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Kanda Naal Mudhal
''Kanda Naal Mudhal'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer V. Priya, who had earlier assisted Mani Ratnam. Produced by Prakash Raj under the Duet Movies banner, the film stars Prasanna and Laila, with Karthik Kumar, Revathi, Lakshmi and Regina Cassandra in the supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 18 November 2005 with positive reviews. Plot The movie begins with two kids who fight with each other in a marriage hall. They meet after two decades, now Krishna and Ramya during a college cultural meet and again lock horns with each other. Fate brings them together in Chennai after a few years, again fighting with each other. Meanwhile, a series of events forces Krishna's close friend Aravind to come to India from the United States to get married. His parents arrange his wedding with Ramya. Ramya, who decides to marry to help her younger sister's love, displays hersel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, English, and Hindi-language films. he is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Prakash Raj, several accolades, including five National Film Awards, eight Nandi Awards, eight Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, four South Indian International Movie Awards, SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and three Vijay Awards. Apart from his native language Tulu and Kannada, Raj's fluency in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, English, and Marathi language, Marathi has placed him among the most sought after actors in Cinema of India, Indian cinema. After working in stage shows and television in Kannada for a few years, Raj ventured into films. He made his debut in Tamil cinema through ''Duet (1994 film), Duet'' (1994), by K. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamarai
Thamarai (born 10 November 1975) is an Indian poet and lyricist who writes in Tamil. She is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world and has worked in Tamil cinema. She made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the 1998 film '' Iniyavale'', which was directed by Seeman and had music composed by Deva. Life and career Thamarai was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1975. She graduated from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, in production engineering and worked for six years in Coimbatore. With her passion for poetry, she decided to move to Chennai, where she worked as a freelance journalist in an organization named Bhagya and wrote essays, stories and poems. Through her literary works, she became popular and got noticed. Director Seeman assigned her as lyricist for the song "Thendral Enthan" for his Tamil film '' Iniyavale''. Subsequently, she wrote lyrics for films such as '' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' ("Malligai Poove") and '' Thenali'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanvi Shah
Tanvi Shah, (born 1 December 1985) is an Indian singer and songwriter from Tamil Nadu, India. She sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy. Her first song was "Yakkai Thiri" for the movie ''Aayutha Ezhuthu''. Career She has worked alongside A.R. Rahman and has sung a number of songs for him, including songs from '' Sillunu Oru Kadhal'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'' and recently ''Delhi-6''. She wrote the Spanish lyrics for " Jai Ho". Her success with A.R. Rahman got her invitations from leading music directors and she has sung for Yuvan Shankar Raja, Amit Trivedi and other music directors. She shared the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar in the 52nd Grammy Awards for the song Jai Ho, for writing the Spanish lyrics for the song. With the success of ''Slumdog Millionaire'', Shah has been featured in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India. Often referred to as the "Queen of Dynamics'' for her remarkable vocal expressions, Ghoshal is widely regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of the Indian subcontinent. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian and foreign languages and received numerous accolades, including five National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one Maharashtra State Award, one Telengana gaddar award, BFJA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. Beginning her training in classical music at the age of six, she made her singing debut with the 2002 romantic drama '' Devdas'' (2002) after winning the television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma. Her debut songs " Bairi Piya" and " Dola Re Dola" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK (singer)
Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the greatest playback singers of India, noted for his versatility in a variety of music genres. He recorded songs primarily in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada. He was a recipient of two Screen Awards, along with nominations for six Filmfare Awards. KK began his career by singing advertising jingles and made his film debut in 1996 with a song in ''Maachis''. KK released his debut album, ''Pal (album), Pal'' in 1999. The songs "Pal" and "Yaaron" from the album became popular, and are used in school graduations. The album turned out to be his career breakthrough. The song "Tadap Tadap Ke" from the 1999 film ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'', earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer nomination. KK went onto establish himself as one of the leading singers of the 2000s with successful songs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasundhara Das
