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Madhan (July 11-1947 Born - Srirangam), whose real name is Maadapoosi Krishnaswamy Govinda Kumar, is a famous Tamil cartoonist, journalist, writer and film critic who works for Ananda Vikatan magazine, a leading Tamil weekly. Though his native is Thanjavur, he was brought up in Chennai. He did his schooling at Triplicane Hindu School and his college education at Vivekananda College, Chennai.

During 1970s, he started his career as cartoonist at Ananda Vikatan magazine. Later he was assistant editor of Ananda Vikatan and Junior Vikatan. He also answers to the questions asked from the readers in Hi Madhan in Ananda Vikatan which is very popular and informative. He anchored a program in SUN TV channel in 1999, answering viewer's questions in various fields specially science and history. He wrote the dialogue for Anbe Sivam, a 2003 film in which he also had a brief appearance, and is the author of Vandhargal Vendrargal, an account of Mughal rule in India. He is also author of Manithanukkul Mirugum series in Ananda Vikatan which was later released as a book. He also anchored a popular movie review programme named "Madhan's Thirai Paarvai" in Star Vijay television. He is currently anchoring the film review programme called "Madhan's Talkies" in the Tamil channel Jaya TV. He's the only film critic in the world who uses a cartoon to represent a film. He was also closely associated with writer Sujatha.

He started his own Tamil magazine 'Vin Naayagan' in association with Salem Vinayaka Mission group. But they stopped the publication of this magazine within a year of launch (1999). He has also written "Manidhanum Marmangalum" and "KiMu -KiPi". Both have a wide range of information about supernatural powers and the history of mankind.

He is the anchor for the TV program "Naalaya Iyakunar". Madhan resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Madhan was removed from writing in Ananda Vikatan stating that he behaves pro-AIADMK. This was published in Ananda Vikatan issue released on 17-May-2012. There has been a mixed reaction for this decision, as Madhan has majorly contributed to this magazine group for the last 30 odd years.

External links[link]

• Madan's Thirai Paarvai

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Madhan Karky Vairamuthu (Tamil: மதன் கார்கி வைரமுத்து) is an Southindian lyricist, research associate, software engineer, and film dialogue writer. He is better known as the son of poet and lyricist Vairamuthu. He is also an assistant professor of computer science at the College of Engineering, Guindy.^[1]

Early life and education[link]

Madhan Karky is the eldest son of notable lyricist Vairamuthu and Ponmani. He completed his bachelor's degree in computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy in 2001. He further completed postgraduate studies in information technology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 2004, where he also worked as an assistant professor.^[1]

He worked as a technical volunteer for the Indian Science Congress and National Children's Science Congress in 1998 held at Anna University, Chennai, India. During 1997-1998, he was a Navy Cadet in National Cadet Corps. He was the course organiser for the Multimedia Workshop conducted as a part of the activities of RCILTS-Tamil at Anna University in 2001. He served as Executive Member, Secretary and Webmaster for Computer Society of Anna University during the years of undergraduate study. As the member of Computer Society of Anna University, he worked with Lions Club, Chennai to conduct computer awareness courses to the State School teachers in 2001. He was the event organiser of ABACUS2001 in Anna University in 2001. While studying in High School, he participated in Road Safety Patrol and was the President of the Young Students Society.

He was in the founding committee and member of the Indian Students Association at University of Queensland in 2003. He served as the Vice President of the Tamil Association of Queensland for 2006-2007. During the period, he had organised various cultural and community events in Australia on a larger scale for charity. He was a member of Australian Red Cross and Film Clubs in Brisbane. He was a secretary of Tamil Brisbane as well, providing induction services to visitors of Brisbane and conducting community activities.

Career[link]

Madhan Karky became a lyricist for the 2010 science-fiction film Enthiran, penning the song "Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam". For the same film, he assisted director S. Shankar in writing the film's dialogues, especially assisting with technical terminology. However Kanden Kadhalai (2009), in which he had written the song "Ododi Poren", became his first release. For his work in Enthiran, he was awarded the Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year. He later went on to work as lyricist in the 2011 films, Engeyum Kaadhal, Ko and 180. The song "Enamo Aedho", a song from the Ko's soundtrack, also became popular for its lyrics.^[2] His other works include high budget films including, A. R. Murugadoss's 7aam Arivu in which he has also penned a song in Chinese language among the soundtrack^[3] and S. Shankar's Nanban. Madhan has penned songs in Portuguese for 180 and in Mandarin for 7aam Arivu and also written lyrics in 15 different languages for a duet song in Nanban.

Interests[link]

Apart from penning songs and working in college, Karky has once told in a interview^[4] that photography is his passion since childhood and he has a huge collection of pictures he had clicked since his young age.

Notable works[link]

Film Songs[link]

References[link]

See also[link]

• Official website

Kajal Agarwal
Born	Kajal Aggarwal (1985-06-19) June 19, 1985 (age 27) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Residence	Mumbai
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	2005-present

Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu films. Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007). She had her first commercial success with Chandamama (2007) and rose to prominence after her performance in Magadheera (2009), which remains her biggest commercial success,^[1] and fetched her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. Following further consecutive successes with Darling (2010), Brindavanam (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011) and Business Man (2012), she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu cinema.^[2]

Early life[link]

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She was born in Mumbai, India to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal. She has a sister named Nisha Aggarwal, who is appearing in Telugu films as well. She finished her studies in Mumbai and started her modeling career while she was in college.

Film career[link]

Career beginnings (2004–08)[link]

Kajal made her acting debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, in which she enacted minor supporting role as the friend of Diya, the film’s lead, played by Aishwarya Rai,^[3][4] following which she signed veteran Tamil director Bharathiraja's Bommalattam. The film, however, got delayed and released in late 2008.

She made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in 2007 in Teja's Lakshmi Kalyanam alongside Kalyan Ram, which did not fare well at the box office. Later that year, she appeared in the Krishna Vamsi-directed film Chandamama, which opened to positive reviews and became her first major successful film.^[5] In 2008, she had her first Tamil film release, Perarasu's action entertainer Pazhani, co-starring Bharath. Following this film, she had two more Tamil releases that year with Venkat Prabhu’s comedy-thriller Saroja, in which she did a guest appearance, and Bharathiraja’s investigative thriller Bommalattam. Although the former went on to become a commercial as well as a critical success,^[6] both films failed to boost her career as her roles were too insignificant.^[7] Both her Telugu releases, Pourudu and Aatadista opposite Sumanth and Nitin, respectively, neither received positive reviews nor were successul at the box office.

Success (2009–present)[link]

She had four releases in 2009; she first starred in another Tamil film Modhi Vilayadu, which garnered mixed reviews and was a financial failure, following which she appeared in the high-budget Telugu historical drama Magadheera, which saw her essaying double roles for the first time. The film, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, received universal critical acclaim, while Kajal, particularly, was praised for her portrayal of a princess in the film. Rediff wrote that she "was quite a surprise package, [...] sweet and charming and looked like an 'ethereal' princess. She carries off both the roles fairly well",^[8] while NDTV cited that "Kajal Agarwal is also an asset to the film. She is very apt for the character of the princess. Besides filling the glamour slot, she has proven that given a chance, she too can give an excellent performance".^[9] The film was also highly commercially successful and broke several records,^[10] emerging as the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time.^[11][12][13] Magadheera's enormous success turned Kajal into one of the most sought-after actresses in the Telugu film industry and catapulted her into the main foray of lead Telugu actresses.^[14] Her subsequent releases Ganesh Just Ganesh and Arya 2 received mixed reviews from critics, while her performance garnered positive feedback.^[15][16]

Kajal's first 2010 release was A. Karunakaran's Darling which featured her alongside Prabhas and received favorable response, becoming a commercial success at the box office,^[17] with Kajal receiving her second Filmfare nomination for Best Actress for her performance. In August, she appeared in the Tamil thriller film Naan Mahaan Alla opposite Karthi, which was based on a real life incident and opened to unanimously positive reviews.^[18] The film performed well at the box office and was declared a blockbuster. Kajal's final release in 2010 was Brindavanam opposite NTR Jr. and Samantha, which received critical acclaim and went on to become an economical success as well,^[19] while fetching Kajal the CineMAA Award for Best Actress.

In 2011, she was paired with Prabhas for the second time in Mr. Perfect, directed by Dasaradh. The film became a critical and commercial success. Kajal won appraisal by critics with Times Of India writing, "What is applause-worthy in the movie is Kajal Agarwal's performance. She looks great, expresses well and fits into the role perfectly".^[20] In May, she appeared in Veera opposite Ravi Teja that received negative reviews.^[21] and the box office collections was Break-even.^[22] She subsequently made her Bollywood debut in a leading role with Singham, a remake of the same-titled 2010 Tamil film, opposite Ajay Devgn. The film received mixed reviews from critics,^[23] as did her portrayal of a Goan girl Kavya Bhosle. Film critic Taran Adarsh dismissed Kajal's role saying "Kaajal doesn't really get much of an opportunity to prove her talent and the film cannot be regarded as an ideal Bollywood debut for her", but further stated that "she makes her presence felt nonetheless". While Komal Nahta wrote that, "she acts with effortless ease and her performance is good".^[24] The film became a blockbuster at the box office, collecting 85 crore (US$16.96 million) within three weeks.^[25]

In early 2012, kajal appeared in Puri Jagannadh's directed Telugu film Business Man alongside Mahesh Babu. Upon release, the film broke the highest opening day collections record and became a critical and commercial success.^[26][27]

She will be the heroine of Suriya's Maatraan, which will be directed by K. V. Anand.^[28][29] She has also signed A. R. Murugadoss's Thuppakki opposite Vijay.^[30][31] She will also lead in Sukumar's Untitled Project opposite Mahesh Babu.^[32]

Filmography[link]

Sunil

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kajal Aggarwal at the Internet Movie Database
• Kajal Aggarwal Fan Website

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Na. Muthukumar (Tamil: நா. முத்துக்குமார்) is a Tamil poet, columnist and lyricist. He mainly works as a lyricist for Tamil film industry and his works include chartbuster hit songs like Balleilakka, En Kadhal Solla and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.

