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Pentamedia
Pentamedia Graphics, formerly known as Pentafour Software, is a software and digital media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main activities are projects, products, consultancy and training in software and digital media. The company has created numerous animated features, both traditionally and computer-animated, and once employed as many as 2000 employees. However, in the past few years they have laid off all but 200. ''Pandavas: The Five Warriors'' received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2000.''Alibaba'', ''Son of Aladdin'' (released as ''Mustafa and the Magician''), ''The Legend of Buddha'' and ''Gulliver's Travels'' were shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but were not able to get a nomination. Animated feature films Films produced under Media Dreams * '' Bharathi'' (2000) * ''Nila Kaalam'' (2001) * ''Pandavar Bhoomi'' (2001) * ''Krishna Krishna'' (2001) * ''Little John'' (2001) * ''Pammal K. Sambandam' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film In English
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English is one of the National Film Awards of India presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages. Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Buddha
''The Legend of Buddha'' is a 2004 Indian animated film directed by Shamboo Falke, produced by Stalin Saravanan and written by Caarthick Raju and Ramesh Karthikeyan. The film tells the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who leaves his kingdom to become the spiritual leader, Buddha. The film was selected for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Plot Mahamaya has a dream where a white elephant visits her and she miraculously becomes pregnant. An astrologer tells Suddhodana and Mahamaya that they will have a son. Mahamaya gives birth to the baby boy in the garden under a tree. The astrologer says the boy will be a different leader who will save mankind. Suddhodana says he would rather the child rule the kingdom and promises to provide him a life of luxury. The boy is named Siddhartha. Asita bursts into tears upon seeing baby Siddhartha, saying he will save humankind. He also predicts that Mahamaya will die soon. Mahamaya dies in her sleep, and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Aladdin
''Son of Aladdin'' is a 2003 Indian animated film based on the life of the Aladdin written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Produced by Pentamedia Graphics, the film had 1100 shots and 125 characters. The film won ''Special Mention in the Competition section'' at the 2003 ''International Children’s Film Festival Hyderabad'', and was subsequently premiered at the 37th International Film Festival of India. In 2016, the film was released as ''Mustafa & the Magician'' in Los Angeles and was submitted for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. See also *List of Indian animated feature films This is list of Indian animated films. It includes theatrical films, some important short films, direct-to-video releases and International films in which Indian production houses and studios were involved. Notable short films Feature films ... References External links * 2003 films Animated feature films Animated musical films Films about wish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Udeep
Anita Udeep is an Indian screenwriter and director, who has worked on Tamil and English language films. Career The daughter of businessman Venkataramana Chandrasekaran of Pentafour, Anita initially studied an engineering degree in Chennai, before enrolling at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles to do a master's degree in Film and TV Production for three years. During her time in the United States, Anita made a series of short films such as ''Flowery Thorn'' and ''Om'', while also working as an intern for Steven Spielberg's science fiction miniseries '' Taken'' (2002). Anita had a strong interest in the Indian film industry and initially worked as a singer in Tamil films after returning to India. Her early songs included "Azhagiya Asura" from D. Imman's album for the Tamil slasher film ''Whistle'' (2003), while she also contributed to the pop album ''Mugangal''. Aged 25, Anita opted to direct her first feature film in 2003 and subsequently made the English language fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Vigneshwara
Jai or JAI may refer to: Abbreviations and codes * Jaipur International Airport (IATA: JAI), in Jaipur, India * Jamna Auto Industries, an Indian automotive parts company * Java Advanced Imaging, an API for the Java platform * Jet Airways (ICAO: JAI), an Indian airline * Jewish Agency for Israel * John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science * Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, a peer-reviewed academic journal by World Scientific People * Jason Rowe (born 1969), British pop/soul singer who recorded under the name ''Jai'' in the late 1990s * Jai (actor) (born 1985), Indian Tamil film actor * Jai Brooks, comedian from the Australian YouTube group, The Janoskians * Jai Courtney (born 1986), Australian actor * Jai Ingham (born 1993), Australian football player * Jai Koutrae (born 1975), Australian actor * Jai Lucas (born 1988), American basketball coach and former professional and collegiate basketball player * Jai McDowall (born 1986), Scottish singer who won the fifth series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharathi (2000 Film)
''Bharathi'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language biographical film based on the life of Subramania Bharati starring Sayaji Shinde, Devayani and Nizhalgal Ravi. The film was directed by Gnana Rajasekaran and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 2000. Plot It is a biographical film based on the life of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati. Cast * Sayaji Shinde as Subramania Bharathi ** Pushpaak Ramesh as Childhood Subramania Bharathi * Devayani as Chellamal * Ramesh Kumar as Subramania Bharathi's friend * Nizhalgal Ravi as S. P. Y. Surendranath Arya * T. P. Gajendran as Kuvalai * Srikanth * Junior Balaiah * Delhi Kumar * Bala Singh * Ganesh Babu as Bharathi's son-in-law Production Gnana Rajasekaran had initially wanted to cast Kamal Haasan in the lead role, but the film's budget did not allow it. So he chose Marathi actor Sayaji Shinde, who made his debut in Tamil films. The female lead role was initially offered to actress Suvalakshmi, whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nila Kaalam
''Nila Kaalam'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language television film directed by Gandhi Krishna. The film stars Roja and several child artists. The film was also released at film festivals and child artiste Master Udayaraj went on to win National Film Award for Best Child Artist. The film is based on Sujatha's novel ''Andru Un Arukil''. Plot The protagonists are three children — Nilaa (Baby Ranjini Pradeep), Amirdhalingam "Amar" (Master Dinesh) and Balasubramaniam "Pulli" (Master Udayaraj). The two boys work in a garage for the owner (Bala Singh) which is next to Nilaa's house. Nilaa, daughter of a popular actress, Veni ( Roja), who is estranged from her husband, has all the material comforts but yearns for company. Nilaa watches her mother shoot for a film with actor Ashok (Prabhu Deva). Soon, she strikes a friendship with the boys. The children `plan' a picnic and Nilaa provides the car, food and the works. Their excitement knows no bounds. But that day proves to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandavar Bhoomi
''Paandavar Bhoomi'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language family drama film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiwari played the antagonists, Chandrasekhar, Ranjith, Manorama and Charle played supporting roles. The film released on 21 September 2001. It met with critical acclaim and went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil for Cheran. Plot Dhanasekar returns to his native village along with his family after twelve years of city life. All the villagers feel happy over welcoming him back to the village. Dhanasekar decides to build a new bungalow adjacent to his ancestral home in the village and plans to live there. He approaches Tamizharasan aka Tamizh, an architect to design his new home. Tamizh's father is also an architect who is famous for traditional architectural designs. Dhanasekar and his family temporarily stay in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Krishna
''Krishna Krishna'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by S. Ve. Shekher, making his directorial debut. The film stars S. Ve. Shekher and Sukanya, with Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Sriman, Chinni Jayanth, Thyagu, Ramesh Khanna, Manorama, and Kovai Sarala playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 8 June 2001. The film was adapted from S. Ve. Shekher's stage drama ''Adhirshtakaran''. Plot Gopalakrishnan, a perfect gentleman, wants to get married as soon as possible. His mother 'Bullet' Pushpa only wants an extremely wealthy daughter-in-law so she rejects every marriage proposal. While Bama hates the kind of rich grooms her father brings for her who's only qualification is that they are rich. One day, Bama, having decided to get married to the first bachelor she sees, sees Gopalakrishnan at the bus stop and she falls in love at first sight with him. Finally, after much effort from her end they fall in love with ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little John (film)
''Little John'' is a 2001 Indian fantasy film written, executive produced and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Bentley Mitchum and Jyothika play the lead roles with Anupam Kher, and Nassar playing supporting roles. The film released in Tamil, English, and Hindi. Pravin Mani composed the music for the project. The film opened to above average reviews and did moderate business at the box office. Despite the release of a Hindi version, the English version was dubbed into Hindi as ''Chota Johny'' in 2016. Plot The film opens with a historical story in which the goddess Parvathi while performing dance with her husband Lord Shiva drops her nose stud (Mookuththi in Tamil) on the Earth and because of which a temple was raised named "Mookuththi Amman temple" in Tamil Nadu. The nose stud has many powers in it and so an evil powered soul named "Kaalabhairavan" / "Kalabhairav" (Prakash Raj) waits one thousand years patiently to capture it. John McKenzie (Bentley Mitchum), an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pammal K
Pammal is a suburban neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 22 kilometers from Chennai Central Railway Station. It is located next to Pallavaram on the western side. It lies on the western side of the Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road) and close to Chennai International Airport. It is 7 kilometers away from Tambaram. The neighborhood is served by Pallavaram Railway Station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. Pammal falls under Chengalpattu District. Pallavaram–Thuraipakkam 200-feet Radial Road connects Pammal with Thuraipakkam and other areas in OMR (Rajiv Gandhi Salai) and ECR (East Coast Road). The service road along the Chennai Bypass Flyover in Pammal connects many areas with Pammal. The Chennai Outer Ring Road is 5 km from Pammal. Tambaram Railway Station Terminal is 7 kilometers and is a halt for express trains and 12 km from Poonamallee. Leather and tannery factories are present in and around Pammal, which are labour-intensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
