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NEETHANE EN PONVASANTHAM (2012)
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Casts: Jiiva, Samantha, Santhanam
Music: Ilayaraja
Language: Tamil
Genre: Romance
Life gets defined by the mind altering moments which occurs at the most unexpected circumstances in life.
Gautham Vasudev Menon continues to explore such moments in his distinctive style in Neethaane En Ponvasantham, where he refines the threads he already used in Vaaranam Aayiram and Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya. Neethane En Ponvasantham fits the bill perfectly as a so called ‘concluding’ part of the trilogy.
Synopsis
Gautham Menon experiments in a ‘moment’ driven story this time by surfacing through four chapters of Varun (Jiiva) and Nithya (Samantha), from the age of 8 to 23 years old. Childhood buddies, Varun and Nithya share an unconditional bond since school days. Even when tested by ego clashes and misunderstanding, destiny always brings them together at different stages of life. But what happens when Varun decides to put aside love for the backburner of his middle class family? Will their priorities and perspective towards life put an end to their dreamy love?
Story – Screenplay
Gautham Menon always has his own style of telling a story and Neethane En Ponvasantham is no exception. As soon as the film starts, he clearly conveys by introduction credits that this film will be the ‘moments’ of the life of Varun and Nithya. The main plot does not differ from the tried and tested formula to portray the misunderstandings, ego trips, high octane expectations and societal pressures present in the urban relationships.
However, what make the difference are the sharp dialogues, stylistic presentation and realistically designed characters.
Like VTV, Gautham does not have any antagonist in the film but lets the priorities and decisions of the lead characters to complicate the bond they share. At many instances, he lets Ilayaraja’s soulful music to move the plot rather than the scenes itself. As it travels through four chapters, it gives a sense of belief to the word, ‘destiny’ which is omitted by many. He brings in the nostalgic mood at all the four chapters by interweaving the right relatable situations such as inter-college cultural, childhood gender mockeries, cricket matches and tuition centre.
Even though the minute nostalgic details do forgive the snail pace of the film to a certain extent, it fails to salvage the lengthy scenes and mundane, repetitive break ups of the lead characters. Especially the pre-interval scene shot in just one top angle is thoroughly disappointing. It makes us wonder why Gautham decided to shoot it in a wide shot when that is the most emotionally defining scene of the film. The VTV hangover is evident through the confused character design of Nithya, not that it is wrong but it does get tiring after a while.
However, Gautham makes it up a little with a compelling climax.
In overall, if only the screenplay have been more crisp and edgy, Neethane En Ponvasantham could have repeated the magic of VTV.
Casting & Performance
Gautham always displays his actors like never before and he has done it here again. Jiiva lives as Varun at each chapter convincingly. Even though it is quite hard for us to see him in uniform, he brings out the high school playfulness gently at the scene where he describes Nithya as a third person. Especially at the climax, he collates his previous films’ experience and delivers with much maturity. Samantha undoubtedly carries her best performance till date in Tamil by shouldering a very complex character, much alike to Jessie in VTV. Her articulation, be it as the charmingly arrogant Nithya during the school days, a girl blinded by unconditional love or the matured contented expression she gives at the climax, she does it close to perfection. However, she does suffer when there is a need for her to display mixed emotions.
Even though the film travels in a serious note, Santhanam’s character lifts the engaging level of the film every time he appears. With his witty one liners and comic timing, he adds a different colour to a Gautham film. To glorify his current fan base, he even has an opening song and with the post interval he steals the show. Lastly the promising talent, Vidyulekha as Jenny, compliments Santhanam perfectly.
In overall, Neethaane En Ponvasantham might be a path breaking film for the actors personally.
Technicality
Ilayaraja, undoubtedly tops the list with his Godly musical touch at every scenes. His BGM’s timings are perfect, bringing the audience much more closer to the film at each stage. Even though the soundtracks have a strong sense of 80s and 90s feel, it never fails to compliment the scenes. Gautham, a self-confessed Ilayaraja fan have made his idol move his story. Cinematographers, MS Pabhu and Om Prakash have done a decent job by capturing each stages of life in different light gels and angles. Speaking about chapters, kudos to the art director Rajeevan, for bringing out each period of time so realistically.
On the other hand, editor Anthony falls in his lengthy editing trap once again which does garner the mockeries of the audience when the film starts to drag at the end.
Conclusively, Neethane En Ponvasantham even though has the poetic approach as Gautham Menon’s other films; it lacks that one killer scene (such as the central park scene in VTV) which might have pushed the film to a classic status. Instead, it is cramped with lengthy scenes and repetitive dialogues which diminish the novelty of the film. However, with Ilayaraja’s soulful music, realistically relatable scenes and dedicated performances, Neethane En Ponvasantham might end up as a favourite ‘date’ film.
Verdict: This could be your love story…
Rating : 3.5/5
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Uppalapati's upcoming action-thriller-drama delves into the dynamics of parent-child relationships. "It shows how parents feel left behind when kids move on," he explained. "There are a lot of parents or grandparents who miss their children and have no one to take care of them. I have written multiple stories through the years, but this is the one I wanted to debut with."
Kajol to perform action sequences in the film
In a first, Kajol will be seen performing action sequences in this film. "Kajol ma'am enjoyed pulling off stunts and has been very encouraging," Uppalapati shared. The director also lauded Deva's guidance and Samyuktha's acting skills, emphasizing the pivotal relationship between Kajol and Samyuktha's characters. This film marks a reunion for Kajol and Deva after 27 years since their Tamil film Minsara Kanavu.
Shah's involvement provided strength to Uppalapati's project
Uppalapati expressed his delight at having Shah on board for a pivotal role in the film. "I had him in mind for a particular role and pursued him for a while to get him on board. And when he finally agreed to read the script, he said yes immediately," Uppalapati revealed. "He even said it's time we told stories like this."
A talented crew has been assembled for the upcoming movie
Uppalapati also commended his crew, which includes cinematographer GK Vishnu, music composer Harshavardhan Rameshwar, editor Naveen Nooli, and writers Niranjan Iyengar and Jessica Khurana. "It's just the best team all around," he stated. The director's praise underscores the collaborative effort behind the scenes of this highly anticipated action-thriller-drama film. Coming back to the leads, while Kajol will next be seen in Do Patti, Deva's next is The Greatest of All Time.
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Samantha Music by A. R. Rahman Cinematography M. S Prabhu Editing by Anthony Studio Photon Kathaas
RS Infotainment Release date(s) 14 February 2012 ( )[1] Country India Language Tamil
Neethaane En Ponvasantham (Tamil: நீ தானே என் பொன்வசந்தம; English: You Are My Golden Spring ) is a forthcoming Tamil romantic drama film written directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Jiiva and Samantha in the lead roles.[2] The venture is produced by Kumar and Jayaram of RS Infotainment and will have music composed by A. R. Rahman with cinematography by M. S. Prabhu.This film is being simultaneously shot with the other two versions in Telugu and Hindi. The film is likely to be released on 14 February 2012, coinciding with Valentine's Day.[3]
Contents
1 Cast
2 Production
2.1 Casting
2.2 Filming
3 References
Cast
Jiiva as Raghu
Samantha as Nithya
Santhanam
Anupama Kumar
Ravi Raghavendra
Production
Casting
Gautham Menon met Jiiva to discuss a potential collaboration in May 2011 for his next venture after the Hindi remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.[4] Menon decided to use Jiiva in the Tamil version of a bilingual film he was set to make featuring Ram and Samantha, and Menon's "regular crew" of music composer A. R. Rahman, film editor Anthony and cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa were all a part of the film.[5][6] The film is being in Telugu as Nithya, while a Hindi version featuring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Samantha is also being simultaneously made.[7][8][9] Initial suggestions indicated that the film was also set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha's character in the film, but this turned out to be untrue.[10] The title was revealed through the first publicity posters to be Neethaane En Ponvasantham, inspired by a song from the 1982 film Ninaivellam Nithya starring Karthik.[11] An official announcement was made by the producers of the film, RS Infotainment, that a photo shoot was planned in August and the film would also shoot portions across the United Kingdom.[12] Jiiva had to lose weight for the film and had to undertake diet regimens and work out sessions to get in shape for the character. Furthermore it was revealed that he would sport three different looks in the film as the film encompasses 15 years.[13] Ravi Raghavendra and Anupama Kumar were added to the cast to play Jiiva's parents, while Santhanam was also chosen to play an important role in the film.[14]
Filming
The film was set to begin the first schedule on August 15, 2011 but delays led to a fortnight's delay.[15] It eventually commenced the initial shoot from August 29, 2011 with a photo shoot held and publicity posters were released the following week.[16] The team shot across Chennai in the first week of the first schedule, with scenes filmed at the cinema multiplex Mayajaal and at a coffee shop, Cafe Coffee Day, on the East Coast Road.[1][17] The film was shot alongside the two other versions, with the film shooting the same scene thrice with the various casts.[18]
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During the event, director Venkat Prabhu, who has worked with several top stars, praised Silambarasan saying, “Initially, I didn’t narrate the story to Simbu when I went and met him. I had only shared the idea and the title of the film. More than the story, Simbu liked his character’s name Abdul Kalik.”
The director added that Silmabarasn is a born actor and to work with him in the movie was a delight for him.
At last, Venkat Prabhu expressed that the actor has come a long way. “In the initial days of my career, Simbu helped me a lot, and I have always wanted to work with Simbu. With this film, Suresh Kamatchi sir made my wish come true. I hope we make more films together in the future.”
Actor YG Mahendran said, “Only two of the actors in the film industry today were born for cinema. One is Kamal and the other is Simbu. He is the only one who can think about that much cinema. During the shoot, many problems came but he came and co-operated.”
YG Mahendran added, “If Suresh Kamatchi is a burden bearer, then Venkat Prabhu can be said to be MS Dhoni among the directors. He will handle all problems to that extent. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s background music is record-breaking. I long for the release date to be today.”
Directors Bharathi raja, SA Chandrasekhar, Producers D. Siva, Satya Jothi Thiagarajan, Chitra Lakshmanan, SR Prabhu, K. Rajan, Tananjayan, and Distributor Subbaiah among the special guests present at the event along with the film crew.
The film also features SJ Suryah, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Bharathiraja, SA Chandrasekhar, Premgi Amaren, Manoj Bharatiraja, and Karunakaran in pivotal roles.
The technical crew of the film consists of Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer, the cinematography of the film is by Richard M. Nathan and editing is done by Praveen KL. The film is directed by Venkat Prabu and produced by Suresh Kamatchi under the banner of V House Productions.
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Entertainment & Movies - Neethane En Ponvasantham (Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu) Review, Gautham Menon has certainly established himself as one of the top megaphone wielders when it comes to love tales. The director has offered yet another youthful and charming love story with Neethane En Ponvasantham (Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu). But, will the movie please everyone? Read on to find out.
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Dec 14, 2012: Starting from Minnale to Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Gautham Menon has established himself as one of the top megaphone wielders when it comes to love tales. The director has offered yet another youthful and charming love story with Neethane En Ponvasantham (Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu). But, will the movie please everyone? Read on to find out.
