Tamil Movie Review Rasigargal Narpani Mandram - Cast & Crew

Vanitha Vijayakumar is a Tamil actress and the daughter of yesteryear actors Vijayakumar and Manjula. She appeared only in a very few films in her career. She made her debut with a film ‘Manikkam’ opposite Raj Kiran in 1996. This actress even acted in a Malayalam film ‘Hitler Brothers’ (1997) and a Telugu film ‘Devi’ (1999) essaying the supporting role. She rose to prominence with a Tamil film ‘Chandralekha’ (1995), where she played the love interest of actor Vijay. Although her mother and father had made a prominent place in the industry by appearing over 100-200 films in their career, their daughter remained in limelight for her multiple marriages in her life. Recently, she is into a relationship with a choreographer Robert and their partnership had taken a new off-screen turn too. Vanitha had become a producer, and her future fiancée Robert has become a director for a Tamil film ‘MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal’. In this film, the actress had even penned the script of the film.

Chandrika has been marking her presence in the Kannada film industry since her childhood. Chandrika received her first break in the movies from the south performing as a child artist in the film ‘Masanada Hoovu’ along with Ambarish. The director of her debut film was Puttana Kanagal. After that, she has carried on being a part of the cast in various films playing her part as a child. However, her initial venture in a lead role was in 1989 in the movie Thayigobba Tharle Maga being cast opposite Kashinath. With the assistance from Srinivasamurthy, she had received her first break and since then her career saw an upward journey. Thayigobba Tharle Maga was being accepted as a hit by the audience which led her to perform in films like Narasimha, two series of Radhakrishna Golmaal, Swarna Samsara, Amara Prema, Hosa Raga and many other films. 

Nirosha is an Indian actress; works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada Film Industries. She was born on 30th January 1971 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her father M R Radha was a Tamil actor and comedian. Nirosha is the youngest among the four children to her parents; her elder sister Radhika is also an actress.

Aishwarya Bhaskaran or Shanta Meena Bhaskar in real life is a South Indian actress who has performed in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was born in the year 1971 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the daughter of the famous Indian personalities, Lakshmi, and K Bhaskaran. Aishwarya has a step sister at her mother's side. She was married to Tanveer but eventually, they got divorced. However, they have been blessed with a daughter named Anaina. Aishwarya is also the maternal granddaughter of Indian film producer and director, Yaragudipati Varada Rao or Y. V. Rao. Apart from her career, she is also involved in a computer business.

Robert is an Indian choreographer. He mostly works in Tamil Film industry. He is officially known as Robert, but his full name is Robert Raj. He also acts; either as a villain or does cameos in his self-choreographed dance numbers. Although turning out to be a choreographer later in life, he started out as an actor. He played the role of Mammooty's son in the movie Azhagan in 1991.

Saravanan Pillai is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Tamil film industry and the Malayalam film industry. His birthday is on 24th December. The Tamil film MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal is his most well-known work. Saravanan hails from Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. He studied at Arugumu Navalar School in Chidambaram from where he graduated in 1996. Later, Saravanan shifted to Chennai and joined the Tamil film industry as a professional cameraman in 2001 and later became a cinematographer. In 2011, he started working at a studio named R Studio in Vadapalani in Chennai. Saravan worked as a cameraman under the cinematographer U. K. Senthil Kumar in the Malayalam film Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action which released in 2011.

Thai Sarvanan is an Indian film producer, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Vil Ambu (2016), Aadhalaal Kadhal Seiveer (2013). Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil short films, TV shows, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Sarvanan has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than five years now.

Srikanth Deva, an Indian music director who had done work in Tamil films. Srikanth started his career by debuting through the film Doubles in the year 2000 as a music director. His father too was a Tamilian music director and singer, Deva. Deva was a very famous man in the Tamil industry.

Shiva Shankar was born in Kathmandu, Nepal on 22nd February 1932. He is a Nepali singer and music composer and has acted in various movies. His mother is Ram Maya, and his father is Man Bahadur, who used to teach Newari music to the children in the local community. His father inspired him and he gives the credits to his father for his style of music, although his father died when he was young still he learned a lot from him. Shiva had his primary and secondary education in Kathmandu but never received any professional training in music.

Nikkil Murugan is one of the leading PROs in the Tamil film industry. He has been the PRO for legends including Rajinikanth and Kamal haasan. He was acclaimed as the best communication man by India Today. Nikil, as he is also called, has also taken the role of media manager of Kamal Haasan for several years. The wide coverage of Kollywood movies throughout the world is done by him. He is also closely associated with music director A R Rahman. Nikkil Murugan is regarded as very media friendly. He believes in the efficient application of technology for his PR communications. He has been associated with more than 200 movies. Born on 1967, Nikkil Murugan also had close association with ace directors Shankar and Maniratnam. He can communicate in over 5 languages.

Jaguar Thangam is actually is Thanga Pazham. Jaguar Thangam is his screen name. He is the famous stunt choreographer, actor, producer, screenplay writer, Director in the Indian film industry. He worked almost all the regional languages and mostly for the Tamil Cinema Industry. He is born on June 6 1954. He is a native form Tutucorin, Tamilnadu, India. His father’s name is S. K. Paalpandi, who was a farmer and mother’s name as Chinnammal, who is a homemaker. He is the youngest son in his family. He gave eight siblings including him. In his late childhood, he lost his mother, unfortunately. After his mother demises, his sister, Sakthi Kani and his Brother in Law Jayaraj Nadar took care of him throughout his childhood. They played a supportive role in his life.

Kanal Kannan is an Indian actor, screenwriter, stunt director and a stunt choreographer in Kollywood, Malayalam cinema etc. He was born in Tamil Nadu. Kanal Kannan is one of the highly respected and senior stunt directors in south India. Kannan, as a stunt master is believed to beequalling Jackie Chan and is poised to become Tamil version of the same. He has choreographed many breath taking stunt sequences featuring the likes of Vikram, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Vijay, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Suriya and Ajith. Apart from some lead roles, he has also done cameos in many of his films. We can call him as a boisterously funny, action star who has worked his way up from stuntman.

Ganeshkar is a popular Tamil film and television actor, known for doing comic and supporting roles. He was born and raised up in Chennai, India.

Ganeshkar got married to Ooty-born actress, Aarthi Ganeshkar in October 23, 2009. The ceremony was held at Guruvayurappan Temple in Kerala and the reception happens at Hotel Accord in Chennai on October 25, 2009. Big personalities like the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Mu. Karunanidhi attended their celebration, R.B. Choudhary, AVM Saravanan, Stalin, K. Balachander, Sivakumar, P Vasu and a lot more were also there to celebrate with them. According to Aarthi, she never thinks of entering wedlock until her sister got married and she suddenly imagine her own marriage; that’s when she decided to tie the knot with Ganeshkar. Vijay TV’s Namma Veetu Kalyanam featured all the interesting moments on Ganeshka and Aarthi’s wedding celebration and was relive in their show in 2009. Ganeshka and Aarthi have become a popular pair in television and was known as the most sought comedians in Indian film and television. They joined the Season 2 of the Indian dance competition, Maanada Mayilada which was aired on Kalaignar TV. The couple won 5 Lakhs and they took the first runner-up place. They also hosted Sun TV’s Super 10 in Chennai.

Ganeshkar started acting as a child artist in the 1986 Tamil film, Karimedu Karuvayan under the direction of Ramanrayanan. He acted in another Tamil film, En Thangai Kalyani from which he was cast together with his real-life wife, Aarthi. She bagged the role of Kalyani, the sister of Ganeshkar who played as the young T. Rajendar in the film. In 1989, he appeared in K. Balachander’s Puthu Puthu Arthangal and Siva by Amirjan. In 1991, he also acted in the Tamil romantic drama film, Nee Pathi Naan Pathi. He was also seen in the 2004’s drama film, Kovil and essayed the role of Shaktivel’s (played by Silambarasan) friend, English Karan in 2005 and Nepali in 2008. The actor also made an appearance as Rocky’s (played by Dhanush) friend in the action comedy film, Padikkathavan in 2009. In 2013, he bagged the role of Murugan in the romantic comedy film, Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya. In 2014, he has done another romantic comedy film entitled, Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal, under the direction of S.R. Prabhakaran. Recently, he was also cast in the box-office horror comedy film, Aranmanai which stars Sundar C. and Vinai Rai.

