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U. K. Senthil Kumar
U. K. Senthil Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam film industries. Career A native of Coimbatore, Senthil Kumar belongs to the 1989-92 batch of the Government Film Institute, Chennai, and has worked in about 50 films. After making his debut in 1993 with Manobala's ''Karuppu Vellai'' (1993), Senthil Kumar worked exclusively for director Sundar C in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before being displaced in Sundar's teams by Prasad Murella. He continued working in quickly shot, low budget films and established a reputation as a talented cameraman. He also acted in Kusthi film in 2006. He then returned to work with Sundar C in the well received comedy films ''Kalakalappu'' (2012) and then ''Aranmanai'' (2014). He has also helped politicians with their promotion campaigns, helping create hologram-like videos for Narendra Modi's 2014 campaign and was established as nations one of the best camera man. He also worked for Telangana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, urban agglomeration in India as per the 2011 Census of India, census 2011. It is the administrative capital of Coimbatore District and is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation which was established in 1981. The region around Coimbatore was ruled by the Chera dynasty, Cheras during the Sangam period between the 1st and the 4th centuries CE and it served as the eastern entrance to the Palakkad Gap, the principal trade route between the west coast and Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore was located along the ancient trade route Rajakesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural
Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the Scientific law, laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin 'above, beyond, outside of' + 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanings since the ancient world, the term "supernatural" emerged in the Middle Ages and did not exist in the ancient world. The supernatural is featured in folklore and religious contexts, but can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to non-physical entity, non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods and ghost, spirits. It also includes claimed abilities embodied in or provided by such beings, including Magic (supernatural), magic, telekinesis, levitation (paranormal), levitation, precognition and extrasensory perception. The supernatural is hypernymic to religion. Religions are standardized supernaturalist worldviews, or at least m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azhagarsamy
''Azhagarsamy'' is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sundar C, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Sathyaraj and Roja. It was released on 10 December 1999. Plot A rich landlord gave money to Thayama, a pregnant woman, to save her husband and she later swore to give her baby in return. Her husband died and she gave her baby. Azhagarsamy was brought-up by the landlord and the landlord decides to marry Azhagarsamy to his daughter Suja, an arrogant city girl. Thayama begins to work in Azhagarsamy's house. Later, Azhagarsamy marries Suja who hates and insults him every time. Vinu Chakravarthy who wants to grab Suja's property tries to give milk with poison to Suja who is pregnant. Thayamma who realises the problem sacrifices her life by drinking the milk and Azhagarsamy learns that Thayamma was his mother. In the end, Suja unites with Azhagarsamy. Cast Soundtrack The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Palani Bharathi. Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
''Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sundar C, starring Karthik and Rambha in the lead roles with Goundamani, Vivek, Vinu Chakravarthy, Anju among others in supporting roles. The film, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and filmed by U. K. Senthil Kumar, was released on 24 September 1999. It was a major success at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Maa Pelliki Randi'' (2001). Plot Sakthivel "Sakthi" is the only son of a rich landlord in a village. He roams around with his uncle Kundalagesi without taking any responsibilities, which irritates his father. One day, Sakthi meets Indhu in his village, and it is love at first sight for him. He meets her on a few more instances and proposes his love. Though reluctant at first, Indhu falls for Sakthi. Sakthi's father meets his close friend after so many years, and they decide to get their children married to each other. Sakthi gets furious hearing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suyamvaram
''Suyamvaram'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film produced and co-written by Giridharilal Nagpal. The film is notable for its unique production process, in which 14 directors, 19 cinematographers, and over 30 prominent actors collaborated. Conceptualized by Nagpal, the film features an ensemble cast and was shot in a single day. Nagpal, who also wrote the story, brought together a diverse group of talent from the Tamil film industry for the project. ''Suyamvaram'' was later dubbed into Telugu as ''Pellante Idhera''. Plot Kuselan ( Vijayakumar) and his wife Suseela (Manjula Vijayakumar) head a large family consisting of their three sons — Arunachalam (Sathyaraj), Aavudaiyappan (Prabhu), and Indiran (Abbas) – and six daughters – Urvashi ( Rambha), Easwari ( Roja), Uma ( Kasthuri), Aishwarya (Maheswari), Hema (Preetha Vijayakumar), and Ezhilarasi (Suvalakshmi).. Azhagappan (Parthiban) is the family's loyal servant, and Krishna (Napoleon) is their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unnai Thedi
''Unnai Thedi'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Ajith Kumar and debutant Malavika, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya. It was released on 5 February 1999, and became a box-office hit. Later, the film was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Prematho Pilicha'' on 24 December 1999. Plot Raghupathy, studying in Australia, goes to New Zealand with a friend and runs into Malavika. They start off having petty fights but end up falling in love. Circumstances force them to separate before exchanging any contact information. Back at home, Raghu makes friends with Prakash and chances upon his family photograph which surprisingly includes his mother Saradha, who as far as he knew had no relations. But on questioning, his mother reveals past as that she was part of a large family (three brothers and a sister) but had been sent out of the family after deciding to wed some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar
''Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Sundar C. Prabhu Deva, Meena and Maheswari played the leading roles, whilst the film featured an extensive cast, along with a bevy of supporting actors. The film, released on 14 January 1998, is loosely based on the 1995 film '' Two Much''. Plot To steal an expensive diamond, a swindler pretends to be in love with a wealthy businessman's daughter. Later, the swindler meets Pooja's sister and gets attracted to her. Cast Production During a stage of production, Prabhudeva, Maheshwari and the entire crew including Sundar C had landed in South Africa. Rambha had not boarded the plane with them as planned. The unit became nervous, not knowing what to do, as the shooting the time and spot that they had reserved in Sun City was getting wasted. After waiting for a long time, they went ahead and had Maheshwari put on Rambha's costumes and picturized the song with he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakiraman
''Janakiraman'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed and co-written by Sundar C. The film stars Sarathkumar and Nagma whilst Rambha, Goundamani and Manivannan play supporting roles. It was released on 31 October 1997, during Diwali, and became a commercial success. Plot Janakiraman and his brother are nephews of R. Sundarrajan. Sundarrajan is a devotee of Hanuman and trains the two brothers to live as bachelors and not to interact with girls. Meanwhile, Kumarasaamy, another one of his uncles, wants to get his two daughters married to the two brothers. So when Sundarrajan goes out of town, Kumarasaamy dresses up as Hanuman and comes to Janakiraman's bedroom and advices him to get married. He even tells him that the girl will arrive at Hanuman temple wearing the outfits of a colour he had suggested. Kumarasaamy then gets his daughters to dress up according to the colour combination however Janakiraman gets confused switches the colour combination of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arunachalam (film)
''Arunachalam'' is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Sundar C and written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Rajinikanth as the title character as well as in a dual role, alongside Soundarya and Rambha, with Jaishankar, Ravichandran and Visu in supporting roles. It revolves around a village simpleton, who later discovers he is the heir of a deceased billionaire, but must face extreme challenges to claim his father's inheritance. The film is loosely based on the 1902 George Barr McCutcheon novel ''Brewster's Millions.'' The soundtrack and background score were composed by Deva, while U. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography and P. Sai Suresh did so for editing. ''Arunachalam'' was released on 10 April 1997 and became a box office success. It won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including Best Film. Plot In Alanganallur, Arunachalam, a respected young headman, resides with his parents, Ammayappan and Janaki, three younger siblings, Sarava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettukudi
''Mettukudi'' ( ) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sundar C, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Karthik, Gemini Ganesan, Goundamani, Nagma and Manivannan. The music was composed by Sirpy with cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by P. Sai Suresh. The film was released on 29 August 1996. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film ''His Highness Abdullah''. Plot The story starts in the 9th century. King Raja Raja Chola presents his valuable sword to his commander-in-chief, for playing a vital role in winning a war. It is preserved by his family's descendants. In the present, an archaeologist plans to steal the sword due to its monetary value. Presently, a landlord Shanmugam is charged with the care of the sword. The archaeologist plans to send Raja to steal the sword. He enters into the palace as the son (who ran off from the family in his childhood) of Kumarasamy, Shanmugam's son-in-law. Initially, everything goes smoothly. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullathai Allitha
''Ullathai Allitha'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Karthik, Rambha and Goundamani, with Manivannan, Jai Ganesh, Senthil, and Jyothi Meena in supporting roles. It revolves around a man who escapes from his home to avoid a forced marriage, but unknowingly falls in love with the same woman. ''Ullathai Allitha'' is heavily based on the Tamil films '' Sabaash Meena'' (1958) and ''Bommalattam'' (1968), and the Hindi film '' Andaz Apna Apna'' (1994). The film was scored by Sirpy, photographed by U. K. Senthil Kumar and edited by B. S. Vasu, with filming taking place predominantly in the Fernhills Palace, Ooty. It was released on 15 January 1996 and became a commercial success. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Veedevadandi Babu'' (1997) and in Kannada as '' Galate Aliyandru'' (2000). Plot Raja is the only son of retired military colonel Chandrasekhar, who raises his son very strictly. Chandrasekhar decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murai Mappillai
''Murai Mappillai'' () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language film directed and co-written by Sundar C. The film stars newcomers Arun Vijay (known at the time as Arunkumar) and Kirthika, with Rajashree, Manivannan, K. Prabakaran, Goundamani and Senthil playing supporting roles. It was released on 15 December 1995. Plot Kai Ezhuthu Gounder and Kai Naattu Gounder are the village's bigwig and best friends. Their children Raja and Indhu, who are classmates, hate each other, and quarrel continually. In contrast, their fathers want them to get married. Sorna, a dancer, comes to their village to separate the two friends. Raja and Indhu finally fall in love with each other. Sorna seduces the two friends and creates a conflict between them. In the past, Kai Ezhuthu Gounder and Kai Naattu Gounder attempted to rape Sorna's sister but before it happened, she chose to commit suicide. Since that day, Sorna wanted to take revenge. Raja and Indhu are then distraught by their fathers. Sorna only wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
