Baba Sehgal

Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. He is considered to be the world's first Hindi rap megastar. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media. He was a contestant in the reality show "Bigg Boss" in 2006.
Life and career.
Early career.
Born and brought up in Lucknow, Baba Sehgal graduated with a B.Tech from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital. His entertainment career began in the 1990s, when he emerged as part of the Indipop scene, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India. Since then he has been a popular figure on the rap scene, with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (which sampled Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby", which in turn sampled Queen's "Under Pressure") 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.
Music.
Sehgal's first album was "Dilruba" (1990), followed by "Alibaba" (1991). Then came his biggest hit album "Thanda Thanda Pani" (1992), which sold 5million cassettes, making it the first successful Indian rap album.
His next albums were "Main Bhi Madonna" (1993), "Baba Bachao na" (1993), "Dr.Dhingra" (1994), "Miss 420" (1994) movie soundtrack, "Double Gadbad" (1994) movie soundtrack, "Indian Romyo" (1995), "Tora Tora" (1995), "Loomba Loomba" (1996), "na aariya hai na jaroya hai" (1997), "America mein indian dhaba" (1997), "d.j. mix blue" (1997), "dhak dhak dil in culcutta" (1997), "A Reason to Smile" (1997), "meri jaan hindustan" (1998), "jugni mast kalandar" (1998), "abb mein vengaboy" (1999), "pinga pinga" (2001), "Pump up your Style" (2003), "Welcome to Mumbai" (2005), "Babe di gaddi" (2009), "Woh beete din" and "The Magic of Dandiya", among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie "Dance Party" (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..". He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on MTV Asia, which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show "Superhit Muqabla" which was aired on DD2 at primetime. He has also worked as a stage performer.
He was in New York from 2001 to 2005. When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album "Welcome to Mumbai", which was his 22nd album.
He also directed the music for the Bollywood film "Bhoot Uncle" (2006) and "Nalaik" (2005). He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom. His Song Trump Ka Mania supporting the then Republican nominee Donald Trump was a hit.
Now, he makes and releases his singles on his YouTube channel "Baba Sehgal Entertainment". Some of them are "Aloo ka Parantha, Going to the Gym, Swacchh Bharat". His song "Mumbai City" is a dark hip hop rap song on Mumbai.
Acting.
In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film "Miss 420" alongside Sheeba Akashdeep. He also did playback singing for the film's soundtrack(Pallav, O Pallav), which was released in 1994, four years before the film's theatrical release. In 1999 he played two characters in the film "Double Gadbad". He also composed and sang all the songs for the film's soundtrack. In 2009, he had a part in the SAB TV comedy series "Jugni Chali Jalandhar". In 2011 he appeared in "Rang Badalti Odhani" on Star One. Sehgal also made his Telugu film debut in "Rudhramadevi", with Anushka Shetty in the lead. It was directed by National award winner Gunasekhar. Baba Sehgal was signed to play a major negative role in another Telugu film titled "Overdose". In 2016, he played a cameo as himself in "Bank Chor". In the same year, he made his debut in Tamil cinema playing the role of a corrupt cop in "Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada".
He was a contestant on "Bigg Boss 1" in 2006.
Filmography.
As actor
As playback singer


Mark Blane

Mark Blane is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his work on the film "Cubby" and his recurring role as "Zack" on the Apple TV+ series "Little Voice".
Life and career.
Mark Blane was born in Valparaiso, Indiana. His sister is the actress Carly Blane. He attended Valparaiso High School and Syracuse University. He began his film career as a co-writer on "The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson". He is a playwright and author of "The Rock and The Ripe: The Bullied and Bruised Gay Youth of America".
In 2019, Blane wrote and co-directed the feature film "Cubby", along with Ben Mankoff, about a babysitter and a young boy trying to discover their place in New York City. The film had its World Premiere at the 34th Lovers Film Festival – Torino LGBTQI Visions and won Buried Treasure at the Chlotrudis Awards. His upcoming short film, "Ghost Bike", starring Tamara Tunie, Mike Doyle and Carly Blane, is currently in post production.
Filmography.
As Actor


The Maori Merchant of Venice

The Maori Merchant of Venice () is a 2002 New Zealand drama film in the Māori language (with English subtitles), directed by Don Selwyn.
Production.
The play "The Merchant of Venice" was translated into Māori in 1945 by Pei Te Hurinui Jones, and his translation is used for the film. It is the first Māori-language film adaptation of any of William Shakespeare's plays. The film was shot in Auckland, but "recreate[d] 16th century Venice, with costumes and surroundings to fit the original setting".
Cast.
Almost all the film's actors are Māori, many of them acting for the cinema for the first time. Waihoroi Shortland stars as Hairoka (Shylock), Ngarimu Daniels as Pohia (Portia), Te Rangihau Gilbert as Patanio (Bassanio), Scott Morrison as Anatonio (Antonio) and Veeshayne Armstrong as Nerita (Nerissa).
Reception.
According to the New Zealand Film Commission, the film deals with the themes of "religious discrimination, revenge for past wrongs", and "explores the nature of justice and mercy" as well as "the effect of heritage on an individual’s life decisions and the strength, wit and wisdom of women": "The Maori take on Shakespeare's 'pound of flesh' drama is a story of deep seated social and religious prejudice, in which the Jew (Shylock) has a long memory of oppression, but revenge is not so sweet." Valerie Wayne, in "The Contemporary Pacific", underlined the apparent parallel drawn by the film between the oppression suffered by Shylock because of his Judaism and the sometimes violent subjugation of Māori by the colonial authorities in nineteenth century New Zealand.
Reviewing "The Maori Merchant of Venice" for "Te Kete Ipurangi", Lana Simmons-Donaldson described it as "an educational, even motivational tool" for Māori language learners, and provided glowing praise:
Awards.
The film won the audience award for best feature at the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2002, while Waihoroi Shortland won the film award for best actor at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards in 2003.
Other Māori productions of Shakespeare plays.
"The Merchant of Venice" is not the only Shakespearian play to have been adapted to Māori themes, though it is the only one to have been released as a feature film. Adaptations of "Othello", using a Māori cast and usually set during either the Musket Wars or New Zealand Wars of the nineteenth century, have been performed on numerous occasions since the late 1990s, most notably at Christchurch's Court Theatre in 2001.


Aahaa Enna Porutham

Aahaa Enna Porutham (English: "Wow! What a compatibility") is a 1997 Tamil comedy film directed by C. Ranganathan. The film features Ramki, Goundamani and Sanghavi in lead roles. The film, produced by K. Balu, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 September 1997 to mixed reviews.
Plot.
Kunju Gounder (Balu Anand) is a respected village chief, he seeks his missed son (Senthil). Panju Gounder, worked as a servant in Kunju Gounder's house and married his sister. Now, Panju Gounder (Pandu) tries hard to be respected by the villagers.
Raja (Ramki) and his friend (Goundamani) are fraud. Raja attempts to make himself out to be Kunju Gounder's son and falls in love with Kunju Gounder's daughter Sinthamani (Sanghavi).
Soundtrack.
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by P. R. C. Bhalu. Roshini made her debut as a playback singer through this film.


Rajhesh Vaidhya

Rajhesh Vaidhya () (or, Vaidya), is an Indian veena player born on 14th June 1973 hailing from Tamil Nadu. Besides performing on stage, he has worked with various film music composers. He also acted in the movie "Viswa Thulasi" and in "Premi", a tele-serial aired in Sun TV. Vaidhya was a winner of the 2010 Kalaimamani award for his veena playing.
Music career.
Rajhesh Vaidhya has composed and performed the content of various albums and given many stage performances. He is the brother-in-law of S. Ve. Shekher and younger brother of Mohan Vaidhya. He was music director for the movie "Vegam" by S. Ve. Shekher, starring Ashwin Shekher. He has also worked with Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj, Bharathwaj, Deva, Devi Sri Prasad, Srikanth Deva,Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. He composed the music for K. Balachander's "Sahana", a television series.
He collaborated with Playing for Change, on the album Songs Around The World, (2008). He has performed with musicians and composers like Sir Elton John.
Musical Training.
From a very early age, he started his tutelage under Smt. Jeyalakshmi and continued learning the Saraswathi Veena under Smt Rama Nambinarayanan. He also received advanced training under carnatic veena maestro Shri Chitti Babu.


M. T. Rajen

M. T. Rajen (28 May 1886 – 14 July 1943), was a prominent movie entrepreneur of the early Tamil film era. He produced, distributed, directed and exhibited Tamil movies.
Career.
Rajen showed an entrepreneurial streak very early in his life. He went to Burma on his own at a very early age to work for the railways there and returned to make his fortune in the electrical contracting business, again a pioneering field those days. His firm M.T. Rajen & Co, established in 1914, electrified the Chettinad palaces.
As a serial entrepreneur he was quite successful and went on to establish a film production company, Vel Pictures, and a film distribution and exhibition company, Madras Theatres. The theatres, Prabhat, Broadway, Saraswathi and Kinema Central were all either run or owned by Madras Theatres Ltd. Rajen was also an investor in real estate properties and owned numerous prime properties in Madras. Rajen served as one of the founding fathers of the South India Film Chamber of Commerce, along with C. P. Sarathy, K. Subramaniam, S. Soundararajan, C.S.V. Iyer, V. Rama Rao and M.A. Venkatrama Naidu, and went on to become the founder President of the Chamber.
Rajen died on 14 July 1943, never recovering from a persistent bout of pneumonia. Currently M.T. Rajen & Co., a property management firm is successfully run along with its sister concerns, M.T. Rajen’s Pooncholai (Landscape and Indoor Plant Suppliers), established in 1988 and M.T. Rajen’s Farms (Horticulture Farms) established in 1990.


