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Palani Bharathi
Palani Bharathi or Pazhani Bharathi ( or ) is an Indian writer and lyricist who works in Tamil cinema. Early life Palani Bharathi was born in Karaikudi to Sami Palaniappan, a poet, and Kamala. He has a brother and four sisters. Palaniappan was an assistant of orator/writer Kundrakudi Adigal and follower of poet Bharathidasan. When Palaniappan moved to Madras (now Chennai) with his family in search of work, he got a job in the government newspaper ''Tamil Arasu''. As a result, Bharathi studied and grew in Chennai. He initially studied at a municipal school, and later at Ganapathi Higher Secondary School till the twelfth grade. Aspiring to become a film editor, he tried joining the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, to no avail. Career Bharathi began his career by editing articles, mainly correcting factual errors, in publications including ''Neerottam'' and ''Porval''. He later got a job in the Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation, of checking and record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaikudi
Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area commonly referred to as '' Chettinad'' and has been declared a City Municipal Corporation by the Government of Tamil Nadu, on account of the palatial houses built with limestone called ''Kaarai veedu''. which undergoes major developments as part of Government Schemes. Karaikudi comes under the Karaikudi Assembly constituency, which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years, and it is a part of the Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency, which elects its member of parliament (MP) once in five years. The city is administered by the greater Karaikudi Municipal corporation. This metropolitan city had a population of 303,291 in 2023. This metropolitan area consists of Karaikudi City Corporation which includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannadasan
Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called ''Kaviarasu'', With over 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet Kaviarasu (King of poets) and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, ''Arthamulla Indhu Matham'' (''Meaningful Hindu Religion''). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ''Cheraman Kathali'' in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film '' Kuzhanthaikkaga''. Like many great poets he also suffered from cyclothymia, which comes under bipolar disorder spectrum. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettukudi
''Mettukudi'' ( ) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sundar C, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Karthik, Gemini Ganesan, Goundamani, Nagma and Manivannan. The music was composed by Sirpy with cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by P. Sai Suresh. The film was released on 29 August 1996. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film ''His Highness Abdullah''. Plot The story starts in the 9th century. King Raja Raja Chola presents his valuable sword to his commander-in-chief, for playing a vital role in winning a war. It is preserved by his family's descendants. In the present, an archaeologist plans to steal the sword due to its monetary value. Presently, a landlord Shanmugam is charged with the care of the sword. The archaeologist plans to send Raja to steal the sword. He enters into the palace as the son (who ran off from the family in his childhood) of Kumarasamy, Shanmugam's son-in-law. Initially, everything goes smoothly. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengottai (film)
''Sengottai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Political fiction, political action film directed by C. V. Sasikumar and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film stars Arjun Sarja, Meena (actress), Meena and Rambha (actress), Rambha. The film was released on 19 April 1996 and bombed at the box-office. Plot Thirumoorthy is a corrupt politician, who aspires to become the Prime Minister of India (PM) and hires a terrorist to kill the current PM. However, Thirumoorthy's plans gets foiled by Superintendent of police (India), SP Sekhar, who kills the terrorists and catches the leader. Neelakandan is an orthodox Brahmin and Sekhar's father's best friend, who along with Sekhar's father decides to marry his son to Neelakandan's daughter Meena, but Sekhar is in love with Yamuna. One day, Sekhar is appointed to find Franka, an French people in India, Indo-French girl who arrived in India to learn about the country's culture. A sniper misses to kill Sekhar at the time, but acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poove Unakkaga (film)
''Poove Unakkaga'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijay and Sangita in the lead roles. ''Poove Unakkaga'' was released on 15 February 1996. The film received critical acclaim and became a commercial blockbuster. It is the first major breakthrough in Vijay's career. It ran for over 270 days in theatres at the time of release. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Subhakankshalu'' (1997), in Kannada as ''Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi'' (1997) and in Hindi as ''Badhaai Ho Badhaai'' (2002). Plot Sadasivam and Stephen were family friends for generations until the time when Sadhasivam's daughter Janaki falls in love with Stephen's son Robert. Both families oppose since they belong to different religions. The couple elopes and gets married, which leads to the families abandoning them. Thus, enmity is created between the two families, and they start hating on each other. Vasudevan is Sadhasivam's son, and Moses is Stephen' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyasagar (composer)
Vidyasagar (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film '' Poo Manam'' and is nicknamed as "Melody King". Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of one National Award, multiple State Awards and five Filmfare Awards. He is widely regarded as one of the finest and most acclaimed composers in the history of Indian cinema. Life and career Vidya Sagar was born into a Telugu-speaking family of U. Ramachandar, a musician, in Suryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. His grandfather was a court vidwan in Bobbili Samsthanam. Vidya Sagar is settled in Chennai. He is married and has 3 daughters and a son. One of his daughters, Susarla Pallavi is a social media influencer, and another daughter Srivardhani is a playback singer. His son, Harsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murai Maman