Story:
During a college cultural fest, Varun Krishnan meets the beautiful Nithya Vasudevan. He realises that Nithya is his childhood friend -- and the script takes the audience on a flashback, which reveals that Varun and Nithya had a minor quarrel and got separated. After a few years, they again meet at a tuition centre and love blossoms, but again, it doesn’t last. Then, the audience are brought back to the present days of the leading pair. Varun and Nithya try to revive their love story, but soon Nithya leaves for Scotland to do higher studies. In the meantime, something happens in Varun's life that changes him into a more responsible person; he begins preparations for CAT exam. The state of affairs leads to another break up between the pair. Will their love ever become a success? Go to the theatres and find out.
Analysis:
Like all Gautham Menon romance movies, this one too moves at a leisurely pace. However, the visuals, the music and the director’s perfectionism make it pleasing to the senses.
Jeeva plays the role of a lover boy really well; he comes across as a charming dude while trying to woo Samantha.
In the Telugu version Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, Nani, with his bubbly and smiling performance, has also contributed well.
Samantha has done justice, playing the role of a romanceable lady. Neethane En Ponvasantham will definitely be one of her best movies.
Ilaiyaraaja's music and background score is remarkable. This is one of the better soundtracks of the maestro in recent times. Audio fans should look out for the beautiful numbers, ‘Saayndhu saayndhu...’ and 'Yennodu vaa va'.
Editor Anthony could have done better by cutting some slow moving scenes to make it less dreary.
The slow narration is however compensated by Ms Prabhu's radiant cinematography which adds beauty to every scene.
Conclusion:
With Neethane En Ponvasantham (Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu), Gautham Menon has given us another beautiful romantic entertainer to enjoy. This film is definitely a treat for the youth. But, less romantic and more pragmatic people that prefer arranged marriages may find the movie’s screenplay somewhat lethargic.
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Gautham Menon's film with Jiiva and Samantha, Neethane En Ponvasantham boasts of an excellent cast and crew. AR Rahman is doing the music in a bid to recapture the musical magic of VTV. Art direction is by Rajeevan and cinematography will be handled by MS Prabhu. Nalini Sriram is doing the costumes and editing will be done by Antony.
The shoot commenced yesterday and today, filming is going on at Cafe Coffee Day, Nungambakkam. The team will be shooting in and around Chennai till the 24th of this month and then they will pack their bags and fly to London to film the later portions and a couple of songs.
In further news, Neethane En Ponvasantham is going to be a bilingual and will be released in Tamil and Telugu. Samatha will be seen in the Telugu version as well and word is that Ram, recently seen in the hit Telugu film, Kandireega with Hansika will play Jiiva's role. There is every indication this film is going to be a charming love story along the lines of Minnale and VTV.
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2012 Indian film
Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuDirected byGautham Vasudev MenonScreenplay byReshma Ghatala
Gautham Vasudev MenonStory byReshma GhatalaProduced by
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Reshma Gatala
Venkat Somasundaram
C. Kalyan
C. V. Rao
StarringCinematographyM. S. Prabhu
Om Prakash
S. R. KathirEdited byAnthony GonsalvezMusic byIlaiyaraaja
Production
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Teja Cinema
Distributed byiDream Media (overseas)
Rao-San Film Distributors (Nizam)[1]
Release date
CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (transl. My heart's gone somewhere) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language musical romance film co written, co produced and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It stars Nani and Samantha.[2] The film features score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja and cinematography by M. S. Prabhu. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Neethaane En Ponvasantham with Jiiva replacing Nani.[3][4] The film received five Nandi Awards.[5]
Plot
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The film begins with Varun (Nani) gaining admission into an engineering college. He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meeting her. As they meet, the film rewinds to their early days when both were in third standard. They become good friends after a small incident and their friendship blossoms. But due to a misunderstanding, Nithya decides not to meet Varun and to never talk with him. However, as destiny would have it, they meet again in their tenth standard. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
The film moves to their current meeting in the college. Both forget their past misgivings and become friends again. This time, they fall in love. During the vacations, Nithya leaves India and Varun is left for himself. Varun's elder brother who works in a software company, wants to marry his colleague and confesses the same to his parents. His parents oblige by offering to negotiate with the girl's parents. However, his parents are humiliated at the negotiations. Varun, in the process of consoling them, realises that despite their embarrassment, his brother and parents care about him rather than themselves. He then decides to take his studies more seriously and begins preparing for CAT. Nithya comes back to India and sees Varun not spending enough time with her due to his busy schedule. Nithya too initially understands his situation. However, when she learns that Varun is going to IIM Kozhikode, she too proposes to go with him. Varun rejects her proposal citing that he is going to stay in a hostel as staying outside in a rented house would be too costly for his family. This leads to a heated argument between the two and eventually ends up in another break-up between them.
After graduating from IIM and landing a job, Varun goes about finding Nithya. He goes to Manapad in Tamil Nadu where Nithya is working as a school teacher at a tsunami relief camp. Nithya refuses to talk to him even after many attempts by Varun to start a conversation. When he finally gets her to talk, she rejects his advances saying that she is happy with her current position. Disgusted at her rejection, Varun leaves the place. After some days, Nithya invites Varun to her sister's marriage. At the same time, Varun also invites Nithya to his engagement. Nithya, shocked and surprised at this sudden development realizes that she couldn't fully understand Varun and breaks down before her sister. However, to the surprise of Varun, she attends his reception, which makes him think twice about his marriage. He realises that he is still in love with Nithya. So he breaks his current engagement with the consent of his father and goes to Nithya's home to win back her confidence. Nithya too apologizes to Varun about her past behaviour. They confess their feelings to each other and the film ends with a note being shown that they are happily married and continue to quarrel and love each other.
Cast
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Nani as Varun Krishna
Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Nithya Yalavarthi (voice dubbed by Chinmayi).
Krishnudu as Prakash
Vidyullekha Raman as Jenny
Shriya Sharma as Kavya
Anupama Kumar as Varun's mother
Ravi Raghavendra as Krishna
Dhanya Balakrishna as Nithya's friend
Sahithya Jagannathan as Nithya's friend
Ashwathy Ravikumar as Radhika
Abhilash Babu as Deepak
Christine Thambuswamy as Vidya
Ravi Prakash as Harish
Kavitha Srinivasan as Harish's wife
Sriranjani as Nithya's mother
Jiiva as a train passenger (Special appearance in the song "Koti Koti")
Production
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Development
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In January 2011 producer Bellamkonda Suresh announced that he had signed on Gautham Menon, Ram and Samantha for his next production, a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu, citing that the filming would begin from May 2011.[6][7]
Casting
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In late September 2011, Ram was replaced with Nani, as the former walked out of the film due to unknown conflicts.[8] Nani had previously worked in Gautham Menon's production Veppam. Menon's "regular crew" of editor Anthony and cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa were part of both films.[9] Although A. R. Rahman was reported to compose the music, sources indicated that he would not work for this film, owing to his other commitments.[10] Menon clarified that he never announced any music director for the film and that he wanted to keep it as a surprise.[11]
Filming
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Filming began on 29 August 2011 with a photo shoot held along with the Tamil version.[12] Initially planned to be a bilingual, Menon decided to shoot the film in three languages simultaneously, with Samantha being retained in all three versions.[13][14][15] The film was set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha's character in the film, but was eventually named as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, inspired by a song from the 1996 film Ninne Pelladutha.[16] Singer Chinmayi will be providing the speaking voice for the female lead. In January 2012, Ilaiyaraaja was revealed to be the composer.[17][18]
The teaser of the film is released on 14 February on the occasion of Valentine's Day[19]
Soundtrack
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Yeto Vellipoyindi ManasuSoundtrack album by Released2 September 2012 ( )Recorded2011–2012GenreFeature film soundtrackLength42:00LanguageTeluguLabelSony Music EntertainmentProducerIlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraaja chronology
The film's soundtrack album composed by Ilaiyaraaja, features eight tracks reused from the original Tamil version Neethaane En Ponvasantham. The soundtrack album was launched on 2 September 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai in a grand event,[20][non-primary source needed] attended by some South Indian film directors and other musicians, including Nani who also attended the concert. The songs were performed live by the original artists along with the Anglo-Indian Music Productions orchestra and Hungarian session musicians who had also worked on the film's score.[21][22][23]
Musicperk.com rated the album 8.5/10 quoting "Celebration of Music ! Celebration of Raja !".[24] 123telugu.com gave a positive review stating "Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu has a few very soothing numbers that remind you of Ilayaraja's golden years in the 80s and 90s. But on the whole, YVM has Ilayaraja's stamp all over it. The songs will take time to grow on you, just like slow poison."[25] telugu.way2movies.com gave a positive review stating "Yeto Vellipoindi Manasu is packed with Ilayaraja's signature style tracks and with a couple of songs he takes us to 90s feel. As always, Ilayaraja stayed away from the typical formula numbers and offers us soothing, balmy and a pleasant album. YVM grows on you with the repeated listening..."[26]
Reception
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The movie received mixed reviews in general, with critics appreciating Gautham Menon's story, screenplay and dialogues, Nani and Samantha's performances, Ilaiyaraja's soundtracks and background score, The Times of India gave a review stating "the movie unravels at a pace of its own and has very few whistle-moments and has loads of drama. This movie is definitely a new feather in Samantha's cap."[27] Radhika Rajamani of Rediff said that the film is a "believable love story. Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu is packaged with average ingredients -- a fairly average and sensitive screenplay, fine performances by the lead pair, Nani and Samantha, melodious music by the maestro Ilaiyaraja and decent production."[28] APHerald.com gave a review stating "can watch one time". Only for people associated with love 'ever in their life', May do well at multiplexes but not a commercial hit."[29] The Hindu declared that the film was like a "breeze" and felt that the film should be watched one time "with the person you love. An extra dose of patience will help".[30] IndiaGlitz, in its review, said "to be fair to Gautham Menon, he has delivered a realistic conversational love story. If it was AR Rehman's music that was Ye Maya Chesave's raison d' etre, it is the class act of both Samantha and Nani (who is nothing less than a revelation) that keeps some of us glued."[31] Oneindia Entertainment wrote: "overall, Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu has superb performance by Nani and Samantha. But its dragging narration kills the viewers' interest."[32] Idlebrain.com felt that the film is a "daring attempt by Gowtam Menon to narrate a moments-based film without bothering about payoffs. On a whole, YVM is a multiplex film and we got to wait and see how it fares."[33] CNN-IBN in its review, too felt that Gautham Menon has delivered a "realistic conversational love story" and lauded the lead pair for their "classy act.[34]
Accolades
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Ceremony Category Nominee Result Nandi Awards Best Actor Nani Won Best Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu Won Best Music Director Ilaiyaraaja Won Best Lyricist Anantha Sreeram (for "koti Koti Thaarallona") Won Special Jury Award Gautham Vasudev Menon Won 60th Filmfare Awards South Best Lyricist – Telugu Anantha Sreeram (for "Yedhi yedhi") Won Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu Sunidhi Chauhan (for "Atu Itu") Nominated
Satellite rights
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The Audio satellite rights were brought by Sun TV Network and songs were aired on Gemini Music, But the movie was never aired in television and stalled due to lack of Nani's popularity at that time. In December 2017, after considering huge popularity for Nani and Samantha the complete movie satellite rights were brought by Star Maa and was aired for the first time on 7 January 2018, 5 years after its release.
