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Maaran (2022 Film)
''Maaran'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film written and directed by Karthick Naren, with the screenplay and dialogues were co-written by Suhas-Sharfu and Vivek. Produced by T. G. Thyagarajan, Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan of Sathya Jyothi Films, the film stars Dhanush, Smruthi Venkat and Malavika Mohanan, with Samuthirakani, Ramki, Mahendran and Krishnakumar Balasubramanian appearing in supporting roles. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography handled by Vivekanand Santhosham and editing handled by Prasanna G. K. ''Maaran'' released directly for streaming on Disney+ Hotstar on 11 March 2022. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and audience, with criticism directed towards the screenplay, plot, writing and direction but Dhanush's performance, cinematography, music and background score received some praise. Plot In 2000, Sathyamoorthy was an honest, disquisitive reporter wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthick Naren
Karthick Naren (born 23 July 1994) is an Indian filmmaker who works in Tamil cinema. Naren broke into the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry having had directed several award-winning short films like ''Pradhi'' and ''Nirangal Moondru'' before his feature film debut. He made his big screen debut through the 2016 film ''Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru'' which went on to become a sleeper hit. Early life Karthick Naren was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to MNG Mani and Saradha Mani. A native of Ooty, he spent most of his life in Coimbatore. Naren completed his schooling at Lisieux Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He went on to join Mechanical Engineering at Kumaraguru College of Technology. He dropped out during his third year of Mechanical engineering course to pursue a career in filmmaking. Film career Naren made his directorial debut at the age of 22 with the critically and commercially successful thriller ''Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru'' (2016). ''Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru'' was bankroll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voting Machine
A voting machine is a machine used to record votes in an election without paper. The first voting machines were mechanical but it is increasingly more common to use ''electronic voting machines''. Traditionally, a voting machine has been defined by its mechanism, and whether the system tallies votes at each voting location, or centrally. Voting machines should not be confused with tabulating machines, which count votes done by paper ballot. Voting machines differ in usability, security, cost, speed, accuracy, and ability of the public to oversee elections. Machines may be more or less accessible to voters with different disabilities. Tallies are simplest in parliamentary systems where just one choice is on the ballot, and these are often tallied manually. In other political systems where many choices are on the same ballot, tallies are often done by machines to give faster results. Historical machines In ancient Athens (5th and 4th centuries BCE) voting was done by different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattas
''Pattas'' ( ) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language martial arts action drama film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Dhanush in a dual role, alongside Sneha and Mehreen Pirzada. Naveen Chandra, Nassar, Munishkanth and Manobala play supporting roles. The film entered production in March 2019 and ended that December. It was released theatrically on 15 January 2020, coinciding with Pongal, to mixed reviews from critics but became a box office success. Plot In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Pattas and his accomplice Puncture rob a mixed martial arts (MMA) academy due to their enmity with their neighbourhood girl, Sadhana Sha. Meanwhile, Kanyakumari "Kanya", a released convict from Kerala, follows Nilapparai alias Nilan, the owner of the MMA academy in an attempt to kill him, but meets Pattas and recognises him as her son, Shakthi. Nilan finds that Kanya is trying to kill her and attempts to capture her, but in vain. When Kany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thodari
''Thodari'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action-romance film written, directed and co-produced by Prabhu Solomon. It stars Dhanush and Keerthy Suresh, with D. Imman composing the film's music. Set on an express train, ''Thodari'' follows a pantry worker who tries to save the passengers and his girlfriend from hijackers and a politician's bodyguard amid a runaway train incident. ''Thodari'' was released theatrically on 22 September 2016. It was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Express Khiladi'' in 2018. An action mobile video game, ''Thodari Official Game'', based on the film was released by Mobi2Fun as a tie-in with the film. Plot At New Delhi Railway Station, Poochiyappan is a railway catering company server on duty on the New Delhi-Chennai Express. He works with his team member and best friend, Vairam, under his supervisor, Chandrakanth. During the journey, he meets Saroja, actress Srisha's make-up artist, and falls in love with her at first sight. She wants to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News Minute
''The News Minute'' is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Vignesh Vellore who is also the current CEO in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. History In a December 2015 interview with Sadhana Chathurvedula of '' Mint'', Vignesh Vellore mentioned that the website has currently hired 12 people to work in it. ''The News Minute'' had secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Raghav Bahl's company. They raised second round of undisclosed amount in 2019. It plans to use those funds to hire more reporters and editors as well as expand its coverage. Vignesh Vellore stated that ''The News Minute'' aims to make use of User interface (UI) "so as to keep the audience more engaged with the content we publish." Notable people * Dhanya Rajendran Editor-in-chief and co-founder of The News Minute. She was previously with Times Now and The New Indian Express. * ... [...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] |
