 Actor Nick Name: Dhanush  Real Name: Prabhu KastoorirajanBirth Name: Venkat Prabhu Date of birth: February 25, 1978 Birth Place: Chennai, India Nationality: Indian Star Sign: Pisces Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Light Brown Father: Kasthuri Raja Brother: Selvaraghavan Spouse: Aishwarya Venkat Prabhu is a popular Indian actor who appears in Kollywood films under the screen name Dhanush.At the age of 20, he made his Kollywood debut in the film Thulluvadho Illamai in 2002, which was directed by his brother Selvaraghavan. This movie was a surprisingly huge success and started his career in the industry. This was followed by Kadhal Kondein and Thiruda Thirudi (2003), both of which turned out to be successful at the box office. With these continuous string of blockbuster his salary skyrocketed to Rs.30 million per film. However succeeding films tumbled one by one and his career seemed to be have come to a standstill until the release of Pudhupettai. His action venture Sullan (2004) started good but then turned out to be a box office failure. His other films Pudhukottaiyill Irindhu Saravanan, Dreams (2004), Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam (2005) did poorly at the box office. After a long spell of low budget films, he came back with the Pudhupettai (Dhoolpet in Telugu) which was again directed by his brother but that flopped. However he came back with a blockbuster in 2005 with, Thiruvilayadal Arambam. His upcoming films are Parattai alias Azhagu Sundaram and Desiya Nedunchalai. |
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Tamil Actor Dhanush profile
Tamil Actor Ajith profile
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| Name | Ajith kumar | |
| Nick names | Kaadhal Mannan, Thala, Ultimate Star, Lucky star | |
| Profession | Actor | |
| Date of Birth | May 1, 1971 | |
| Place of Birth | Hyderabad | |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.80 m) | |
| Education | 10 Std drop out from Asan Memorial Sr. Sec. School in 1986 | |
| Nationality | Indian | |
| Family | Father: Subramaniam Mother: Mohini Brother: Anil Kumar(Cost analyst in New York) Brother: Anup Kumar (B Tech in naval architecture from IIT, Madras) Wife: Shalini | |
| Debut | Tamil: Amaravathi Telugu: Prema Pusthagam Hindi: Ashoka | |
| Marriage date | 24th April, 2000 | |
| ex girlfriend | Heera | |
| Earlier jobs | *Two and Four wheeler mechanic *Garment exporter based in Erode till 1990. | |
| Mango racing | A motor car racer until 2005 and took part in Formula 3 championships for the minor outfit, Mango Racing. In 2004, he became the third participant ever from India after Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok. | |
| Pet | A Dog named Honey | |
Ambassador | An ambassador for the Green Revolution, an awareness campaign to clean up the Chennai environment | |
| Rajinikanth | * He says that he had a complete transformation in his life after he got the book "Living with the Himalayan Masters" from Rajinikanth * I am arrogant enough to say, 'I want his place'. * Is working in the remake of 'Billa' a Rajinikanth blockbuster. | |
| Entering films | Only to pay off his debts which were incurred from his failed garment business. | |
| Favourites | * dress : Jeans and T-Shirt * colour : Red * vacation spot : London *food: Non-vegetarian food (Mutton and beef dishes). * shooting location : Kodaikaanal | |
| Hobby | Listening to music | |
| favourite activities in his school years | NCC, rifle shooting, aero-modelling, bike racing | |
| About Reading | "I don't read anything other than the newspapers, Reader's Digest orNational Geographic" | |
| Motor racing | He wanted to be a professional motor racer. For lack of sponsors he could not do it. | |
| Racing accident | He injured his back and had to undergo three major surgeries on his back. He was in bed for one-and-a-half years. | |
| Biggest competitor | Always competes with self | |
| Religion | Shalini is a Protestant Christian and he is a Brahmin from Palghat. He feels that religion is not an issue as they are not forcing their views on each other. | |
| Shalini | * Met her in the film sets of "Armarkalam" * The exact time and date of the meeting - March 17, 1999 at 10.30am. | |
| Facts | * After his surgery for a broken vertebra he lost feeling in his legs, but he took on a vow to recover and walked all the way from his home in Madras to the Balaji shrine in Tirupathi, in Andhra Pradesh. * His mother is a Sindhi and his father a Malayalee * He has a Student Pilot's Licence (SPL) to fly a single engine Cessna A152 aeroplane. * He has a garage full of the latest motorcycles and remote-controlled helicopters at his Tiruvanmiyur home. | |