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I know, I am late, very late, so what never too late to express thoughts. Finally I had the chance to see Neethane En Ponvasantham.
Jeeva and Samantha were apt, music was blissfull, comedy worked in patches, enjoyed Santhanam’s “Chillout machi”, “Malta inga thaan Mysore pakathule thaan iruku”.
Never felt bored though the travel was predictable. Would surely loop in Yennodu vaa vaa and Kaatrai Konjam whenever possible.
Enjoyable romantic musical film that I liked!
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Ghanta Naveen Babu, better known by his stage name Nani is a prominent actor in Telugu cinema who has also made a name for himself as a producer and television presenter. He completed his schooling at St. Alphonso's High School and then attended Narayana Junior College before graduating from Wesley College.
Nani was inspired to join the movie industry as a director by Mani Ratnam. He got his break as a clap director with producer Anil Kumar for the movie Radha Gopalam (2005) in 2005.
He also worked as a director for the movies Allari Bullodu (2005), Asthram (2006), and Dhee (2007). He then took a break from the industry in order to work on a film script. During the time, his friend Bhargavi Mallela who was working for World Space Satellite as an RJ, offered him a job to work as an RJ. Nani accepted the offer and hosted a program named "Non-Stop Nani" for a year.
Later, Nani got noticed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti in a commercial, who offered him an acting role in the movie Ashta Chamma (2008) with which he entered the Telugu movie industry in the year 2008. The movie received critical acclaim and was well received at the box office. His next film, Ride (2009), did exceptionally well at the box office and got him many notable films. After that movie, Nani became a household name and each of his performances got him a lot of positive feedback from critics.
Later, he went on to become a significant part of many famous movies, such as Bheemli Kabadi Jattu (2010), Ala Modalaindi (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011), Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012), Yevade Subramanyam (2015), Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (2016), Gentleman (2016), Majnu (2016), Nenu Local (2017), Ninnu Kori (2017), MCA Middle Class Abbayi (2017), Devadas (2018), Jersey (2019), Shyam Singha Roy (2021), and Ante Sundharaniki (2022). He was cast in S.S. Rajamouli's project Eega (2012). It was also shot in Tamil, featuring renowned actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. He was also cast in the renowned Telugu-language romantic comedy film Ante Sundharaniki (2022) in 2022, opposite Nazriya Nazim.
He went on to produce the movie D for Dopidi (2013) in 2013- it performed moderately at the box office. He later launched his own film production house, Wall poster Cinema, along with Prashanti Tipirineni, a costume designer. The very first movie released under the banner was Awe! (2018) & was among the best-performed films at the box office and received two awards at the 66th National Film Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Make-Up Artist.
In June 2018, Nani made his debut in the television industry by hosting the reality show Big Boss 2. Afterward, he went on to become the brand ambassador for Otto's Minister White.
Nani's success at the box office was evident- his performances received several accolades from critics. Nani received two Critics Choice Best Actor Male - Tamil, two Nandi Awards, and Best Hero Award at Toronto After Dark Film Festival, four SIIMA Awards.
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It is never too early or too late to watch comedies. Films that make you laugh stay with you for a long time, brightening up your day. So, we bring you a list of titles that can make you laugh from start to finish. Here are five Tamil films that are available on SonyLIV and OTTplay Premium that you can stream right away.
Also read: Loved Adrishyam: The Invisible Heros? Here are 5 other thrillers to watch this weekend on SonyLIV
Chennai 600028 II
A sequel to the sports comedy film Chennai 600028, this film is also directed by Venkat Prabhu. It follows a cricket team that sets out to attend their friend's wedding in a village. However, the group gets embroiled in a fight with the local team. The film stars Jai, Vaibhav, Shiva, Vijay Vasanth, Premgi, Aravind Akash and others. Chennai 600028 II is available in Hindi.
Also read: Venkat Prabhu pens a heartfelt note on completing 15 years as a director
Sathiya Sothanai
Directed by Suresh Sangaiah, Sathiya Sothanai is a satire about a man named Pradeep, who is innocent by nature. However, his life turns upside down after he hands over the belongings of a murder victim to the police, thus getting trapped in the cops' investigation. The film stars Premgi Amaran, Swayam Siddha and others. Sathiya Sothanai is available in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
Oh My Kadavule
This romantic comedy drama released in 2020 and stars Ashok Selvan, Vani Bhojan, Ritika Singh and others, with Vijay Sethupathi making a cameo appearance. The film revolves around two childhood friends who get married in haste. But as they settle into marital life, they don't seem to find themselves compatible. The film is directed by Ashwath Marimuthu. The film is available in Hindi.
Comali
Comali is a 2019 comedy film directed by Pradeep Ranganathan. The film revolves around a young boy who falls in love with a girl. While trying to save her from a passing truck, he gets hit instead, thus putting him in a coma. He wakes up 16 years later to find that the world around him has changed, thus setting the ball rolling for a series of hilarious circumstances. The film stars Jayam Ravi, Kajal Aggarwal, Yogi Babu and others. The Tamil film is available in Hindi.
Sabhaapathy
Sabhaapathy is about a man who has a speech disability and finds himself in need of a job. But everything changes in his life when he finds a suitcase full of cash that belongs to a politician known for his corruption. Headlined by Santhanam, the comedy film is directed by Srinivasa Rao and also stars MS Bhaskar, Preethi Verma, Sayaji Shinde and others. It is available in Hindi.
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Have you ever wondered what the essential work of a cinematographer is? He should basically try to bring the vision of the director to life. There are many cinematographers that Kollywood has produced , and some have even went on to win acclaim at national and international level. This field has made a mammoth leap in the past few years, and cinematography as an art is gaining more and more recognition. Now let’s take a glance at the top cinematographers of Kollywood.
1. Ravi Varman
Ravi Varman is indeed a distinguished cinematographer of Kollywood, and he has provided notable contribution to movies like Autograph, Dasavatharam, Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, etc. He has also proved his mettle in Mollywood and Bollywood.
2. Ravi K Chandran
Ravi K Chandran has been in the field of cinematography for more than two decades. He has been giving quality work, and he has worked in both Bollywood and other regional languages. Kannathil Muthamittal and Kandukondein Kandulondein are some of the Kollywood films that he has done. He is a very famous cinematographer in Bollywood.
3. Sanu Varghese
Sanu Varghese has also associated himself with different languages other than Tamil. The Kamal Haasan starrer Vishwaroopam gave him the much-needed appreciation. Thoongavanam is also another feather in his cap.
4. M S Prabhu
Having worked as an assistant to P C Sreeram M S Prabhu has been in the film industry for over two decades. Ramana and Ayan is a couple of notable works in his career.
5. Arthur A Wilson
Arthur A Wilson has tasted immense success in Kollywood thanks to his commendable works including Naan Kadavul , Anbe Sivam , and Imsai Arasan 23 am Pulikesi.
6. K V Anand
K V Anand mainly concentrates in the southern film industry. He is a distinguished cinematographer and has a unique style. Kadhal Desam, Mudhalvan, and Sivaji are some of the best works of K V Anand in Tamil.
7. Sakthi Saravanan
Sakthi Saravanan is a promising cinematographer who has worked mostly with directors Venkat Prabhu and M Rajesh. Chennai 600028, Siva Manasula Sakthi , Saroja, Mankatha, and Boss Engira Bhaskaran are some of the best works of this talented choreographer.
8. N K Ekambaram
N K Ekambaram also works in all the languages, and he is mostly known for his work in the Kollywood venture Iyarkai.
9. Balasubramaniem
Balasubramaniem was an assistant to ace cinematographer P C Sreeram for few years. He has assisted Sreeram in award-winning flicks including Thevar Magan and Kuruthipunal. His sole work in director Bala’s Pithamagan gave him the required appreciation.
10. R Madhi
Madhi has also proven his mettle in Kollywood, and some of his notable works include Naan Mahan Alla, Endrendum Punnagai, Pandia Nadu, Veyil, and Paiyaa. It was Veyyil that gave Madhi the much-needed break and since then he has contributed immensely to Kollywood.
11. Velraj
Dhanush recommends Velraj for most of his movies. Aadukalam, Engeyum Eppodhum, and Sirutthai is a couple of notable works of this talented cinematographer.
12. Manoj Paramahamsa
Paramahamsa works in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industry. His debut film in Kollywood, Eeram, won him high critical acclaim. Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya and Nanban are the other notable works in his career.
13. Tirru
Tirru was working as an assistant to P C Sreeram during the initial stages. Having debuted with Magalir Mattum , he is best known for Hey Ram , Aalavandhan, and Kancheevaram.
14. Ramji
Ramji is another protégé from the stables of ace cinematographer P C Sreeram. Though Ramji may not do cinematography for films on a regular basis, he does that with good quality whenever he does. Thani Oruvan , Aayirathil Oruvan , Paruthi Veeran, and Irandam Ulagam are some of the best works of Ramji.
15. R Rathnavelu
Rathnavelu has carved a niche for himself down south. His commendable works in Tamil include Nanda, Enthiran and Vaaranam Aayiram . His work in Enthiran is highly appreciated.
16. R D Rajasekhar
Initially, Rajasekhar was working under Rajiv Menon as his assistant. In his career spanning over a decade, starting from Minnale, R D Rajasekhar has contributed immensely to films such as Manmadhan, Ghajini, Kaaka Kaaka, Billa 2, etc. Now he is busy with Iru Mugan starring Vikram and Nayantara.
17. Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah is also in the film industry for over a decade. Arinthum Ariyamalum, Sarvam, Deiva Thirumagal, Thandavam, Pokkiri, and Madrasapattinam are some of the distinguished works of this talented cinematographer.Though he missed Enthiran due to prior commitments he has now been offered to be the cinematographer of 2.0.
18. Rajiv Menon
Rajiv Menon has a knack for innovation and one can witness this in Bombay, Guru, Kadal etc.
19. Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan is one of the highly accomplished cinematographers of Kollywood. He is a legendary cinematographer of Tamil cinema, and he has a Midas touch. Iruvar, Roja, and Thuppaki are some of his best works.
20. P C Sreeram
P C Sreeram is no doubt one of the exemplary and highly accomplished cinematographers. Nayagan, Apoorva Sagotharargal, Kadhalar Dhinam, Alaipayuthey Kuruthipunal are some of the movies that P C Sreeram contributed to.
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It’s easy for people to have an air about themselves when they are part of stardom in the cine world. But for dance master, actor and director Prabhu Deva, humility is his middle name.
In Bengaluru to promote his latest film ABCD 2 along with co-stars Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan, the actor exuded a quiet modesty, be it on stage or off it, that is so synonymous with his persona.
Excited to be in Bengaluru, Prabhu says the city is his home after all. “My parents hail from a village near Mysore. I always have a deep connection with this city,” he says adding “Bengaluru namma ooru,” in his best Kannada.
Elaborating his experience in the movie, the superstar says: “In ABCD1 it was only me. The character I play has his own charisma. But In ABCD2 the film has gotten bigger with stars like Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan teaming up with me. The story is also completely different so viewers can expect something totally new.”
Based on the real life struggle of choreographers Vishnu and Suresh from Vasai, a suburb in Mumbai, who went on to win the world hip-hop dance championship, ABCD2 explores the concept of ‘anyone can dance if they believe in it’ in a deeper perspective.
On dancing for the second dedicated film on dance in India, Prabhu modestly puts his experience across.
“In the first movie, it was tough. In the second one, it was tougher. There are better dancers in the field. And I am also getting older,” he says.
However, the actor quickly points out that the most interesting part of working in ABCD 1 and 2 is that these movies have given him the feel of dancing again. “In other movies, people will just be on the set and actors will come and go. But here, everyone is dancing and rehearsing. Everyone on the set has so much energy and they put their heart into dancing. The vibe was completely dreamlike. Each day on the set was like a celebration of dance. It was an absolute fun atmosphere. I’m going to miss the cast and crew.”
Abbreviated as Any Body Can Dance, ABCD speaks a lot through its story.
Prabhu agrees. “When people watch this movie, it doesn’t necessarily have a message to convey, but you will still carry back something deeper than just a good film. It’s based on a true story of two small children hailing from a small town near Mumbai who love dancing and go on to become world champions. So this rise from nobody to somebody of significant value through hard work is what people can take back. If you work hard, nothing is impossible. When you watch the film, you will also appreciate the excellent way this message has been conveyed.”
On working with director Remo D'Souza, Prabhu says the choreographer-turned director is his closest friend and colleague.
“I always tell Remo that he has great skill in direction, which in many ways surpasses his skills as a choreographer. He’s done a fantastic job in the movie.”
Elaborating on his journey so far, Prabhu says as a choreographer, teaching is what comes closest to his heart. “It’s great to be in a position to share my experience and the lessons I’ve learnt with others.” He adds quickly that he doesn’t give advice to anyone.
“The rising talent these days are very sharp in their mind. I don’t even advice my children. They know what to do. Most of them already have the right approach to getting out there and making it big.”
Pointing out that coming to cinema itself is a turning point in his career, Prabhu emphasises that he had never expected to come so far. “Looking back, the most challenging thing for me was actually directing. It’s very tough. Being in front of the camera is easy since the director can tell me what to do. But being the director and giving people directions is the toughest thing for me,” he reveals with a laugh and mockingly wiping sweat off his brow.
Looking ahead, the dance enigma says he never makes plans. “I did not even plan where I am today. I had not planned to become an actor or a dance master or even a director. I just let life guide me wherever it needs me to go. I want to continue to dance since it is life for me, but it all depends on God,” he gestures upwards.
ABCD2 releases on June 26.
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The car as I had mentioned earlier is the sole witness and the third wheel to Nithya and Varun’s story. Every scene succeeding the one with the Car leads to a progression in their story. During the flashback scenes we see a young Nithya looking at her reflection in the car mirror, before “accidentally” bumping into Varun. During their high school we see a lot of shots involving the car which paves way to their budding childhood romance. From stolen kisses on the cheek, holding hands, passing chits and exchanging gifts. But in all these scenes the car is driven by someone else, implying their lack of control over their relationship which has been blossoming overtime.
We cut to the present, where Varun and Nithya are in college. Following their first ‘proper’ date at a coffee shop, we see Varun and Nithya driving home from Varun’s college. The steering is in Varun’s control and whilst he is telling Nithya not to make these visits regular, she is blissful in that moment handing the reins of her heart(the steering wheel) to Varun. On Nithya’s birthday she is the first one to confess her love for him, though Varun is holding the steering wheel, he can’t tear his eyes away from Nithya. They are nestled together in each other’s presence in the cocoon of the Car and later enter the party as a couple. After Nithya’s friend’s wedding the control seamlessly shifts to Nithya, and back to Varun shuffling his seat in another shot. While walking through the park, their silhouettes lit by backlight, we see the Car in the background as if genially looking at them.
After Nithya leaves to Edinburgh, Varun’s priorities change as he starts preparing for CAT exams. On Nithya’s return she surprises Varun with her new car and asks Varun to drive it. Varun shows his reluctance to do so indicating the oscillation in his mind regarding the future of their relationship. Nithya is distraught at his shift of attitude and she is shown waiting about in her car. The vehicle is shown to be stationary, implying how Nithya’s is stuck in the relationship. This buildup leads to a confrontation and they breakup.
Even after Varun’s attempt at reconciliation they don’t get back together and Nithya arrives at Varun’s wedding reception. She arrives in a car driven by someone else, once again indicative of not being in control of their relationship. Later that night she drops by Varun’s home and as she leaves, Varun shows her his car i.e his life without Nithya. He asks her to drive it for old times sake, and over the next few minutes, they both shift two and fro from the steering wheel while revisiting their favourite haunts. In the climax, they are shown to be kissing and making up and surprise! The Car makes a final appearance of approval and stands as a testament to their tumultuous journey of love.
An underrated gem of director Gautam Vasudev Menon finds a place as my first series of posts, because personally to me, it was this movie that unraveled itself to me on a train journey back home and prompted me to start this blog.
Neethane en ponvasantham follows the story of Nithya and Varun from their childhood, traversing through their high school, college and work along the way. There are a lot of sequences with them steering away a car, this inanimate object is the literal 3rd wheel/propeller of their story and is also an indicative of the consequences of they decisions they make.
Every major shift in Varun’s life can be attributed to Nithya leaving him in a spot. The first time they are separated after Nithya moves out of their apartment complex and a silly misunderstanding causes a rift between them.
The second time, they split in their high school playground, due to their immature understanding of attention, time and prioritising responsibilities. Nithya walks away leaving Varun stranded and she cites fulfilling her duties which is keeping them apart, which is a subtle foreshadow to the future where they breakup. Nithya returns from Edinburgh to find a changed person in Varun, whom on confrontation confesses to fulfillimg familial responsibilities. The final and major shift in Varun’s life comes a few months after the argument in Manappad. Nithya visits him after his reception where they take a trip down memory lane and revisit their favourite haunts, as her attempt of seeking a truce and sorting their differences.
In 2 out of these 4 incidents Nithya drives away in her car leaving an untethered Varun to his reality which is engulfing him.
Part-2 is coming soon! Stay tuned.
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu is a South Indian entertainer and model, who acts in the Tamil and Telugu entertainment worlds. She has won various honors for her acting and is one of the most generously compensated and sought-after entertainers in the business. Samantha made her introduction in 2010, with the Telugu film Ye Maaya Chesave, which won her acclamations from fans and pundits alike. She then, at that point, moved to act in various Telugu and Tamil movies and qualifies as being just the second entertainer in Indian film history, after Revathi, to win a Filmfare Award for Best Tamil and Telugu Actress, around the same time.
FILM CAREER
In 2010, Samantha Ruth Prabhu made her presentation in a lead role with Gautham Menon’s Telugu film Ye Maaya Chesave, which was changed in Tamil and named Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The debutant entertainer got far-reaching acclamations for her work. She then, at that point, proceeded to act in the Tamil movies Baana Kaathadi and Moscowin Kavery and the Telugu film Brindaavanam. The entertainer’s next release was the blockbuster Telugu film Dookudu, in 2011, opposite Mahesh Babu. The film proceeded to be one of the best Telugu films ever, after which Samantha acted in the spine chiller Nadunisi Naaygal, and Ekk Deewana Tha, a Hindi change of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. Be that as it may, she ought to take a short vacation from the business after she was determined to have a skin illness in 2012.
The productive entertainer won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Eega and Neethane En Ponvasantham, making her the second entertainer after Revathi to win Filmfare grants for motion pictures in Tamil and Telugu around the same time.
Here are some of the best films by Samantha Ruth Prabhu!!
1. Ye Maya Chesave
2. Eega
3. A Aa
4. Rangasthalam
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When I watched the film back in 2012, I hated it. I felt Nithya deserved someone better than Varun, who never reciprocated the same amount of love she had for him. I also thought Raja's music got wasted. And, I went around bitching about this film to people calling it GVM's worst film.
Firstly, apologies to GVM for having a negative/wrong opinion about this film. On rewatching it ten years later, I changed my view about the film: I thought this was GVM's best work so far: an epic love story with two real characters who had their own imperfections, which affected their relationship in different stages of their life. I felt Varun was immature and had difficulty communicating his…
they've managed to tell such a grounded, realistic, ugly, yet compelling romance in the most epic, larger-than-life fashion. neethaane en ponvasantham was such a powerful, fascinating watch, despite its slightly fumbled conclusion (when i say slightly, i mean i had exactly one issue with it but i still cried so it's fine).
gautham vasudev menon is like tarantino (bear with me) in that his characters all just speak like he does, but his best films are able to make you believe these conversations despite their artificial nature. vaaranam aayiram really did not work for me, for this very reason - i just couldn't buy into any of it, not only did the conversations feel fake, but the progression of the…
What a difference casting can make. This is the exact same script as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu or very close to it, with the exact same weaknesses, but this movie is near-great while that one's deeply flawed.
The supporting cast is better almost straight down the line, but the biggest difference is Jiiva vs. Nani. Where Nani's version of the lead comes off as a Reddit incel manbaby fueled by rage and entitlement, Jiiva's feels much moodier, much more empathetic, and much more vulnerable, fueled instead by doubt and sadness. There is still a scene or two that forces him into that incel-adjacent mode--and this is a GVM problem, not a Nani or Jiiva problem, based on his other films--but thanks…
What’s the point of forgiving if you can’t forget?
Doesn’t quite have the same cinematic flourishes as VTV and the main characters are so messy, vindictive, etc. that it is absolutely no surprise to me that a lot of people really disliked this when it came out but I found the narrative in this to be more complex and fascinating and part of me wonders if this was because of Reshma Ghatala’s influence who has story and screenplay credits. I am also a huge sucker for romance movies where the main couple meet for the first time onscreen after being estranged for years. Being unraveled at the mention of a name because years of memories flash before you (good and…
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Priyanka Upendra, one of the busiest actors in Sandalwood has signed up for her next film. This time with a socio-political drama title PP, with a tagline Prajaye Prabhu and will mark the debut of dance choreographer turned director, Sai Lakshman, and backed by the director’s friends, under Soubhagya Cinemas banner,” he says.
PP is a socio-political thriller and is a woman-centric subject, says Priyanka Upendra, speaking to CE ahead of the film’s launch today said that she has been experimenting with genres, and this is an interesting plot and a gradual essential to explore another kind of a role.
“It is about an individual, an educated woman who decides to come to India and takes a challenge to bring a change in the society and among people. It is a powerful role. Though it is not based on anyone, however, the concept is similar to Upendra’s party, Prajakeeya,” says Priyanka.
The actor talked about her inclination toward politics, and she had a candid reply. “I have been part of Upendra’s Prajakeeya since its inception, and we are always bouncing ideas to each other. For the longest time, when I first met him, he had expressed his desire to serve people, and not meant to entertain them. He always wants to work towards bringing a change in society. I have always had a voice when it came to women’s issues, and education, which is mostly done through the foundation. That’s how this subject caught my interest, she says.
