Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-8 of 8
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil obstetrician and gynecologist, and Nelliate C. Shyamalan, a Malayali doctor. His passion for filmmaking began when he was given a Super-8 camera at age eight, and even at that young age began to model his career on that of his idol, Steven Spielberg. His first film, Praying with Anger (1992), was based somewhat on his own trip back to visit the India of his birth. He raised all the funds for this project, in addition to directing, producing and starring in it. Wide Awake (1998), his second film, he wrote and directed, and shot it in the Philadelphia-area Catholic school he once attended--even though his family was of a different religion, they sent him to that school because of its strict discipline.
Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense (1999), which was a commercial success and later nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Shyamalan team up again with Bruce Willis in the film Unbreakable (2000), released in 2000, which he also wrote and directed.
His major films include the science fiction thriller Signs (2002), the psychological thriller The Village (2004), the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010), After Earth (2013), and the horror films The Visit (2015) and Split (2016).- Actress
- Writer
Kalki Koechlin was born to French parents in a small village in Pondicherry. Her parents had come to India as hippies in the 1970s and settled there after they fell in love with the country. Her parents are devotees of Sri Aurobindo.
Kalki was studying in Ooty when her parents insisted that she attend university. She studied drama and theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also worked with a theater company called Theatre of Relativity for two years. She performed in various plays, including David Hare's "The Blue Room," Marivaux's "The Dispute," and a devised play called "The Rise of the Wild Hunt" during her two-year stint with the theater group.
Kalki later decided to move to Mumbai to try her luck in Indian cinema. She was doing modeling assignments for television commercials before being shortlisted for the role of Chandramukhi (Chanda) in Dev.D (2009). Kalki, who can speak Tamil, English, and French, had to learn Hindi to prepare for her role in Dev.D (2009). She was apprehensive about how people would judge her after seeing her in the role.
She won The Hindu's 2009 MetroPlus Playwright Award, along with Prashant Prakash, for their co-authored entry "Skeleton Woman." Kalki also acted in the play "Hair" directed by Ajay Krishnan.- Mirnalini Ravi was born on 10 May 1995 in Pondicherry, India. She is an actress, known for Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019), Super Deluxe (2019) and Enemy (2021).
- Sound Department
- Producer
- Editorial Department
Kunal Rajan was born on 19 February 1986 in Pondicherry, India. Kunal is a producer, known for Enthiran (2010), Ghajini (2008) and Jawan (2023).- Tao Porchon was born on 13 August 1918 in Pondicherry, French India [now Puducherry, India]. She was an actress, known for I Married Joan (1952), The Adventures of McGraw (1957) and I Know a Woman Like That (2009). She was married to Bill Lynch. She died on 21 February 2020 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Varun Krishna is an Indian Musician / actor. He was born in Pondicherry on 31st October 2004. He was started his music career in the year 2020. He was officially joined VKM Records. He was active in his social media accounts.His upcoming music is One Side Kaadhal. He also author of the gang leader the city of crime. And received many Awards.- Director
Magesh as know as Magesh Ram.k from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Also comes from film journalist family as his father is a famous Cinema Journalist Kamal also know as Kamalanathan he is Known as an Director for movies Ivan Than Uthaman, St.mark's Road and music videos in Sony music India titles as Baby Nee Sugar, Single Aayiten Di.- M. Mukundan was born on 10 September 1942 in Mahé, Pondicherry, India. He is a writer, known for Seetha (1980), Madamma (1996) and Savithriyute Aranjanam (2002).