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M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi
''M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film directed by M. Raja, starring Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi), Asin, Nadhiya, and Prakash Raj, while Vivek and Subbaraju play supporting roles. This marks the Tamil debut of Asin and the first of several Tamil films she has acted in. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva. The film became a blockbuster and one of the most profitable movies of 2004. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi''. It was Nadhiya's comeback movie, after a 10 years of hiatus from the industry. Plot For Kumaran, life revolves only about his mother Mahalakshmi, who got separated from her husband Easwar. Easwar goes on to pursue his passion in kickboxing and becomes a world-renowned trainer based in Malaysia. Mahalakshmi stays in Chennai and devotes her life to bringing up her son. Kumaran is also passionate about kickboxing and shares a special relationship with his moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' () is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Ravi Teja, Asin, and Prakash Raj with Jayasudha in a extended cameo role, while Ali, and Subbaraju play supporting roles. The film released on 19 April 2003. It marks Asin's debut in Telugu cinema. It was first remade in Odia as '' Katha Deithili Maa Ku'', in Tamil as '' M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi'', in Kannada as ''Maurya'', and in Bhojpuri as ''Jigarwala''. In the Tamil version, Asin reprised her role. It was declared a blockbuster at the box-office and was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time during its release. Plot Chandrasekhar Rao "Chandu"'s entire life is about his mother Lakshmi, a college lecturer. They together live in Hyderabad. When Chandu was a little boy, Lakshmi separated from her husband Raghuveer. Chandu is a great kickboxer and is very passionate about it. He later meets Mugambigambal aka Chennai, a Tamil gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vennira Aadai Moorthy
Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. degree in addition to a PhD in astrology. He is married to actress Manimala who played Suhasini's mother in '' Sindhu Bhairavi'' and the heroine in '' Vallavanukku Vallavan'' (1965). He is also a well known script-writer. Kamal Haasan's first full-fledged film as hero '' Maalai Sooda Vaa'', had Murthy as a script writer. He is especially remembered for his Sunday TV Show 'Meendum Meendum Sirippu', which aired on Sun TV for 11 years. The show had a comical take on common household themes involving slapstick and wordplay, usually ending with a social message. Moorthy wrote much of the material himself, in addition to starring on the show. He has Also written 11 books off which 1 in English and 10 in Tamil which includes "Super market" "Jok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayam (2003 Film)
''Jayam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by M. Raja in his Tamil debut. The film is a remake of the 2002 Telugu-language film with the same title. It featured Raja's brother Ravi Mohan, Sadha and Gopichand in their first Tamil ventures respectively, with the latter two reprising their roles from the Telugu movie alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Rajeev, Pragathi, Nizhalgal Ravi, Radha Ravi, Nalini, Senthil, and Suman Setty. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. The film released on 21 June 2003 to mixed reviews but was a sleeper hit. The success prompted Ravi to retain the film's title as a prefix to his stage name and changed in 2025. Till date, ''Jayam'' is the first and only Tamil film which Gopichand has acted. Plot The film begins with a flashback in the early 1980s, where a young Sujatha and Raghu are playing. Their fathers are best friends and have decided that Raghu and Sujatha would eventually get married i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Following a stint as an Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, NRI accountant in Dubai, Sethupathi started his film career working as a background actor and initially played minor supporting roles before his first lead role in ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010). In 2012, he rose to fame with ''Sundarapandian'', ''Pizza (2012 film), Pizza'' and ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom''. Sethupathi established himself as a successful actor with films such as ''Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013), ''Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara'' (2013), ''Pannaiyarum Padminiyum'' (2014), ''Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), ''Iraivi'' (2016), ''Vikram Vedha'' (2017), '''96 (film), '96'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragasya
Ragasiya is an Indian actress, runway model, and theater artist. Career She started her career as an assistant choreographer to Pony Verma, Longie Fernandes, Raju Khan and later she started doing theaters with Gary Richardson for Mad Horses. She started her modelling career by doing catalogue shoot for "roopam" owned by Viren Shah, walked on ramp for Nisha Jhampwal, Umer Zafer. Saran who also rechristened her as Ragasiya. After that she did many promotional item numbers mostly in Tamil films. She has also played supporting roles in films like '' Indira Vizha'' and '' Velmurugan Borewells''.'. Filmography ;Actress ;Dancer References External links * {{authority control Living people Indian film actresses Actresses from Mumbai Year of birth missing (living people) Female models from Mumbai 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Bonda Mani
Kedheeswaran, better known as Bonda Mani (19 September 1963 – 23 December 2023), was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. He came to Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka as a refugee. He predominantly worked in comedy and supporting roles in over 270 films in his illustrious career spanning three decades. He was well known for his performances in ''Pongalo Pongal'' (1997), ''Sundhara Travels'' (2002), Winner (2003 film), ''Winner'' (2003), ''Englishkaran'' (2005), Aaru (film), ''Aaru'' (2005) and Marudhamalai (film), ''Marudhamalai'' (2007) and ''Kannum Kannum'' (2008). He was known for his one-line dialogues in films in which he acted. Early life and career Kedheeswaran was born on 19 September 1963 in Mannar District, Sri Lanka, where he was also raised. He was born as the fifteenth child in his family and had fifteen siblings in his family. He lost both his parents at an early age, as both became victims of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lankan civil war. His mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool Suresh
Cool Suresh is an Indian actor who has played supporting or background characters in Tamil-language films. Career Suresh made his debut with ''Chocolate'' (2001) where he portrayed a college rowdy. He played similar roles in '' Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003) and '' Devathaiyai Kanden'' (2005). He acted as a playboy in '' Thiruda Thirudi''. He went on to play comedic roles in films such as '' Singam Puli'' (2011). He made his lead film debut with the horror-comedy ''Padithavudan Kilithu Vidavum'' (2018). He will also play the lead role in ''Chithirame Solladi'', an investigative thriller. Suresh was to producer a film starring Julie of Bigg Boss Tamil fame and star in T. Rajendar's ''Indraya Kaadhal Da''; however, both films never entered production. He is acting as lead in infamous Senthil Chellam's second film ''Manjal Veeran'' which is tentatively planning to be released by 2025. Along side two new coming heroines as pairs. The director's previous film was '' Thiru.Vi.Ka.Poonga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthukaalai
Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Tirukovilpuram near Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming a stunt choreographer. While studying in school, he received his black belt in karate. He came to Chennai in 1990. He did various small jobs including working as a carpenter at AVM Studios for three years. Muthukaalai worked alongside Stun Siva in '' Kadhalukku Mariyadhai'' (1997). He forayed into acting with '' Ponmanam'' (1998) after fellow stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan backed out of the film. He played comedic characters and he gained popularity with his appearances in the comedy tracks of Vadivelu especially the dialogues "Sethu Sethu Vilayaduvoma" () and "Neeyum Naanum Onna Thiruparankundram malaiyil irunthu kuthichu sethuponome. Gnayabagam illa? () from '' En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri'' (2001) and his chicken 65 comedy with Vadivelu in '' Diwan'' (2003). Personal life He has thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyothi Lakshmi
Jyothi Lakshmi (2 November 1948 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian actress who appeared in more than 130 movies. In the early 1970s, she was well noted for her leading roles and songs in movies. She also acted in female-oriented movies and was a trained dancer. She predominantly worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam movies. In the early 1980s, her popularity gradually declined due to her sister Jayamalini's entry into the movie industry. Her debut was in the film '' Vanambadi'' in 1963 as a dancer in the song 'Yaaradi Vanthaar'. She is best remembered for her supporting roles in Thedi Vandha Mapillai and Periya Edathu Penn. Her daughter Jyothi Meena is also an actress. Filmography Tamil #'' Vanambadi'' (1963) #'' Periya Idathu Penn'' (1963) #'' Pattanathil Bhootham'' (1967) #'' Galatta Kalyanam'' (1968) #''Poovum Pottum'' (1968) #'' Panakkara Pillai'' (1968) #'' Adimaippenn'' (1969) #'' Thalaivan'' (1970) #'' Thedi Vandha Mappillai'' (1970) as Jaya (alias Mangai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
