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Raj Kapoor (Tamil Director)
Shahul Mohammed (born 15 August 1958), known professionally as Raj Kapoor, is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has also appeared as a supporting actor in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. Career Raj Kapoor started his cinema career as an assistant director to Film director C. V. Sridhar one of the legends of golden period of Tamil cinema. Later became an independent film director for '' Thalattu Ketkuthamma'' (1991). He is known for films like Prabhu-Khushbu’s '' Uthama Raasa'' (1993) and Ajith-Simran’s '' Aval Varuvala'' (1998). He went on to direct other films like Ajith-Meena's ''Anantha Poongatre'' (1999), Arjun- Rambha's ''Sudhandhiram'' (2000) and Sathyaraj's ''Vambu Sandai'' (2008). After making his debut as an actor in ''Thalaimurai'' (1998), Raj Kapoor announced his intentions of continuing to act in films ahead of prioritizing directorial work. During the early 2000s, he worked on the production of a big- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kombai, Tamil Nadu
Kombai is a panchayat town in Theni District in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu, in the foot hills of the Western Ghats. Geography Kombai is located at . Topography Kombai has an average elevation of 399 metres (1309 feet). The village is situated near Western Ghats and is surrounded by mountains. North Side- Pannaipuram, East Side-Salamalai hills, West Side-Kerala border hills, South Side-Uthamapalayam town. Two mountain called Ramakkal mettu hills situated in west side & Salamali hills situated in east side. Demographics Population India census, Kombai had a population of 12,820. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kombai has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 65%. In Kombai, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Transport The Bodinayakkanur railway station is the nearest railway station to Kombai. Notable people * Ramac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meena (actress)
Meena Durairaj (born 16 September 1976), known professionally as Meena, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in South Indian films as well as Hindi cinema. She is a classical dancer. Meena has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She became one of the most sought after actresses in the South Indian film industry in the '90s. Meena is also a playback singer, TV show judge, and occasional dubbing artist. She has received numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Nandi Award for Best Actress and Cinema Express Awards. In 1998, she was honoured with the Kalaimamani Award by Government of Tamil Nadu. Early life Meena was born on 16 September 1976 and was brought up in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu. Her mother Rajamallika is from Kannur district of Kerala. Career Child artist Meena started her career in 1982 as a child artist in the film '' Nenjangal'', featuring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun TV (India)
Sun TV is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 14 April 1993. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun TV Network. It was founded and is owned by Kalanithi Maran. It started airing on open network (Antenna) on 14 July 2002 at the time of "Majunu" Tamil movie premiering. Then it was removed from this open network on 2005. It was also removed from free on 9 November 2007. Sun TV launched its HD version on 11 December 2011. Since its inception, the channel consistently remains the top rated Tamil channel and one of the top rated Indian television channel. History Kalanithi Maran has been interested in television since his trip to the United States where he did an MBA at the University of Scranton in the mid-1980s. At the time, Doordarshan controlled the entirety of India's television landscape. Upon returning, he had plans to set up a television channel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandini (TV Series)
''Nandhini'' is an Indian Tamil-Kannada bilingual supernatural fantasy thriller drama series that aired on Sun TV and Udaya TV. The first season of Nandini started in Tamil and Kannada languages. It aired from 23 January 2017 to 22 December 2018 on Sun TV and from 23 January 2017 to 22 February 2019 on Udaya TV both for 589 episodes. It was produced by Sundar C under Avni Telemedia. The season starred Nithya Ram in a dual role as Ganga and the titular character Nandini, along with an ensemble supporting cast which includes Khushbu, Rahul Ravi, Malavika Wales, Adhitri Guruvayurappan, Riyaz Khan, Vijayakumar, Gayatri Jayaraman, Rekha Krishnappa and others. The second season of Nandini started only in Kannada language on Udaya TV from 25 February 2019 to 31 July 2020 for 381 episodes. It was produced by Ramesh Aravind Productions and a sequel to its previous phase. This season starred Nithya Ram, Chaya Singh, Vinay Gowda, Kavya Shastry, Rashmi, Bharath, Jayashree, Rek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundar C
Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1968), known professionally as Sundar C, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has directed over 30 films and received the Kalaimamani#2009, Kalaimamani award. He is one of the most popular and commercial filmmakers in Tamil cinema. His notable films include ''Ullathai Allitha'' (1996), ''Arunachalam (film), Arunachalam'' (1997), ''Unnai Thedi'' (1999), ''Anbe Sivam'' (2003), ''Winner (2003 film), Winner'' (2003), ''Giri (film), Giri'' (2004), ''Kalakalappu'' (2012), ''Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru'' (2013), ''Aranmanai (film series), Aranmanai Cinematic Universe'' (2014-2024) and ''Madha Gaja Raja'' (2025). Alongside his wife, he produced the television series ''Nandini (TV series), Nandini'' (2017-2018), ''Maya (2018 TV series), Maya'' (2018) and ''Jothi (TV series), Jothi'' (2021). His film production credits include ''Hello Naan Pei Pesuren'' (2016), ''Meesaya Murukku'' (2017), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amisha Patel