Pandu is a Tamil comedy actor who has been in the cine field since 1970. His brother Idichapuli Selvaraj is also a famous person in the cinema field. After schooling, Pandu developed his interests by joining the arts and science college in Chennai. His debut film was Maanavan. He has appeared in almost fifty-five films. Apart from movies, Pandu has a great interest in art. He exhibited his artworks few years back, along with his son Prabhu Panju.

Srinivasan was born in 1962 in Simmakal, Madurai. He completed his degree at Madurai Kamraj University. He first worked as a medical practitioner, then moved on to business by setting a finance firm Baba Trading Company. Having seen failure in both of his occupation, he then landed in Cinema Industry. Due to his interest towards films, he moved from Madurai to Chennai. He directed and acted in a film Lathika that was running for 220 days.

A native of Chennai, Premgi Amaren is a multi-talented artist. He was born on February 25, 1979. In about a decade-long career, he has been sailing the boat as a playback singer, a film composer, a songwriter as well as an actor, commendably. Hailing from a culture enriched family background, Premgi is the son of renowned music composer and singer Gangai Amaran and younger brother of film director and actor Venkat Prabhu. He is famous as a comedian in Tamil films. Maestro Ilaiyaraja is his uncle.

Ramji is a famous actor, dancer, choreographer from Tamil Nadu, who is known for his performance in movies, television serials and stage shows. He entered the media world as a dancer and appeared in number of popular songs. As public loved his acting skills, he got opportunity to act in character roles which he did excellently. This gave him an entry on many other fields and he continues his journey as a successful television artist.

Ramji’s stint in the movie world was full of successes, starting with the super hit song “Vellarikkaa Pinju Vellarikkaa” where he danced with actress Rani. This pair was loved by public and Ramji appeared in number of other songs. He acted in popular movies such as Pennin Manathai Thottu and Unnai Ninaithu. He got chances to compere programs in television, which he did perfectly. His unique style in programs such as “Dance Machi Dance” gave him a great fan following even on the television world.

Ramji next ventured in television serials. He acted in character roles as well as humorous roles which fit him. He acted in Kasalavu Nesam, a famous television serial in Sun TV, followed by another super hit serial “Marma Desam”. After that, he got chance to act as a solo hero in the serial 'Pondaatti Thevai', which is the story of a man who tells a lie and gets caught because of that. His performance in the recent serial “Valli” (Sun TV) is also getting great reviews now from television viewers. Ramji has got awards for his acting skills as well as dance skills which he showcased beautifully in the title song of his serial “Pondaatti Thevai”.

Guna is a playback singer and lyricist from Kollywood. He was born and brought up in Vysarpadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a well-known face with Tamil TV audience as he appeared as a contestant in Super Singer Season 7. Airtel Super Singer is a reality singing competition show. It airs on Vijay TV. Gana Guna has voiced songs including Papara Mittai from R.K. Nagar (2018) directed by Saravana Raja, Vascodagama and Vena machan from Alti (2019) directed by MJ Hussain, Sanjanlobia from Cocktail (2020) directed by Ra Vijaya Murugan, and many more like Daa Maari Doo Maari and Narkaliku Naalu Kaalu. 

Gana Bala, a famous singer and lyricist of Kollywood, was born as Bala Murugan, but he adopted the name Gana Bala himself as a stage name. Sometimes, he is also known as Anathai Bala, 'Gana Kuyil King' Bala. He was born to V. S. Mani and M. Punniyam. Bala studied law at Presidency College in Chennai after studying Botany. After being graduated, his chance at fame began when he participated in a reality TV show called Gana Kuyil Pattu. The show was aired on Kalaignar TV, and he won it. In the singing field, he has specific expertise in the Gaana genre in the Tamil industry. In fact, he is given a lot of credit for reviving the genre back in the industry. He gained a lot of success and fame after Aadi Pona Aavani, and Nadukadalula Kappala came out as a part of the soundtrack of Attakathi. He also received several nominations and won the Vikatan Award for playback singing in that movie. It was his big break and after that he has done innumerable songs in movies, albums under famous composers like G. V. Prakash Kumar.