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Pandyan dynasty (Tamil: பாண்டியர்) was an ancient Tamil dynasty, one of the three Tamil dynasties (the other two being Chola and Chera), which ruled parts of South India until the 15th century CE. They initially ruled their country Pandya Nadu from Korkai, a seaport on the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula, and in later times moved to Madurai. Pandyan was well known since ancient times, with contacts, even diplomatic, reaching the Roman Empire. During the 13th century AD, Marco Polo mentioned it as the richest empire in existence. The Pandyan empire was home to temples including Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, and Nellaiappar Temple built on the bank of the river Thamirabarani in Tirunelveli. The Pandya kings were called either Jatavarman or Maravarman Pandyan. From being Jains in their early ages, they became Shaivaits after some centuries of rule.
The Pandyas of Southern India are believed to have been founded at least five to six centuries before the Christian Era with a very strong possibility of a more ancient date of establishment. Their recorded existence and mention are found in records dating to as early as 550 BCE. Emperor Augustus of Rome at Antioch knew of the Pandyan of Dramira and received a Pandyan ambassador with letters and gifts from this ancient Tamil Kingdom. Strabo described an ambassador to emperor Augustus Caesar from a South Indian King called Pandyan. The country of the Pandyas, Pandi Mandala, was described as Pandyan Mediterranea in the Periplus and Modura Regia Pandyan by Ptolemy.
Anushka Shetty (born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu (2006). After starring in a series of high-budget productions alongside leading Telegu and Tamil actors, she went on to became one of Telegu and Tamil cinema's leading actresses in the successive years, while receiving high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati, and as Saroja in Vedam, which fetched her two Filmfare, one Nandi and two CineMAA Awards.
Anushka Shetty was born as Sweety Shetty on 7 November 1981 in Mangalore. Shetty is an ethnic Bunt hailing from the landed Bellipady Uramalu Guthu family. Her parents are Prafulla and A.N. Vittal Shetty. She has two brothers Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty who is a cosmetic surgeon. She attended her schooling in Bangalore. She did her Bachelor of Computer Applications at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur.
Actors: Thambi Ramayya (actor), Samuthirakani (actor), D. Imman (composer), Prabu Solomon (producer), Junior Balaiya (actor), Pandi (actor), Swasika (actress), John Max (producer), Anbazhagan (director), Yuvan (actor), Mahima (actress),
Plot: Dayalan (Samuthirakani) joins a government school in a village as teacher. The pitiable condition of education in such government schools worries him. In the school, the teachers and students are like two rail tracks never meeting eye-to-eye. It bothers him more. The materialistic lives of the teachers play spoilsport on the children's motivation to learn. Dayalan expresses his desire to set things right. As expected, he faces the wrath of teachers and the students too. He introduces novel methods, gives confidence to students and motivates them to evince keen interest in education. But he faces a huge hurdle in the form of assistant headmaster Singam Perumal (Thambi Ramaiah).
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Manorama (actress), Delhi Ganesh (actor), Nasser (actor), Yuvan Shankar Raja (composer), Raju Sundaram (actor), Vijayakumar (actor), Ambika (actress), Kovai Sarala (actress), Jyothika (actress), Jyothika (actress), Suriya (actor), Suriya (actor), Madan Bob (actor), Vadivukkarasi (actress), Karan (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Kamal Hassan (producer), Kamal Hassan (actor), Nagesh (actor), Nasser (actor), Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (actor), Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (director), Urvashi (actor), Ilayaraja (composer), Revathy (actress), Rohini (actress), Thalaivasal Vijay (actor), Crazy Mohan (writer), Madan Bob (actor), R.S. Shivaji (actor), Sathya (actress),
Plot: This Tamil remake of "9 to 5" has three women working in the same office (Revathi, Rohini, Urvashi) who are constantly harassed by their lecherous boss (Nasser). The three decide to gang up against him, but a strange accident complicates things when the boss lands in a hospital and the three women end up with the dead body of a terrorist. Very watchable comedy, one of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao's best.
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