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Velai
''Velai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by J. Suresh and written by Balakumaran, starring Vignesh, Indraja and Nassar. The film, produced by J. Vasudevan, had musical score by Yuvan Shankar Raja and was released on 26 February 1998. Cast * Vignesh as Ganesh * Indraja * Nassar * Hemanth * Lathif * Vadivukkarasi * Balu Anand * Charle * Charuhasan * Raghavi * Chokkalinga Bhagavathar * Major Sundarrajan * Ponvannan * Santhana Bharathi * Thalaivasal Vijay Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, his second venture after his debut film '' Aravindhan''. It comprises 5 tracks, with Arivumathi Arivumathi born Mathiazhagan is an Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. His first movie as lyricist was ''Siraichalai.'' Early life Arivumathi was born in Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He changed his na ..., Pazhani Bharathi, Ravi Bharathi and R. V. Udayakumar having written the lyrics for each one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English comedian Charlie Chaplin. Biography Charle completed his degree in chemistry from G. V. N. College in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. During his college days, he was known for histrionics and his uncanny ability to imitate Tamil actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. He is an avid entertainer, and a popular stage artist, while at this colcolharle started his career as a Staff Artist – Actor in Song & Drama Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and moved on to perform more than 1000 dramas in six years. He was named Charlie and got introduced in the film '' Poikkal Kudhirai'' in the year 1982 by the director K. Balachander. He proved to be a versatile actor in comedy as well as character roles in Tamil, Telugu an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalaivasal Vijay
Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), which became part of his stage name following acclaim for his performance. He is noted for his character roles, especially in R. Sukumaran's 2010 Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ... film '' Yugapurushan'' as Narayana Guru. The actor is usually seen in supporting and character roles. Vijay, in his career spanning over 25 years, has appeared in more than 200 films. Filmography Tamil Malayalam Telugu Hindi English As voice over artist Television Tamil Malayalam Awards Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhana Bharathi
Santhana Bharathi is an Indian film director and actor who has primarily worked in Tamil cinema. Career Santhana Bharathi originally wanted to be a director but didn't get the right opportunity, even after working for a well known director like C. V. Sridhar. At the time, he had been looking for offers with his friend P. Vasu. Finally, they got a movie called ''Panneer Pushpangal'' in the year 1981. It was a success. Santhana Bharathi, along with his friend Vasu started directing many other movies under the name “Bharathi Vasu”. Santhana Bharathi started directing films of his own, after doing five films together with his friend Vasu, who also went on to become a popular director on his own. Santhana Bharathi's films such as '' Guna'', '' Chinna Mapillai'', '' Mahanadhi'' gained high appreciation. He often hired his friends Kamal Haasan and Crazy Mohan in his works. He has directed several films such as '' Guna'' (1991) and the National Film Award for Best Feature Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassar (actor)
M. Nassar (born 5 March 1958) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil and Telugu film industries he has also worked in few Malayalam, English and Hindi films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Early life and education Nassar was born on 5 March 1958 to Mehaboob Basha and Mumtaz in Tamil Nadu, India. 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 his acting debut in K. Balachander's ''Kalyana Agathigal'' (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Western music elements and often credited with having introduced hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards South, five Mirchi Music Awards South, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Within a span of 25 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 films. Being the youngest son of composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 16, when he composed the film score for '' Aravindhan''. He got his breakthrough with the '' Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2001) soundtrack, and established himself as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil in 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vignesh (actor)
Raja (born 9 April 1971), known professionally as Vignesh, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Career Vignesh got selected to play the lead role in Balu Mahendra's '' Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992) but he was removed from the film after working on it for seven days and was replaced by Prashanth. He made his acting debut in 1992 with the village drama film '' Chinna Thayee''. In 1993, he acted in '' Amma Ponnu'', Bharathiraja's ''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' and Kathir's '' Uzhavan''. In 1995, Vignesh appeared in six films. He starred in ''Chellakannu'', which told the tragic story of a young couple caught between feuding families, and the film performed well and ran for over one hundred days at the box office. The film had featured him alongside actress Yuvarani, as did '' Pasumpon'', while his '' Nadodi Mannan'' became a box office failure. In the mid of 1990s, Vignesh's housemate Bala, an erstwhile assistant of Balu Mahendra wrote the script of the film '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Shalini
