The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram, a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu, to recognise artists in the state for their achievements.
Polladhavan is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film produced by S. Ravi, written and directed by his father Muktha Srinivasan. A remake of the 1976 Kannada film Premada Kanike, it stars Rajinikanth, Lakshmi and Sripriya. The film revolves around a wealthy merchant who keeps his daughter's nanny, an eyewitness to a murder committed by him, captive in his house.
Seema Simham is a 2002 Telugu-language action film produced by J. Bhagawan and D. V. V. Danayya under the Sri Balaji Art Creations banner and directed by G. Ram Prasad. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The music is composed by Mani Sharma. The film met with mixed reviews from critics and was a flop at the box office. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Oh Podu.
Kalpana Ranjani, better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil. Kalpana has acted in over 300 films in various South Indian languages. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Thanichalla Njan (2012) at the 60th National Film Awards. Kalpana started her career as a child artist in the late 1970s. Although she came into the industry with the intention of being a lead actress, she turned out to be popular among the audiences for her comic roles.
Sripriya is an Indian former actress, film director and politician from Tamil Nadu. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.
Kola Kolaya Mundhirika is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written by Crazy Mohan and directed by Madhumitha. The film stars Jayaram, Karthik Kumar, and Shikha along with numerous popular Tamil comedy artists including M. S. Bhaskar, Pandiarajan, Anandaraj, Vasu Vikram and Vaiyapuri playing supporting roles. The film started its shooting on 8 May 2009 and released on 21 May 2010.
Chotti Bahu is an Indian drama television series produced by DJ's a Creative Unit. Season one aired from 8 December 2008 to 17 September 2010 and season two aired from 15 February 2011 to 18 May 2012 on Zee TV. It starred Rubina Dilaik as Radhika and Avinash Sachdev as Dev. Sasural Simar Ka 2 Serial was inspired by this story .The show had two seasons but the seasons' plots were not related
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-produced and directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Khushbu. The film stars Siddharth, Santhanam, and Hansika Motwani. The film was partially reshot in Telugu as Something Something with Brahmanandam replacing Santhanam and a different supporting cast. The film released on 14 June 2013 to positive reviews, performing well at the box office and becoming a commercial success.
Sandamarutham (transl. Arena) is a 2015 Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. Venkatesh which has R. Sarathkumar in dual roles and who also written the story of the film. This is his first time playing dual roles of the hero and villain. The film also has Oviya, Meera Nandan, and Samuthirakani in supporting roles. The film, produced by Radhika, commenced shoot from May 2014 and released on 20 February 2015.
Tamil television drama or Tamil serials are a genre of Tamil-language television produced in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia. All major TV networks in India. produce a variety of Soap opera series including family drama, comedy, romance, history stories, horror, devotional, fantasy stories and many others.
Kolangal is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera. It aired on Sun TV from 24 November 2003 to 4 December 2009 for 1,533 episodes.
Chitra Kamaraj, better known as V. J. Chitra, was an Indian television actress and anchor. She rose to fame with her role in the Tamil soap opera Pandian Stores, and made her film acting debut in Calls (2021). She is known well for her appearance in shows such as Vilayadu Vaagai Soodu (2012), Sattam Solvathu Enna? (2013), Saravanan Meenatchi (2013–16), Nodiku Nodi Athiradi (2014), Oor Suthalaam Vaanga (2014), Mannan Magal (2014), En Samayal Araiyil (2014), Ossthi Comedy Kusthi (2014), Ring O Ring (2014), Chinna Papa Periya Papa (2014–18), Darling Darling (2016–17), Dance Jodi Dance Season 1 (2016–17), Saravanan Meenatchi (2017), Velunachi (2018) and Pandian Stores (2018–20).
Roja (transl. Rose) was an Indian Tamil soap opera starring Priyanka Nalkari and Sibbu Suryan. It premiered on 9 April 2018 and concluded on 3 December 2022. The soap opera was produced by Saregama.
Bharathi Kannamma is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language television series that aired on Star Vijay and is available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Praveen Bennett.
Malargal was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a prime-time serial that aired weekdays from 17 October 2005 to 1 June 2007. The show aired in Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm.
