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Pichaikkaran
''Pichaikkaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sasi (director), Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En Muthuraman, and Dheepa Ramanujam. Antony also composed the music for the film. The story is about Arul (Vijay Antony), a billionaire businessman who leads a 48-day long secret life as a beggar as part of a religious offering to save his hopeless dying mother. ''Pichaikkaaran'' was released on 4 March 2016 to positive reviews from critics and became a blockbuster at the box office. The film was remade in Odia language, Odia as ''Baby (2016 film), Baby'', in Marathi language, Marathi as ''Bhikari'' and in Kannada as ''Amma I Love You''. Plot Arul Selvakumar is a rich businessman based out of Palladam, Tirupur district. Arul's mother, Bhuvaneshwari is the person behind the growth of their textile business following her husband's early death ...
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Vijay Antony
Frances Antony Cyril Raja (born 24 July 1975), known professionally as Vijay Antony, is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005 with ''Sukran''. He made his acting debut in 2012 with ''Naan (2012 film), Naan'' and is known for his roles in action thriller films such as ''Salim (film), Salim'' (2014) and ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Early life Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. When he entered the media and film industry, he had picked Agni as his stage name, but this was changed to Vijay by director S. A. Chandrasekhar who had commented that Agni was not lucky. Antony was brought up by his mother after his father committed suicide when Antony was 7. He is not a trained musician, but started his career as a Audio engineer, sound engineer and later became a music composer. After completing his tertiary education, he ...
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Satna Titus
Satna Titus is an Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She made her debut in the Tamil film ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Career Satna Titus made her acting debut in the low-budget Tamil film, ''Guru Sukran'' (2015). She was then cast in a leading role in the Vijay Antony-starrer ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016) directed by Sasi. Portraying an independent young woman who owns a pizza joint, Titus won critical acclaim for her performance, with a critic from The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ... calling her "refreshingly grounded" and Sify.com stating "she looks cute and her girl next door look is a big plus". The film subsequently went on to become one of the most successful Tamil films of the year, while its dubbed Telugu version also did p ...
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Sasi (director)
Sasidharan known as Sasi is an Indian film director and screenwriter working primarily in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with ''Sollamale'' in 1998, followed by a series of successful romance films like ''Roja Kootam'' (2002), ''Dishyum'' (2006), and ''Poo (film), Poo'' (2008). His first action film was ''Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu'' (2013), followed by ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016) and ''Sivappu Manjal Pachai'' (2019) Career Romance films and initial success (1998-2008) Sasi made his directorial debut with ''Sollamale'' (1998) and directed its Telugu remake ''Seenu (1999 film), Seenu'' a year later. He later followed them up with a series of successful romance films, ''Roja Kootam'' (2002) and ''Dishyum'' (2006). In January 2007, he decided to make ''Poo (film), Poo'' (2008), after being inspired by the romantic short story of ''Veyilodu Poi'' written by Thamizh Selvan, noting that the effect that the story had on him was "mind-blowing" and decided that he had "to take the sto ...
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Ananthu (singer)
Ananthu is an Indian Tamil singer known for his songs in the Tamil film '' Kabali'' (2016) and "Sendumalli" song from ''Jai Bhim Jai Bhim (alternatively spelled Jay Bhim or Jai Bheem; ; pronounced or ) is a slogan and greeting used by followers of B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian politician, social reformer and first Law and Justice Minister of India. It refers to Ambedkar's ...'' (2021). He is known for his frequent collaborations with Santhosh Narayanan. Career Ananthu worked under M. S. Vishwanathan. He worked on a few songs in the 1990s, but none of his songs were chartbusters. He garnered acclaim for his song "Puli Urumudhu" in '' Vettaikaaran'' (2009) and "Ulagam Oruvanukka" and "Maya Nadhi" in '' Kabali'' (2016). The success of his songs in Tamil the makers to allow him to sing "Ulagam Oruvanukka" in the Telugu version and "Maya Nadhi" in the Telugu and Hindi versions of the film. Discography Tamil songs Telugu songs Hindi songs Malayalam songs ...
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Prasanna Kumar
Prasanna S. Kumar is an Indian cinematographer who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His cousin is director Sasi. During the early stages of his career, he was associated with cinematographer P. G. Muthiah in ''Poo''. After a couple of years working with him, he then moved on to work with R. Rathnavelu in ''David'' (2013), ''Haridas'' (2013), and '' 1: Nenokkadine'' (2014). He also associated with Ravi K Chandran. He made his debut with ''Pichaikkaran ''Pichaikkaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sasi (director), Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En M ...'', which was directed by Sasi. Filmography *''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.'' Webseries References Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Artists from Chennai 1987 births Living people Tamil cinematographers {{India-film-bio-stub ...
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Dheepa Ramanujam
Dheepa Ramanujam is an Indian entrepreneur and actress who appears in Tamil films. Career Dheepa Ramanujam forayed into acting with K. Balachander's television serial ''Premi'', while made her acting debut with a small role in the Rajinikanth-starrer '' Arunachalam'' (1997). She worked as an assistant director to Arun Vaidyanathan and Abhishek. She is popularly known for directing ''Chillu'', a science fiction stage play produced by Sri Thenandal Films in collaboration with Shraddha and Krea, a US-based theatre group. She's also well known for her role as Bhuvaneshwari in the film ''Pichaikkaran ''Pichaikkaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sasi (director), Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En M ...'' (2016) directed by Sasi. Since 2020, Dheepa has also become an entrepreneur and started her own line of denim jeans for Indian wome ...