Career[link]

Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years.^[1] But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai, directed by Seeman.^[2] Since then, he has written songs for more than 50 films, written lyrics for more than 700 songs and worked with almost every contemporary Tamil film music composer and is currently one of the most important and most busiest writer in the Tamil film industry. Mostly he has worked together with Yuvan Shankar Raja and wrote lyrics to the songs, he composed. He even turned dialogue writer for the Tamil film Kireedam (2007), directed by A. L. Vijay.

Personal life[link]

On 24 June 2006, he got married Jeevalakshmi at the JS Marriage Hall in Vadapalani in Chennai.^[3]

Notable works[link]

Upcoming[link]

• Maatraan

Film songs[link]

• 7G Rainbow Colony
• Nandha
• Veyil
• Pudhupettai
• Chandramukhi
• Sivaji: The Boss
• Katrathu Thamizh
• Ghajini
• Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu
• Thambi
• Kaadhal Kondein
• Kaadhal
• Manmadhan
• Sandakozhi
• Deepavali
• Pokkiri
• Bheema
• Vazhthugal
• Azhagiya Thamizh Magan
• Satham Podathey
• Kalloori
• Vel
• Sakkarakatti
• Santhosh Subramaniam
• Aaru
• Vaaranam Aayiram
• Siva Manasula Sakthi
• Ayan
• Naadodigal
• Vaamanan
• Aadhavan
• Sura
• Yaaradi Nee Mohini
• Paiyaa
• Angadi Theru
• Singam
• Kalavani
• Madrasapattinam
• Naan Mahaan Alla
• Vaanam
• Rakta Charitra (Only for the Tamil version)
• Engeyum Kaadhal
• Avan Ivan
• Poi Solla Porom
• Narthagi
• Deiva Thirumagal
• Vanthaan Vendraan
• Nanban
• Aravaan
• Marina
• Billa II

Dialogues[link]

• Kireedam
• Jagatheswaran

Novels[link]

• Newtonin Moondram Vidhi (Poets collection)
• Graamam Nagaram Maanagaram
• Silk City

Awards[link]

• 2005: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist - Ghajini
• 2006: Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (Tamil) - Veyil
• 2007: Vijay Award for Best Lyricist - Sivaji: The Boss
• 2009: Vijay Award for Best Lyricist - Siva Manasula Sakthi
• 2009: Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (Tamil) - Ayan

References[link]

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Prakash Raj
Born	Prakash Rai (1965-03-26) 26 March 1965 (age 47) Puttur, Karnataka, India
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actor, producer, Film director
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Lalitha Kumari (1994–2009 divorced) Pony Verma (2010–present)
Children	Meghana Pooja Sidhu (2000 – 20 March 2004)[1]

Prakash Rai (born 26 March 1965), better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning film actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films.He got introduced to films by K. Balachander in the movie Duet (1994). In remembrance, he named his production company "Duet Movies".^[2][3]

He has played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil and of late, as a character actor. He is considered to be one amongst the club of natural actors. He has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram, a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan.^[4]

Early life[link]

Prakash Raj was born to a ethnic Bunt^[5] family in Puttur, Karnataka on 26 March 1965. He did his schooling from St.Joseph's Indian High School in Bangalore. He later joined St. Josephs College of commerce, Bangalore, where he participated in many plays.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

Prakash married actress Lalitha Kumari in 1994. They have two daughters—Meghana and Pooja and a son, Sidhu.^[6] Sidhu died of injuries sustained in a fall in 2004. The couple divorced in 2009.^[7] He then married choreographer Pony Verma on August 24, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

As actor[link]

Prakash began his acting career with Kannada Doordarshan serials like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha. He later took up supporting roles in Kannada films like Raamachari, Nishkarsha and Lockup Death. He was noticed for his dialogue delivery and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in form of Harakeya Kuri starring Vishnuvardhan and Geetha, directed by K. S. L. Swamy. His performance in the movie was noticed by Geetha and she, in turn, introduced him to her mentor K. Balachander, a Tamil film director. He acted under the screen name "Prakash Rai" in Kannada films and was rechristened "Prakash Raj" by K. Balachander for his debut Tamil film Duet, which saw him playing his first major role.