Tamil Movie Review Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka - Cast & Crew

Thamarai was born in Tamil Nadu, India on 10th November 1975. She is a lyricist by profession and also writes poems, essays and is also a former journalist. She is a renowned lyricist and mostly writes in Tamil. She received her primary education from Coimbatore and graduated from Government College of Technology in Coimbatore. After her graduation, she continued to work there and later moved to Chennai and devoted her time for a company as an independent journalist, where she used to write essays, poems and short stories for them.

Nikki Galrani is a model and an actress. She is famous for her acting roles in many South Indian movies. She was born in Bangalore. She finished her studies in Bishop Cotton College. She later went to take a course in the field of Fashion Designing. She said that her parents and her sister wanted her to be a doctor.

Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is a well-known Tamil actress who reigns both in Tamil Television and Film industries simultaneously. Like many other successful actors, she too started her acting career from the theatre, but not exactly by acting on stage. She worked full time for an English Theatre company named Evam, from where she was chosen for a Tamil film.

Lakshmi Priyaa originally hails from a Tamil Brahmin family of orthodox culture, where no one thinks of taking up acting as a career. She too completed her studies and achieved Master’s degree in Human Resources from Madras School of Social Work and joined a corporate company in Chennai as a HR professional. Even initially she joined the theatre group only as management personnel, but later on developed interest for acting when she was offered a role in a Tamil film. She was also a good sports person from very early stage of her life and played cricket in national level and became a national champion in Ultimate Frisbee as well.

The acting career of Lakshmi Priyaa started with the film ‘Mundhinam Paartheney’, directed by Magizh Thirumeni who selected her for a short supporting role there. She carried on with her full-time job till she got multiple offers for roles in films and in a television serial too. She played the short role of the wife of a character named ‘Saravanan’ in the Tamil film ‘Gouravam’. But she got her first lead role in the film ‘Sutta Kadhai’, where she played the role of a bold tribal girl named ‘Silanthi’ and this film earned her enough acclamation from the common audiences and also from film critics. She also played the role of ‘Zaina’ in the film ‘Angels’. But her debut TV show is ‘Dharmayutham’, where she plays the important role of a lawyer in a legal firm. This popular serial started from August 2012 and is still aired on Star Vijay TV channel in weekends and is directed by A.L. Abinandran.

Now Lakshmi Priyaa’s next film ‘Kallapadam’ is waiting to be released soon and it was directed by a debutant director Vadivel.

Richa Pallod is an Indian-born model and actress who works in the Hindi as well as the South Indian Film Industry. Born on August 30, 1980, in Bangalore, she was raised there as well. Richa appeared in the film industry, as a child artiste, in the film “Lamhe,” in 1991 and subsequently, we saw Richa in Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Pardes” in 1997. 

Pragathi is a South Indian actress who was born in Hyderabad. She has acted mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam movies. She lost her dad at an young age and wanted to support her family financially and thus she began her career as a dubbing artist for cartoons. During this time, one of her friend’s father noticed her and introduced her to model for Mysore Silk Palace. After watching the advertisement, Director K. Bhagyaraj was very impressed with her and offered her a role in his movie,’ Veetla Visheshanga’ which was her debut. The same movie was simultaneously dubbed in Telugu and named ‘Gowramma Nee Mogudevaramma’.

In one of her interviews, she has mentioned that she never had any stage fear and she was not camera shy either. Infact, she falls in love with the camera everyday and loves acting. She also recalls that her first scene was shot in a hospital, as she was getting treatment for Amnesia and her dialogue was to repeatedly keep asking the doctor of the hospital as to where she was.

After her debut movie, she was offered a few more movies. She completed 7 Tamil movies and 1 Malayalam movie in a span of two years. She also completed her graduation around this time and had decided to tie the knot too. After getting married, she moved to Chennai and took a break of about 3 years. She returned to the small screen wherein she appeared in television serials in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She is not very choosy about her roles as she says she has to make a mark in the industry first and only then she can sit and choose the characters that she wants to play. Well, she is now one of the senior actress in the Telugu film industry and is the first choice for any roles relating to Mother or Aunt.

