Tamil Movie Review Ammani - Cast & Crew

The shift from acting to direction is becoming more popular today – with actresses jumping the fence at an increasing rate. Lakshmy Ramakrishna’s first attempt as a director was noticed in ‘Aarohanam’ in 2012 which was lauded by audiences as well as by the critics. The apparent ease with which actor becomes directors is not very popular amongst actresses. Hence, she caught the media attention in India and her second film "Ammini" was based on a 79-year-old woman rag-picker, whom she met in a TV show. When she got this idea, she did not waste her time and narrated the story to producer Ven Govind and felt that the rag-picker woman will remain as a theme of her film. In this film, she also plays a very important role.

Earlier, in 2014, she made another attempt in her directorial venture. She made ‘Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe’ which was based on a journey to Trichy and Karaikal and had dealt with petrol issues witnessed in the society. The film was low budgeted and the film was also appreciated by critics, and could not capture the minds of viewers.

Before making her debut as a director, she had acted in TV serials (Aval in STAR Vijay) and was seen in the reality show ‘Solvathellam Unmai’ in Zee Tamil. She has tried a couple of Tamil films as a supporting actress and even performed extremely well in a film Yuddham Sei, where this noted actress had shaved her head for her lifetime role
Interestingly, the first film that came her way was also by a chance. It was director A. K. Lohithadas, who wanted to use Ramakrishnan's house for shooting his Malayalam film ‘Chakkara Muthu’ (2006). This film gave her first break in a supporting role. Later, she also played Sneha’s mother role in another film and after acting in supporting actress’ role, she stepped behind the camera to direct actors now.

Ven Govinda is a producer who belongs to the Kollywood Industry. He currently resides at Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is a Non-Resident Indian. Ven Govinda is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of the production house called Tag Entertainment.

K R Imran Ahmedh is a Tamil Cinematographer from Chennai. He was part of many loved movies like Ammani where he made a mark with his creative and unique way of following and making abundant use of the source of natural light and working around it to the best capability possible.

Tapas Nayak is a well-known sound designer of India. He was born on 12-12-1950. He is famous in both Bollywood and Tollywood for his great work. He started his career in the year 2000, and he completed his 18 years in the industry.

Rejith K. R. is a film editor based in Kerala, India. He has predominantly worked in the Kollywood and Mollywood film industries, particularly in Malayalam and Tamil language movies. He is known for working in the movie Nila, which was released in 2016. Rejith worked as the editor, while the film was directed by Selvamani Selvaraj. It is a story about a young man who comes across his childhood love on a rainy night in the city of dreams.

Suresh Chandra is a renowned Public Relations Officer, working primarily in the Tamil film industry and for some movies in the Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industry. He celebrates his birthday on 10 May. He is credited as the P.R.O. for a whopping 190 movies. He is the publicist of famed actor Ajith Kumar. Suresh started his career as a P.R.O. in the Ajith Kumar starrer, Mankatha (2011). This Tamil action thriller follows the story of a suspended cop who gets caught up in a gangster’s world. Directed and written by VenkatPrabhu, this movie garnered positive reviews and got nominated for several awards.

Nithin Sathya was born on the 9th of January in the year 1980. He is a professional Tamil film actor. His birth place is Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He made his debut in a film named ‘Kalatpadai’ in the year 2003. He was also seen portraying an important role in the film ‘Chennai 600028’ in the year 2007. After that we haven’t seen him act as a hero. He was the villain in ‘Satham Padathey’ in the year 2007. In the film ‘Raman Thediya Seethai’, we could see Nithin as a supporting actor.

Sherif is a talented and a well-known Tamil Choreographer in India. He is a self-confessed hyperactive individual with a curious soul, who loves to experiment. At almost 35 years of age now, he has achieved new heights in the Kollywood industry. In 2009, he won the Dance Reality Show “Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva” and has become the first preference of many known Tamil Movie Directors. With the immense amount of pressure to meet deadlines in the Kollywood industry, he takes guidance from his Dance Reality Show experience to handle the pressure.

Na. Muthukumar is a poet, lyricist, writer and novelist, who writes in Tamil. He is famous for writing scripts and songs for Tamil films. Na. Muthukumar was born on 12 July 1975 in a small village named ‘Tirur’ near Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. His Father, Mr Nagaraj was a Tamil teacher.Mr Nagaraj always maintained a collection of 5000 books throughout his life, and after he had passed away, this collection was preserved by his son in his office. Also, his mother passed away when he was merely four years old. Muthukumar reminisces that he acquired most of the knowledge of his life from his father’s book collection. Also, to help others he has plans to open a library where everybody could access those books. Na. Muthukumar began his career with a dream to be a director. So, he started working under director Balu Mahendra for about four years as assistant director. But due to turn of events, he landed into being a lyricist. He began with writing the lyrics for the Tamil movie ‘Veera Nadai’ which was directed by Seeman.

Born on January 8, 1987, in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, Krishna Kumar, known by his stage name K is a Tamil music composer working in documentaries and films. When he was four months old, his folks shifted to Chennai. He completed schooling in Chennai at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, where he took exercises in playing the Keyboard. He immediately advanced and finished certified Grade 8 tests in music with the Trinity College of Music at London. K graduated in Genetic Engineering with B. Tech degree from SRM University in Chennai. His melodic ability found an way to outlet when he became the part his first musical gang aged 12 and afterward played with an rock and roll band named 'Panatella' for quite a long while after that.