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Kalyan (choreographer)
Kalyan is an Indian choreographer who has primarily worked on Tamil and Telugu language films as well as Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. After beginning his career as a dancer and actor, he has gone on to choreograph songs in over two hundred films as a popular choreographer. He has also been a judge in the popular reality TV dance shows ''Jodi No.1 (TV series), Jodi Number One'' and ''Kings of Dance'' for Vijay TV. Career Kalyan began his career in the film industry as a dancer working with his great-aunt, Puliyur Saroja. He made his debut as a dancer in the film ''Per Sollum Pillai'' (1987) and then worked as an assistant choreographer with her in many popular Tamil films of the 1980s. He also became an actor and portrayed a negative role in the college drama film, ''Kalloori Vaasal'' (1996) featuring Ajith Kumar, Prashanth and Pooja Bhatt. He then played an antagonist against actor Vijay (actor), Vijay in S. A. Chandrasekhar's ''Maanbumigu Maanavan'' (1996), before moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choreographer
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer creates choreographies through the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. It most commonly refers to dance choreography. In dance, ''choreography'' may also refer to the design itself, sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. Dance choreography is sometimes called ''dance composition''. Aspects of dance choreography include the compositional use of organic unity, rhythmic or non-rhythmic articulation, theme and variation, and repetition. The choreographic process may employ improvisation to develop innovative movement ideas. Generally, choreography designs dances intended to be performed as concert dance. The art of choreography involves specifying human movement and form in terms of space, shape, time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen (2001 Film)
''Citizen'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Saravana Subbiah and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar in dual roles with Meena, Vasundhara Das and Nagma playing supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Deva, and cinematography was handled by Ravi K. Chandran. The film was released theatrically on 9 June 2001 and became a blockbuster at the box-office. Plot Abdullah runs a motorcycle workshop with a few workers. He also gives casual legal advice to the locals. A computer science student named Indhu develops a crush on him and tries to woo him, although Abdullah has nothing of it. In a massive street protest by lawyers across the city, Abdullah, in an altered appearance, kidnaps judge Vedhachalam after introducing himself as 'Citizen'. Later on, Abdullah kidnaps collector Santhanam by posing as freedom fighter Sundaramoorthy. On both occasions, Abdullah mentions 'Attipatti', which left his victi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivan (film)
''Sivan'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film written and directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The film stars Arun Pandian, Napoleon, Radhika, Swathi and Ahana. It was released on 26 November 1999. The film is heavily inspired by the American film ''RoboCop''. Plot The film starts with a terrorist group entering in an Indian military ammunition depot based in Delhi. They kill all the guards and try to steal the nuclear weapons in the depot, but the terrorist group accidentally drops one of the weapons causing a chemical attack. The number of terrorist attacks resulting in India has increased over the last few months. In the context of the fight against terrorism, the Government suspects that the terrorist group is from Tamil Nadu. Alex, an honest police ACP of Chennai, is charged to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. Alex is married to Ahana and lives with his infant daughter and mother. Meanwhile, Murugan is a poor car mechanic living with his moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethirum Puthirum
''Ethirum Puthirum'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action-drama film directed by Dharani under his real name V. C. Ramani. Produced by G. S. Madhu, the film stars Mammootty, Napoleon, Sangita, and Manorama, while Goundamani, Senthil, and Nassar play supporting roles. The music was composed by Vidyasagar with editing by B. S. Nagarajan and cinematography by A. Karthik Raja. The film released on 4 March 1999, and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Third Best Film. Plot Kannan is a sincere district collector. A female leader of a major political party is kidnapped by terrorist Veeraiyan, and he promises to return her back if his injured brother Arasappan is treated well and brought back safely. The government agrees to this condition and asks Kannan to look after Arasappan. At first, Arasappan hates Kannan and his family as Kannan works for the government against whom his brother's group is rebelling, but the kindness showed by Kannan's wife Selvi and mother change h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sollamale
''Sollamale'' ( ) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sasi in his directorial debut. The film stars Livingston and Kausalya while Karan, Vivek, Anand, and Prakash Raj play supporting roles. It was released on 1 August 1998 and became a box office success. The film was later remade in Telugu by the same director as '' Seenu'' (1999) and in Hindi as '' Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai'' (2002). Plot Nataraj is an honest, not-too-good-looking, village artist who comes to the city to find a job. He ends up being a banner artist. Shweta is a US citizen who loves India and its culture and stays with her relatives to learn Bharatnatyam. She is a soft-natured, loving girl who loves to help people in distress but cannot stand it if anyone lies or cheats. Initially when these two meet, she mistakes Nataraj to be a mute and pities him. Shweta's occasional friendlier association with Nataraj, in the means of helping, gradually blossoms into love. By this t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moovendhar
