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Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum
''Thai Piranthal Vazhi Pirakkum'' () is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language satirical drama film, written directed and produced by A. K. Velan in his directorial debut. The film stars S. S. Rajendran and M. N. Rajam, with Prem Nazir, Rajasulochana and V. K. Ramasamy in supporting roles. Released on 14 January 1958, it emerged a major commercial success, and was remade in Telugu as '' Manchi Manasuku Manchi Rojulu'' (1958), in Hindi as '' Barkha'' (1959), and in Kannada as '' Rowdy Ranganna'' (1968). Plot Chokkanathan is a greedy and money obsessed man. He dislikes Rangan as he supports farmers. Marudhi is Rangan's sister. Her marriage gets stopped and Rangan goes to jail because of Chokkanathan. The rest of the story is how Rangan achieves his revenge against Chokkanathan. Cast * S. S. Rajendran as Rangan * M. N. Rajam as Saradha * Prem Nazir as Varadhan * Rajasulochana as Marudhi * V. K. Ramasamy as Chokkanathan * K. N. Kamalam as Meenakshi * P. S. Venkatachalam as Ekamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVM Productions
AVM Productions is an Indian film production studio founded by A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar. It is the oldest film studio in India. The filming studios are located in Vadapalani, Chennai. It has produced over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. AVM has introduced numerous actors in Southern industries, some of the prominent actors are Superstar Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Rajkumar, S. S. Rajendran, Vyjayanthimala, Kamal Haasan and many more. The AVM Studios besides the shooting floors, has recording, dubbing and a preview theatre. The complex also houses facilities for production and post production processing. Early history Born on 28 July 1907, Avichi Meiyappan hailed from a Nattukottai Nagarathar family of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu. Avichi Chettiar ran a mini-department store, named AV & Sons. It sold gramophone records. Meiyappan, who joined his father's shop as a teenager, and decided to produce gramophone records instead of just selling t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Cinema
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry and independent Malayalam films. Known for its strong storytelling, powerful performances, and social themes, Malayalam cinema has received critical acclaim and is often regarded as one of India's most notable film industries. The first Malayalam feature film was ''Vigathakumaran,'' a Silent film, silent film directed and produced by J. C. Daniel. Production started in 1928, and it was released at the Capitol Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram on 23 October 1930. The first talkie in Malayalam was ''Balan (film), Balan'' (1938) directed by S. Nottani. During the 1920s, the Malayalam film industry was based in Thiruvananthapuram, although the film industry started to develop and flourish by the late 1940s. Later the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshman Sruthi
''Lakshman Sruthi'' is a musical consortium founded by V. Raman and V. Lakshmanan in 2003 in Kanchipuram, India. It was preceded by a musical collaboration between the founders that led to an orchestra and the founding of a musical instrument store, a music school and an Indian classical music festival. Lakshman Sruthi Orchestra The ''Lakshman Sruthi Orchestra'' is an orchestra founded by V. Lakshmanan in the name of ''Sruthi Innisai Mazhai'' in 1987 with 10 students; since then, it has performed thousands of times in several Indian languages and across the world. This orchestra maintains completely manual orchestration: it does not use synthesizers or any other electronic equipment. The orchestra gained prominence with a record setting 36-hour non-stop light music performance on 17–18 December 1994 at ''Kamarajar Arangam'' in Chennai, India. Lakshman Sruthi Musicals After the great success of the light music orchestra, Lakshman Sruthi started their own musical instrument sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Vikatan
''Ananda Vikatan'' is a Tamil-language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India. History ''Ananda Vikatan'' was started by Late Pudhoor Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926 as a monthly publication. The issue for December 1927 was not published due to financial difficulties. In January 1928 Subramaniam Srinivasan bought the rights from Vaidyanadhaiyer and relaunched the publication in February 1928 in a new format He paid at the rate of ₹25 per letter in the Tamil language name (ஆனந்த விகடன்) of the publication to buy the rights. He built it up into a weekly and sales soon rose. Veteran journalist and media personality and son of Subramaniam Srinivasan, S. Balasubramanian served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006. He also started the "Manavar Thittam" or student journalism scheme that is active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endangered Archives Programme
The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) is a funding programme and digital archive run by the British Library in London. It has the purpose of preserving cultural heritage where resources may be limited. Each year EAP awards grants to researchers to identify and preserve culturally important archives by digitising them ''in situ''. The original archival material does not leave the country of origin, and projects often incorporate local training and career development. EAP focuses on material created before the mid twentieth century. Related programmes also sponsored by Arcadia include the Endangered Languages Documentation Project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the Endangered Knowledge Documentation Programme at the British Museum, the Modern Endangered Archives Program at University of California, Los Angeles, and the Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme at Oxford Brookes University. Projects As of 2019 EAP had funded over 400 projects. Some of these have receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannadasan
Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Frequently called ''Kaviarasu'', With over 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books, Kannadasan is widely known by the sobriquet Kaviarasu (King of poets) and he is also considered to be the greatest modern Tamil poet after Subramania Bharati. including novels, epics, plays, essays, his most popular being the 10-part religious book on Hinduism, ''Arthamulla Indhu Matham'' (''Meaningful Hindu Religion''). He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel ''Cheraman Kathali'' in the year 1980 and was the first to receive the National Film Award for Best Lyrics, given in 1969 for the film '' Kuzhanthaikkaga''. Like many great poets he also suffered from cyclothymia, which comes under bipolar disorder spectrum. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suratha
