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Uma (actress)
Uma Shankari is an Indian actress who appeared in regional Indian language films. Career In 2006, she appeared in Sakthi Chidambaram's '' Kovai Brothers'' opposite Sibiraj, featuring as Sathyaraj's niece and also featured in ''Thodamaley'' alongside newcomers. She also acts in a few serials like Chikamma (the remake of the famous Tamil serial "Chithi" in Kannada) and Valli (a new Tamil Serial). Personal life Uma was born to D. Rajendra Babu, a commercial director in Kannada film industry, and actress Sumithra, who appeared in regional Indian films. Her younger sister, Nakshatra Nakshatra () is the term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Buddhist astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective s ..., made her debut with the film ''Doo'' in 2011. Alongside films, she studied B.A, English literature in Indira Gandhi Open University. She eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumithra (actress)
Sumithra (born 18 September 1953) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu language films. She acted as the lead heroine in films between 1974 and 1985. She became well known for her roles as a mother the 1990s onwards. Early life Sumithra was born to Raghavan Nair and Janaki at Thrissur, Kerala. She has three brothers, her father was working in an oil refining company. When she was doing her schooling, she learnt dance from Murugappan Master, who was the guide to actress K. R. Vijaya at that time. Sumithra is a good classical dancer. A 19-year old Sumithra started her career in a small role in the Malayalam film '' Nrithasala'' (1972); director A. B. Raj is the first to have noticed Sumithra's talent. A year later Sumithra made her debut as heroine in the Malayalam film '' Nirmalayam''. She has acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. In Tamil, ''Avalum Penn Thaane'' (1974) was her first movie. In Kannad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chokka Thangam
''Chokka Thangam'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj and produced by G. Venkateswaran under the banner GV Films. It stars Vijayakanth, Soundarya, and Uma with Goundamani, Senthil, Prakash Raj, and Swathi playing supporting roles. The background score and music were composed by Deva. The film was released on 15 January 2003 and became commercially successful. Plot Muthu lives in a village with his sister Maragatham. Muthu is very fond of his sister and ready to do anything for her. Pavalam is an orphan who lives in the same village. Muthu and Pavalam have a liking towards each other. Periya Minor is the local baddie who tries to molest Pavalam when she is alone. However, Muthu comes for rescue and takes Pavalam along with him to his house. Maragatham is married to Sundaram. Sundaram's sister Gowri's wedding is also arranged. But on the day of Gowri's wedding, her fiancé passes away which makes the villagers believe that Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third language for 15 million speakers in Karnataka. It is the official and administrative language of Karnataka. It also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton University Press, 2012, Kannada was the court language of a number of dynasties and empires of South India, Central India and the Deccan Plateau, namely the Kadamba dynasty, Western Ganga dynasty, Nolamba dynasty, Chalukya dynasty, Rashtrakutas, Western Chalukya Empire, Seuna dynasty, kingdom of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppi Dada M
''Uppi 2'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language allegorical thriller film written and directed by Upendra, and produced by Priyanka Upendra. It is a sequel to the 1999 cult film ''Upendra''. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Upendra, Kristina Akheeva, Parul Yadav, Sayaji Shinde, Shobaraj, Satyajit, Bank Janardhan, Vaijanath Biradar and Mimicry Dayanand. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Gurukiran. ''Uppi 2'' was released on 14 August 2015, coinciding with Indian Independence Day, and received mixed reviews for its convoluted plot and narrative. Despite this, the film became a commercial success and completed 50 days run at the box-office and became one of the highest grossing Kannada movie of 2015. Upendra won the SIIMA Award for Best Director for the film. It was dubbed in Telugu as ''Upendra 2'' and was released along with the Kannada version. Plot Neenu () is a happy and content person, who never thinks about the future and is undisturbed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selvam (2005 Film)
''Selvam'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Agathiyan. The film stars Nandha, Uma, and Vani. It was released on 5 August 2005. Plot The movie begins with Selvam ( Nandha) coming to Chennai. After a quarrel with a person, he suffers a head injury and forgets about his past. He rushes to a hospital where he seeks the help of Dr. Lakshmi ( Ranjitha). Lakshmi assigns Dr. Thendral ( Uma) to treat him back to his normal self. Selvam does not remember his name, so he is christened as Kannan by the hospital doctors. Thendral falls in love with Kannan and expresses her love for him. A couple of incidents help Kannan know about his past. He returns to his village and meets his parents and fiancée Jyothy (Vani), waiting for his return. Then, he knows the truth from his sister that he is adopted son to his parents and got abonded from them.Finally, he return to Thendral and reunite with her. Cast Production After a debacle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amudhae
''Amudhae'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Ezhil, starring Jai Akash, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, and Uma Shankari. Plot Nancy, who is in love with Dinakar, marries a millionaire, Victor. Later, Dinakar marries his cousin, Vinaya. How Nancy reunites with Dinakar forms the rest of the story. Cast Production After Ezhil saw a special screening of ''Ramakrishna'', he signed Jai Akash for his next film ''Amudhae''. The film was to be produced by a thirty five person unit, which later became a twenty eight person unit. The film was based on a novel written by Manimala. Madhumitha was cast as the heroine. The film was shot in several locations in Kerala including Alappuzha, Munnar, Kuttanad, Chalakudy and Vazhachal and also at Mumbai and Chennai. The filming was done within 35 days. Soundtrack Newcomer Sunil Xavier, who worked as an assistant to S. A. Rajkumar, composed the music for the film and lyrics were written by debutant Tamil Amudhan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swamy (2004 Film)
