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Pravin Mani is a Sound Indian
Pravin Mani is an Indian musician who has been credited as singer and as music composer in Tamil and Telugu films in India. He has been a long term associate with noted music director, A. R. Rahman, with recent collaborations in Enthiran. He has also played a key role in the background scores for several Rahman films including Mudhalvan and Alaipayuthey. He resides in Toronto, Canada.
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A Gun & a Ring (2013)
, 1h44Directed by Lenin M. Sivam
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Crime
Rating61%
The film explores the intertwined stories of seemingly ordinary people over a two-week period in Toronto. A young man, Gnanam, who attributes all his failures to his dark past and tries to confront it once and for all; a passionate detective, John, who questions his integrity and passion after making a fateful call; a depressed gay teenager, Aathi, who blames his father and his ideology for the suicidal death of his lover; a compassionate widower, Sornam, who is too preoccupied with the war back in Sri Lanka to protect his daughter from harm’s way; a grieving man, Ariyam, who questions his immigrant life in Canada after the tragic death of his only son; and a brave young war victim, Aby, who arrives at a Canadian airport with the hope of a fresh start only to find that she’s been abandoned by her fiancé. The film tries to delve deeper into the harsh realities faced by different generations of immigrants as they try to build a life in the adopted land yet unable to let go of their pasts. All these characters are indirectly linked through a Gun and a Ring.
Mirattal (2012)
Directed by R. Madhesh
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Vinay Rai, Sharmiela Mandre, Prabhu, Rishi aka Rishi Raj, Pradeep Rawat, Pandiarajan
Rating55%
Gaganam (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Radha Mohan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Bharath Reddy, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Sana Khan
Rating72%
On a flight from Chennai to Delhi five passengers retrieve weapons hidden in the toilet and use them to hijack the plane. An engine is damaged during the struggle with the pilots so they make an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Government authorities arrive. The hijackers demand ₹100 Crore (c. US $22,000,000), the release of their imprisoned leader Yusuf Khan (Sricharan), and a fresh aircraft for their escape.
Chikku Bukku (2010)
Directed by V.Manikandan,
Actors Arya, Shriya Saran, Preetika Rao, Anoop Kumar, Manobala, Santhanam
Rating42%
Arjun (Arya), a London-based disc jockey, leads a happy life. Also there is Anu (Shriya Saran), who completes her MBA in a London university. One day, Arjun is forced to come to his native village in Karaikudi to ensure that his ancestral property is not sold. Also Anu too is forced to come to Madurai to meet her father who is injured in an accident. The two strangers meet in a train. There begins their journey towards their respective destinations. Meanwhile, a diary of Arjun's father pops out from his bag. He browses through it to understand his dad's love life. In flashback, the movie goes back to 1985. It is revealed that Sekar (Arya) returns to his village after getting selected as a Police.
Aadu Puli Attam (2006)
Actors Poovilangu Mohan
Mandahiran is an orphan turned gangster living in Tirunelveli. He works for a local underworld boss named Sadayan, whose gang kills and loots for money. Along the way, Mandhiran meets a Brahmin girl named Gayathri and the two fall in love. Mandhiran successfully helps Gayathri's family with a property dispute and, thus, wins the favor of her father. A special police task force headed by Vellaithurai has been assigned to track the gang and bring it to justice. The movie revolves on Sadayan's gang trying to stay one step ahead of the police and avoid capture, and whether Mandhiran and Gayathri's relationship will eventually lead to marriage.
Balram v/s Tharadas (2006)
, 2h35Directed by I. V. Sasi
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Mammootty, Katrina Kaif, Siddique, Mukesh, Vani Viswanath, Spadikam George
Rating31%
The movie is set into motion when a large cache of arms is discovered in the land belonging to the local businessman Hussein Sahib (Rizabawa). On investigation, Inspector Varma (Mukesh) finds that Hussein Sahib has no idea about this, but the land was used by someone called Anali Bhaskaran. The Inspector, along with his colleagues Sudhakaran (Jagadeesh) go to arrest Bhaskaran, but they are given a good fight. As the police are being beaten, the screen alternates between a police jeep appearing on the scene and Anali Bhaskaran trying to knife people. Suddenly a hand appears in the scene and beats Bhaskaran.
Perarasu (2006)
Genres Action, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Debina Bonnerjee, Prakash Raj, Sarath Babu, Pandiarajan, Ragasiya, Anandaraj
Rating49%
It is basically an investigative film as CBI officer Kasi Viswanath (Vijaykanth) is entrusted to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Judge Sadasivam (Nassar). The Kasi Viswanathan team comprises junior officer Kesavan Nair (Anad Raj) and a constable (Pandiaraj).
Finger Print (2005)
Genres Thriller
Actors Jayaram, Indrajith Sukumaran, Gopika, Nedumudi Venu, Devan, Saikumar
Rating48%
A patriarch (Nedumudi Venu) of a royal family whose descendant was murdered, assigns the task of finding the culprit to two of his police officer nephews - Vivek (Jayaram) and Kishore (Indrajith).
Ramji Londonwaley (2005)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors R. Madhavan, Samita Bangargi, Satish Shah, Rajendranath Zutshi, Akhilendra Mishra, Abha Parmar
Rating65%
Ramji (Madhavan), a naive and docile village cook dreams of marrying his sister to a good family, as they are orphans and it becomes his sole responsibility. As per convention he has to shell out dowry for the marriage and somehow falls short of the agreed sum. Incidentally the groom's family happens to admire the food cooked by Ramji and plan to send him to London as a cook for multi millionaire London based Indian family. In return he has to send part of his salary as a compensation for the dowry he owes.
By the People (2005)
Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Actors Narain, Anaitha Nair, Sreejith Ravi, Joju George
Two years after the events in 4 the People, a group of four students join up to fight corruption in education. They are angered with the suicide of a student who does not get a loan for her studies. The police department brings Rajan Mathew (Sunil) back from the administrative job that he had been shifted to for killing a student.
Daivanamathil (2005)
Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Karthika Menon, Cochin Haneefa, Zeenath A. P., Radhika, Nilambur Ayisha
Rating59%
The story is about Anwar (Pritviraj) who discontinues his education further at the Aligarh Muslim University soon after his marriage. During his stay the Babri Masjid demolition occurs and as a result he turns a fundamentalist. His wife an educated Muslim girl (Bhavana) tries to alter and change the ideals of her Islamist fanatic husband. But to reform himself he rather chooses the way to jail and starts afresh. The thread of the story is the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition and the Gujarat riots.
Rain, Rain .. Come Again (2004)
, 3hDirected by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Jassie Gift, Aashish Khan
Rating41%
The film begins with Dinesh, an orphan boy arrives in Allosyus college which maintains a longstanding rivalry with Agnes Women's College for some unknown reason. Agnes college tries to acquire NAAC accreditation, but Dinesh along with allosyus college authorities spoil the plan. They also spoil the youth festival of their rivals. In retaliation, Agnes college under the leadership of Sree defame the name of Allosyus college by trapping them in a scandal. Meanwhile under the leadership of a professor, satanism slowly extends its clutches in the college. The satanists including professor and Franko, another student kills students one by one, including Sree's friend Daisy.
Udhaya (2004)
, 2h13Genres Drama
Actors Vijay, Simran, Nassar, Rajesh, Vivek, Thalaivaasal Vijay
Rating45%
Udhayakumaran aka Udhaya(Vijay) is a college student who is doing research on atomic physics. Soon he is selected to study at Cambridge University due to the papers he has submitted on his research. However he declines and his teacher gives him the job of another teacher who is on leave. There he meets a student Vasanthi (Simran) and soon they fall in love. But later on he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. As he can't see his lover married off to someone else he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine with the help of Basheer (Vivek). He tries to fight for social change during which Basheer gets killed. He unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who introduce him to their boss Dhananjay Veeran(Nassar) who poses as a person fighting for the people. They all promise to help him in his goals. Dhananjay asks Udhaya for a weapon to help break the granite rocks to save labour. Udhaya gives him a bomb that he had discovered during his research. However Dhananjay had other plans and uses it to cause a train to explode thereby killing many people. They frame him up. That night Udhaya is arrested by the police (Thalaivasal Vijay) and is accused of the bomb blast for which he was not responsible. Udhayakumar tries to fight his way out but in vain. In the process his father Muthuswamypillai(Rajesh) dies of heart attack on seeing his son in jail, himself being a retired constable. When Udhaya comes to his village to see his dead father Vasanthi tells him that his boss is not helping at all. While they are returning, the police jeep gets stuck in mud. So Udhaya, finding an opportunity, then cuts his handcuffs using one of the guns left behind by the police. He then sees Dhananjay Veeran and Niranjan discussing a plot to bomb a school bus and realises that Dhananjay is behind all this. He goes to the spot where one bus catches fire and Udhaya saves the children. Dhananjay arrives and seeing Udhaya attempts to shoot him but Udhaya stops him. Udhaya beats him up and throws him into the burning bus. The police arrests Udhaya despite the children's protests to not arrest him. He is taken to court where he is proven to not be guilty and is released. The film ends with Udhaya embracing Vasanthi.