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9 unusual facts about Tamil language


Dakshinavarti Shankh

Dakshinavarti Shankh, Valampuri Sanggu; Tamil: வலம்புரி சங்கு or Sri Lakshmi Shankh, is a sacred Hindu object otherwise known in English as a conch shell.

Golden palm civet

Both golden and Asian palm civet are sometimes collectively called kalawedda in Sinhala and maram nai in Tamil.

Kolam

a pattern, in which a stroke (Kambi, Sikku in Tamil) runs once around each dot (Pulli), and goes to the beginning point (endless/cycle), as a mostly geometrical figure.

Lotus FM

Lotus FM has occasionally been the subject of complaints, with people of South Indian descent claiming that the station's broadcasts favour Hindi music over Tamil music.

Mappillai

Mappillai can refer to three Tamil language films.

Naan Mahaan Alla

Naan Mahaan Alla can refer to two Tamil language films.

Nikolai Bukharin

Voice of the stalking shadow (Pin thodarum nizhalin kural), a Tamil novel by Jeyamohan, is based on the life of Nikolai Bukharin.

Olga Perovskaya

Rebyata i Zveryata has been translated into a number of languages including English, Malayalam and Tamil.

Sthai

In Carnatic music, Sthai or Staayi refers to the octave, especially in the Tamil language.


.my

Registers are free to define the names of their domain names in any romanised form including those written in English, Malay, pinyin and romanised Tamil.

2000 Dharmapuri bus burning

The Tamil language film Kalloori was released in December 2007, just days before the Madras High court upheld the judgment of Salem court.

Adhisaya Ulagam

Adhisaya Ulagam is a 2012 Tamil language Indian fantasy film written and directed by Shakti Scott and produced by R. Banuchitra.

Akilathirattu Ammanai

It is a poetic narrative in Tamil intended to be an excellent compilation of the various aspects of Indian mythology and beliefs about God.

Arpan Sharma

Arpan Sharma (born 1997) is a British polyglot who at the age of 10 could speak 11 languages: English, Hindi, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Tamil, Swahili, Polish, Thai, Welsh and Sanskrit.

Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

The film is a remake of the bilingual South Indian film Neethaane En Ponvasantham (Tamil) / Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (Telugu).

Avalokiteśvara

The Japanese scholar Shu Hikosaka on the basis of his study of Buddhist scriptures, ancient Tamil literary sources, as well as field survey, proposes the hypothesis that, the ancient mount Potalaka, the residence of Avalokiteśvara described in the Gandavyuha Sutra and Xuanzang’s Records, is the real mountain Potikai or Potiyil situated at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Banda Paramasivam

Banda Paramasivam is a Tamil film released in 2003.The movie is remade from the 1998 Malayalam Movie Mattupetti Machan starring Mukesh, Baiju,Jagathy Sreekumar and Oduvil Unnikrishnan which was a remake of the Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.

Chinna Mapillai

Chinna Mapillai was remade in Malayalam with slight changes as Mattupetti Machan and interestingly the same film was again remade into Tamil as Banda Paramasivam, thus completing a cycle.The film was block buster in tamil.

CJVF-FM

The license to the station was granted by the CRTC on December 7, 2011, with the stiplulation that its programming consist of 60% Tamil, 20% Punjabi, 10% Filipino, and 10% English language programming.

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

Other languages spoken in the UAE, due to immigration, include Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Pashto, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Balochi, Russian, Somali language, Tagalog, Nepali and Mandarin Chinese.

Dino Morea

Morea was supermodel and made his acting debut in Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi opposite Rinke Khanna, which was a flop, but he got his breakthrough roles with Rajiv Menon's Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, the 2002 horror film Raaz and the thriller, Gunaah.

Ek Nai Paheli

The movie is a remake of the Tamil classic Apoorva Raagangal directed by K. Balachander, incidentally called the shots for Hindi version too.

Gharwali Baharwali

The film is a remake of the Tamil film Thaikulame Thaikulame starring Pandiarajan, it was also remade in Kannada as Naanu Nanna Hendethira with Ravichandran and in Telugu as Intlo Illalu Vantitlo Priyuraluwith Venkatesh.

Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination

IIT-JEE is conducted only in English and Hindi, making it harder for students where regional languages, like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Oriya, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese or Gujarati, are more prominent.

ITFA Best Cinematographer Award

The ITFA Best Cinematographer Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.

ITFA Best Lyricist Award

The ITFA Best Lyricist Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.

Mamiyara Marumagala

Mamiyara marumagala is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by A.K.Subramaniam, starring Suresh and Manju Bhargavi in lead roles.

