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Arya (actor)
Indian actor and producer
In March 2011, he was signed by director Mani Ratnam to essay the role of Arulmozhi Varman in his epic film ''Ponniyin Selvan'', based on the same-titled novel by writer Kalki Krishnamurthy, which however did not materialize.
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
Scorsese has also garnered favorable responses from numerous film giants including Ingmar Bergman, Frank Capra, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Elia Kazan, Akira Kurosawa, David Lean, Michael Powell, Satyajit Ray, and François Truffaut. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2008.
Werner Herzog
German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
The film was completed in 2014 with a different cast: Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell, James Franco as Henry Cadogan, Damian Lewis as Charles Doughty-Wylie, and Robert Pattinson as a 22-year-old archaeologist T. E. Lawrence.'' Queen of the Desert'' had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Vikram (actor)
Indian actor and playback singer
Through the prolific dramatics club, Vikram appeared in stage productions including college adaptations of '' The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'' and Peter Shaffer's '' Black Comedy'', receiving best actor awards for his performances.
Peter Shaffer
A journey into the mind of a seventeen-year-old stable-boy who had plunged a spike into the eyes of six horses, ''Equus'' ran for over 1,000 performances on Broadway. It was revived by Massachusetts' Berkshire Theatre Festival in the summers of 2005 and 2007, by director Thea Sharrock at London's Gielgud Theatre in February 2007, and on Broadway (in the Sharrock staging) in September 2008.
Thea Sharrock
In 2010, Sharrock directed a revival of Martin Crimp's version of The Misanthrope originally by Moliere, at the Comedy Theatre starring Keira Knightley and Damian Lewis. Also in 2010, she directed Benedict Cumberbatch in the Olivier-winning revival of '' After the Dance'' by Terence Rattigan.
Arya (actor)
Indian actor and producer
In 2013, he appeared in three more Tamil films: R. Kannan's comedy film '' Settai'', Vishnuvardhan's action thriller ''Arrambam'' and Selvaraghavan's fantasy film '' Irandam Ulagam''. In 2021, he appeared in Pa. Ranjith's sports film '' Sarpatta Parambarai'' (2021) as a main lead, which garnered him high critical acclaim.
He had three more releases in the latter half of the year, Atlee's romantic comedy ''Raja Rani'' that had him acting amongst an ensemble cast of Nayantara, Jai and Nazriya Nazim, Vishnuvardhan's action thriller '' Arrambam'' which featured him alongside Ajith Kumar, Nayantara and Thapsee Pannu and Selvaraghavan's magnum opus fantasy film '' Irandam Ulagam'' with Anushka Shetty.
Selvaraghavan
Indian actor and filmmaker
He directorial debut was with '' Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002) but his father is credited for business reasons, which stars his brother Dhanush, Selvaraghavan went on to make a series of romantic drama films with '' Kadhal Kondein'' (2003) (also starring Dhanush) and '' 7G Rainbow Colony'' (2004) before also venturing into coming-of-age films ''Pudhupettai'' (2006) and ''Mayakkam Enna'' (2011), both starring Dhanush.
Selvaraghavan was born to film director Kasthuri Raja and Vijayalakshmi. He has a brother, Dhanush, who is an actor, and two sisters, who are both doctors.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} In his youth, one of his eyes was removed after he developed retinal cancer.
Featuring his brother Dhanush in his first role, alongside Sherin and Abhinay, the film told the coming-of-age story of six high school students and featured a hit soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
In 2004, he began pre-production on another gangster film titled ''Kasimedu'' for producer Salem A. Chandrasekharan, which would feature Ajith Kumar, Dhanush and Bharath in the leading roles.
Despite the mixed reaction to the film, Selvaraghavan has expressed interest in making a sequel to the film featuring Dhanush in the future.
Selvaraghavan then relaunched his marital drama film ''Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam'' in November 2008 and filming started with a new cast of Dhanush and Andrea Jeremiah in the leading roles.
2011 || "Naan Sonnadhum Mazhaivandhucha""Oda Oda Dhooram Korayala""Ennena Seidhom Ingu""Kaadhal En Kaadhal" (singing Along with Dhanush ) || '' Mayakkam Enna''
Dhanush
Dhanush joined the ensemble cast of Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas in Russo brothersNetflix produced film '' The Gray Man''.
Ryan Gosling
Roger Ebert compared Gosling to Steve McQueen and stated that he "embodies presence and sincerity ... he has shown a gift for finding arresting, powerful characters [and] can achieve just about anything. Joe Morgenstern of '' The Wall Street Journal'' pondered "the ongoing mystery of how he manages to have so much impact with so little apparent effort.
Steve McQueen
In the 2019 Quentin Tarantino film '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', McQueen is portrayed by Damian Lewis.
Arya (actor)
Indian actor and producer
His next venture was the period film '' Madrasapattinam'' depicting a love story from the 1940s, co-starring newcomer Amy Jackson and directed by A. L. Vijay.
A. L. Vijay
Indian film director
In 2021, he directed a biographical drama film '' Thalaivii'' based on the life of Indian actress-politician J. Jayalalithaa.
J. Jayalalithaa
Indian actress, politician and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016)
In this book, she wrote about her favourites (Place, Flower, Animal, Song, Writer, Journalist, Philosophist, Teacher, Painter Leonardo da Vinci, Novel David Copperfield)
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452–1519)
In 1502, he created a scheme for diverting the flow of the Arno river, a project on which Niccolò Machiavelli also worked.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Early modern political and military theorist from Florence (1469–1527)
Machiavelli is played by Damian Lewis in the 2013 BBC radio play ''The Prince'' written by Jonathan Myerson.
