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Chennai
Chennai /ˈtʃɛnaɪ/, formerly Madras /məˈdræs/, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major commercial, cultural, and educational centre in South India, while the port of Chennai is the second largest port in India. As of the 2011 census, the city had 4.68 million residents making it the sixth most populous city in India; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 8.9 million, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Although the area has been part of successive South Indian kingdoms through centuries, the recorded history of the city began in the colonial times, specifically with the arrival of British East India Company and the establishment in 1644 of Fort St George, an English settlement. The British defended several attacks from the French colonial forces, and from the kingdom of Mysore, on Chennai's way to become a major naval port and presidency city by late eighteenth century. Following the independence of India, Chennai became the capital of Tamil Nadu and a hotbed of regional politics that tended to bank on Dravidian identity of the populace. Chennai had become a bustling metropolis with beautiful classical and colonial European styled buildings, lining the city’s thoroughfares.

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Madurai
Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with a population of over 1 million (according to the 2001 census). Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. The capital of the Pandyan kingdom was initially Korkai, around 600 BCE, and was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunj Cheliyan I. Madurai is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and Madurai Nayak kings in the Dravidian style of architecture. It is also one of India's most prominent Hindu pilgrimage centres.
Madurai is also called as City of Junction (Koodal nagaram), City of Jasmine (Malligai maanagar), Temple city (Koil maanagar), City that never sleeps (Thoonga nagaram) and City of four junctions (Naanmada koodal).
Madurai's recorded history goes back to the 3rd century BC and the city is mentioned by Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador to India and Kautilya, the minister of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The city was the principal administrative and cultural centre of the Pandyan dynasty which ruled over the southern parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala till the first half of the 14th century AD. In about 1311, the Pandyan dynasty was overthrown by the Delhi Sultanate which established the province of Ma'bar which later became independent as the Ma'bar Sultanate. When the Ma'bar Sultanate began to decline in the latter years of the 14th century, Madurai was absorbed into the Vijayanagar Empire. The viceroys of the Vijayanagar Empire established the Madurai Nayak kingdom and ruled as independent kings from 1559 to 1736. After a brief period of occupation by Chanda Sahib and the Carnatic kingdom, Madurai was annexed by the British East India Company in 1801.

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Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in India, Pakistan, or Burma, now mainly historical in the latter sense. British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent (cf. George Orwell's Burmese Days). The Oxford Dictionary's definition of "Anglo-Indian" is "Of mixed British and Indian parentage, of Indian descent but born or living in Britain, or (chiefly historical) of British descent or birth but living or having lived long in India".
The Anglo-Indian community in its modern sense is a distinct, small minority community originating in India. It consists of people from mixed British and Indian ancestry whose native language is English. An Anglo-Indian's British ancestry was usually bequeathed paternally.
Article 366(2) of the Indian Constitution defines Anglo-Indian as "a person whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only". This definition extends "Anglo-Indian" to include Indians of purely European (male) ancestry.

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Dhanush
Dhanush (born Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja on 28 July 1983), is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry. His filmography includes critically acclaimed films like Kadhal Kondein, Pudhupettai, Aadukalam and Mayakkam Enna and commercially successful films like Thulluvadho Ilamai, Thiruda Thirudi, Thiruvilayadal Arambam, Polladhavan, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Padikathavan, Kutty and Uthama Puthiran. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Aadukalam. He is the son of Kasthuri Raja and the brother of Selvaraghavan, both directors in Tamil cinema. Dhanush has been in the spotlight in the wake of the mass success of his song "Why This Kolaveri Di".
Following his upbringing as the son of a noted director, Dhanush debuted under the direction of Kasthuri Raja in the Thulluvadho Ilamai with fellow debutant, Sherin. Upon release, the film fetch up big reviews and was a blockbuster, following the story of his character, Mahesh, and how his friends help him elope with his girlfriend.

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G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar (Tamil: ஜி. வி. பிரகாஷ் குமார்; born 13 June 1987) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film. His first film was S Pictures' Veyil (2006), winning critical acclaim and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s.
G. V. Prakash, aged 17, was first signed up to compose the music for Taxi Driver, a film directed by debutant Morgan featuring Prashanth in early 2005. However, the film eventually failed to take off and Prakash returned to his vocalist and technician roles.
Prakash's introduction as a film composer was in the critically acclaimed Tamil film Veyil, directed by Vasantha Balan and produced by the director S. Shankar.
He first appeared as a vocalist on the soundtrack of director S. Shankar's Tamil film Gentleman, composed by his maternal uncle, A. R. Rahman. He has also contributed to some of Rahman's other projects. He had also worked with Harris Jayaraj and sang two songs in Anniyan and Unnale Unnale. His music in the film Madrasapattinam directed by A.L.Vijay was appreciated mainly for his song Pookal Pookum Tharunam.

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Kishore (actor)
Kishore is a South Indian film actor. His best known films include Duniya, He was working as a lecturer at a women's college in Bangalore and as a part-time fashion designer, when he was offered an acting role in the film Kanti, for which he was supposed to design the costumes. After making his acting debut in that film, he went on to appear in a number of Kannada-language films, before debuting and establishing himself in the Tamil film industry. He has also acted in the Telugu film Happy, starring Allu Arjun.

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Kishore Te.
Kishore Te. (Tamil: கிஷோர்) is an Indian film editor. He has worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his work in Aadukalam (2011), he won the National Film Award for Best Editing.
At age 21, Kishore joined film editors B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan as an assistant. He worked for more than 70 Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films as an assistant editor. His first independent film as an editor was the Tamil film Eeram (2009) produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan.

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Krishnakumar Kunnath
Krishnakumar Kunnath (born August 23, 1968), also known as KK, is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films.
Born in Delhi to C. S Menon and Kanakavalli, a Malayali couple, Krishnakumar Kunnath was brought up in New Delhi. KK sang 3,500 jingles before Bollywood break. An alumnus of Delhi's Mount St. Mary school. He appeared in "Josh Of India" song for the support of Indian Cricket Team during Cricket World Cup 1999. Following this, he released an album called Pal for which he received a Star Screen Award for the Best Solo Album.
KK switched from Hindi to English songs during his teens. His versatile voice was soon tapped by various ad agencies in Delhi for jingles. He even formed a rock band with his friends and played drums for two other rock bands and did vocals.
KK married his childhood sweetheart Jyothi in 1991. His son Nakul sang a song "Masti" from his latest album Humsafar with him. KK also has a daughter named Taamara.
He has been greatly influenced by the singer Kishore Kumar and music director R.D.Burman.^{[citation needed]}

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Prashanthini
Prashanthini is a playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. She is the daughter of famous veteran playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan and sister of Yugendran.
Prashanthini first began her playback career with Harris Jayaraj for the movie 12B. However after this song, she took a long break and came back in the G. V. Prakash Kumar composed film Veyyil. She became instantly famous after singing the song "Mundhinam Parthene" for the movie Varanam Aayiram composed by Harris Jayaraj. Now she is singing for many composers and hopes for a long innings in playback singing without falling under her father's shadows.

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Radha Ravi
Radha Ravi (Tamil: ராதா ரவி) is a Tamil film and television actor, who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of yesteryear actor, M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and halfbrother of Raadhika Sarathkumar. He is a chief member of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association. He is known for his roles as an antagonist in Tamil films and his current role in the television serial Chellamae. He is also known for his controversial criticism of other film personalities.
Radha Ravi was born on 29th July to the well-known actor M.R. Radha and Dhanalakshmiammal. He has one brother M.R.R.Vasu and three sisters Rashya, Rani and Rathikala. Having started his career as a theatre artiste, he still associates himself with plays. A man with diverse interests, it was his father who taught him some of the good principles in life. He played the role of Julius Caesar in a Tamil drama when he was in the ninth standard. During his New College days, both his friends, Jailani and Rafee helped him to pursue his passion for theatre. He performed for actor V.K. Ramasamy troupe, MRR. Vasu troupe, T.K. Chandran troupe and the UAA troupe. In 1980, he started his own troupe Nadikavel Theatres. His first time before the was for a Kannada film, Ragasiya Rathiri, produced by actor Bharathi's father for BNK Pictures in 1975. His first Tamil film was Manmathalelai, after Kamal Haasan recommended his name to K. Balachandar.

