|
Vanakkam Chennai
''Vanakkam Chennai'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi, in her debut. Produced by her husband Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies, the film stars Shiva and Priya Anand, while Santhanam and Rahul Ravindran portray supporting roles. It revolves around two people who end up renting the same house due to a fraudulent real estate broker, and slowly fall in love. Filming for ''Vanakkam Chennai'' began in February 2013 and was nearly complete that July, taking place mostly in Chennai and Munnar. The music is scored by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography was handled by Richard M. Nathan, and editing by T. S. Suresh. The film was released worldwide on 11 October 2013. Plot K. Madasamy alias Ajay, a youth from Theni, comes to Chennai to take up a job. Anjali Rajamohan, a photographer from London, is also in the city to capture South Indian culture on camera. The duo are deceived by Narayanan, a real estate brok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi (born 3 July 1978) is the spouse of the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu Udhayanidhi Stalin and film director. Career Kiruthiga started her career with the directorial debut ''Vanakkam Chennai''. The movie, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, starred Shiva and Priya Anand. In February 2017, she directed the music video "Sadhayai Meeri", composed by Santhosh Narayanan, which portrays the pains of transgender people. She later directed '' Kaali'' (2018), and made the web series '' Paper Rocket'' for Zee5 in 2022. The next was the romantic comedy, ''Kadhalikka Neramillai'', released on 14 January 2025. Personal life Kiruthiga married Udhayanidhi Stalin in 2002. The couple have a son named Inbanithi who was born in 2004 and a daughter named Tanmaya was born in 2006. Inban has signed for NEROCA FC football club which plays in the I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renuka (actress)
Renuka is an Indian actress who is known for playing the lead role ''Premi'' in K. Balachander's Tamil tele-serial of the same name. She has also acted in Malayalam and some Hindi films. Early life Renuka's family hailed from the town of Srirangam. Due to adverse circumstances caused by the early death of her father, she was compelled to move to the city of Chennai at an early age in search of work. In a short while, she was able to get a job as a drama artiste with Komal Swaminathan's troupe. Career She got the break in Tamil films with the 1989 movie '' Samsara Sangeetham'' directed by T. Rajender and in the year 1990, she worked in Malayalam movie ''Kuttettan ''Kuttettan'' is a 1990 Malayalam romantic comedy movie, directed by Joshiy and written by A. K. Lohithadas. The film stars Mammootty, Saritha, Urvashi, Lizy, Maathu, Sukumari, Jagadish, Murali and Jagannatha Varma. Plot Vishnu is a rich b ...''. Renuka has worked in a few Tamil films and about 75 Malaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Kaur
Taran Kaur Dhillon (born 29 July 1979), known by her stage name Hard Kaur, is a British-Indian rapper and hip hop singer as well as playback singer and actress in the Bollywood industry. Early life Hard Kaur was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 29 July 1979 as Taran Kaur Dhillon into a Punjabi Jatt Sikh family of the Dhillon clan. She was raised in Kanpur, where her mother ran a small beauty parlour in the house. Her father was killed by a mob during 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Her paternal grandparents asked her mother to leave their house and wanted to keep her brother with them. Subsequently she, her brother and her mother moved to Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India to her maternal grandparents house, where they stayed for the next couple of years. In 1991, her mother remarried a British citizen and her family moved to Birmingham, England, where her mother started working and studying to eventually open a beauty salon, in Smethwick. Meanwhile, Hard Kaur did her schooling as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiphop Tamizha
Hiphop Tamizha () is an Indian Musical ensemble, musical duo based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The duo consists of Rangadhithya "Adhi" Ramachandran Venkatapathy and R. Jeeva. Their commercial break-through came with the song "Club le Mabbu le" in 2011. In 2012, Hiphop Tamizha released their debut album ''Hip Hop Tamizhan'', which is India's first Tamil hip hop album. It was a major success with both the general public and critics. While the duo were originally independent musicians, since 2013 they have contributed primarily to composing for films. Personal lives Rangadhithya "Adhi" Ramachandran Venkatapathy was born on 20 February 1990, and R. Jeeva was born 29 June 1991. Adhi's father works at Bharathiar University while his mother comes from an agricultural background. Adhi's first exposure to Rapping, rap came when his neighbour showed him Michael Jackson's "Jam (Michael Jackson song), Jam". His interest in hip hop music started developing in the tenth grade. He uploaded rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virakesari
''Virakesari'' is one of the leading Tamil daily newspapers in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest and the largest circulated Tamil Newspaper in Sri Lanka. Virakesari is owned by Express Newspapers (Ceylon) (Private) Limited, a leading print and web media organization in Sri Lanka. History ''Virakesari'' was founded by P. PR.Subramanian Chettiar in the first half of 20th century. Subramanian was an entrepreneur and journalist from the village Avanipatti in Tamil Nadu, India. Upon immigrating from India to British Ceylon, he saw the conditions of the Indian Labourers and decided that he would establish a newspaper to promote justice and equality for those people by publishing a newspaper with a distinct voice of its own. The first edition was published on 6 August 1930 under the masthead ''Virakesari'' meaning "Victorious Lion" . Subramanian guided the publication for over 20 years, during which the publication focused on the rights and grievances of the Plantation workers, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeetha Krish
