King Kong
Also Known As: Shankar, E. Shankar
Biography: King Kong has appeared in Tamil films, primarily portraying comedy supporting roles. He has also appeared in television serials and given stage performances as a dancer.[5] A clip from the film, Adhisaya Piravi (1990) featuring King Kong dancing in front of Rajinikanth, became a popular internet viral video in the late 2000s. The clip, dubbed as "Little Superstar", features the actor breakdancing to MC Miker G & DJ Sven's "Holiday Rap". The video has been featured on YouTube, in Tom Anderson's bulletins on Myspace, on the E! TV show The Soup, the MSNBC shows Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Tucker Carlson, G4TV's Attack of the Show! and elsewhere, as well as having been parodied on Saturday Night Live. In 2007, the actor was spotted seeking disability benefits and was reported to be in poverty. He returned to appear in films, notably appearing in a dance sequence in Pokkiri and then as a regular in Vadivelu's comedy tracks in Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar (2007) and Kanthaswamy (2009). The actor began working on a low-budget bilingual Tamil and Malayalam film titled Onnara Kullan in the lead role opposite softcore actress Shakeela, but the film remains unreleased. In recent years, actor King Kong has choreographed a dance number in a Doritos Tandoori Sizzler! commercial shown in Canada, which was filmed in India. He also made an appearance in British comedian Romesh Ranganathan's BBC Three show Asian Provocateur during October 2015 and appeared in an in-episode short film.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Varadharajapuram, Vandhavasi, India
Adult: No
Birthday: August 18, 1971
Age: 53 years old
Gender: Male
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Kicha Vayasu 16
Overview: This is another film that centers around the pranks of teenagers. This film is rated 18 in Singapore. Jai Akash comes to Nagerkoil as the Collector. His reminiscences of his school days in Nagerkoil, forms the main theme of the film. Manikantan who comes in the role of the 16 year old Kicha is like our typical naughty neighborhood boy. The boy Kicha used to eye becomes the headmistress of his school and this delights Kicha. Kicha who always teases everybody else, is however very well behaved towards headmistress Nirmala (Simran). So he always gets her support. But he leads a group of errant boys and together they steal the school vessels and sell them and also eat in hotels and give the slip without paying the bill. He is only a good friend to this one girl, but she falls in love with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2005-03-24
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Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar
Overview: Prabhu, a swindler, pretends to be in love with Pooja, a wealthy businessman's daughter, to steal an expensive diamond. He soon meets Pooja's sister, Indu, and realises he is attracted to her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1998-01-13
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Kasethan Kadavulada
Overview: Ramu schemes a devious plan when an affluent & dominating stepmother refuses him financial aid. Does he succeed in his plot to loot her high-security vault along with his cousin & friend?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2023-05-27
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Muthal Manithan
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Chinna Jameen
Overview: Rasayya is a wealthy but cowardly man, who is being controlled by his uncle, Ratnavelu. An educated woman falls in love with Rasayya and makes him a changed man. Will Rasayya fight against Ratnavelu?
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1993-11-13
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Saaindhaadu Saaindhaadu
Overview: Saaindhaadu Saaindhaadu (In English ‘Play on Swing’) is an tamil comedy - romance movie. Direction by debutant Ghazali and movie produced by H3 Cinemas.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Kick
Overview: A young advertisement director, who conducts business with models and entertainers, suddenly has the chance to take over the global corporation by masquerading as the fake son of a CEO. While being chased by investors who lost money because of his enterprise, he falls in love.
Genres: Romance Action Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Raja Vikramarka
Overview: Inspired by 1988 American film Coming to America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1990-11-13
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Sura
Overview: When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2010-04-30
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Sakthi
Overview: In the past, the young Seethalakshmi became pregnant but she didn't reveal the father's identity. To punish her, the village chief Periya Ayya ordered her to live alone in a small hut and after the childbirth, he took her newborn son. Whereas, Dharmaraj and Varalakshmi got married. Periya Ayya then sent the baby to another village. Many years later, Sakthi comes back to his village and he becomes the manager of the village's temple. Sakthi thinks that he is an orphan. Afterward, Sakthi and Raani fall in love with each other. Soon, Varalakshmi's brother Sethupathi tries to rob the temple's costly things. On his first attempt, Sethupathi's henchmen fail because of Sakthi. The second time, he robs the temple's Kalasam. He then traps the innocent Sakthi and Periya Ayya dismisses him. Sakthi finally comes to know the identity of his parents : Dharmaraj and Seethalakshmi. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1997-01-10
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Bayam Oru Payanam
Overview: A passionate photographer, who gets stuck in a terror-stricken atmosphere, tries to save himself and his family from an unknown evil force.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Nethiyadi
Overview: Janakaraj is a cook whose son falls in love with a rich girl. However, his uncle creates obstacles in their relationship and Janakaraj's son decides to go abroad to teach him a lesson.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-05-11
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Pass Mark
Overview: Murali, a playful youngster, makes quick money by challenging others. But when one of his challenges goes haywire, it ruins a girl's wedding, and he decides to make it up to her.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Anbu Kattalai
Overview: Shakthivel is determined to kill Balakrishnan and Rajamanikam for killing his brother and his family. He succeeds in killing Balakrishnan but his own son is hunting for him to kill him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1989-10-28
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Piragu
Overview: Piragu (English: Then) is a 2007 Tamil crime drama film directed by N. Jeeva. The film features Hamsavardhan, Keerthi Chawla and Sunitha Varma in lead roles, with Vadivelu, Kadhal Dhandapani, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sabitha Anand and Emey playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Saravana and S. K. Chandhrasekar, had musical score by Srikanth Deva and was released on 21 September 2007.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2007-09-21
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Nari Vettai
Overview: Directed by Akash Sudhakar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2018-02-09
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Pokkiri
Overview: Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity. But she may not be the only one Tamizh is hiding secrets from...
Genres: Action Crime Romance Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2007-01-11
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Sivan
Overview: Alex, who is a honest cop, gets his whole family brutally murdered and himself executed by a terrorist leader, Jupiter. Later scientists resurrect Alex by exhuming Alex's body, replace most of his body with cybernetics, leaving his human brain and he becomes Sivan. Sivan, assigned to Alex's former city, proceeds to efficiently rid the streets of crime. Finally Sivan to face Jupiter to Clean the city & to avenge his family..
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1999-11-26
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Jameen Kottai
Overview: Jameen Kottai is a 1995 Tamil, devotional, horror period film directed by Ramchandra and written by Kalaipuli G. Sekaran. The film stars Kalaipuli G. Sekaran and Seetha, with Ra. Sankaran, King Kong, P. R. Varalakshmi, Bayilvan Ranganathan, and Boopathi Raja supporting. Jameen Kottai was produced by Pon Kumar with a musical score written by Sirpy. The film was released on 14 December, 1995.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1995-12-14
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Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu
Overview: Muniyandi Vilangyial Moonramandu is a 2008 Tamil film. Bharath, Poorna and Ponvannan play the lead roles with Vadivelu. The film is directed by Thirumurugan. The movie was produced by Malaysian-based firm Lotus Five Star in association with Thiru Pictures.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 2008-07-04
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Athisaya Piravi
Overview: Kalicharan is killed by goons. In heaven, he opposes and gets sent back in the body of Balwant, who has enemies in the form of greedy relatives. Now, he has to fix Balwant's life as well as his own.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1990-06-15
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