Kamal Haasan is an Indian actor,filmmaker,screenwriter,playback singer,television presenter,social activist and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil,he has also appeared in some Malayalam,Hindi,Telugu,Kannada and Bengali films. Considered as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema,Haasan is also known for introducing many new film technologies and film making techniques to the Indian film industry. He has won numerous accolades,including Four National Film Awards,Nine Tamil Nadu State Film Awards,Four Nandi Awards,One Rashtrapati Award,Two Filmfare Awards and 17 Filmfare Awards South. He was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984,the Padma Shri in 1990,the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016.
Kumaravadivel Natarajan known professionally as Vadivelu,is an Indian actor,comedian and occasional playback singer,having acted mainly in Tamil movies. He has at least 200 credits to his filmography and several awards including three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Comedian.
Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 6 million in India,primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 90% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. In Tamil Nadu,the majority of Tamil-speaking Muslims belong to the Rowthers Community while other Muslims live in coastal Tamil Nadu. However,the majority of these individuals are native Tamils who converted influenced by Tajuddin Cheraman Perumal. There is a substantial diaspora,particularly in Southeast Asia,which has seen their presence as early as the 13th century. In the late 20th century,the diaspora expanded to Western Europe,Persian Gulf and North America. These Tamil speaking Muslim communities in Sri Lanka were known as the Sonakar,which is derived from the term Yona,originally meaning a Moors.
Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam or TMMK is a Muslim non-governmental organisation established in the state of Tamil Nadu in India in 1995. The TMMK has described itself in news releases as "a mass based" organisation.
The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party,led by K. Kamaraj,won the election. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam made significant in-roads in the election and emerged as the second party for the first time by winning 50 seats. 1962 Election remains the most recent election in which Indian National Congress to form a majority Government in the State as its support was heavily declined due to rise of Dravidian political parties.
Ariyalur is a legislative assembly,that includes the city,Ariyalur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 149. Until 2006,Ariyalur assembly constituency was part of Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency. After 2006,it is a part of Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu,in India.
A.K.A. Abdul Samad was a prominent Tamil politician,and an important leader of the Indian Union Muslim League. He was also a journalist,editor,author,educationist and businessman. He is popularly known in his native states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala by the title "Siraj-ul-Millat".
R. M. Veerappan is an Indian politician,an early Dravidian Leader,and a movie producer and screenwriter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and leader of the MGR Kazhagam party. He served as a Cabinet Minister in five governments from 1977 to 1996,is a three-time Member of Legislative Council and a two-time member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the Leader of the House for Legislative Assembly and Leader of ADMK party of the Legislative Council. He was the architect behind the ADMK organization,unified the MGR fan clubs for the party formation. He was called as the 'Chanakya' of AIADMK politics in the 70's and 80's.
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu,India. Its president is M. H. Jawahirullah.
Vishwaroopam is a 2013 Indian action spy film co-written,directed and produced by Kamal Haasan,who also enacts the lead role. The film also stars Rahul Bose,Shekhar Kapur,Pooja Kumar,Andrea Jeremiah,Nassar and Jaideep Ahlawat in supporting roles. The film's script was written by Kamal Hassan,Chakri Toleti and Atul Tiwari. In the film,Nirupama,an ambitious woman studying in the US,marries a coward classical dancer,Viswanathan. On being suspicious of his behaviour,she hires a detective,who reveals his true identity and past.
K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji is a former minister and former member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elected from the Sivakasi constituency in 2011 and 2016. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
The 2013 Indian film Vishwaroopam was subjected to several controversial issues. The first of this kind was the title naming issue,where the Hindu Makkal Katchi party demanded the change from its current Sanskrit title to a purely Tamil one. When Kamal Haasan announced a direct-to-home (DTH) premiere of the film,theatre owners demanded a rollback of this plan,as they feared major revenue losses to DTH companies. Threatened by a complete theatre boycott of Vishwaroopam,Haasan agreed to release the film first in theatres. Later,Muslim groups in Tamil Nadu demanded the ban of the film and claimed,that the film would hurt Muslim sentiments. Although the film was cleared by Central Board of Film Certification of India,district collectors in the state of Tamil Nadu gave orders to the theatre owners to not show Vishwaroopam,citing law and order problems,however the film released in other states with greater Muslim populations than in Tamil Nadu. The ban in Tamil Nadu triggered the stop of screenings in neighbouring Indian states as well as a few foreign markets.
Vishwaroopam II,or Vishwaroop II,is a 2018 Indian action spy film written and directed by Kamal Haasan and co-written by Atul Tiwari and Chakri Toleti. It is the sequel to Vishwaroopam (2013) and features Kamal Haasan alongside Rahul Bose,Shekhar Kapur,Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah,reprising their roles. While the first film was set in the United States,Vishwaroopam II takes place in India. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Hindi.
P. Jainulabideen, also known as PJ is an Islamic scholar,teacher and preacher,primarily in the Tamil language and also co-founder of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham in 1995. After the political stand of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam he walked out from TMMK and started an Islamic non-profit organization,Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath. He is one of the Pioneers in the region who advocated that Quran and Sunnah as the sole sources of religious authority and oppose everything introduced in Islam after the earliest times. He has been extremely vocal against Terrorism and Dowry among Islamic Community in Tamil Nadu south India.
The Makkal Needhi Maiam is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry. The party was founded by Kamal Haasan at Madurai on 21 February 2018. He also unveiled the party flag. The flag is symbolised by six interlocked hands,meant to represent co-operation between the Southern states of India. Their election symbol is a battery torchlight.
The 2018 Kaveri River water sharing protests are a series of ongoing protests on the issue of water sharing problems from the River Kaveri between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka which are two states in India. The Kaveri water dispute has been a major controversial issue between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the years and the issue has been raised further with protests have been conducted across the state of Tamil Nadu by several groups including from the large pile of actors and directors who have temporarily stopped working on their projects,films over the Karnataka's sharing the Kaveri water to Tamil Nadu. The delay in establishing a Cauvery Management Board in order to share equal river share award has sparked off protests in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka state government.
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. S. G. Haja Shareef was an Indian industrialist and politician from Tamil Nadu. Shareef served in the Madras Legislative Assembly and its successor body,the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly,from 1957 to 1967 and from 1980 to 1984. A member of the Indian National Congress,Shareef was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1983 until 1984.