Suratha () (23 November 1921 – 20 June 2006) was a Tamil poet, recognized for his poetic use of similes. He was called "Uvamai Kavignar" ("poet of comparisons"). Early life Suratha was born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu as T. Rajagopal on 23 November 1921. He derived his pen name from Subburathnadasan ( Bharathidasan, a poet of yesteryear). Literary works ''Saavin Mutham'' (meaning "kiss of death") and ''Thenmazhai'' (meaning "rain of honey") were among his notable works. He also ran a weekly Kaavyam, entirely dedicated to poetry. He was also a lyricist and a dialogue writer for more than 100 Tamil films and songs such as . Another of his popular lyric was the philosophical Aadi adangum vaazhkaiyada, which was featured in the Tamil movie 'Neer Kumizhi' (Water bubble), released in 1965. Filmography As writer *'' Amarakavi'' (1952) As lyricist *'' Amarakavi'' (1952) *'' En Thangai'' (1952) *'' Anbu'' (1953) *''Genova'' (1953) *'' Ammaiyappan'' (1954) *'' Kathanayaki'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milliblog
Karthik Srinivasan () is an Indian communications strategy consultant, music critic and blogger. He is the founder of the website ''ItwoFS'', which tracks plagiarism in Indian film music, and ''Milliblog'', where he reviews music albums. Career In 1999, Karthik began his career as a critic for ''The Music Magazine'', a defunct online magazine in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Later the same year, he founded ''ItwoFS'' (pronounced ), a website that tracks plagiarism in Indian film music. Karthik says the initialism IIFS, from which the website name derives, can stand either for "Inspirations in Indian Film Songs", or "Inspired Indian Film Songs". In 2005, he founded the music review website ''Milliblog'', where he reviews music albums within 100 words. The name of the blog was derived from Milliways, a restaurant featuring in the science fiction series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Despite beginning his career in music reviewing, Karthik revealed he has no formal training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya
''Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya'' (), also known by the initialism ''KLTA'', is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. S. Manikandan in his debut. The film stars Santhanam, Srinivasan, newcomer Sethu and Vishakha. Based on the 1981 Tamil '' Indru Poi Naalai Vaa'' by K. Bhagyaraj, it revolves around three friends who fall for the same girl, who has just moved into their neighbourhood. ''Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya'' marked Santhanam's venture into film production with his Handmade Films. The film was co-produced by Rama Narayanan via Sri Thenandal Films while Thaman S scored the soundtrack, and cinematography was handled by Balasubramaniem. It was released on 13 January 2013, and became a box office success. Plot Kaalkattu Kaliyaperumal (KK), Power Kumar (Power) and Shiva are three friends with no occupation other than getting drunk and chasing girls. A girl named Sowmiya moves in with her family to the house opposite Shiva. The three friends fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaman S
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Sivakumar (born 16 November 1983), professionally credited as Thaman S, is an Indian composer and playback singer known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the recipient of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his work in the 2020 musical hit '' Ala Vaikuntapuramulo''. His breakout film as a music director was ''Kick'' (2009). His notable compositions include films such as ''Eeram'' (2009), ''Brindavanam'' (2010), ''Mirapakay'' (2011), '' Osthe'' (2011), '' Dookudu'' (2011), ''Businessman'' (2012), '' Naayak'' (2013), ''Baadshah'' (2013), '' Greeku Veerudu'' (2013), '' Ramayya Vasthavayya'' (2013), '' Race Gurram'' (2014), ''Aagadu'' (2014), ''Bruce Lee'' (2015), '' Sarrainodu'' (2016), '' Tholi Prema'' (2018), '' Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' (2020), '' Akhanda'' (2021), '' Sarkaru Vaari Paata'' (2022), '' Varisu'' (2023), and '' Daaku Maharaaj'' (2025). Thaman has been the judge in the reality singing show '' Telugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maalai Malar
''Maalai Malar'' is a daily evening Tamil newspaper. It is owned by Daily Thanti group. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1977 at Coimbatore. Maalai Malar has twelve editions published from Chennai, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Pudhucheri, Salem and Tiruchirappalli. * Dina Thanthi ''Dina Thanthi'' (, ; known as Daily Thanthi in English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. ''Dina Thanthi'' is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil language and the ninth largest ... * Thanthi TV * Hello FM * DT Next (Chennai Based English Daily Newspaper) References External links Malai Malar website Companies based in Chennai Mass media in Chennai Tamil-language newspapers published in India Evening newspapers published in India Newspapers published in Chennai Newspapers published in Coimbatore Mass media in Coimbatore Mass media in Madurai Newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pongal (festival)
Pongal is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. The festival is celebrated over three or four days with Bhogi, Thai Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kaanum Pongal, beginning on the last day of the Tamil calendar month of Margazhi, and observed on consecutive days. Thai Pongal is observed on the first day of the Tamil calendar month of Thai and usually falls on 14 or 15 January in the Gregorian calendar. It is dedicated to the solar deity Surya and corresponds to Makar Sankranti, the Hindu observance celebrated under various regional names across the Indian subcontinent. According to tradition, the festival marks the end of winter solstice, and the start of the Sun's six-month-long journey northwards called Uttarayana when the Sun enters Capricorn (astrology), Capricorn. The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "boiling over" or "overflow" in Tamil language and refers to the traditional Pongal (dish), dish prepared by boiling rice with cow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
