Iruvar

...portrayal of a weaver in 'Kanchivaram'. This is his second National Award. He earlier won the Best Supporting Actor Award for Mani Ratnam's 'Iruvar'. South Indian actress Umashree received the Best Actress Award for her role in...

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...in Priyadarshan's 'Kanchivaram'. This would be his second National award. He earlier won the best supporting actor award for Mani Ratnam's 'Iruvar'. Actor Darshan Zariwala, who played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the film, 'Gandhi...

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He earlier won the best supporting actor award for Mani Ratnam s Iruvar. The film has also beaten the popular entry Taare Zameen Par for the best film category. Taare Zameen Par has to be content with winning the National award for best...

In this article: Priyadarshan, Kanchivaram, Prakash Raj, Dharm, Bhavna Talwar, Mani Ratnam, Taare Zameen Par, Billu, and Shah Rukh Khan

...Ratnam's Iruvar in 1998 and a special jury award in 2003. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film depicts the lives and times of silk-weavers of Kancheepuram in pre-Independent India. Actor Umashree has won the Best Actress award for her...

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Still the movie is regarded as one of Mani Rathnam's better works. The movie enjoys enormous fan following among the Tamils in the world and has achieved cult status. DVDs of the movie are continuously in demand as are the soundtracks.

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...thief) - my favourite Rahman soundtrack. From there, Rahman travels to fusing swing jazz and smoky blues with pristine Carnatic classical in the political hero biopic, Iruvar, another Ratnam film. There have been many good soundtracks and...

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...of Madhumitha and Vaishnavi. Despite having a huge fan base and publicity, Aishwarya Rai hadn't given a hit in her two movie career despite her debut movie, Iruvar directed by Mani Ratnam being critically acclaimed. Amongst the actors in the...

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...that the actress was able to repeat the karate movements easily. Ramesh has also acted in Mani Rathnam's Iruvar (1997) which was Aishwarya Rai's first ever film. He has also acted in over 400 movies made in South India since 1986 with...

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...has acted in over 40 films in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English. Aishwaraya made her debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film 'Iruvar' in 1997 opposite Malayalam actor Mohanlal. She received rave reviews for her role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's...

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