Shalini Singh, popularly called as Pop Shalini, is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India. Born in 1984, she is a singer, performer, blogger, and also a writer. She released an album 'Shalini' when she was only 13. She has sung over 5000 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films and albums. She has sung for the likes of A.R.Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Illayaraja, Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of We ..., Vidhyasagar and many others. She is also the CEO of Tinsel Rangi Productions. She is married to Balaji and has a son Aadithya. She lives in Chennai. Her husband works as General Manager for a Sweden Based Company. Early life Born in Tamil Nadu, she was the only child of her parents, and that’s why she received a lot of affection, and all the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premji Amaran
Prem Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 26 February 1979), better known as Premgi, is an Indian playback singer, composer, songwriter, actor and comedian. The son of composer and director Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in his elder brother Venkat Prabhu's films. His stage name, Premgi, is actually a spelling error, as it is meant to be "Prem G.", (the G referring to his father's name). He is also best known for his catchphrases ''Enna Koduma Sir Idhu ?'' (What atrocity is this, sir ?) and ''Evvalavo pannitom, itha panna mattoma'' (We've done so much, won't we do this also ?), the former being a modified version of a famous dialogue used by Prabhu in ''Chandramukhi'' (2005). Career In 1997, Premgi planned to enter the film industry as a director with a project titled ''Wanted'' starring Venkat Prabhu and S. P. B. Charan. The film, which had Yuvan Shankar Raja as music composer and Gangai Amaren and S. P. Balasubrahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arivumathi
Arivumathi born Mathiazhagan is an Indian poet, lyricist and writer who has worked in the Tamil film industry. His first movie as lyricist was ''Siraichalai.'' Early life Arivumathi was born in Virudhachalam, Tamil Nadu. He changed his name to Arivumathi combining his friends first name Arivazhagan as "Arivu" and his own first name "Mathi" together called as Arivumathi, he made this as paying respect to his friend who studied with him in his college. He studied Epigraphy and Archaeology in Chennai. Before turning into a lyricist he was working as assistant director to many legendary directors like Bharathiraja, Balu Mahendra and Bhagyaraj. Career He began his career from poet Abdul Rahman from whom he learnt the art of writing Haiku poems. He began his career in film industry as assistant director to Bhagyaraj working with him for four films. Later he joined Balu Mahendra as assistant director and worked with him for nine films. He introduced Bala a new face to Balu M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyana Galatta
''Kalyana Galatta'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Rajkapoor, starring Sathyaraj, Mantra and Khushboo. The film, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, filmed by Rajarathinam and edited by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan, released on 1 August 1998. Plot Satyaraj is an orphan and he adopts a local Christian family, and becomes the guardian of the family. He comes to Ooty searching for a job in a cinema theatre run by manivannan, where Xatyaraj's friend, S Ve Shekar also works. Due to some clever planning, Satyaraj convinces maNi and gets the job. But maNivaNNan wants only a married man to be his manager. Because Satyaraj is desperate, he lies that he is married and that his wife works as a post-women in Madras. He runs into petty fights with Manivannan's daughter Manthra, who plans underground tricks to sack Satyaraj from his job. Anandaraj is the "muRai paiyan " for Manthra, who wants to mzffy her for property. Due to one such prank from Manthra, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakumaran
Balakumaran (5 July 1946 – 15 May 2018) was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil writer and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films. He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as ''Kalki (magazine), Kalki'', ''Ananda Vikatan'' and ''Kumudam''. His notable works as a dialogue writer in Tamil Cinema include Nayakan, Gunaa, Guna, Baashha and Pudhupettai. Biography Balakumaran was born in Pazhamarneri village near Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district on 5 July 1946. He was married to Kamala and Santha. They have daughter Gowri and son Venkataraman aka Surya. He was a disciple of Yogi Ramsurat Kumar. Balakumaran died at the age of 71 due to prolonged illness in a private hospital on 15 May 2018. As a child, he was highly inspired by his mother, who was a Tamil scholar and a Siromani in Sanskrit, used verses of Sangam and other ancient literature to motivate him whenever he was emotionally down. This created a deep interest in Tamil li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponvannan
Ponvannan (born Shanmugam; 23 September 1963) is an Indian actor and director who has worked in Tamil cinema and television. After beginning his career as an artist (painter), Ponvannan apprenticed as a director and writer under Bharathiraja. He subsequently made his directorial debut with ''Annai Vayal'' (1992), before making the critically acclaimed venture, ''Nadhi Karaiyinile'' (2003). He has since appeared as a supporting actor in films, winning acclaim for his role in films including '' Paruthiveeran'' (2007), ''Ayan'' (2009) and '' Kaaviya Thalaivan'' (2014). In October 2015, he was elected as the Vice President of the Nadigar Sangam alongside Karunas. Career Ponvannan began his career as an artist in his home town of Erode and became acquainted with writer Valampuri John, which led to him working for producer Kovaithambi's Motherland Pictures. Through his exposure, gained at the production house, he began to apprentice under director Bharathiraja and helped the dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |