Silambam is an Indian martial art originating in South India in the Indian subcontinent. This style is mentioned in Tamil Sangam literature. The World Silambam Association is the official international body of Silambam.
Indian television drama are television programs written, produced and filmed in India, with characters played by Indians and episodes broadcast on Indian television.
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is a Hindi Indian soap opera that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the Gujarati play Patrani by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under the banner of Balaji Telefilms. The title of the show, along with the title-track, was derived from a song composed by R.D. Burman, from the soundtrack of the 1976 Bollywood film Balika Badhu. Ekta Kapoor had got the name, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, registered about six years before the soap opera premiered.
Sondha Bandham is a 2012–2015 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV. The show premiered on 3 September 2012. It aired Monday through Friday and later from 12 October its extended up to air from Monday to Saturday at 11:00AM IST. It is a remake of Telugu Language serial Mamathala Kovela that was aired on Gemini TV. The show stars Chandra Lakshman, Bharathi and Badekkila Pradeep.
Mannan Magal is an Indian Tamil-language thriller soap opera aired on Jaya TV. The show premiered on 17 February 2014 and aired Monday through Friday at 8:30 pm IST. A new show named Akka replaced this show at 8:30PM and pushed this serial to 9:30PM IST instead since 15 September 2014. The show stars Madhumitha, Chitra, Sarath Babu and Yuvarani. The show was ended on 17 February 2015 and with 253 episodes.
Chinna Papa Periya Papa is a Tamil comedy soap opera that aired on Sun TV. The first two seasons were telecast from 2000 to 2006. A Third Season, with the title Chinna Papa Periya Papass, premiered on 15 November 2014 on Sun TV and aired on every Saturday at 10:30PM IST until 5 May 2018 for 174 Episodes. The show initially starred Sripriya and Nirosha in a titular role. Then, years later, Sripriya was replaced by actresses such as Kalpana and Seema and followed by Nalini with Devadarshini replaced Nirosha. After few years the series started with a fresh season with new casts in addition to Nalini and Nirosha, are V. J. Chitra and Jangiri Madhumitha. The show was produced by Radaan Mediaworks.
Chitra Kamaraj, better known as V. J. Chitra and Chithu, was an Indian 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). Chitra was found dead on 9 December 2020 in Nazarethpettai.
Vidhi is a 2017 Indian-Tamil-language family soap opera starring Sreeja, Rashmi Jayraj, Jegathish, Ravi Raj, Surjith Ansary and Anu. It replaced Nijangal and was broadcast on Sun TV on Monday to Saturday from 6 March 2017 to 20 January 2018 at 1:00PM (IST) for 301 episodes. It was produced by San Media Ltd and directed by Stalin Iniya. The title track was composed by Dhina and sung by Karthik and Rita with lyrics by Vairamuthu. It ended on 20 January 2018.
Yaaradi Nee Mohini is an Indian Tamil-language Thriller soap opera starring Shreekumar, Nachathira, and Chaitra Reddy. It airs Monday through Saturday and was broadcast on 24 April 2017 on Zee Tamil and ended on 22 August 2021 by crossing 1200 episodes. It is available to stream on ZEE5. The show claimed to be the second-highest budgeted series on South Indian television. and it is the second longest serial of Zee Tamil after Sembaruthi.
Kalyana Parisu is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that airs on Sun TV. It is 2nd longest running Tamil soap opera with 1840 episodes. This show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by Harish Adhitya. It premiered on 10 February 2014 and ended on 27 March 2020 for 1840 episodes.
Colors Tamil is an Indian pay television channel launched by Viacom 18 on 19 February 2018. It primarily broadcasts Tamil TV series and some popular Hindi soap operas dubbed in Tamil. Colors Tamil's SD feed was rebranded from NXT, while the HD feed was previously known as ZAP. The channel partnership with Columbia pictures for Hollywood movies.
Seemaraja is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Ponram and produced by R. D. Raja. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan in double role along with Samantha, with a supporting cast including Soori, Napoleon, Lal and Keerthy Suresh in a cameo appearance. The film features music composed by D. Imman and cinematography by Balasubramaniam. The movie was released on 13 September 2018, coinciding with the festival of Vinayagar Chathurthi.
Ponnukku Thanga Manasu is a 2018 Tamil-language soap opera, which was aired on Vijay TV from 20 August 2018 to 12 December 2020 for 559 episodes. This serial is available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Pandian Stores is a 2018 Indian Tamil language television series airing on Star Vijay. The show stars Sujitha, Stalin, V J Chitra, Venkat Renganathan, Hema Rajkumar, Kumaran Thangarajan, Kaavya Arivumani, Saravana Vickram, VJ Deepika and Saai Gayathri.
Kavitha is an Indian film and television actress who predominantly works in Kannada and Tamil television series. She gained popularity in the Kannada television soap opera Lakshmi Baramma. She was appreciated for her debut in the Kannada films Srinivasa Kalyana and First Love.
Thirumagal is a 2020 Indian-Tamil-language Family Soap opera television series, that premiered on 12 October 2020 on Sun TV and it is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT. The main plot of the story is taken from Telugu language serial 'Atho Athamma Kuthuro' aired on Gemini TV.
Kannana Kanne is a 2020 Indian Tamil soap opera that airs on Sun TV from 2 November 2020 with starring Nimeshika Radhakrishnan, Babloo Prithiveeraj and Rahul Ravi. The serial is a remake of Telugu television series Pournami that aired on Gemini TV.
Paavam Ganesan is a 2021 Indian-Tamil language family drama series, starring Naveen Muralidhar and Neha Gowda and airing on Star Vijay and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar before the telecast. It premiered on 4 January 2021.
Calls is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by J. Sabarish. The film stars V. J. Chitra, Vinodhini, Devadarshini and R. Sundarrajan. The film also marks the posthumous release of Chitra who also made her first and only film appearance. The film is loosely inspired by Aruvi. The film had its theatrical release on 26 February 2021 and opened to negative reviews from critics.
