Tamil Movie Review Sandamarutham - Cast & Crew

Radhika is a famous actress in multiple of languages like Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. She did her education in different places like Sri Lanka, India, and the United Kingdom. She was born in India. Her father is a famous Tamil comedian actor, M. R. Radha, and her mother is Geetha Radha. She has married with Sarathkumar at Chennai. She has a son and a daughter.

Meera Nandan also known as Meera Nandakumar is a Malayalam TV actress who mostly hosts television shows in Malayalam language and also appears and features in South Indian Movies including Malayalam movies. Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on November 26, 1990, to parents Nandakumar and Maya in Kochi, Kerala, India. Meera did her schooling from Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir in Elamakkara and did her graduation in English Literature from St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam and she is currently pursuing her Master’s degree from Presidency College, Bangalore. Another famous and noted Malayalam actress Divya Unni is a relative of Meera. During her college days, Meera Nandan got offers for modelling and was first seen in the advertisement for Mohanlal’s Taste buds. In the year 2007, she got the opportunity to anchor Idea Star Singer on Asianet TV which won her accolades and she was noticed. Simultaneously, she also anchored TV shows which were telecast on Amritha TV and Jeevan TV. Meera made her debut in the Malayalam movies with Lal Jose’s Mulla, in Tamil movie industry with the movie Valmiki and in the Telugu film industry with Jai Bolo Telengana in the year 2011 all of them were successful at the box office. Meanwhile, Meera got a marriage proposal from a noted Tamil film director but she politely rejected the proposal on the context for her not being ready for marriage and wanting to set and concentrating on her acting career. She won Kerala state awards for playing the second lead in the TV serial Veedu. Currently Meera is shooting for the Telugu film- 4th degree, for the Malayalam films- Kattum Mazahayum, Apothecary and Ennu Swantham Elinjikkavu PO and the Tamil film Sandamarutham.
 

Avani Modi is an Indian model and a film actress, who got noticed for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama film Calendar Girls. Her father, Vinod Modi, had worked with Kajol’s dad, Shomu Mukherjee at Filmalaya studio, suburban Mumbai, before shifting base to Gujarat. 

Oviya has proved that she is more than a pretty face by taking her talent to the big screen. The fashion world has been buzzing since she did some catwalk and even appeared in some commercials. She made her debut in Malayalam cinema and worked in three Mollywood movies and even since she had made her acting debut in Kollywood, the excitement has been approaching at an unbearable level. Oviya  is now a busy actress in Tamil cinema having a half-a-dozen projects in her hand, and she is working now in a Hindi film "Yeh Ishq Sarfira" which is almost nearing completion. Before starring in "Kalavani" and appearing in hit movies like Pandiraj's ‘Marina’, and Sundar C.'s ‘Kalakalappu’, the actress had been a gifted modeler. She wants now to try different characters in various languages.

Nalini or Rani in real life is a South Indian actress, comedian and producer who became popular during the 80’s. She was born on June 24, 1962 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Nalini got married to Tamil film actor, Ramarajan in year 1987, but they got divorced later in the year 2000. They have twin children, namely Aruna and Arun who were born in year 1988.

A. Venkatesh is the well-known director of Tamil films. He is famous for directing the movies in very short period. He started his career by working as an assistant director under K. Rajeshwar for two films project namely “Idhaya Thamarai” (1990) and “Nyaya Tharasu” (1989). Further, he also worked with Pavithran for “Vasanthakala Paravai” (1991) and “Suriyan” (1992). Then he worked as an associate director in “Kadhalan” (1994) and “Gentleman” (1993) with director Shankar. The film “Kadhalan” turned out to be a fortunate one for him as, during this movie the producer, G. K. Reddy approached him to direct a film. And so, in 1996, his success journey began. He directed his debut by the film “Mahaprabhu” with Sukanya, R. Sarathkumar and Vineetha in leading roles.

Listin Stephen is an Indian film distributor and producer. His work is predominant in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. He has his own production company called Magic Frames which he founded. His debut as a producer was in the 2011 film Traffic, which made Malayalam cinema see a new age of filmmaking style. Stephen was born on 1 st June 1986 in Uzhavoor, Kottayam, Kerala. His second film as a producer after his debut was Chaapa Kurish which encountered controversies, but still gave a hit.

NS Uthaya Kumar is a Tamilian by birth and heart – born and brought up in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He finished his schooling at Anjuham Higher Secondary School in the district of West Mambalam and knew that he had an affinity for the arts at a very early stage in his life.

James Vasanthan is a popular musician, TV host and also a judge in music competitions. James was born in Tiruchirapalli and he did his schooling there in YWCA Primary school and Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School. He completed his graduation in Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Jamal Mohammad College. Due to his interest in music, he learned Carnatic music by attending the classes in Madras University. He is also good in Western music, which he learnt from Trinity College in United Kingdom. He is well versed with few instruments like Guitar and Pianoforte too.

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.

Gana Ulaganathan is a playback singer by profession and also an actor of the Indian film industry who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. His record labels include Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Think Music India, 2013 Times Music, Five Star Audio, and Vincey Productions.

Jithin Raj is a playback singer as well as an actor who has sung mainly in South Indian movies. He is a native of Malappuram, a district in Kerala but settled in Chennai for achieving more heights in the field of music.

Sathya Prakash is a popular south Indian villain actor, who hailed from Odisha. His father was a government staff and Sathya got a place in the government school and he completed his schooling. Sambalpur, Burgad and Burhampur are the places, where Sathya completed his graduation and post graduation. Sathya did his MBA in Kolkata. He was a bank employee for a few years.

Avinash is a Kannada actor, who has starred in South Indian language films and notably in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil film industries. Avinash completed Master of Arts in Literature from the Mysore University and began his Career as a lecturer of English. In the beginning of his career, he was very active in the English theater circuit in Bangalore. He was following theater during his college days and he got into films. Avinash has acted in more than 200 movies in his career. Avinash married lawyer turned actress Malavika, who was his co-star in the soap opera Mayamriga.

Avinash made his debut in the movie ‘Thrishoola’. Unfortunately, the movie was not released due to reasons. He was introduced to the Kannada film industry through another movie “Samyuktha”. His first notable role was as saint Madhvacharya in the movie Madhavacharya by G.V.Iyer. Some of the famous films in which he acted are Chinnari Mutha, Nishkarsha, Mathadaana, lockup death, Appu, Dweepa, Chigurida Kanasu, Apthamitra, Chandramukhi, and Amrithadhare. For over a period of years, Avinash with his exceptional acting steadily built a place for himself in the film industry. Avinash is much sought after supporting actor in the Kannada film industry.

He won many awards. Some awards are Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mathadaana, Suvarna Film awards for Best Performance in a negative role for Prithvi. SICA (South India Cinematographers Association) Award for best supporting actor for Singarava, Film fare Award for best supporting actor for Aptharakshaka. Avinash is a keen cricket enthusiast himself. He also actively takes parts in actor Vishnuvardhan's Snehaloka Cricket Team (SCT).

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Avinash B. S. is a motion picture actor from India. He acts in Kannada films predominantly. Avinash was an entrepreneur by profession initially. But his love and passion for acting made him divert his energies in a different path. He has been looking forward to getting into films since a long time, but his business kept him from doing so. It has always been Avinash B. S.’s dream to get into the cinema industry. However, he was very busy with his former work. Along with having a packed schedule, he also did not have the correct knowledge of how to make his way into the industry.

Delhi Ganesh is one of the veteran Tamil actors, born on August 1, 1944. He worked in Food Corporation of India (FCI) between 1964 and 1974. Because of his interest towards films, he dropped his job. He is a Delhi drama group member of Dakshina Bharata Nataka Sabha (DBNS) and the reason why he is called as, Delhi Ganesh. He was presented by Mr. K. Balachander (1976- Pattana Pravesham). In a span of three decades, he completed more than 400 films. Mostly he portrays supporting roles like, father or comedian and a notable villain thing in the film Apporva Sagodharargal.
He has a son named, Shyam Ganesh. Delhi Ganesh appeared in more than 400 movies and 16 TV serials. His notable serial includes, Marmadesam, a thriller-drama TV series in Tamil and Veettukku Veedu Lootty. He also appeared in advertisements for TVS 50, the Popular Appalam and Roobini Oil and also appeared in a supporting character in Chennai Express.
He got the Tamil Nadu State Government Best Actor award for his performance in PASI in 1979. He also received various state awards like Kalaimamani award given by Minister J. Jeyalalitha.
He also established his skill as dubbing artist for Vishnuvardhan (Mazhalai Pattalam) and Chiranjeevi (47 Naatkal) films.
Delhi Ganesh also appeared in TV serials Kasthuri from Sun TV, Porantha Veeda Pugantha Veeda, Pallankuzhi, Vasantham, Manaivi, Enge Brahmanan, Chellamae, Ippadikku Thendral, Thirupaavai, Manithargal, Dinesh Ganesh, Aahaa, Thennilavu, and Sondha Bandham.
Some of his notable film appearances are from Sindhu Bhairavi, Nayagan, Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Aahaa, and Dus.

Imman Annachi is one of the most popular television anchors in the history of Tamil Television. He is also a well-known actor and comedian and is best known for his sense of humor. He gained popularity through popular television shows such as 'Kutty Chutties' and 'Sollunganne Sollunga'. He was born as Immanuel in the city of Thiruvaluthinadar Vilai in the district of Thoothukudi in Eral in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was a talented young man since his early life and got his fame and recognition after he appeared on a talk show on Makkal TV.

Kadhal Dhandapani was a living legend and will always be With us as our legend. He was a very senior actor featuring In more than 200 films and has worked in three languages.

Mohan Raman is a Tamil actor who appears mostly in comedy and supportive roles in cinema and as lead negative roles in TV serials. In addition to being an actor, he is also a Management trainer and Philatelist.. He is the son of politician V.P.Raman and the brother of P.S.Raman, a former advocate general of Tamil Nadu. His daughter Vidyullekha Raman is also an actress now.

Radha Ravi is a populous actor cum producer in the Tamil cinema industry. He has come from a cinema background family, where his father, brother, and sisters were the actors. He is the son of the popular actor M R Radha, who is well known for his villainy and character roles in the early 50s and 60s. Radha Ravi was born in the year 1952. He did his graduation in the New College in Chennai. He has a brother called M.R.R.Vasu and three sisters namely Rashya, Rani and Radhikala. Radhika and Nirosha are his half-sisters.

Venniradai was born in 1936.His exact birthdate is unknown, yet it's assumed to be on 1st January. His sun sign is Capricorn. His hometown is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He's presently 80 years old. His birth name is Moorthy Nataraja Shastri. He has completed his schooling and held a Bachelor of Law (B.L.) degree. He also happens to be a self-proclaimed astrologer. He's a well-known Tamil comedian, scriptwriter, and actor. He has participated in many Tamil movies as a comedian as well as played many supporting roles in television serials. He is married to actress Manimala, and his child's name is Mano Moorthy. He was the scriptwriter of famous Southern actor Kamal Hassan's debut movie titled ‘Maalai Sooda Vaa.'

Vincent Asokan is a Tamil actor who is popular for his antagonist roles. He has established a career in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu film industry. He, like his father S. A. Ashokan, is known for negative roles. He has played the villain in about 30 movies since 2004.

Samuthirakani has carved a niche for himself in the Tamil cine industry not only as a director but also as an actor. He has tried his luck in screenwriting and voice-over too. One of his earlier films, Nadodigal, was a huge hit at the box office. It was released in the year 2009. Later, this movie was remade in three different languages. Samuthirakani has acted in numerous movies and is best known for his performance in the movies like ‘Sattai’, ‘Easan’, ‘Visaranai’, and ‘Subramaniapuram’.

V.T. Vijayan is a renowned editor in the Tollywood film industry and has also worked on a few Hindi Films. His nephews are also associated with the industry, one is a movie director, and another is an actor. 

Dhandapani was an Indian actor. He appeared in many Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil movies. He became famous after playing the lead role in Kaadhal in 2004. It also became a title for him as a prefix. He is widely known as "Kaadhal Dhandapani". He recently passed away after having a cardiac arrest on 20 July 2014.

Sarathkumar is famous south Indian film actor. He is also a acclaimed journalist, politician and film critic. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He has acted in more than 150 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. His debut performance was in a Telugu movie “Samajamlo Sthree” whose producer was his friend. His character was having negative undertones. The film was a block office failure and didn’t create appreciation.