''Moovendhar'' ( ) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Suraj (credited as C. G. Suraaj), in his directorial debut. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Devayani. It was released on 12 January 1998, and failed at the box office. Plot Manimaran, his father Poochi, and his grandfather Nagappan are short-tempered persons who beat the villagers for a simple quarrel. Only Manimaran's mother, Sivagami, can control them. Uma, Manimaran's sister, marries a man from another village. Manimaran falls in love with Vaidehi, a Brahmin girl. Manimaran takes his father and grandfather to Vaidehi's house to ask her to marry him. Vaidehi's father refuses that marriage proposal because of caste differences. Manimaran wants Vaidehi to be his wife somehow, for which his father and grandfather tell him an idea. Vaidehi goes to the temple for a prayer and Manimaran comes there. When the prayer is over and she opens her eyes, Manimaran stands in front of her and takes a thaali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thayagam
''Thayagam'' ( ) is a 1996 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action film directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Vijayakanth, Ranjitha, Napoleon (actor), Napoleon and Mohini (Tamil actress), Mohini. It was released on 15 January 1996. Vijayakanth won Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for this film. Plot Three death row prisoners escape from the jail and hijack a plane where Abdul Salim, a scientist, owns a miracle drug. The pilot, instead of listening to the hijackers' instruction, manages to land in the Kashmir mountain. There, Snobir, a sadistic terrorist leader threatens the passengers to recover the drugs. The pilot and the national boxing champion Pailwan plan to save the passengers and try to escape but they are caught during the plan and are taken as prisoners. Both attack and kill many terrorists; everyone escapes and everything goes smoothly until an ambush occurs on a bridge. The brave Pailwan sacrifices himself to save the pilot and the passengers. Else ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuran (1995 Film)
''Asuran'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action horror film, photographed and direction by Velu Prabhakaran and written and produced by R. K. Selvamani. The film stars Arun Pandian and Roja, while Radha Ravi and Senthil play supporting roles. The film became a box office failure. Mansoor Ali Khan reprised his role of Veerabhadran from '' Captain Prabhakaran''. The film is an unsanctioned amalgamation of the various Hollywood films including ''Predator'' (1987). Cast Soundtrack Music was composed by Adithyan. The programming of the song "Chakku Chakku Vathikuchi" was done by Harris Jayaraj. The song was also featured in the 2022 film '' Vikram'' where it became a trend in India after its release. Reception 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baashha
''Baashha'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sathyapriya, Shenbaga and Yuvarani in supporting roles. It revolves around an auto-driver who maintains a humble exterior and avoids violence but conceals a dark past from his family. During the making of ''Annaamalai'' (1992), Rajinikanth and Krissna discussed a scene from the former's Hindi film '' Hum'' (1991), which was not filmed. The story of ''Baashha'' and the film's core plot were adapted from that scene. Principal photography began in August 1994 and was completed in less than five months. P. S. Prakash was the cinematographer, and it was edited by Ganesh Kumar. The dialogues were scripted by Balakumaran. The music was composed by Deva and the lyrics were penned by Vairamuthu. ''Baashha'' was released on 12 January 1995 with po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Mozhi
''Thai Mozhi'' () is a 1992 Tamil-language action drama film directed by R. R. Ilavarasan. The film stars Sarath Kumar and Mohini, with Vijayakanth in a special appearance. It was released on 25 October 1992. Plot Rajasimham (Sarath Kumar), the local rowdy, is orphaned after his widowed mother commits suicide unable to bear the insinuations about her chastity. In the coastal village is rich man Mariadas ( Mansoor Ali Khan) whose main occupation is to terrorise the villagers and cavort with his girl friend (Silk Smitha). Mariadas and Rajasimham are enemies from boyhood when the former had manipulated the latter to question his mother's chastity. Rajasimham takes a fancy for Anthony's (Gemini Ganesan) widowed daughter Mary (Mohini). Rajasimham assists Anthony in his fishing activities. After an encounter with the henchman of Mariadas, Rajasimham is arrested by the police inspector (Vijayakanth) and put behind bars. The inspector, after a few fights with Mariadas crowd, is trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadaisi Ulaga Por
''Kadaisi Ulaga Por'' () is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language science fiction political action thriller film written, directed and produced by Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi under Hiphop Tamizha Entertainment. The film stars Aadhi, alongside Nassar, Natty Subramaniam, Anagha, N. Azhagam Perumal, Harish Uthaman, Munishkanth, Singampuli, Kalyan Master, Elango Kumaravel, Thalaivaasal Vijay and Mahanadi Shankar. It is the first production of the studio and the third directorial venture of Aadhi. The film, set in the year 2028, revolves around the war in India after it refused to alliance with the neighbouring country. The film was officially announced in February 2023 under the tentative title ''Hiphop Tamizha 8'', as it is the actor's eighth film as a lead actor, and the official title was announced in July 2024. Principal photography commenced the same month and occurred mostly in Chennai, before wrapping by February 2024. The film has music composed by Hiphop Tamizha, cinematography handled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathasaatchi
''Rathasaatchi'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Rafiq Ismail and starring Kanna Ravi, Elango Kumaravel, and Harish Kumar. It was released on 9 December 2022 in Aha Tamil. Cast * Kanna Ravi as Appu *Elango Kumaravel as Murugesan *Kalyan as SP Devasagayam *Arjun Ram as Lingam *Charles Vinoth as Narayanan *Praveen as Perumal *Vinoth Munna as Karuppaiah * O. A. K. Sundar as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister *Harish Kumar as Iqbal *Monisha as Roslyn *Harris Moosa as Vijay Rao *Gopi Kannadasan as SKN *Rudra as Appu's mother Production The film, based on B. Jeyamohan's short story ''Kathaigal'' from the novel ''Venkadal'', was shot in 2022. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Javed Riaz. Reception The film was released on 9 December 2022 on the OTT platform, aha. A reviewer from ''Times of India'' noted "''Rathasaatchi'' is definitely worth a watch for the story it tries to tell, but the makers could have concentrated a little more on its scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