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Yazin Nizar
Yazin Nizar, also known as Yasin (born February 9, 1990), is an Indian playback singer who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi language films. Nizar sang the Tamil and Malayalam versions of the Oscar-winning song '' Naatu Naatu''. Early life and career Yazin was born in Kollam, Kerala, India, on February 9, 1990. As a teenager, he received the Kalapraibha award in state and regional CBSE youth festivals. He also won the competitive TV shows ''Gandharva Sangeetham'', ''Sangeetha Mahayudham'''','' and ''Apple Megastars'' which marked the beginning of his live singing career. He holds dual graduate degrees in MBA and Supply Chain Management (SCM). He has sung in several Indian languages— Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official langua ...
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Vinod Sagar
Vinod Sagar is an Indian actor and dubbing artist working in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu cinema, playing mostly supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'' (2012) and played almost 20 small roles before getting noticed in '' Pichaikkaran'' (2016) and '' Ratsasan'' (2018). Career Vinod Sagar, a B.A. Corporate secretaryship graduate, has also worked as a radio jockey for Radio Asia, Dubai (2005) and later enrolled with Theatre Lab, a theatre group, before appearing in small roles in films like '' Idhayam Thiraiarangam'' (2012) and ''Naan'' (2012). Sagar's notable performance came with the psychological thriller '' Ratsasan'' (2018), where he played a pedophile. He played the same role in '' Rakshasudu'' (2019), its Telugu remake. Sagar has also done prominent roles in the Tamil film ''Champion'' (2019) and the Malayalam films '' Nayattu'' (2021) and ''Jana Gana Mana "" is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was orig ...
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Mohan Raman
Mohan Raman, also known as Mohan V. Ram (born 3 April 1956), is an Indian actor and writer. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema. Raman is a film historian and writes for ''The Hindu''. He has also worked on Hindi-language films including '' Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) and '' Chennai Express'' (2013). Partial filmography Tamil films Hindi films Telugu films English films Dubbing artist * Raghuvir Yadav ('' Uyire'') * Girish Karnad ('' Amirtham'') * Tanikella Bharani (''Dhoni'', '' Vaikuntapuram'') * Suresh Krishnamoorthi (''Pulan Visaranai 2 ''Pulan Visaranai 2'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Ibrahim Rowther. It stars Prashanth, Karthika Mathew, Karthika in lead roles with R. K. (actor), R. K. and Pyr ...'') Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raman, Mohan Living people Tamil male televi ...
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Amma I Love You
''Amma I Love You'' () is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by K. M. Chaitanya and produced by Dwarkish and Yogi Dwarkish. It features Chiranjeevi Sarja and debutant Nishvika Naidu along with Sithara in the lead roles. The soundtrack for the film is by Gurukiran. The film had a good box office collection and completed a 50-day run in theaters and multiplexes and became one of the hit films of 2018. This film is a remake of Tamil film ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016). Plot Siddharth Shivakumar aka Siddhu is a rich businessman based out of Mysore. His mother, Annapoorna, is the person behind the growth of their textile business ''Annapoorna Textiles'' following her husband's early death. Puttappa is her brother-in-law who is money minded and has plans to grab Siddhu's properties. Siddhu returns from abroad after graduation and takes charge of all the businesses that were run by his mother. In the meantime, Annapoorna meets with an accident in the factory and falls into ...
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Bagavathi Perumal
Bagavathi Perumal, popularly known as Bucks, is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil films. Perumal debuted in Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed '' Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). Bagavathi has since appeared in pivotal roles in films including '' Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum'' (2014), '' Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum'' (2015), ''Pichaikkaran'' (2016) and ''Super Deluxe'' (2019). Career After starting his career as an assistant director, Bucks initially assisted Director Karthik Raghunath for couple of movies, Later he joined director Gautham Vasudev Menon's crew for the blockbuster ''Kaaka Kaaka'' and finally was with the team of Director N.Krishna for the movie '' Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' . He debuted as an actor in Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed '' Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012), portraying himself in a film inspired by a real-life event. The film became a sleeper hit, with the actor gaining reviews for his portray ...
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Baby (2016 Film)
''Baby'' is a 2016 Indian Odia drama film directed by K Muralikrishna and produced under Saurav Entertainment. Anubhav Mohanty, Preeti Priyadarshini, Poulomi Das and Jhilik Bhattacharya are in the lead roles. Mahurat of the film in Gadagadia Temple, Cuttack on 31 July 2016 and is scheduled for a release on Dussehra 2016. It is remake of Tamil movie ''Pichaikkaran ''Pichaikkaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sasi (director), Sasi, produced by Fatima Vijay Antony and starring Vijay Antony and Satna Titus, Bagavathi Perumal, Vazhakku En M ...''.The music is released by Amara Muzik. A Soundtrack The music of ''Baby'' is composed by Prem Anand while the lyrics are written by Arun Mantri and Subrat Swain . The full soundtrack was launched on 1 October 2016. Prior to that, Two Songs were released for "Baby (Title song)" and "Sun Zara" on 24 and 26 September respectively. And promotional videos of the song ...
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