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S. P. B. Charan
Charan Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, Popularly known as S. P. B. Charan is an Indian film actor, producer and a playback singer from Andhra Pradesh, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry.
Son of popular Indian singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, he first worked as a playback singer in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. He has turned actor with the 2000 Kannada film Hudugigagi and is probably best known for his performance in the 2008 film, Saroja. He established a film production company called Capital Film Works, and produced several Tamil films, including the cult hit Chennai 600028 in 2007.
Charan established a film production company, Capital Film Works, in 2002. Their first production was the film Unnai Charanadainthen, in which Charan played the lead role himself, alongside his friend Venkat Prabhu. The film, which notably featured musical score by Charan's father, Balasubrahmanyam, received four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He further produced the Jayam Ravi-starrer Mazhai (2005), a remake of the Telugu film Varsham, which was a moderate success. His next production was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut Chennai 600028 (2007), considered a trend-setting film that featured 11 newcomers in the lead and became one of 2007's biggest commercial as well as critical successes. In 2011 his sixth production, Aaranya Kaandam, was released to critical acclaim, and became noted for getting 52 cuts by the regional Central Board of Film Certification.} Charan Won a Swarna Kamal at the National Awards 2012 a producer of Aaranya Kandam " The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a National Film Award - Golden Lotus Award, given to a feature film director's first film "

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Samuthirakani
P. Samuthirakani is a Tamil film actor and director. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander. His 2009 directorial Naadodigal was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in Subramaniapuram and in Easan, both directed by M. Sasikumar.
Samuthirakani entered cinema with dreams of making it as an actor. “People said I don't have the looks or the physique for it. I was unfazed. ‘Insults are a part of life,' I told myself and persevered. So when did he finally get a chance to don the greasepaint? “Pandiarajan's Padikkira Vayasu in which I had just a line to say! And to squeeze myself into the scene I had to cringe and crawl before the assistant director!” Not a tinge of self-pity! “Why at all? Slights can't hold me back.”
And that's when he started writing out scenes and dialogue which he would enact within the confines of his room. Soon it led to the discovery that inside him was a capable storyteller.

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Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran (Hindi: श्रिया सरन, Śriyā Saran ^?; born 11 September 1982), also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada. Saran made her film debut in 2001 with the Telugu film Ishtam, and had her first commercial success with Santhosham (2002). She subsequently appeared in several more Telugu films, while making in-roads in the Hindi and Tamil film industries.
In 2007, Saran starred in Sivaji: The Boss, the highest grossing Tamil film at that time. She also gained critical acclaim for her role in the 2007 Bollywood film Awarapan. In 2008, Saran played the lead role in her first English film, the American-Indian co-production The Other End of the Line. Her following projects included popular films such as Kanthaswamy (2009) in Tamil, and Pokkiri Raja (2010) in Malayalam, her roles in which have established her as one of the leading actresses in the South Indian film industries.

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Silambarasan
Silambarasan Rajendar (born February 3, 1985), also known as T. R. Silambarasan, or Simbu, is an Indian film actor, director, playback singer and lyricist. He began his career by playing minor uncredited roles as a child artist in films produced by his father T. Rajendar, before essaying his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction as well. He achieved recogniton for his work in Manmadhan (2004), which was also "ghost-directed" by him and became his first major commercial success. He made his full-flegded directorial debut with a failure Vallavan (2006), while he received wide critical praise for his performance in Gautham Menon's blockbuster Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010). He also starred in critical success Vaanam and a masala Osthe, both in 2011.
Silambarasan was born to director, music composer, actor, screenwriter and politician Vijaya T. Rajendar and former actress Usha Rajendar. He has a younger brother Kuralarasan and a younger sister Ilakkiya. He studied at the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Santhome Higher Secondary school, Chennai. He had a great passion for dance right from his school days and used to choreograph dances even back then. He then attended The Ashram School in Chennai and also completed an Audio Engineering Course.

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Snehan
Snehan (born Sivaselvam on 23 June 1972) is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs. He has won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his work in Perazhagan (2004). Snehan has also acted in two Tamil films.
Snehan was born in a small village Pudhukariyapatti, near Sengipatti in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India as the youngest of eight sons into an agricultural family. His family always helps to poor people in their village.
Moving to Chennai, Snehan first worked as a protégé to noted poet and lyricist Vairamuthu for five years. At a book releasing function then, he was asked by K. Balachander to write songs in films and he got the chance from music director S. A. Rajkumar to write lyrics for the film Putham Puthu Poove. From since, he was written more than 600 songs for more than 50 films, working with various directors and music composers in the Tamil film industry.
He then turned actor for the film Yogi, for which he has also written all the lyrics, as his friend and writer and lead actor of the film, Ameer Sultan, gave him the opportunity. For the same film, Snehan became a playback singer as well, lending his vocals to a song, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with whom Snehan has often associated.

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Vetrimaaran
Vetrimaaran (Tamil: வெற்றிமாறன்) is a Tamil film director, working primarily in the Tamil film industry based in Tamil Nadu. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Polladhavan (2007). His second feature film Aadukalam (2011) won six National Film Awards, with Vetrimaaran receiving two awards for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.
Vetrimaaran's father Dr. V. Chitravel was a veterinary scientist and his mother Megala Chitravel is a noted novelist. He studied till his tenth grade in Ranipet, a suburb of Vellore. He then moved to Chennai to do his higher secondary education at YMCA, school of physical education in the hopes of becoming a cricketer. After failing to get through the selection of TN state team, he gave up the idea and enrolled himself in Loyola college Chennai, to study English literature in 1994 and was in the college until 1999 when he discontinued his Masters degree to pursue a career in the film world. Taking up an elective course called Television presentation offered by the viscom department of Loyola in 1995 enabled him to see his natural interest was towards film making.

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Vetrimaran
Vetrimaaran (Tamil: வெற்றிமாறன்) is a Tamil film director, working primarily in the Tamil film industry based in Tamil Nadu. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Polladhavan (2007). His second feature film Aadukalam (2011) won six National Film Awards, with Vetrimaaran receiving two awards for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.
Vetrimaaran's father Dr. V. Chitravel was a veterinary scientist and his mother Megala Chitravel is a noted novelist. He studied till his tenth grade in Ranipet, a suburb of Vellore. He then moved to Chennai to do his higher secondary education at YMCA, school of physical education in the hopes of becoming a cricketer. After failing to get through the selection of TN state team, he gave up the idea and enrolled himself in Loyola college Chennai, to study English literature in 1994 and was in the college until 1999 when he discontinued his Masters degree to pursue a career in the film world. Taking up an elective course called Television presentation offered by the viscom department of Loyola in 1995 enabled him to see his natural interest was towards film making.

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Aadukalam (2011)

Plot
Rearing roosters, maintaining them and using them for fights are a way of life and a matter of honor and lifeline to many people. In such a tenement, Pettaikaaran (Jayabalan) leads a very respectable life with his key aides Durai (Kishore) and Karuppu (Dhanush) along with others. His main adversary in hen fights is Rathinam, the police inspector. Pettaikaarar is known to have an impeccable track record of successes when it comes to fowl fights especially with Rathinam's. In an unexpected situation, Pettaikaaran challenges Rathinam to a fowl contest which witnesses Karuppu violating his mentor Pettaikaarar's word but emerging successfully with enviable proceeds. This results in the swelling of his status among his folks which plants the seeds of animosity in the minds of Pettaikaaran. What follows is an interesting and unexpected path with twists and turns highlighting on the way the multiple layers of human emotions with sense playing truant.

Keywords: betrayal, jealousy, rooster-fighting, rural-setting, surprise-ending, village

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Obama promises gun control early next year

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20 Dec 2012

Obama held a White House news conference on Wednesday to announce that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an interagency effort to craft new gun policies. The group is expected to offer its proposals in January. “We know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply held passions and political divides,” Obama said. “But the fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing.” ... WAKE-UP CALL ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)

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In this May 12, 2010 photo, Malian troops and soldiers from other African countries train with the U.S. Special Forces in the Sahara Desert near the town of Gao in northeastern Mali.

U.N. OKs offensive to oust extremists in Mali

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

21 Dec 2012

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists, but it demanded progress first on political reconciliation, elections and training African troops and police ... Instead, it set out benchmarks to be met before the start of offensive operations, starting with progress on a political roadmap to restore constitutional order ... U.N ... On Nov ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) teach mounted infantry tactics to soldiers from the Malian Army in Timbuktu, Mali. U.S. Army Special Forces, assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, are training selected military units in Mali and Mauritania on mobility, communications, land navigation, and small unit tactics.

UN Security Council Approves Mali Intervention Force

Jakarta Globe

21 Dec 2012

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led intervention force to help Mali’s army reconquer much of the country from Islamist militants. The 15-member council gave the force an initial one year mandate to use “all necessary measures” to help the Mali government take back the northern half of the country from “terrorist, extremist and armed groups.” ... Agence France-Presse ....(size: 1.9Kb)

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A woman reacts as she stands before riot policemen separating opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashing with Islamist supporters of the president in Alexandria, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.

Egypt’s constitution seen passing in referendum

Khaleej Times

22 Dec 2012

An Egyptian constitution drafted by Islamists is expected to be approved in a referendum on Saturday after the charter, which opponents say will create deeper turmoil, won approval in a first wave of voting a week ago. The opposition have already cried foul, saying a litany of abuses means last Saturday’s ballot, involving about half the electorate, should be re-run ... Polling stations open at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) and close at 7 p.m....(size: 4.4Kb)

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South Korea's president-elected Park Geun-hye speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of Saenuri Party in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.

South Korea's first woman leader vows new North Korea effort

The Wichita Eagle

20 Dec 2012

SEOUL, South Korea — Park Geun-hye's election as South Korea's first female president could mean a new drive to start talks with bitter rival North Korea, though it's unclear how much further she will go than the hard-line incumbent, a member of her own conservative party ... On Thursday, Park mentioned the North Korean rocket launch during a nationally televised speech ... Ties between the Koreas plummeted during Lee's term ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)

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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa…

The Hindu

10 Dec 2012

It looked like the whole city was at the Fun Republic Mall to listen to their favourite singers of the reality show Zee Thamizh Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2012 ... Priyaa began with ‘Who’s the hero’, from the film Manmadhan Ambu ... Her melody drew the loudest applause and wolf whistles ... There was dancing too as Aravind sang the Aadukalam hit ‘Otha Sollala’ and demonstrated the signature steps of Dhanush ... Keywords....(size: 2.5Kb)

I hope to work with Mani Ratnam

Deccan Herald

26 Nov 2012

Going Places. Mention Taapsee Pannu and the first image that comes to mind is the innocent-looking, simple yet attractive young girl in Aadukalam â the Tamil film that won several national honours, including a national award for her co-star, Dhanush. Taapsee holds her captivating no-grease paint portrayal in Aadukalam very close to her heart. âI didnât think that the movie would click so well ... âHere again, I have minimum make up....(size: 2.3Kb)

Audio Beat: Yamuna

The Hindu

25 Nov 2012

What it is about…. The story of Yamuna, produced by Jaikarthik and Viruthai M. Pandi and written and directed by E.V. Ganeshbabu, is about how people living below the poverty line are exploited. Elakkiyan has set to music the lyrics of Vairamuthu. B. Lenin has edited the film, while Po. Chidambaram has handled the camera ... The others in the cast are Chaaums, Aadukalam Naren, Engeyum Eppodhum Vinothini and Pasanga Sivakumar ... Thanu ... Pandi ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)

Medai and Yamuna

The Hindu

25 Nov 2012

Medai. What it is about…. Medai, under the direction of S.N. Arirajan who has also written the story and dialogues, is about theatre artistes and how they are perceived by society ... Balamurali has handled the camera, while Athish Uthriyan has scored the music ... Vallinayagam ... Music highlights. There are three songs in the album ... Arirajan ... The others in the cast are Chaaums, Aadukalam Naren, Engeyum Eppodhum Vinothini and Pasanga Sivakumar....(size: 5.2Kb)

Audio Beat: Medai and Yamuna

The Hindu

25 Nov 2012

'Ammavin Kaipesi' bleeds mothers' sentiments (Tamil Movie Review)

Newstrack India

15 Nov 2012

Tweet. Film. "Ammavin Kaipesi"; Cast. Shantanoo Bhagyaraj, Iniya, Revathi, Thangar Bachchan and Meenal; Director. Thangar Bachchan; Rating . *** ... With no big names associated with it, "Ammavin Kaipesi" hits the right chords and keeps you engaged throughout ... Brilliant! ... Kishore's editing is crisp and reminds us why he walked home with a National award for his work in "Aadukalam", while Rohit Kulkarni's music was poignant and melodious ... ) .. ). ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)

Dhanush shoots with Mammootty and Dileep in Kochi

The Times of India

10 Nov 2012

The Kollywood superstar will make his Mollywood debut through Thomsun K Thomas' Kammath and Kammath. So the rumours were true! Kollywood superstar Dhanush is making his Mollywood debut with Kammath and Kammath ... While the Aadukalam actor is playing a cameo in the flick, the excitement on the film's location in Kochi had reached fever pitch by the time all three superstars had come together ... So, things just fell into place." ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)

The winning tune

The Hindu

30 Oct 2012

It was refreshing to see an awards night where the focus was strictly on music and musicians ... This was their night and the film music industry got its due ... The lyricist with most hits award was given to Na ... G.V. Prakash had a rich haul, also winning awards for Best Folk Song (Velmurugan’s ‘Othasollale’ from Aadukalam) and Best Popular Song sung by a music director (‘Yaatheyaathey’ from Aadukalam) ... G.V....(size: 4.8Kb)

Dhanush pens songs for Siva

The Times of India

26 Oct 2012

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Gangsters in cinema

The Hindu

06 Oct 2012

Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s first film Aaranya Kaandam, a gangster movie, was one of the top films of 2011. “I want to make films that are exciting. They should entertain. I expected Aaranya… to do well commercially too,” he says. Kumararaja has finalised an idea for his next film, and is expected to start filming soon ... Gangster films are exciting,” he says ... Dhanush in Aadukalam was noteworthy too....(size: 4.1Kb)

Shot Cuts

The Hindu

26 Sep 2012

Hansika to be paired with Dhanush?. Director Sargunam is to begin work on his next film, Sotta Vazhai Kutti, in December this year. While Dhanush has been signed up to play the lead, Hansika is likely to play the female lead. Confirming the news, Sargunam says, “Yes, we are in talks with Hansika ... Sources say that Dhanush's character is called Chinna Vandu ... Vaali, Arivumathi, Devendran, Na ... Kathiresan (Pollathavan and Aadukalam) ... S....(size: 2.5Kb)

The city of Madurai at a glance

The Times of India

22 Sep 2012

SHARE. AND. DISCUSS. Tweet. Of mahals and mallipoo. With it's bustling market areas and quaint old street shops, the city retains some of its old world charm... Madurai is a city with a million sights and sounds ... Sungudi sarees. The term Sugudi has been deriVed from telugu ... Jikarthanda ... Madurai Malli ... Madurai slang ... Cinema popularized he slang more with flicks like Aadukalam, Paruthiveeran and Virumaandi having dialogues with the local slang ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)

No cock-and-bull story this

Deccan Chronicle

17 Sep 2012

It is said to be the world’s oldest spectator sport. A pastime that originated in Persia nearly 6,000 years ago, it spread across the world quite deceptively with South India playing a role in its early days ... However, three Coimbatore youngsters who made a road trip to the very roots of village folklore and ended up having an unexpected Aadukalam-style adventure, find that all is not as it seems! ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)

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Aadukalam
File:Aadukalam.jpg Poster
Directed by	Vetrimaran
Produced by	Kathiresan
Written by	Vetrimaran
Starring	Dhanush Taapsee Pannu V. I. S.Jayabalan Kishore
Music by	G. V. Prakash Kumar
Cinematography	Velraj
Editing by	Kishore Te.
Distributed by	Sun Pictures
Release date(s)	14 January 2011 (2011-01-14)
Country	‹See Tfd› India
Language	Tamil
Budget	15 crore (US$2.99 million)^[1]
Box office	30 crore (US$5.99 million)^[2]

Aadukalam (Tamil: ஆடுகளம்; English: Playground) is a 2011 Tamil drama film written and directed by Vetrimaran. The film stars Dhanush, Taapsee Pannu, V. I. S. Jayabalan, and Kishore. The film was released on 14 January 2011 to highly positive reviews.^[3]^[4]^[5] It won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor.^[6]

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
- 3.1 Development
- 3.2 Filming
4 Soundtrack
5 Accolades
6 References

Plot [link]

The film is set in the backdrop of Madurai, where rooster fights are common. Pettaikaaran and Rathnaswamy, a cop are tough competitors in these games and it is often Pettai who wins because nobody knows his way of maintaining the quality of the birds.

Karuppu (Dhanush) and Durai (Kishore) are also in Pettaikaran's team. Rathnasamy keeps insisting on having one last fight to win and satisfy his old mother’s wish but Pettaikaran declines to have any more fights with him because he feels Rathnasamy has lost faith in his roosters and will be using nefarious methods to win. Rathnasamy keeps insisting and tries to make him accept the challenge through cajoling, threatening, bribing and other vile acts.

Karuppu falls in love with an Anglo-Indian girl Irene (Taapsee) who dislikes him. He does not recognize this initially and keeps following her. One day the residents of Irene’s colony confront him and ask Irene to tell who she is in love with – Karuppu or Dinesh, another guy in the locality. She points her finger at Karuppu and he goes into raptures. She explains later that she had to lie in order to avoid Dinesh who has been bothering her for a long time. Later Irene too falls in love with Karuppu.

Meanwhile one of Pettai's associates is killed in a hit and run and in a rage Pettai suspecting Rathnasamy of the murder, agrees to the rooster fight and it is decided that the loser will go bald and will forever give up rooster fights. In the crucial fight, Rathnasamy brings high breed roosters from Bangalore. Karuppu asks Pettai to let his rooster fight against Rathnasamy's roosters but Pettai puts his rooster down and says he will choose the competing rooster himself. Karuppu surreptitiously enters the contest before Pettai can choose the rooster because he needs to repay Irene for the loan he took to prepare his rooster for the fight. Pettaikaran doesn't believe in Karuppu and his rooster and announces that Karuppu will not represent Pettai. The 'underdog' however emerges victorious in three consecutive rounds even when the opponent has spiked his rooster with drugs to scald the other rooster.

While initially Pettai is happy that Kuruppu won, he is overcome with anger and jealousy by the end of the day. His ego is wounded by the fact that Karuppu earns both popularity and money. Karuppu is not aware of the changes in his mentor's mind. Pettaikaran is so jealous of Karuppu that at first he refuses to speak to anyone and then starts scheming. The money from the competition that Karuppu gives to Pettai for safe keeping, that he plans to use to start a business, suddenly goes missing. Pettai also starts spinning stories about his associates and makes everyone suspicious of each other. He incites Karuppu and Durai into pitting their roosters in a rooster fight. Meanwhile Karuppu's mom dies of the shock of losing all the money. Pettaikaran meanwhile poisons all of Durai's roosters making him suspect Karuppu, who is arrested for this. Pettaikaran then lies to Irene that his wife was in an adulterous relationship with Karuppu. Irene's family also pressurize her to move to Chennai which pushes her into slitting her wrists. Pettakaran meanwhile calls Karuppu to a location near a temple and informs Durai about his whereabouts. When Irene gets better, she calls Karuppu and informs him that Pettai is badmouthing him. So Karuppu, who puts 2 and 2 together, goes to find Pettai to confront him. Pettai kills himself and Karuppu also finds that Pettai was the one who stole his money. Karuppu does not want to reveal the fact to the public that his mentor was the criminal who stole his money and schemed against him, so he flees with Irene to start a new life in another city.