Vasundhara Das (born 18 August 1977) is an Indian playback singer and former actress. Vasundhara's acting career includes '' Hey Ram'' (Tamil/Hindi), '' Monsoon Wedding'' (English), ''Citizen'' (Tamil), '' Ravana Prabhu'' (Malayalam), '' Lankesh Patrike'' (Kannada) and several others. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for the song, " Shakalaka Baby" from the film '' Mudhalvan'' Personal life She was born on 18 August 1977 in Bangalore, Karnataka to Kishen Das and Nirmala Das. She studied at Cluny Convent High School, Bangalore, Sri Vidya Mandir, Bangalore and Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, graduating in economics, Statistics and Mathematics. She began training in Hindustani classical music at the age of six under her grandmother Indira Das, who ran a music school on the top of their house. She then joined the Lalit Kala Academy, and later studied under Pandit Parameshwar Hegde, her Guru. In her college days, she was a lead singer of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate (''honoris causa'' degree) by Birmingham City University. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil family originally from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge. After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, Bengali language, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Awards, National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South, She has also won five Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Gujarat State Film Awards and one Odisha State Film Awards, Orissa State Film Award. Early life Sargam was born in a Marathi family of musicians at Dabhol, the seaport town in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra. Her mother Neela Ghanekar was a classical singer and music teacher and knew arranger–composer Anil Mohile, who then arranged music for Kalyanji-Anandji. He introduced Sargam to them, and she was in the children's chorus in "Pam Pararampam, Bole Jeevan Ki Sargam" sung by Kishore Kumar in G. P. Sippy's ''Trishna (1978 film), Trishna'' (1978). Sargam performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi, Assamese and Tamil songs. She has sung in many other Indian languages as well, including Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati and Kannada. Career Playback singing Mahalakshmi made her playback debut with the film '' Dus'' in 1997'','' but the film never completed and released due to the sudden passing of the film's director. The album however was released in 1999 as a tribute. She sang the track ''Ae Ajnabee'' with Udit Narayan for A. R. Rahman in Mani Ratnam's '' Dil Se..'' which was her first release as a playback singer and considered to be her debut. Mahalakshmi continued singing for Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and A.R. Rahman in many films which followed. Since then she has also sung many serials, jingles, and original albums. She was part of several successful soundtracks such as '' Mission Kashmir'', '' Yaadein'' and '' Saathiya'' and worked with some of the biggest music composers like A. R. Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Raghavendra
Harish Raghavendra (born 7 December 1976) is an Indian singer who has worked mainly in Tamil films. He is the son of photographer P.V Raghavendran. Harish is best known for his songs like "Hey Azhagiya Theeyee" from '' Minnale'', "Nirpadhuve Nadapadhuve" from '' Bharathi'', "Devathayai Kanden" from '' Kadhal Kondein'', "Sakkarai Nilave" from ''Youth'', "Melliname Melliname" from '' Shahjahan'' and "Anbe Enn Anbe" from '' Dhaam Dhoom''. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies. He debuted as an actor in '' Vikadan'' directed by Arun Pandiyan in which he played the lead role. He also played a brother-role for Ajith Kumar in '' Thirupathi'', which was written and directed by Perarasu. Social Media Instagram@its_harishraghavendra'' YouTube:''Harish Raghavendra's CyberSinger Career Harish officially made his debut into the music industry as a singer at the age of 18. His first song was a Telugu song for the movie ''Panjaram'' and he subsequently sung 'Vaa Saghi' for the movie ... [...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] |
Premji Amaran
Prem Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 26 February 1979), better known as Premgi or Premji () is an Indian singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian. The son of composer and director Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in his elder brother Venkat Prabhu's films. He is also best known for his catchphrases "Enna koduma sir idhu?" () and "Evvalavo pannitom, itha panna mattoma?" (), the former being a modified version of a famous dialogue used by Prabhu in ''Chandramukhi'' (2005). Career In 1997, Premgi planned to enter the film industry as a director with a project titled ''Wanted'' starring his elder brother and S. P. B. Charan. The film, which had his younger cousin brother as music composer and his father and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as comedians, did not complete shoot. In 2005, he became an independent music director with ''Gnabagam Varuthe'', starring his brother. Primarily interested in composing music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
