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Ram G
Ram G (also known as Ramji) is an Indian dance choreographer and actor, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema, and television. He is well known for his performances in ''Kasalavu Nesam'', ''Ramany vs Ramany'' and ''Marmadesam''. Career The actor-choreographer often appeared in Tamil film dance numbers like "Vellarika" from ''Kadhal Kottai'', "Easwara" from ''Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' and "Nee Paathuthu Ponnalum" from '' Paarvai Ondre Podhume'' being prime examples of his roles. In 2001, Ram G toured Japan as a part of the Tamil musical "Thilana", playing the lead role in a venture developed by Bharathan and scripted by Anita Raj and Kalyan. As offers to feature in films began to recede, Ram G became a television compere for shows including "Dance Machi Dance", before accepting to play a role in the low-budget film, '' Madhavi'' (2009). He appeared in a series of HIV awareness adverts shown on South Indian television in 2010 as a character called "Dhillu Durai". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amritha Ram
Amritha Ram is an Indian fashion costume designer, television host and entrepreneur, who has worked on Tamil and Telugu language films. Career In the early 2000s, Amritha worked in Chennai as a stylist and designer, before getting opportunities to direct and host television shows such as ''En Style'' on Polimer TV. Amritha went to study fashion and design at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (state), New York, and then moved back to work in the South Indian film industry. Upon return from New York, her first film was ''Mugamoodi'' (2012), a superhero drama film directed by Mysskin. She continued to work across the Tamil and Telugu film industries, notably working on ''S/O Satyamurthy'' (2015) and ''Sketch (2018 film), Sketch'' (2018). She also dressed Devi Sri Prasad for his American concert tour. One of her notable project to date was Vetrimaaran's ''Vada Chennai'', which followed the underworld politics of north Chennai from 1977 to 2007, with different costumes needed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramya Krishnan
Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Telugu and Tamil films, along with appearances in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Early life Ramya was born on 15 September 1970 in Madras (present-day Chennai) to a Telugu father. She is the niece of Tamil film actor and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Cho Ramaswamy. Film career Debut and early struggles (1984–1988) She started her acting career with the Malayalam film '' Neram Pularumbol''. Although this was the first movie where she acted, it had a delayed release in 1986. Her first release was ''Vellai Manasu'' in 1985, a Tamil movie opposite Y. G. Mahendra. Her first Telugu film was ''Bhalae Mithrulu'' (1986). Then she went on to play supporting roles in Tamil films which include '' Padikkadavan'' (1985) starring Rajinikanth where she was given a uncredited role and '' Per Sollum Pillai'' (1987) starring Kamal Haasan. In T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penngal
''Penngal'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language drama film directed by Raj Marudhu. The film stars Jai Akash, Akash and Divyasree, with Santhoshi and Santhana Bharathi in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Bharadwaj (composer), Bharadwaj, the film was released on 8 December 2000. Plot A mother hides her daughter from the village pimp by enrolling her in an orphanage. When the daughter grows older, she goes back to the village to save other girls with the help of a reporter. Cast *Jai Akash, Akash as Bharath Nageswaran *Divyasree as Kaveri *Santhoshi as Amudhavalli *Santhana Bharathi *Manivannan *Ashwini (actress), Ashwini *Sharmili *S. N. Parvathy *Vichithra Production The producers of the film were unhappy after actress Divyasree broke an exclusivity contract and she signed on for a film opposite actor Murali (Tamil actor), Murali amid production. Soundtrack The music composed by Bharadwaj (composer), Bharadwaj, with lyrics by Snehan. Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyirile Kalanthathu
''Uyirile Kalanthathu'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. R. Jaya which stars Suriya, Jyothika and Raghuvaran, with Sivakumar and Radhika in supporting roles. The film was released in September 2000. This film is the second collaboration of Suriya and Jyothika after ''Poovellam Kettuppar'' (1999). It is also Suriya's only release in 2000. Plot Suriya is a medical college student. Priya is his girlfriend, Sethu Vinayagam is his father, and Raghuram is his elder brother, who is the district collector. Suriya is the youngest son of the family, and this gives much trouble to Raghuram. Their rivalry began in childhood and can be illustrated by the scene where the elder brother pinches his baby brother just to see him cry. The jealousy grows into adulthood. Raghuram's aim in life is to see Suriya's life beset with problems, thanks to him. However, Suriya and his parents are unaware of the jealousy that has possessed Raghuram. When Raghuram discovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraniyan (film)