Production [link]

Development [link]

Following the success of their 2007 collaboration Polladhavan, the entire team including director Vetrimaaran and lead actor Dhanush were reported to come together for another venture. Shriya Saran was signed on for the project in February 2008 but eventually pulled out citing schedule clashes.^[7] In April 2008 it was reported that Dhanush's hectic schedules meant that Silambarasan was set to replace him, however Dhanush remained and continued with the film.^[8]

Vetrimaran spent almost a year on completing the screenplay, script and dialogues for the film and held a bounded script for the venture, which is considered rare in Tamil films.^[9]

Subsequently in June 2009, Trisha Krishnan was forced to opt out of the role of Irene after the Madurai schedule over ran into her allotted dates for her other films, Namo Venkatesa and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya.^[10]^[11] Newcomer Taapsee Pannu was named as her replacement, with Vetrimaran claiming he wanted a fresh face in the role.^[12]

Filming [link]

The first schedule started in Madurai on 24 February 2009 with scenes featuring Dhanush being shot.^[9] During early stages of production, Dhanush revealed he would play the role of a local cockfighter, Karuppu, and described the venture as his "dream project".^[13] The film was completed in August 2010 and post-production was delayed after the film encountered problems with graphic works, with the original company delaying proceedings.^[14]

The first look of the film was released in February 2009 with a series of promotional posters depicting the characters played by Dhanush, Jayabalan and Kishore.^[15] Director Samuthirakani, Andrea Jeremiah and Radha Ravi rendered their voices for Kishore, Taapsee and Jayabalan, respectively.

Soundtrack [link]

Aadukalam

Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar

Genre

Feature film soundtrack

Label

Sony Music

G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology

Va
(2010)

Aadukalam
(2011)

Deiva Thirumagal
(2011)

The soundtrack consists of seven tracks including two rap numbers by G. V. Prakash Kumar. It was released by Sony Music and the audio was launched at a small function at Lady Aandal School auditorium in Chennai on November 10, 2010.^[16] The song Yathe Yathe topped the charts and remained in the No.1 position for nearly five weeks.^[2]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Yathe Yathe"	Snehan	G. V. Prakash Kumar	5:46
2.	"Otha Sollaala"	Yegathasi	Velmurugan	3:59
3.	"Porkkalam" (Tamil Rap)	Yugabharathi	Yogi B	4:21
4.	"En Vennilave"	V. I. S. Jayapalan	KK	6:39
5.	"Ayyayo"	Snehan	S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. P. B. Charan, Prashanthini	5:24
6.	"Warriors" (English Rap)	Yogi B	Yogi B	4:21
7.	"A Love Blossoms 8"		Navin Iyer	1:28

Accolades [link]

The film won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards^[6] Besides, the film was also screened at several film festivals such as Toronto Film Festival,^[17] Montreal Film Festival^[18]^[19] and Mumbai International Film Festival.^[20]

Category	Nominee	Outcome
Best Director	Vetrimaaran	Won
Best Screenplay	Vetrimaaran	Won
Best Actor	Dhanush	Won
Best Editing	Kishore Te.	Won
Best Choreography	Dinesh Kumar	Won
Special Jury	V. I. S. Jayabalan	Won

Vikatan Awards

Vikatan Award For Best Director - Vetrimaaran
Vikatan Award For Best Film - Aadukalam
Vikatan Award For Best Music Director - G. V. Prakash Kumar
Vikatan Award For Best Cinematography - Velraj
Vikatan Award For Best Editor - Kishore Te.
Vikatan Award For Best Story Writer - Vetrimaaran

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v t e Filmography of Vetrimaaran

Directed	Polladhavan (2007) Aadukalam (2011) Venghai Sami (2013) Vada Chennai (2014)

Other	Naan Rajavaga Pogiren (Dialogues) (2012) Desiya Nendunchalai (Producer, Story & Screenplay) (2013)

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