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P. Pandu
Pandurangan knows as P. Pandu (19 February 1947 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian Tamil actor and graphic designer who appeared in many comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He made his acting debut in the film ''Maanavan'' (1970). A Doctor of Philosophy graduate in arts from France, he was also a visual artist who founded Capital Letters, a graphic designing company. He most notably designed the party symbol and logo of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. His brother Idichapuli Selvaraj had also previously appeared in films as a comedian. Career He designed the two leaves party logo under the instruction and supervision of AIADMK founder leader MGR. In an interview with ''The Hindu'' newspaper in 2016, he said that he designed the AIADMK Flag within one hour at night, around 10:00 pm and also revealed that his association with late Indian veteran actor turned politician MGR began in 1973 when Pandu had designed stickers for MGR's iconic yesteryear evergreen film ''Ulagam Sut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komarapalayam
Komarapalayam is a municipality and textile town situated on the bank of the Kaveri, Bhavani River of South India, and is a taluk of Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India. Komarapalayam is also called Kumarapalayam. Komarapalayam and Bhavani are twin cities separated by the Cauvery river. However, Bhavani belongs to Erode district. Komarapalayam is famous for its textile industries. As of 2011, the town had a population of 71,594 Educational Institutes Municipal administration In 1978, Kumarapalayam town was upgraded from the status of town Panchayat to Municipality and is now a taluk. It has a population of 71,594 and an extent of 7.10 km2., as per Survey and Land records. The town is divided into 33 wards. The Municipal Council, composed of 33 ward councillors, is headed by a chairperson who is elected by voters of the town. The councillors elect a Vice-Chairperson from among themselves. The executive wing is headed by a commissioner, and he is assisted by a team of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar Subramaniam (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting career, Ajith is also an occasional racing driver and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) and having competed in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the international arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the '' Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list three times. Ajith began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil romantic drama '' En Veedu En Kanavar''. After his success in '' Rajavin Parvaiyile'', his first major breakthrough was '' Aasai'' (1995), Ajith established himself as a romantic hero with '' Kadhal Kottai'' (1996), '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavalukku Kettikaran
''Kavalukku Kettikaran'' is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Santhana Bharathi and written by M. Karunanidhi, starring Prabhu and Nirosha. It is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film '' Nandi Veendum Varika''. The film was released on 14 January 1990. Plot Panjavarnam is a retired police constable and he wants that his anxious son Dilipan becomes also a police officer. Dilipan works in a school as a teacher and he falls in love with Arivukodi, a new teacher. She later accepts his love. Panjavarnam manages to fire his son and sends him to the police training. Dilipan becomes a sub-inspector and he is transferred to Arivukodi's village. Arivukodi is also fired after slapping the school headmaster. Dilipan doesn't join immediately and lives with Siva. Balayya, a corrupt politician, spreads terror among the villagers. Dilipan saves Arivukodi's father from Balayya's henchmen. Arivukodi tells the reason to her lover: Arivukodi's father and Balayya were rich villagers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panakkaran
''Panakkaran'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Hindi film '' Lawaaris'' (1981), it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami. The film was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal day, and ran for more than 175 days in theatres. Plot Bhuvana is a famous singer and she is in love with Vishwanathan, a leading business man. She gets pregnant before wedding but Vishwanathan wants it to be aborted. Bhuvana, who doesn't want to abort her child, decides to break up with Vishwanathan and she leaves with her brother Rao Bahadur without informing Vishwanathan. Bhuvana gives birth to a baby boy but Rao takes away the baby and gives it to Aarumugam, a drunkard asking him to kill the baby and lies to Bhuvana that the baby was a stillborn. Bhuvana leaves the hospital without informing anyone and even Rao Bahadur doesn't know her whereabouts. Meanwhile, Aarumugam decides to raise the baby on his own instead of killing it with the intention of making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pillaikkaga
''Pillaikkaga'' () is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by P. Vasu, produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam under Rajakaliamman Pictures. The film, starring Prabhu, Gautami and Rekha was released on 4 March 1989. Plot Cast Soundtrack Soundtrack was Lyrics and composed by Gangai Amaran. Release and reception ''Pillakkaga'' was released on 4 March 1989. ''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 y ...'' wrote, "Imposing angles and neat and tangy cutting building up much interest and tension initially but it is overdose of sentiment that director P. Vasu plumps for in an attempt to woo women to his film." References External links * {{P. Vasu 1980s action drama films 1980s Indian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Thamizh En Makkal