Sangeetha Krish () is an Indian actress, dancer and television presenter who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam films and few Kannada films. Debuted in the mid 90s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films '' Khadgam'' (2002), ''Pithamagan'' (2003), '' Uyir'' (2006), '' Dhanam'' (2008), '' Manmadan Ambu'' (2010), '' Masooda'' (2022) and '' Varisu'' (2023). Sangeetha is a recipient of two Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Early life Sangeetha was born in Chennai, India, to Santharam and Bhanumathi.Sangeetha . Interview at totaltollywood.com Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films. She has two brothers. She studied at St. John's English School and Junior College, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassar (actor)
Nassar (born Muhammad Hanif; 5 March 1958) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. He has also worked in few Kannada, English, Hindi and Bengali films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Early life and education Nassar was born as Muhammad Hanif on March 5, 1958, into a Tamil family in Palur, Tamil Nadu, India. His parents were Mehaboob Basha and Mumtaz. He studied in St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School (Chengalpattu). He moved to Madras (now Chennai) after school, where he finished his pre-university at Madras Christian College. At Madras Christian College, he was an active member of the Dramatic Society. Later for a brief time, he worked in the Indian Air Force. He trained in two acting schools: the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce's Film Institute and the Tamil Nadu Institute for Film and Television Technology. Career Nassar made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meesha Ghoshal
Meesha Ghoshal is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films. After making her debut in the Tamil film ''Pokkisham'' (2009), she has appeared in ventures including A. R. Murugadoss's ''7aum Arivu'' and Atlee's ''Raja Rani (2013 film), Raja Rani''. Career Meesha Ghoshal began her acting career, with performances in theatre, She acted in ''Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film), Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010) as a friend to Kajal Aggarwal before being signed up to play a supporting role in the bilingual ''180 (2011 Indian film), 180'' (2011) and then in A. R. Murugadoss's ''7aum Arivu'' (2011), where she played a scientist alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. She was next seen in supporting roles in Myshkin (director), Myshkin's ''Mugamoodi'' and then ''Ishtam (2012 film), Ishtam''. She has also appeared in ''Raja Rani (2013 film), Raja Rani'' (2013) as Madhu, a friend of Nayantara's character and in ''Vanakkam Chennai'' (2013). That same year, she featured in the lead role in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarthi Ganeshkar
Aarthi, also known as Harathi is an Indian actress, comedian and television host who works in Tamil films and television dramas. She initially worked as a child artist in the late 1990s, she also appeared in stand-up comedy shows namely ''Super10'' and ''Lollu Sabha'', before joining the Tamil film industry, she has played roles in '' Giri'' (2004), '' Padikkadavan'' (2009) and '' Kutty'' (2010). Career She started her career in Vanna Kanavugal movie when she was only 6 months old. Later headed by ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Mu. Karunanidhi awarded her "Kalaimamani" for her unique style of humorous acting in films. Some of her popular early films included ''Arul'' (2004), '' Giri'' (2004) and ''Kundakka Mandakka'' (2005), in which she collaborated with actor Vadivelu. For her roles in '' Padikkadavan'' (2009) and '' Kutty'' (2010), she won the Best Female Comedienne awards from Ananda Vikatan for two consecutive years. During the same year, she was awarded the Tamil Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajkumar (Tamil Actor)
Rajakumar is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil films. Rajakumar debuted in Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed '' Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012), Rajakumar has since appeared in pivotal roles in films including '' Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'' (2013) and ''Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum'' (2015). Career Rajakumar began his career with Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed '' Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012), portraying Balaji in a film inspired by real life events. The film became a sleeper hit, with the actor gaining reviews for his portrayal. In 2013, Rajakumar appeared in the fantasy comedy '' Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'', portraying one of four trapped youngsters. The film opened to mixed reviews and had an average run at the box office. He was later seen playing a small role in Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj (born 19 March 1983) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandi (actor)
Lingeswaran, known professionally as Pandi, is a comedy actor who has acted in Tamil films and television shows . He played minor roles in a few films before joining television. He is known for his role as "Pandi" in the popular Tamil soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ... '' Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' in Star Vijay and later participated in '' Jodi Number One'' season 3. His breakthrough came with '' Angadi Theru'' in 2010. Personal life He married Padmini, an MBA graduate on 1 December 2013. Entertainment.oneindia.in (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crane Manohar
Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks. Career Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he started acting he kept the name 'Crane' Manohar. He worked as a crane technician for '' Putham Pudhu Payanam'' (1991), '' Bharathi Kannamma'' (1997) and '' Porkkaalam'' (1997) as well as several Malayalam films. He started his career by acting in several K. S. Ravikumar, Hari, Suraj, Sundar C and Cheran films before playing supporting comedic roles in many films, often with Vadivelu. He garnered praise from critics for his roles in films including '' Kannukku Kannaga'' (2000) and '' Thenali'' (2000). Manohar had roles in '' Udhaya'' (2004), '' Veeranna'' (2005), '' Satham Podathey'' (2007), '' Padikkadavan'' (2009), ''Velayudham ''Velayudham'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film directed by Mohan Raja and produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
