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Connecting Ajith Kumar and Patsy Cline



Ajith Kumar
The film featured Ajith alongside prominent actor Mammooty and actresses Aishwarya Rai, Tabu and Srividya.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Indian actress
Rai's next role was in the 2009 Harald Zwart-directed spy comedy '' The Pink Panther 2''. Starring alongside Steve Martin, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer, Rai portrayed the role of Sonia Solandres, a seductive criminology expert.

Steve Martin
Recipients include Noam Pikelny of the Punch Brothers band (2010), Sammy Shelor of Lonesome River Band (2011), Mark Johnson (2012), Jens Kruger (2013), Eddie Adcock (2014), Danny Barnes (2015), Rhiannon Giddens (2016), Scott Vestal (2017), Kristin Scott Benson (2018), and Victor Furtado (2019).

Rhiannon Giddens
Also produced by Burnett, the album includes songs made famous by Patsy Cline, Odetta, Dolly Parton, and Nina Simone, among others.


Ajith Kumar
The year ended off with an appearance in Santosh Sivan's Hindi project '' Asoka'', in which Ajith played as one of the antagonist against Shah Rukh Khan, which did not perform well.

Shah Rukh Khan Indian actor, producer and television personality
He appeared again in 2013 alongside Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Pitbull.

Pitbull (rapper)
He also made album appearances for Priyanka Chopra, Flo Rida, Jessica Mauboy, Belinda, Jason Derulo and other artists.

Jessica Mauboy Australian singer (born 1989)
Mauboy grew up listening to country singers Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Slim Dusty; she credits country music as her first love of music, saying the genre "is who I really, really am deeply." Mauboy also grew up listening to hip-hop rappers Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.


Ajith Kumar
The film, directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam featured him in the lead role opposite Suvalakshmi, whose brother-in-law infatuates about her.

Mani Ratnam Indian film director
He is greatly influenced by the film-making styles of Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Ingmar Bergman and Mahendran.

Martin Scorsese American filmmaker
Several members of the audience including Nick Nolte and Ed Harris refused to applaud Kazan when he received the award while others such as Warren Beatty, Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, and Kurt Russell gave him a standing ovation.

Ed Harris American actor and director (born 1950)
Also in 1984 he co-starred along with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in the Jonathan Demme directed World War II biopic '' Swing Shift'' and in 1985 played abusive husband Charlie Dick to Jessica Lange's Patsy Cline in the HBO film '' Sweet Dreams''.


Ajith Kumar
His next film, ''Jana'' with Sneha, also became a big failure, with the Saran film '' Attagasam'', being his only hit in the period.

Sneha (actress) Indian actress
The thriller films ''Achchamundu Achchamundu'', co-starring Prasanna and Hollywood actor John Shea and ''Amaravathi'', were her only releases of 2009 in Tamil and Telugu, respectively.

John Shea American actor and film producer (born 1949)
His American film debut was in Constantin Costa-Gavras's Academy Award-winning '' Missing'' (1982), which starred Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek.

Sissy Spacek American actress and singer
Both she and Beverly D'Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, sang their characters' vocals themselves in the film. Film critic Roger Ebert credited the movie's success to "the performance by Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn.





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