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Thoonga Nagaram
''Thoonga Nagaram'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant Gaurav Narayanan, starring himself along with Vimal, Bharani, Nishanth, and Anjali. The film, produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies, was shot entirely in Madurai, the city where the story takes place and which the title refers to. It was released on 4 February 2011 to relatively positive reviews and excellent box office collection. The film was dubbed in Telugu under the title ''Naluguru Snehithula Katha''. Plot Kannan ( Vimal), Ayyavu ( Bharani), Rajamani (Gaurav Narayanan), and Mariappan (Nishanth) are four friends who live their lives in their own way in Madurai. They are callous youths who go hammer and tongs to make both ends meet. Kannan, a wedding videographer, comes across his cousin Radha ( Anjali), who is a compere in a local cable TV channel, and love blossoms between them. However, one event changes the course of their life. Kannan bashes a yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurav Narayanan
Gaurav Narayanan is an Indian film maker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his debut with the movie Thoonga Nagaram. Personal life Gaurav was born at Madurai and graduated from American College with a Master's in English. His strong passion towards cinema made his way to Chennai after his studies. Career He started his journey as an assistant cinematographer to Rajarajan. Later he joined with the director N. Maharajan. Then he worked as co-director for his Guru, director K. S. Ravikumar. His debut as director, writer and actor through '' Thoonga Nagaram'', a gangster-drama film, received positive responses. This movie had Vimal and Anjali in the lead along with Gaurav himself. Gaurav was awarded as "Best Debutant Director" by Emirates Tamilians Association, EMITAA 2011. His movie bagged "Best Film - Highlighting Tamil Culture" award from Norwary Tamil Film Festival, NTFF 2012 and also was officially screened in Chennai International Film Festival. This m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soori (actor)
Ramalakshmanan Muthuchamy, professionally known as Soori, is an Indian actor and comedian who predominantly appears in Tamil film industry. Career Soori moved from Madurai to Chennai in 1996 with the intention of becoming an actor in the Tamil film Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ... industry. After failing to get any roles, he took up work in the city as a cleaner to fund his acting ambitions. He made occasional uncredited roles in films portraying a junior artiste who would appear in comedy scenes, appearing in films such as '' Winner'' (2003). The actor appeared in '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Soori got this suffix to his name because of the 'parotta competition' scene in which he stuns the hotelier by eating 50 parottas and getting ready to eat the same n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhu Balakrishnan
Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer who sings in different languages Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada. Personal life Madhu Balakrishnan was born on 24 June 1974 to Balakrishnan and Leelavathy at Paravur, Eranakulam. His earlier life was at Koratty ,near Chalakudy, Thrissur. He completed his schooling in Mar Augustine Memorial Higher Secondary School, Koratty. He was inspired by his mother to take up music. Later he shifted to Paravur, his native place. He is married to Divya, elder sister of Indian cricketer S.Sreesanth. List of songs Malayalam Tamil Kannada Awards * 2002 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Amme Amme" from the film Valkannadi * 2006 - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer * 2007 - Kalaimamani award for excellence in music, dance, cinema and art conferred by the Tamil Nadu state government. * 2017 - Honorary Doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest '' Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrababu
Joseph Panimayadas Chandrababu Rodriguez (1927–1974) was an Indian actor, comedian, director, singer and dancer, whose Chaplinesque-style on-screen movements and singing style made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He had a mastery of the Madras Bashai, a dialect unique to the Madras region. His slapstick style of comedy has been emulated by subsequent actors. Many of his songs have remained popular. Early life Chandrababu was born to a wealthy and eminent Christian Paravar family in 1927 at Tuticorin, India. His father, a freedom fighter, ran a paper called ''Sudhandhira Veeran'' which, along with the family assets, was seized by the British government in 1929 when he was arrested for participating in the satyagraha movement. He and the family were exiled to Colombo, Sri Lanka on his release, where his father worked for a Tamil newspaper. Chandrababu was educated at St. Joseph's College, Grandpass, Colombo and Aquinas College prior to his family moving o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thamarai
Thamarai (born 10 November 1975) is a noted Tamil poet and lyricist. She is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. She made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the 1998 film Iniyavale, which was directed by Seeman and music composed by Deva. Life and career Thamarai was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1975. She graduated from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, in production engineering and worked for six years in Coimbatore. With her passion for poetry, she decided to move to Chennai, where she worked as a freelance journalist in an organization named Bhagya and wrote essays, stories and poems. Through her literary works, she became popular and got noticed. Director Seeman assigned her as lyricist for the song "Thendral Enthan" for his Tamil film Iniyavale. Subsequently, she wrote lyrics for films such as '' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' ("Malligai Poove") and '' Thenali'' ("Injirango Injirango"). Her work together with music direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinmayi
Chinmayi Sripaada is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry. She is also a voice actor, television presenter, radio jockey, and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company ''Blue Elephant'', a Skincare company importing K-beauty to India - ''Isle Of Skin'', and a medi-spa ''Deep Skin Dialogues'' in Chennai and Hyderabad. She is often credited as Chinmayee and Indai Haza. She rose to fame for her critically acclaimed song "''Oru Deivam Thantha Poovae''" from the National Award winning movie '' Kannathil Muthamittal''. Early life and background Chinmayi received the CCRT Scholarship for Young Talent for Carnatic Music from the Government of India at the age of 10. She won the gold medal from All India Radio for Ghazals in 2000 and the Silver for Hindustani Classical Music in 2002. She learned German as a language in the Max Mueller Bhavan in Chennai and completed certification courses from NIIT and SSI in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer who predominantly sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. He has also sung over 15,000 notable songs in 10 regional languages including Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sinhala and Bhojpuri. He is an established ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner. Hariharan, associating with Lesle Lewis, formed Colonial Cousins, a two-member band. They have cut many private music albums and also scored music for few feature films in Tamil and Hindi. On 9 October 2021 at 13:47, Hariharan and late Gulshan Kumar's Hanuman Chalisa recorded under the label of T-Series crossed the 2-billion views mark on YouTube, making it the first devotional song in the world to do so. Personal life and education Hariharan was born to classical musicians H A S Mani and Alamelu Mani. HAS Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn (film)
''Penn'' () is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written by Ra. Venkatachalam and directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Vyjayanthimala, Gemini Ganesan, S. Balachander and Anjali Devi while V. Nagayya, V. K. Ramasamy, K. N. Kamlam, K. R. Chellam and K. Sankarapani as the ensemble cast, was produce by A. V. Chettiar of AVM Productions. The score is composed by R. Sudharsanam with the lyrics by Papanasam Sivan and Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthy, K. P. Kamakshi and V. Seetharaman. Editing was done by K. Shankar and M. V. Raman while the camera was handled by T. Muthu Sami. Plot The film's story revolves around two friends Rani and Kanmani. Cast ;Male cast * Gemini Ganesan as Raju * S. Balachander as Raghu * S. V. Sahasranamam * K. Sarangapani * V. Nagayya * V. K. Ramasamy * P. D. Sambandam ;Female cast * Vyjayanthimala as Rani * Anjali Devi as Kanmani * K. N. Kamalam * K. R. Chellam * Baby Rhadha Production ''Penn'' was produced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poraali
''Poraali'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language action thriller film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring Sasikumar in the lead role. The film also featuring Telugu actor Naresh and Swati alongside Niveda Thomas, Vasundhara, Soori and Ganja Karuppu in pivotal roles, released on 1 December 2011. ''Poraali'' illustrates an astute fighter who can take on a large, greedy group. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Sangharshana'' and remade in Kannada as '' Yaare Koogadali''. Plot The story begins on a rainy night when Ilangkumaran and Nallavan escape from somewhere and enter Chennai with their past actions unclear. They settle at Pulikutti's residence and find jobs in a petrol bunk. Bharathi comes into Kumaran's life. Her initial wrong belief about him changes as soon as she knows his kindheartedness. Soon, love blooms between them. Kumaran, along with his friends, starts a venture, which grows fast. This makes Pulikutti give an advertisement in a magazine with their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadu Puli
''Aadu Puli'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by newcomer Vijay Prakash and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Aadhi, Poorna, and Prabhu, while Suresh, Ravichandran, K. R. Vijaya, Anupama Kumar, and Yuvarani play supporting roles. The music was composed by Sundar C. Babu with editing by Kishore Te and cinematography by Rajavel Olhiveeran. The film released on 18 February 2011. It opened to negative reviews and was a flop at the box office. The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Chelgatam''. Plot Bhagyanathan (Prabhu) is a crazy fan of MGR and has named his son Idhayakani (Aadhi). Idhayakani is a nice guy who watches movies, plays basketball, flirts with girls like Anjali ( Poorna), and has a happy family consisting of his father, loving mother Kalaiarasi ( Anupama), sister, grandfather Sabapathy ( Ravichandran), and grandmother Sampoornam ( K. R. Vijaya). However, Thillainayagam (Suresh), Anjali's father, is a cunning min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Think Music India
Think Music is an Indian music label headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that specialises in South Indian film soundtracks. Overview Think Music India was started in 2007 and sold its first 46 titles including ''Vel'' (2007) and ''Paiyaa'' (2010) to Sony Music in 2010. The publisher Believe Digital acquired Think Music in November 2021. Filmography Tamil *'' Lesa Lesa'' (2003) *'' Edhiri'' (2004) *'' Enthiran'' (2010) *'' 180'' (2011) *''Cuckoo'' (2014) *'' Indru Netru Naalai'' (2015) *'' Papanasam'' (2015) *'' 36 Vayadhinile'' (2015) *'' Valiyavan'' (2015) *'' 144'' (2015) *'' Server Sundaram'' (2016) *'' Tharai Thapattai'' (2016) *'' Aranmanai 2'' (2016) *'' Kabali'' (2016) *''Theri'' (2016) *'' Vikram Vedha'' (2017) *'' Meesaya Murukku'' (2017) *'' Chennai 2 Singapore'' (2017) *'' 96'' (2018) *'' Imaikka Nodigal'' (2018) *'' 60 Vayadu Maaniram'' (2018) *'' Seemaraja'' (2018) *'' Natpe Thunai'' (2019) *'' Mr. Local'' (2019) *'' Maara'' (2021) *'' Karnan'' (2021) *''Siv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