Ameesha Patel (; born 9 June 1975) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. Patel is the recipient of several awards such as a Filmfare Award and a Zee Cine Award. Patel made her acting debut in 2000 with the romantic thriller film '' Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'', a major commercial success, which earned her the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. This success continued with the Telugu action film '' Badri'' (2000) and the top-grossing period film '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'' (2001), which won her a Filmfare Special Performance Award. After starring in '' Humraaz'' and '' Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai'' (both 2002), Patel's career declined, and she took on supporting roles in '' Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.'' (2007), ''Bhool Bhulaiyaa'' (2007) and ''Race 2'' (2013). After continued fluctuations, Patel made a career comeback by reprising her role in the sequel '' Gadar 2'' (2023), which emerged as her highest grossing release. In addition to her acting career, Patel is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at age 17 with the Tamil film '' Vaigasi Poranthachu'' (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's '' Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992), R. K. Selvamani's '' Chembaruthi'' (1992) and Mani Ratnam's '' Thiruda Thiruda'' (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy '' Jeans'' (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of ''Jeans'' saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalaimurai
''Thalaimurai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Saravana Pandian and produced by M. K. Hari Shankar. The film stars director K. S. Adhiyaman in leading role along with Rajkiran, Kanaka, Bhanupriya, Revathi and Rajkapoor playing supporting roles. Revathi received Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress. Adhiyaman, the lead actor of this film later directed Telugu remake of this film '' Bobbili Vamsam''. Plot Pandithurai (Raj Kiran) and Naachchiyaar (Revathi) are a respectable couple in the village. Naachchiyaa manages to conceive after 7 seven long years of marriage. She has a still born baby – Pandithurai replaces the dead baby with an illegitimate baby born to Panchavarnam (Bhanupriya) in the same hospital the same day, out of love for his wife, since he thinks that she would die if she hears that her baby was born dead. Raj Kapoor is the villain who is the father of this baby; Panchavarnam and Pandithurai promise each other tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vambu Sandai
''Vambu Sandai'' (; spelt onscreen as ''Vambuchanda'') is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Raj Kapoor and written by K. Selva Bharathy. The film stars Sathyaraj, Uday Kiran and Diya. The music for the film was composed by D. Imman. Plot Prabhakaran alias Prabhu is a college student who does not allow anyone to do wrong. He quite often argues with others to the point where he is repeatedly arrested. When he was younger his foster father, Nehru, a psychiatrist used to bail him out. In the meantime, Swetha, the sister of the commissioner of police Ravichandran, has been ditching her college classes, so her father has a police escort take her to school. When she tries to escape from her escort, they pursue her. They cross paths with the troublesome Prabhu, who battles them. In the ensuing fight, Prabhu says 'I love you' to Swetha and she is so impressed by his gallantry, she falls in love. Prabhu then learns that his foster parents are taking him to meet his real fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathyaraj
Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), known professionally as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, film producer, film director and a media personality who appears predominantly in Tamil films. He also appears in works in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. He has acted in more than 250 films. He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in '' Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), '' Nadigan'' (1990), (1994), '' Periyar'' (2007) and '' Onbadhu Roobai Nottu'' (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in '' Nanban'' (2012), '' Raja Rani'' (2013), '' Baahubali'' (2015), '' Baahubali 2'' (2017) and '' Kanaa'' (2018). He was also the director of the film '' Villadhi Villain'' (1995), starring himself in three different roles. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show ''Home Sweet Home'' on ST ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhandhiram
''Sudhandhiram'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language crime action film directed by Raj Kapoor and produced by K. R. Gangadharan. The film stars Arjun and Rambha while Raghuvaran, Radhika and Sharat Saxena play supporting roles. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Ghulam'' (1998) which itself is based on the 1954 American film ''On the Waterfront''. Plot Vishwa is a '' goonda'' and an aspiring boxing champion. He does the typical ''goonda'' jobs (like scaring a batsman of the local cricket club to make sure he becomes out) for Sopraj, the local ''dada''. He is usually bailed out by a lawyer Padmini, who believes that there is still good in him and he just needs to be given another chance. Sopraj is aiming to build a colony in the area after vacating the people already living there. Vishwa's brother Raghu, is an accountant on Sopraj's payroll. Love blossoms between Vishwa and Divya, the girlfriend of the head of a local gang. When a social worker Vikram intrudes in the affair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
