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Tippu (singer)
Ekambaresh Lakshmi Narayanan (born 1 November 1978), better known by his stage name Tippu, is an Indian playback singer who has performed several songs in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu languages. Personal life Tippu married playback singer Harini when they both were 24 years. They have a daughter named Sai Smriti and son, Sai Abhyankkar, who made his singing debut with the single "Katchi Sera" in 2024. Discography Tamil discography Kannada discography Telugu discography Other language discography Awards In 2010, Tippu won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Hey Paaru" from the film '' Raaj the Showman'' composed by V. Harikrishna. Tippu was awarded the Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government ... by the Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of Tamil Nadu, as well as the fifth safest city for women in India. It is the fourth largest city as well as the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state. Located south of Chennai and north of Kanyakumari, Tiruchirappalli sits almost at the geographic centre of Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Delta begins west of the city where the Kaveri river splits into two, forming the island of Srirangam which is now incorporated into the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation. The city occupies an area of and had a population of 916,857 in 2011. Tiruchirappalli's recorded history begins under Chola rule in the 3rd century BC. The city has also been ruled by the Pallavas, Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire, Nayak Dynasty, the Carnatic state and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deva (composer)
Devanesan Chokkalingam, also known as Deva, is a Tamil film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films in a career spanning about 36 years. He has composed music for more than 400 films. Personal life Deva was born on 20 November 1950 to M. C. Chokkalingam and M. C. Krishnaveni. Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes. He started learning classical music under JB Krishna and continued the same with Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. His nephew Jai is an actor. Career Before coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in Doordarshan Podhigai channel and composed songs for the show ''Vayalum Vaazhvum''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asathal
''Asathal'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film '' Thoovalsparsham'' which was earlier remade in Tamil as '' Thayamma''. Cast * Sathyaraj as Vetri * Ramya Krishnan as Gowri * Swathi as Catherine * Vadivelu as Venugopal * Ramesh Khanna as Victor * Ajay Rathnam as Jayaraj * Manivannan as Lawyer Production The film was produced by S. Rajaram, a theatre owner and film distributor under his production house Mala Cine Combines. He signed on P. Vasu to write and direct the comedy film, with the director collaborating with Sathyaraj again after several previous successful ventures. Scenes which showed the characters in a house were filmed in a bungalow at Neelankarai, Chennai. The filming was completed within 37 days. Sathyaraj worked on ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhamu
Dhamu is a retired Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist who mainly acted in Tamil films. He is known for his role as Otteri Nari in '' Ghilli'' (2004). Career Dhamu was a part of Gaana Galata Group, a popular touring and acting comedy troupe. Since then, he has appeared in several films. He has quit mainstream acting and has opened an agency to represent comedy shows known as 'Tamarai Bharani Comedy Agency'. He once hosted a program "Kalakkal Comedy" on Sun TV. He worked as assistant to the former Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for seven years. He was also a children's education advocate. Filmography ;Actor ;Dubbing artist * Vagai Chandrasekhar - ''Rasamagan'' ;Singer * "Stella Maris Laara" - ''Badri'' References External links Review of ''Alli Arjuna'' in which he appeared Dhamuon IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivek (actor)
Vivekanandan (19 November 1961 – 17 April 2021), known professionally as Vivek,Vivek, Tamil film actor dies in Chennai hospital , Times of India, 17 April 2021. was an Indian actor, comedian, television personality, playback singer and social activist who worked in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He was introduced in films by director K. Balachander in ''Manathil Urudhi Vendum'' (1987) He has won three Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Tamil for ''Run (2002 film), Run'' (2002), ''Saamy'' (2003), ''Perazhagan'' (2004) and five Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for the films, ''Unnaruge Naan Irundhal'' (1999), ''Run'' (2002), ''Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film), Parthiban Kanavu'' (2003), ''Anniyan'' (2005) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramana Gogula
Ramana Gogula is an Indo-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, music composer and singer of film music and Indian pop. His notable film compositions include '' Premante Idera'' (1998), '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Badri'' (2000)'', Johnny'' (2003)'', Lakshmi'' (2006)'', Annavaram'' (2006)'', Yogi'' (2007). He is known for his collaborations with Pawan Kalyan with whom he worked for four films. He is currently the Vice President, Clean Technology Innovation at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc and a venture partner at Anthill Ventures. Early life and career In 1996, his band ''Misty Rhythms'' released the Indie Pop studio album ''Aye Laila'' along with a music video which became a chart buster on major music channels MTV and Channel in India. He then ventured into Telugu cinema and composed songs and background score for around 25 films predominantly in Telugu with a few films in Kannada and Tamil languages. As an entrepreneur, Ramana Gogula founded startups like Liqwid Kryst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badri (2001 Film)
''Badri'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film directed by P. A. Arun Prasad. The film stars Vijay in the lead role as a college brat who turns into a kickboxer to prove himself. Bhumika, Monal, Vivek, Riyaz Khan and Bhupinder Singh play supporting roles. The film marked Bhumika’s Tamil debut. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ramana Gogula, while the background score was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It is the Tamil remake of the director's own Telugu film '' Thammudu'' (1999). Filming began in September 2000 after Vijay finished shooting for his previous blockbuster films such as '' Priyamanavale'' (2000) and ''Friends'' (2001), and was completed by March 2001, a month before its release. The film had a theatrical release on 12 April 2001 and was a commercial successful venture at the box office, completing a 100-day theatrical run. '' India Today'' listed the film under the top 10 films performed by Vijay. Plot Sri Badrinatha Moorthy aka "Badri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malgudi Subha
Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. In a career spanning two decades, she has sung more than 3000 songs. She began her career by providing vocals for ad jingles composed by people like A. R. Rahman and Viji Manuel. She debuted as a playback singer in the film '' Nadodi Thendral'', with music by Ilayaraja. Prominent Indian composer A. R. Rahman's debut album, ''Set Me Free'' (also called ''Shubhaa Set Me Free''), had all its songs sung by Shubha. The album, which was released in 1989 and went unnoticed, but became a good seller when it was re-released in 1996 by the label Magnasound. She sang the song "Thayya Thayya" in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film ''Uyire'', which was composed by A. R. Rahman. Her first successful Telugu album, ''Chikpak Chikbhum'', which was released in Chennai, sold ten lakh copies. The songs were composed by Raj–Koti, under w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Iyer
Chitra Iyer (also credited as Chitra Sivaraman) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian and Italian films across five different industries primarily in Malayalam. A resident of Bangalore, Chitra worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the early 2000s on his Tamil films, while also having an alternate career as a television host and actress on Malayalam television. Career Early in her career, Chitra Iyer attempted to reach out to composer A. R. Rahman to work with him, but found it difficult as she was based out of Bangalore. In 2000, Rahman initiated contact with Chitra and invited her to come to Chennai with a demo cassette of her work, with Chitra recording a series of Tamil and Malayalam songs. On the day of her visit to Chennai, Rahman immediately heard the songs and hired her to record for the song "Athini Sithini" for the film ''Thenali'' (2000) during the same evening. She subsequently continued to work for other composers in Tamil cinema including Kart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja (born 29 June 1973) is an Indian composer and playback singer based in Chennai. He made his debut as a film composer in the Tamil film ''Pandiyan'' (1992) and went on to score music for many critically and commercially acclaimed feature films. Personal life Karthik Raja is the eldest son of music composer Illayaraja. His brother Yuvan Shankar Raja and sister Bhavatharini, also Tamil film music directors and playback singers, have worked with him on notable projects. He was schooled at St. Bede's School and Boston Matriculation higher secondary school in Chennai. On 8 June 2000, Karthik Raja married Raja Rajeshwari at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Career Born to a family of musicians, Raja had exposure to various kinds of music from a very early age. He had his formal training in Western classical music from the Trinity School of Music, mainly in piano (affiliated with Jacob John). He also had training in Carnatic music from T. V. Gopalakrishnan and Malay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumm Dumm Dumm
''Dumm Dumm Dumm'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Azhagam Perumal and produced by director Mani Ratnam under his home studio, Madras Talkies. It stars R. Madhavan and Jyothika, with Vivek, Manivannan and Murali portraying other pivotal roles. The film featured cinematography by Ramji, editing by Sreekar Prasad and music composed by Karthik Raja. ''Dumm Dumm Dumm'' opened on 13 April 2001 to positive reviews and became a commercial hit. The film depicts two career-oriented young people being pressured into an arranged marriage by their respective families. To their own surprise, they get along well and are attracted to each other. Their wedding is cancelled due to a violent quarrel between their families over cheating at a card game. The would-be-couple make efforts to reunite. Plot Ganga lives in a small village in Thenkasi district of Tamil Nadu and yet secures state second rank in XII board exams. Although she wishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Febi Mani
Febi Mani (also credited as Febi Srikanth Deva) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in the Indian film industry. She worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the late 1990s and early 2000s, while also regularly collaborating with Harris Jayaraj. Career Early in her career, Mani collaborated frequently with A. R. Rahman, working on big budget projects including for "Kokku Saiva Kokku" from K. S. Ravikumar's '' Muthu'' (1995), "Love Theme" from Shankar's ''Jeans'' (1998) and " Dil Se Re" in Mani Ratnam's '' Dil Se'' (1998). The ''Hindustan Times'' called "Strawberry Kanne" from '' Minsara Kanavu'' (1997), sung by Kay Kay and Febi Mani, "one of the most engaging tracks Rahman has ever composed", adding the musician employed "fabulous use of a motley assortment of instruments in the song that drove the story forward in the movie". Other notable early work by the singer included "Kanni Pengal" from the Ajith Kumar-starrer '' Kaadhal Mannan'' (1998), "Kikku Yerudhey" fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