Apart from Priyanka, the cast also consists of Ravi Shankar Girija Lokesh, Yash Shetty, and Cheluvaraju in prominent roles, and will also feature artistes from a theatre background. PP will be composer V. Nagendraprasad scoring music for the film, and lyrics by K M Indra. Cinematography and editing are handled by Rishikesh, and Sahara Ranjith respectively.
The team, which plans to kickstart shooting in January has finalised locations in Badami, Aihole, and Pattadakallu. Priyanka’s lineup of films includes Ms. Nandini, which is slated for January 6 release. She also has Life is Beautiful, Ugravatara, and Detective Teekshna among other projects, which are at dif ferent stage s of production.
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The film begins with Varun (Nani) gaining admission into an engineering college. He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meeting her. As they meet, the film rewinds to their early days when both were in third standard. They become good friends after a small incident and their friendship blossoms. But due to a misunderstanding, Nithya decides not to meet Varun and to never talk with him. However, as destiny would have it, they meet again in their tenth standard. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
The film moves to their current meeting in the college. Both forget their past misgivings and become friends again. This time, they fall in love. During the vacations, Nithya leaves India and Varun is left for himself. Varun's elder brother who works in a software company, wants to marry his colleague and confesses the same to his parents. His parents oblige by offering to negotiate with the girl's parents. However, his parents are humiliated at the negotiations. Varun, in the process of consoling them, realises that despite their embarrassment, his brother and parents care about him rather than themselves. He then decides to take his studies more seriously and begins preparing for CAT. Nithya comes back to India and sees Varun not spending enough time with her due to his busy schedule. Nithya too initially understands his situation. However, when she learns that Varun is going to IIM Kozhikode, she too proposes to go with him. Varun rejects her proposal citing that he is going to stay in a hostel as staying outside in a rented house would be too costly for his family. This leads to a heated argument between the two and eventually ends up in another break-up between them.
After graduating from IIM and landing a job, Varun goes about finding Nithya. He goes to Manapad in Tamil Nadu where Nithya is working as a school teacher at a tsunami relief camp. Nithya refuses to talk to him even after many attempts by Varun to start a conversation. When he finally gets her to talk, she rejects his advances saying that she is happy with her current position. Disgusted at her rejection, Varun leaves the place. After some days, Nithya invites Varun to her sister's marriage. At the same time, Varun also invites Nithya to his engagement. Nithya, shocked and surprised at this sudden development realizes that she couldn't fully understand Varun and breaks down before her sister. However, to the surprise of Varun, she attends his reception, which makes him think twice about his marriage. He realises that he is still in love with Nithya. So he breaks his current engagement with the consent of his father and goes to Nithya's home to win back her confidence. Nithya too apologizes to Varun about her past behaviour. They confess their feelings by sharing a kiss. The film ends with a note being shown that they are happily married and continue to quarrel and love each other.
Cast
Nani as Varun Krishna
Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Nithya Yalavarthi
Krishnudu as Prakash
Shriya Sharma as Kavya
Vidyullekha Raman as Jenny
Anupama Kumar
Ravi Raghavendra
Dhanya Balakrishna as Nithya's friend
Sahithya Jagannathan as Vidya
Ashwathy Ravikumar as Radhika
Abhilash Babu as Deepak
Jiiva in a Special appearance
Production
In January 2011 producer Bellamkonda Suresh announced that he had signed on Gautham Menon, Ram and Samantha for his next production, a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu, citing that the filming would begin from May 2011. In late September 2011, Ram was replaced with Nani, as the former walked out of the film due to unknown conflicts. Nani had previously worked in Gautham Menon's production Veppam. Menon's "regular crew" of editor Anthony and cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa were part of both films. Although A. R. Rahman was reported to compose the music, sources indicated that he would not work for this film, owing to his other commitments. Menon clarified that he never announced any music director for the film and that he wanted to keep it as a surprise. In January 2012, Ilaiyaraaja was revealed to be the composer.
Initially planned to be a bilingual, Menon decided to shoot the film in three languages simultaneously, with Samantha being retained in all three versions. The film was set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha's character in the film, but was eventually named as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, inspired by a song from the 1996 film Ninne Pelladutha. Singer Chinmayi will be providing the speaking voice for the female lead.
Filming began on 29 August 2011 with a photo shoot held along with the Tamil version. The teaser of the film is released on 14 February on the occasion of Valentine's Day
Soundtrack
The audio was released directly in the stores. The Tamil version Neethaane En Ponvasantham was released in a grandeur way with Ilayaraja's concert along with Europe's Budapest Orchestra in Chennai which was also attended by the cream of South Indian film directors and other musicians. Telugu actor Nani had also attended the audio launch-concert in Chennai.
The official audio track list of the film was released on 27 August 2012. Musicperk.com rated the album 8.5/10 quoting "Celebration of Music ! Celebration of Raja !". 123telugu.com gave a positive review stating "Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu has a few very soothing numbers that remind you of Ilayaraja’s golden years in the 80′s and 90′s. But on the whole, YVM has Ilayaraja’s stamp all over it. The songs will take time to grow on you, just like slow poison." telugu.way2movies.com gave a positive review stating "Yeto Vellipoindi Manasu is packed with Ilayaraja's signature style tracks and with a couple of songs he takes us to 90’s feel. As always, Ilayaraja stayed away from the typical formula numbers and offers us soothing, balmy and a pleasant album. YVM grows on you with the repeated listening…" Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu which were successful at the box office.
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Thereafter they divorced and Nana married Munaira Jasdanvala, a Bohra Muslim who was also a divorcee. They have two children- Akshay and Shaina, both of whom are married to Hindus. Shaina is an MP belonging to BJP. Brinda, Nana’s daughter from his first marriage, is married to architect Alfaz Miller, a Muslim. They have two daughters, Ahana and Ashti. 8. Actor Sanjay Khan’s daughter Simone Khan Arora is married to Ajay Arora (and other daughter Suzanne to Hritik Roshan) 9. Actor Aditya Pancholi is married to actor Zarina Wahab. Their children are Suraj and Sarah. 10. Cricketer Ajit Agarkar, a Maharashtrian Brahmin, is married to Fatima Ghadially. They have a son, Raj. 11. Actor Sunil Shetty is married to Mana Qadri, daughter of a reputed Muslim architect of Mumbai. Their children are Atiya and Ahan. Mana is daughter of I. M. Qadri (Muslim) and late Vipula Qadri (Hindu). Qadri and Vipula have two more children, Isha and Rahul, both of whom are married to Hindus. 12. Congress MP Sachin Pilot, son of Late Rajesh Pilot is married to Sarah Abdullah, Daughter of Former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. Thet faced opposition from both families. 13. Actor Govinda’s father, small time actor Arun Ahuja married Nazeem, later known as Nirmala Devi (Govinda’s mother). She is no more. 14. Zubeida, a Muslim girl from a prominent Mumbai family was pushed into marrying a Muslim youth in 1947. The husband divorced her when she refused to migrate to Pakistan with him. She later married Hanuwant Singh, the then Maharaja of Jodhpur. Both later died in an unexplained air crash. She was the mother of film critic-turned director Khalid Mohammed (‘Fizaa’, ‘Tehzeeb’, ‘Silsilay’). Khalid wrote the script of film ‘Zubeida’ which was directed by Shyam Benegal with Karishma Kapur in the title role. 15. Actor Ayesha Takia’s father, Nishit, is a Gujarati Hindu while her mother Farida is a Muslim. Ayesha Takia married a Muslim named Farhan, son of politician Abu Azmi. 16. Bollywood Movie Director Mahesh Bhatt had a Hindu father (director Nanabhai Bhatt) and a Muslim Shia mother (Shireen Mohammed Ali). But they were never married and never lived together. Their relationship has been portrayed in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Zakhm’ starring Ajay Devgan. Mahesh Bhatt’s two nephews, actor Emraan Hashmi and director Mohit Suri are Muslim and Hindu respectively. (Emraan’s mother is Christian). Mahesh Bhatt had a very public affair with Parveen Babi. He later married Kiran. They had a daughter, the film acress and director Pooja and a son, Rahul. Thereafter, they divorced and Mahesh married Soni Razdan who is a Muslim. They have two daughters, Shaheen and actress Aliya (seen in the film ‘Student Of The Year’). 17. Actor Emraan Hashmi ( son of a Muslim father and a Christian mother) is married to Parveen Shahani, a Sindhi Hindu. Their son is Ayaan. 18. Director/Choreographer Farah Khan married director-editor Shirish Kunder. They have triplets – Anya, Diva (both daughters) and Czar (son). 19. Actress Nagma’s (Nandita Morarji) father Sri Arvind Pratapsinh Morarji married a Muslim woman, Seema Sadhana. Seema later divorced Arvind and married producer Chander Sadanah from whom she had two daughters, Radhika and actress Jyothika and one son, Suraj. Thus, Jyothika and Naghma are half-sisters, born to a Muslim mother. Jyothika is now married to Tamil star Surya Sivakumar. Naghma is single. ——– 20. Top Tamil actor Khushbu, a Muslim, married director Sunder C after converting to Hinduism. They have two daughters, Avantika and Anandita. 21. Gangster turned Politician Arun Gawli married Zubeida Mujawar who converted to Hinduism and took up the name Asha. They have five children, Geeta, Yogita, Yogesh, Mahesh and Asmita. Geeta is an active politician in Mumbai. 22. Manoj Bajpai married actor Shabana Raza whose screen name was Neha. She made her debut in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘Kareeb’ opposite Bobby Deol. Their daughter is Ava Nayla. 23. Actor Pankaj Kapoor married TV actor Kanwal (screen name Neelima) Azim. Her best remembered big screen appearance was in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Sadak’ as Deepak Tijori’s girlfriend. Parents to actor Shahid Kapur, they are divorced now. Neelima Azim got married a second time to actor Rajesh Khattar (supporting roles in films like ‘Don’, ‘Race 2? and ‘Khiladi 786?). Their son is Ishaan. They got divorced too. Rajesh Khattar later married Vandana Sajnani. Neelima is now married to Ustad Ali Raza Khan, a singer. 24. Karnataka Congress MLA Gundu Dinesh Rao is married to Tabassum. 25. Nayyara Mirza, Miss India finalist of 1967, was the first Muslim to participate in the pageant. She converted to Hinduism after marriage and became Nalini Patel. She is settled in the USA. 26. Noted English writer Anil Dharkar is married to Imtiaz, a Pakistani Muslim. Their daughter Ayesha is an actor who came to limelight with Santosh Sivan’s film ‘The Terrorist’ where she played a suicide bomber. She is married to actor Robert Taylor, a Christian. 