Tamil Movie Review Nayyapudai - Cast & Crew

Chandini Tamilarasan is an Indian movie actress who has done several Tamil movies. She was born and brought up in Nungambakkam, Chennai in a middle-class family. She did her schooling at Church Park, Chennai. After finishing her schooling, she studied Visual Communications at Ethiraj College. She contested in the Miss Chennai 2007 pageant show when she was 17 but did not win. Later in 2009, she appeared in a reality show which grabbed attention towards her, and she was called for a screen test by K. Bhagyaraj. She got signed and made her debut with the movie, Siddhu +2 (2010) where she played the lead role alongside Bhagyaraj's son, 'Shanthnoo'. The movie did poorly at the box office. She later worked in a film Padithurai, which didn't get a theatrical release. Later she got several offers but rejected them to return to college to finish her studies and graduated in 2014. In 2013, she was seen in Naan Rajavaga Pogirenin with Nakul and Avani Modi, a movie by 'Prithvi Rajkumar'. She also debuted in Telugu movies with 'Kalicharan', which was based on real events revolving around the life of MLA Erra Satyam. The movie was set in the 1980s. Her next two films, Kiraak, and Lovers, both released in August 2014. Her upcoming movies are Palaandu Vaazhga by Anjana Ali Khan where she is playing the role of an IT professional and Vil Ambu by Ramesh Subramaniam, where she will be playing the role of a slum dweller. She will also be seen in two untitled Telugu projects, a romance drama and a horror comedy in 2016.

Vijaya Kiran is a Tamil film director and screenwriter. Producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu offered this young director, Vijaya Kiran, the opportunity to direct a Tamil movie named 'Nayyapudai' which released in February 2016. The film was launched in Prasad labs at the end of the year 2015, and the promotional stills got released in early 2016, allowing the film to hit the theaters by February 2016.

Taj Noor is an Indian film background score and soundtrack musician, who has prevalently scored music for many Tamil films. He was born in the local area of Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu. His parents are  Usman Ali Khan, who was a district collector and Habibonisha. He has two older siblings and two older sisters. He finished his schooling in the city of Salem, going to the Bharatiya Vidyalaya and the Pavadi Boys High School. After that, he proceeded with his university training at the Government Arts College in the city of Salem. He graduated with a major in Physics department. 

P Vijay (Pa Vijay) is a Tamil poet and film lyricist, who wrote the award-winning lyrics for the song’’ Ovvoru Pookalume’’ in Cheran's Autograph in Kollywood film industry. This lyricist had an extensive impact on Tamil cinema and was considered to be a gem writer of many songs that had featured in many movies. This poet and lyricist-writer were born in a middle-class family where his mother was a school teacher, and his father worked as a spinning master in a textile mill in Coimbatore. The actor was born in Coimbatore on 20 October 1974 and did his MA Literature in Tamil from Annamalai University. This poet was a discovery of director K Bhagyaraj, who was his family friend. He was associated with K. Bhagyaraj in the magazine ‘Bhagya’ and even got a chance to pen his lyrics for the film Gnanapazham, which had music by K. Bhagyaraj himself. But it was in 2004 when the film ‘Autograph’ was released, his song ’Ovvoru Pookalume"’ became an instant hit. Dr. Karunanidhi had given him the title’ Vithaga Kavignar’ and he came to be known as one of the best poets in Tamil Literature. Even poet Vali felt that Pa Vijay was part of him and claimed that he alone can be his successor in the field of cinema lyrics. Pa Vijay is still humble despite he has contributions to the literary field by writing many books. He considered Kannadasan and Vairamuthu as his role model. He also acted in lead roles in films like ‘Gnabagangal’, ‘Ilaignan ‘and ‘Thagadu Thagadu’.

Surmukhi Raman predominantly works in Tamil cinema. She is both a playback singer and lyricist. Her recent song Aandipatti Kanava Kathu from the film Dharmadhurai garnered 26 million views on Youtube. She has tried her luck in Kannada and Telugu films as well.

VM Mahalingam is an Indian playback singer. He works predominately in the Tamil film industry. He hails from Tamil Nadu, India. He is a Kollywood playback singer. His height is 5 meter 8 cm. His hair color is black, and has an average body type. Heis a Hindu by religion and his nationality is Indian. He has sung a lot of songs un popular movies like Natpe Thunai, Maari 2.

Vijay Antony is an actor, composer and even playback singer in Tamil movies. He made his debut with Tamil movie ‘Naan’ that released in 2014 which was a hit. He followed up with another hit movie ‘Salim’ and his third movie ‘India Pakistan’ did only average business. His wife produced the film “India-Pakistan'. After receiving the overwhelming response from audiences for two films ‘Naan and ‘Salim’, the actor has emerged as the reliable actor in Kollywood.

Yazin Nizar is a prominent name in the South Indian Music industry. He is an excellent Playback singer singing in various language movies which include Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies.

Billa Jagan is an Indian stunt director, who rose to fame after donning an outstanding work in Bobby Simha-Starrer action thriller film, Paambu Sattai in 2017. He also worked in the mystery thriller film, Sathya (2017) and in the upcoming Tamil heist action comedy film, Thittam Poattu Thirudura Kootam (2018).

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.

It's no secret that most celebrities use stunt doubles when filming particularly challenging scenes, but it's not something we always remember when caught up in the energy of an action-packed movie. In Indian film industry, particularly in Kollywood and Bollywood, stunt actors are indeed a must. 

Robo Shankar is an upcoming comedian artiste in the Tamil cinema who was noticed as a mimicry artist in ‘’Rowtrhiram’’, that released in 2011. But while editing the movie, his role was cut fully, and the actor could not get any recognition. 

Kalaipuli S Thanu is a veteran Tamil film producer, who gave innumerable successful box office films in Tamil Nadu circuit. He also launched a banner with his name, ‘’Kalaipuli Films International"( known as V. Creations) as a distributor. 

Of late, we hear that Kalaipuli S Thanu is prepared to commence shooting for his upcoming film ‘’Kabali ‘’where Rajanikanth is going to play a dual role in the movie. The superstar will play the role of a mafia don and other one as a Malaysian cop. The film has Radhika Apte, playing the female lead and it will be directed by Pa Ranjith. The veteran film producer has derived the title of this film as Rajini plays a character called Kabaleeshwaran. After many years, the superstar will play a dual role. Producer of the movie Kalaipuli S Thanu was in trouble with the title of the film earlier. He has produced 26 films and distributed 6 films so far. He also did in a cameo appearance for a film Magalir Mattum in 1995. His film Vanna Vanna Pookkal directed by Balu Mahendra won the National Film Award for best feature film in Tramil in 1992. Some of the successful movies that he released included Chennai Kadhal (2006),Aalavandhan (2001), Siraichalai (1996) etc. 

In January, 2015, Kalaipuli S Thanu was currently the elected president for Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC),Thanu and company has formulated the idea of establishment of anti-piracy unit with retired cops, makes provisions to release Tamil movies on home DVD within a month of its release and also reduce the digital processing rates charged by UFO, QUBE and other companies. 

Tamil Film Producers Council’s President and veteran producer, Kalaipuli S Thanu had launched two prestigious projects- Kabali and Vijay 59 which has industry’s two biggest names, Rajinikanth and Vijay respectively. Thanu is hopeful that both the films will pull audiences to the theaters.

M. S. Bhaskar is an Indian actor, born on Jan 19, 1952, and hailed from Muthupettai, Tiruvavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. He used to be a theater artist and performed as a comedian in Tamil TV series and films. His method of acting is simple and is getting professional by the day. He became famous for playing as Pattabi in the TV serial, Chinna Papa Periya Papa and Selvi; and as Vakkeel Venky in the 2005 Tamil film, Sivakasi; and as Gnanaprakasam in Mozhi. Besides acting, he was also a dubbing artist and a playback singer.

S.A. Chandrasekhar is an Indian film maker, writer and director. He was born in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. He is married to an eminent Carnatic singer, Shoba. His son is the popular Kollywood actor Vijay. He has directed over 75 movies in Tamil and his hits include Mutham, Vetri, Manithan and Naan Sigappu. He also showed his directorial mettle in the Telugu industry through Chiranjeevi starrer Chattaniki Kallu Levu. He was also seen as a supporting actor in Naan Sivappu Manithan. He has worked as an assistant director with M Rajesh in Touring Talkies. Pandhayam is a Tamil film directed by Chandrashekar, which starred Sindhu Tolani, Nithin Sathya and Vijay (guest role). The plot was based on the story of a criminal and thug. Masanam (essayed by Prakash Raj) becomes the minister, and Shaktivel falls in love with the minister’s sister (essayed by Sindhu Tolani). The series of events leads to a dramatic climax. Chandrashekhar had earlier announced to the media that Touring Talkies will be his last film, and it was to be released in 2015. He had informed that it was the right time for him to step down from the Tamil Cinema and take time out for his family. In Touring Talkies, Chandrashekar himself had acted alongside a Bengali actress, Papri Gosh. Its music was composed by Ilayaraja. Nenjierukkum Varai is another film directed by Chandrashekar, which stars Deepa, Narain, Nassar, Thalaivasal Vijay and Livingston.

V Don Bosco is Tamil film industry editor turned director. He made his debut in the film industry as an editor from the movie ‘Sundarapandian’. This movie was directed by Sasikumar.

M Sukumar was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a professional cinematographer in the Indian Cinema. He has worked in movies in languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and much more. M. Sukumar’s brother M. Jeevan was a photographer in the Tamil Film Industry. Sukumar began his career in the Tamil Film Industry by helping his brother. The year when he began working was 1995. He was pursuing a course on agriculture in a college when he started to assist his brother Jeevan. Jeevan was appointed to do a photo session in Minsara Kanavu, which was a film directed by R. Menon in the year 1997. M. Sukumar made his debut in the Industry with this movie.