Priya Mani Raj, known professionally as Priyamani, is an Indian actress and television personality who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
Yavarum Nalam is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language horror film written and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film stars R. Madhavan and Neetu Chandra. Produced by Suresh Balaje and George Pius, the film was simultaneously shot in Hindi as 13B: Fear Has a New Address with a slightly different cast. It was also later dubbed into Telugu as 13-Padamoodu, featuring a few scenes reshot with Ravi Babu. The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, while Tubby-Parik provided the background score. Released on 6 March 2009, the film received mixed reviews but was commercially successful. Rediff placed the film in its list of top Tamil films of 2009, while the American entertainment publication Collider considered it an original and one of the greatest Indian horror films of all time, praising its mixing elements of J-horror with a unique storyline.
Sathyapriya Bhavani Shankar is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with commercially successful Tamil film Meyaadha Maan (2017).
Kanchana 3 is a 2019 Indian Tamil language action-comedy horror film co-produced, written and directed by Raghava Lawrence. The film stars Raghava Lawrence in a dual role with Oviya, Vedhika, Nikki Tamboli and Ri Djavi Alexandra. While Kovai Sarala, Soori, Tarun Arora, and Kabir Duhan Singh play supporting roles. Produced by Sun Pictures, the fourth installment in the Muni , the film began production during October 2018 and released on 19 April 2019. Later, the film was dubbed in Hindi as K3: Kaali Ka Karishma.
Sathish Suriya is an Indian film editor, who has worked on Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada language films.
ALTT is an Indian subscription based video on demand platform which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16 April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OTT content.
Kallachirippu is a 2018 Indian Tamil language streaming television series. It has a non-linear narrative structure provided and is hosted by Zee5, a video on demand platform. The series was directed by Rohit Nandakumar and produced by popular film director Karthik Subbaraj under his own production company Stone Bench Productions. This was Karthik Subbaraj's first series as a producer and it was the first series for Stone Bench Productions company. The series was released on the streaming platform Zee5 on 23 July 2018 and eventually ended up on 30 July 2018 with only 8 episodes.
Ekkadiki Ee Parugu is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language web series starring Aryan Rajesh, Shashank, Pavani Gangireddy, Kalpika Ganesh and Chandra Vempaty. It was directed by Abhilash Reddy Kankara. The premise of this thriller drama which revolves around Madhur Anand (Shashank), a popular chef, whose wife Vaishnavi (Pavani) goes missing. The investigating officer, who himself is recovering from the recent death of his wife, suspects Madhur to be the perpetrator.
Fingertip is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language streaming television series, starring Akshara Haasan, Ashwin Kakumanu, Sunaina, and Gayathrie. Fingertip was directed by Srinivasan Shivakar and premiered on ZEE5 on 21 August 2019.
Sanjana Sarathy is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She is best known for her small role as the sister of Jagadeesh in the 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki. She had modeled for several brands such as Cinthol, Amazon firestick, 7up, Pizza Hut, AVT tea, 7UP madras Gig and Ace2Three.
Auto Shankar is an Indian crime thriller streaming television series released on ZEE5, in the setting of Madras from 1985 to 1995. The story revolves around an auto driver whose life changes when he gets involved in the local transportation of liquor and prostitution. The series stars Appani Sarath as the real-life eponymous criminal.
Sunflower is a black comedy ZEE5 original web series directed by Vikas Bahl and Rahul Sengupta. It is produced by Reliance Entertainment, starring actor-comedian Sunil Grover in the lead role as Sonu. The cast includes actors like Ranvir Shorey, Girish Kulkarni, Mukul Chadda, Shonali Nagrani, Sonal Jha and Ashish Vidyarthi.
Chathur Mukham is a 2021 Indian techno-horror thriller film directed by Ranjeet Kamala Sankar and Salil V for the screenplay written by Abhayakumar K and Anil Kurian. The film stars Manju Warrier, Sunny Wayne, Alencier ley Lopez, Niranjana Anoop, Babu Annur, Shyamaprasad and Rony David in lead roles. Manoj has edited the film while Abinandhan Ramanujam handled the cinematography. Dawn Vincent composed the original songs and background score. The film is jointly produced by Jiss Toms and Justin Thomas under Jiss Toms Movies and Manju Warrier Productions. In the film, Thejaswini, a young woman, buys a cheap smartphone after she loses her old one in an accident. Soon, she is terrorised by a malevolent supernatural entity through the phone, which threatens her safety and those of others, making her seek help.
Expiry Date is an Indian thriller drama web series written and directed by Shankar K Marthand, and produced by Sharrath Marar. The ensemble cast includes Tony Luke, Sneha Ullal, Madhu Shalini and Ali Reza. Shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages, it premiered on 2 October 2020 on ZEE5. The series portrays a man and a woman entangled in a thriller-drama due to the extra marital affair between their respective spouses.
Blood Money is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Sarjun KM and produced by Emperor Entertainment. It is written by Sarjun KM and Sankar Dass from a story by S. Nabil Ahamed. The film stars Priya Bhavani Shankar, Metro Shirish, and Kishore in the lead roles. The film revolves around a journalist from Tamil Nadu who goes on a mission to save two men whose lives are at stake in Kuwait prison. The film was released on 24 December 2021 on ZEE5.
Vilangu (transl. Handcuff) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller streaming television series produced as an Original for Zee5, directed by Prasanth Pandiyaraj of Bruce Lee fame. Produced by Escape Artists the series stars Vemal in the lead role along with Ineya, Bala Saravanan, Munishkanth and R. N. R. Manohar. The series comprised seven episodes and was released on Zee5 on 18 February 2022.
Anantham (transl. infinite) is an Indian Tamil-language family drama streaming television series directed by V. Priya. Produced by Happy Unicorn the series stars Prakash Raj in the lead role along with Sampath Raj, John Vijay, Arjunan, Mathew Varghese and Indraja. The series comprised eight episodes and was released on ZEE5 on 22 April 2022.
The following is a list of events affecting Tamil language television in 2020 from. Events listed include television show debuts, and finales; channel launches, and closures; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about changes of ownership of channels or stations.