27. Legendary actor Waheeda Rahman married Shashi Rekhi, the Punjabi Hindu actor who acted opposite her in the film ‘Shagun’. (His screen name was Kamaljeet). She has a son, Sohail and a daughter, Kashvi. Kamaljeet died a few years ago. 28. Choreographer Saroj Khan’s real name was Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu (Sindhi Hindu). She got married at young age to bollywood dance master B Sohanlal. They had 2 kids, Kuku and Choreographer Raju Khan (also director of the film ‘Showbiz’). But Saroj did not know that Sohanlal was already married. He abandoned her. Then she married businessman Sardar Roshan Khan who also was a married man. Her children, though not Muslim, use the name Khan. 29. M J Akbar, noted journalist and editor of ‘The Asian Age’ is a Kashmiri Muslim (His great grandfather had converted from Hinduism to Islam) married to Mallika, a Hindu. His children are Prayag and Mukulika. 30. Raj Babbar married stage actress Nadira Zaheer, daughter of Communist parents. Their kids are Arya and Juhi. Arya acted in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ as Aishwarya Rai’s brother. Juhi also did a couple of films. She was married to Vijay Nambiar but got divorced. She is now married to TV actor Anup Soni. 31. Actor – activist Nafisa Ali, a former Miss India, is married to Colonel (retired) Sodhi, a Sikh (not a Hindu, please note!). She is herself a child of a Muslim father and a Roman Catholic mother. Her daughters are Armana and Pia. Armana is married to Adil Singh Akoi, a Sikh. 32. Hindi writer Nasira Sharma is a Muslim married to a Hindu. They have two children. 33. Yesteryear’s actor Mumtaz married Mayur Madhvani, a businessman. Their daughter Natasha, is married to actor Fardeen Khan. Other daughter is Tanya. Mumtaz’s sister, Mallika married Dara Singh’s brother, Randhawa who featured in many stunt films of 60?s. Their son Shaad acted in the film ‘Woh Lamhe’ as the abusive boyfriend of Kangna Ranaut. 34. The ex Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat who was dismissed by Defence Minister George Fernandes under controversial circumstances is married to Niloufer Deshmukh – Bhagwat, a Muslim. They have a son, Jawahar (a naval officer) and a daughter, Roshni (a doctor). Niloufer herself is a child of a Muslim father (Mahmood Deshmukh) and a Parsi mother. 35. Actor -singer Kishore Kumar married Madhubala (real name Mumtaz Begum) in 1960. They had a civil marriage without ceremony due to staunch opposition from both families. (It is said that Kishore had converted to Islam for the marriage). Madhubala died in 1969 without becoming a mother. After her death, Kishore married Leena Chandavarkar. Their son is singer Amit Kumar. Madhubala’s sister Zahida married music director Brij Bhushan Sahni (films like ‘Milap’). Her post-marriage name is Madhur Bhushan. 36. Sir VS Naipaul, Trinidad based writer of International reputation, is a Hindu (of Indian origin) married to a Pakistani Muslim called Nadia. 37. Actor Asha Parekh’s father was a Gujarati Hindu and mother, a Muslim. Her affair with director Nasir Husain was the talk of the town but she is unmarried to this day. 38. Suman Chattopadhyay, a Bengali leftist activist of Kolkata (Brahmin by birth) divorced his German wife Maria, converted to Islam and married Sabina Yasmin, a Bangladeshi Muslim singer in July 2008. He has taken the name Kabir Suman. He is now a Trinamool Congress MP. 39. The niece of actor Raza Murad, Sonam (actual name Bakhtawar), best known as the ‘Tridev’ girl, married Rajeev Rai, producer and director of that film. They have one son, Gaurav. 40. Item song girl Sanobar Kabir (cousin of actress Sonam and daughter of actor Raza Murad) is married to actor Rajiv Singh. 41. Yesteryear’s actor Rehana Sultan, known for her bold, controversial films like ‘Chetna’ and ‘Dastak’ in late 70s, married producer – director B R Ishara, a Hindu. Ishara was the director of most of Rehana’s films. They have no children. 42. Social activist Shamim Modi is married to fellow activist Anurag Modi. 43. Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal (originally Khan) married Late Kamaleshwar Nath Sehgal. Their daughter is famous Odessy exponent Kiran Sehgal and and son, Pavan. ——– 44. TV Actress Tasneem Sheikh is married to builder Sameer Nerurkar. Her post-mariage name is Tanisha Nerurkar. Tasneem is a daughter of a Gujarati Hindu mother and a Muslim father. 45. Late politician Rafique Zakaria’s daughter Tasneem is married to Vikram Mehta. 46. Pakistani actress Anita Ayub who appeared in some films in 90s, got married to Saumil Patel and is now settled in USA. They have one son. 47. Congress MP from Assam, Rani Narah was originally Jahan Ara Chaudhary before she married Politician Bharat Chandra Narah and converted to Hinduism. They have two sons. 48. Filmmaker Tinu Anand (Also known as Virender Raj Anand, director of ‘Shahanshah’) is married to actress Shahnaz (sister of actor Jalal Agha. Acted in ‘Saat Hindustani’). Their son is director Siddharth Anand (Director of ‘Salaam Namaste’). 49. Scriptwriter Shama Zaidi (who has worked with Shyam Benegal on many films) is married to noted filmmaker MS Sathyu who had made ‘Garam Hawa’ starring Balraj Sahni. 50. Roshan Ara, Daughter of Ustad Allauddin Khan married Ustad Ravi Shankar and became the famous Sitar Player Annapurna Devi. Their son is Shubhendra Sarkar. Annapurna is a Padma Bhushan awardee. Shubhendra died in 1992. 51. Cinematographer Fowzia Fatima (works in Malayalam industry) is married to Pradeep Cherian. They have one daughter, Ana Mariyam. ——– 52. Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas is married to Fareeda. They have two daughters, Nayaab and Rewa. 53. Yesteryear’s actress Zahida (Hussain) who acted opposite Dev Anand in ‘Gambler’ and ‘Prem Pujari’ and opposite Sanjeev Kumar in ‘Anokhi Raat’, married Mr KN Sahay. She is actor Sanjay Dutt’s cousin. Her sons are Brajesh and Nilesh. 54. The most tragic case is that of Producer-director Brij Sadanah (Victoria No 203). Against wishes of both families, he married small time actress Saeeda Khanum, who had acted in films like ‘Modern Girl'(Pradeep Kumar), ‘Honeymoon'(Manoj Kumar) and ‘Crorepati’ (Kishore Kumar) in 60s. (The song ‘Ye Mausam Rangeen Sama’ from ‘Modern Girl’ is still heard on radio sometimes). Saeeda converted to become Sudha. They had a daughter, Namrata and a son Kamal (the lead actor opposite Kajol in ‘Bekhudi’). Namrata fell in love with a Muslim boy and wanted to marry. Brij could not accept this. One day, he got drunk, shot his daughter and his wife, and then killed himself with the same gun. Kamal survived as he was not at home that time. Kamal is now married to Lisa John and has one son, Angath. Saeeda’s younger sister is screenplay writer Shagufta Rafique who has written recent Mahesh Bhatt films like ‘Awarapan’ and ‘Woh Lamhe’. 55. Actor Nirmal Pandey (won national award for ‘Daayra’)was married to Kausar Munir, one of the very few woman lyricists working in Bollywood. They got divorced. Nirmal Pandey is no more. Their daughter is Sophie. 56. Veteran film and media critic Amita Malik (a Bengali Hindu) married radio producer Iqbal Malik. However, they separated later. They had no children. Amita died in Feb 2009. 57. Actress Tabassum known for her TV show ‘Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan’ on DD is the daughter of Ayodhyanath and Asghari. She is married to Vijay, brother of actor Arun Govil (Lord Ram of TV Serial ‘Ramayan’). 58. Model Feroze Gujral is the daughter of a Christian father, George and a Muslim mother, Viqar. She is married to Mohit, son of painter Satish Gujral. They have a son, Armaan and a daughter, Alaiyah. 59. Late Asif Currimbhoy was a well-known actor of Mumbai’s English stage. His daughter Nahid is married to Amit Moitra. They have 2 daughters, Tehzeeb and Tahini. 60. Yesteryear’s actress Meena Shorey (Khursheed Jahaan), whose claim to fame is the blockbuster hit ‘Ek Thi Ladki’ (1949), married Roop K Shorey, the producer and director of this film. A few years after partition, she divorced Roop and migrated to Pakistan. Over there, she married Pakistani actor Asad Bukhari but divorced him too. Roop K Shorey died in 1973. Meena died in 1987 in abject poverty. Her funeral had to be arranged on charity money. 61. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta (Woodstock Villa, Chhal, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai) is married to Safina, daughter of actor Yusuf Hussain who does supporting roles in bollywood. Their daughter is Kimaya. 62. Theatre actress Ayesha Raza is married to actor Kumud Mishra. ———- 63. Iconic bollywood villain Ranjeet (Bedi) is married to Nazneen. Their daughter is Divyanka. 64. ‘Raam Teri Ganga Maili’ star Mandakini (real name Yasmeen) was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. She is married to one Dr Thakur and has one son. 65. Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar is married to Farheen, an actress who was seen in a few films in the 90s and was noted for her resemblance to Madhuri Dixit. Their son is Rahul. 66. Hyder Ali, writer of the film ‘Jodha Akbar’, (also the onscreen singer of the song Khwaja Mere Khwaja) is married to Dr Uma Shankari. His sister is Naqi Jehan (Nandini after marriage to Vikram Kamdar) who was the Miss India 1967. She also acted opposite Rajesh Khanna in ‘Akhree Khat’. Their parents were first Miss India Esther Victoria Abraham (Jewish) and Syed Hassan Ali Zaidi, who acted in ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ with screen name Kumar. 67. Elahe Heptollah, assistant director and producer of most Nagesh Kukunoor films, was married to cricketer Vidyut Jaysimha. They are now divorced. 68. Journalist Shabnam Minwalla (herself a child of Muslim – Parsi marriage) is maried to Rohit Ramakrishnan. They have three children. 69. One of bollywood’s best-known child actors, Baby Naaz (real name Salma Baig) was married to Late Raj Kapoor’s cousin, actor Subi Raj. She won many awards for her 1954 film ‘Boot Polish’. She was also a skilled dubbing artist and provided voice for Sridevi and other actresses. She died in 1995. 70. Indian English writer Amitava Kumar is married to Pakistani Muslim Mona Ahmed Ali. They have a daughter, Ila. 71. Singer Shamshad Begum (Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laga Teer-e-Nazar) married Ganpat Lal Batto. He died in 1955. Their daughter is Usha. 72. World-famous beauty expert and entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain married and divorced a Muslim man. Now she is married to a Hindu businessman RK Puri. 73. Actor Jackie Shroff is son of a Hindu father, Kakubhai Shroff and a Turkish Muslim mother Hoorunnisa (Rita post-marriage). Their other son, Hemant died in childhood. Jackie Shroff has a son, Jai and a daughter, Krishna. 74. Legendary Urdu writer Late Ismat Chughtai’s daughter Seema is married to Mr Sawhney. Their son is Ashish. 75. Actress Veena (Tajour Sultana, sister of actor Iftekhar). married character actor TK Sapru. Their children are supporting actor Tej Sapru who did countless negetive roles in 80s and 90s and actress Preeti Sapru. 76. Maharashtra Congress politician (who has also been a minister) Ramesh Bagwe is married to Zainab, a Muslim of Irani origin. Their sons are Avinash and Yaser. Yaser is married to Irani Muslim Mahdiyeh Vaseei. 77. Old-time actress Chand Usmani married director Mahesh Kaul. 78. Late Safdar Hashmi’s sister Shehla Hashmi is married to Mr Grewal. 79. Actress Aditi Rao Hyderi who played Sonam Kapoor’s sister in the film ‘Delhi 6? and was one of the leads in Ýeh Saali Zindagi’, is a curious case. Her maternal grandfather is the royal Brig. Raja J Rameshwar Rao of Hyderabad and her father’s grandfather was the Prime Minister to the Nizam of Hyderabad, Sir Akbar Hydari. Her husband is Satyadeep Misra. Her mother is Shanta Rameshwara Rao who runs the publishing house Orient Longman. 80. Mehelka, sister of legendary ‘tragedy queen’ actress Late Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano) married Kishore Sharma and was renamed Madhuri after marriage. Meena Kumari and her sisters were daughters of a Muslim father and a Bengali Hindu mother. 81. Late Dhrupad singer (died Aug 2006) Asghari Bai was married to Chaman Lal Gupta. Her children were Kamal, Ashok, Parveen, Anju etc. 82. Tamil film director Late Jeeva (died 2009) was married to Anees Tanvir. 83. Yaman Khan, daughter of classical singer Late Vilayat Khan (and a Hindu mother, Monisha), was married to Raja Bahadur Shivendra Singh. They are now divorced. 84. Veteran singer Asha Bhosle’s son Hemant is married to Sajida (Rama after conversion to Hinduism). Their children are son Chaitanya and daughter Anika. 