2 Days in New York

2 Days in New York is a 2012 romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Julie Delpy. It is a sequel to Delpy's 2007 film "2 Days in Paris".
Plot.
Parisian Marion is living in New York with her son, in order to be closer to Jack, the boy's father (Marion's ex-boyfriend from "2 Days in Paris"). She and her new boyfriend Mingus have a cozy relationship until the arrival of Marion's father, sister and sister's boyfriend, on vacation from France. The group's two days together are tested by "unwitting racism and sexual frankness", with no one left unscathed.
Cast.
Albert Delpy is Julie Delpy's real-life father.
Festival and theatrical releases.
"2 Days in New York" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2012. The film was shown April 26, 2012 at the Tribeca Film Festival and May 21, 2012 at the Seattle International Film Festival.
"2 Days in New York" went into theatrical release in France on March 28, 2012, and in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2012. It was scheduled for release in the United States on August 10, 2012.
Following the film's Sundance premiere, distribution rights in Scandinavian and Baltic countries were acquired by Stockholm-based NonStop Entertainment.
Reception.
According to Steve Rose of "The Guardian", "Delpy's alter ego Marion" is a "lovable mess of neurotic babble, intellectual uncertainty and unmanageable lies"; the film is a "delightfully eccentric comedy...big on laughs, low on pretense, exaggerated but emotionally sincere—not least in Delpy's dealing with the death of her mother (in real life as well as in the movie). We've rarely seen comedy this smart since Woody Allen and "Seinfeld" left New York." Total Film's Neil Smith said the film is a "haphazard meditation on Franco-American relations, which hurls screwball situations, oddball cameos and the odd one-liner liberally at the screen without much caring if any of them stick." Smith concludes "what it all adds up to is an anything goes take on modern relationships with a side order of broad stereotype. Expect to be amused and bemused in equal quantities and you'll be amply entertained."


Melvin Bernhardt

Melvin Bernhardt (February 26, 1931 – September 12, 2015) was an American stage and television director. He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and much of his work has been in the New York City area. He is known for his productions of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds", "Da", and "Crimes of the Heart". Bernhardt began his career as a stage manager; he made his directorial debut in 1965 with "Conerico was Here to Stay" at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
Biography.
Melvin Bernhard (he later added the "t" to his surname in tribute to Sarah Bernhardt) was born on February 26, 1931 in Buffalo, New York. His parents were Max Bernhard and Kate Benatovich. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University at Buffalo and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. Beginning January 8, 1989 Bernhardt was partnered with New York based stage/television actor and audiobook narrator Jeff Woodman. The pair were married on September 10, 2011.
Bernhardt died in Manhattan, New York on September 12, 2015 after a fall at the age of 84.
Career.
Melvin Bernhardt began his career as a stage manager. He served as the stage manager for the original Broadway theatre productions of "Diary of a Scoundrel" and "Livin' the Life". Bernhardt directed his first play, "Conerico was Here to Stay", at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan in 1965. From there, Bernhardt directed plays throughout the United States, including productions in Hartford and Cincinnati and a national tour of "Who's Happy Now?" in 1968. He made his London directing debut in November 1972 at the Hampstead Theatre Club with his production of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds". Bernhardt is known as an "actor's director", as he focuses more on character development than on elaborate staging. He is currently a member of the Honorary Advisory Committee of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Broadway.
In addition to winning multiple Obie awards for his Off-Broadway work, Bernhardt has had a successful career as a Broadway theatre director. His first Broadway production came in 1969 when he directed "Home Fires" and "Cop-Out", a pair of one-act plays written by John Guare. The production, which was staged at the Cort Theatre, was harshly criticized and closed after just eight performances. Although the individual performances of the actors were well received, the plays themselves were seen as "enigmatic drama", "weak social satire", and "feeble exercises in juvenility".
1 May 1978 marked the debut of the original Broadway production of "Da", a comedy by Hugh Leonard which proved to be one of the more successful plays in Bernhardt's career. The play, which ran for nearly 700 performances at the Morosco Theatre, earned Bernhardt the 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and the 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play. Bernhardt's other major Broadway success was "Crimes of the Heart", which opened at the John Golden Theatre on 4 November 1981. The production earned a slew of awards and nominations, including nominations for the 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play and the 1982 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
Television.
Although the majority of Bernhardt's directorial work has taken place on the stage, he has also had some experience in television directing. His work on "Another World" earned him a nomination for the 1979 and 1980 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team. He earned another nomination for this award in 1985 for his work on "One Life to Live". Other television work includes several episodes of "All My Children", and, in 1984, a live production of "Mister Roberts" for "NBC Live Theater".


Chumbak

Chumbak (also designated as Chumbak - THE LOTTERY) is a 2018 Indian Marathi-language slice of life drama film directed by Sandeep Modi, produced by Aruna Bhatia, Naren Kumar and Cape of Good Films and stars a renowned lyricist Swanand Kirkire in the lead role. It had its world premiere on 13 October 2017 in MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival.
Later, the film attracted attention of Akshay Kumar who found it "honest and pure", announcing on social media, and also went on to "present" it, making his Marathi cinema debut as a presenter. It was released in cinemas on 27 July 2018. Trailer for the film was released on 5 July 2018.
Plot.
Chumbak is a coming-of-age story of Baalu, a teen restaurant worker boy who decides to con someone to fulfill his dream and escape his wretched life, but instead finds a mentally-ill village dim-wit - Prasanna (Swanand Kirkire) as his only victim. Baalu now finds himself torn between his morality and dreams, as the two find themselves on a journey that changes their lives.


Grace Karunas

Grace Karunas is an Indian playback singer and actress who has worked in the Indian film industry. The wife of actor Karunas, Grace has often sung in films featuring her husband.
Career.
Grace began singing at the age of five with the CSI Church, Poonamallee. She continued singing with her church and at college and caught the interest of actor Karunas during an intercollegiate competition, which the actor had come to judge. Karunas subsequently asked Grace to perform songs in his independent albums, and the pair later got married.
Her first film song was "Cheena Thaana Doi" in the Kamal Haasan-starrer "Vasool Raja MBBS" (2004), and she received the opportunity after Karunas had recommended her to the film's director Saran and music composer Bharathwaj. The success of the song made her popular and she soon worked on other songs including "Velaku Onnu Thiriya Paakudhu" from "Devathaiyai Kanden" (2004), "Alappuzha Ammani Allo" from "Karka Kasadara" (2005), "Freeya Vidu Maamu" in "Aaru" (2005), "Vaadi En Kappa Kezhange" in "Sandai" (2008) and "Aaada Varum Ulagathula" in "Pandi" (2008). In the 2010s, she has usually sung for films where Karunas has starred in the lead role. Along with her work in films, Grace has often performed as a live musician in stage shows.
Grace has also worked as an actress in films, notably appearing in "Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam" (2006) and "Kathakali" (2016) in supporting roles.
Personal life.
Grace is married to actor and politician Karunas, whose films she has often worked on as a singer. Their son, Ken, has also appeared in films as an actor, after making his debut in "Azhagu Kutti Chellam" (2016).


Nandi Award for Best Music Director

The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners since 1977:.


Rhode Island International Film Festival

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state.
History.
Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the Newport Film/Video Society & Arts Collaborative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit created in 1981. The Festival was created by George T. Marshall, the founder of the Flickers Arts Collaborative. He has been the Executive Director/CEO of the Festival since its creation. Shawn Quirk is the Programming Director. J.Scott Oberacker, Ph.D. is the Educational Outreach Director. Timothy Haggerty is the Technical Director. Katie Reaves, Mary McSally and Reshad Kulenovic are the Educational Program Directors. Lawrence J. Andrade serves as the Executive Advisor and Human Resource Director. Michael Drywa, Esq. is the Board President.
RIIFF has been a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards since 2002. In 1998, it hosted the world premiere of the Farrelly brothers film, "There's Something About Mary". The Festival draws over 45,000 people annually along with a strong filmmaker presence attending its main event each August and its Horror Film sidebar in October. In 2018, the Festival screened 295 films; with 84 being world and US premieres.
In 2010, the Festival has been designated as the host for Oscar Night America in Rhode Island, which it continues to host each year. In 2014, that event was renamed the "Red Carpet Experience: Providence," and continues annually.
The festival often attracts major industry talent and celebrities who attend to participate in conversations about varied aspects of filmmaking. Attending filmmakers in the past have included actor Andrew McCarthy, who premiered his directorial debut, "News for the Church"; Michael Showalter discussing his feature film "The Baxter", and actors Seymour Cassel, Kim Chan, and Ernest Borgnine(2009) who received Festival Lifetime Achievement Awards. Director Blake Edwards received a Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, which was accepted by his wife, actress/singer, Julie Andrews. Actress Blythe Danner received the Festival's Creative Vision Award in 2008 for "significant contributions to the arts." That same year, actor Richard Jenkins received the George M. Cohan Ambassador Award which honors "unique Americans who have made a timeless contribution to the arts and have inspired future generations of Rhode Islanders." In 2009, film composer Klaus Badelt was awarded the Festival's Crystal Image Award for his contribution to the art of filmmaking. In 2010, the award went to children's author/filmmaker, Sandra Boynton. In 2011, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to actors Paul Sorvino and Ken Howard. In 2014, the Award was presented to actor/artist, Theo Bikel. In 2017, the Award was renamed the Gilbert Stuart Artistic Vision Lifetime Achievement Award and presented to special effects creator, Douglas Trumbull. In 2018, the Award was presented to production designer, Joseph M. Alves.
Sidebar events for the Festival include the KidsEye International Film Festival, the RI International Horror Film Festival, the Vortex Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, Cine ¡Ole! (Spanish Film Series), the Golden Jasmine Chinese Film Festival, the Roving Eye International Film Festival, the Annual Flickers' Japanese Film Festival, the Providence Underground Film Festival and the First Look Series. Educational programs include the KidsEye Summer Filmmaking Workshop (started in 1998), the Youth Film Jury, ScriptBiz, the Providence LGBTQ Film Festival, and the Rhode Island Film Forum.
In 2010, the Flickers North Country Film Festival was introduced as a companion event to the annual RIIFF. The location for the Festival is in Coos County, New Hampshire. The principal location for exhibition is at the Balsams Grand Hotel Resort in Dixville Notch, NH. Programming took place in late September through early October. In 2011, the event moved to Brattleboro, VT and was held in collaboration with the Brattleboro Retreat.
In 2010, the Festival introduced three new outreach programs that were designed to reach beyond the Rhode Island border: the 7DayPSA Competition and the New England Film Festival Alliance. In 2017, the Flickers introduced a new program geared to youngsters confined to hospitals called the Children's Hospital International Film Festival.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival accepts submissions from around the world for its film and screenplay competitions.
The Festival is berthed at The Vets (formerly the VMA Arts & Cultural Center), a 1,900 seat facility located at One Avenue of the Arts in Providence and presents screenings throughout the state of Rhode Island during the year.