Manorama Yearbook

The Manorama Yearbook is a concise encyclopedia of current affairs published annually in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali languages by the Malayala Manorama Group in India.

Marakkalage

The name Marakkalage derives from the type of craft Marakkar (Marakkalam in Tamil means Wooden Ship) used in trade and warfare by the rulers of the Kuru Mandala coast (the region of the Kurus) and Sri Lanka.

Mullillatha Roja

Mull illadha roja is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by K.Ramraj, starring Chakravarthi and Vijayakala in lead roles.

Nadodi Raja

Nadodi raja is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by S.M.Ummar, starring Rajiv and Aruna in lead roles.

Nizhal Thangal

Tamil is the official language of worship, and the object of worship is Lord Narayana with the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

Oriyur

It is a Christian pilgrim center, as it is home to the martyrdom of St. John de Britto, a Portuguese Jesuit better known as ‘Arulanandar’ in Tamil.

Parul Yadav

She made a brief appearance in the 2000 film Meri Aaghosh Mein starring Shakti Kapoor, and then appeared a 2004 Tamil film Dreams starring Dhanush and Diya.

Preeta Samarasan

Evening Is the Whole Day focuses on the dark secrets of an affluent Malaysian Indian family (also living in Ipoh), and has been praised for its lyrical, inventive language, often using untranslated Tamil words, and using aspects of Bahasa syntax, such as reduplicatives as intensifiers.

Pyare Mohan

It is a remake of Tamil film, Aandipatti Arasampatti and inspired from the Hollywood movie See No Evil, Hear No Evil.

Raja Kaiya Vacha

Raja Kaiya Vacha (English: If Raja lay hands) is a 1990 Indian Tamil film, directed by Suresh Krishna, starring Prabhu and Gouthami in lead roles.

Raja Rajeshwari

Sri Raja Rajeshwari (also Sree Raja Rajeshwari) is a 2001 Tamil religious film directed by Bharati Kannan and starring Ramya Krishna, Ramki, Sangavi, and Banupriya.

Rajendra Chola II

Here is an excerpt from an inscription (begins with Tiru-magal maruviya śengōlavan..) of this king while he was still a co-regent of Rajadhiraja Chola I: (from Kolar in Karnataka, original in Tamil and Grantha);

Round Table India

Round Table India released Braille Dictionaries in Tamil and Marathi languages and distributed the same to several blind institutions.

S. P. Narasimhalu Naidu

Salem Pagadala Narasimhalu Naidu (or Pagadala Narasimhalu Nayadu) (12 April 1854 - 22 January 1922) was a Tamil Congressman, social worker, publisher and the first person to have written travelogues in Tamil.

Sengathu Bhoomiyilae

Sengathu Bhoomiyilae is a 2012 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by M. Rathnakumar for producer Revathi Duraimurugan.

Simhadriya Simha

The film was a remake of the 1994 Tamil film Nattamai which starred Sarath Kumar and Kushboo in lead roles, but Simhadriya Simha became more successful than the original.

St Peter's College, Gampaha

Peter's College, Gampaha (Sinhala: සාන්ත පීතර විදුහල, Tamil: செயிண்ட் பீட்டர் கல்லூரி) is a boys-only primary to secondary (inclusive) branch school of St Peter's College, Colombo in the Udugampola zone of Gampaha, Sri Lanka, founded in 1993.

St Sepulchre's Cemetery

George Uglow Pope popularly known as Rev. G.U. Pope or just G.U. Pope, a Christian missionary who spent many years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English.

Thiruthangal Nadar College

Thiruthangal Nadar College (Tamil: திருத்தங்கல் நாடார் கல்லூரி) is an Arts and Science college in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Toe ring

It is worn as a symbol of the married state by Hindu women and is called bichiya (pronounced: bee-chee-ya) in Hindi, jodavi(जोडवी) in Marathi, Mettelu (మెట్టెలు) in Telugu, Metti in Tamil (மெட்டி), Kaalungura in Kannada.

Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham

Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham is an upcoming Indian Tamil comedy thriller film directed by comedian Srinath, which is a remake of S. S. Rajamouli's successful 2010 Telugu film Maryada Ramanna.

Vanakkam Thalaiva

Vanakkam Thalaiva (English: Welcome Leader) is a Tamil language movie directed by Sakthi Paramesh who earlier directed films Soorya Paarvai, Looty and Three Roses under the name "Parameswaran".

Vijayachander

He was then starred as Sai Baba of Shirdi in the 1986 film, Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam directed by K. Vasu, which was later dubbed into Hindi as Shirdi Sai Baba Ki Kahani and into Tamil as Sri Shirdi Saibaba.