85. Paki actress Noor was married to Dubai-based NRI Vikram Seth. They had no children and are now divorced. 86. Actress Noor Jehan’s half-Paki, Half-French granddaughter Sonya Jehan (who played Shah Rukh Khan’s sister-in-law in “My Name Is Khan”) is married to Indian Hindu Vivek Narain. They have a daughter. 87. Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee, a Hindu of Indian origin is married to Bani Abidi, a Pakistani Muslim. 88. Yesteryear’s bollywood actress Jabeen Jaleel married Kashmiri Pandit Ashok Kak, once the President of Kodak India. Their son Dwij acted in the 2005 film ‘Saathi’. 89. Malayali Hindu artist Sumedh Rajendran is married to Masooma Syed, a Pakistani Muslim. 90. News anchor Sehar Zaman (presently with CNN IBN) is married to writer Dhiraj Singh. ——- 91. Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani is son of a Hindu father, Prem Shivdasani and a Muslim mother, Sandha. Aftab’s sister Afsana is married to a Hindu, Amit Varma. 92. CNN-IBN Newsanchor Fatima Mahdi is married to Gaurav Karan. Their son is Azaan. 93. Politician and present Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari is married to Nazneen Shifa. They have a daughter. 94. Malayalam actress Zarina Moidu (screen name Nadiya) is married to investment banker Shirish Godbole, a Maharashtrian Hindu. They have two daughters, Sanam and Sera. 95. Communist leader Late Indrajit Gupta married Suraiya at the age of 65. Suraiya was previously married to a Muslim. 96. Communist leader Sitaram Yechury is married to journalist Seema Chisti. 97. Zubeida Begum, the lead actress in the first Indian talkie film ‘Alam Ara’, married Maharaj Narsing Dhanrajgir Gyan Bahadur of Hyderabad. She herself was from the royal family of Surat. Their son is Humayun and the grandchildren include socialite Rhea Pillai (ex wife of Actor Sanjay Dutt) among others. Zubeida died in 1988. 98. Priyanka Gandhi’s brother-in-law Richard Vadra (Robert’s brother) married Saira. Robert and Richard are sons of a Hindu Punjabi father and a Christian mother. In spite of their Christian names, they are Hindu by faith. Richard died in 2003 and was cremated as per Hindu tradition. Saira is daughter of a Muslim father and Christian mother. Richard and Saira’s daughter is Simran. 99. Actor Sumit Sehgal married actress Shaheen (seen opposite Govinda in film ‘Mahasangram’). Their daughter is Sayesha. 100. Stylist Pernia Qureishi is married to entrepreneur Arjun Prasad, a relative of Congress politician Jiten Prasada. 101. Legendary Marathi stage actor Balgandharva (famous for his female roles on stage, real name Narayan Rajhans) married actress Gohar Jan Karnataki in 1951. This was his second marriage, after demise of his first Hindu wife. Gohar Jan was the sister of film actress Ameerbai Karnataki and herself had acted in a few films. Balgandharva and Gohar Jan had no children. Balgandharva had two daughters from his first marriage and Gohar had an adopted daugher, Ashamma. Neither converted at the time of marriage. Gohar Jan was buried after death and Balgandharva was cremated. 102. Dr Rubina Baskhi, the grand daughter of Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad (former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir) is married to Ranjit Malhotra. 103. TV actor Gajendra Chuahan (who played Yudhishtir is BR Chopra’s series ‘Mahabharat’ on Doordarshan) married bollywood choreographer Habiba Rahman. 104. Pakistani Muslim journalist Sonya Fatah is married to indian Hindu husband Rajiv Rao. They have one son. 105. Saba Naqvi , co-editor of Outlook magazine, is married to Sanjay Bhowmick. 106. Celebrated Malayali soft porn actress Shakeela married businessman PG Satheesh, a Tamil Hindu. 107. Umaima, who is daughter of well-known social activist from Vadodara Dr Juzer S Bandookwala, is married to Maulin Gajjar, a Gujarati Hindu. 108. Uttarakhand Congress leader and MLA Kishor Upadhyaya’s brother Sachin is married to Nazia Yusuf. 109. Maharashtra politician Late Hamid Dalwai’s daughter married Sharad Chavan. 110. Writer-activist Arshiya Sattar is married to Sanjay Iyer. 111. Tamil actor – director – dancer Prabhu Devaa (Now famous as director of Hindi films ‘Wanted’ and ‘Rowdy Rathore’) married Ramalat, a Muslim. She converted to Hinduism and was renamed Latha. They are now divorced. 112. Mediaperson and writer Shabia Hussain is married to Ravi Walia and has a daughter Sia. 113. Poet Iqbal who wrote the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Achchha Hindustan Hamara’ but unfortunately, later became the biggest proponent of idea of Pakistan, had Kashmiri Pandit ancestry. It is said that he was son of Ratan Lal Sapru and a Muslim woman Iman Bibi. It is also said that Ratan Lal had to convert to Islam at the time of marriage. 115. USA based filmmaker Rohi Mirza is married to felow filmmaker Gitesh Pandya. Her brother Ameer is married to a Hindu. Their parents are Pakistani Muslim (father) and Filipino (mother). 116. Actor-wrestler Dara Singh’s son Vindu (also an actor) married 80s actress Farha Naaz. Their son is Fateh. They are long divorced. According to Vindu, “The fights started because of the way our son was being brought up. Farha was turning Fateh into a fanatic. When she decided to leave with our son, I didn’t try to stop her.” Vindoo is now married to a Russian Christian lady. 117. Old-time music composer Anil Biswas (died 2003) married Mehrunnisa, a Kutchi Muslim actress who converted to Hinduism and was renamed as Ashalata. They had three sons- Pradeep, Utpal and Amit – and a daughter, Shikha. They later seperated and Anil married Meena Kapoor. 118. Mubarak Begum, the legendary playback singer of old times, married Jagannath Sharma. They seperated later. Their children are Muslim. 119. Actor Aamir Khan’s sister Nikhat (daughter of filmmaker Tahir Hussain, aunt to actor Imran Khan) is married to Santosh Hegde. Their children are Sehar (daughter) and Shravan (son). 120. Kolkata-based medical specialist and activist Dr Sariha Abubaker is married to Alokesh Banerjee. Their children are Zinnya and Zoriyon. 121. Artist Niloufer Suleman married a Malayali Hindu man. They are now divorced. Their children are daughter Shiloh and son Shan. Niloufer is a self-confessed believer in Lord Ganesha and Godess Saraswati. 122. Niece of Humayun Kabir, educationist, politician, writer, philosopher (also a minister in Nehru govt), Shukla Kabir, a judge, is married to Manas Sinha. 123. Actress Salma Agha’s grandmother Anwari Begum (who had acted opposite KL Saigal and other leading actors of those times) was had a daughter named Nasreen from her Muslim husband. Later Anwari divorced her first husband and married actor Jugal Kishore Mehra, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor’s wife Ramsarni Mehra. Jugal Kishor Mehra had to convert to Islam and assume the name Ahmed Suleman before marriage. Nasreen too, later married a Muslim. This is an example of an entire family getting incorporated into the fold of Islam and remaining so for generations, even though the man was a Hindu. 124. Actress Gohar Mamajiwala (famous as “Glorious Gohar”, died in 1985) was in a long, lifetime relationship with Bollywood movie mogul Chandulal Shah (died 1975). She never left his side even though he fell upon bad days later. However, they were never officially married. Shah remained married to another (Hindu) woman and the marriage was never dissolved. 125. TV actress Shabnam Syed married TV professional Saurabh Vanzara. She converted to Hinduism before marriage and has renamed herself Surbhi Vanzara. 126. Designer Arshiya Fakih is married to Rij Eippen, a Malayali Hindu. 127. Malaysian citizen Siti Fatimah Abdul Karim (daughter of a Christian father and Hindu mother who both converted to Islam), married a Hindu named V. Suresh, converted to Hinduism and renamed herself Revathi Masoosai. The couple had to struggle against Islamic law in Malaysia for a long time. They have a daughter named Divya Darshini. 128. Journalist (presently editor of Asian Age) Seema Mustafa is married to a Hindu man. Her children are Agneya and Gayatri. 129. Oriya film actress Aparajita Mohanty is daughter of a Muslim father and a Hindu mother. She is married to actor Uttam Mohanty and has one son, Babusan. 130. Businessperson, Socalite and Charity Founder Faiza Seth is married to businessperson Pallak Seth who is presently Vice Chairman and Managing Director of PDS Multinational Group. Faiza is daughter of Tahir and Tasneem Abbasi while Pallak is son of Deepak Seth. 131. IPS officer Mrs Aslam Khan is married to Hindu Husband Mr Pankaj Kumar Singh. They have one daughter Sufi. 132. Legendary Sitar player Ravi Shankar (died 2012) married Roshanara Khan (daughter of classical singer Allauddin Khan). She converted to Hinduism and took up the name Annapurna Devi. Their son was Shubhendra(died young in 1992). The marriage did not last long. After divorce, Annapurna remained single for a long time, before marrying Rishi Kumar Pandya. 133. Bangladeshi Hindu music composer Kamal Dasgupta (son of Taraprasanna Dasgupta and Kamini) married singer Firoza Begum. Their sons Hamin and Shafin and daughter Tehsin are all Muslims. Kamal Dasgupta died in Dhaka in 1973. 134. South film actress Sakshi Shivanand (and her sister actress Shilpa Shivanand too) is daughter of a Hindu father and a Muslim mother (Parveen). 135. Roohi Oomerbhoy, daughter of business tycoon Ahmed Oomerbhoy (and sister of Riyaad) is married to Chetan Jaikishen. 136. Grand niece of legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto and noted Pakistani historian, Ayesha Jalal is married to Indian Hindu Husband Sugata Bose, who is grand nephew of One of Greatest Indian Freedom Fighter Subhash Chandra Bose and grandson of Sarat Chandra Bose. 137. Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar’s son Nakul Vengsarkar married TV anchor Ayesha Faridi. She is herself a child of a Muslim father, Javed and Hindu mother Vinita. 138. Prominent filmmaker Subhash Ghai married Rehana Farooqui who converted to Hinduism and adopted the name Mukta. Their daughters are Meghna and Muskaan. Meghna is married to Rahul Puri. 139. TV actress Alefia Kapadia was married to Prem Nawaz Dharmraj. They are now seperated. Their children, Altaf and Mahika are Muslim. 140. Actor Emraan Hashmi (himself married to a Hindu), belongs to a family that, in spite of inter-religious marriages, has been entirely incorporated into the Muslim fold. His grandmother is actress Poornima (screen name). She is a Bohri Muslim by the name of Meher Bano. Curiously, she is daughter of a Hindu father, Ram Sheshadri Iyengar and a Muslim mother (name not known). In spite of the man being a Hindu, the family thus merged into the Muslim fold. Apart from Meher Bano, they had another daughter Shireen, who was the second wife of filmmaker Nanabhai Bhatt, (parents of director Mahesh Bhatt). Poornima married a Muslim, Shauqat Hashmi and had children. One of them was Anwar Hashmi, actor Emraan Hashmi’s father. However, Shauqat migrated to Pakistan at the time of India’s partition. Therafter, Meher Bano (Poornima) got married again, this time to a Hindu filmmaker, Bhagwan Das Varma. However, they did not have any children. Anwar Hashmi married a Roman Catholic woman who converted to Islam. Emraan Hashmi is their son. He is a Muslim. He, in turn, has also married a Hindu woman, Parveen. 141. Famous character actor Iftekhar (himself married to a Jew who converted to Islam) had two daughters, Salma and Sayeeda. Salma married Bipin Chandra Jain. Their son is Vishal. Ifthekhar’s other daughter, Sayeeda married a Muslim. 142. Yesteryear’s leading actor Shyam (born Shyam Sunder Chaddha) who died in 1951 after a fall from horseback during a film shoot, was married to Mumtaz Qureishi. They had a daughter, Sahira and a son Shakir (born after Shyam’s death). After Shyam’s death, Mumtaz migrated to Pakistan and married a Muslim. The two children were converted to Islam. Anyway, they had Muslim names. Courtesy :
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As promised during the promotion of the film, Gautham's "Neethaane En Ponvasantham" (NEP) could very well be anyone's love story. But, sadly, why will anyone want to revisit his or her love story if it's filled with fewer heartwarming moments and mostly egoistic clashes and blame games?
