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Vedhalam
''Vedalam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Siva. It stars Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Menon and Shruti Hassan while Ashwin Kakumanu, Rahul Dev, Thambi Ramaiah, Kabir Duhan Singh, and Soori play supporting roles. The movie focuses on an ex-mercenary who protects his sister from a powerful criminal syndicate. The project was announced in mid-2014 after the success of Ajith and Siva's previous collaboration, '' Veeram'', where in October 2014, Rathnam was announced to lead the production. The team underwent significant changes with the film's cast and crew, and the completion of Kumar's other film, '' Yennai Arindhaa'', delayed the film's production. The principal photography of the film began on 9 April 2015, with filming taking place in major portions across Kolkata, and also in Chennai and Milan, Italy, and was completed that October. The film began production under the working title ''Thala 56'', before ''Vedalam'' was officially announced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siva (director)
Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or also as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with ''Souryam'' (2008) superhit, which was followed by '' Sankham''hit, (2009) and '' Daruvu'' hit,(2012) Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with ''Siruthai'' (2011), the second Telugu film to enter 100 Crore Club worldwide. He further made the high-prolific Tamil films '' Veeram'' (2014), ''Vedalam'' (2015), ''Vivegam'' (2017), ''Viswasam'' (2019) and '' Annaatthe'' (2021). Early life and family Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film scorer music composer music producer singer and instrumentalist who primarily works in Tamil films. He is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. He has won two Filmfare Awards, nine SIIMA Awards, six Edison Awards and five Vijay Awards. His debut song " Why This Kolaveri Di", composed for the 2012 film '' 3'', went viral across the globe and has achieved over 300 million views on YouTube. In 2017, he was described by ''Times of India'' as the Most Desirable Man in Chennai. In 2018, he again bagged the title, becoming the first musician to achieve this title two times in a row. A.R. Murugadoss signed him to compose music for '' Kaththi'' (2014) starring Vijay, which included the viral hit "Selfie Pulla". The soundtrack for the film became Anirudh's highest profile soundtrack until he was signed to compose music for Rajinikanth's ''Petta'' in 2019. In 2016, he signed a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwin Kakumanu
Ashwin Kakumanu is an Indian actor, who is best known for his role as Ganeshan in Venkat Prabhu's '' Mankatha''. Career Ashwin initially auditioned for a role in '' Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa''. The director, Gautham Vasudev Menon, was close to giving him the role, but Ashwin was noticed by the assistant directors of the film and who recommended him for the role of Arjun, the boyfriend of Sameera Reddy's character in Nadunisi Naaygal. Ashwin Kakumanu later featured in Venkat Prabhu's '' Mankatha'' alongside Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja and Vaibhav Reddy. Ashwin appeared as a local Dharavi police officer, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman who had pulled out of the film. Ashwin next played a young scientist in A. R. Murugadoss's '' 7aum Arivu'', alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. He also appeared in a supporting role in Gautham Menon's '' Ekk Deewana Tha'' featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson. Ashwin had his first leading role in the 2013 comedy film '' Idharkuthane Aas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. To date, he has starred in over 60 films. His awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a Sports car racing, sports car racer and participated in the MRF (company), MRF Racing series (2010). He began his career with a small role in the 1990 Tamil film ''En Veedu En Kanavar''. He established himself as a romantic hero with ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996), ''Aval Varuvala'' (1998) and ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (1998), and established himself as an action hero starting with the film ''Amarkalam'' (1999). Ajith's dual portrayal of twin brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Suryah's ''Vaalee (1999 film), Vaali'' (1999) won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil, Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor. He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhola Shankar
''Bhola Shankar'' is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language masala action comedy film directed by Meher Ramesh. An official remake of the 2015 Tamil film ''Vedalam'', it stars Chiranjeevi as the titular character The title character in a narrative work is one who is named or referred to in the title of the work. In a performed work such as a play or film, the performer who plays the title character is said to have the title role of the piece. The title of ... with Tamannaah and Keerthy Suresh. ''Bhola Shankar'' is scheduled for a theatrical release on 14 April 2023. Cast Production Initially, Sai Pallavi was approached for Chiranjeevi's sister role in the film but she rejected due to creative differences. Keerthy Suresh was cast in her place. Music director Mani Sharma's son Mahati Swara Sagar was signed onto this film as the composer. Tamannaah is cast opposite Chiranjeevi in their second collaboration after '' Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'' (2019). An official laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysian Telugu, Malaysia, Indian South Africans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saviour
Savior or Saviour may refer to: *A person who helps people achieve salvation, or saves them from something Religion * Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule for seven, nine or nineteen years * Maitreya * Messiah, a saviour or liberator of a group of people, most commonly in the Abrahamic religions ** Messiah in Judaism **Jesus as the savior or redeemer in Christianity * Zoroastrian tradition envisions three future saviors, including Saoshyant, ou-shyuhnta figure of Zoroastrian eschatology who brings about the final renovation of the world, the Frashokereti * Soter, derives from the Greek epithet (''sōtēr''), meaning a saviour, a deliverer * The Saviour (paramilitary organization) (Спас), a militant nationalist organization in Russia Film and television * ''The Savior'' (1971 film), French film about a girl and a Nazi officer * ''The Savior'' (2014 film), Arabic-language film about Jesus of Nazareth * ''The Saviour'' (Chinese: 救世者 Jiushizhe), a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yennai Arindhaal
''Yennai Arindhaal'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty and Arun Vijay and revolves around a former police officer who tries to protect a young woman from a vengeful criminal linked to his past. The film co-stars Anikha, Parvathy Nair, Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Suman and Avinash. Menon decided to finalise the script in October 2013, with Sridhar Raghavan and Thiagarajan Kumararaja being the consultants. Principal photography of the film was launched on 9 April 2014, where its first schedule took place at Chennai on 11 April 2014, within 12 days. The second schedule of the film took place in May 2014, where the filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Sikkim, and a few parts in Malaysia. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, reuniting with Menon after ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' (2008). Dan Macarthur h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Business Times
The ''International Business Times'' is an American online news publication that publishes five national editions in four languages. The publication, sometimes called ''IBTimes'' or ''IBT'', offers news, opinion and editorial commentary on business and commerce. IBT is one of the world's largest online news sources, receiving forty million unique visitors each month. Its 2013 revenues were around $21 million. As of January 2022, IBTimes editions include Australia, India, International, Singapore, U.K. and U.S. ''IBTimes'' was launched in 2005; it is owned by IBT Media, and was founded by Etienne Uzac and Johnathan Davis. Its headquarters are in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City. History Founder Etienne Uzac, a native of France, came up with the idea for the global business news site while a student at the London School of Economics. He found that the strongest business newspapers had a focus on the United States and Europe and planned to provide br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben (editor)
Livingston Antony Ruben is an Indian film editor, who works in Tamil and Telugu films. Career After graduating with a degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai. Ruben approached director Gautham Vasudev Menon to become an assistant, who redirected him towards noted film editor, Anthony, to join as assistant editor. Ruben subsequently worked on the production of films including '' Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'' (2006) and ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' (2010) under the guidance of Anthony. Ruben was then given the opportunity to work as an editor when preparing trailers for films and managed to work on projects including ''Thoranai'' (2009), ''Avan Ivan'' (2011) and '' Vedi'' (2011). He made his full debut as an editor with '' Kandaen'' (2011), before going on to win acclaim for his work in Elred Kumar's ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Elred Kumar starring Atharvaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
