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Tamil Kudimagan
''Tamil Kudimagan'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Esakki Karvannan and starring Cheran and Sri Priyanka in the lead roles. It was released on 7 September 2023. Plot Chinnasamy resides in Sendhipatti with his mother Vellaiyammal, wife Parvathy, and younger sister Valli. As a member of the laundering community, he is responsible for washing the villagers' clothes and performing the last rites for the deceased. He deeply believes in the importance of education, which he hopes will alleviate the disrespect he faces due to his social status and profession. His aspiration is to become a government servant, leading a life with basic respect and dignity. However, he is deceived by upper-caste men into performing the last rites of a deceased person, causing him to miss his VAO exam. Chinnasamy's sister, Valli, a medical student, is in love with the son of Sudalaiyandi, a staunch casteist. Disillusioned with his profession, Chinnasamy leaves it behind and starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esakki Karvannan
Esakki Karvannan is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil language films. He rose to fame through the romantic thriller drama ''Pagiri'' (2016), and has gone on to make feature films including the dramas ''Pettikadai'' (2019) and '' Tamil Kudimagan'' (2023). Career Esakki Karvannan's directorial debut was ''Pagiri'' (2016), a film which talked about the plight of farmers in Tamil Nadu. The title of the film was a transliteral translation for WhatsApp, which formed a significant part of the plot. The film opened to mixed reviews, with ''The Times of India'' giving the film a rating of two out of five stars and stated that "the film feels like a missed opportunity, especially at a time when farmers are fighting for water". ''Deccan Chronicle'' gave the film the same rating and wrote that "in the end, ''Pagiri'' is a very novel twist to the 'common man woes' idea, but shallow comedy undermines the impact it could have had". His second film, ''Pettikadai ''Pettikada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhruvva
Dhruvva is a former Indian actor who works in Tamil films. He is best known for '' Thilagar'' (2015) co-starring Kishore and ''Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna'' (2018). Career Dhruvva was an architect in the United States, decided to pursue films and enrolling in a filmmaking course before moving to India. To prepare for his role in '' Thilagar'', he stayed in a village in 2014 observing the local accent and traveled on bicycle. Regarding his performance in the film, a critic wrote that "Dhruva impresses with his looks but the actor struggles hard to emote and he should work on his dialogue delivery as well" and another critic wrote that "New comer Dhruwa comes as a happy, college going lad in the first half and scores better in the second half as a transformed man. With his hunk physique and sharp looks, he stands tall through the post interval session and pulls off the angry young man character like an expert". The film released to mixed reviews and was a box office failur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-east, and the Indian Ocean in the south. The at-large Tamilakam region that has been inhabited by Tamils was under several regimes, such as the Sangam era rulers of the Chera, Chola, and Pandya c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velmurugan
Velmurugan is a Tamil film playback singer. He is known for folk songs including Madura in '' Subramaniapuram'' and Aadungada in '' Naadodigal'' and Otha Sollala in ''Aadukalam''. He considers being called by James Vasanthan James Vasanthan is an Indian Television (Tamil) host, a film music composer, and a filmmaker and a motivational speaker. For more than two decades, he has worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV and Vi ... as one of the turning points in his life. Discography All songs are performed in Tamil unless otherwise specified. Filmography Films Television Awards * 2007 – American University (Doctorate) Award * 2009 – Edison Award for Best Introduced Playback Singer – "Aadungada" * 2010 – Naattuppura Nayagan Award (by President APJ Abdul Kalam) * 2011 – Naattuppura Nayagan Award * 2014 – Best Play Back Singer 2014 Award * 2017 – Marabu isai Nayagan Award * 2018 – Best PlayBackSinger 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viveka (lyricist)
Viveka is an Indian lyricist working on Tamil language films. His debut movie was '' Nee Varuvai Ena''. Viveka has worked on over 2000+ songs. He has got many awards for his songs which have been listened all over the world. Filmography As a song lyricist Television * 2010 ''Kodi Mullai'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Viveka Tamil film poets Indian lyricists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapil Kapilan
Kapil Kapilan is an Indian singer who works in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema. His breakthrough song came with "Adiye" from the Tamil film ''Bachelor''. Early life Kapilan is from Kottarakkara, Kerala. He studied at Mar Ivanios College before moving to Chennai to pursue a career in music. Career Kapilan began his career in 2017 in three languages with "Champesaave Nannu" from the Telugu film ''Nenu Local''; "Baduke Neenentha Nataka" from the Kannada film ''Happy New Year''; and "Usiredukkum Kootam" from the Tamil film ''Maragadha Naanayam''. Kapilan's career took a new turn with "Adiye", from the Tamil film ''Bachelor'' (2021), for which he won the SIIMA Award for Best Playback Singer – Tamil. He also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer The Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer is an honour, established in 1969, and presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India for best female and male playback singer in Malayalam cinema. The first recipien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sandalwood (film)
''Red Sandal Wood'' is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Guru Ramanujam and starring Vetri and Diya Mayuri in the lead roles. It was released on 8 September 2023. Cast Production The project was launched in December 2019, with K. Bhagyaraj attending the launch event as a chief guest. The film marked the directorial debut of Guru Ramanujam, an erstwhile assistant to Sathyasiva, with Vetri and KGF-actor Ramachandra Raju, notably signed on to play leading roles. The project was initially titled ''Red Sandal'', before being amended to ''Red Sandalwood''. The film was inspired by true event of sandalwood smuggling in Andhra Pradesh. The shoot of the film took place in Chennai, Renigunta, Talakona and Dharmapuri. Reception The film was released on 8 September 2023 across theatres in Tamil Nadu. A critic from ''Times of India'' wrote that the film has "a great idea let down by weak writing" and that it is "good in parts, but the narrative falls flat as the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dony Xavier
''RDX: Robert Dony Xavier'' (also known as ''RDX'') is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Nahas Hidayath in his directorial debut, and produced by Sophia Paul under Weekend Blockbusters. It stars Shane Nigam, Antony Varghese and Neeraj Madhav in titular roles, alongside Lal, Babu Antony, Mahima Nambiar, Aima Rosmy Sebastian, Maala Parvathi and Baiju in supporting roles. The film follows Robert, his brother Dony and Xavier who set out to exact vengeance against a gang for assaulting their family. Principal photography commenced in December 2022 and wrapped up in April 2023. Sam C. S. was signed to compose the music. The editing was done by Chaman Chakko, while the cinematography was handled by Alex J. Pulickal. ''RDX'' was released on 25 August 2023 during Onam, where it received positive reviews from critics and grossed over 100 crore worldwide and 50 crore from Kerala, thus becoming the fourth Malayalam film to achieve this feat after ''Pulimu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A '' dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JioSaavn
JioSaavn is an Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and other regional Indian music around the world. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 8.0 crore (80 million) music tracks in 15 languages. JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with JioMusic in a deal worth more than $1 billion. The merger was completed in December 2018, with Saavn being rebranded JioSaavn., , . History Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering. Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Express
''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as '' Dinamani'' and '' Kannada Prabha'' newspapers. The ''Cinema Express'' brand is now used for the film industry coverage of ''The New Indian Express'' regardless of language. ''Cinema Express'' also honoured artistic excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry through the Cinema Express Awards. The published version was discontinued in February 2016, in favour of an online magazine. History ''Cinema Express'' came out with their first issue on 10 January 1980 and had the last on 16 February 2016. The magazine was priced at Rs.15 when publication ceased. Afterwards, The New Indian Express Group used the name ''Cinema Express'' for the online magazine that publishes information related to cinema.https://www.facebook.com/pg/Xpres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
