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Honest Raj
''Honest Raj'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by K. S. Ravi. The film stars Vijayakanth, Gautami and Aamani, while Devan, Manorama, Senthil, Vijayakumar, and Nizhalgal Ravi play supporting roles. It marked the debut of cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran in Tamil cinema. The film, produced by G. Thyagarajan, was released on 14 April 1994 to positive reviews. The film was remade in Hindi as '' Rakshak'' (1996). Plot "Honest" Raj, a police officer in a coma for four years, wakes up suddenly. Abhinaya, a newly appointed doctor, saves him from a killer with the help of Raj's assistant Velu. 10 years ago, Raj lived with his mother Maragatham in Chennai. Maragatham was a Bank officer, and Raj was a graduate searching for a job. When Maragatham's Bank was taken hostage, Raj came to rescue and defeated the robbers. The City police reward him, and the commissioner asks him to attempt Public service exams for Indian Police Service. Raj complies and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayakanth
Vijayaraj Alagarswami (25 August 1952 – 28 December 2023), known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politics in the later part of his career and founded his own party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. Vijayakanth acted in Vijayakanth filmography, over 150 films in his career. Some of his popular films include ''Vaidehi Kathirunthal'' (1984), ''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' (1986), ''Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran'' (1988), ''Senthoora Poove'' (1988), ''Pulan Visaranai'' (1990), ''Chinna Gounder'' (1992), ''Honest Raj'' (1994), ''Thayagam'' (1996) and ''Vaanathaippola'' (2000). He was nicknamed "Captain" following his role in the film ''Captain Prabhakaran'' (1991). He was also credited as "Puratchi Kalaignar" (revolutionary artist) in the film titles as he often appeared in roles as a law enforcer, vigilante, or a village head. He won two Filmfare Awards S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakthivel
''Sakthivel '' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Selva, Kanaka and Vijayakumar. Produced by M. Saravanan and M. Balasubramanian of AVM Productions, it was released on 14 April 1994 coinciding with Tamil New Year. Plot Sakthivel is an honest head constable and has a daughter, Lalli. One day, he beats a politician's son. He is subsequently promoted as a Sub-inspector but he is transferred to a ruthless village. A feud between Pannaiyar and Chairman divides the village in half and every day many villagers die. Cast Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception Malini Mannath of ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight y ...'' wrote, "Ravikumar has woven a ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indhu
''Indhu'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language dance film directed by Pavithran and produced by N. A. Sudhakar and K. P. Unnikrishnan. The film featured Prabhu Deva, appearing in his first leading role as the newcomer, alongside Roja Selvamani, while Sarathkumar and Khushbu play supporting roles. It was released on 14 April 1994. Plot Chinnasamy a.k.a. Pattas (Prabhudeva), Peter, Sottai, and Pazhani are daily wagers working in Pollachi market. One day, Pattas accidentally drops fish on Indhu ( Roja) and she gets into tussle with them. After a series of tit for tat incidents, she becomes friends with them. She mentions that she is a rich girl but her father is working abroad and she is living her life alone in a hostel. Veeraiyan ( Ponnambalam) is a rowdy who terrorizes the market demanding mamool from petty shopkeepers. Soon it is revealed that Kasi (R. Sarathkumar) will be released from jail. In the past, Veeraiyan brother impregnated Kasi sister and after marriage, Veeraiyan bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adharmam
''Adharmam'' ( ) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan in his debut. The film stars Murali, Ranjitha and Nassar. It was released on 14 April 1994, Puthandu (Tamil New Year). V. Manikandan debuted as the cinematographer from this film. Plot Cast Music The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while the lyrics were written by Vaali and Ilaiyaraaja. Reception ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "''Adharmam'' is a promising debut from Ramesh Krishnan. .His screenplay is clearly etched, and there is confidence and seriousness in his approach". Thulasi of ''Kalki Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...'' wrote this film which deals with the subject of sandalwood abduction completely justifies it which makes us wonder whet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google News Archive