While he was working in Chennai, he got the opportunity to work in Tamil movies. He cast the role of a business man in “Pudu Padagan”. His appearance in “Velai Kidaichuduchu” was also noted. The film tells the struggle of youth to end up with a job. The film received good response and was declared a box office hit.

He also made a magnificent performance in the move Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan. This was his debut performance in a Malayalam film. The film was well received and a box office hit.

Singampuli is a well known actor in Kollywood industry for his performance. He was born in Theni and he completed his graduation in Engineering from Bangalore and came to Chennai to look a career in Cine field. 

He made his entry into the Kollywood industry as an assistant director for director Sundar. C. Later he got a chance to direct a film ‘Red’, with actor Ajith in the lead. Next, he made his acting debut through the film Naan Kadavul and was seen in the role of a beggar named Kuyyan which was directed by Bala. In this film he even got the chance as a co-director. His next movie was Mayandi Kudumbathar, which was a big break for him. He felt happy for doing the character Mayandi Virumandi in the movie Mayandi Kudumbathar by seeing the audience responses. 

Singampuli has even written dialogues for the movies Kannan Varuvan, Perazhagan and Renigunta. He is the director, who must be applauded for changing actor Ajith into an action hero with the movie ‘Red’. From the movie ‘Mayavi’ (which had Surya and Jyothika in the lead), he proved as a good script writer. His career started to shine more from the year 2012 as he started to do comedy roles and he was seen noted in all the movies he acted. He has a different body language to attract the audiences by doing comic roles. As of now he is concentrating more on acting field and he has no plans for directing a film.

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Though Singampuli started his film career as an assistant director, he is mainly known for his stint with acting. Singampuli was brought up and born in Theni district, Periyakulam and then after doing B.Tech in Bangalore college, he went to Chennai seeking for an opportunity as a career option in films. 

When Singampuli was working as an assistant director for Sundar C, he narrated the story of Unnaithedi. 

Vijayakumar is a very famous actor in Tamil films and television serials. He has acted in more than 400 movies in very popular characters, from child roles to hero roles to supporting roles to father roles to grandfather roles. You name any famous artist in Tamil, Vijayakumar would have acted with him or her. That is the reach he had in the Tamil filmdom.

Vijayakumar’s real name was Panchaksharam Ranaswamy. He wanted to act in movies from a very young age and apparently acted in a movie as a child artist. But, not many called him for future films, so he was discouraged and went back to his home town. Later, when he was a young person, he returned to try movies where he got some very good offers. Movies such as Aval Oru Thodarkathai, Ponnukku Thanga manasu, gave him a good break. After that he started appearing in popular movies regularly. He even acted as hero in some movies. He also acted in few Telugu, Malayalam movies during this time. His emotional type of acting was well received by directors as well as fans.

Vijayakumar started acting in television serials in roles similar to his movie roles. He mostly acted as a person who is well respected in the society, which was true in his real life also. His wife, son, daughters all acted in movies and became famous. Vijayakumar’s super hit television serials include Thangam and Vamsam. His well-known movie performances are Agni Natchathiram, Naattaamai, Kizhakku Seemaiyile, Andhi Mandhaarai, Saamy etc.

Stunt Silva was born in Tuticorin, TamilNadu. He started his career as a male nurse after getting trained in Stanley Medical College. Silva worked as a Ward boy in Tuticorin hospital. Later he joined in Vijaya Health Center in Chennai by the year 1990. To maintain his family’s financial status, he worked in several sectors such as Peon in offices and dabbled in transport sector business offices. He then joined in the background dancer of the film under the guidance and advice of the Dance

G M Kumar is a very famous Tamil movie actor and director.He was born on July 26, 1957, in Chennai, India and is currently 58 years old.His full name is Govindraj Manoharan Kumar.The name of his ex-spouse was Pallavi. He has been nominated for the Vijay Award for best supporting actor.He has been a part of some very famous movies such as Appuchi Gramam, and Aruvadai Naal. G M Kumar has tried his hands in film/movie direction, producer and also as a screenplay writer. He has also studied anthropology.

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