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Narthagi
''Narthaki'' is a 2011 Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vijayapadma and produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha. Focusing on the issue of transgender people, the film stars Kalki Subramaniam, Vivin and Girish Karnad. Music for the film was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and the film opened to mixed reviews in May 2011. Cast *Kalki Subramaniam as Kalki *Leema Babu as Meena * Girish Karnad * Suzane George as Transgender's mother * Punnagai Poo Gheetha *Vivin *V. K. R. Raghunath *Azhagu *Karate Venkatesh *Ashwin as Subbu *Abhishek *Abbas *Susan *Swathisha as transgender *Reshma Production 'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha readily agreed to finance the venture after Vijayapadma approached her with the script, as she was keen to make off-beat ventures. The movie was shot for a period of two months in places such as Thanjavur, Thiruvaiyaru, Mumbai and Chennai. The film's lead performer, Kalki Subramaniam, revealed that the script was derived from the real life incidents of transg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punnagai Poo Gheetha
Gheetha Ammasee, best known by her stage name "Punnagai Poo" Gheetha, is a Malaysian radio personality, film producer and actress, who works in Malaysia and the Tamil film industry in India. Gheetha gained popularity as a radio jockey at the Malaysian radio station THR Raaga, before launching her own film production studio and venturing into Tamil cinema, becoming recognized as the first female producer from Malaysia. She has also worked as a host at various events and acted in several kollywood films as well as a Malaysian film. Career Gheetha Ammasee was born in Malaysian Tamil family in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia as the daughter of a plantation owner. She started off as a host on the Malaysian television channel NTV7 on a show called ''Rhythm And Raaga'', before starting her career as a radio jockey at the Malaysian Tamil radio station, THR Raaga THR or Thr may refer to: Entertainment * ''The Hollywood Reporter'', an American digital and print magazine * Yamaha THR, a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tippu (singer)
Ekambaresh Lakshmi Narayanan, better known by his stage name Tippu (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian playback singer who has performed over 4000 songs in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu languages. Biography Tippu has sung over 4000 songs in various languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He has sung many hit songs in his career. He has lent his voice for the films starring South Indian super stars like Dr. Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. He has sung for many stars in South India, but it is his combination with Kannada super star Puneeth Rajkumar that has struck a chord with the audience. This combination has given many hit songs to the industry. The songs 'Shiva antha hoguthidde' from ''Jackie'', 'Yaavanig gothu' from ''Paramaathma'', 'Hey hey Paaru' from ''Raaj'', 'Hejjegondu hejje' from ''Prithvi'', and 'Ley Ley' from ''Raam'' have all been major hits. His combination with the music director V. Harikrishna is very popular. They have delivered hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deiva Thirumagal
''Deiva Thirumagal'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language melodrama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by M. Chinthamani and Ronnie Screwvala that features Vikram in the lead role as a mentally disabled adult with the maturity of a five-year-old boy who has an intellectual disability and a mental disorder while Sara Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Santhanam, and Sachin Khedekar playing pivotal roles. The film comprises director Vijay's regular technical crew with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The film released on 15 July 2011. The film was later released in Japan as ''Kamisama ga Kureta Musume''. The film is a remake of the 2001 American film '' I Am Sam'' starring Sean Penn as a father with a developmental disability and Dakota Fanning as daughter. Plot Krishna is an intellectually disabled man and has the mental ability of a five-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards is the annual film festival conducted in Oslo to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Tamil film industry. NTFF was arranged for the first time in 2010 by VN Music Dreams. NTFF is a celebration of global Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo .... Film awards Best Film The Best Film has been awarded since 2010. The Most Popular Film The Most Popular Film was first awarded in 2010, before being re-launched in 2013. The Most Appreciated Film The Most Appreciated Film was first awarded in 2010, before being re-launched in 2013. Midnight Sun Award The Midnight Sun Award has been awarded since 2010. Best Social Awareness Award The Best Social Awareness Award has been awarded si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashanthini
Prashanthini is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is the daughter of Malaysia Vasudevan and the sister of Yugendran. Career Prashanthini first began her playback career with Harris Jayaraj for the movie '' 12B''. However, after this song, she took a long break and came back in the G. V. Prakash Kumar-composed film '' Veyyil''. She became instantly famous after singing the song "Mundhinam Parthene" for the movie ''Varanam Aayiram'', composed by Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with .... Now, she is singing for many composers and hopes for long innings in playback singing without falling under her father's shadow. Her Ayyayo... (''Aadukalam''), Lolita... (''Engeyum Kaadhal''), Enge En Idhayam... (''Kandaen'') and Ennamo Yedho... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzane George
Suzane George is a Tamil actress, acting both in movies and TV serials. She is also known as "Mynaa Suzane.” Career Television Her first break in television was with Jaya TV as a VJ: she hosted the show ''Thagaval Dot Com'' in Kalai Malar. Her first serial was ''Khakki''. She has played a variety of roles, ranging from an auto driver in the serial '' Thendral'' to an IT project manager in ''Office''. She won 4th place in a cooking reality show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ... ''Kitchen SuperStar'' of Star Vijay. She was also a finalist of the show ''60 Nodi, Are you ready?''. Acting credits Films Television References External links * * Living people Indian television actresses 1987 births Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram Tamil actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leema Babu
Leema Babu is an Indian actress who has appeared in Malayalam and Tamil language films. Career Lima made her acting debut as the younger version of Navya Nair's character in the Tamil film, '' Rasikkum Seemane'' (2010), before appearing as Bharathiraja's granddaughter in '' Rettaisuzhi'' (2010) and as Arya's sister in A. L. Vijay's period drama ''Madrasapattinam'' (2010) before appearing in other Tamil films including ''Sooraiyadal'' (2013). She worked on ''Vaanara Saenai'' by Saravanan Sakthi, alongside Richard, but the venture was shelved. Leema has also appeared in supporting roles in the Malayalam films '' Pattam Pole'' "(2013) alongside Dulquer Salmaan and ''Money Ratnam ''Money Ratnam'' (English translation: ''Money Diamond'') is a 2014 Indian Malayalam comedy thriller film, directed by debutant Santhosh Nair starring Fahadh Faasil and Niveda Thomas. Touted to be a road movie, which is loosely adapted from Hi ...'' (2014) alongside Fahadh Faasil. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allanaa and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalki Subramaniam
Kalki Subramaniam is a transgender rights activist, artist, actress, writer, inspirational speaker and entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. Early life Kalki was born in Pollachi, a town in Tamil Nadu. Born into a working-class family, Kalki was an academically bright student and topped her class. Kalki holds two master's degrees: Masters in Journalism Mass Communication and Masters in International Relations. During her postgraduate studies, she started publishing a monthly magazine in Tamil for transgender women called ''Sahodari'' (which means sister). This is the first Tamil magazine published for transgender people in India. Kalki also lived in Auroville for many years. Activism From 2005, Kalki has campaigned for transgender rights in India. She is known for her innovative activism using technology, art, films, and literature as tools to voice for transgender empowerment. She was one of India's well-known campaigners behind the Supreme Court of India's judgment legalizing tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Tamil-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. He is one of the judges for the Kannada reality show ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' on Zee Kannada. He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film '' Beautiful Manasugalu''. He is also one of four artists credited for the song " Jai Ho", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Specifically, he sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho" that takes an extended high pitch at numerous junctures of the song. The song also won a Grammy Award in the category "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media." He has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
