15-499: Pandua may refer to: Pandu (actor) (1947–2021), a Tamil film actor Pandua (community development block) , Hooghly District, West Bengal Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency) , Hooghly District, West Bengal Pandua, Malda , now known as Adina, ruins of a historic town in Malda district, West Bengal, India. Pandua, Hooghly , Hooghly District, West Bengal, India Topics referred to by
30-507: A visual artist who founded Capital Letters, a graphic designing company. He most notably designed the party symbol and logo of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam . His brother Idichapuli Selvaraj had also previously appeared in films as a comedian. After schooling, he first hesitated to pursue the diploma in arts as it had five-year duration. But after his teacher's insistence, he wrote
45-458: A cash prize of Rs.20,000/- (during the 1960s). The painting of Jayalalithaa in the song "Enge Aval, Endre Manam", was drawn by him. He is more passionate in Arts, Design and Paintings rather than cinema. The Logos of Sun TV, Shankara Nethralaya, etc. were designed by him. More than 250 Logos for reputed companies, organizations and firms were designed by him . He designed the two leaves party logo under
60-673: A comedian. He played a supporting role in Agathiyan's Kadhal Kottai portraying Ramasamy who accompanies Ajith Kumar in Rajasthan . The performance as Ajith's sidekick was widely praised and established him as a prominent actor. In 2013, he starred in Vellachi , which featured his son Pintu Pandu in the leading role. Away from films, in 1975 he started a brass and aluminium business in Chennai called Prapanj Unlimited. He ran it as
75-495: A family business, with son Prabhu Panju in charge. He also ran a company called Capital Letters and engaged in designing name boards for offices and residences of Tamil film fraternity. In 2014, he held an art exhibition alongside another son Panju Pandu. His paintings were displayed at various International Exhibitions throughout the world. He died on 6 May 2021 at the age of 74 after being hospitalized for COVID-19 . Maanavan Maanavan ( transl. Student )
90-419: A job as a lecturer in the same college while preparing for his IAS entrance exams, which Ravi dislikes. Ravi finally gets dismissed from college due to his bad behavior. In revenge, he kills a student, Mani, and frames it on Kathiresan. Ravi is ultimately found responsible for the murder and sent to the same jail as Kathiresan's father for life imprisonment. Kathiresan becomes an IAS officer and ends up coming to
105-431: A maid in a school and a worker in a rice mill. With great difficulty Kathiresan studies well and get admitted to a college. To help pay his fees, he works as a Cycle Rickshaw puller on the side. Ravi, who grew up to be a playboy, is enrolled in the same college as Kathiresan. Kathiresan and Shanthi, who is the college-going daughter of Judge Satyamurthy, fall in love with each other. He passes his M.A in distinction and gets
120-458: A teen actor after a seven-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, Kathadi Ramamurthy among others. Kathiresan is the son of Parvathi, a maid at the Panchayat president's (O.A.K.Thevar) house and her husband (S.A.Ashokan) is a cattle herder. In a fight about gambling debts, his father kills a man and runs away with the police on his tail. He
135-441: Is a 1970 Indian Tamil -language coming-of-age drama film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under Dhandayudhapani Films. The script were written by Balamurugan. The film starring Jaishankar and Muthuraman with Sowcar Janaki , Lakshmi , Nagesh and Sachu in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan appears only for a dance sequence along with Kutty Padmini . Hassan returns to Cinema as
150-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pandu (actor) Pandu (19 February 1947 – 6 May 2021) was an Indian Tamil actor and graphic designer who appeared in many comedy roles in Tamil cinema . He made his acting debut in the film Maanavan (1970). A Doctor of Philosophy graduate in arts from France, he was also
165-512: Is later found and sent to jail for life imprisonment. Ravi, the son of Panchayat president of Salaiyur village in Chengapattu District, is Kathiresan's classmate. Ravi bullies Kathiresan and is not good in studies, while Kathiresan excels in it. Being jealous of this, the Panchayat president wants Kathiresan to quite studies and be a cattle herder. But Parvathi is intent on Kathiresan being educated and relocates to Madras. She becomes
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#1732766274728180-429: The entrance exam for Arts & Design and cleared with first class and enrolled in a famous Arts & Design institute at Baroda. He completed his post-graduation at National Institute of Design , Ahmedabad with a government of India scholarship. Again he got a scholarship from the government of India for pursuing his Doctorate Degree in Arts & Design from France. He designed Tamil Nadu Tourism Logo "Umbrella" and got
195-653: The instruction and supervision of AIADMK founder leader MGR . In an interview with The Hindu newspaper in 2016, he said that he designed the AIADMK Flag within one hour at night, around 10:00 pm and also revealed that his association with late Indian veteran actor turned politician MGR began in 1973 when Pandu had designed stickers for MGR's iconic yesteryear evergreen film Ulagam Sutrum Valiban . Pandu made his acting debut in Maanavan , joining his brother Idichapuli Selvaraj who had appeared in several films as
210-470: The same jail for inspection. Kathiresan's father is released from jail and learns that his son is now an IAS officer. Ravi's father tries to assassinate Kathiresan with a bomb at a village function but is saved by Kathiresan. They are all reunited. The comedy track is provided by Ramu (a rickshaw puller turned car driver) and his lover. Music was by Shankar–Ganesh . The song "Chinna Chinna Pappa" urges people not to be slow or stubborn, also not to sleep in
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