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Venghai
''Venghai'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Hari and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Dhanush and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles, while Rajkiran, Prakash Raj and Ganja Karuppu play supporting roles. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Vetri Palanisamy and editing by V. T. Vijayan. ''Venghai'' was released on 8 July 2011 to mixed reviews from critics and became an average grosser at the box office. It is dubbed in Telugu as ''Simha Putruudu''. Plot Veerapandi is a respected man in Pandiapuram, Sivagangai district who controls around 50% votes in his constituency. He is married to Thangam and has two children, Selvam and Selvi. Rajalingam is the corrupt incumbent local MLA from the ruling party, who was elected with backing from Veerapandi. Rajalingam pretends to be loyal only for Veerapandi's support. One day, the DC organizes a meeting to decide the location of a new railway station, where Raj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari (director)
Harikrishnan is an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his action film, action and masala film, masala films in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with ''Thamizh'' (2002). He later directed films such as ''Saamy'' (2003), ''Kovil (film), Kovil'' (2004), ''Ayya (2005 Tamil film), Ayya'' (2005), ''Thaamirabharani'' (2007), ''Vel (film), Vel'' (2007) and the ''Singam (film series), Singam film series'' (2010-2017). He mostly directed Coimbatore, Dindigul District, Dindigul, Tenkasi district, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli district based movies. Early life Hari was born on 26 December 1973 in the Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Gopalakrishnan, runs a grocery store. Later, his family moved to Chennai, where Hari graduated with a degree in Commerce. Career Hari first joined as an assistant, gaining experience by working with various directors; Senthilnathan, Jeevabalan, Ameerjan, K. Natraj in '' Valli (film), Valli'', Alex Pandian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah Bhatia, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Having appeared in 88 films, she has received several awards, including two Santosham Film Awards, two SIIMA Awards and the Kalaimamani Award. She is considered as one of the highest-paid actresses in South Indian cinema. Bhatia began her acting career with the Hindi film '' Chand Sa Roshan Chehra'' (2005). She then debuted in Telugu cinema with ''Sree'' (2005) and Tamil cinema with ''Kedi'' (2006). Her notable Telugu films include ''Happy Days'' (2007), '' Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'' (2009), ''100% Love'' (2011), '' Oosaravelli'' (2011), ''Racha'' (2012), ''Tadakha'' (2013), '' Baahubali'' (2015), ''Bengal Tiger'' (2015), ''Oopiri'' (2016), '' Baahubali 2'' (2017), '' F2: Fun and Frustration'' (2019) and '' Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'' (2019). Her notable Tamil films include '' Kalloori'' (2007), ''Ayan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajkiran
Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films. He won one Filmfare Award South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career. Early life Rajkiran was born as J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar on 16 March 1949 at Keelakarai into a Muslim family. Career Rajkiran began his film career by producing two Ramarajan starrer films and in one of them he appeared in a brief role. In 1991, he produced and acted in the lead role in Kasthuri Raja's debut film, '' En Rasavin Manasile'' which had a silver jubilee run. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize and the Cinema Express – Best New Face Award for his performance. He directed, produced and acted in lead role in (1993) and '' Ellame En Rasathan'' (1995), which also had silver jubilee runs. In 1996, he acted in '' Manikkam'' which was an average grosser at the box-office. The following year, he worked in '' Pasamulla Pandi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijaya Vauhini Studios
Vijaya Vauhini Studios is a film production company based in Chennai, India. It is the combination of Vijaya Productions and Vauhini Studios. B. Nagi Reddy (Bommireddy Nagi Reddy) was the founder of Vijaya Productions and Moola Narayana Swamy founded Vauhini Studios. History Being once considered as the largest film studio in Asia, Vijaya Vauhini Studios resulted from the merger between Vauhini Studios and Vijaya Productions, in 1948 when Telugu film producer Moola Narayana Swamy leased the studios which was under heavy liabilities to the Vijaya Productions run by B. Nagi Reddy Bommireddy Nagi Reddi (2 December 1912 – 25 February 2004) was an Indian film producer primarily associated with Telugu cinema, along with notable contributions to Tamil cinema, Tamil and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He co-founded Vijaya Vauhi ... (Bommireddy Nagi Reddy), Chakrapani who were one time partners of Moola Narayana Swamy in the 1930s. Productions Some of these films suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srithika Saneesh
Srithika is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil films and television serials. Biography Srithika lived and studied in Malaysia, where her father was a businessman, before she settled in Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and .... She was able to find roles in commercials through her elder sister Sudha, who worked as a TV hostess and currently works in serials as well. She went on to appear in films, including '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' and ''Madurai to Theni Vazhi Aandipatti '' (2009). But it's on the small screen that she had her big break: from 2010 to 2015, she played the role of Malar in the popular soap opera '' Nadhaswaram''. She has since acted in other TV shows, including '' Mamiyar Thevai'', '' Uravugal Sangamam'' and '' Kula Deivam''. Television ;Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sree Raam
Sree Raam is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He made a breakthrough appearing as a child actor, winning a National Film Award for his performance in Pandiraj's Pasanga (2009). He has since appeared in the leading and supporting roles in films, and won acclaim for his portrayal in ''Goli Soda'' (2014). Career Sree Raam made a breakthrough appearing as a child actor, winning the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his performance in Pandiraj's ''Pasanga'' (2009). He then appeared in several films in smaller roles, portraying the younger version of the lead actor. In 2014, he played one of the lead roles in Vijay Milton's ''Goli Soda'' and the success of the film, led him to be featured in films of a similar genre including '' Vajram'' (2015) and '' Kamara Kattu'' (2015). His performance in ''Goli Soda'' also saw him recommended and subsequently signed up for a role in ''Papanasam'' (2015) starring Kamal Haasan Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. Having starred in Dhanush filmography, 50 films over his career, his accolades include four National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), fourteen SIIMA Awards, eight Filmfare Awards South and a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award. One of the highest paid actors in Indian cinema, he has been included in the ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list six times. Dhanush's first film was ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'', a 2002 Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age film directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja. He achieved further success in ''Polladhavan (2007 film), Polladhavan'' (2007) and ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008), both of which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. His role as a Cockfight, rooster fight jockey in ''Aadukalam'' (2010) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has also performed in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film ''Nizhalgal''. He has acted in more than 570 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil. Career Nizhalgal Ravi started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film ''Nizhalgal'' (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many roles in movies like '' Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi'' (1987), '' Nayakan'' (1987), '' Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Radhika, Radha, Gautami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, Revathi, Urvashi, Bhanupriya, Amala, Ranjini, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetri (cinematographer)
Vetrivel Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as ''Souryam'', '' Muni 2: Kanchana'', '' Veeram,'' '' Vedalam, Viswasam and Annaatthe.'' Early life and career Vetri hails from a village located in the Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like '' Aahaa..!'', Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu, Maayi. Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film '' Thenavattu'' (2008), before working on the comedy '' Maasilamani'' (2009) and the successful horror film, '' Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) with Raghava Lawrence. Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja Karuppu
Karuppu Raja, known for his stage name Ganja Karuppu (born 5 January 1976), is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's ''Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ''Sivakasi'' (2005), '' Paruthiveeran'' (2007), '' Subramaniyapuram'' (2008) and '' Naadodigal'' (2009). Career Karuppu was introduced as an actor by director Bala in ''Pithamagan'' (2003) as a person who works in the ganja plantations. As a result of the role, he was thereafter credited in films as Ganja Karuppu. In the 2000s, he subsequently was regularly cast in rural films by directors, working on notable films including Ameer's '' Raam'' (2005) and '' Paruthiveeran'' (2007), Sasikumar's '' Subramaniapuram'' (2008), Samuthirakani's '' Naadodigal'' (2009) and Sargunam's '' Kalavani'' (2010). During the period, he was also cast in the second lead role in Chimbudevan's '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruval
The aruval (ISO: ) is a type of billhook machete from southern India, particularly common in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is also known as the koḍuvāḷ, the kodavali, the machchu longu or the koita. It is a type of long sickle with a knife-like scythe-handle, and is used both as a tool and a weapon. Tamils revere the weapon as a symbol of Karupannar. In popular culture, it is sometimes associated with gangsters, especially in the Rayalaseema region. In Kerala, its primary use is for agriculture, mainly in coconut cutting, clearing pathways, cutting wood and other uses. Introduction An aruval usually measures in length (hand sickle measures ). The blade of this weapon originates at the grip and extends to the main part of the blade. It can be described as a sickle with an extension. It can also be thought of as a sword with a reverse curve. The shorter versions were handy for breaking apart coconuts, and the longer versions were more like battle weapons. The shorter ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urvashi (actress)
Kavitha Manoranjini (born 25 January 1969), known professionally as Urvashi, is an Indian actress, dubbing artist, television host, screenwriter and film producer known for her work in the Indian film industry, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films, and also in Kannada and Telugu films. In a career spanning over four decades, she has won one National Film Award, six Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Award South. Known for her distinct style of acting, she is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Malayalam cinema. Urvashi was a prominent lead actress of the 1980s and 1990s, primarily in Malayalam Films. She has written the films '' Utsavamelam'' and '' Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu;'' the latter was also produced by her. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Achuvinte Amma'' (2005), which was her comeback movie after a period of 6 years. She has won the Kerala State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
