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Mayoori (actress)
Mayoori (1983–2005), credited as Shalini in Tamil films, was an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada films from 1998 to 2005. She did major roles in films such as '' Summer in Bethlehem, Aakasha Ganga, Prem Poojari'' and '' Sarvabhouma.'' She committed suicide in 2005 at the age of 22. Filmography Television *'' Ilayaval Gayathri'' (photo only) * ''Kadamattathu Kathanar Kadamattathu Kathanar was a '' kathanar'' (priest) who, according to legends, possessed magical powers. He was an ordained deacon of Kadamattom Church in the 9th century, originally affiliated to the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, in Kada ...'' as Kalyani * '' Salanam'' as Sandhya * ''Sthree'' as Malini References External links * 1983 births 2005 deaths 2005 suicides Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Female suicides 21st-century Indian actresses Suicides by hanging in India Actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela (film)
''Neela'' is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and written by Kotiganahalli Ramaiah. Featuring Gayatri Jayaraman in the lead protagonist role, it also stars Ananth Nag, Sarath Babu, Mayoori, Shivadhwaj, Jayanthi and Naveen Mayur in key roles. The story is about a nomadic folk singer, Neela, who belongs to the "Neelagararu" tribe. She develops throat cancer and suddenly loses her voice. The story highlights her struggle to survive in her conservative society. ''Neela'' was screened at the Indian Panorama international festival and won many accolades for the content. The film won the third best film at the Karnataka State Film Awards, and Gayatri Jayaraman won Best Actress at the Cinema Express Awards. Cast * Gayatri Jayaraman as Neela * Shivadhwaj as Sanjeeva * Ananth Nag as Shivajja * Sarath Babu as Palegar Jagadevaraya * Jayanthi as Jagadevaraya's mother * Rangayana Raghu as Siddayya, Neela's father * Naveen Mayur as Karthik * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salanam
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. The channel telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows & Tamil films. History The channel was first launched by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC). That same year it applied for the line-up of Singapore Cable Vision becoming the first Tamil channel on offer. United Breweries Group acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. The UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for million. In 2001, Star India took over the channel and rebranded it as ''Star Vijay.'' Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vijay TV to Star India for ₹31 crores. This channel, along with Star One, was launched in Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadamattathu Kathanar (TV Series)
''Kadamattathu Kathanar'' is an Indian Malayalam-language supernatural drama television series that originally aired on Asianet from 2004 to 2005. Asianet retelecast the series on Asianet Plus from March 2016. Prakash Paul plays the title character. Synopsis Kadamattathu Kathanar (an oriental Syriac priest of Kadamattom Church) also known as Kadamattathachan (Father Kadamattom) is a legendary priest from the 9th century AD who is believed to have possessed supernatural powers and whose legends are closely related to the beginning of the Kadamattom Church, one of the oldest church buildings that still exists in Kerala the land of Saint Thomas Christians. Despite having learned sorcery from a mysterious and powerful source, Kathanar performed most of his feats by deriving power directly from God, through a direct prayer, invoking the Holy Spirit. This made him invulnerable to most sorcerers of the era. The series depicts the myriad exorcisms of ghosts and other evil spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilayaval Gayathri
''Ilayaval Gayathri'' () is an Indian Malayalam television series launched on Mazhavil Manorama channel on 24 September 2018. It is an adaptation of the novel 'Penmakkal' by Sudhakar Mangalodayam. Arya Parvathy and Varada were the main female leads of the show. Plot Gayathri, a young girl, who works as a postwoman and struggles to support her family while overcoming various obstacles that she comes across in her life. Cast ;Lead Cast * Arya Parvathy as Gayathri * Varada as Gauri * Sajan Surya/ Santhosh Sasidharan as Manu * Harikrishnan / Pradeesh Jacob as Nandan *Surjith Purohith as Adv Balu *Devasurya as Shwetha Menon *Jishin Joseph as Rajesh *Kottayam Rasheed as Cornel Srinivasan *Saniya Babu as Kavya ; Supporting Cast * Vijayalakshmi as Madhavi * Gayathri Lakshmi as Subhashini * Manka Mahesh *Manu Varma *Sreedevi Anil *Sindhu *Ambika Mohan Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakasha Ganga 2
''Aakasha Ganga 2'' () is 2019 Indian Malayalam-language supernatural horror comedy film written and directed by Vinayan. It is a sequel to his 1999 film ''Aakasha Ganga''. The film stars Ramya Krishna, Veena Nair, Vishnu Vinay, and Sreenath Bhasi in the lead roles. Its soundtrack and score are by Bijibal and cinematography by Prakash Kutty. The film was produced by Vinayan under the banner of Akash Films. In the film, years later, when Arathi, daughter of Maya (Daisy) and Unni, accepts the challenge of exposing an ashram, which claims to help its followers communicate with the dead, she gets haunted by an evil spirit of Ganga that once tormented her family. It was shot in Ottapalam, Cochin, and Pondicherry. Plot Twenty years after the incident at the Maanikaseri Kovilakam, several members of the family have now died, leaving behind Unnikrishnan Varma/Unni, his sister (Oppol), and his only daughter Arathi Varma. An atheist and rationalist, Arathi is a medical student who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Kandaen
''Kana Kandaen'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K. V. Anand in his directorial debut, and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Srikanth, Gopika and Prithviraj. The music was composed by Vidyasagar with cinematography by Soundarrajan and editing by V. T. Vijayan. It was dubbed into Telugu as ''Karthavyam'' and into Malayalam as ''Kana Kandaen''. The film released on 13 May 2005. The film marks Prithviraj's Tamil debut, and he played the antagonist. The title of this film is based on a song from ''Parthiban Kanavu'' (2003), also starring Srikanth. Plot Bhaskar and Archana are childhood friends who grew up in the same village. Bhaskar receives a marriage invitation card from Archana. Only then does he realise his love for her, but he still decides to attend the marriage. The day before the marriage, Archana discovers that her fiancé is not a good man and decides to call off the wedding. Her mother helps her escape with Bhaskar. The coupl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aai (film)
''Aai'' ( ) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by A. Venkatesh. The film stars Sarathkumar in the main lead role, with Namitha as his love interest. Vadivelu, Kalabhavan Mani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and Vincent Asokan play supporting roles. The film was released on 17 December 2004 and became a hit. Plot Sakthivel, alias Velu, leads a peaceful life in Palani, selling home appliances on his bicycle. He resides with his sister Lakshmi and their friend Pazhani. Velu deliberately avoids confrontations and trouble. Velu falls in love with Anjali after an encounter on a bus. Initially, Anjali feigns disinterest, but eventually, she reciprocates Velu's feelings. Anjali encourages Velu to expand his business by taking a loan to establish a gym. Velu's life becomes a turning point when he witnesses Raghavan committing a murder. Despite being an eyewitness, Velu declines to report the incident to the police, fearing repercussions. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmadhan (film)
''Manmadhan'' (titled onscreen as ''Maanmathaun'') is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film directed by A. J. Murugan in his debut. The film stars Silambarasan and Jyothika, with Goundamani, Sindhu Tolani, Atul Kulkarni and Santhanam playing supporting roles. It revolves around a serial killer who targets seemingly immoral women cheating in the name of love. ''Manmadhan'' opened theatrically on 12 November 2004, coinciding with Diwali. It was received favourably and had a blockbuster run at the box office for over 150 days at the time of its release. The film was remade in Kannada as '' Madana'' (2006). Plot Madhan Kumar is an auditor by profession, who lives in Chennai and also learns music part-time in a college. Mythili, a naive woman, also learns music from the same college. She gets scared upon seeing Madhan one day because she happens to witness a dream of her getting raped by him. Later on, she realises his kind nature and they both become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two Languages with legal status in India, scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one States and union territories of India, Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as a Classical Languages of India, classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7G Rainbow Colony
''7G Rainbow Colony'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan. The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu; the latter titled ''7G Brindavan Colony''. It stars debutant Ravi Krishna and Sonia Agarwal. The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, whilst Arvind Krishna performed the cinematography. The film deals with unrequited love of a boy towards a girl. Released on 15 October 2004, the film received critical acclaim and was commercially successful. Over the years, the film attained cult status and mass following. Ravi Krishna received the Filmfare Best Male Debut (South) for his performance, whilst Yuvan Shankar Raja was awarded the Filmfare Best Music Director Award for his highly praised musical score. A sequel titled '' 7G Rainbow Colony 2'' starring Ravi Krishna and Anaswara Rajan is in production. Plot The movie begins with Kadhir (Ravi in Telugu version) heading to work. He appears distracted througho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