''Iraniyan'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil language film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Murali and Meena, while Raghuvaran, Vadivelu and Ranjith play other supporting roles. A fictionalised biography of the Indian freedom fighter Vattakudi Iraniyan, it was released on 18 November 1999. Raghuvaran won the Dinakaran Cinema Award for Best Villain. Plot Vattakudi Iraniyan is a home-coming military man who becomes a rebel after witnessing caste discrimination and brutal killings by a landlord over lower caste people. Iraniyan escapes execution and returns to his village, where he finds that the poor are being oppressed by the landlord. He then sets out to exact punishment on the oppressors. Cast Production The film was originally titled ''Vattakudi Iraniyan''. A legal suit was filed against the makers regarding this, and subsequently the prefix was removed. Soundtrack The music was composed by Deva. Reception Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' noted "this is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), Telugu is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two Languages with legal status in India, scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one States and union territories of India, Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. Telugu is one of the languages designated as a Classical Languages of India, classical language by the Government of India. It is the 14th most spoken native language in the world.Statistics in Modern Standard Telugu is based on the dialect of erstwhile Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaadhal Mannan
''Kaadhal Mannan'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar and newcomer Maanu in the lead roles. It also saw veteran music composer M. S. Viswanathan make his debut in a supporting role, whilst Vivek, Karan and Girish Karnad also played other roles. ''Kaadhal Mannan'' released on 6 March 1998 and became a commercial success. Plot Rudran, a strict disciplinarian and father of two daughters, hates the word 'Love'. The very mention of this word makes him punish himself to extreme heights. He has disowned his elder daughter Menaka because she eloped with her lover. The strictness is doubled for the younger daughter Thilottama, and a marriage alliance is fixed for her. She stoically accepts her father's decision until she meets Shiva, a local mechanic. Shiva lives with his friend Oyya in a mansion owned by Mess Viswanthan. Shiva is always ready to accept dares. When Menaka dares him to go to Chennai to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaya Ragam
''Ilaya Ragam'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by P. R. Devaraj, who previously directed ''Senthoora Poove'' (1988), his final film as director. The film stars newcomer Jothisankar and Sirisha. It was released on 1 December 1995. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. A critic wrote that "Ilayaraja comes out with two pleasing numbers in ‘Naan onru kettaal’ (Arunmozhi and Chitra) and ‘Unnai naan sernthirukka’ (Mano and Chitra)". Reception D. S. Ramanujam of ''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 ...'' wrote that "The undesirable effects ragging produces in higher educational institutions, mixed with a love story, forms the base for Pournami International's `Ilayaragam' wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalaal
''Dalaal'' is a 1993 Indian bilingual action film simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages directed by Partho Ghosh. Produced by Prakash Mehra under his banner of Prakash Mehra Productions, the film is based on a short story by Kaushal Bharati. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka and Raj Babbar in lead roles, while Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Ravi Behl, Satyen Kappu, Indrani Banerjee, Tarun Ghosh and Ravi Behl play another pivotal roles. The film fetched good initial box-office collection primarily due to the songs composed by Bappi Lahiri. It was the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1993. Synopsis ''Dalaal'' is the story of the illiterate Bhola, who escorts young women to meet with their brothers. Bhola is enthusiastic and works diligently to earn the respect of everyone around him; but one day, during the course of his duties, he meets a beautiful woman named Roopali, who makes him understand the true nature of his job: that of a pimp. Whethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaravelan
''Singaravelan'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by R. V. Udayakumar from a story by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Khushbu. It revolves around a villager who is tasked with locating his urbanite cousin and marrying her, with the intention of reuniting their separated family. ''Singaravelan'' was produced by R. D. Bhaskar under the production company Pavalar Creations. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Abdul Rahman handled cinematography, while B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled editing respectively. ''Singaravelan'' was released on 13 April 1992 and became a hit at the box office. Though the film attained cult status in Tamil cinema, it received criticism in later years for glorifying misogyny, sexism and stalking. Plot Singaravelan "Velan" lives with his widowed mother Parvathy in a village. Velan's father died heartbroken that his marriage with Velan's mother was not accepted by her sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