Map of Salvation

Map of Salvation is a feature-length docudrama film made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The film tells about five European women, Maria Jacobsen (Denmark), Karen Jeppe (Denmark), Bodil Biørn (Norway), Alma Johansson (Sweden), Anna Hedvig Büll (Estonia), who were witnesses to the Armenian Genocide and subsequently founded shelters for Armenian children and women.
Film production was in 29 cities of 9 countries.


Rosana Cade

Rosana Cade is a Glasgow-based live performance artist. She is known mainly for her queer, feminist and activist approaches to her work. She is notable for winning the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Awards 2016, for Physical/Visual Theatre with Cock and Bull, and has toured work to The National Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and international venues including Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, Frascati, Amsterdam and Kwai Fong Theatre, Hong Kong.
Life.
Cade studied BA (hons) Contemporary Performance Practice at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, class of 2011. Cade Rosana co-founded //BUZZCUT//, a collaboration creating experimental events for live performance.
In 2016 Cade was announced as Artist in Residence at The Marlborough Theatre in Brighton.
Key Works.
Walking: Holding.
"Walking:Holding" was commissioned in 2011, Walking:Holding is an experiential live performance that involves one audience member at a time. An audience member is guided through a planned route, holding hands with different people. The performance was created through 'holding hands experiments' in Glasgow with couples, of different ages, sexualities and races, this aims to challenge prejudices, with the experience of walking in someone else shoes- or hands.
Queer identity.
Cade's performance roots lies in the experience of lesbian, gay and bisexual people "Walking: Holding"'s audience members are local participants who range in age, gender, race, sexuality and background. Walking: Holding foregrounds her sexuality and strives to align her work with both the terms ‘queer’ an ‘lesbian
This performance centres on the experiences of queer identities and lifestyles that are apparent within the city. It is an experiment into what happens when two strangers experience an intimate moment in public. Along with the approach on queer identity, the question of social diversity and cultural codes within each city is shared.
Academic articles.
Walking: Holding has been discussed in academic articles and book chapters. These include:
Other works.
Sister has been developed in association with The Arches, and with support from the National Theatre Studio and Battersea Arts Centre. It premiered at Behaviour 2014 and is part of the Made in Scotland Showcase


Before the Rains

Before the Rains is a 2007 Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film is adapted from a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film "Asphalt Zahov".
It was filmed on location in Kerala, India and was released in cinemas in India, the US and the UK.
Plot.
"Before the Rains" is set in 1930s Malabar District of the Madras Presidency of British India, against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. Neelan (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to tradition when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss and close friend Henry Moores (Linus Roache) and a married village woman Sajani (Nandita Das).
Henry and T.K. are working on constructing a road in rural Kerala. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house-maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, witnessed by two children who flee. Both Henry and Sajani are married to different partners and both know of each other's marriages. Henry's wife Laura and son Peter return from their vacation in England. Sajani is distraught but Henry assures Sajani that she is the one he loves. Sajani's violent husband finds out about her infidelity and brutally beats her. Sajani flees to Henry's house; Henry instructs T.K. to take her away into hiding. T.K tells Sajani never to come back as she is now disgraced and her presence in the village will endanger Henry's life. Sajani does not believe T.K but leaves nonetheless. During this time, resentment towards the British grows stronger; news about an adulterous act between an Indian woman and a British man would be inflammatory.
Sajani's love for Henry drives her back to Henry's house. Henry tells her to leave and admits that he does not love her. A distraught Sajani finds T.K's handgun (a gift from Henry), shoots herself in the chest and dies. T.K. and Henry throw her body in the river to conceal her death.
Sajani's disappearance garners interest in the village. Sajani's brother Manas and husband gather the men of the village to search the jungle for her. The same two children who discovered Sajani and Henry near the waterfall in compromising position then discover her dead body. It is established that a bullet from an English pistol killed her. A mob led by Sajani's husband attacks T.K., the only Indian man around with a handgun. The bullet and the handgun match and T.K is tried by the village council for murder. T.K is forced to tell the truth to the council, while Henry's wife discovers her husband's affair and his involvement in Sajani's death and leaves her husband to return to England with their son.
T.K proves his innocence to the council in a test of fire. The council elders tell T.K. that he has to kill Henry to get his honour back since he aided and abetted in covering up a killing. Sajani's brother and T.K. go to kill Henry. When it comes to the moment for T.K to kill Henry, he cannot pull the trigger but instead tells Henry that no man owns anything, it belongs to everyone. The film ends with the onset of the monsoon. Henry and T.K's road holds and does not yield to the pouring rains.
Production.
Santosh Sivan decided to make a film of Danny Verete's segment "Red Roofs" (from "Asphalt Zahov") after producer Doug Mankoff introduced him to the film. Concluding that the story was "timeless and universal", Sivan changed the story's setting to a Nayar community in 1930s Kerala, India. He felt a special affinity with the area as he was born and raised in Kerala.
During the 33-day shoot, Sivan endeavoured to capture the feel of cinematographer Subrata Mitra. He used mainly 16mm and 18mm lenses to achieve the film's panoramic wide shots which he recorded in aspect ratio on Kodak Vision2 film stock. He was also inspired by the work of artist Raja Ravi Varma for the interiors, particularly in the use of lighting. The costume department dressed the principal characters in contrasting colours to highlight their differing backgrounds; Moores was dressed in muted colours while Sanjani wore bright saris and jewellery.
Several complications were involved in filming in the area. Since much of the film involves road construction, the production team found an abandoned road and completed it at different stages in three different areas to allow them to shoot all three building stages simultaneously. For one scene Das's character was supposed to float down a river. The water proved to be too cold, so the crew had to set up a large tub of warm water next to the river for the close-up.
Release.
"Before the Rains" premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at Pittsburgh's Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It was released commercially in India on 14 August 2009.
Reception.
The film was released in Indian, UK and US cinemas. The movie got a mixed critical reception with Rotten Tomatoes giving it an average rating of 5.2 and Metacritic giving it a 47/100 rating. Sivan's camera work was widely praised. The lead actors' performances, especially that of Rahul Bose was also applauded. The predominant thread of criticism in most of the reviews were that the film stuck to an old-school format and failed to stir emotion or engage the viewer.
Soundtrack.
The film's music is by "Mark Kilian" who was nominated for a Discovery of the Year award at the 2008 World Soundtrack Awards for his work on the film. It has some Carnatic songs as well that feature Indian percussionist Sivamani.


Somali Film Agency

The Somali Film Agency (SFA) was a film regulatory body based in Mogadishu, Somalia.
History.
Following a bloodless military coup d'état in 1969, the production, distribution and importation of films in the country were nationalized by the new-established Supreme Revolutionary Council. Privately owned movie theaters were subsequently replaced with government-controlled film houses, and about 500 films were projected annually.
The Somali Film Agency (SFA) was established in 1975 as an adjunct to the federal Ministry of Information and National Guidance, growing out of the Ministry's visual aids arm. The SFA's duties included overseeing the importation, distribution and censorship of movies in the country. It later also oversaw the production of both long and short films. Most of the imported films were brought in from Egypt, Italy, the Soviet Union and East Germany. To facilitate processing and post-production, the SFA also forged a working partnership with British Films LTD, a British movie company.
Between 1979 and 1983, the Somali filmmaker Ali Said Hassan served as a representative of the Somali Film Agency in Rome. The Somali Film Agency also annually organized the Mogadishu Pan-African and Arab Film Symposium (Mogpaafis) in Mogadishu. The film festival brought together an array of prominent filmmakers and movie experts from across the globe, including other parts of Northeast Africa and the Arab world, as well as Asia and Europe.


Suburbicon

Suburbicon is a 2017 American black comedy film written and directed by George Clooney, and co-written by the Coen brothers and Grant Heslov. The film stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac, and follows a mild-mannered father who must face his demons after a home invasion shakes his quaint neighborhood in 1959. It is loosely based on a 1957 incident in Levittown, Pennsylvania, in which a black family moved into the previously all-white neighborhood, leading to racism and violence against the family.
Principal photography began in October 2016 in Los Angeles. "Suburbicon" premiered in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2017, then screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 27, 2017. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics for its plot, and earned only $12 million at the box office against its $25 million budget.
Plot.
In 1959, the peaceful, all-white neighborhood of Suburbicon is shaken up by the arrival of an African-American family, the Mayers.
Gardner Lodge, a mild-mannered family man, lives with his paraplegic wife Rose, their son Nicky and Rose's twin sister Margaret in Suburbicon. One night, two robbers, Sloan and Louis, break into the Lodge family home, tie the entire family up and kill Rose with an overdose of chloroform. Margaret moves in to help take care of Nicky. Soon after her sister's death, Margaret begins to transform herself into Rose, dyeing her hair blonde and having sex with Gardner.
The Lodges are called into the police station to identify Sloan and Louis, but both Gardner and Margaret say that the police have the wrong men, even as Nicky recognizes them as his mother's murderers. Soon afterward, Sloan shows up at Gardner's job and demands the money that he owes him and Louis - payment for killing Rose. When Gardner refuses to pay, Sloan and Louis plan to return to his house and kill Nicky and Margaret.
As tensions mount between the residents of Suburbicon and their new African-American neighbors, charismatic insurance agent Bud Cooper arrives one day when Gardner is not home and begins asking Margaret questions, looking to clear up red flags in a life insurance claim made on Rose by Gardner shortly after her death. Cooper tells Margaret he suspects her and Gardner of murdering Rose to collect on her policy, and Margaret kicks him out of the house.
That night, as a prolonged protest at the home of the new African-American residents turns into a riot, Cooper returns to talk directly to Gardner. He tells Gardner that he knows the nature of his and Margaret's insurance fraud plan and attempts to blackmail them into giving him their entire payout in exchange for his silence. Margaret poisons his coffee with lye, and Gardner stabs him with a fireplace poker to finish him off. Gardner leaves to hide his body, trailed by Sloan.
Margaret attempts to poison Nicky with a sandwich and milk after he eavesdropped on her conversation with Cooper and contacted his Uncle Mitch for help. The increasingly suspicious Nicky does not eat the sandwich and, as Margaret is admitting defeat, Louis strangles her to death before heading upstairs to deal with Nicky. Mitch arrives and saves Nicky by shooting Louis dead. Mitch gives Nicky a gun and hides him in the closet before succumbing to a stab wound inflicted by Louis.
On the way home from disposing of Cooper's body, Gardner is taunted by Sloan, who is suddenly killed by a fire truck. Arriving home, he finds the bodies of Margaret, Mitch, and Louis, and gets Nicky out of the closet. He offers Nicky a choice: he can go along with a plan to cash out an insurance claim and run away to Aruba, or Gardner will kill him and blame his death on Sloan and Louis.
The next morning, Gardner is dead, having consumed Margaret's poisoned sandwich and milk during his conversation with Nicky. Nicky calmly goes outside to play ball with Andy, the son of the African-American family next door, after the family has cleaned up the remnants of the previous night's riot.
Production.
According to producer Joel Silver, Joel and Ethan Coen originally wrote the script for "Suburbicon" in 1986, soon after the release of their film "Blood Simple". In 2005, it was reported that George Clooney would star in and direct "Suburbicon", while the Coen brothers would produce.
The film was eventually made ten years later, combining two previously unrelated scripts, one a crime film by the Coens, and one a historical drama based on the real-life story of the Myers family, the only black family in all-white Levittown, Pennsylvania who faced racially-charged harassment and violence from other residents. On December 8, 2015, Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Josh Brolin joined the cast; Oscar Isaac and Woody Harrelson later signed on, as well. On August 31, 2016, Noah Jupe and Glenn Fleshler joined, to play Damon's character's son and a hitman, respectively.
On September 27, 2016, Harrelson said in an interview that he would not be in the film due to scheduling conflicts. In August 2017, it was reported that Brolin had been cut from the final edit of the film.
"Suburbicon" began filming in Fullerton, south of Los Angeles, in October 2016. Alexandre Desplat composed the film's score.
Release.
Paramount Pictures released the film in the United States on October 27, 2017.
Home media.
"Suburbicon" was released on Digital HD on January 23, 2018, and on Blu-ray and DVD on February 6, 2018.
Reception.
Box office.
"Suburbicon" grossed $5.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $4.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $10.2 million, against a production budget of $25 million.
In the United States and Canada, "Suburbicon" was released alongside "Thank You for Your Service" and "Jigsaw", and was projected to gross around $8 million from 2,046 theaters in its opening weekend. However, after making $1.1 million on its first day, weekend estimates were lowered to $3 million. It ended up debuting to $2.8 million, finishing 9th at the box office. The weekend marked the lowest wide opening of Clooney's directorial credits, and of Matt Damon's career, and the 32nd worst-ever opening for a film playing in over 2,000 theaters. It dropped 59% in its second weekend to $1.2 million, finishing 13th at the box office.
Critical response.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 28% based on 250 reviews, with an average rating of 4.94/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A disappointing misfire for director George Clooney, "Suburbicon" attempts to juggle social satire, racial commentary, and murder mystery — and ends up making a mess of all three." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 49 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D–" on an A+ to F scale.
David Rooney of "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote: "Suburbicon is just too obvious in its satirical depiction of the dubious morality and social inequality behind the squeaky-clean façade of postwar American life, though it's watchable enough, and a distinct improvement for Clooney on his last directorial outing."


Sonu Kakkar

Sonu Kakkar (born 20 October 1979)
is an Indian playback singer and songwriter. She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar.
Sonu Kakkar's upcoming music video 'Sun Baliye' sung by Gajendra Verma, Sonu Kakkar. The music video features Gajendra Verma And Apoorva Arora.
Personal life.
She was born in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. She started singing jagrans at the age of five when her parents moved to Uttam Nagar, Delhi. She later shifted to Mumbai where Bollywood music director Sandeep Chowta heard her singing in a singing competition on channel V called Indian Pop Star and gave her a break with the song 'Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo'. She is the older sister of singers Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar, who are both prominent Bollywood singers. She is married to producer Neeraj Sharma.


Karvannan

Karvannan (died 13 February 2015) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who worked on Tamil films.
Career.
Karvannan associated three times with actor Murali, during his five film career, working on "Paalam" (1990), "Pudhiya Katru" (1990) and "Thondan" (1995). After a break in the late 1990s, he returned to make another feature film titled "Remote" (2004) with Napolean in the lead role. The impact and aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami meant that the film had a brief run in theatres.
Karvannan died in February 2015, aged 55, following a heart attack.


Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer

The Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer winners since 1983:


Nothing but the Truth (2008 South African film)

Nothing but the Truth is a 2008 film. The movie is adapted from a widely popular one-man show performed by actor and director John Kani.
The film premiered at the 2008 Durban International Film Festival.
Synopsis.
In New Brighton, South Africa, 63-year-old librarian Sipho Makhaya is getting ready to receive the body of his brother Themba, recently deceased while in exile in London and a hero of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Nothing but the Truth investigates the contrast between those blacks who remained in South Africa and risked their lives to lead the fight against apartheid and those who returned victoriously after living in exile.


Appointment with Happiness

Appointment with Happiness (, translit. Maw`ed Ma` al-Sa`adah) is a 1954 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar. It starred Imad Hamdi and Faten Hamama. This film received an award from the Egyptian Catholic Centre. The film portrays the life of a woman who is raped and struggles to raise her daughter.
Plot.
In the Buheirat rural area, lives Ehsan (Faten Hamama) with her father (Abdel Waress Assar) who tends and takes care of a rich family's house. In his breaks, her father usually goes hunting with his friends. In the house, Ehsan, who is usually left alone with the rich man's son, Mamdouh (Imad Hamdi), falls in love with him, but he doesn't share her love. This man notices her beauty and he eventually falls in love with her, only secretly.
One day, he arrives home drunk. He assaults and rapes her. Weeks later, she discovers that she became pregnant, but decides not to reveal that to her father. Instead, she travels to Cairo, changes her name to Amal, and months later, she gives birth to a daughter (Nadia Zulficar). Years later, Ehsan (Amal) graduates as a nurse, and Mamdouh, who had traveled to Europe to complete his studies, graduates as a doctor.
He returns to Cairo to work in a hospital, where luck and coincidence brings him and her together, except he does not recognize her. A love relationship starts between the two. Ehsan's father learns of her location and travels to see his missing daughter. Meanwhile, Ehsan reveals the truth to Mamdouh, and both agree to marry each other. The father arrives to find his daughter has married a man and started a family.


Anand Ranga

Anand Ranga is a film director who works in Telugu film Industry.
Personal life.
Ranga is married to Telugu film Dubbing Artist Sowmya Sharma and lives in Hyderabad.
Early life.
Anand Ranga was born and raised in Hyderabad. He graduated in computers and then went on to do Diploma in Film Technology, specializing in Direction & Screenplay Writing from Film & Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. When Anand Ranga was in 10th standard, he happened to watch the shooting of a film in Key's High School, Secunderabad. Nagarjuna pulling out the chain from a fallen down cycle and rolling it around his fingers; the film was "Siva", the director was Ram Gopal Varma and the scene was the most famous scene of the film. The direction bug got into Anand Ranga immediately and the first thought that came to his mind was to go to the film institute and get trained. He did his graduation only because the eligibility to get into Pune Film Institute was graduation. But there was a mixup with the application form and he ended up joining the Adyar Film Institute, Chennai.
When he was in final year, Anand Ranga was interviewed and selected to assist Mr. Kamal Hassan on a very prestigious project 'Marudanayagam'. The project got delayed and he moved back to Hyderabad. He approached Mr. Jayanth C Paranjee and joined as Asst. Director. But there was a delay in starting off his next project and so Mr. Jayanth forwarded Anand Ranga's resume to Mr. Suresh Babu who was looking for an Institute graduate to work for Suresh Productions. Anand Ranga met Mr. Suresh Babu on 31 Dec 1999 and joined him immediately as Associate Director at Suresh Productions, Ramanaidu Studios. Anand Ranga learned the practicality of making films there.
Anand Ranga had only one dream in his life, to be a director at age 27. That's because Ram Gopal Varma made "Siva" when he was 27. While working at Suresh Productions, Anand Ranga got a call from RGV asking him to direct a film for his production house (courtesy an institute friend, cameraman Kiran Reddy). Anand Ranga was 27 at that time and felt that this was a dream-come-true launch for him. Anand Ranga spent 10 months with RGV and developed a script but the film did not take off due to various reasons.
Bommarillu Bhaskar and Anand Ranga were batch-mates at the film institute and when Bommarillu Bhaskar was making his first film, Anand Ranga worked with him on that film.
During Bommarillu, Anand Ranga met Siddharth who gave him his debut film Oy!
Filmography.
Anand Ranga has more than 10 years of experience in various capacities in the South Indian film industry. With his extended network of talent and technicians, Anand Ranga at Random Thoughts focuses on Production and Development.
Anand Ranga directed his debut Telugu feature film "Oy!" in 2009.
Director :
"Shootout at Alair" (2020),
"Oy!" (Telugu) (2009)
Chief Associate Director :
"Bommarillu" (2006),
Associate Director :
"Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu" (2003),
"Gemeni" (2002),
"Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu" (2001),
"Jayam Manade Ra" (2000),
Songs Director, Additional Screenplay, Executive Producer :
"Kaadhali" (2017)
Special Thanks :
"Srirastu Subhamastu" (2016),
"Mosagallaku Mosagadu" (2015),
"Doosukeltha" (2013),
"Solo" (2011),
"Orange" (2010),
"Gaayam 2" (2010),
"Parugu" (2008).
Producer.
Anand Ranga started a production house called 'Random Thoughts' with his partner Seshu Reddy (who produced "Itlu Sravani Subramaniam" in 2001) and has produced two films "DK Bose" (2015) & "Poga" (2014). Another film is currently under production.


Pentamedia Graphics

Pentamedia Graphics, formerly known as Pentafour Software, is a software and digital media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main activities are projects, products, consultancy and training in software and digital media.
The company has created numerous animated features, both traditionally and computer-animated, and once employed as many as 2000 employees. However, in the past few years they have laid off all but 200.
"Pandavas: The Five Warriors" received rhw National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2000."Alibaba", "Son of Aladdin" (released as "Mustafa and the Magician"), "The Legend of Buddha" and "Gulliver's Travels" were shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but were not able to get a nomination.


Doctor Rakhmabai (film)

Doctor Rakhmabai is a 2016 Marathi-language biographical drama film, produced by Swapna Patker and directed by Anant Mahadevan. It stars Tannishtha Chatterjee as Doctor Rakhmabai and the music was composed by Rohan-Rohan. The film follows the real life story of Doctor Rakhmabai and how she won one of India's first divorce cases and then travelled to the UK to get her medical degree to become India's first female practicing doctor.


Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (born 27 January 1963) is a Indian classical singer who is active mostly in Marathi, Konkani and Hindi film Industry; known for singing in Agra as well as Gwalior and Jaipur style. She has received two National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.
Ankalikar-Tikekar has been credited by audio cassettes and CD recordings. She was the main playback singer for the Sham Benegal's film, "Sardari Begum". She is known for her albums "Tejomay Nadbrahm", "Raag-Rang", and, playback for the movies "Antarnaad", "De dhakka", "Savlee", and the hit "Sardari Begum", "Ek Hazarachi Note". Her daughter Swanandi Tikekar who is in her mid-twenties is an actress.
As a singer.
She has been the main playback singer for several Marathi, Konkani as well as Hindi films, namely:
TV appearances.
Ankalikar-Tikekar has made appearances on television interviews, Reality Shows and as a guest judge on music shows. The following list consists few appearances on Marathi television networks.
Performances.
Ankalikar-Tikekar has performed all over the world at prestigious venues, including the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.
Accomplishments and awards.
Ankalikar-Tikekar received her first National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the Konkani cinema, "Anternaad", based on the life of a classical singer for the year 2006.
She received Maharashtra State Film Awards, for the Marathi Film, "De Dhakka". Later, in 2013, she was awarded with National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the second time in the Marathi movie, "Samhita". She is married to Indian film actor, Uday Tikekar.


Marnie Alton

Marnie Alton is a fitness expert and the Founder and CEO of M/BODY studio and exercise technique.
She is originally from Alberta Canada, this prairie girl grew up immersed in music, theatre and dance. After graduating from The Canadian College of Performing Arts, she booked a tv show and moved to Los Angeles where she immediately fell in love with both the city and barre fitness: a workout that builds strength and flexibility based on many of the same disciplines she learned as a dancer. She knew this was her new home.
Marnie studied under Bar Method founder Burr Leonard and spent the next 10 years training hundreds of celebrities, athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike. She soon developed her own, unique style and became a leading pioneer and trusted innovator in the barre fitness community. She spent a year developing and refining her new barre technique, and in May 2014 she opened her flagship studio on La Brea in Los Angeles. People have been coming from far and wide ever since.
By combining her grit, knowledge and infectious positive energy, Marnie inspires clients daily to dig deeper than they ever thought possible. She empowers each person to reach their fullest potential in every moment. Marnie believes that feeling powerful, graceful and confident in your own skin is what it’s all about. She created M/BODY formerly known as Barre Belle so people would have a place to call home and do just that.
Marnie previously was an actress and musician. She released a self titled EP in 2010 and is best known for portraying Sam on the Logo series "Exes and Ohs".


Aaravalli Sooravalli

Aaravalli Sooravalli is a 1946 Indian, Tamil language film directed by C. V. Raman. The film featured K. Thavamani Devi, V. A. Chellappa, P. S. Govinda, M. R. Santhanalakshmi and Serukulathur Sama in the lead roles.
Plot.
Aaravalli and Sooravalli are two sisters who rule a Kingdom and establish a matriarchal society. Both of them have magical power. The king of the neighbouring country challenges them. The story deals with how he brings the sisters under his power.
Cast.
The list is adapted from the song book:
Production.
The film was produced by Southern Theatres and was directed by C. V. Raman. G. S. Bhagavathar wrote the screenplay and dialogues.
Soundtrack.
Music was composed by G. Ramanathan and the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and G. S. Bhagavathar. Singers were V. A. Chellappa, Kali N. Rathnam, K. Thavamani Devi and T. S. Durairaj.


K. Mohan

K. Mohanakrishnan (also known as "Pasamalar" Mohan, or simply K. Mohan) was an Indian film producer and art director who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. Mohan worked for various films and companies since 1951. He was the producer for the Tamil film "Pasamalar" (1961).
Family and early life.
Mohan was born into a Tamil family in Chennai. His father, T. Kannabiran Mudhaliyar, was the Madras High court Magistrate and General Manager of five theatres (Prabhat Talkies, Broadway Talkies, Murugan, Mahalakshmi, Saraswati). His mother Indirani Ammal died in his earlier ages. Mohan took Art as his passion and started drawing and painting various images. In 1951, he married his wife, Shantakumari.
Career.
While still a student, Mohan began creating film banners for the film "Kulaebagavali". In 1950, Mohan established Mohan Arts, a firm that specialized in the creation of promotional materials for films such as banners and cut-outs. The cutout for the movie "Vannangamudi" in 1957 won various appreciations. His cutouts of Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Chennai attracted the entire city and the queen herself thanked and appreciated him personally. His works for the film "Gandhi" won him nationwide attention. Actor Sivakumar started his art career under his guidance and in his company. Mohan was also an art director and won various statewide and national awards for excellence, including the "Vikas Ratna" awarded presented by the Government of India for the field of art. He has won consecutive awards for the category ‘publicity’ by all the state cinema award function.
Personal life.
Mohan died on 24 August 2014 at his home. He is survived by five sons, three daughters and 13 grandchildren. His sons Harinath Kumar and Narendran inherited and continue to run Mohan Arts.


Vijay Award for Best Actor

The Vijay Award for Best Actor is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. It was given from the second ceremony onwards. Dhanush and Vikram are the most award winners with 2 awards each.


J. D.- Jerry

J. D. and Jerry (separately Joseph D. Sami and Jerald Arockiam) are Tamil film directors and scriptwriters who work together as a team.
Career.
Their pair's first film as directors was "Ullaasam" (1997) which had Ajith Kumar and Vikram in the lead roles and produced by Amitabh Bachchan. Despite having a high-profile cast and production studio, the film became a failure at the box office. They have also directed "Whistle" (2003) and numerous Tamil television serials. The duo have made an animation feature film "Pandavas" in 2005. The duo subsequently next worked as Production Designers to Shankar in "Sivaji" (2007), helping with story discussion.
From 2004, the duo (J.D - JERRY) has made several television commercials, which is 500+ ads till date. They had worked with all the popular south indian textile and jewellery brands. They have done documentaries(Nadhaswaram, Kalangari, Bronze Casting, Bommal aatam, etc.,) on various art forms of Tamil Nadu. They have also transformed serious literature (Short Stories of Sundhar Ramaswamy, Vanadhassan, Dhilip Kumar, M.B Venkatram and many more) into visual media.
In 2012, reports suggested that the directors would make a film with Dulquer Salman and Vikram Prabhu in the lead roles, but the venture did not materialise. Jerry later went on to appear in a supporting role in Bala's "Paradesi" (2013), portraying an antagonistic character called Kangaani.


MILI (singer-songwriter)

MILI also known as Mili Nair (born 7 April) is a singer, songwriter from India. She released her debut album Written in the Stars where she composed all ten songs on the album. From writing her music and lending her voice to some of the biggest brand campaigns in advertising she has also recorded music with composers like A.R. Rahman, Amit Trivedi.
Biography.
Early life.
Mili was born in Mumbai and studied in Pune and Bangalore. Her journey into music began at an early age and she confesses she knew right from the very start that she was destined to sing and become a musician.
Album: Written in the Stars.
Mili released her first album "Written in the Stars" in which she has composed all ten songs on the album and has collaborated with veteran musicians Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, James Genus and George Whitty. The album was launched with the first video "Dream Like A Skylark" on YouTube. Written in the Stars was recorded and produced in Los Angeles, California and released under the label Apostrophe Music.
The music video for the song Fooling was filmed in Budapest, Hungary and Stockholm, Sweden and was broadcast on VH1.
Single: Keep The Hope Alive!
Mili released her first single "Keep The Hope Alive!” on 10 July 2020, which aims at keeping our spirits up, as the whole world is fighting against the pandemic.
Playback Singing in Mainstream Indian Music & Coke Studio@MTV.
A. R. Rahman gave Mili her first break in film music with the Tamil song Keda Kari in Raavanan and Maham Maye in the Telugu film Komaram Puli. Her most recent release is "Parakka Seivaai" in the Tamil film "Ambikapathy", composed by Rahman. She was discovered by Keith Peters while she was performing in Bangalore.
Mili also sang on Meethi Boliyaan in the Hindi film Kai Po Che! for Amit Trivedi. In the hands of Trivedi, Meethi Boliyan evolved into a beautiful composition that infused something new and unconventional in Bollywood music. Impressed by Mili's originality and style, Trivedi incorporated her idea of vocal improvisation in the track which enhanced its fresh appeal. Meethi Boliyaan from Kai Po Che! brought a great response from the listeners and Mili has been acknowledged with award nominations from the Music Industry. She was also a part of Amit Trivedi's concert tours.
Mili has sung and collaborated with director Mahesh Bhatt on the title song for the film Mr. X composed by Jeet Gaanguli.
She has also worked with leading film composer Harris Jayaraj, rendering the Tamil hit Rettai Kathire in Maattrraan .
Mili got recognition and was praised for her performance on Coke Studio Season 2 on MTV when she sang "Badari Badariya" and "Yatra", both composed by Amit Trivedi.
She has sung on major advertisement campaigns, including Seagram's Music, Coca-Cola's Maaza campaign, the Incredible India! Tourism Campaign and Cadbury Silk to name a few. Her international debut performance was in 2009 with jazz guitarist Vinnie Valentino at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta.
Discography.
Albums.
Written in the Stars : Track Listing.
All songs written and composed by Mili.
Release: 15 December 2017
Personnel
Also appearing
Composition & Lyrics by MILI
Produced by Hamesh


Aandhali Koshimbir

 Aandhali Koshimbir (Marathi:आंधळी कोशिंबीर) is a 2014 Marathi comedy film directed by Aditya Ingale and starring Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte and Anand Ingale.
Plot.
Aandhali Koshimbir is about a lonely father Bapu and his son Ranga.
The story also tells about the lonely woman Shanti and her landlord Marne, a lawyer and a bad poet who is madly in love with her.
For monetary reasons, Ranga and his friend, Vashya, decides to bring home Shanti to meet Bapu to get them to start a quarrel. Because she is more powerful in quarrel, Ranga thinks she will win over Bapu in the quarrel, and that Bapu will lose his confidence, and they will therefore have their problem solved by getting money from Bapu. They tell each of Bapu and Shanti both that the other one is mentally out of control and that their lost spouses were exactly same looking as Bapu and Shanti, and if they come and have a big quarrel, the other patient might get cured.
As planned, Shanti comes home to have a quarrel with Bapu, and Bapu get ready to do the same. But instead of having quarrels, the two lonely souls Bapu and Shanti fall in love.
Bapu invites Shanti to stay at his place for a few days, and the situation becomes more complicated for Ranga and Vashya, and Marne too, as he can not recite his poems to Shanti.
At the Bapu house, all the lonely characters come together eventually and become a family. But Marne gets more and more lonely with his poems and becomes a villain.
As he comes to know of Ranga's plan, he blackmails him and lodges a court case against Bapu and Shanti. While siding with Marne, Ranga still helps Bapu and Shanti to get rid of Marne, who in the end becomes insane.
Reception.
Aandhali Koshimbir was met with favorable reviews. Marathimovieworld gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "a neat and clean comedy". Bookmyshow.com gave it 3 out of 5 stars and had the verdict "A quarreling contest gone wrong."


Honnappa Bhagavathar

Honappa Bhagavatar, also known as C. Honnappa Bhagavathar (born Honappa, 14 January 1915 – 2 October 1992, , was an Indian theatre artist, film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pioneers of Kannada cinema. He was also active in Tamil cinema. His son Bharath Bhagavathar was also an actor who worked in Kannada films and serials.
Early life.
He was born in 1915 at Chowdasandra, Nelamangala to Chikkalingappa and Kallamma. He weaved for a living. At age 5 he lost his father and grew up listening to his mother's Bhajans and music. He moved to Bangalore for work, learn classical music, accidentally he met his guru Sambandha Murthy Bhagavathar (Hari katha vidwan in three south Indian languages & also classical musician) in a relative's marriage function and became his disciple for learning classical music. He first became a pupil of his relative Murthy, then a pupil of harmonium player Arunachalappa.
Honappa staged a play in Salem and at the same time M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, who was a rising star in Tamil cinema, recommended Honnappa to director Ellis R. Duncan for a supporting role in his film "Ambikapathi". Honnappa's play was a success and he was honoured with the title "Bhagavathar" and was from then on credited as Honnappa Bhagavathar.
Career.
Honnappa Bhagavathar acted in many Tamil films. Based now in Bangalore, Honnappa Bhagavathar replaced M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in the 1946 movie "Sri Murugan", acting alongside MGR. Both Honnappa and Jeevaratnam sang in the movie, with music scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. Honnappa founded a production company named Lalithakaala Films. It produced films in Kannada and Tamil. In 1955, his film "Mahakavi Kaalidasa" was the first in the Kannada language. He produced "Uzhavukkum Thozhilukkum Vandhanai Seivom", a Tamil-language film that was released in 1959.
He made his Kannada acting debut in the movie "Subadra". Honnappa is known for bringing actresses like B. Saroja Devi into the industry.
In the film "Valmiki", Honnappa replaced M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as Valmiki, the sinner-turned-sage. Honnappa became a star after M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's temporary exit, playing the lead role in many Tamil movies and later in Kannada. He played the bandit-turned-sage.
In 1960, Bhagavathar started the music school "Nadabrahma Sangeetha Vidyalaya". He became a member of the Kannada Film Advisory Board and worked as a member of Karnataka Sangeeta Nruthya Academy.


Prabhas

Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films. One of the highest-paid actors of Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in "Forbes India"s Celebrity 100 list three times since 2015 based on his income and popularity. He has received seven Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of the Nandi Award and the SIIMA Award.
Prabhas made his acting debut with the 2002 Telugu drama "Eeswar", and later attained his breakthrough with the romantic action film "Varsham" (2004). His notable works include "Chatrapathi" (2005), "Bujjigadu" (2008), "Billa" (2009), "Darling" (2010), "Mr. Perfect" (2011), and "Mirchi" (2013). Prabhas won the state Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Mirchi".
In 2015, Prabhas starred in the title role in S. S. Rajamouli's epic action film ', which is the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date. He later reprised his role in its sequel, ' (2017), which became the first Indian film ever to gross over 1,000 crore (US$155 million) in all languages in just ten days, and is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.
In addition to acting in films, Prabhas supports many humanitarian causes. He is also the brand ambassador for the Mahindra TUV300. He is the first South Indian actor to receive a wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Early life.
Prabhas was born in to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. The youngest of the three children, Prabhas has a brother, Prabodh and a sister, Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Krishnam Raju. His family hails from Mogalthur, near Bhimavaram of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Prabhas completed his intermediate education from Nalanda College, Hyderabad. He is an alumnus of Satyanand Film Institute, Visakhapatnam.
Career.
Prabhas started his movie career with "Eeswar" in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in "Raghavendra". In 2004, he appeared in "Varsham". He continued his career with "Adavi Raamudu" and "Chakram". In 2005 he acted in the film "Chatrapathi" directed by S. S. Rajamouli, in which he portrays the role of a refugee, exploited by goons. It had a 100-day run in 54 centers. Idlebrain stated that he had a unique style and macho charm in his screen presence. Later he acted in "Pournami", "Yogi" and "Munna", an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy "Bujjigadu" in 2008. In 2009 his two films were "Billa" and "Ek Niranjan". Indiaglitz called "Billa" stylish and visually rich.
In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy "Darling". The film opened to positive reviews. "The Times of India" gave a two and half star rating explaining "Director Karunakaran extracts good performances from his actors, but can't come up with a refreshing plot. It looks like the director hasn't really come out of his "Tholi Prema" hangover as he dishes out yet another one-sided love saga but fails to come up with a valid and logical reason to make a Gen Z lad to hold back his feelings for his lover until the last moment. However, he compensates it all, by adding loads of fun moments in the film and the screenplay does have its share of some touching moments." In 2011, "Mr. Perfect", another romantic comedy.The review site GreatAndhra rated the film with three stars and noted "The film comes across as a clean, family entertainer and the intention of the makers must be appreciated.
In 2012, Prabhas starred in "Rebel", an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was "Mirchi". He rendered voice for a short cameo for the film "Denikaina Ready". Sashidhar from "The Times of India" stated, "The film belongs to hard-core Prabhas fans as the movie is stylish and visually rich but not much in content". Purnima Ranawat from NDTV said, "Rebel serves up fare for the mass audience. The film will be definitely liked by Prabhas' fans. Watch it for the dancing talent of Tamannaah Bhatia and action skills of Prabhas." Radhika Rajamani from "Rediff.com" gave the movie one and half stars out of five and said, "Working with hardly any storyline, director Raghava Lawrence had made a film that is arduous to watch... Rebel is a movie for the masses and certainly not for the discerning audience."
Jeevi gave a rating of 3.25 out of 5, commenting that "First half of "Mirchi" is decent. Flashback episode which occupies 100% of second half is good. Climax could have been better. The plus points of the film are Prabhas, music and all-round orientation. On a whole, "Mirchi" has all the ingredients of a commercial potboiler". Mahesh S Koneru gave his verdict that "At the Box Office, the film will turn in a good commercial performance", giving the film a score of 3.25/5. Way2movies also gave a rating of 3.25/5, giving the verdict that "Prabhas rocks the show in this decent yet formulaic commercial entertainer". Super good movies gave the film 3 stars in a scale of 5, reviewing that "Go and Watch "Mirchi", It entertains both Class and Mass. It is a worth watch."
In 2015 he appeared as Shivudu/Mahendra Baahubali and Amarendra Baahubali in S.S. Rajamouli's epic ' which is the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date. Prabhas reprised his role in its sequel, ' (2017), which became the first Indian film ever to gross over 1,000 crore (US$155 million) in all languages in just ten days, and it is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date. Prabhas won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu) for his performance in "The Conclusion."
In 2019, Prabhas starred in Sujeeth-directed action thriller "Saaho". Despite receiving unfavourable reviews, the film went on to gross over 433 crore.
As of January 2021, Prabhas has two films under production, namely the romantic drama "Radhe Shyam", and the Prashanth Neel-directed action film "Salaar". Further, Prabhas has signed two other films. He would play the titular role in "Aadipurush", an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana. The film helmed by director Om Raut also stars Saif Ali Khan. Prabhas is committed to feature alongside Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan for Nag Ashwin's untitled sci fi film.
Brands.
Prabhas, who has been signed on by Mahindra & Mahindra as brand ambassador for the new Mahindra TUV300 car, has made his debut in the television commercial (TVC) arena with their new ad.


