Kalaipuli Dhanu

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

Cinema Express Awards Cinema Express Awards are presented annually by Indian Express Group on behalf of Cinema Express film magazine to honour artistic excellence of professionals in the south Indian film industry which comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayala ...

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

Sakkarakatti ''Sakkarakatti'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kala Prabhu and produced by his father, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. It featured debutant Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, the son of veteran actor-director K. ...

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, ...

Vijayakanth Vijayaraj Alagarswami (25 August 1952 – 28 December 2023), known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politi ...

Cooliekkaran ''Cooliekkaran'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Rajasekhar and produced by S. Thanu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini, in her Tamil cinema debut. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Kaalia'' (1981). Th ...

Vanna Vanna Pookkal ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Prashanth, Mounika and Vinodhini. The film, produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, was released on 15 January 1992, and won the Nation ...

Balu Mahendra Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran (20 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked in various Indian film industries, primarily in Tamil ...

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil The National Film Award for Best Tamil Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kama ...

Kizhakku Cheemayile ''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' ( ) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharathiraja. It stars Vijayakumar, Radhika and Napoleon, while Vignesh, Pandiyan, and Vadivelu play supporting roles. The film involves a touching sentimen ...

Kandukondain Kandukondain ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (also released internationally as ''I Have Found It'') is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel ''Sense and Sensibility'', i ...

Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil The Cinema Express Best Film Award is given as a part of its annual Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spo ...

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil films. One of the highest-paid Tamil actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian ...

Kaakha Kaakha ''Kaakha Kaakha'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Suriya, Jyothika and Jeevan, with Daniel Balaji, Vivek Anand, Devadars ...

Maayavi ''Maayavi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language black comedy film directed by Singampuli that stars Suriya and Jyothika (who plays a fictional version of herself), whilst Vijayakanth makes a cameo. The film's score and soundtrack ...

Sachein ''Sachein'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by John Mahendran and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Vijay in the titular role, alongside Genelia, Bipasha Basu, Vadivelu, Santhanam and Raghuvaran. I ...

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' ( ) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, the film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Jayaram, Manobala and Z ...

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, ...

Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations. The film stars Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh Ravi, Kalaiyar ...

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 car ...

Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil action comedy film directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is a sequel to the 2014 film ''Velaiilla Pattadhari'' and has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Saranya Ponvannan, and Samuth ...

Naane Varuvean ''Naane Varuvean'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film directed by Selvaraghavan and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations. The film stars Dhanush in dual roles as the hero and villain, alongside Indhuja Ravichan ...

Gharshana ''Gharshana'' () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film produced by G. Sivaraju, C. Venkatraju, and Kalaipuli S. Thanu. It is directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, in his Telugu debut. It is the remake of the 2003 Tamil film, ...

Milaga ''Milaga'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Ravi Mariya. The film stars himself in a negative role while Natty Subramaniam plays the main role with Poongodi playing the heroine. The film was released on 25 June 20 ...

Thottupaar ''Thottupaar'' () is an Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by newcomer K. V. Nandhu and produced by Janaki Sivakumar. The film, which starred Vidharth, Ramana and Lakshana in leading roles, released on 15 October 2010. Cas ...

Pathinaaru ''Pathinaaru'' () is a 2011 Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, who previously directed the films '' V.I.P'' (1997), '' Punnagai Poove'' (2003) and '' A Aa E Ee'' (2009). It stars Shiva and Madhu ...

Urumi An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade, secretly worn around the waist. Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed from as early as the Sangam period. It is treated as ...

Ner Ethir ''Ner Ethir'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by M. Jayapradeep and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Parthy, Richard Rishi, Richard, and Vidhya Mohan, while Harish Siva, Aishwarya Menon, and M. S. Bhaskar p ...

Yennamo Yedho ''Yennamo Yedho'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Ravi Thyagarajan starring Gautham Karthik, Rakul Preet Singh, and Nikesha Patel. A remake of the Telugu film ''Ala Modalaindi'', the film was produced by Ravi ...

Thakka Thakka ''Thakka Thakka'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Santhana Kumar, whose younger brother, Vikranth, plays the lead role. The film, earlier titled ''Piravi'', also stars Rahul Venkat, Abhinaya, Leema Bab ...

Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan ''Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan'' () is a 2015 Tamil language comedy film written and directed by newcomer A. L. Abanindran. The film features an ensemble cast of Praveen Kumar, Sanam Shetty, Shalini Vadnikatti, Bala Saravanan, Aruldoss, ...

Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai ''Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai'' () is a 2016 Tamil-language musical romance film directed by Mithran R. Jawahar, starring Walter Philips and Isha Talwar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Thattathin Marayathu''. Plot The film is the ...

Parandhu Sella Vaa ''Parandhu Sella Vaa'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Dhanapal Padmanaban. The film stars Luthfudeen, Aishwarya Rajesh and Narelle Kheng in the leading roles. The film features music composed by Joshua Sridh ...

Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil action comedy film directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is a sequel to the 2014 film ''Velaiilla Pattadhari'' and has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Saranya Ponvannan, and Samuth ...

Lucifer The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology. He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bib ...

Kurukshetra Kurukshetra () is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita". Legends According to the Puranas ...

Iravin Nizhal ''Iravin Nizhal'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language independent thriller film written, produced, co-edited and directed by R. Parthiban under the banner Akira Productions and Bioscope Film Framers. The film stars Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Brig ...

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

Vanna Vanna Pookkal ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Prashanth, Mounika and Vinodhini. The film, produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, was released on 15 January 1992, and won the Nation ...

Cinema Express Awards Cinema Express Awards are presented annually by Indian Express Group on behalf of Cinema Express film magazine to honour artistic excellence of professionals in the south Indian film industry which comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayala ...