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Vaali is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Playback Singer Indian born on 29 october 1931 at Srirangam (Pakistan)
Vaali (born T. S. Rangarajan; 29 October 1931 – 18 July 2013) was an Indian poet and lyricist whose works were in Tamil, had a five-decade long association with the Tamil film industry, wrote over 15,000 songs. He acted in a number of films, including Sathya, Hey Ram, Paarthale Paravasam and Poikkal Kudhirai. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.
He died on 18 July 2013 in Chennai following respiratory illness, at the age of 81.
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Birth name T. S. Rangarajan
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 october 1931 at Srirangam (Pakistan)
Death 18 july 2013 (at 81 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 october 1931 at Srirangam (Pakistan)
Death 18 july 2013 (at 81 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri
Biography
Vaali moved to Madras in the 1950s seeking an opportunity in Tamil film industry. In the 1960s and 1970s, he received patronage from actor M. G. Ramachandran and became a successful lyricist, in competition with poet Kannadasan, which he had chronicled in his autobiography Naanum Indha Nootrandum. Vaali has also authored other books such as Avathara Purushan, Pandavar Bhoomi, Ramanuja Kaviyam, Krishna Vijayam, Thamizh Kadavul, Kalaignar Kaviyam, Krishna Bhakthan and Vaaliba vaali. His song "Amma Endru Azhaikatha Uyir Illaiye" is carved in the stone in a temple in Trichy. He wrote songs for M. G. Ramachandran in 63 films and also for Sivaji Ganesan in 70 films.He has written more than 15000 songs in tamil films.He died on 18 July 2013 in Chennai following respiratory illness, at the age of 81.
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Kadhal Virus (2002)
Directed by Kadhir
Actors Richard Rishi, Sridevi Vijaykumar, Abbas, Aachi Manorama, Manorama, Raghuvaran
Rating54%
Deepak is a budding filmmaker trying to get his first production out. He meets and falls in love with Geetha, and decides to take his relationship with her further once his first film is made. Misunderstandings lead to their separation, and her eventual marriage to Rajiv, a struggling actor who is looking for a role in Deepak's next film.
Paarthale Paravasam (2001)
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors R. Madhavan, Simran, Raghava Lawrence, Sneha, Vaali, Cochin Haneefa
Roles Perriappa
Rating51%
Madhava (Madhavan) is a doctor, and a single appearance as hero in a film has made him the heartthrob of thousands of girls. He marries Simi (Simran), but a revelation about his past separates them and takes them as far as divorce. They remain friends though, even going so far as to fix up each other's second marriages.
Hey Ram (2000)
, 3h22Directed by Kamal Haasan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kamal Haasan, Shahrukh Khan, Atul Kulkarni, Hema Malini, Rani Mukherjee, Abbas
Roles Bhashyam Iyengar
Rating78%
The film is about a protagonist's journey from religious hatred to love with the theme of the partition of Bengal in the background. Its relevance in the present Indian environment clouded by religious extremism was widely unrecognised. This is the story of Saket Ram, as narrated by his grandson. The film takes place as Ram, a retired archaeologist, lies on the deathbed, on 6 December 1999, the 7th anniversary of the destruction of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.
Sathya (1988)
Directed by Suresh Krissna
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Kamal Haasan, Amala Akkineni, Rajesh, Nassar, Vadivukkarasi, Kitty
Roles Mariappa's associate
Rating78%
Sathya (Kamal Hassan) is a young man who wants to make a difference and ends up becoming a henchman to a political leader who has his own agenda.
Poikkal Kudhirai (1983)
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama
Actors Viji, Radha Ravi, Kamal Haasan, Ramakrishna, Raveendran (Ravindher), Vaali
Roles Sambandham
Rating65%
Poikkal Kudhirai is a comedy film based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon
Server Sundaram (1964)
, 2h38Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nagesh, R. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi, Sundarrajan
Roles Special Apperance in "Avalukkenna" Song
Rating78%
Sundaram (Nagesh), a poor man, comes to Madras with aspirations of becoming a film actor. However, he ends up getting a job in a restaurant called Greenlands Hotel as a waiter. While catering for a group of people who go on an excursion to Mahabalipuram, he meets Radha (K. R. Vijaya), the daughter of his restaurateur, Chakravarthy (Major Sundarrajan). He misinterprets her friendly nature as love and falls in love with her. In the meantime, Sundaram happens to meet his friend Raghavan (R. Muthuraman), an influential businessman, in the restaurant. During their subsequent meetings, Sundaram tells Raghavan about his ambition to become an actor as well as about his love for Radha, without mentioning her name. Raghavan genuinely believes that the girl reciprocates Sundaram's feelings and motivates Sundaram to express his love.
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Aal (2014)
Genres Thriller
Actors Vidharth, Malaika Shenoy
Roles Lyricist
Rating53%
It is about the life of an Ordinary man Facing an extraordinary Situation in a Single day.The story starts in sikkim and travels with an grip towards the climax in chennai.The film screens about how the youngsters are bought to the terrorism.Amir(vidharth) is an intelligent professor who has already been in love with meenakshi(hardika shetty) works in sikkim , when he visits back to chennai he was threatened to join in terrorism by capturing his family and lover, then the extraordinary things happen in one day is shown very thrilling and makes the audience to sit in edge of seat with what happens next screenplay.Aal is an good movie which receives good reviews from the critics but fails to do in box office collections.
Thirudan Police (2014)
, 2h17Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dinesh, Aishwarya Rajesh, Bala Saravanan, Nithin Sathya, John Vijay, Rajendran
Roles Lyricist
Rating57%
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
Roles Lyricist
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.
Yaan (2014)
, 2h52Directed by Ravi K. Chandran
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Jiiva, Thulasi Nair, Nassar, Thulasi Nair, Thulasi Nair, Prakash Raj
Roles Lyricist
Rating37%
The film begins in Mumbai, where the cops plan the encounter of a terrorist 'Malik' (Nawab Shah), who is a notorious criminal.The cops succeed in trapping him and the Commissioner of police, Anwer kills Malik. Then comes Chandru (Jiiva), a happy go lucky jobless youth who lives in his Grandmother's expense. Chandru meets Sreela (Thulasi Nair) on the day of encounter and helps her elope the spot, saving her life. Chandru falls for Sreela at first sight and starts to follow her. Though initially she refuses him, they both fall in love soon. As usual, Sreela's father (Nasser) Opposes their marriage, as Chandru is jobless and doesn't have an income.Hence Chandru decides to find a job with full fledge. He finally gets a job offer in 'Basilistan', a strict Islamic nation. Chandru travels to Basilistan with the help of a travel agent 'Haridas'. He also introduces Iqbal, an autistic teen boy to Chandru, who is also travelling to Basilistan for a work and asks Chandru to take care of him till they reach Basilistan, Morocco.
Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013)
, 2h25Genres Comedy
Actors Power Star Srinivasan, Santhanam, Vishakha Singh, Srinivasan, Sethu, VTV Ganesh
Roles Lyricist
Rating54%
Three friends Kaliyaperumal (Santhanam), Power Kumar (Srinivasan) and Shiva (Sethu) have no occupation other than getting drunk and chasing girls. A pretty girl named Sowmiya (Vishaka) moves in with her family to the house opposite Shiva. The three friends fall for the girl's beauty and make a gentlemen's agreement to let the girl choose her boyfriend. The three attempt different methods to woo her. Shiva helps Sowmiya's aunt (Kovai Sarala) in household work; Kaliyaperumal joins Sowmiya's uncle (Ganesh) to learn singing; Power joins Sowmiya's father (Shivshankar) to learn Bharathanatiyam. One day, when none of her other family members are home, the three eventually profess their love, leaving Sowmiya confused. Following the advice of her neighbour (Devadarshini), Sowmiya reveals to all three that she loves actor Simbu. The neighborhood boys then decide to bring Simbu as a gift for Sowmiya's birthday, but Simbu says he does not know anyone named Sowmiya. They then hire a thug named "Kolaveri" David to kidnap Simbu, but he kidnaps Sowmiya instead when he learns he is supposed to kidnap Simbu. After Simbu refuses to help her, Shiva, KK and Power go and save Sowmiya, and she falls in love with Shiva, because Power and KK had earlier beaten Sowmiya's uncle and father severely.
Udhayam NH4 (2013)
, 1h53Directed by Manimaran
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Siddharth, Kay Kay Menon, Kishore, Ashrita Shetty, Avinash, Aadukalam Naren
Roles Lyricist
Rating57%
Prabhu Sivaanu (Siddharth) and his friends discuss the route from Bangalore to Chennai and plan to kidnap Rithika (Ashrita Shetty). Meanwhile her dad appoints encounter specialist Manoj Menon (Kay Kay Menon) who questions Rithika's male friend Deepak (Deepak) about Prabhu. The guy claims that Prabhu is a drug addict and was always trying to woo Rithika, who started to avoid him because of Prabhu. After that the plot continues when Manoj tries to track Prabhu and his friends. In the attempt, they track down a message from another friend Umesh asking Prabhu and friends to come to Bangarpet bus stand only to find Manoj and his team arresting the guy for more information. Manoj goes to a railway station where the train in which Prabhu and Rithika are travelling to Chennai. He finds Rithika and forcefully drags her into his jeep. As the flashback winds again (this time by Rithika), she fell for Prabhu after seeing him on many instances showing his presence of mind. As the flashback ends, Manoj finds Prabhu on the highway where he doesn't stop until he runs over pieces of glass put down by Prabhu. They get into a brawl where Prabhu loses and Manoj continues in the highway but has to stop in a railway signal. Prabhu takes his chance and threatens Manoj keeping his throat under a blade and taking Rithika with him. After a cat and mouse chase, Manoj calls Prabhu saying that his friend needs immediate treatment after an accident. He goes in search of Manoj and involves in a fight with him again. Now, after the stroke of midnight Rithika turns 18 giving her the right for choosing her partner. After that Manoj leaves the Highway as he couldn't do anymore according to law.
Baana Kaathadi (2010)
, 2h26Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Atharvaa, Prasanna, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Karunas Sethu, Manobala, Murali
Roles Lyricist
Rating56%
One day, in his rush to grab hold of a falling kite, Ramesh(Adharvaa) bumps into Priya (Samantha), a fashion technology student. In the process, her pendrive falls into his pocket, without either of them realising. The pendrive consists of six months' worth of Priya's project work, and she needed to submit it. Asking the principal for an extension, Priya searches for Ramesh, and finally manages to find him. She thoroughly humiliates him, while he denies the pendrive is with him. After college one day, Ramesh and his friends see Priya on the road. They tease her and infuriate her, eventually leading to her slapping him.
Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai (2010)
, 2h40Directed by Thiru
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Vishal, Neetu Chandra, Sarah-Jane Dias, Tanushree Dutta, Santhanam, Sathyan
Roles Lyricist
Rating56%
Karthik (Vishal Krishna) is a lazy, jobless, upper middle-class guy and the only son of his father who is a bank manager (T. S. B. K. Mouli), hanging around always with his friends, an auto driver Kumar (Santhanam), a tea-shop owner Shekar (Mayilsamy) and a traffic constable Vishnu (Sathyan). Over-ambitious in his life, he always wants the best of everything in his life, from pens and clothes to every other accessories, and has made it a rule to try out everything before zeroing in on one. Now wanting to choose his best life partner, he applies the same method and decides to select three girls, whom he would romance at the same time and make to fall in love with him, then reject two of them and finally marry the third one.
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Tarun Shatriya - Sulil Kumar
Roles Lyricist
Rating64%
Thulasi (Thananya) comes to Muttam village along with her grandmother (Nagamma) after her parent’s desert her. She joins a government school in the village to pursue her studies. Enters Koochan (Ramakrishnan) who falls for her instantly. Koochan's mother Chandra (Agavamma) helps the poor Thulasi to pursue her studies. However coming to know about their romance, Agavamma insults Thulasi and her grandmother and drives them out of the village when Koochan is out on a school tour. A shocked Koochan returns only to meet with a road mishap. Meanwhile, Thulasi, who seeks refuge in a family at Tuticorin is forced to marry a rowdy Drama (Tharun Chatriya). On the day of their marriage, he gets arrested by police. His wayward lifestyle invites trouble and he eventually gets arrested for murdering a youth.