Navya Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Malayalam cinema along with Kannada and Tamil language films. She is the recipient of two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam and the Kalaimamani Award for her contribution to Tamil cinema. After making her debut in the film Ishtam (2001), she went on to star in several successful films including, Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002), Nandanam (2002), Kalyanaraman (2002), Kunjikoonan (2002), Pattanathil Sundaran (2002), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) and Pandippada (2005) establishing herself as one of the leading actresses of Malayalam Cinema in the 2000s.
Calicut International Airport, also known as Kozhikode International Airport or Karipur Airport, is an international airport serving the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. It is located at Karipur near Kondotty in the Malappuram district of the South Malabar region. It serves the Malabar region, consisting of Malappuram, Wayanad and Palakkad. It is situated 28 km (17 mi) away from Kozhikode and 25 km (16 mi) away from Malappuram. It serves two of the seven metropolitan areas in the state—Kozhikode metropolitan area and Malappuram metropolitan area. The airport opened on 13 April 1988. The airport serves as an operating base for Air India Express and operates Hajj Pilgrimage services to Medina and Jeddah from Kerala. It is tied with Hyderabad in terms of international traffic. It received international airport status on 2 February 2006. It is one of a few airports in the country with a tabletop runway.
Viswanathan Shanta was an Indian oncologist and the chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. She is best known for her efforts towards making quality and affordable cancer treatment accessible to all patients in her country. She dedicated herself to the mission of organizing care for cancer patients, study of the disease, research on its prevention and cure, spreading awareness about the disease, and developing specialists and scientists in various subspecialties of oncology. Her work won her several awards, including the Magsaysay Award, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
Tamanna Bhatia, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema. With a filmography of over 75 films, she has garnered many accolades, including the Kalaimamani and SIIMA Awards, along with eight nominations for Filmfare Awards South and one nomination for the Saturn Awards.
AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by the three Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh. AGS has four multiplex movie theaters across Chennai.
Ambuli is the first Tamil stereoscopic science fiction 3D film written and directed by Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan in 2012 who earlier directed Orr Eravuu in 2010 and produced by KTVR Loganathan. The movie ran for over 100 days and became a box-office success. The film was released on 17 February 2012.
Rajamani Velraj is an Indian cinematographer, director and writer who primarily works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. He is well known for his camera work in films like Asuran, Aadukalam, Vada Chennai, Kadaikutty Singam and Komban, and for directing Velaiilla Pattadhari and Thanga Magan.
Harish Kalyan is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil films. His acting debut was in 2010 in Sindhu Samaveli, before being noticed for his performances in Poriyaalan (2014), Vil Ambu (2016) and Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018).
Indrajith is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Kalaprabhu and produced by his father Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film features Gautham Karthik and Ashrita Shetty in the lead roles, while Sonarika Bhadoria, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sachin Khedekar, Nagendra Babu and M. S. Bhaskar play supporting roles. This film received majorly negative reviews. The film declared as flop at the box office.
Aaaah or Aah is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language anthology horror film written and directed by Hari & Harish, in their third venture following Orr Eravuu (2010) and Ambuli (2012). The film stars Gokulnath, Meghna, Bala Saravanan, and Bobby Simha. It features five different horror stories shot in five different places; Japan, Dubai, the midsea of the Bay of Bengal, a highway in Andhra Pradesh and a remote ATM booth in Tamil Nadu. The film was produced by KTVR Creative Frames, it was released on 28 November 2014 to mixed to positive reviews but had average collections.
Anjena Kirti is an Indian actress and model, who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. Anjena was born and raised in Chennai, she was an international airline crew Etihad Airways. She left her airline crew job to pursue a career in acting.
2D Entertainment is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Suriya. Other key people involved are Rajsekar Pandian, Suriya's wife Jyothika and Suriya's brother Karthi. The company was named by the starting letter of Suriya's children Diya and Dev. The company was established in 2013.
Thiranthidu Seese is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Nimesh Varshan. The film stars Veeravan Stalin, Dhansika, Narayan and Anjena Kirti. Music for the film was composed by Ganesh Raghavendra and the film opened to positive reviews in May 2015.
Lyca Productions is an Indian entertainment company, which was established by Subaskaran Allirajah in 2014. A subgroup of Lycamobile, the production studio has been involved in the production and distribution of Tamil films and Hindi films made in India. It has produced some of Tamil cinema's biggest budget films, such as 2.0 (2018), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023)
P. G. Muthiah is an Indian director, cinematographer and film producer, who has been working in the Tamil film industry.
Gokulnath, also known Ambuli Gokulnath, is an Indian choreographer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Hareesh Peradi is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films.
The Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election, ending the decade-long reign of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The DMK's leader M. K. Stalin became the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the 12th Chief Minister since the 1956 reorganization. He replaced Edappadi K. Palaniswami of the AIADMK.
K. Manikandan is an Indian film writer, actor and director who works in the Tamil film industry.
Hari Shankar and Harish Narayan are an Indian director and writer duo predominantly working in Tamil film industry. Hari and Harish are pioneers as filmmakers of three consecutive first-of-its-kind movies in Tamil, namely Orr Eravuu (2010), India's First Viewpoint film, Ambuli (2012), first Stereoscopic 3D Tamil film and Aaaah (2014), first horror anthology Tamil film.