''Murai Maman'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy film and the directorial debut of Sundar C. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. It was released on 19 May 1995. Plot Sirusu and his elder brother Perusu own a village cinema theatre and lot of orchards and farms. In short, they are rich bachelors. Their family gets the first respect in their region. For several years, his family feuded with their rich relative Parameswaran's family. In the past, Sirusu's father was killed by Parameswaran's brother, who was sentenced to death, then Saratha (Sirusu's sister) secretly married a relative of Parameswaran's. Saratha comes from Mumbai with her husband and her daughter Indhu. Sirusu falls in love with Indhu at first sight. Ratnam and his father Parameswaran proposes to Saratha's husband to marry Ratnam to his daughter. Indhu's father forces her to marry but she refuses. Indhu decides to leave the village, but Sirusu stops her. Indhu says that she does not want to marry Ratnam a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudhiya Mannargal
''Pudhiya Mannargal'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Vikram and Mohini. It did not perform well commercially. Plot A group of wayward youth live life aimlessly until they are forced to enter politics to help save the condition of the state they live in and for the betterment of the people around them. Do they manage to overcome the challenges ahead and emerge successful? Cast Production During the making of ''Pudhiya Mannargal'', Vikram was approached by Mani Ratnam to star in ''Bombay'' (1995). However, Vikram had grown his hair long and had a beard for ''Pudhiya Mannargal'', and could not change his appearance to accept Ratnam's offer. Soundtrack All songs were composed by A. R. Rahman. The movie's background score was done by Rajamani as Rahman had to travel to the US for 2 months during re-recording time. The song "Nee Kattum Selai" attained popularity. Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavithra (film)
''Pavithra'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, produced and directed by K. Subash under his home banner, Dhanooja Films. The film stars Radhika, Nassar, Ajith Kumar and Keerthana. It was released on 2 November 1994, Diwali day, and won two National Film Awards: Best Male Playback Singer (P. Unnikrishnan) and Best Lyrics (Vairamuthu). Plot Ashok R. is an 18 year-old cancer patient, and Pavithra is a nurse in the hospital where he is being treated. Ashok and 18 year-old Chitra have been in love, which started a few months before his diagnosis. Ashok believes himself to be an orphan. On reading Ashok's medical records Pavithra sees that Ashok's initial is R, which means (in Tamil Nadu) that his father's name starts with the same letter. Raghunathan "Raghu" is Pavithra's husband. Since Ashok's age and date of birth are the same as her child (which was seemingly stillborn, and she is childless), Pavithra showers maternal affection on him. Raghu mistakes this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokulam
''Gokulam'' is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Jayaram (in his major Tamil debut) and Bhanupriya, with Arjun Sarja in a special appearance. It was released on 11 June 1993. Plot Chellappa lives in a village owning a photo studio along with his friends. Mary comes to the village and rents a house opposite to Kalyan Kumar's house, which is named "Gokulam" and where Kalyan Kumar man lives with his wife and daughter Uma. Kalyan Kumar also has a son named Kannan but has been abandoned by the family members for marrying a girl without the family's consent, but the family regularly receives money orders from Kannan. Although Kannan's father has changed his mind and accepted his son, the latter still does not return home. Everyone in Gokulam thinks that it is only Kannan's wife who does not allow him to reunite with his family. Mary gets close to Gokulam family members and attends singing classes from Kalyan Kumar. She helps every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirpy
R. Narayanan Sirpy, known by his stage name Sirpy, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ... films. He has also sung a few of his own compositions. Career Sirpy debuted as a music composer in 1992 for the film Manobala's '' Senbaga Thottam'' and has composed for over 50 commercial and critically acclaimed feature films. His son Nandhan Ram made his acting debut as lead actor with the film '' Palli Paruvathile'' (2017). Awards He has won the Best Music director award from the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year 2002 for the film '' Unnai Ninaithu'' and the Kalaimamani Award in the year 1997. Television Discography ;Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam
''Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil language musical drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Anand Babu and Mohini. It was released on 9 July 1993. Plot Viswanath (Anand Babu) has only a cousin Kaveri (Latha) as family and is very affectionate towards her. He even dropped out of school to pay Kaveri's school fees. Viswanath worked hard for her and begins to sing in the street to support Kaveri. A few years later, he becomes a singer in a band and organises some stage performance with his friend Govind ( Vivek). Unknowingly, Govind and Viswanath pick up a woman called Sandhya (Mohini). She tells that she isn't a singer, she doesn't have family and she has come to find a job in the city. But Sandhya helps Viswanath and Govind in a timely manner by helping them settle their house rent. Kaveri completes her graduation and becomes a famous newscaster in a TV channel. However, she gets arrogant owing to her fame and she does not want to marry Viswanath a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