| Awards | * Film fare Award for the film Varalaru 2006 * Film fare Award for the Film Villain 2003 * Dinakaran Cinema Award for the film 'Villain' in 2003, * Special Actor state award for the film Poovellam Un Vasam 2001 * Film fare Best supporting actor award for the film Kandukondain Kandukondain 2000 * Film fare Award for the film Vaali 1999 * Best New Face Award from "Bharatmuni Art Academy" for his debut film 'Prema Pusthakam' (Telugu). * Cinema Express Best Artiste Award. | |
| Address | AK International No 5, Vijayalakshmi Street, Mahalingapuram, Chennai 600034. | |
| Philosophy of life | Live and let live | |
| Quote | "Acting is a learning process, and what you are doing in your early films is essentially picking up the nuances, the tricks of your trade. And somewhere along the line, you become analytical, and learn to enjoy what you are doing. Essentially, though, I see myself as a director's medium - he needs something from me, I deliver it." | |
Tamil Actor Rajinikanth Profile
Actor Nick Name: Rajinikanth
Actor Brith Name: Shivaji Gaekwad Date of birth:12th December 1949
Profession: Actor
Mother Tongue: Marathi
Birth Place: Bangalore
Hight: 5’6″
Education: Early education in Acharya Patasala and later in Raamakrishna Mission, Bangalore
(PUC discontinued) and Studied in the Film Institute
Father:Ramoji Rao
Mother: Rambhai
Sister: Shrimathi Aswathamma
Brothers:Sathya Narayana Rao & Nageshwara Rao
Wife:Latha
Daughters:Aishwarya and Sowandarya
Grandson: Yatra
Earlier Worked as: Carpenter, Bus Conductor
Marriage Date: 26.02.1981Spiritual Guru: Satchithananda Swamiji
Guru: K. Balachander
Ardent Devotee of: Shri Raghavendra
Favourite Books: Books written by Shri Ramana Maharishi
Favourite City: Chennai
Favourite Colour: Black
Favourite: Drinks Juice & Curd
Favourite: Foods Chicken & Mutton items
Favourite Dress: White Kurtha
Favourite Place: Himalaya
Favourite Place: in House Pooja Room
Favourite work: Self-driving
Favourite Language: English
Favourite Writer: Jayagandhan
Favourite Poet: Kannadasan
Favourite Musician: Illayaraja
Favourite Film: Veera Kesari (Kannada)
Favourite Politician: Singapore President Lee Quan-u
Favourite Hollywood Actor: Sylvester Stallone
Favourite Indian Actor: Kamalhaasan
Favourite Actress: Rekha (Hindi)
Favourite Role: Romantic Roles
Rajinikanth was born on December 12 1949 in Karnataka, India. He was the fourth child to hisparents, Jija bai and Ramoji Rao Gaekwad. His original name was Sivaji Rao Gaekwad. He lost
his mother at the age of five.
He had his schooling at the Acharya Patasala in Bangalore and then at the Vivekananda Balak
Sangh, a unit of the Ramakrishna Mission. His mother tongue is Marathi, though he has not
done many films in it.
There is a famous saying about Rajinikanth in southern part of India, recited as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Rajini is a Super Star. Before starting his career in the film industry, he had to take up all sorts of odd jobs.
He served as a bus conductor for Karnataka state transport corporation in Bangalore. It was during this time that he nurtured his acting interests by performing in various stage plays.A friend helped him to join the Madras Film institute where Rajinikanth completed basic acting course in 1974 at the age of 25.
He started his acting career in Kannada in the movie Kathaa Sangama, directed by Puttanna Kanagal, in 1976.
In Tamil, he started with playing supporting roles, beginning as a cancer patient in Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander, who assigned him his stage name Rajnikanth. After several villainous roles, his first positive role was Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (1979), in which Rajnikanth played a failed lover in the first half and a do-gooder in the second.
After several films in the Eighties, he played a Hindu saint in his 100th movie, Sri Raghavendra. Many others followed, among them dramas, comedies (notably Thillu Mullu, a remake of Amol Palekar’s Golmaal) and, at the end of the eighties, action-oriented family entertainers like Velaikkaran and Manidhan.Annamalai, which released in 1992, was the first Rajini film to gross almost Rs. 100 million at the box office.Unlike the eighties, several movies during his nineties were successful, like Muthuor Basha. At 53, his Baba released amid fanfare. Although the film grossed enough to cover its budget, it was viewed as a miserable showing and fell short of market expectations accumulating heavy losses for the distributors. Rajnikanth himself returned the losses back to the distributors who had immense faith in him. The whole affair cost him dear in terms of repute of making a comeback.