Google News Archive is an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid. Some of the news archives date back to 18th century. There is a timeline view available, to select news from various years. History The archive went live on June 6, 2006, after Google acquired PaperofRecord.com, originally created by Robert J. Huggins and his team at Cold North Wind, Inc. The acquisition was not publicly announced by Cold North Wind until 2008. While the service initially provided a simple index of other web pages, on September 8, 2008, Google News began to offer indexed content from scanned newspapers. The depth of chronological coverage varies. Newspapers were thought to have escaped copyright obligations of news articles because of Google's method of publishing the archives as searchable image files of the actual newspaper pages, rather than as pure text of articles. In 2011, Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight years after Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name '' The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''The'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his Tamil Nadu press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of '' The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthandu
Puthandu (), also known as Tamil New Year (), is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of ''Chittirai''. It falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. The same day is observed elsewhere in South and South East Asia as the traditional new year, but it is known by other names such as Vishu in Kerala, Bisu Parba in Tulunadu, and Vaisakhi or Baisakhi in central and northern India. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying "Puttāṇṭu vāḻttukaḷ!" () or "Iṉiya puttāṇṭu nalvāḻttukaḷ!" (), which is equivalent to "Happy new year". The day is observed as a family time. Households clean up the house, prepare a tray with fruits, flowers and auspicious items, light up the family puja altar and visit their local temples. People wear new clothes and children go to elder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano (singer)
Nagoor Shaheb, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, and composer. Mano has recorded more than 35,000 songs for film and private various Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Bengali language, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu language, Tulu, Konkani language, Konkani and Assamese language, Assamese films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. He has recorded many songs for music director Ilaiyaraaja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full-fledged dubbing artist for Rajinikanth in Telugu from Muthu (film), ''Muthu'' (1995) onwards. Career Early days and debut Taking the criticism in his stride, Mano went on recording as many as 500 songs with Ilaiyaraaja and slowly branched out to sing for other Tamil composers as well. Voice-over dubbing The year 1995 also saw another face of Mano as the voice-over dubbing artist in the Tamil film industry. He dubbed his voice for alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raaga
A raga ( ; , ; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. It is central to classical Indian music. Each raga consists of an array of melodic structures with musical motifs; and, from the perspective of the Indian tradition, the resulting music has the ability to "colour the mind" as it engages the emotions of the audience. Each raga provides the musician with a musical framework within which to improvise. Improvisation by the musician involves creating sequences of notes allowed by the raga in keeping with rules specific to the raga. Ragas range from small ragas like Bahar and Sahana that are not much more than songs to big ragas like Malkauns, Darbari and Yaman, which have great scope for improvisation and for which performances can last over an hour. Ragas may change over time, with an example being Marwa, the primary development of which has been going down into the lower octave, in contrast with the traditional middle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaali (poet)
Thirupparaithurai Srinivasan Rangarajan, professionally credited by his pseudonym Vaali (29October 193118July 2013) was an Indian poet who has the record for writing the most songs in Tamil cinema. He is also recognised for a five-decade long association in the Tamil film industry and has written over 15,000 songs. He acted in a number of films, including '' Sathya'', '' Hey Ram'', '' Paarthale Paravasam'' and '' Poikkal Kudhirai''. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2007. Biography Vaali was born in an Tamil Iyengar brahmin family as T. S. Rangarajan on 29 October 1931 to Srinivasan Iyengar and Ponnammal Iyengar. His native place is Thirupparaithurai, Tiruchirappalli district. Growing up, he studied at Higher Secondary School for Boys, Srirangam, Srirangam till he finished his SSLC. He went to Madras in 1950 seeking an opportunity in the Tamil film industry. In the 1960s and 1970s, he received patronag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Raman
Mohan Raman, also known as Mohan V. Ram (born 3 April 1956), is an Indian actor and writer. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema. Raman is a film historian and writes for ''The Hindu''. He has also worked on Hindi-language films including '' Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) and '' Chennai Express'' (2013). Partial filmography Tamil films Hindi films Telugu films English films Dubbing artist * Raghuvir Yadav ('' Uyire'') * Girish Karnad ('' Amirtham'') * Tanikella Bharani (''Dhoni'', '' Vaikuntapuram'') * Suresh Krishnamoorthi (''Pulan Visaranai 2 ''Pulan Visaranai 2'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Ibrahim Rowther. It stars Prashanth, Karthika Mathew, Karthika in lead roles with R. K. (actor), R. K. and Pyr ...'') Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raman, Mohan Living people Tamil male televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