''En Thamizh En Makkal'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Santhana Bharathi and produced by Sivaji Ganesan. The film stars Ganesan, Vadivukkarasi, Nizhalgal Ravi Chinni Jayanth and Major Sundarrajan. It was released on 2 September 1988. Plot Cast Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "care has been taken to see that narrative does not lose its dramatic interest and go against the narrative grain of Tamil cinema". Jayamanmadhan of ''Kalki Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...'' dismissed the film as Ganesan seeking publicity for his political party. References External links * {{Santhana Bharathi 1980s Indian films 1980s political dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Uyir Kannamma
''En Uyir Kannamma'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Sivachandran in his debut. The film stars Prabhu, Radha, Lakshmi and S. S. Chandran. It was released on 15 January 1988. Plot Shanmugasundaram, a lorry cleaner, is in love with Kannamma. However, unknown to him, he had slept with a woman, Ammu, during a rainy night because he was drunk at that time. Ammu, who turns out to be pregnant, has her chastity questioned by the village. She dies while giving birth to a girl child. Kannamma hates Shanmuga for committing this mistake. Shanmugam decides to walk on fire to prove his purity. Nallamuthu, Kannamma's fiancé misbehaves with her and she saves Shanmugam from dying of a plan orchestrated by lorry driver Madhavan who was in love with Kannamma and wanted to avenge Shanmugam but turns out that both Madhavan and Nallamuthu plotted together to get them united. Cast Production ''En Uyir Kannamma'' marked the directorial debut of actor Sivachandran. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raththa Dhanam
''Raththa Dhanam'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, directed by Sivachandran and produced by himself and Lakshmi (actress), Lakshmi. The film stars Prabhu (actor), Prabhu, Gautami, Shari (actress), Sadhana, Lakshmi and Sivachandran. It was released on 10 September 1988. Plot Cast Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran. Reception N. Krishnaswamy of ''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Sivachandran has tried every trick in the book to keep his film going – some of them jell and some don't but a bagful of tricks do not a good film make". Subha (writers), Jayamanmadhan of ''Kalki (magazine), Kalki'' criticised the film for not being entertaining enough. References External links * {{Sivachandran 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1988 films Films directed by Sivachandran Films scored by Gangai Amaran Tamil-language Indian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadal Meengal
''Kadal Meengal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh and Swapna. It is a remake of the 1980 Malayalam film ''Meen'', and also draws inspiration from the Hindi film '' Trishul'' (1978). The film revolves around a man seeking revenge on his father for abandoning the former's mother. It was released on 5 June 1981. Plot Selvanayakam, also known as Selvam, is a poor but hard-working fisherman in love with Bhagyam, a woman from the same fishing hamlet. After a dispute with the locals, Selvam relocates to a neighboring village to fish but is feared dead during a cyclone. He eventually returns alive but, unable to find Bhagyam, marries another woman. Meanwhile, Bhagyam gives birth to Selvam's child but lives in isolation, separate from Selvam, who has become a wealthy businessman. Years later, their son Rajan learns about his father and grows to resent him for abandoning his mother. Driven by anger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo
''Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. N. Rangarajan, starring Pratap Pothen and Sripriya. It is based on Sujatha's novel of the same name. The film was released on 14 August 1981. Plot C. Kalyanaraman a young man comes to a village from the town to collect village songs for his research. There, he meets a village girl named Velli who helps him to carry his luggage. Velli and her cousin Maruthamuththu are in love with each other, hoping to marry soon. Kalyanaraman stays in an abandoned old bungalow of the village Zamindar's, arranged by a village head man called Thangarasu. The Zamindar is now dead and their children live in far away towns with no connections with the village. Thangarasu tells Kalyanaraman about an old woman named Periyaththa who sings village songs well. On the first day, Kalyanaraman wanders around the big bungalow, witnessing old photographs of the Zamindar and his wife. On the upper floor, he finds a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirithu Vazha Vendum
''Siritthu Vazha Vendum'' ( ) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by S. S. Balan. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Latha and M. N. Nambiar. It is a remake of the 1973 Hindi film '' Zanjeer''. The film was released on 30 November 1974, and ran for over 100 days in theatres. Plot During his childhood, Ramu escapes death during the massacre of his parents. He grows up, haunted by the memory of this horrible night, drawing indefatigably a white horse, resulting from the chain bracelet of the mysterious killer. He also turns into a fearless and death-defying cop with an insatiable urge to get vengeance. Later, he finds the murderer some years later on his policeman's way with the help of Usthad Abdul Rahman, an ex-owner of a cabaret who once was Ramu's enemy but now has sworn to give his life for Ramu after an initial fight, and settles the score with him. Cast Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Konja Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, anosmia, loss of smell, and ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock (circulatory), shock, or organ dysfunction, multiorgan dysfunction). Older people have a higher risk of developing severe symptoms. Some complicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