Chandramukhi, a remake of the Malayalam movie Manichitrathazhu. Chandramukhi was claimed as one of the most successful Tamil films ever as it ran in theatres (particularly in one theatre in Mount Road, Chennai) for over 600 days since release and still running. His next film, Sivaji: The Boss, directed by S. Shankar will be released in 2007.Apart from Tamil, Rajnikanth has acted in over 160 movies, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali. He has also acted in a Hollywood movie Bloodstone in 1988.Rajnikanth was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in the year 2000 and was rated as one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek. Rajnikanth has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award, South on 2 occasions.
He is the highest paid actor in India and the second highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie ChanRajinikanth was requested by his fans for many years to stand in the State election of Tamil Nadu, but has consistently resisted entering politics directly. But he did some indirect attempts in politics by announcing support to a Political Party in Tamil Nadu.
Monday, 30 May 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Tamil cinema sweeps national awards
Tamil, Malayalam movies sweep nation
Southern movies won the top honours at the 58th National Film Awards announced Thursday. While Tamil movie "Aadukalam" was named in six top categories, Malayalam film "Adaminte Makan Abu" picked up four honours. Marathi films also put up a great show.
Among Tamil films, "Aadukalam" walked away with the maximum trophies, including best director award for Vetrimaran; best actor for Dhaush; best original screenplay for Vetrimaran; best editing for T.E. Kishore; best choreography for Dinesh Kumar; and special mention for V.I.S. Jayaraman.In total, Tamil movies got 14 awards, including best actress for Saranya Ponvannan for "Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru", which also got Vairamuthu the best lyricist award and was named the best Tamil film.V. Srinivas M. Mohan got the best special effects award for "Endhiran", while Sabu Cyril got the best production design award for the Rajnikanth starrer blockbuster.J. Thambi Ramaiah was named best supporting actor for "Mynaa" and Sukumari won the best supporting actress award for "Namma Gramam", while best costume designer award went to Indrans Jayan for "Namma Gramam".Malayalam films got six national awards and "Adaminte Makan Abu" topped the list. It was named best feature film, Salim Kumar got the best actor award, Madhu Ambat picked up the best cinematography trophy and Issak Thomas Kottakapally got the best music director award.Starring Zarina Wahab and Salim Kumar, "Adaminte Makan Abu" is a touching tale of the efforts made by an elderly Muslim couple to go on the much cherished Haj, while "Aadukalam" is set in the backdrop of a town where cockfights are common.Sound designer Subhadeep Sengupta won the best audiography award for Malayalam film "Chitrasutram", while "Veettilekkulla Vazhil" was named the best Malyalam movie.As many as nine awards were given to Marathi movies. Among them, "Mee Sidhutai Sapkal", an inspiring, true-life story of a Maharashtrian woman's fight against social ills, and "Baboo Band Baaja" about a tug-of-war between fate and hope, got three awards each in various categories."Mee Sidhutai Sapkal" won the special jury award, best male playback singer for Suresh Wadkar and best screenpaly (adapted) for Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar.Rajesh Pinjani-helmed "Baboo Band Baaja" picked up the Indira Gandhi award for best debut film of a director. Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar was named the best actress and Vivek Chabukswar the best child artist for the movie.Ohter winners include "Champions", which was named best film on social issues. The film also got Shantanu Ranganekar and Machindra Gadkar the best child artist awards."Mala Aai Vhhaychay" walked away with best Marathi film trophy.There were three awards for Kannada movies - best film on environment conservation and preservation for "Bettada Jeeva"; best children's film for "Hejjegalu"; and best Kannada film for "Puttakkana Highway".The year 2010 was not so good for the Hindi film industry and this was reflected at the national awards' annoucement. While most of top awards were swept by the southern movies, Arbaaz Khan's debut production venture "Dabangg" starring Salman Khan got the national award for best wholesome entertainment and Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Singh's middle-class family drama "Do Dooni Chaar" was named best Hindi feature film.Vishal Bhardwaj's rural drama "Ishqiya" won four awards, including that of best music and best female playback singer for the producer's wife, Rekha Bhardwaj."Ishqiya" was also cited for best location sound recordist (Kamod Karade) and best re-recordist of the final mixed track (Debajit Changmai).Bengali films, too, didn't put up a great show with just three awards -- the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration for "Moner Manush"; best make-up artist for Vikram Gaikwad for the same film and best Bengali film award for "Ami Aadu".
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