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Nagesh (born Nageswaran C. Krishna Gundu Rao) was a National Award-winning Tamil film actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian during the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most prolific comedians in Tamil cinema. He acted in over 1,000 films from 1958 to 2008, performing in a variety of roles as comedian, lead roles, supporting actor and antagonist. Nagesh's style of comedy was largely inspired by Hollywood actor Jerry Lewis. Similarities between Nagesh and Lewis earned Nagesh the sobriquet "Jerry Lewis of India".
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Nagesh
Birth name Nageswaran Ceiyur Krishna Gundu Rao
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 september 1933 at Dharapuram (Inde)
Death 31 january 2009 (at 75 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 september 1933 at Dharapuram (Inde)
Death 31 january 2009 (at 75 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Nagesh (born Nageswaran C. Krishna Gundu Rao) was a National Award-winning Tamil film actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian during the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most prolific comedians in Tamil cinema. He acted in over 1,000 films from 1958 to 2008, performing in a variety of roles as comedian, lead roles, supporting actor and antagonist. Nagesh's style of comedy was largely inspired by Hollywood actor Jerry Lewis. Similarities between Nagesh and Lewis earned Nagesh the sobriquet "Jerry Lewis of India".
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Guna 369 (2019)
, 2h35Genres Action, Romance
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Aachi Manorama, K. R. Vijaya, Muppalaneni Shiva, Nagesh, Manorama
Rating64%
Somewhere in the Tamil country, in one of its vast green campaigns... Muthaiya (MGR), a young agronomist and a farmer, full of ingenuity, a high integrity, a worker and a pride of his parents, the rich big landowner, The Pannaiyar Duraiswamy (Major Sundarrajan) and of his wife, devoted Sivagami (S. N. Lakshmi), revolutionize the exploitation of his father, by applying new methods of sowings.
Kochadaiiyaan (2014)
, 2h4Directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin
Origin Inde
Genres Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rajinikanth, R. Sarathkumar, Aadi Pinisetty, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar
Rating61%
A young boy named Rana, who hails from the kingdom of Kottaipattinam, leaves his family, despite his brother Sena pleading him not to do so. The boy soon meets with an accident while rowing in the river and is eventually discovered by some fishermen from the neighbouring kingdom of Kalingapuri, a rival of Kottaipattinam. Rana (Rajinikanth) grows up there and trains in weaponry, and grows up to be a fearless warrior. Due to his fighting skills and bravery, he soon wins the confidence of the king of Kalingapuri, Raja Mahendran, who promotes him as Commander-in-Chief of the Kalingapuri army. Rana's first job as Commander-in-Chief is to free the soldiers of his hometown Kottaipattinam, who are being treated as slaves, enlist them in the army and train them. He then seeks the permission of Raja Mahendran to attack Kottaipattinam, to which the latter agrees. However, during the war, Rana encounters his childhood friend, crown prince Sengodagan, the son of Rishikodagan, king of Kottaipattinam. Immediately signalling an end to the war, he, along with the soldiers disown Kalingapuri and return to Kottaipattinam, much to the disgust of Raja Mahendran and his son, crown prince Veera Mahendran, who swear revenge on Rana for tricking them and betraying Kalingapuri.
Shatruvu (2013)
, 2h7Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vijayakumar, Captain Raju, Brahmanandam, Jaya Prakash Reddy
Roles Contestable Ramayah
Rating74%
Ashok (Venkatesh) is an advocate who works as a junior along with his two friends Raghava (Maharshi Raghava) & Bhaskar for advocate Durga Prasad (Vijay Kumar) who always fights for Justice. Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi (Sangeetha) treat them as their own children. Venkataratnam (Kota Srinivasa Rao) is a powerful contractor who has the entire system in his hands. Once Venkataratnam cheats Govt by saying that he has constructed a hostel for poor people without doing it, just showing on papers. Durga Prasad takes up the case and gathers all the proofs against him. Venkataratnam threatens Durga Prasad a lot who does not yield to it. Finally, Venkataratnam kills Durga Prasad and his wife Lakshmi in front of the court and destroys all the evidence. Before dying, Durga Prasad takes a word from Ashok, that he should win this case in any circumstances. Ashok gives respect to his words and takes up the case, but he fails to get the case admitted because there is no evidence. In that frustration, Ashok reacts on Venkataratnam publicly in court, which leads to his suspension from the court and he has been arrested.
Amanush (2010)
, 2h45Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Saswata Chatterjee, Nagesh, Srikanth
Rating62%
Vinod (Soham Chakraborty), who orphaned at an early age,has grown up under the care of a church father, Father Rozario (Nagesh), in North Bengal, is an introvert but a genius. He is forcibly sent to college by Father Rozario but is a complete misfit in class. One day he solves a complex mathematics problem in class surprising his classmates. Though shunned by the rest of his class, Ria (Srabanti Chatterjee) becomes his friend and he gradually warms up to her too. His feelings soon turn into love but he realizes that Ria considers him as only a friend. But he is unwilling to let her go. Meanwhile Vinod learns that Ria is in love with another classmate, Aditya (Rehaan Roy).
Dasavatharam (2008)
, 3h5Directed by K.S.Ravikumar
Origin Inde
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Disaster films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat, K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh, P. Vasu
Roles Sheikh Mukhtaar
Rating72%
Bio-scientist Govindarajan Ramaswamy speaks at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium about chaos theory and the butterfly effect. He begins by reciting events from the 15th century in Chidambaram, when King Kulothunga Chola II, a Saivite, persecutes Vaishnavites and intends to destroy an idol of Govindaraja. Rangarajan Nambi, a Vaishnavite, protects it and offends the king, who orders Rangarajan to be executed by being submerged into the sea with the idol, succeeding.
