film Artistes' Association. He is known for his roles as antagonists in Tamil films and a he acted in the serial '' Chellamae''. He is also known for his controversial criticism of other film personalities. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Saidapet in 2001 as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is one of the current state executive members of Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party. Career Radha Ravi was born to the well-known actor M. R. Radha and Dhanalakshmi Ammal. He has one brother, M. R. R. Vasu, and three sisters, Rashya, Rani and Rathikala. Having started his career as a theatre artiste, he still associates himself with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15+ Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthik was born on 7 November 1980 into a Tamil family and hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest '' Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who often collaborated with Rahman, was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palakkad Sreeram
Palakkad Sreeram (born 16 February 1972) is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his frequent collaborations with A. R. Rahman. Early life Sreeram was born on 16 February 1972 in a Tamil Iyer family to Smt. Jayalaksmi and Sri. K. S. Lakshmi Narayanan in a village Kavasseri near Alathur, Palakkad district in Kerala. He completed his post graduation in Music from Govt. College Chittur, Calicut University and moved to Madras for his musical journey. Career Sreeram started learning music under his mother from very young age and also under Sri. Sundareswara bhagavathar, and he had an immense passion on musical instruments. He owns an audio label Swararnavam, and has scored music for two Malayalam films, ''Mazhamegha Pravukal'' and '' Melvilasam Sariyanu''. He moved to Chennai in 1995 soon after his marriage and he had learnt flute by himself. He made his debut in the film industry as a flutist in 1996. In 2022, he received the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabilan (lyricist)
Kabilan (born 27 December) is an Indian lyricist, poet and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Born in the Indian coastal city of Pondicherry, he started writing lyrics for films and television in the early 2000s and gradually moved to acting as well. He won the Vijay Award for Best Lyricist for the song "Aaathangara Orathil" from '' Yaan'' (2014). He had mostly collaborated with Composer Vidyasagar followed by Srikanth Deva. He had penned super hit songs for Ilayaraaja and A.R.Rahman. Kabilan is known for his mass introduction songs, among which maximum hits are for Vijay. Filmography As a Lyricist As an actor *'' Dasavathaaram'' (2008) – Assistant to Vincent Poovaragavan. Television * 2003 ''Sorgam'' * 2004 ''Kanavarukkaga'' * 2005 ''Nimmathi'' * 2006 ''Kasthuri'' * 2007 ''Akka Thangai'' * 2007 ''Manjal Magimai'' * 2009 ''Mahalakshmi'' Awards * Kalaimamani award by the state of Tamilnadu in 2007. * Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian music streaming service and a digital distributor of music in Hindi, Marathi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Chhattisgarhi and other regional languages of India. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 80 million music tracks in 16 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with Jio in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn. History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Hindi Cinema content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visweswara Rao
Visweswara Rao was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu films apart from a few Tamil films. Personal life and career Originally from Kakinada, he moved to Chennai and pursued a career in films. He started out as a comedic child artist and starred in Telugu films such as '' Bala Bharatam'' (1972). As he became an adult, he received less opportunities and played minor roles in several films barring the Tamil film ''Pithamagan'' (2003) where he played Laila's father before starting his YouTube channel Vissu Talkies. He died in 2024 at the age of 64 in Chennai due to cancer. Filmography Telugu films ''Source'' *'' Potti Pleader'' (1966) *''Sri Rama Katha'' (1969) *'' Mooga Nomu'' (1969) *'' Kadaladu Vadaladu'' (1969) *'' Nindu Hrudayalu'' (1969) *''Dharma Patani'' (1969) *'' Mathru Devata'' (1969) *''Maa Nanna Nirdoshi'' (1970) *''Paga Sadhistha'' (1970) *'' Dharma Daata'' (1970) *''Thalli Thandralu'' (1970) *''Inti Gowravam'' (1970) *'' Balaraju Katha'' (1970) *'' Nindu Dampa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothandaraman
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), ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (actor)
Pollapragada Janardhana Rao, popularly known as Jenny, is an Indian comedian and artist, who appears in Telugu films and Telugu television. Jenny is from a Telugu Brahmin family from Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He is a mime artist. He has performed at over 1,000 shows in India as well as abroad. He acted in comic roles in more than 400 films and on television. He also did mime in many government funded TV ads. Partial filmography *'' Padamati Sandhya Ragam'' (1987) *'' Aha Naa Pellanta'' (1987) as Server in star hotel *''O Bharya Katha'' (1988) as Priest *'' Vijay'' (1989) as Defence Council *''Paila Pachessu'' (1989) *'' Pranadaata'' (1992) *'' Hello Brother'' (1994) *'' Lucky Chance'' (1994) *''Kishkindha Kanda'' (1994) *'' Yamaleela'' (1994) *''Criminal'' (1994) *''Street Fighter'' (1995) as Subba Rao *''Khaidi Inspector'' (1995) as Subbarayudu *''Alibaba Adbhuta Deepam'' (1995) as Seth *'' Pokiri Raja'' (1995) *''Amma Durgamma'' (1996) *''Pelli Sandadi'' (1996) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Kapoor (Tamil Film Director)
Shahul Mohammed (born 15 August 1958), known professionally as Raj Kapoor, is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has also appeared as a supporting actor in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. Career Raj Kapoor started his cinema career as an assistant director to Film director C. V. Sridhar one of the legends of golden period of Tamil cinema. Later became an independent film director for '' Thalattu Ketkuthamma'' (1991). He is known for films like Prabhu-Khushbu’s '' Uthama Raasa'' (1993) and Ajith- Simran’s '' Aval Varuvala'' (1998). He went on to direct other films like Ajith-Meena's ''Anantha Poongatre'' (1999), Arjun- Rambha's '' Sudhandhiram'' (2000) and Sathyaraj's '' Vambu Sandai'' (2008). After making his debut as an actor in '' Thalaimurai'' (1998), Raj Kapoor announced his intentions of continuing to act in films ahead of prioritizing directorial work. During the early 2000s, he worked on the production of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahanadi Shankar
Mahanadi Shankar is an Indian actor and stuntman who has appeared in Tamil language films and television serials, playing mostly supporting and negative roles. He has starred in films such as '' Mahanadhi'' (1994), '' Baashha'' (1995), '' Ratchagan'' (1997), '' Amarkalam'' (1999), and '' Dheena'' (2001). The success of the former film meant that he used the title as a prefix to his stage name. Career Shankar was introduced to the film industry initially as a stuntman and action choreographer in 1986. He focused on fight sequences in film portions while working as a stuntman from 1986 to 1993. He worked as an assistant to established stunt masters, including FEFSI Vijayan, Vikram Dharma, and Raju Sundaram during this time. Shankar received the opportunity to act in the film '' Mahanadhi'' (1994) through his stunt master guru Vikram Dharma, who pushed Shankar to the core. It was Vikram Dharma who convinced Shankar to gain weight in order to make a noteworthy appearance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hema (actress)
Hema (born Krishna Veni) is an Indian actress and comedian who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has acted in more than 250 films as of 2014. She won Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her performance in '' Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam''. Early life She was born as Krishna Veni in a family from Razole, East Godavari district. She studied until seventh class, then discontinued her studies. She had an interest in films from her childhood. After acting in some, she got married. She made her comeback to film with '' Murari'', and is now continuing her film career. She changed her name to Hema after coming to the film industry. She started working in films since 1989, it is about 35 years industry experience. She caught up in May 2024 in Bangalore in relation to drug rackets. Filmography Telugu ''Source'' # ''Chinnari Sneham'' (1989) # ''Koduku Diddina Kapuram'' (1989) # ''Swathi Chinukulu'' (1989) # '' Muddula Mavayya'' (1989) # '' Bala Gopaludu'' (1989) # '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |