Balaji Mohan

Balaji Mohan(born 25 May 1987) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. After discontinuing his engineering studies to pursue his passion and become a director, he enrolled at a film academy and attended courses and workshops, besides participating in short film contests. After shooting more than half-a-dozen short films, he directed his first full-length bilingual film romantic comedy "Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi" (Tamil) based on one of his own short films.
Early life.
Balaji was born on 25 May 1987 in Tiruchirappalli. He pursued his schooling in Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli, and later joined the Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai for his higher studies, albeit he had decided in 10th class already that he wanted to become a director. He recalls that his parents bought him a handycam in his third semester, and he made his first short film called "Velicham", which was also sent to film festivals and won. Although he had initially planned to complete his education before following his passion and pursuing a career in filmmaking, he did not want to "wait for too long" after making "Velicham". After convincing his parents, he discontinued his engineering course two years later and went on to join the L. V. Prasad Film and TV Academy in Vadapalani, Chennai to learn editing and sound design. He also studied acting at Alchemy Institute, Adyar, Chennai.
Personal life.
Balaji Mohan got married in June 2012 to Aruna. In May 2016, he confirmed his divorce by mutual consent three years earlier due to irreconcilable differences.
Career.
Balaji began his career as an assistant director for the Tamil film called "Kulir 100°" (2009). While the film was in its pre-production stage, he got the opportunity to join the "Gateway to Hollywood", a show that was aired in Sony TV. His short film "Treasure" was featured in the contest and Balaji became one of the 6 finalists of the show. He later joined as an assistant director for Sudha K. Prasad's Tamil film "Drohi" (2010), while simultaneously participating in Kalaignar TV's first season of "Naalaya Iyakunar". He directed five short films namely "Kodi", "The Juniors", "Addi Tail", "Mittai Veedu" and "Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi" for the show and was one of the winners of the series award for consistent performance.
Among his works, "Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi" was most popular and went viral on YouTube, garnering overwhelming response. Cinematographer Nirav Shah saw the short film and initiated the idea to make it into a full-length feature film. Balaji took three months to develop the script, while Nirav Shah reached out to producers and actors, introducing him to producer Sashikanth of YNot Movies. Siddharth, who too was keen on turning the short film into a feature film after he had seen it, entered the project, playing the lead role besides co-producing the venture. The film was made as a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu; while the original title was given for the Tamil version, the Telugu version was named "Love Failure", with the cast and crew being retained for both versions. The project was completed in a record 36 days, and both versions of the film were released simultaneously in February 2012 in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. Opening to highly positive critical response, the film went on to become a sleeper hit in both states.
Balaji Mohan collaborated with Dulquer Salmaan for his second directorial venture, a bilingual titled "Vaayai Moodi Pesavum" in Tamil and "Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram" in Malayalam. The film marked Balaji Mohan's debut in Malayalam cinema and Dulquer Salmaan's debut in Tamil cinema. His third film was "Maari", starring Dhanush and it released in July, 2015. Next up he will be teaming up with Actor Dhanush again for Maari 2 a sequel to "Maari".
He then produced, written and directed a web series titled "As I'm Suffering From Kadhal", in which he also played an important role. The series was made in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu. It was released in Hotstar Originals on 15 June 2017


Hei Tiki

Hei Tiki, also known as Primitive Passions and Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris, is a 1935 American mock documentary film made in New Zealand by the eccentric Alexander Markey and released (with sound added) in America. The film gained notoriety in America for having scenes of nudity cut in various states.
Markey directed and produced the film, also writing the screenplay and the "native melodies". His girlfriend Zoe Varney was credited as associate producer. Alfred Hill, the original composer, and Ted Coubray, the original cameraman, were both fired and not credited; Coubray also lost his camera to Markey. The film also used unpaid Māori extras, and taonga, their cherished tribal artefacts, were lent by the cast; Markey took the artefacts when he returned to America, leaving unpaid bills behind him. Local investors had invested £10,000 in the film.
The film was shot in Waihi. The film was released in America with sound added; a symphonic score by Oscar Potoker was added using the RCA Photophone System and "voice-over" narration, which avoided the problems of synchronisation.
It is one of four films (with "The Devil's Pit", "Down on the Farm", and "On the Friendly Road") which claim to be the first "New Zealand talkie", although the claim is dubious in this case as the sound was added in America.
Plot.
Mara, the daughter of a chief, is dedicated to the tribal war god and is isolated on the Island of Ghosts on a lake. Manui, a young chief from an enemy tribe, sees her, and the two fall in love. He pretends to be the war god but the ruse is discovered, so her tribe attacks the other tribe. Then Mara persuades both tribes of the benefit of a peaceful alliance through marriage.


Aadai

Aadai () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Rathna Kumar and produced by Viji under the production banner V Studios. Pradeep Kumar composed the film's soundtrack alongside the Oorka band, who made their debut in film soundtracks with this film. Amala Paul stars as the lead role. Released on 19 July 2019, the film received positive reviews from audiences and critics. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Colors Tamil.
Plot.
Kamini is an anchorwoman who is extremely spontaneous, courageous, and has a strong sense of feminism. She is shown to have no understanding of the dynamics between ideology and freedom. She was raised by her mother after her father's death when she was young. Due to her mother's conservative values, Kamini and her mother are often at odds regarding her attitude.
She works with her friend Jennifer and a few others as a team at the #tag channel. For the past three years, they have been known for doing serious pranks on unsuspecting people, such as murder attempts and medical emergencies, to go viral on social media. On her birthday, Kamini's mother challenges her to try to be a serious newsreader at least once so that she can be happy, but Kamini refuses. Kamini's birthday is also the same day as the last day the news channel will be occupying their current building before moving to a new building far away. As part of a sentimental goodbye, the last broadcast from the old building is a live news feed to be done by Jennifer. While Kamini visits Jennifer as she gets ready, Kamini remembers what her mom said earlier, and a challenge about news reading forms in her mind. Suddenly Jennifer goes missing 10 minutes before the live feed and, with no way out, Kamini serves as a replacement newsreader. Despite everyone's expectation, Kamini does well in the news reading, and Jennifer is shown to safely come out of the upper floor toilet whose door got stuck. The firm vacates the building, and the empty building is left without being locked for the weekend.
In the evening, Kamini and her friends celebrate her birthday with drinks and food mixed with magic mushrooms in their empty office building. While on a call with her mom, Kamini unwittingly reveals that she was the one who locked Jennifer so that she could prove her point. Jennifer fights with Kamini and challenges her to read the news naked. Kamini begins to strip as everyone gets high because of the magic mushrooms.
The next day, Kamini wakes up to an empty office without clothes or her smartphone. Her clothes have disappeared and she spends the day naked, trying to get help in insensible ways. She gets hold of her phone, but with no balance, she failed to make any outgoing calls. She manages to make a food order on a toll-free number and then waits. Kamini arms herself with an iron pipe to attack the delivery guy and obtain his clothes but is surprised to see a delivery girl who then suddenly faints from blood loss. Kamini then tries to remove her clothes, but the delivery girl wakes up and restrains her, so Kamini hits her on the head with the pipe and scampers off to the sound of two locals entering the building. The locals find the delivery girl and call the police, thinking that she is dead. Kamini manages to hide from them and the police, who, upon arriving, resuscitate the girl.
Kamini is left alone, now locked in the building, after the police leave. She gets a call from her friend who reveals that they were arrested by the police the previous night since they were high. But before she can say anything, her phone runs out of battery. Meanwhile, Kamini's mother files a report about her missing daughter in the same police station where her friends are jailed.
Kamini breaks the entrance's glass window in an attempt to unlock the door, injuring her arm from the shattered glass. Succeeding, she ventures out into the night. She finds a garbage bin outside but is chased by dogs before she can find anything to cover herself. She runs back into the building, still pursued by dogs. She falls down and again injures herself on the broken glass before locking herself in the toilet and, feeling hopeless, and begins to cry. She reminds herself about her fearless nature and the promises to her mom about coming out of the office building with her dignity intact. She then uses a roll of toilet paper to cover her genitals and exits the building to find herself stranded in the rain. Seeing police tape, she covers herself with it and begs a passerby to help her by providing their raincoat. The passerby instead gives her a bag with Kamini's original clothes, leaving her puzzled. She puts on the clothes and starts to chase the passerby until they get startled by a passing police van coming inside the office building gate. It is revealed that the passerby is the same delivery girl who Kamini attacked earlier; she reveals she is the reason for Kamini's naked misery. They start fighting, and Kamini starts pulling the girl's clothes for revenge. Kamini is then suddenly struck by a flashback.
The delivery girl, Nangeli (played by Ananya Ramaprasad), was a civil service aspirant from a tribal village in the Manjolai Hills and had passed the UPSC preliminary examination two years previously. She was sent to Chennai by her family for the UPSC Mains Examination. While waiting for an Auto, Kamini's friends played a medically-oriented prank on her, causing her to miss out on her Civil Service Mains examination and wasting her preliminary. When the girl's mother came to Chennai for the following year's examination, she fainted and no one came to help, thinking it was another prank. Nangeli is forced to work as a delivery girl while preparing for the exam again when she suddenly sees Kamini one day after delivering food to her office and sees her enjoying life.
Resentful, Nangeli sought revenge. She followed Kamini, seeing her and her friends having fun in the empty office building. She hears Kamini telling her friends that she can stay naked in the building for a day. She sees Kamini walking to the restroom, hears her friends leaving to get more drinks, and then enters the building to find both Kamini and her friend Jennifer passed out in the bathroom. Nangeli uses Jennifer's mobile phone to call Jennifer's dad, asking him to pick her up because she is too drunk to get home. After Jennifer is taken away, Nangeli cleans the entire office of everything. She then removes Kamini's brassier and leggings before hiding them in an air vent. When Kamini wakes, Nangeli keeps a close watch on her. She hears Kamini order food and runs out to pay the delivery boy and pretends to be the delivery person instead.
Before Kamini woke, Nangeli donated blood at a blood donation bus passing by. On entering the office, she pranks Kamini by fainting to see whether Kamini offers help. Instead, Kamini hits her on the head. Nangeli reveals how social media has created a dangerous world where a selfie or even pranks can be fatal, leading Kamini to ask if it is her show's fault that everyone in the world is crazy about social media. Nangeli points out that while everyone has the freedom to do what they want, it should not be misused; this causes Kamini to realize her mistake. Nangeli reveals she did not want to take revenge but just wanted her to know how much misery Kamini had caused. She explains how, despite Kamini hurting her, she ran away from the hospital and the cops outside to see if she was safe. She also thought Kamini, being a free-spirited female, would walk out of the office naked without shame. Instead, she revealed that she is not shameless. Nangeli is also upset seeing how Kamini is injured from stepping on glass and running from the dogs. She apologizes to Kamini, and the two part ways. Kamini changes from public pranks to exposing scandals of politicians in the office with her whole group. She is shown to be the cause for the dismissal and arrest of a songwriter who was a member of parliament. As the film ends, Nangeli is shown to still be preparing for her exams while working as a delivery person.
Production.
Amala Paul injured her hand while she was filming "Adho Andha Paravai Pola". She said in an interview that director gave her the option of wearing a special outfit in the nude scenes, but she said she chose to perform the scenes fully nude in front of the 15-person crew even though none of the nudity would be shown on screen; some viewers had pointed out that when looking closely in some scenes it is obvious she did wear skin-colored clothing. She had reportedly been on set filming for the movie as of 20 November 2018.
Release.
The film was released on 19 July 2019.


Nuovomondo

Nuovomondo, literally "new world" (English world-wide title Golden Door), is a 2006 drama film based on a family's migration from Italy to New York City, U.S.A. at the beginning of the 20th century. The film, written and directed by Emanuele Crialese, opens on location in Sicily and concludes in the United States. (The Ellis Island sequences were shot at a studio in Rome and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.) Vincent Schiavelli, whose character was originally planned to play a major part, died during the filming, forcing his role to become a supporting character.
The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2006 to critical praise and seven nominations (with six wins) at the festival. Many praised the director's focus on sound and visual composition. Others focused on the lack of typical iconography of the time (such as the Statue of Liberty).
Martin Scorsese was involved in the marketing, and introduced the film at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Plot.
The first major segment of the film introduces the poor Mancuso family (headed by the widowed Salvatore, Vincenzo Amato), from Sicily, Italy, at the turn of the 20th century residing in a rural mountainous region, who decide to emigrate to the United States after receiving a sign from God in the form of American postcards depicting giant produce and chickens. Their dreams about the land of opportunity where giant vegetables are grown, people swim in milk, and coins fall from the sky propel their decision, which gives the viewer insight into the unrealistic expectations that many immigrants held about America. Salvatore takes his family consisting of his two sons as well as his old mother, Fortunata, who we learn is the village witch doctor and involved heavily in mystique (Aurora Quattrocchi). The dramatic scene that opens up the next segment of the film, the boat trip, visually depicts a sea of people being separated , those on the dock and those on the boat metaphorically representing the departure of the old and the new world respectively.
While aboard the ship to America, a red-headed British woman named Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who is traveling alone, stands out as both an attractive and elusive woman, catching the attention of the men for her beauty and the women for her classiness and independence. Salvatore is immediately smitten with this woman throughout the journey. Upon arrival at Ellis Island, Lucy asks Salvatore to marry her purely for administrative reasons, as being a woman she is unable to enter the United States alone. He agrees; he understands that she is not in love with him yet, but expects that will come with time. Their complex relationship highlights the troubling dynamic of the time, as women must still submit to male authority in the new world in order to even hope for the lesser freedom they so desire.
At Ellis Island, the final major segment of the film, the family join the rest of the immigrants on board to undergo extensive and humiliating physical and psychological examinations and questioning. The value of class that separated the immigrants on the ship becomes irrelevant in this final segment, as all of the immigrant's places in the new world are not guaranteed; they are all deemed equal. The ending of the movie reveals a surprising transfer of power between Pietro and Fortunata, as Pietro voices to Salvatore that his grandmother wishes to return home. After the tests are conducted, Salvatore is informed that Pietro (Filippo Pucillo) is about to be sent back for being mute, and Salvatore's mother for insufficient intelligence. The viewers are then left with the dilemma of whether Salvatore chooses to return home with his family or enter the United States.
Critical response.
The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 72% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 74 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 74 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.
Ann Hornaday of "The Washington Post" and Wesley Morris of "The Boston Globe" named it the 7th best film of 2007.
Awards.
The film won six awards at the Venice Film Festival, including two awards for Best Film (the CinemAvvenire and Pasinetti Awards), along with the FEDIC, SIGNIS, Silver Lion, and UNICEF awards. It was also nominated for a Golden Lion award.
The film was also nominated for a European Film Award, for the Film of the Year.
The film was Italy's submission for the 79th Academy Awards, but was ultimately passed over in final nominations.


A Dot Com Mom

A Dot Com Mom (Marathi: "अ डॉट कॉम मॉम") is a 2016 Marathi language Family Drama film. It is directed by Dr. Meena Nerurkar, who also stars in the film with Vikram Gokhale, Vijay Chavan, Apurva Bhalerao, and Sai Gundewar. The movie was released in India in September 2016.
The movie is the first Marathi film to be filmed in the United States.
Synopsis.
Sulbhatai, a struggling, middle-class mother from a small town in Maharashtra, India, works hard to raise her highly intelligent son, Sunil, who eventually moves to the United States and becomes a successful millionaire through his website. He invites his parents to visit him, but only his mother manages to come. Her son is excited and wants to show her around, but she cannot cope with the more modern culture of the United States. Sunil's wife, Seema, cannot bear her mother-in-law's presence in her house, so Sulbhatai decides to go back to India early. Months later, Sunil wants his mother to return to the United States. She is reluctant, but her husband insists that she return to help during Seema's labor. Having prepared for two months, Sulbhatai returns to the United States.


Sayaji Shinde

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Sayaji Shinde (born 13 January 1959) is an Indian film actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 in Marathi one-act plays. His performance in a 1987 Marathi play titled "Zulva" was very well received, and since then he started gaining popularity among the circle of stalwarts. Later, he moved on to Marathi cinema and then started acting in other languages. He also appeared recently in Bacha Mat Bolna Yt Channel
Background.
Born in a farmer's family in a small village named Sakharwadi in Satara District in Maharashtra, Sayaji completed his bachelor's degree in Arts in Marathi language, and started his career in 1978 while studying in college as a night watchman for Maharashtra Government's Irrigation Department for a meager pay of Rs. 165 per month. During his service as a watchman, he developed an interest in theatre and his passion for acting drew him to the theater and films. After his initial struggling years, he moved to Mumbai.
Career.
Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 with acting in Marathi one-act plays. His first Marathi film as an actor was "Aboli" in 1995. He did many Marathi plays, among which, his role as Sakharam Binder was highly appreciated. Other hit Marathi plays were Zulva(1987), One Room Kitchen(1989) and Amchya ya gharat(1991). He acted in many Marathi movies thereafter, among which, his role as an Agricultural Minister in the movie "Goshta Chhoti Dongara Evadhi" was to be remembered. Hindi film actor Manoj Bajpai happened to see an article on Sayaji in "Times of India" and the former recommended Sayaji's name to Ram Gopal Varma.
Varma, who was at that time making the movie "Shool", immediately offered the role of Bachhu Yadav to Sayaji, thus marking the latter's entry in the Bollywood. "Shool" gave Sayaji a decent start, however, it was a Tamil film called "Barathi" which made his career. Sayaji received tremendous appreciation for his acting in the said film. In spite of not speaking Tamil, Sayaji effectively played the role of Tamil Nadu's poet and writer, Subramanya Bharathi in the movie directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, and was honored with Tamil Nadu State Award for his efforts. Later on, he also acted in Tamil blockbusters like "Azhagi" and "Dhool".
Production.
He produced couple of Marathi movies. Sayaji helped Nagesh Bhonsle produce the Marathi film Goshta Choti Dongraevadhi. He also produced the Makarand Anaspure-directed film, "Dambis"(2011).


The Romance of Hine-moa

The Romance of Hine-Moa is a 1927 British film set in New Zealand, directed and produced for Gaumont British by Gustav Pauli. It is now lost. The trade journal "Bioscope" said it was a "charming love story illustrating an old Maori legend, acted entirely by Maoris in beautiful and interesting native surroundongs".
Plot.
The plot is the traditional story of the love of Hinemoa and Tutanekai from rival tribes. Pauli's version shifts the emphasis from Hinemoa's swim across the lake to meet her lover to Tutanekai's ordeal going through the Valley of Fire, the crater of an active volcano. Released in 1927, but New Zealand Prime Minister Gordon Coates attended a special showing by Gaumont in England on 16 December 1926.


Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer

The Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films.
The list.
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.


Tante Trude aus Buxtehude

Tante Trude aus Buxtehude ("Aunt Trude from Buxtehude") is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter and Theo Lingen. It was one of several German films in the wake of "Some Like it Hot" that used cross-dressing as a comic theme.
The film's sets were designed by Eberhard Schröder. Some of the film was shot in the Austrian city of Salzburg. It featured a number of songs performer by leading singers of the era.
Synopsis.
A group of friends try to recover a safety deposit box key which has been sewn into some old clothes and then sold. They track down the clothes to a ski resort but are unsure who actually has the key.


K. V. Anand

Karimanal Venkatesan Anand (30 October 1966 30 April 2021) was an Indian cinematographer, film director and photojournalist, working mainly in the Tamil film industry. After a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working on about fifteen films in the Southern and Bollywood industries. Anand won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his debut film as a cinematographer, "Thenmavin Kombath". In 2005, Anand turned film director with the critically acclaimed "Kana Kandaen". He was a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).
Early life.
Anand was born in Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu in India on 30 October 1966 to Karimanal Munuswamy Venkatesan and Anusuya Venkatesan. His childhood days were spent in Pulicat. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physics from DG Vaishnav College in June 1986,
followed by a master's degree in Visual Communications from Loyola College, Chennai. During his college days Anand participated in annual trekking expeditions in the Himalayas. His exploratory trips to various remote locations in India triggered his passion for photography. Anand participated in inter-collegiate, state and national level photography contests. His visual images earned him numerous photography awards.
Career.
Photo journalist (1988–1992).
Anand worked as a freelance photo journalist for leading newspapers and magazines such as "Kalki", "India Today", "Illustrated Weekly", Aside and other national publications. Within a short period of time, his photos were published in more than 200 magazine covers and had taken photos of 10 Chief Ministers in close quarters. Anand continued to freelance in industrial photography, advertisements and cover pages for fictional Tamil novels.
Cinematographer.
Anand met cinematographer P. C. Sreeram and expressed his interest to work for him as an assistant. He joined him, serving as an apprentice for Sreeram's film such as "Gopura Vasalile", "Amaran", "Meera", "Devar Magan" and "Thiruda Thiruda". Actually, he joined as the sixth assistant to Sreeram when Jeeva, another prominent figure in cinematography was the first assistant to Sreeram. When director Priyadarshan had approached P. C. Sreeram to work on his Malayalam film, "Thenmavin Kombath" (1994), he was unavailable and thus recommended Anand to be given the opportunity. The film received positive reviews and Anand won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his debut venture, with the award committee noting he showed "outstanding cinematography executed with sincerity, imagination and flexibility". Anand's first Tamil film was the romantic drama "Kadhal Desam" (1996), which also won critical acclaim for showcasing Chennai in a futuristic mould. He also then teamed up with director Shankar for the production of the political thriller "Mudhalvan" (2000), winning appreciation for his experimental camera ramping and the general grandeur.
Anand has wielded the camera for 14 films in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. His final work as a cinematographer came with "Sivaji" (2007), the Rajinikanth-starrer directed by Shankar, the most expensive Tamil film ever made at the time of release.
Film director.
Anand turned a film director with "Kana Kandaen" (2005), a thriller film featuring Srikanth, Prithviraj and Gopika in the lead roles. The film opened to favourable reviews from critics, with a reviewer from Rediff.com noting "Anand has succeeded in making an extremely watchable, highly thrilling film with a 'different' story". Despite the success of the film, Anand opted to return to cinematography to fulfil commitments for Rajinikanth's "Sivaji" (2007) directed by Shankar, which became the most expensive Tamil film ever made at the time.
Anand then collaborated with AVM Productions and Suriya in "Ayan" (2009), an action entertainer set on the backdrop of the Indo-African drug smuggling trade. In order to prepare the script, Anand did a lot of research and is said to have spoken to a lot of custom officers to understand the modus operandi of smuggling. The film opened in April 2009 to positive reviews, and became one of the year's highest-grossing Tamil language films. A critic from Rediff.com called the film a "must-watch" adding "what gets you by surprise is the thread of logic that laces practically every encounter, and the way Anand's screenplay covers all the angles". A reviewer from Sify.com stated "Anand pushes the commercial cinematic envelope and brings a savvy freshness in treatment and packaging hitherto unexplored in "Ayan"".
His third directorial venture, "Ko" (2011), narrated the tale of photojournalists caught up in a political corruption scandal. Starring Jiiva, Ajmal Ameer, Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai in the lead roles, the film also received a positive from film critics and the box office. A reviewer from The Hindu described the film as a "tale with a realistic twist" and mentioned that Anand "strikes gold with "Ko"". The critic added "blending the commercial with the realistic is a challenge, but Anand proves adept at it." Likewise, The Times of India noted "With "Ko", director Anand gives notice of his immense talent once again, making a movie that is all set to lord over the box office this summer".
Anand worked with Suriya again in "Maattrraan" (2012), and was inspired to make the film after watching a documentary about the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker. While preparing the script, he worked closely with a team of doctors to ensure the medical condition of open-heart transplant, as shown in the film, could be showcased as realistically as possible. He later made a mythical thriller film, "Anegan" (2015) starring Dhanush, and another political thriller film, "Kavan" (2017), with Vijay Sethupathi. His final film "Kaappaan" (2019), starring Suriya and Mohanlal, told the tale of a Special Protection Group (SPG) officer who protects the Prime Minister.
Style of working.
Anand has collaborated with composer Harris Jayaraj, editor Anthony and script writers Subha for several of his ventures, describing them as "constant fixtures". While noting he shared a good rapport with Jayaraj, he has stated that Anthony is like his "alter ego" and "his biggest critic", with the pair often working closely during the post-production stages of films. He met the writer duo Suresh and Bala of Subha, during his stint as a photo journalist with the magazine, India Today. Jagan has a part in most of his films. Despite being a cinematographer himself, Anand opted not to wield the camera for his own ventures and has actively tried to select different cinematographers for each of his projects, like Soundararajan. S, M. S. Prabhu, Richard M. Nathan, Om Prakash and Abhinandan Ramanujam.
During the script-writing process, Anand often finished up to six drafts, though mentioned he rarely "locks his script", suggesting it is always open to changes for improvisations on the shooting spot. He often rephrased dialogues; and sometimes has invented titles during the drafting process, being constantly on the lookout for short and crisp titles. His titles are usually in Chaste Tamil, such as Ayan, Ko, Anegan and Kavan.
Death.
Anand died in Chennai in the early hours of 30 April 2021 following a cardiac arrest. At the time, he was positive for COVID-19.
Filmography.
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Adrishtam

Adrishtam () is a 1939 Indian Tamil-language film S. D. S. Yogi. The film stars T. Suryakumari, K. R. Chellam, V. V. Satagopan and M. N. Srinivasan.
Plot.
A young heiress is kidnapped over property disputes, and circumstances force her to beg in the streets of Madras. A lady lawyer later fights for her and such events.
Production.
"Adrishtam" was written and directed by S. D. S. Yogi, and produced under Mayura Films. Parts of the song "Ayya Siru Penn", composed by the Sarma Brothers, written by Yogi and sung by Suryakumari, were filmed at the now non-existent Moore Market in Madras.
Release and reception.
"Adrishtam" was released in 1939. According to historian Randor Guy, the Censor Board edited out many scenes such as those where Chellam's lawyer character asks a woman in court "highly embarrassing and intimate" questions, thereby "damaging the film" in the process. Despite this, the film was well received by audiences, and Suryakumari became a household name in Tamil through this film along with "Vipra Narayana" and "Ambikapathy" (both 1937).


Atlee (director)

Arun Kumar known mononymously as Atlee, is an Indian film director who makes Tamil-language films. A former assistant director under S. Shankar on the films "Enthiran" (2010) and "Nanban" (2012), he is best known for his directorial debut, "Raja Rani", produced by Fox Star Studios, for which he was awarded the Vijay Award for Best Debut Director. His next ventures as a director, screenplay and writer for "Theri (2016)", "Mersal" (2017) and "Bigil" (2019), all featured actor Vijay.
Career.
He began his career as an assistant director in "Enthiran" (2010) under director S. Shankar and continued to work with him in his next project "Nanban" (2012), a remake of the Hindi film "3 Idiots". In 2013, he made his directorial debut with "Raja Rani". The film was produced by Fox Star Studios and AR Murugadoss, and was a romantic comedy featuring Arya, Jai, Nayanthara, Nazriya Nazim and Sathyaraj. "Raja Rani" earned over 500 million from the South Indian box office within four weeks and won him the Vijay Award for Best Debut Director. Atlee’s next directorial project, "Theri", became the second-highest-grossing Tamil film of 2016. This was his first film with actor Vijay.
He started his own production house called A for Apple Production and jointly produced his first film with Fox Star Studios; the film was "Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae", a horror comedy film written and directed by Ike Radha and starring Jiiva, Sridivya and Soori. His next film, "Mersal", starring Vijay, Nithya Menon, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha and S. J. Surya, with music by A. R. Rahman and produced by Sri Thenandal Films, was released on Diwali 2017. Critics praised Vijay's performance, A. R. Rahman's soundtrack, the cinematography, the social message and Kumar's direction; "Mersal" also proved a commercial success, grossing ₹251 crore (US$39.5 million) worldwide to become the fifth-highest-grossing Tamil film and Vijay's highest-grossing film of his career. Kumar's next film, "Bigil", was his third collaboration with Vijay and released on Diwali 2019.
Personal life.
After courting for about 10 years, Atlee married actress Krishna Priya on 9 November 2014.


Suseenthiran

Suseenthiran is an Indian film director, lyricist and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his directorial debut "Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu" (2009).
Career.
Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village called Amarapoondi in Palani, was always "crazy about films" like his father and his uncle, who had made a film years ago, that never got released. Though his family did not want him to become a director and "waste" his life on films, he was sure that he would be a filmmaker one day. To achieve his dream, he came to Chennai, when he was 18 years old and needed 12 years to make his first film. Suseenthiran had worked as assistant director to prominent filmmakers as S. D. Sabha and Ezhil, before turning an independent director.
His maiden venture, titled "Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu", was released in 2009, receiving rave accolades. According to Susindran, the film is based on real life incidents as his father was a kabadi player and Susindran got to know about the insults and pains the player went through, which he wanted to showcase in a film. Also he was said to be inspired from success of the 2002 Bollywood film "Lagaan", which was based on cricket.
Following the success of his debut film, he started his next project "Naan Mahaan Alla" (2010). This film, starring Karthi and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, opened to highly positive reviews and emerged a commercial success as well. During this film's final stages of post-production, he started working on his third film, titled "Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai" (2011). Suseenthiran revealed that "Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai" was planned to be his second directorial, but since no producer was willing to fund the film with an offbeat theme, he chose to make a film featuring a known lead actor first. "Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai", based on Bhaskar Sakthi's novel, likewise fetched critical acclaim. It was screened at 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in Contemporary World Cinema category. Suseenthiran finished his fourth venture, titled "Rajapattai" (2011), starring Vikram and Deeksha Seth in the lead. Nearly two years after "Rajapattai", Suseenthiran bounces back with "Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer" (2013) that has a neatly told story and a finale that touches an interesting emotional acme. In 2013, Suseenthiran prepares a commercial film with a simple story about settling scores, but the director ensures that his narration is interesting and entertaining at the same time. Suseenthiran earns appreciation for not taking the audience for granted with over the top heroism and highly illogical scenarios. He is also slowly proving to be one of the versatile directors in the circuit. "Pandiya Naadu" (2013) has won rave reviews from critics as well as the audiences.
Vishnu Vishal and Suseenthiran jointly made their debut with "Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu" and both are back once again with a super hit movie, "Jeeva" (2014) a sport drama. Suseenthiran has garnished the love, passion, and cricket in the right proportion to serve a fulfilling experience. His next project was an action thriller movie "Paayum Puli" (2015) featuring Vishal, his second after "Pandiya Naadu". Then next, "Vil Ambu" (2016) is directed by Ramesh Subramaniam and presented by Suseenthiran. He has joined hands for the third time with his protégé Vishnu Vishal in "Maaveeran Kittu" (2016) a tale about a fight against the caste system. In 2017, his film "Nenjil Thunivirundhal" is a big disappointment considering his body of work in the initial stages of his career. He has made simultaneously shot in Telugu as "C/o Surya". In 2018, he has directed "Genius", a film on how a young boy is pressured by his dad since childhood to always be the school topper and when he grows up, by his boss to reach targets. In 2019, Suseenthiran has also written the script for a sequel "Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2" but is busy with various other projects. He also directed two sports films with "Kennedy Club" and "Champion".
His next film was "Eeswaran" (2021) starring Silambarasan released on the occasion of Pongal. At a time when fans are longing to witness that energetic Simbu on screen, which has been missing for years, Suseenthiran delivers a perfect rural entertainer that serves just that. The screenplay has been developed in a manner to please both the star’s fans and family audience.


Love Song (2000 film)

Love Song is a 2000 film produced for television by MTV and directed by Julie Dash. The film stars Monica, Christian Kane, Rachel True and Essence Atkins. It was released on December 1, 2000.
Plot.
Camille Livingston is the reserved, sheltered only child and daughter of prosperous African American parents in New Orleans. She attends school, works with under privileged inner city children and lives with her two roommates. Camille has been dating Calvin, who looks up to Camille's father and appears to be following him into medicine. It is also understood that Camille will follow Calvin and work in some type of medical field. Her life is considered by her and people around her to be "normal" and what is expected.
Then on her 21st birthday she is attended to at a gas station by Billy Ryan Gallo, a mechanic during the day who turns out to be a blues musician at night. When Camille shows up at Thelma's Bar later that evening, Billy formally introduces himself and then serenades her from the stage, much to her surprise and the amusement of her roommates.
Camille runs into Billy again when she is out with Calvin and Billy is playing at the restaurant/casino. Impressed with Billy's style, Calvin asks if he can buy Billy a drink and Billy joins them at their table and does not let on that he already has met Camille. After a short conversation, Billy invites both to Thelma's Bar the following evening but Calvin declines saying he will be out of town.
The next day, Camille goes alone to Thelma's and watches again as Billy takes the stage and appears to be singing only to her. When his set is complete, Billy asks if Camille will go out and about New Orleans, a town where Camille has lived for over ten years but has never experienced. The night sees Camille and Billy visiting clubs, riding around, laughing and dancing and being very free and comfortable with each other. They then go to a club where she is handed a mic and impromptuly sings with a powerful voice that has Billy awed.
As the chemistry between the two heats up, Camille retreats back to her safe world and Billy, respecting her decision, says if they cannot be more than friends, then would she consider singing in his new band. Camille agrees and two begin a musical friendship. They decide to try their act out at Camille's college's open mic night, Billy playing guitar and Camille singing. All during the song neither Billy nor the audience take their eyes off of Camille and when the song is complete receive a standing ovation. Afterwards, energised by their performance, Camille stares at Billy differently and unexpectedly kisses him. Billy then kisses her back and asks her if she knows who she wants to be with. Camille confidently tells Billy she wants to be with him and the two kiss again.
With this new change, Camille realises that she wants to continue to work with the inner city children and not head off to some college and a career in medicine. Newly inspired, Camille goes to tell her parents and is surprised to find Calvin and his parents at their house and Calvin asking her to marry him. Overwhelmed by the pressure and her parents happiness, Camille agrees to marry Calvin and options out of her desired career choice. She then meets with Billy and displays the engagement ring. Furious with Camille for not standing up for what she wants and trying to make everyone happy but herself, Billy ends their friendship.
Two weeks later at the engagement party, Camille's roommates observe Camille and find that their friend isn't herself and the whole event just "doesn't feel right." They take Camille aside and tell her that at any point she wants to leave, they will help drive her away.
The party is an upscale social event attended by what Calvin calls "very important people." Camille decides to serenade Calvin with a love song and everyone in the audience is amazed by her talent except for Calvin and her father, who appear to be engrossed in their own conversation. And while she sings, Camille's thoughts turn to Billy as she watches Calvin ignore her performance. When the song ends she announces to everyone that she is not in love with Calvin but in love with a man who "really sees her." She calls off the engagement and drives away with her roommates.
Camille goes back to her place, changes and drives to find Billy at the gas station. He is standoffish towards her and asks her to leave but she stays to show him her bare ring finger. Billy softens and understands the enormity of what Camille did and he again asks her if this is for real. She smiles and says yes and the two kiss and hug and finally appear as a couple.
The movie ends with Camille and Billy Ryan at Thelma's Bar, this time on stage together for the first time, in front of their friends and both of their mothers, singing a Love Song.
Production.
The movie was filmed in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Reception.
In 2001, "Love Song" was nominated for one Black Reel Awards in the category of "Network/Cable - Best Director".


Kannan (music director)

Kannan is an Indian film music composer who works in the Tamil film industry. He debuted in 2010 with "Thamizh Padam".
Career.
Kannan studied at Music College before beginning his career as a guitarist in 1988. Over the course of a decade, he composed jingles for about 600 commercials through the agency of C. S. Amudhan. The same agency provided the opportunity for Kannan to compose music for his film score debut "Thamizh Padam" (2010). Kannan revealed that even though the film was a spoof, he "wasn't specifically asked to spoof other songs." The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics who called it an "amusingly memorable debut for Kannan." The songs "Pacha Manja" and "O Maha Zeeya" were well received. Kannan has received more recognition for his contributions to this film than to previous films which went largely unnoticed.


Skinning (film)

Skinning () is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Stevan Filipović. It premiered on 6 October 2010 in Sava Centar in Belgrade.
Plot.
The film opens with actual news footage of protests in front of the American embassy in Belgrade following the Kosovo is Serbia protest rally that was held in response to the 17 February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence by ethnic Albanians inhabiting Serbia's southern province of Kosovo. This news footage is intercut with shots of the movie's main protagonist, skinhead Novica, protesting by leading chants and lighting flares in front of the embassy while he's also providing narration.
The story than backs up as Novica (Nikola Rakočević), a timid and geeky high school student with frumpy clothing and disheveled thick hair, is introduced. He lives in Belgrade where his life revolves around attending advanced math classes for gifted kids and taking part in math competitions. Due to his awkwardness around people, his social life is nothing to speak of - his only friends are his stoner cousin Mirko (Miloš Tanasković) as well as an even nerdier math colleague Stanislav (Vladimir Tešović).
At a math competition as the students are working away solving problems, Novica is pressured into cheating by Relja, a confident skinhead full of bravado who is also gifted at math, but doesn't quite possess Novica's math problem-solving skills. Relja is seated relatively close to Novica at the competition and is stuck on a question that he can't solve. Obviously flattered by the attention from a kid placed much higher on the high school social scale, Novica passes Relja the solution written on a piece of paper. The competition supervisor notices something untoward occurred and tells Novica to report the person he'd helped without penalty to himself. Wanting to cover for Relja, Novica purposely wrongly points out nerdy Stanislav as the recipient of his help, leading to the supervisor throwing both Novica and Stanislav out thus breaking her promise to spare Novica.
Outside, Relja is happy and impressed with Novica's behaviour under pressure, handing him a copy of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" as well as extending an invite to a lecture by professor Hadži-Tankosić (Predrag Ejdus) at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy. Novica brings his cousin Mirko along who, dissatisfied with the right-wing, anti-Semitic overtones in professor's lecture, leaves early on. Novica, on the other hand, remains and is very much receptive to what he's hearing.
The next day Relja takes Novica to a football match since his skinheads are active as fans of FK Radnik - corrupt lower-league club financed by the local gangster nicknamed Pufta (Srđan Miletić). Though seemingly faithful supporters of the club, they don't care much for football, mostly using the matches as the public platform to raise the group's profile and further their right-wing political agenda through racist chanting, violence, and hooliganism. Additionally, skinheads have an extremely antagonistic relationship with the club's financier Pufta, regularly getting into fights with "Pufta's diesel boys" - small group of fans on his payroll. Since he doesn't own the club, Pufta's motivation for getting involved with football is taking advantage of his vaguely defined "financier role" in order to siphon off the funds from player transfers abroad. As he conducts his business in ruthless manner, his biggest rivals are similarly run FK Kosančić, the club that also has a financier - a mafia widow. At this particular match FK Radnik is playing FK Novi Pazar and there's no shortage of hateful chants and violence as Novica and Relja, among others, get taken to the police station where they're questioned by corrupt inspector Milutin (Nikola Kojo) and young idealistic policewoman Lidija (Nataša Šolak) who recently joined the force. She immediately notices that Novica doesn't really fit the usual skinhead profile and encourages him to get out, even giving him her personal contact in case he ever needs help.
Couple of days later, Relja formally introduces Novica to the various individuals that make up his skinhead, white supremacist group, including his sexy girlfriend Mina (Bojana Novaković) and computer geek Svarog, all of whom hang out in an underground swastika-adorned cave where they mostly guzzle beer and listen to hard core bands such as Direktori. As it turns out, Novica already knows Mina from the neighbourhood (they once got jumped by a group of diesel boys, barely managing to escape) and already harbours some emotions towards her. Mina seduces Novica, symbolising his seduction into the world of racist skinheads.
Hanging out one night, under the influence of alcohol, the group is walking along the river quay when they run into one of the diesel boys who's all by himself. In addition to belonging to their hated rival group, he's also Roma, which makes him even more of a target in their eyes. Relja however orders them not to bother, but Novica who is for the confrontation with the others backing him with words, charges and beats the guy with fists. Relja and the others pull Novica from killing the gipsy but he surprises all by taking construction block piece and kills the gipsy. Shocked by the gruesome crime Novica just committed, other skinheads panic a bit before regrouping and deciding to dump the body into the river and sink with it with rocks.
Cast.
Actor Dragan Mićanović made an appearance in the film. Popular Serbian journalist and television presenter Ivon Jafali also appeared in the film as the journalist.
Production.
The pre–production of "Skinning" began in 2007. The director Stevan Filipović got some funds from the SEE Cinema Network in Thessaloniki. The film was shot in stages, as it required great transformations of the actors, which included training in the gym and changing haircuts.
Motifs.
Though on occasion applying a thin disguise when it comes to actual names, the movie references and alludes to various individuals, organizations, and events from the Serbian public life during the 2000s.
The fictitious FK Radnik from Belgrade is obviously FK Rad, the club that has a small but violent core of right-wing fans known for clashes with the fans of FK Novi Pazar. Radnik's fictitious cross-town rival FK Kosančić run by an unnamed attractive mafia-widow obviously refers to FK Obilić (instead of Miloš Obilić, one famous medieval Serbian knight from the Battle of Kosovo, the club is named after another one, Ivan Kosančić), while its owner/financier bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Obilić's one-time president Ceca Ražnatović, the widow of slain gangster Arkan.
In fact, many details from the football subplot in the movie are lifted straight from B92 television investigative programme "Insajder"'s 2008 exposé "Pravila igre" and the 2009 one called "(Ne)moć države" both of which uncovered and alleged high levels of organized criminality and systemic corruption within the Serbian league football.
Reception.
The film grossed €30,193 during its opening weekend in Serbia. As of 29 November 2010, it grossed €171,052. It ended its theatrical run in Serbia in late February 2011, grossing the total of US$288,512.
One reviewer wrote: ""Skinning" is an obligatory, which must be seen by almost all parents who raise a teenager in their home... Especially those whose talents are unimaginable. And especially the parents who doubt to have a genius, because the line between genius and madness is thin. "Skinning" divides nationalism and false patriotism from violence and anarchy." "Press".


Kasia Adamik

Katarzyna "Kasia" Adamik (born 28 December 1972) is a Polish directior and storyboard artist.
Personal life.
Adamik was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Polish film director Agnieszka Holland and Slovak opera director Laco Adamík. Her aunt is film director Magdalena Łazarkiewicz. She graduated in graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.
She came out as a lesbian in 2012.
Career.
Adamik debuted in the film industry in 1993. She has worked as a storyboard artist on an array of movies, including "In Darkness", "Copying Beethoven", "Everything Is Illuminated", "Catwoman", "Trapped", "Julie Walking Home", "Angel of Death", "Hearts in Atlantis", "Angel Eyes", "Golden Dreams", "Battlefield Earth", "Na koniec swiata", "The Third Miracle", "The Wood", "Beloved", "Wicked", "Polish Wedding", "Washington Square", and "Total Eclipse".


B. Gopal

Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed over 30 Telugu films, including successful films such as "Bobbili Raja", "Lorry Driver", "Assembly Rowdy", "State Rowdy", "Rowdy Inspector", "Samarasimha Reddy", "Narasimha Naidu", "Indra", and "Maska". He also won Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for the film "Samarasimha Reddy".
Childhood and early years.
B. Gopal was born at M. Nidamanuru village near Tangutur, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh to B. Venkateswarulu and Mahalakshmi. He has two siblings, one brother Subba Rao and sister Suseela. He did his schooling in Karumanchi. Later he attended C.S.R.Sarma college in Ongole. After finishing his education, With his father permission he chose to pursue his career in movies. He is the uncle of Telugu film Actor Venu Thottempudi.
Career.
He started his career working as an assistant director under P.C. Reddy. After working in two movies with P.C. Reddy, he got an opportunity to work as an assistant director in the film "Adavi Ramudu" under K. Raghavendra Rao. He considers K. Raghavendra Rao as his Mentor and Guru in Telugu cinema industry. He worked under him for almost 12 years and for movies like "Adavi Ramudu", "Devatha", "Justice Chowdary", "Agni Parvatam" etc. In 1982, while he was working as an associate director for the movie "Devatha" under K. Raghavendra Rao, he was spotted by the producer of the movie Dr. Daggubati Ramanaidu. Impressed by B. Gopal, Ramanaidu offered him the chance to direct a movie under his banner. This led to B. Gopal's debut movie as director "Prathidvani" with Sharada, Arjun and Rajani. The movie was released in 1986.
He went on to direct many commercially successful movies like "Bobbili Raja", "Lorry Driver", "Assembly Rowdy", "Rowdy Inspector", "Samarasimha Reddy", "Narasimha Naidu", "Indra" etc. His association with Paruchuri Brothers is well known in Telugu cinema industry and they worked together on many successful movies. He is also famously known to collaborate with Nandamuri Balakrishna to do movies. He was the only director to have three Industry Hits, those being "Samarasimha Reddy", "Narasimha Naidu" and "Indra" until 2017,then with the release of Baahubali 2 S.S.Rajamouli became 2nd director to have 3 industry hits, those being "Magadheera, ", "". Gopal's career hit a rough patch when his subsequent ventures like "Palnati Brahmanayudu" with Balakrishna and "Narasimhudu" with Jr. NTR becoming disasters in box office. After a gap of four years, he directed "Maska" with Ram Pothineni which was released in 2009. The movie was commercially declared a hit. In 2011, it was announced that he would again collaborate with Balakrishna in a project called "Hara Hara Mahadeva" but the project got stalled after the launch.


Nandi Award for Best Director

The Nandi Award for Best Director the Award was first given in 1981.


C. V. Sridhar

Chitthamoor Vijayaraghavalu Sridhar (22 July 1933 – 20 October 2008) was an Indian screenwriter and film director. He has directed nearly 60 films in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.
Early life.
Sridhar hailed from Chitthamur, a village near Maduranthakam, Tamil Nadu. He studied at St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School from Chengalpattu where he began writing and staging plays while he was in the Seventh Standard.
Career.
Entry.
In 1951, 18-year-old Sridhar went to AVM Productions with his story "Latchiyavathi" but P. Neelakantan rejected his story. Avvai T. K. Shanmugam was very much impressed by the story and Sridhar wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the drama. It was staged as "Raththa Paasam" and was one of the most successful dramas staged by TKS brothers. Sridhar was proudly taken to the stage and introduced to the audience as the writer. It was later produced jointly by TKS and Jupiter pictures under Jupiter – Avvai Productions where Jupiter pictures recommended some other writer to write the dialogues for the film. It was T. K. Shanmugam who was staunch that Sridhar should write the screenplay and dialogues. Sridhar made his entry into films as a screenwriter in "Ratha Paasam". Later AVM Productions produced it in Hindi as "Bhaai Bhaai" in 1956 starring Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar but direction was by R. S. Mani. The film Bhai Bhai gave a big commercial break for the music director Madan Mohan
and the writer Sridhar himself.
Sridhar wrote story and dialogues for "Edhir Paradhathu". Sridhar wrote the dialogues in Tamil for the Telugu movie "Parivartana" and the movie was dubbed in 1955 as "Latchadhipathi". Sridhar continued on writing for films like "Maaman Magal", "Maheswari", "Amara Deepam", "Maadharkula Manikkam", "Engal Veetu Mahalakshmi", "Yaar Paiyan", "Manjal Mahimai", "Uthama Puthiran" and "Punar Jenmam".
While working in Modern Theatres as writer for the film "Maheswari", Sridhar had an opportunity to improve his knowledge and skills about film production. T. R. Sundaram had a huge library of international books about great films and directors, about film production, critical and technical essays. Sridhar had a very high esteem on the legendary director V. Shantaram.
Venus Pictures.
In 1956, Sridhar turned producer along with associates Krishnamoorthi, Govindarajan and Sundararajan in "Venus Pictures" where he scripted "Amara Deepam" and followed by "Uthama Puthiran". Both films had Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini as the main roles. He made his debut as a director with "Kalyana Parisu". This movie ran for more than 25 weeks, and is revered to this day as a milestone in the history of Tamil cinema. After this, he had a huge fan following and his name was talked about among the middle class movie going audience.
Chithralaya.
He started his own production company "Chithralaya" (the emblem was designed by Art director Ganga) in 1961 with his friends Gopu, Vincent, Sundaram and Tiruchi Arunachalam made "Then Nilavu". The latter which had Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayanthimala in the lead was the first Tamil film to be shot in Jammu and Kashmir. He made a series of commercially successful films like "Nenjil Or Aalayam", "Kaadhalikka Neramillai", "Vennira Adai" and many more.
Film-making style.
Sridhar was known as Nava-rasa-director, as he made films in a variety of styles, from the comedy "Kaadhalikka Neramillai" to the serious Kalai-kovil and "Nenjil Or Aalayam". The latter was remade in Hindi with Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari as "Dil Ek Mandir" which earn him two nomination at Filmfare Awards, Best Director and Best Story categories. He brought out the best in comedians T. R. Ramachandran, K. A. Thangavelu, and Nagesh, and helped introduce Murthy, Nirmala to a wider audience in "Vennira Adai". Murthy, Nirmala, now a TV and movie comedian, is still referred to as "Venniradai Moorthy", "Venniradai Nirmala" after the fame he received from his performance in the movie. Even the actresses Jayalalitha and Nirmala used to be referred to as Venniraadai Jayalalitha and Venniraadai Nirmala
Sridhar's "Kaadhalikka Neramillai" was one of the greatest blockbusters of Tamil film history. It was later remade in Hindi with actor Kishore Kumar and Shashi Kapoor by himself. Sridhar helped launch the career of many celebrities in Tamil cinema, namely, Saroja Devi in Kalyaana Parisu, R. Muthuraman and Devika in "Nenjil Or Aalayam", Srikanth, J. Jayalalithaa, Vennira Aadai Nirmala and Venniradai Moorthy in "Vennira Adai" ("White Dress"), Ravichandran, Kanchana and Rajasree in "Kaadhalikka Neramillai", Kamal and Rajini in Ilamai Oonjal Aadigirathu, Karthik and Gigi in Ninaivellaam Nithya, Jayashree in "Thendralae Ennai Thodu" and Vikram in "Thanthu Vitten Ennai".
His Bollywood films include "Nazrana" (1961), "Dil Ek Mandir" (1963), "Pyar Kiye Jaa" (1966) and "Gehri Chaal" (1973). "Nazrana", starring by Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Usha Kiran and Gemini Ganesan in guest appearance, earned him Filmfare Award for Best Story.The landmark film Nai Roshni directed by him in Hindu had Ashok Kumar, P. Bhanumati, Mala Sinha, Biwajeet and Raajkumar in lead roles and became the 7th highest-grossing film of the year 1967 in Hindi. Subsequently, this film was remade in Tamil as Poovum Pottum directed by Dada Mirasi.
Sridhar's films with Sivaji Ganesan include "Ooty Varai Uravu", "Nenjirukkum Varai", "Sivantha Mann". "Sivanthaman" was the first color movie in Tamil shot at foreign locations. "Dharti", the Hindi version was released in 1970 with Rajendra Kumar, Waheeda Rehman and Sivaji Ganesan in lead roles.
When in 1973, he went through sudden financial problems, at the insistence of Rajendra Kumar he approached M. G. Ramachandran, who suggested that a film be made and using that his financial woes would get resolved. Sridhar then made "Urimai Kural" which was a commercial success in 1974 and went on to direct M.G.R again in "Meenava Nanban" that was released in 1977.
In 1978, he brought together Kamal Hasan, Rajnikanth, Sripriya for romantic film Illamai Oonjal Aadugirathu. Then he remade the same in 1982 in Hindu as Dil-E-Nadan starring Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha and Jaya Prada in lead roles. Both versions were successful.
In all his films he used a combination of stars, melodrama and melodious songs. He has directed films in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.
Sridhar was considered an expert in song picturisation as he could transform any song into sheer poetry. The formidable Sridhar – Kannadasan – M. S. Viswanathan combination held a magic spell on the audience and the songs contributed to the tremendous success of those films.
Retirement and death.
Sridhar, whose career spanned four decades, is credited with understanding the pulse of the public and creating movies in tune with the times. His memoirs Thirumpip Parkkiren [Looking Back], written by Chandra Maouli, was published in 2002.
Sridhar died of Heart attack in Chennai on 20 October 2008.
Filmography.
List of films directed by Sridhar. You may refer to the notes for the extra activities of him in the particular films.


Nandi Award for Best Story Writer

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Sarah Paulson

Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2017, "Time" magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the artists category.
Born in Tampa, Florida, Paulson was raised there and later in New York City following her parents' divorce. She began her acting career after high school in New York stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series "American Gothic" (1995–1996) and "Jack & Jill" (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as "What Women Want" (2000) and "Down with Love" (2003), and drama films such as "Path to War" (2002) and "The Notorious Bettie Page" (2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, Paulson starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film "The Spirit".
Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays "The Glass Menagerie" in 2005 and "Collected Stories" in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films, and had a leading role on the ABC comedy series "Cupid" in 2009. She later starred in the independent drama film "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (2011), and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film "Game Change" (2012). She was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film "12 Years a Slave", as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film "Carol", and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film "The Post", all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Her other films include "Serenity" (2005), "New Year's Eve" (2011), "Mud" (2012), "Blue Jay" (2016), "Ocean's 8" (2018), "Bird Box" (2018), "Glass" (2019), and "Run" (2020).
In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series "American Horror Story", playing different characters in many of the show's nine seasons. For her performances in the series, she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Critics' Choice Television Awards. In 2016, she portrayed real life prosecutor Marcia Clark in first season of the anthology series "American Crime Story", subtitled "", for which she garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. In 2020, Paulson appeared in the FX limited series "Mrs. America", and began starring as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the Netflix psychological thriller series "Ratched".
Early life.
Paulson was born on December 17, 1974, in Tampa, Florida, the daughter of Catharine Gordon (née Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent her early life in South Tampa until her parents' divorce when she was five. After her parents' separation, Paulson relocated with her mother and sister to Maine, then to New York City. Her mother worked as a waitress, and Paulson lived in Queens and Gramercy Park, before settling in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She recalled of this period, "My mom was 27 years old [when we moved]. She didn't know a single person in New York City. She got a job at Sardi's Restaurant... She was so brave to be basically a debutante in Tampa, Florida, having a cotillion and a coming out balland she picked up and brought her two kids to the greatest city in the world, not knowing anyone. My mom's kind of my hero that way."
Throughout her childhood, Paulson spent her summers in Florida staying with her father, who was an executive at a Tampa door manufacturing company. She attended P.S. 29 in Brooklyn before attending Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career.
1994–2007.
Paulson began working as an actress right out of high school. She appeared in the Horton Foote play "Talking Pictures" at the Signature Theatre, and in an episode of "Law & Order" in 1994. The next year Paulson appeared in the Hallmark television film "Friends at Last" (1995) opposite Kathleen Turner, playing the adult version of Turner's character's daughter. She also starred in the short-lived television series "American Gothic" (also 1995), playing the ghost of a murdered woman.
In 1997, Paulson made her feature film debut in the independent thriller film "Levitation", playing a woman who discovers she is pregnant after an anonymous sexual encounter. Leonard Klady of "Variety" noted that Paulson and her co-stars are "not supported by the script", concluding: ""Levitation" is a grim, convoluted saga of identity and belonging. An ill-fitting combination of melodrama and magic realism, the indie effort will have a decidedly difficult time in the theatrical arena."
In 1997, Paulson was a featured actress (Janice/Nina) in the two-part episode "True Romance" of "Cracker", which starred Robbie Coltrane.
She also appeared Off-Broadway in a fall 1998 production of "Killer Joe". She subsequently played Elisa Cronkite in The WB comedy-drama series "Jack & Jill" (1999). The same year, she was also cast opposite Juliette Lewis and Diane Keaton in the drama "The Other Sister", playing the lesbian sister of a developmentally-disabled woman in San Francisco, and in a supporting part playing a hostage in the comedy "Held Up", opposite Jamie Foxx. The following year, she had a small supporting role in the comedy "What Women Want", starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
Paulson had a minor recurring role in the HBO series "Deadwood" (2005–2006), and was a focal character in an episode of the FX series "Nip/Tuck". She starred as the main character in the NBC series "Leap of Faith". She was then cast in the period comedy "Down with Love" (2003) in a central role, portraying the friend and editor of a writer (portrayed by Renee Zellweger).
In 2004, she had a supporting role in the ABC series "The D.A.", which was cancelled after only four episodes. In the spring of 2005, Paulson starred in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie" on Broadway, opposite future "American Horror Story" co-star Jessica Lange. Ben Brantley of "The New York Times" deemed the production as "misdirected and miscast... reality never makes an appearance in this surreally blurred production." Later that year, Paulson appeared Off-Broadway in a production of "Colder Than Here", opposite Lily Rabe (also her future co-star on "American Horror Story"). The production received an unfavorable review from "Variety", with critic Dave Rooney writing: "Rabe speaks in an affected monotone while Sarah Paulson has the measured, upward-inflected delivery of a children's TV presenter... this mannered, melancholy play elicits a mainly impassive response, which is no small obstruction in a work dealing with loss."
Also in 2005, Paulson had a small role in the Joss Whedon-directed science fiction film "Serenity". In the 2006–07 television season, Paulson co-starred in NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", playing Harriet Hayes, one of the stars of the show-within-a-show. This role earned her a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. In December 2008, Paulson appeared in the screen adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book "The Spirit", playing an updated version of the character Ellen Dolan.
2008–2015.
In 2008, ABC cast Paulson in the pilot "Cupid", which was ordered to series. It was a remake of the 1998 series starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall. In the new version, Paulson starred opposite Bobby Cannavale. It debuted in late March 2009 on ABC but was cancelled on May 19, 2009, after six episodes. In February 2010, Paulson was cast as the circa 1982 mother of main character Meredith Grey, on the ABC drama "Grey's Anatomy", appearing in a flashback sequence in a season-six episode. She then played Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film "Game Change" (2012), based on events of the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign. For her performance, she earned Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.
In the spring of 2010, she starred in Donald Margulies's "Collected Stories" alongside Linda Lavin on Broadway. The same year, Paulson filmed the independent drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene", in which she starred opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Hugh Dancy, portraying the wealthy sister of a woman who has escaped a cult. The film was released in the fall of 2011. Simultaneously, Paulson guest-starred in three episodes of the FX anthology series "American Horror Story", playing medium Billie Dean Howard. Paulson returned the following year for season two, "", in which she played a new character, Lana Winters, a writer who is committed to an asylum for being a lesbian. During this time, she also played the supporting role of Mary Lee in the acclaimed 2012 drama film "Mud", starring Matthew McConaughey.
Paulson returned to theater in March 2013, appearing in an Off-Broadway production of "Talley's Folly" opposite Danny Burstein. She then starred in the third season of "American Horror Story", titled "" (2013) as Cordelia Foxx, a witch who runs an academy for other young witches. The same year, she starred as Mary Epps, an abusive slave-owner, in the historical drama film "12 Years a Slave". The film was a critical success, earning numerous accolades.
In 2014, Paulson appeared in the fourth season of series of "American Horror Story", titled ', playing the roles of conjoined twin sisters Bette and Dot Tattler, who are members of a circus freak show. She returned for the fifth season, subtitled ', in the role of Hypodermic Sally, the ghost of a drug addict trapped in a Hollywood hotel. She also reprised the character of Billie Dean Howard in the last episode of the season, making a crossover appearance. During this time, Paulson also took on the role of Abby Gerhard in the Todd Haynes-directed romantic drama "Carol" (2015), a period piece in which she played the supporting role of Cate Blanchett's close friend.
2016–present.
Beginning in February 2016, Paulson starred in the first season of the true crime anthology series "American Crime Story", subtitled "", portraying prosecutor Marcia Clark. She garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance and won various awards, including the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film.
In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Paulson and others told the stories of the people killed there. In the fall of 2016, she starred in the sixth iteration of "American Horror Story", subtitled ""; in it, she was cast in the dual roles of British actress Audrey Tindall and tortured wife and yoga instructor Shelby Miller, the latter of whom is portrayed by Tindall's character in "My Roanoke Nightmare", a documentary within the series. She also reprised her role of Lana Winters in the final episode of "Roanoke", in which the character makes a crossover appearance.
After completing "Roanoke", Paulson appeared in the series' seventh season, "" (2017), in which she played restaurant owner Ally Mayfair-Richards, as well as Susan Atkins in the 10th episode of the season.
She also starred as Geraldine Page in one episode of the first season of drama anthology series "Feud" (2017), which chronicles the turbulent working relationship between actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Paulson was then cast in the heist film "Ocean's 8" (2018), co-starring with Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, and Rihanna. The film was a commercial success, grossing nearly $300million at the worldwide box office. In 2017 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Paulson returned for the eighth season of "American Horror Story", titled "", which premiered on September 12, 2018. In "Apocalypse", Paulson reprised both the "Murder House" and "Coven" roles of Billie Dean Howard and Cordelia Foxx, respectively, and also starred as the villainous Miss Wilhemina Venable. In addition to appearing as three characters, Paulson also directed one of the season's episodes, marking her directorial debut. She played Sandra Bullock's character's sister, Jessica, in the drama horror film "Bird Box", which was released on Netflix in December 2018.
In 2019, Paulson starred as Dr. Ellie Staple in the superhero thriller film "Glass", Xandra in the drama film "The Goldfinch", and Dr. Zara in the animated adventure film "Abominable". Paulson then starred as Alice Macray in the FX limited drama series "Mrs. America", which premiered in April 2020. She also starred as Clarissa Montgomery in the HBO satirical comedy television film "Coastal Elites", which premiered in September 2020. In September 2017, it was announced that Paulson would star as a younger version of Nurse Mildred Ratched, the villain of the novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and its acclaimed 1975 film adaptation, in the Netflix drama series "Ratched", a prequel to the novel which would portray the character's origins. The first season was released on September 18, 2020.
In November 2020, Paulson starred in the thriller film "Run", opposite Kiera Allen. It went on to become the most watched original film on streaming platform Hulu.
Upcoming projects.
In August 2019, it was confirmed that she would portray Linda Tripp in the third season of the true crime anthology series "American Crime Story", subtitled "". In January 2020, she confirmed that she will return to "American Horror Story" for its tenth season, after being absent for the .
Personal life.
Paulson was diagnosed with melanoma on her back when she was 25. The growth was removed before the cancer could spread.
Paulson was in a relationship with actress Cherry Jones from 2004 to 2009. Addressing her sexuality in a 2013 interview with Broadway.com, Paulson said "it's a fluid situation for me". Before her relationship with Jones, she had dated only men, including then-fiancé playwright Tracy Letts. She would later comment: "If my life choices had to be predicated based on what was expected of me from a community on either side, that's going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don't want to feel that."
Since early 2015, Paulson has been in a relationship with actress Holland Taylor. Paulson lives in Los Angeles.
She was ranked one of the best dressed women in 2018 by fashion website Net-a-Porter.
Paulson is a Democrat.
Filmography.
Paulson appeared in such films as "What Women Want" (2000), "Down with Love" (2003), "Serenity" (2005), "The Notorious Bettie Page" (2005), "The Spirit" (2008), "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (2011), "New Year's Eve" (2011), "Mud" (2012), "Game Change" (2012), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "Carol" (2015), "Blue Jay" (2016), "The Post" (2017), "Ocean's 8" (2018), "Bird Box" (2018), "Glass" (2019), "Abominable" (2019), and "Run" (2020).
On television, Paulson starred in "American Gothic" (1995–1996), "Jack & Jill" (1999–2001), "Deadwood" (2006), "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006–2007), "Cupid" (2009), "American Horror Story" (2011–present), "American Crime Story" (2016–present), "Mrs. America" (2020), and "Ratched" (2020–present).
Paulson has also appeared on Broadway in the plays "The Glass Menagerie" (2005) and "Collected Stories" (2010), and the off-Broadway plays "Crimes of the Heart" (2008) and "Talley's Folly" (2013).
Awards and nominations.
Paulson has accumulated nominations for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, receiving one of each for her role in the limited series "". She was also nominated for her work on other television programs, such as the comedy-drama series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", the political drama film "Game Change", and the horror anthology series "American Horror Story". For her performance in the Academy Award-winning period drama film "12 Years a Slave", she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
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Aggi Pidugu

Aggi Pidugu () is a 1969 Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film, produced and directed by B. Vittalacharya under the Sri Vital Combines banner. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Krishna Kumari, Rajasree and music composed by Rajan-Nagendra. The film is based on the 1844 French novella "The Corsican Brothers", written by Alexandre Dumas. The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title "Veeraadhi Veeran" and released in the same year.
Plot.
Once upon on time a kingdom ruled by a king Mahendra, his younger brother Veerendra (Rajanala) hoped he would inherit the throne because his brother is childless. However, Veerendra is disappointed as Mahendra is blessed with twins in his late life. Since the infants are conjoined, it was thought they wouldn't survive. However, a British Doctor (Mukkamala) in the Royal employment came to the rescue and separated them by surgery. The boys are named Raja & Madhav. On their naming ceremony day, Veerendra suddenly attacks and slaughters his brother & sister-in-law and also tries to kill the twins. But the latter was hidden from his eyes by Veerayya (Chittor V Nagaiah), a personal servant of Mahendra and the doctor. Unable to find the kids, Veerendra sets the palace on fire assuming the children are still inside. Staring at the palace on fire, and with tearful eyes, Veerayya and Doctor vow to raise the twins into adulthood and secure them their royal throne. With a fear that the twins living together would raise suspicion, the Doctor keeps with him the elder boy Madhav. Veerayya takes Raja with him to rear him in the forest.
Years roll by, Raja & Madhav (both N. T. Rama Rao) have a strange bond between them when Madhav undergoes a certain feeling, the other also is affected. Raja falls in love with a village belle called Roja (Rajasri), whereas Madhav imbibes modern habits and wins the heart of a girl called Malathi (Krishna Kumari). Veerendra's excesses know no bounds; he usurped the throne. One day, Raja angrily rushes into the royal court in its full session after knowing that Veerendra's soldiers had tormented the villagers. Raja beats Veerendra's henchmen to a pulp and frees his own men from the village. Veerendra was aghast wondering about the young man striking like thunder. Veerayya asks the doctor what should be done, out of his fear that Veerendra has seen Raja. It is time for the reunion of the brothers. They will have to make a claim for their rights. With these points in mind, Veerayya and the doctor introduced the siblings to each other in front of their parents’ cemeteries. They embrace each other while pledging to bring peace to the souls perished in the ashes of the palace fire. Raja rushes to the fort to kill Veerendra. As his efforts to appease Raja go in vain, Madhav runs after him who intervenes and requests his uncle to justly and peacefully surrender their kingdom. In the meantime, Vedanda (Satyanarayana), the right-hand of Veerendra throws a knife at Raja that fells him to the ground. Watching all this, Madhav turns wild and makes everyone helpless and retreats from the scene along with his brother.
Veerendra is left clueless how his brother's sons are alive. So, he sends Vedanda to find the twins’ whereabouts. Madhav and the doctor are just retreating after having dressed Raja's wounds. Vedanda happened to come there while he is in the hunt for the twins. Then, Madhav sees Vedanda and his followers insulting the modesty of lonesome Madhav. He thrashed and chased them away. The doctor happened to see them when they were fleeing. The doctor dutifully tends to their wounds. Veerendra gets suspicious after learning the above. He wondered what a doctor has anything to do with the forest. He thought that the doctor had something to do with some treason. He made a vain attempt to reach the doctor's home to find out the truth. But he forgets; he came there once and saw Malathi. She came there to see Madhav. Veerendra decides to marry, whatever the case. He comes to know that she is the daughter of Rangaraju, who is one among his staff. He goes to Rangaraju's house along with his soldiers. When Malathi declined his love proposal, Veerendra secured their house with his soldiers and kept them under house arrest. Madhav learned about this and goes there in disguise and releases them intact. Madhav takes Malathi to Veerayya to provide shelter. Veerendra finds out the foul play and sends his soldiers to get Malathi. Raja sees Malathi for the first time, he feels her as his dream girl and tries to advance with her. Veerayya scolds him and tells him that she is the fiancé of his brother Madhav. Raja starts hating himself, he goes to the doctor's house and asks him to give him poison. The Doctor interacts with him by telling the unique strange relation between the brothers and reminds him of their debt. Malathi is frightened on seeing Raja and flees. Vedenda captures her and takes her to Veerendra. Meanwhile, Madhav could not find Malathi, suspects his brother Raja and both start fighting. Roja comes and says that Malathi escaped. Madhav starts to rescue Malathi. Veerendra decides to marry Malathi, he also captivates the Doctor and Veerayya. Now Madhav enters the scene as a diamond merchant and gains the confidence of Veerendra. During the time of the marriage, Madhav snatches the wedding chain from Veerendra's hand and unties Malathi. Veerendra arrests him and starts beating him. Raja comes to his rescue and both of them stamp out Veerendra. The movie ends with the marriages of Madhav & Malathi, and Raja & Roja.
Soundtrack.
Music composed by Rajan-Nagendra. The song "Emo Emo Idhi" is a blockbuster. Music released by AVM Audio Company.


Ammaye Navvithe

Ammaye Navvithe () is a 2001 Telugu-language comedy film produced by V. Anand Prasad under the Sudha Art Productions banner and directed by V. Jyoti Kumar. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Bhavana and music composed by M. M. Srilekha. The film was recorded as a "flop" at the box office.
Plot.
Sundaram (Rajendra Prasad) is an unemployed guy in the village of Talamanchi, ruled by Seshadri Naidu (Ranganath), a feudal-era chieftain of his tribute. There is a Hindi lecturer post vacant in the college of Naidu and Sundaram wants that. Naidu is a glorified ruffian, and his protectiveness towards women actually makes it seem like a vice. He banishes people from the village for helping young lovers unite, makes college students start with an oath every day that all women are their sisters, pronounces the death sentence on men who attempt to outrage women, and generally makes himself look like some sort of extremist.
Sundaram gets the job by some clever manipulation and then does the unthinkable; he starts wooing Sireesha (Bhavana), a very intelligent girl, the daughter of Naidu. He thinks that whoever woos her deserves her, and you lose your last shred of sympathy for Sundaram. Of course, Naidu finds out Sundaram's designs and issues him an ultimatum, that if in 15 days he cannot get Sirisha to say "I Love You", he'll be dead. The remaining story is whether Sundaram will be successful in gaining Sirisha's love.
Soundtrack.
Music composed by M. M. Srilekha. Music released on TIPS Music Company.


Kona Venkat

Kona Venkat ( born 19 February 1965) is an Indian screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu and Hindi cinema.
He is known for his works in box office hits such as "Alludu Seenu", "Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi" "Baadshah", "Dookudu", "Adurs", "Ready", "Dhee", "Venky", "Geethanjali", "Happy", "Samba", "Ninnu Kori" and "Jai Lava Kusa" and has recently completed 50 films and 20 years in the film industry.
Selected filmography.
As a writer.
He started his journey in the film industry in 1997, and, before making his debut as a full-fledged screenwriter in 2003, he has worked as a "telugu dubbing" writer for Hindi films such as Satya, Dil Se.., Kaun, Mast, Jungle, Company, etc.
As producer.
He established the production company "Kona Film Corporation" and produced several movies.
As director.
His debut directional film was shelved and unreleased because of unknown reasons.


Bhuvana Chandra

Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turning into a lyricist. He penned lyrics for more than 2000 songs which include the films of popular Telugu actors like Chiranjeevi, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Pavan Kalyan, and others. He also wrote more than 100 stories, a novel, and many articles in magazines. He participated as a judge in some reality shows. He also acted in the film Welcome Obama directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.
Books
Maayanagaram
Moodoseetha katha
Personal life.
Bhuvana Chandra was born in Gullapudi, Krishna district and brought up in Chintalapudi, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He used to frequent the library and read a lot of books since his childhood. He learned Typing, and Shorthand and held tuition for students to make a living. Along with a friend, he went for the selections of Indian Air Force and got selected. His first posting was in Delhi. He served in the Indian Air Force and took voluntary retirement before turning into a lyricist. He participated in the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and received 4 medals.
Career.
With the help of writer Tenneti Hemalatha, he met film directors Jandhyala, and Relangi Narasimha Rao. They wanted to talk to him later. With the help of another friend, he met film maker Vijaya Bapineedu. He challenged him to write lyrics for a situation and impress him, which he successfully completed. He made his debut as a lyricist with Vijaya Bapineedu's film Naku Pellam Kavali.
Later he wrote all the songs for Vijaya Bapineedu's next film Maa Inti Maharaju. Then he wrote three songs for Khaidi No. 786 which got him good recognition. "Guvva Gorinkatho" song from this movie became a big hit. The songs in the block buster film Gang Leader also got good fame.
Awards.
He received number of awards from different organizations.


Jo Ellen Pellman

Jo Ellen Pellman (born 1994 or 1995) is an American actor and singer known for her leading role as Emma Nolan in the 2020 musical Netflix film "The Prom".
Early life and education.
Jo Ellen Pellman was born in Ohio and grew up in Cincinnati. She was raised by a single mother. Growing up, she was in her school's choir, studied tap and ballet, and went to theater camp.
Pellman graduated in 2018 from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre and a minor in creative writing. While training, she played roles in "Me and My Girl", "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "Grand Concourse". She has also studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Career.
In 2018, Pellman played bit parts on Comedy Central's "Alternatino", HBO's "The Deuce", and episode 5 of Season 3 of Amazon Prime's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel".
Ryan Murphy cast Pellman as the protagonist of "The Prom" named Emma Nolan, after a nation-wide search, in her film debut. Murphy said, "She spoke very movingly about being a queer woman and having a gay single mom who raised her. I remember she walked out and I was just like, 'Thank God, that’s over — we’ve found our girl.'" It was her first film.
In December 2020, Pellman and her co-star from "The Prom", Ariana DeBose, launched the Unruly Hearts Initiative. The initiative was created to help young people connect with organisations and charities that advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.
Personal life.
Pellman identifies as queer, and came out to her mother, who herself identifies as gay, in her final year of high school.


Raadhu

Raadhu ( - 2009) was a veteran theatre artiste in Tamil Nadu. He was a former RBI employee, later he had been involved with the theatre for over five decades and played 47 plays and over 4000 shows across the State. He was bestowed with Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu, Nataka Kalasarathy, Nataka Kala Sironmani and Nataka Rathna are but a few titles that he gathered for his service to the theatre. Kalyanathil Galatta, one of his more popular plays was staged on several occasions. Raadhu is featured in Limca Book of Records for the drama marathon, for staging plays for over 36 hours at a stretch.


List of Somali films

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Adhurs

Adhurs ( Marvelous) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak, written by Kona Venkat, and produced by Vallabhaneni Vamshi Mohan. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr in a double role alongside Nayantara and Sheela. Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Brahmanandam, Sayaji Shinde, Nassar and Tanikella Bharani play supporting roles with the music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and editing by Gowtham Raju. This film is considered as a cult classic in Telugu Cinema.
Plot.
The story is about two identical twin brothers who get separated at birth. They were separated by an old woman (Vatsala Rajagopal) whose daughter-in-law gave birth to a dead child for the third time. Narasimha (NTR Jr.) gets raised by a single mother (Vinaya Prasad), and he becomes an undercover agent to a top cop named Naik (Sayaji Shinde) in order to be a cop himself. Chari (also NTR Jr.) is brought up by a family of traditional Brahmin priests. He has a priest guru, Bhattacharya aka Bhattu (Brahmanandam), who is in love with Chandrakala aka Chandu (Nayanthara), one of his common customers. She, however, falls for Chari after he saves her from eve-teasers (the one who saved her was actually Narasimha). Narasimha also has a girlfriend named Nandhu (Sheela), who is Naik's daughter. Dhanraj (Ashish Vidyarthi) and Baba (Mahesh Manjrekar) are in search of the family of a top army scientist (Nassar) who is Narasimha's father. As they find him, they force him to invent a target-killing device by kidnapping Narasimha, who is cheated by Naik for loving his daughter. Narasimha escapes from there, because of which two men go to Chari's house on his engagement day and make a deal that if Chari acts as Narasimha, they would give him 30 lakhs. What happens next forms the rest of the story.
Reception.
Rediff gave four stars and said, "Brahmanandam is hilarious. Performance-wise, NTR Jr takes the cake. He is simply marvellous as Chari, the Brahmin spouting loud dialogues while his Narasimha is tough yet more sober. NTR presents the contrasts well. All in all, Adhurs is NTR's show all the way!" Sify gave a verdict as "Mass entertainer" and noted, "NTR brings total justice to his dual role as Chari and Narasimha. His characterisation as a Brahmin youth is simply superb and hilarious, but at the same time raking up a controversy with a group of the Brahmins community approaching the State governor Mr. Narasimhan to ban the film. On the other hand, NTR's role as Narasimha as the rugged guy would work well with the mass audience. Nayanthara and Sheela provide the glam quotient while Brahmanandam is hilarious as Bhattu, receiving a big footage which runs into nearly 40 minutes in the film." The Hindu gave a mixed review stating, Ashish Vidyarthi "NTR in two roles is pretty easy with the diction. His dances are amazing and accord the 'mass kick' in the title song that comes before the climax. The humour component is adequately handled by Brahmanandam who hogs the limelight as a Hindu priest."
Music.
The audio released on 3 December 2009. "Adhurs" soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad whilst lyrics were penned by Chandrabose and Ramajogayya Sastry.


Chinni Jayanth

Chinni Jayanth (born Krishnamurthy Narayanan on 26 July 1960) is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted hit shows like "Sagalai Vs Ragalai", "Kalakka Povathu Yaar" and "Asathapovathu Yaaru" on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani award given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of cinema. He received this award from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.
As an acknowledgement of his efforts in the field of cinema, mimicry, stage performances and social service activities, Chinni Jayanth was presented with a doctorate by The Open International University of Alternate Medicine on 29 December 2013.
Early life.
Chinni Jayanth is an alumnus of Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Chennai. He went on to study at New College, Royapettah. He then completed his acting course (Diploma in Film Technology, DFTech) from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Taramani.
Cinema career.
Jayanth began his acting career in 1984, playing the eccentric villain in director Mahendran's film "Kai Kodukkum Kai".
He carved a niche for himself with his unique style of comedy which included the creation of some unique words like gilfans, silfans, etc. which became a rage among the youth. His supporting roles in movies like "Kizhakku Vasal", "Idhayam", "Kannedhirey Thondrinal" and "Chinna Pulla", are audience favourites.
Jayanth's performance in "Chinna Pulla" (1994) along with Revathi was well received. In the movie, Jayanth portrayed a mentally challenged person. This movie was also the first production of his company Ashtalakshmi Creators.
His directorial debut was in the film "Unakkaga Mattum". The second film he directed was "Kaanal Neer", which introduced J.K. Rithesh and Manisha Chatterjee in lead roles.
His last direction was the movie "Neeye Yen Kaadhali" (2010), and played a vital role in the screen play. The film was graded by experts Suresh Menon and Brian Jennings at HD Studios, Sushma Multimedia, Chennai.