Pragathi Mahavadi Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty was born on August 24, 1979, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is 37 years old. He is the son of the famous Telugu director, Ravi Raja Pinisetty, who is renowned for directing movies like “Pedarayudu” and “Chanti.” He is also the brother of the actor Aadhi, who gained recognition from the movie “Aravaan.” Sathya Prabhas was an A-grade student in school and also in college. He also pursued an MBA in London. He gave up a lucrative corporate sector job to create a niche for himself in Tollywood after being inspired by his father and his work. The sudden switch was a shock to his family, but no other career prospect made him feel the sparks like working in the movies did.

Ravi Raja Pinisetty is a famous Telugu film director. He was born in the District of West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. His birthday is on July 14. He hails from Palakollu. He studied at Kesari High School in Chennai. He is well versed in five languages. He is proficient in English, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi. People also know him by the name of Ravi Raja. He has directed as well as produced several Telugu flicks. He is married to Radha Rani. He has two children. His son Aadhi is a Telugu movie actor. His younger son Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty is a film director. He is very close to his children. Their work has made him proud. Ravi Raja has operated with several noted actors like Mohan Babu, Chiranjeevi, Rajashekhar, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Daggubati Venkatesh. He has directed several remakes of films. He directed around 60 movies. He has now retired.

N. Shanmugasundaram is a Tamil film producer well-known for producing the movie, Unnakenu Venum Sollu, which he produced in Singapore. Through this film we can describe Shanmuga and the quality of his work. Tamil is one of the languages of Singapore, along with English. There are a many Tamilians in Singapore, who reside or work there. Thus, producing the Tamil flick in Singapore was not a hard task for N. Shanmugasundaram, as many were in his favor. The Singapore Government gave a grant of SGD 39,000 to the film crew, for making the movie.

AJJ Joveih is a still photographer, known for his work in the Telugu film industry. AJJ’s line of interest lies in Fashion, Films, and Advertisement. He did fashion photography for quite some time and then switched to the films and advertisements. He is famous for his still photography in the movie ‘Yaagavarayinum Naa Kaakka’ where he was in the making team of the film. He worked closely with the director and clicked some amazing stills which made him renowned in the industry. The movie got directed by Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty in the year 2015. It had an outstanding star cast with Aadhi, Nikki Galrani, Mithun Chakraborty and Pasupathy in the lead roles.

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.

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu was born on March 10, 1980. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his education from College of Engineering, Guindy and University of Queensland. He is an Indian lyricist, software engineer, a professor, research associate, and a film dialogue writer. His parents are Vairamuthu and Ponmani; his father is a poet and a lyricist.

Benny Dayal is an Indian Pop-Singer. Born in Kollam, Kerala, India on May 13, 1984. He was a member of the S5 Pop Band in India. He started as a playback singer and known to have work with various reputable composers.

He finished his studies from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) and took Journalism in Madras Christian College. His Indian-Pop-Electro-Rap-Reggae infused songs made him so famous and with unique quality compared to any singers. This made him one of the most loved singers by doing such mix-ups of traditional Indian music to a new-era’s songs. You’ll be so moved in listening to any of his songs.

He worked before as an Event Coordinator for RR Donnelley Printing. He also worked as an HR Executive for a BPO when he received a call and inviting him to audition for ARR Studio. He first thought that it was just a prank and ignored it for some time. He tried to call again the phone left for him to contact if he need anything and he found out that it is for real. He also reminisced that he couldn’t even create and prepare his own demo since he doesn’t even have money to produce it. He took his chances and decided to quit his job from the BPO Company and started to work as a singer. His songs were widely used different Indian Films since 2007. He received the award “RD Burman Award for New Music Talent” and “Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation” in 2009. He performed stunning and applauded performances in Gima Awards and many more.

Krishna Iyer is a professional playback singer, rapper, live performer, songwriter and also a movie producer. He has sung many songs in the Tamil film industry. He is also a performer who is best known for entertaining the crowd throughout the performance. Krishna Iyer performs in many languages like Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. His performance of the song En Uchi Mandaila from the movie Vettaikaran starring Ilayathalapathy Vijay and composed by music director Vijay Anthony was topping the music charts in the year 2009 for many weeks. Krishna Iyer was born on 20th of March in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling in Bharath Senior Secondary School in the year 2002. He is also called as R. Krishna Bommakanti. Krishna Iyer entered into this career in the Tamil film industry through the movie Kanthaswamy.

Johnson is a PRO, a Public Relations Officer in the Tamil industry. He has handled the PR of various Tamil movies. Johnson is from Nagercoil, a city in Tamil Nadu. His mother is Johannal, and his father, KGA John, is an ex-naval officer. He has six siblings. He married to H.J. Mano in 1994. Johnson always dreamt of being a filmmaker. He aspired to assist the Indian actor R. Parthiban. He left his city, Nagercoil, and moved to Chennai to fulfill his dream. He met the editor of the magazine Kungumam, Paavai Chandran. Paavai brought him into the world of magazines. There, he started to write snippets about Tamil films. The films he wrote about were handled by Nellai Sundarjan as a PRO.

Dhilip Subbarayan is a stunt choreographer, producer, and actor. He has worked in South Indian film industry. His main of contribution lies in Tamil film industry. After a long time of being a stunt choreographer, he made his debut in Sangu Chakkaram. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father, Super Subbarayan also has served in the industry as a successful stunt chorographer, for many years. He showed interest in the action and fast lifestyle which is practiced. Like his father, he also dreamed of being in the industry and started working in many movies. He was first noticed in ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the year 2011. The movie was a full action phased based on the life of the gangster. The movie was a huge hit and received a world première at the South Asian International Film Festival in the city of New York. He had continued his working with many big and small budget movies in Tamil and Malayalam movies. The movies include Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Arima Nambi, Puli, and the latest movie Theri. In 2013, he turned himself into a produced and produced Anjala. T

Aadukalam Naren was born in Chennai the heartland of Tamil cinema, in a family which took keen interest in movies. He was interested in acting and was also encouraged by his family members, and so he decided to go through formal training before he could enter the industry.

Harish initially worked in Paramount Airways in the cabin crew department. Later he got himself associated with British Airways. Then he had a brief stint with an ad company in Chennai. Then Thaa happened which received good reviews. He worked hard for the film by growing a beard and darkening his skin. Surya Prabhakar was the director of this film. The film was not a commercial success but Harish received good critical acclaim. This flick was shown in the Tamil Film Festival in Norway. Harish fetched the Best Newcomer Award for this film. In the Festival, Harish got himself acquainted with Radha Mohan. Eventually, Radha Mohan casted Harish in his bilingual flick Gouravam, where the latter played a negative character. Harish gained accolades for his villainous performance in Pandiya Nadu. In fact he was equally liked and disliked by the audience for this role with grey shades. Harish is working as a baddie in quite some films. 

Harish feels that the flick Pandiya Nadu was a landmark in his profession. Harish praises director Susindran for tapping his talent. In fact, he feels that Susindran is a great director. Susindran is also only keen to work with Harish again and had offered him a role in his upcoming film. Harish doesn’t mind working in negative roles. In fact, surprisingly, Harish had always aspired to act as a villain. Harish confesses that he has the requirements for a villain including his eyes and physique. Actor Raghuvaran is the inspiration of Harish Uthaman. Harish wants to do his best in every character he portrays and doesn’t mind whether they are big or small.

When we talk about the few legends in the Indian film Industry then it becomes inevitable to take the name of Mithun Chakraborty; more commonly known as Mithun Da.  His real name is Gouranga Chakraborty, and he was born on 16th of June 1950. He is not only an actor, but also a producer, singer, social worker, entrepreneur, and writer. In addition, he is also a member of the Rajya Sabha Parliament. It was the year 1976 when Mithun Chakraborty made his debut with the art house drama called Mrigayaa. The fact that he won the first National Award of his life right from his debut film gives a sheer proof of his supreme talent. But, it was not the end; after winning the National Award for Best Actor for the art house drama, he won two more National Film Awards.

Mithun Chakraborty started as a dancer, which helped him to set himself up as an actor. This is the reason why he became immensely popular with his street dancer role in the movie called Disco Danger (1982); where he played the character of Jimmy. After earning immense popularity with this movie, he won National Awards for the movies called Tahader Katha and Swami Vivekananda, in 1992 and 1998 respectively. Apart from working in Hindi movies, he has also acted in Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, and Bhojpuri films. In total, he has worked in more or less 350 films. He is also the main judge or the Grandmaster in the TV show Dance India Dance; and for this his name has been entered in the Guinness World Records.

Shree Karthick is an Indian movie Director, who has worked prevalently in Tamil motion picture industry. Shree Karthick's past film to hit the performance centers was mamakiki in the year 2017. He is better known for Childhood Diaries (2016) and Yagavarayinum Naa Kakka (2015). He is a person with a profound aching to seek after his energy.

Nassar is one of the multi talented actors in the Indian cinema industry. He has achieved various awards for his acting performance. He is not only an actor, but a producer and a good director too. Mehaboob Nassar is his full name and Nassar remained as his stage name. He is married to Kameela and has three children. His debut was through Kalyana Agathigal, a Balachander movie. He has acted in various films with different roles. Most of his roles depict him as a villain. After few years of his successful villain roles, he jumped to character roles that yielded him fame. He did a good role in Roja as a good Police Officer. His role in Thevar Magan made him to get a good name. He made his debut as a director through Avatharam in the year 1995. He acted in a lead role in the film alongside Revathi. Revathi acted as Blind women in this film. Nassar performed as a blind singer in the film Minsara Kanavu. He did a dual role in Jeans. He did a different role in Saivam, in which he acted as a village grandpa of Baby Sarah. From his debut in 1985, till now in Kamal's Uttama Villain, he has earned good name and lots of fans too. He has been awarded as Kalaimamani by Government of Tamilnadu.

Actor Mahadevan is from Chennai; born on 6th May 1961.He has appeared in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He played an antagonist role in the movie Pithamagan directed by Bala, who is a versatile director whose famous for village reality scripts. After this character's success, Mahadevan was popularly called as Pithamagan Mahadevan. He started his film career in the Telugu biographical sports drama film Ashwini which was directed by B.C Mouli in the year 1991. This film is established based on the real story of Ashwini Nachappa, who was a national champion. He also got another chance to act in another Telugu movie Anaganaga Oka Roju (1994). This film was written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The actor continued his career in Tollywood with three films Dalam (2013), Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016) and Krishna Gaadi Veera PremaGaadha (2016).

Amaran is an Indian art director who works for the Tamil movie industry.

Aadhi is an Indian film actor born on 14 December 1982 mostly worked in Tamil films. His name is Sai Pradeep Pinisetty by birth. He is the youngest son of director Raja Ravi Pinisetty. He did his schooling at Don Bosco. Later he completed computer science engineering at Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering. Aadhi applied for Pilot training, since because he was interested in travelling around the world. Meanwhile he enrolled in silambam classes under Pandian master where actor Surya and actor Karthi used to come. A big day came for actor Aadhi when he met director Saamy in the silambam classes, when the director came to meet actor Surya. One day the director came to Aadhi’s home to give the script for the film Mirugam. Aadhi immediately accepted the offer as he was in great need for the film offer. Due to his interest in acting he enrolled in Satyanand Institute of Acting in Vishakapatnam and became a trained actor. His favorite actors are Vikram and Surya.

V.J. Sabu Joseph is a renowned film editor in the Tamil film industry. Although he started his journey in the year 2002 by working as an associate film editor with veteran film editors- J. N. Harsha, and Anthony- his first project as an independent editor was for the movie ‘‘Aanmai Thavarael’ (2011).

Pasupathy Ramaswamy Solai is the original name of Pasupathy, an Indian actor. He has acted in different types of roles including supporting actor, comedian, villain and protagonist. He has worked in roles which were critically well received. The Tamil flick “E” garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also got the Tamilnadu State Film Award for the film. The film Kuselan fetched him the Best Supporting Actor Award in ITFA. Though he predominantly works in Tamil films he also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. 

During the year 1984 Pasupathy got associated with Koothu-P-Pattarai, a theater venture. He worked there till 1997. He also got involved in small serials. Pasupathy’s rapport with actor Nasser earned him the acquaintance of Kamal Haasan, who gave him a role in Marudhanayagam. But the film was dropped.

Prasan is an Indian film music director. He predominantly works for the Kollywood industry, and his artwork has been released in the Tamil language. He made his place in this industry a long time back. His great music compositions and soulful voice have attracted many audiences across the globe.

Praveen Shyam is a music composer predominantly working in the Telugu and Tamil Film Industries. He hails from Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Praveen was inclined towards music from a very young age. He debuted as a music director in the 2015 Tamil film “Yagavarayinum  Naa Kakka.” Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty directed the motion-picture. Aadhi, Nikki Galrani, Pasupathy, Richa Pallod, Mithun Chakraborty, and Nassar played prominent roles in the flick. The movie released on 26^th June 2015 to widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Praveen then went on to compose music for the 2018 Telugu thriller “Neevevaro.” The soundtrack of both the films was praised. Praveen resides in Hyderabad.

Shyam is a well-known music composer from the Malayalam film industry. He was born  as Samuel Joseph in Guindy, a village in Tamil Nadu. Shyam started his music career in 1963 and has worked as a music composer, assistant music director, and harmonium player. He has worked in more than 200 films. His notable works include Mazhai Tharumo Endhan in 1978, Kaattukurinjipoovu in 1979, Paavaada Venam Melaada Venam in 1980, Mainakum Kadalil Ninnuyarunnuvo in 1981, Olangal Thalam Thallumbol in 1981, Manje Vaa Madhuvidhu Vela in 1981, Devathaaru in 1983, Oru Madhurakkinaavin in 1984, Poomaaname in 1985, Vaishaakha Sandhye in 1987, and Shyaamamrghame Nee in 1989. Shyam won the Best Music Director in 1983 for Aaroodam and Best Music Director in 1984 for Kanamarayathu. 

M. M. Manasi – The versatile playback singer, who started her singing career in the movies at the age of 9. She was born on 8th January 1993 and her native place is Chennai. She was trained for 15 years in Hindustani vocal. Though her hometown was Chennai, she was brought up in Mumbai. She started to learn the music at the age of 2. Her first performances were during the festivals such as Navaratri and Ganapathi Chaturthi. Her family encouraged her a lot, and good encouragement can go a long way. Manasi has mentioned her t parents' encouragement in a lot of interviews and stages. Her inspiration was K. Pop and Ilayaraja. She is not only a playback singer but she is also a dubbing artist. She finished her studies in the D. g. Vaishnav College in Management.

Raja Krishnamoorthy or famously known as Kitty, is a prominent actor, screenwriter and director. He debuted in large screen with the Tamil crime film, Nayakan (1987). Unlike other cine members, he has a huge corporate background. He did his Master of Management in Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Bombay. He started his corporate career as a Management Trainee and a Personnel Officer with Mukund Iron and Steel.
He was also the Personnel Manager in ITC Welcome Group. And later, he became the General Manager in Enfield India Limited. From June 2000 to March 2002, he worked in Polaris Software Lab Ltd. And from 2002 to 2005, he works as a Principal Consultant in ProLease India Pvt. Ltd in Consulting and Training Division. At present, he was leading the HRD function and the Consulting and Training Division in Maximus.
He acted in more than 30 films and directed two films like the critically acclaimed Dasarathan and Krishna. He also lends his voice for Girish Karand in the movie, Minsara Kanavu. He debuted in small screen with Dharmayutham; a story that revolves on two rival groups of lawyers. He plays a senior lawyer supported by his children, Abbas and Anuja Iyer.
Apart from that, he co-published a book called Rajini’s Punchtantra: Business and Life Management along with P C Balasubramaniam. The book contains all the valuable one liners of Rajini. Kitty took the life management part of that book.
He performed in Tamil TV serials, Dharmayutham and Rajakumari in 2012 and films like Nayagan, Thalapathi, Bombay, Baasha, Singham 2 and Ramanujan.

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