Raman Thediya Seethai (2008)
, 2h38Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Cheran, Nagesh, Jayalalithaa, S. Manivannan, Remya Nambeesan
Rating72%
S.J.Raman (MGR), a very rich industrialist tries to find the soul mate.
Pazhani (2008)
, 2h48Directed by Perarasu, A. Bhimsingh
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Bharath, Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, Kushboo Sundar, R. Muthuraman, Devika
Roles Sandhanam
Nenjai Thodu (2007)
Actors Raai Laxmi, Nagesh, Nassar
The movie starts off with the Nasser losing his wife at the birth of his second son. He starts to hate his son and even leaves home with his first child. The child grows up into Siva(Gemini) and he lives with his grandparents who love him so much.
Pori (2007)
Actors Jiiva, Pooja Umashankar, Seeman, Karunas Sethu, Nagesh, Sampath Raj
Rating40%
Hari (Jiiva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh) an upright retired school teacher buys him a shop in a building with his PF money. He names it “Periyar Bookshop” and runs it with friend Karunas. Meanwhile he constantly bumps into Pooja (Pooja), a television reporter and a love-hate relationship happens!
Saravana (2006)
Directed by K.S.Ravikumar
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Silambarasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj, Five Star Krishna, Nagesh, Easwari Rao
Roles Saravana's grandfather
Rating51%
The movie begins with the engagement of Saravana's sister (Tharika). The house is full of joy and laughter, awaiting the return of Saravana from college. However, when Saravana (Silambarasan) returns, the family members are shocked. He has brought home a distraught and frightened girl, whom he introduces as his friend, Sadhana (Jyothika).
Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi (2006)
, 2h22Directed by Chimbu Deven
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Monica (a) M. G. Rahima, Vadivelu, Aachi Manorama, Nassar, Tejashree, Nagesh
Roles Raja Mokkaiyappar
Rating76%
In the South Indian kingdom of Cholapuram Paalayam in the year 1771, Raja Mokkaiyappar and his queen, Rajamatha Bhavani Ammaiyar are desperate for a child, as all their previous twenty-two children have died at birth. Unknown to them, Bhavani's brother, Sangilimayan, who is also the Rajaguru (Chief Minister), is responsible for the death of their children. Sangilimayan is shocked to see that his sister has given birth to twins. Before informing the king about the birth, he calls the palace astrologer, Chinnavadayaan, who predicts that the elder twin will be incapable of making decisions on his own while the younger one will be smarter. Sangilimayan orders the palace doctor, Kailasakaruppan, to kill the younger one, but Chinnavadayaan tells Sangilimayan that his actions would not be good for the kingdom. Instead, Sangilimayan orders the palace doctor to abandon the child in a nearby river. The elder child is named Pulikecei XXIII. Maragathavalli, Kailasakaruppan's childless wife, rescues the abandoned child from the river, and the couple decides to raise him as their own, naming him Ukraputhan.
Bose (2004)
, 2h45Directed by Senthil Kumar G
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Srikanth, Sneha, Kalabhavan Mani, Nagesh, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Manikka Vinayagam
Roles Bose's Grandfather
Rating49%
Bose, the eponymous hero (Srikanth) is a commando in the army. When a Union Minister (Kalbhavan Mani) is kidnapped by terrorists, Bose goes on a daring rescue operation and manages to pull it off. And that is enough for the Minister to have him as his personal security guard.
Vasool Raja MBBS (2004)
, 2h40Directed by Jacques Doillon, Saran
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, Sneha, Jayasurya, Prakash Raj, Nagesh
Roles Sriman Venkatraman
Rating78%
Rajaraman, nicknamed "Vasool Raja" (Kamal Haasan) is a local don in Chennai, making a living by collecting money from people who refuse or dilly-dally in paying their debts to others, with the help of his right hand man Vaddi (Prabhu Ganesan). Given that his father had wished him to be a doctor, he creates the faux Venkataraman Charitable Hospital (named after his father) and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father (Nagesh) and mother Kasturi (Rohini Hattangadi) visit him in Chennai.
Parthibhan Kanavu (2003)
, 2h52Directed by Karu Pazhanaiappan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Srikanth, Sneha, S. Manivannan, Devadarshini, Vivek, Nagesh
Rating67%
Parthiban (Srikanth) is a recent college grad, still young and undeterred by the pressures of the real world to hold down any one job for a long period of time. He falls in love with a girl (Sneha) he sees on the bus when loitering about with his friends. He finds that her tastes matches his perfectly. His parents, fed up with his ways, force him into an arranged marriage. Parthiban is surprised to learn that the girl he has been set up with is the same one he fell in love with. Unfortunately, he realizes that Sathya (Sneha), the girl he has married is a different woman, and that he actually loves a free-spirited, look-alike, Janani (Sneha again).
Kadhal Konden (2003)
, 2h45Directed by Selvaraghavan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal, Nagesh, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Daniel Balaji, Srikanth
Roles Church Father Rozario
Rating79%
Vinod (Dhanush), who has grown up under the care of a church father (Nagesh), is an introvert but a genius. He is forcibly sent to college by the father but is a complete misfit in class. Though shunned by the rest of his class, Divya (Sonia Agarwal) becomes his friend and he gradually warms up to her. His feelings soon turn into love but he realizes that Divya considers him as only a friend and learns that Divya is in love with another classmate, Aadhi (Sudeep Sarangi).