Jeeva Ravi
Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor and casting director who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film being a prefix for his stage name. Career Ravi is the grandson of film producer G. N. Velumani, who made films in the 1950s and 1960s. Ravi began his career as a casting director, before acting in serials in STAR Vijay and Sun TV. He gradually moved on to feature in films and got his first major breakthrough by portraying Shruti Haasan's father in Aishwarya Dhanush's drama film, '' 3'' (2012). He subsequently appeared in more prominent roles in his following ventures, before gaining critical acclaim for his portrayal of a cricket coach in Suseenthiran's '' Jeeva'' (2014). The success of the film meant that he adapted 'Jeeva' as a prefix to his name and continued to play pivotal roles as a collector in AR Murugadoss's ''Kaththi'' (2014) and a commissioner in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilavarasu
Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known as an actor, after he appeared in pivotal roles in Bharathiraja's and Cheran's films. He starred in over 160 Tamil films, mostly in supporting and comedic roles. Early life He was born on 28 August 1964 in Melur, a town in Madurai district, present-day Tamil Nadu. His father P. Malaichamy served as a Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly during 1967-76 on behalf of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Malaichamy was also one of the DMK members jailed during the 1975-77 Indian Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA). Career According to T. Saravanan of ''The Hindu'', Ilavarasu's debut film was to have been the unproduced Tamil film ''Top Tucker'', and instead became '' Oru Kaidhiyin Diary'' (1984). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameer (director)
Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. Early life and career Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economics and worked as an entrepreneur before starting to work as an assistant director to Tamil filmmaker Bala on his award-winning film '' Sethu'' in 1999 and '' Nandhaa'' in 2001. Shortly after, he directed his first film, the romantic comedy '' Mounam Pesiyadhe'' (2002). The film starred Suriya in the lead and became Trisha Krishnan's first release featuring her in a leading role. The same year, he began his own production company, Teamwork Production House. His second directorial was the mystery thriller '' Raam'', which he produced himself. It was released three years later, in 2005. The film, which revolves around an autistic teenager, portrayed by Jiiva, who is highly attached to his mother, but becomes suspected of having murdered her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose Venkat
Bose Venkat (born 4 February 1976) is an Indian actor, director and dubbing artist who appears in Tamil films and television serials. Personal life Venkat is married to actress Sonia in 2003. Career Venkat came to Chennai at the age of 17, hoping to become an actor in films. After facing an unsuccessful start to his career, he worked briefly as an auto rickshaw driver while attending auditions. He subsequently got selected for a role in the serial '' Metti Oli''. Recognising his work in the serial, director Bharathiraja offered him a role in '' Eera Nilam'' (2003). He was also part of the 2005 Tamil film, '' Kannamma''under the direction of S. S. Baba Vikram. He has also acted in a few Malayalam movies alongside Mammootty and Dileep. He says his best experience was acting with Superstar Rajinikanth in the Tamil action-thriller film, '' Sivaji'' under the direction of S. Shankar in 2007. Although he played a negative role alongside Suman, his performance was showered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mime Gopi
Mime Gopi (born Gopinathan) is an Indian stage and film actor who has appeared in predominantly Tamil films including ''Madras'' (2014), ''Maari'' (2015), ''Maya'' (2015) and ''Kabali'' (2016). He is also the winner of the reality cooking show '' Cooku with Comali''. Career Mime Gopi already acted in Saravanan Meenatchi season 1 along with Mirchi Saravanan as money launderer. Prior to his entrance into the film industry, Gopi was a renowned mime actor in Chennai and heading G Mime Studio, a studio which exhibited the art form. In his role, he worked closely with children with special needs to help them adapt miming skills. The actor celebrates every birthday and festivals by doing charity work across Tamil Nadu. He also had contributed money to the local festivals of the religious organisations. He is an inspiration to the upcoming theatre actors. He had set up the studio in 1994 and had worked to expand the art across Chennai. Mime Gopi shot to fame with director Pa. Ranjith' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadukalam Naren
Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 film '' Aadukalam'' and has since added the film's title as a prefix to his stage name. Career Naren appeared in Balu Mahendra's television series ''Kathai Neram''. He played around 15 small roles before getting noticed for his role in '' Aadukalam'' (2011). He has frequently collaborated with the film's lead actor Dhanush in the latter's later films such as '' Naiyaandi'' (2013), '' Asuran'' (2019), '' Maaran'' (2022), and '' Vaathi'' (2023). Naren has played supporting roles in several films, including '' Mugamoodi'' (2012), '' Arrambam'' (2013), '' Thirudan Police'' (2014), '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015), and '' Bairavaa'' (2017). He has played negative roles in '' Megha'' (2014) and '' Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam'' (2023). He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