Bindhaast

Bindhast (English:"Carefree") is a 1999 thriller Marathi film directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni and produced by Matchindra Chate of Chate Coaching Classes. The film is known for its all-women cast. The film was remade in Tamil as "Snegithiye" and in Malayalam as "Raakilipattu". The climax plot twist was also used in "Bhagam Bhag" (all movies directed by Priyadarshan).
Summary.
Two girls find themselves in a big trouble when their prank turns deadly. When they find are wrongly charged with murder of a man they don't even know, they have to run from law and do anything to prove their innocence. The girls have got each other's back, but are they prepared to handle the truth?
Plot.
Mayuri (Gautami Kapoor) and Vaijayanta aka Vaiju (Sharvari Jamenis) are two fast friends studying in the same girls college. When a girl stab by her boyfriend after being harassed and blackmailed by a boy named Rahul. ACP Nisha Velankar (Mona Ambegaonkar) arrests him and throws him in jail, where he later commits suicide. Nisha is an ex-alumni of the college and later gets invited as chief guest of the college's silver jubilee function. Mayuri and Vaiju decide to carve their own destinies after hearing a soul stirring speech from Nisha, some days before the function.
Here, Mayuri's Aunt Attu (Reema Lagoo) decides to hand over the business to Mayu. In desperation Vaiju lies to Attu that Mayu is in love with a pilot named Mahesh Mukadam whom she met on a trip to Goa. Attu is visibly upset, but decides to support her niece. Later, Mayu starts receiving phone calls from some 'Mahesh Mukadam' whom she actually does not know. Everything goes fine, until Mayu really gets a call from "Mahesh" a day before the function. Deciding that someone has caught upon their plan and is deciding to blackmail them, they call this Mahesh in their hostel.
The girls are armed, waiting for him to turn up, when they learn that Sheela, one of their classmates is also present in her room, since she is ill. Vaiju while putting off the gallery bulb, suddenly, both hear gunshots and rush to find the so-called "Mahesh" dead. Each girl assumes the other to be the killer, until they find out that none of them fired the fatal bullet. The girls finally decide to dispose of his dead body, but it suddenly goes missing. Here, the function abruptly comes to a halt when Mahesh's body falls on the stage from the A/C pipes.
Things take a strange turn when it appears that Mayu's gun has been fired. The girls are arrested, where they tell the whole story to Nisha, but she derisively brushes it off. Mayu's gun is found a perfect match for the bullet. Then suddenly, a woman claiming to be Mahesh's mother arrives in the police station. Realizing that they are getting deeper in this mess, the girls escape from the police station. After contacting their fellow students and teachers, upon which they learn that Sheela is also missing since the day of murder and Attu was also seen washing her hands continuously in her bungalow where the girls initially gets shelter.
The girls first confront Attu, who tells them that she was full aware of their charade from the start. Attu claims that Mahesh was actually Vicky, a young entrepreneur whom she had roped in to mess with the girls. Attu claims that she knew nothing about "Mahesh's mother". Here, Mahesh's "mother" starts stalking the girls secretly. The girls spy upon a friend of Sheela and manage to find out her location. Soon, the girls confront and overpower Sheela in her hiding place and after gagging her, call Nisha.
After the girls let Sheela talk, she drops a bombshell that the real killer is none other than Nisha. Sheela tells that she heard the sounds in the corridor and entered in time to see Nisha pulling out her gun and gunning Mahesh down in front of her. Then, she saw Sheela and tried to kill her too, forcing her to flee. After realizing the implications, the girls patch up with Sheela and decide to give Nisha a fight. Nisha arrives and corners the girls, but before she can kill them, Mahesh's mother appears with the police and tells her to drop the weapon.
Nisha is adamant, until the woman produces a wheelchair bound girl, whom Nisha had met earlier in a mental asylum. Later, in front of the panel, "Mahesh's mother" introduces herself as special officer Seema Srivastava. Seema tells them that she was actually sent from Delhi to investigate Rahul's death, since forensics indicated foul play. However, by the time she came, Mahesh was killed and the girls were arrested. She knew that the girls were innocent and that Nisha was somehow connected to this case too and decided to use the girls as a lure and get Nisha. She was aided by Nisha's fellow cop to spy on her.
In front of the same panel, Nisha reveals that "Mahesh" was actually a conman who had destroyed the lives of many girls, Nisha's own sister included. Her sister was none other than the wheelchair ridden girl. Nisha saw Mahesh in the hostel and confronted him. However, he started to run away, which angered her. After Sheela disappeared, Nisha removed the dead body. While searching Mayu's gun, Nisha realized that her gun was the same make as that of Nisha's and had her framed.
After the girls are exonerated, a huge comeback party is arranged for Mayu, Vaiju and Sheetal. Everything is going great until a huge bouquet from "Mahesh Mukadam" shows up for Mayu. Seeing the expressions of others, she realizes that none of them sent it. Suddenly, everybody gets a shock when Attu leaps out from behind the bouquet. After the initial shock subsides, everybody ends up in peals of laughter.
Awards.
The film won numerous awards at the Maharashtra State Film Awards. Best lyrics, screen-play and dialogues awards went to Vasu Vaidya, Ajit Dalavi and Prashant Dalavi respectively.


Kalaimamani award


Lady General Hua Mu-lan

Lady General Hua Mu-lan () is a 1964 Hong Kong Huangmei opera musical film, directed by Yueh Feng, depicting the story of Hua Mulan.
Synopsis.
Barbarian hordes had invaded and the border towns were overrun. The call went out for able-bodied men to join the army. Hua Mulan returned home from her hunting to find that her frail father had been summoned. Her brother was too young to enlist so she volunteered to take her father's place but her parents rejected the idea. Determined to convince her father, she conspired with her cousin and elder sister. Dressed as a man, she sparred with her father. Both astonished and impressed, he gave her his blessings to join the army.
With her cousin accompanying her, she joined the ranks of army recruits and managed to impress the General in the recruits martial trials. In the 12 years of fighting, she rose through the ranks and attained the status of general. Through this period, she became fast friends with the group of recruits she was with and General Li. The war eventually drew to a close with an ambush and capture of the barbarian king. The Commanding General of the army threw a celebratory feast, after which, he drew Mulan aside to discuss a matter with her. He was especially impressed with her abilities and character and wished to betroth his daughter to Mulan. Unable to reveal the truth about her identity and reluctant to refuse him outright for fear of offending him, Mulan dodged the issue by pretending to be feeling weak from her wound received in the last battle.
A few days later, having officially resigned her post, she took leave of her comrades and returned home with her cousin. The Commanding General, however, had not forgotten the proposal and was determined to have Mulan as a son-in-law and served in the government. He sent General Li with some of her comrades bearing wedding gifts to her home. When they arrived, they were shocked and astonished to find that their courageous and heroic comrade turned out to be a lady.
General Li agreed to explain to the Commanding General on Mulan's behalf. Before he left, he exchanged betrothal tokens with Mulan, exhorting her to wait for him.
Festivals and awards.
The film was screened at the 11th Asian Film Festival in 1964, awarding Best Actress honors to Ivy Ling Po.
Other adaptations.
The story of Hua Mulan is well known in Chinese literature. Another musical adaptation of her story is the 1998 animated Disney film "Mulan".


Mohammed Khadeer Babu

Mohammad Khadeer Babu is a Telugu short story writer, journalist and Telugu movie script writer.
Childhood and early life.
He hails from [[Kavali]] a town in [[Nellore district]] ([[Andhra pradesh]], India). He studied B.Sc Computer Science in Jawahar Bharati College. Born in a middle class Muslim family to Mohammed Kareem and Sartaj Begum.
Career.
As short story writer.
His short stories "Dargamitta Kathalu" and "Polerammabanda Kathalu" are known for their nativity and regional dialect. Being a [[Muslim]], his stories reflect the traditions and culture of Muslim community. The stories in these two volumes are the childhood experiences of the writer narrated from the point of view of a child. The real beauty of the stories lies in the way the writer narrates the incidents using the regional dialect without losing his grip on the childhood innocence which gives a realistic picture of the life. This aspect makes the audience look into the details of the life lived by the writer and his family which the child himself is hardly aware of. This spirit in the story makes humour and pathos run hand in hand in the story. New Bombay Tailors, Phuppujaan Kathalu, Beyond Coffee, Metro Kathalu, Zero Blood are his other major works.
As Movie script writer.
As a movie script writer, Khadeer babu has written dialogues for [[Onamalu]], [[Brahmotsavam]], [[Manamantha]].
References.
[[Category:Telugu writers]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Nellore district]]
[[Category:Telugu screenwriters]]


Aatha Un Koyilile

Aatha Un Koyilile () is a 1991 Tamil drama film written and directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film features newcomers Selva and Kasthuri in lead roles, with newcomer Ravi Rahul, Vinodhini, Janagaraj, Vinu Chakravarthy, K. Prabhakaran, Vadivelu, and Senthil playing supporting roles. The film, produced by K. Prabhakaran, had musical score by Deva and was released on 10 May 1991.
Plot.
Pandi (Ravi Rahul) is a shy young man. He is the son of the village's bigwig Azhagarsamy (K. Prabhakaran). Pandi slowly falls in love with the lovely village girl Easwari (Vinodhini). In contrary of him, Easwari is from a poor family. When the village blacksmith Marudhu (Selva) comes to know about their love affair, he warns Pandi about Azhagarsamy's dark side.
In the past, Kasthuri (Kasthuri), her parents (M. N. Rajam and T. K. S. Chandran), and Ramaiah (Vinu Chakravarthy) lived together in their big house. Maruthu worked in their house and had a lot of respect for Kasthuri. However, when Kasthuri's cousin Durairasu (K. S. Selvaraj) entered their house in order to marry Kasthuri, problems started. Kasthuri's father halfheartedly accepts for the marriage as per the village custom, despite knowing that Durairasu was a bad person. Kasthuri refused for the marriage and wanted to marry Maruthu, who was from another caste. Kasthuri's family accepted her wish, and she married Marudhu. At the village court, the village heads did not accept the marriage because of the caste difference, Azhagarsamy forced Kasthuri's father to kill his daughter for the village honour. Later that night, Kasthuri's father fed Kasthuri a meal which he had poisoned himself. Marudhu came to save Kasthuri, but Durairasu and his henchmen stopped him. Marudhu beats them all, but it was too late as Kasthuri died on his knees.
Pandi loses hope to marry his love interest Easwari, and the lovers decide to commit suicide. The villagers intervene at the right time, and Azhagarsamy surprisingly accepts for the marriage in front of the villagers. Later, Azhagarsamy forces Kaliappan (Janagaraj) to poison his daughter Easwari. Marudhu comes at time to save her, and he encourages Ramaiah to fight against the caste fanatic Azhagarsamy. Pandi and Easwari then marry. Easwari's father Ramaiah, Kasthuri's father, Kasthuri's uncle Kaliappan, and Marudhu join hands to destroy Azhagarsamy, and they force Azhagarsamy to drink poison for his crimes.
Soundtrack.
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 12 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan.
Reception.
N. Krishnaswamy of "The New Indian Express" said : "Kasthoori Raja ties up various strands of the narrative well racing to the climax".


R. D. Raja

R. D. Raja is an Indian film producer, creative producer, lyricist and movie promotion consultant who primarily works in the Tamil film Industry also known for his films produced in Tamil cinema through his production company, 24AM Studios.
Early years.
R. D. Raja started his career as promotion consultant. He promoted movies like "Boss Engira Bhaskaran", "7am Arivu", "Vazhakku Enn 18/9", "Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga", and "Jilla". He worked as creative producer for films like "Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga", "Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam", and "Maan Karate". In 2016, R. D. Raja debuts as a fully-fledged film producer, where he produced "Remo" under debutant Bakiyaraj Kannan's directorial, which has Sivakarthikeyan and Keerthy Suresh in the lead, and the film opened to positive reviews. R. D. Raja collaborates with Sivakarthikeyan again, in Mohan Raja's film, Velaikkaran which are released in 2017. R. D. Raja subsequently producing director Ponram's latest film, titled "Seema Raja", where Sivakarthikeyan plays the lead role. He also signed a film with Sivakarthikeyan again, under R. Ravikumar's directorial.


Shaji Kumar

Shaji Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries.
Career.
Shaji Kumar began his career as a cinematographer for Malayalam films, He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like Shaji Kailas, Joshiy, Vinayan and Vysakh, before moving on to balance those commitments alongside Tamil films. In the Tamil film industry, Shaji has extensively collaborated with actor Prashanth for his films. Shaji received critical acclaim for his work in "Ponnar Shankar" (2011), while he also shot "Mambattiyan" (2011) and "Saahasam" (2016).


Kassandra Clementi

Kassandra Carolyn Clementi (born 10 October 1990) is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Maddy Osborne on the Seven Network soap opera "Home and Away" a role she played for over three years from 2013-2016 before leaving in May 2016.
Career.
In 2009, Clementi appeared in a minor role in Australian/UK feature film "The Boys Are Back", with Clive Owen. Clementi successfully began to receive roles in television series'. The first roles she received was that of 'Cara' in "Offspring" and 'Chelsea' in the television film "". Following her part in the film, she relocated to Atlanta, Georgia when she received yet another role in the American television series "Single Ladies", with Queen Latifah, in which she played 'Christina' for six months. In early 2012, Clementi travelled to Los Angeles to film the television film "Christmas Twister" ("F6 Twister"), which starred Casper Van Dien. Clementi also starred in the feature film "Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood" in 2012 alongside Christian Slater.
In 2012, Clementi received the role of Madeleine "Maddy" Osborne on the Seven Network soap opera "Home and Away". On moving back to Australia from Los Angeles, she began filming in late 2012. Maddy is a teenager who comes to Summer Bay with her boyfriend Spencer Harrington (Andrew Morley) after running away from home.


A. L. Srinivasan

A. L. Srinivasan, also known as A.L.S., (23 November 1923 – 30 July 1977) was a Tamil film producer who is known for having introduced many directors in Tamil cinema.
Early life.
Srinivasan was the sixth child in a family that had nine children. His younger brother Kannadasan was a poet and lyricist in Tamil cinema.
Career.
Starting his career as a financier, Srinivasan slowly graduated to become a distributor and producer. He also owned film studios in Madras and Coimbatore. As a producer, he is credited for having introduced directors such as A. Bhimsingh, Puttanna Kanagal, K. S. Gopalakrishnan and P. Madhavan.
ALS was the president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for 13 years. He can be credited with introducing many people to the film industry through his films (35 in total) in five Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada.
Personal life.
ALS had two children, Kannappan and Visalakshi with his wife Azhagammai Aachi (died on 21 May 1981).
ALS also married S. Varalakshmi (1925-2009) and they had two children, Nalini and Murugan.
Kannappan's wife Jayanthi is managing ALS Productions. ALS’ granddaughters Lavanya, Yamini, Ishwarya, and grandson Saththappa are helping Jayanthi in her responsibilities and also in sustaining their grandfather's name and fame.
Death.
ALS had diabetes and he died on 30 July 1977 following a heart attack.


Adugu Jaadalu

Adugu Jaadalu ( "Footsteps") is an Indian 1966 Telugu-language philosophical film, produced by the M. Sambasiva Rao, G. Vandanamon under Nava Jyothi Films banner It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Jamuna, S. V. Ranga Rao with music composed by Master Venu.
Plot.
Dr. Krishna (S. V. Ranga Rao) is a noble person who is enriched with human values & norms and dedicated his life to his hospital. Krishna is making research on inventing an anti-polio medicine. Dr. Vijay (N. T. Rama Rao) the grandson of Zamindar Padmasri Sivaramakrishna Prasad (Relangi) is a medical graduate, he still enjoys the life in the frolic. Vijay & Parvati (Jamuna), only daughter of Dr. Krishna always get into petty quarrels. Once, Dr. Krishna visits a seaside resort for rest when he gets a severe breathing attack. At the same time, Vijay also meets with an accident and the oxygen cylinder which was brought for Dr. Krishna is utilized for Vijay. By which, Dr. Krishna dies and his hospital & patients become an orphan. After coming to consciousness, everybody starts blaming Vijay and Parvati sees him as a demon. Desperate Vijay feels that he is responsible for Dr. Krishna's death. On the advice of a nurse Sarada (Surabhi Balasaraswathi), Vijay decides to replace Dr. Krishna position by walking in his footsteps and joins as a doctor in his hospital. In the beginning, no one likes him but he endures all the insults and makes himself recognized as a good doctor. But he feels something else is lacking behind to follow the ideologies of Dr.Krishna. Then Sarada informs him regarding a diary of Dr.Krishna. Vijay requests Parvati to give it, but she refuses and hands it over to the hospital. As it is in code language, nobody can understand and throws it into the dustbin. Vijay acquires it after a great deal of dedication he decodes it. Now he wants to reveal it to Parvati, but she is not ready to listen, tries to run away and meets with an accident when she loses her eyesight. At present, the blames on Vijay increases but takes up with cheer and start serving Parvati by introducing himself as Shekar. Meanwhile, Vijay successfully completes Dr. Krishna's research which Parvati does not accept, she accompanies with remaining doctors, makes a complaint to the medical board that Vijay has stolen Dr. Krishna's diary and completed the research. The inquiry is held, everybody accuses him as a criminal and he is terminated from the medical services. After that judgment, Vijay wants to speak a while, he shows all the people whom Dr. Krishna helped in his entire life without giving his identity and also reads the diary which was nothing but adage of human values which tells how much happiness an individual gets while performing work without selfishness. Here everyone understands Vijay's virtue including Parvati, she also learns that Vijay is only Shekar and says sorry to him. At last, Parvati gets back her eyesight and the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Vijay & Parvati.
Soundtrack.
Music composed by Master Venu. Music released by Audio Company.


Sai Prakash

Prakash Reddy a.k.a. Om Sai Prakash is a Telugu and Kannada film director and producer. Born in Phirangipuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, he started as an assistant to Kodi Ramakrishna and then charted his own course in direction. He directed Maa Inti Aadapoduchu, Amma Leni Puttillu, Kodalu Diddina Kaapuram, Rowdy Garu, Amma Durgamma, Amma Nagamma, Pelli Aadu Choopista, Naga Devatha, etc. in Telugu. He has a trademark of directing films with sentimental and devotional themes.
His films in Kannada, such as "Anna Thangi", "kitturina Huli", "Thavarige Baa Thangi", and "Golmaal Radhakrishna", were blockbusters in the Kannada film industry. He is married to Rajamma. His son Sai Krishna works as a publicity designer and is going to debut as a director.


Tall, Tan, and Terrific

Tall, Tan, and Terrific is a 1946 American film directed by Bud Pollard and starring Mantan Moreland.
Premise.
A musical comedy set at Harlem's Golden Slipper Club.


Dagadi Chawl

Dagadi Chawl (Marathi: दगडी चाळ) (also known as Dagdi Chawl) is a 2015 Marathi language action drama thriller film directed by debutant Chandrakant Kanse. Presented by Manglmurti films and Produced by Sai Pooja Films & Entertainments. Daagdi Chaawl features an ensemble cast of Ankush Chaudhari, Makarand Deshpande and Pooja Sawant in lead roles. It is the third release for Ankush Chaudhari in 2015 after back to back blockbusters Classmates and Double Seat. Official teaser of the film was released with Tu Hi Re on 4 September 2015 and was published on YouTube on 5 September 2015 which met with very good response.
Official poster and trailer of the film was unveiled on 21 September 2015, which gains praises for dashing style of Ankush Chaudhari, his tempting chemistry with Pooja Sawant and look of Makarand Deshpande as 'daddy' which was kept as a secret for long period of time. Film was released on 2 October 2015.
The movie become instant hit for Ankush After the release of the film, fans poured milk on a big poster of the Ankush Chaudhari outside a Bharat mata cinema hall in Mumbai to show their love for him, a first time in history of Marathi Cinema that something of this sort has happened. It has been dubbed into Hindi as "Daagdi Chaawl Ek Bagawat" and will have its Marathi and Hindi world television premier on 12 June 2016 on Star Pravah and STAR Gold respectively. The movie will be first Marathi film to premiere on STAR Gold UK on Saturday 16 July at 20:00.
Plot.
The movie is inspired from Mumbai's actual Dagdi Chawl which was known for gangster activities during 80's and 90's and was also the official residence of a gangster turned political leader Arun Gawli popularly known as 'daddy'.
Surya aka Suryakant Shinde (Ankush Choudhary), who leads a peaceful life in one of the chawls of Mumbai is almost on verge to settle down in life by marrying his girlfriend Sonal (Pooja Sawant), meanwhile one incident happens with Surya which lands him in a situation where he has to come face to face with ‘Daddy’ (Makrand Deshpande) and his journey in underworld starts, his struggle to unassociate himself with the tag of Daagdi Chaawl lands him further deep into activities of Daagdi Chaawl and unwillingly becomes part of underworld, does he succeed to unassociate from Daagdi Chaawl or not forms the story of the movie.
Soundtrack.
Music for this Action film is composed by Amitraj, while lyrics are penned by Mandar Cholkar and Kshitij Patwardhan. Makers of the film released first song 'Morya' a devotional track in the voice of Adarsh Shinde on 15 September on YouTube which became an instant hit. Second song 'Dhaga Dhaga' also become popular among music lovers by topping the music charts.
Release.
Film is set for release on 2 October 2015 in theater's all over Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and in selected cities of Karnataka.
Reception.
The film has received positive reviews. ABP Majha gave 4 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'Fast-paced crime action flick'. Pune Mirror gave 3 out of 5 stars and declared movie ' Well made, the film keeps you involved'. Maharashtra Times gave 3 out of 5 stars and declared movie 'As total entertainer'. Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars.
Box office.
"Daagdi Chaawl" collected nett in first week and then equally impressive nett in 2nd week. Film has total of net in two weeks. The constant run at the box office helped the film to gross around at the box office.
See also.
Dagdi Chawl<Br>
Arun Gawli


Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer

The Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer was commissioned by the Nandi Awards committee in 1977. The winner is awarded a "Copper Nandi", a cash award of ₹10,000 and a commendation certificate.
Most number of Awards weare received by Srinu Vaitla who won the award three times, followed by A. Karunakaran, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, and Neelakanta with two.