''Swamy'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by VR Pratap and starring Harikrishna, Meena, Uma and Rajiv Kanakala. Cast * Harikrishna as Swamy *Meena as Swamy's wife *Aamani as medical college principal *Uma in a dual role as Seeta and Geeta * Rajiv Kanakala as Anand *Jaya Prakash Reddy *Tanikella Bharani *Mohan Raj *Nutan Prasad as judge * Jeeva *Banerjee *Raghu Babu *Chalapati Rao as taxi driver *Srinivasa Reddy *Duvvasi Mohan * Venu Madhav *Brahmanandam * Asha Saini (item number) Production This film marks the return of Meena to a high-key Telugu film after a hiatus. Soundtrack The soundtrack composed by M. M. Keeravani in his third collaboration with Harikrishna. The songs were well received. Reception A critic from ''Sify Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology (ICT) company providing telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ee Snehatheerathu
''Ee Snehatheerathu'' (In this Ocean of Love) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam film. It is directed by Kaviyoor Sivaprasad and written by Ramakrishnan. The movie stars Kunchacko Boban, Uma shankari, Lal, Nedumudi Venu and Jagathy Sreekumar. Kunchacko Boban won the Special Jury Award at the Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ... for this movie. Plot Viswanathan (Kunchacko Boban) who is idealistic to a fault. He is suspicious of an evil-doer but kind-hearted Gounder (Lal). Nathan's father Sasthri (Nedumudi Venu) has been enjoying Gounder's largesse but Nathan refuses to believe that it comes no strings attached. It makes him fiercely protective of his mother (Jayaprada) and sister (Suja Karthika). Nathan teaches at a "parallel college" where his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rightaa Thappaa
''Rightaa Thappaa'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by journalist-turned-filmmaker R. Buvana. It stars Ramana, Uma and Seetha. The film, Buvana's first full-length feature film, deals with eve teasing and was based on a true incident. Karthik Raja composed the music and Mahesh Muthuswamy was the cinematographer. The film was first screened in 2004 before being theatrically released in 2005. For the year 2004, the film won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film, and the Best Character Actor Award for Seetha and an award at the Women Directors' film festival in Kerala. Plot Cast * Ramana as Sathya * Uma as Viji * Seetha as Sathya's mother * Bose Venkat * Shanmugasundaram * Meera Krishnan * Suryakanth * Hemalatha as Sathya's sister Production The film marked the debut of R. Buvana who formerly worked as journalist and documentary film-maker and cinematographer who earlier assisted P. C. Sreeram. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thendral (film)
''Thendral'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Thangar Bachan and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Parthiban and Uma, with Rajashree in a pivotal role. It was released on 5 February 2004. Plot In 1989, Nalangili is a famous writer from Aynavaram, Chennai who is passionate about social justice; he refuses to accept the Sahitya Akademi Award and instead asks the president to provide justice to Tamilnadu in the Kaveri River water dispute. Thamarai and her mother live in a hut in Aynavaram and sell milk to earn a living. Thamarai is a fan of Nalangili and has a secret crush on him. One day, Nalangili interferes with the kumbabishekam ritual at the local temple and is arrested. In prison, he meets a man who is on death row, having been charged with a crime he did not commit. The man tells Nalangili that he and his father used to be parai artists, but that father lost his hand in an altercation with a bigot. Meanwhile, Thamarai's mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soori (2003 Film)
''Soori'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, written and directed by Selvan, a former associate of director S. Shankar. The film stars Vignesh, Uma and Vijayalakshmi whilst Chinni Jayanth, Senthil and Manobala play supporting roles. Parthiban plays a thug in a guest appearance. The film, produced by P. Vijayakumar, had music by Deva while Vijay Milton and Suresh Urs were cinematographer and editor respectively. The film was released on 19 December 2003. The film's story revolves around a sales representative who falls in love with a student. He accepts to separate from his lover for one year to test their love endurance. The youth doesn't find her after the delay as promised. The love turns into hatred and revenge, until he sees his soul mate. Plot The story begins with Surya walking lonely during Valentine's Day. He shaves his hair and his mustache, and then takes a container lorry. He starts to remember his happy past during the travel. Surya was a sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saphalam
''Saphalam'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Asok R. Nath and produced by V. Anil Thomas. The film stars Manoj K. Jayan, Balachandra Menon, Sumithra and Umashankari in lead roles. The film had musical score by Jassie Gift and Ramesh Narayan. Plot This is the love story of an elderly couple, who have to undergo separation. Cast *Manoj K. Jayan *Balachandra Menon * Madhupal *Pala Aravindan * Sumithra * Umashankari Awards ; National Film Awards 2003 * National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam Soundtrack The music was composed by Jassie Gift and Ramesh Narayan Ramesh Narayan (born 3 November 1959) is an Indian Hindustani classical music, classical vocalist, composer and music producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Ramesh began his initial training in Carnatic music and later mastered t .... This was Jassie Gift's first film. The song "Thoovella Thoovunnushassin", sung by Rajesh Vijay became a chartbuster. Cassettes were not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