Vikrama Chola

Here is an excerpt of his inscription(Grantha and Tamil) from Chintamani, Karnataka mentioning the decimation of Kalinga while he was still a co-regent of his father.

William Bright

Bright was also known for his research on the native American languages Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Luiseño, Ute, Wishram, and Yurok, and the South Asian languages Lushai, Kannada, Tamil, and Tulu.

Woh Saat Din

It is a remake of the 1981 Tamil film Antha Ezhu Naatkal, which was written and directed by the veteran filmmaker K. Bhagyaraj.


see also

Baava Baamaida

The film is directed by Kishore Sarja and based on the Tamil language film Pandithurai (1992) directed by Manoj Kumar.

Batasari

It was simultaneously made in Tamil language entitled Kaanal Neer.

C. R. Srinivasan

R. Srinivasan (28 November 1889 - 29 January 1962) was an Indian journalist who served as Managing Director of the Tamil language newspaper Swadesamitran from 1934 to 1962.

Goripalayam

Goripalayam is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Mayandi Kudumbathar fame Rasu Madhuravan.

Henry Martyn Scudder

With excellent command in Tamil language, he published Spiritual Teaching, The Bazaar Book, and Jewel Mine of Salvation that had become valuable aid to missionaries and native preachers—These are still used in Arcot districts.

Jithan

Jithan is a 2005 Tamil-language film directed by Vincent Selva.

Kailasanthar Temple,Thingalur

Kailasanthar Swamy temple is one of the nine Navagraha sthalas located in the Cauvery Delta region dedicated to planet Moon, called Thingal in Tamil language.

Kannika

Kannika was a 1947 Tamil-language film starring T. E. Varadan, M. S. Sarojini, D. Balasubramaniam, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram, Kali N. Ratnam, Harini, Hemamalini and Lalitha-Padmini.

Korran

:"Annius Plocamus, a freedman, having farmed the customs of the Red Sea, was, while sailing along the coast of Arabia over fifteen days, driven by contrary winds into Hippuros, a port of Taprobane, where he was entertained with kindly hospitality by the king. In six months' time he acquired a thorough knowledge of the Tamil language."

Manam Kothi Paravai

Manam Kothi Paravai is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Thulladha Manamum Thullum fame Ezhil, starring Sivakarthikeyan and debutant Aathmiya in lead roles.

Mohamad Issack

His debut film Agadam, made in the Tamil language, has been awarded the Guinness record for the longest uncut film, with a running time of 2 hours, 3 minutes and 30 seconds, a first in world cinema.

Muthal Vasantham

Muthal Vasantham is a Tamil language film starring Sathyaraj, Pandiyan, Malaysia Vasudevan, Ramya Krishnan, Chandrasekhar.

Nadodi Thendral

Some critics opine that later movies such as the Hindi-language blockbuster Lagaan and the 2010 Tamil-language movie Madrasapattinam were inspired by Nadodi Thendral.

Nandhi

Nandhi is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action-masala film directed by Thamizhvannan and produced by Dinesh Karthik.

Pattukkottai Prabakar

He has also worked as a screenwriter in the Tamil film industry, and also for Paramapadham, the first Tamil-language "mega-serial" to be shown on Doordarshan.

Poikkal Kudhirai

Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani, starring Viji, debutant Ramakrishna and Raveendran.

Soora Samhaaram

Soora Samhaaram is a 1988 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Chitra Lakshmanan starring Kamal Haasan in the role of police officer, ACP Athi Veerapandiyan.

Sri Lanka Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamil dialects, unique Tamil-language dialects used in Sri Lanka by native Sri Lankan Tamil population and in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora

Tamil

Tamil cinema, the Indian film industry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, which produces feature films in the Tamil language

Tamil radio on internet

With the introduction of Internet radio, there were no Tamil-language stations with live announcers and programmes but there were and still are lots of Tamil stations that just broadcast Tamil songs.

The Bodyguard

Kaavalan (literal English translation: The Bodyguard), a 2011 Tamil-language remake of the 2010 Malayalam film

Three Roses

Actress Rambha along with her brother, Vasu, agreed to produce a Tamil language film along the lines of the English films, Charlie's Angels, and roped in leading actresses Jyothika and Laila to appear in key roles alongside her.

Uthayan

".....I also saw the bullet holes above the sofa in the office of the editor of a Tamil language newspaper in Jaffna. Days after we visited the paper, its offices were trashed and employees beaten." - Hugh Segal.