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Film: "Neethaane En Ponvasantham"; Actors: Jiiva, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vidyullekha Raman and Santhanam; Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon; Rating: **
As promised during the promotion of the film, Gautham's "Neethaane En Ponvasantham" (NEP) could very well be anyone's love story. But, sadly, why will anyone want to revisit his or her love story if it's filled with fewer heartwarming moments and mostly egoistic clashes and blame games?
NEP definitely deserves some appreciation for successfully mirroring modern-day love-and-hate relationships. Sadly, though, it fails to engage the audience with its cliched presentation.
Varun and Nithya, played by Jiiva and Samantha respectively, have been extremely fond of each other since their school days. It begins as a juvenile love story, gradually growing into an unexplainable feeling coupled with strong emotions, and eventually paving the way for love.
However, Varun and Nithya keep parting and meeting at different junctures in life and still happen to share the same feelings. Will Varun and Nithya celebrate a happy ending or not: that's what the rest of the story is about.
Though the film justifies with valid reasons why Varun and Nithya part ways at regular intervals, it appears corny. In one particular scene, for example, Varun parts ways citing the urge to do an MBA, to only reunite with Nithya after few years. Ridiculous! If Menon wanted to tell his audience how hackneyed most relationships in reality are, then probably he may be right. But, who would want to pay money, spend a few hours and be told something so banal?
Thanks to Illayaraja's music, NEP keeps hope alive throughout and gives one the feeling of having watched a musical love story.
Jiiva and Samantha fit in their respective roles quite convincingly. Samantha's transformation from a school kid to an adult is a treat to watch despite at times being melodramatic, while Jiiva turns in an equally satisfying performance.
Santhanam and newcomer Vidyu succeed in providing some laughable moments. Of all the friends around Samantha, Vidyu has a stronger part to play and she pulls it off easily. Scenes between Santhanam and Jiiva are highly entertaining and help in engaging the audience.
The extended climax was annoying. Had the director shortened the climax by a good 10 to 15 minutes, people wouldn't be complaining.
"Neethaane En Ponvasantham" doesn't live up to the hype. I wonder what this film might have been, without Raja's music. Despite being mostly done to death, there are a few moments that one can look forward to in this film. To watch a film for a few memorable moments. Is that worth it?
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Sura (transl. Shark / Aquaman) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by S. P. Rajkumar, starring Vijay in the titular role along with Tamannaah, Vadivelu, and Dev Gill in supporting roles. The film, produced by Sangili Murugan and distributed by Sun Pictures features film's soundtrack and score was composed by Mani Sharma. Cinematography was handled by M. S. Prabhu and N. K. Ekambaram respectively and editing was handled by Don Max. The film was the 50th film of Vijay. The story revolves around a fisherman who fights against a cruel, greedy and corrupt minister in order to save the lands which is used to build homes for his fishermen hamlet. The rest of the film is about how Sura manages to build lands for his hamlet and destroy the plans of minister. The film, which commenced production in November 2009 in Kerala, was released worldwide on 30 April 2010. The film fared well in overseas box office has collected $897,597 but underperformed domestically. Producer Sangili Murugan reported to the media that the film Sura recovered only its budget in its film run. In 2020, Sura film was re-released in Kerala state. In survey taken for week 45 (4-10 November 2017), Sony Max Hindi TV channel increased its viewership by 25% after Hindi dubbed film Sura telecast. The film became popular in Indonesia, and cited it as an Indian Aquaman. (en)
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Saifeena, the 2nd most dreaded pair after Abhiwarya returns to torture the audience after a not-so-great KURBAAN. Unfortunately for me, the film looked outright tepid, it makes Don 2 look so much boss.
Don’t get me wrong, the film itself was decent, but coming from Sriram Raghavan who made the everlasting “JOHNNY GADHAAR” is too hard to follow. Songs come at random (personally, I didn’t mind “I’ll do the talking tonight” since we weren’t force to stare of Mallika Haydon’s abs the whole time and played throughout the background, so I was satisfied) but the melodious Raabta was placed in a rather funny situation, yet didn’t seem so inappropriate.
The film shuttles between a Bond and a Bourne film. At some point, I was comforted by the witty liners by Saif (Forget SRK being top contender for Gautham Menon’s “Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu” Hindi remake, Saif can handle it like a pro.) Generally, Saif carries the film on his shoulders and he does it with ease. Out of the 3 heroines, 2 of them are ho-hum and Kareena is strictly average. Not sure why she puts up the same KURBAAN'ish caricature AGAIN. Irony is that (for those that have seen KURBAAN), the opposite happens. The climax felt lazy, but here’s hoping that Don and Vinod clash. With Raghavan and Akthar on board for a crossover, I’d pay big bucks to see that happen. In fact, why not tie it up with Don 3? But I did love the old-school treatment (note the RD Burman BGM placements throughout the film.)
Big Swag and Miss, this Vinod. Maybe not stirring enough.
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A Tamil cop film is almost always the story of when someone is already a cop—a constable, inspector, the much-abused assistant commissioner and so on. Writer-director Tamizh goes backwards to explore what makes cops of Tamil Nadu who they are in Taanakkaran. The film begins with Arivu (Vikram Prabhu) arriving at the Police Recruits School for training. The experiences of the hero, his motley group of colleagues and the menacing "system" make up the rest of the film.
To Tamizh's credit, Taanakkaran gets a lot right. The film remains strictly within the confines of the school and its environs. It slowly builds up to the abuse and discrimination that passes off as training. The clever use of history allows for characters from different age groups, even if not otherwise diverse.
Vikram Prabhu, as Arivu, makes an earnest effort. While his emotional range seems limited, he comes across as committed to the job he's signed up for. Lal, as Eswaramoorthi, is consistently menacing. At every step of the way, he convinces the audience that he's a heartless, ruthless dictator and a metaphor for the unrelenting justice system he's a part of. Madhusudhan Rao as his senior is a near mirror image of Eswaramoorthi. Livingston, even though he appears for only a few minutes in a crisp flashback, delivers an impactful performance.
M S Bhaskar, as the gentle trainer who is also wronged by the system, is as reliable as ever. He channels righteousness, anger, self-loathing, self-pity, love and hope—a performance so heartfelt that I wondered if all this was written for him at all or he just brought all of it with himself. Anjali Nair, who plays the hero's pointless love interest, also does a good job of what's handed to her.
Structuring the film as an underdog-taking-on-the-system story offers the opportunity to sneak in little tricks that have satisfying payoffs. The mass moments, though understated, are rewarding. Ghibran composes a soundtrack that elevates the film without getting too loud.
Despite everything that's right about Taanakkaran, the film falls short. The biggest reason perhaps is the unreasonable focus on depicting the violence. The animated prologue introducing the colonial history of the police force is good information in bad form.
We are repeatedly shown torture and abuse. Tamizh wants us to see that it is an integral part of police training, but we barely ever learn what it turns the trainees into. More often than not, the trainees clean themselves up and show up the next day. So, we never really see what such institutional violence, peer pressure and expectation can do to good people.
The dialogues are sharp. For instance, right at the beginning, a character asks, "If all we're going to do is pull people off the streets and thrash them, what's all this training for?" In another scene, a humiliated father tells his son, "If they're not ashamed to do this to a hapless man who went to them for help, what have I got to be ashamed of?" Yet, when it's time for the big moments, dialogues fail the film. This is especially jarring in the climax when Mathi (Bose Venkat) rattles off a lecture.
In this testosterone-addled film, Anjali Nair barely has a place. She comes and goes, falls in love with the hero, appears in pavada-dhavani and chudidhaar a couple of times, when hardly anyone else is seen off uniform. Tamizh might have had the opportunity to show us what it is like for women in the police force, but he adamantly refuses to be swayed from his mission. This makes the film poorer.
If you can look past the repetitive scenes, melodrama, useless love track and the lecturing climax, Taanakkaran is an interesting film about the police force. It critiques the system without showing mercy to the individuals that uphold it. It is hopeful without painting a miraculous future with broad brushstrokes. In fact, some of the David and Goliath confrontations might even be clever.
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New Delhi: Like every year, the big Diwali weekend at the movies played out amid much fanfare and anticipation. Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM ) and Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay opened to what had long been touted as the biggest box office clash of the year. While Johar’s romantic drama has netted ₹ 90.60 crore by its second weekend, Devgn’s action thriller has managed ₹ 80.42 crore.
“ADHM had a tremendous week one and we are thankful to audiences for celebrating love this Diwali with this Karan Johar entertainer,” said Vijay Singh, chief executive officer of Fox Star Studios, who distributed the film. “It’s wonderful to have a hit during Diwali and it validates that great love stories are what people want to watch during the festive season.”
The rest of the month wasn’t nearly as eventful for the cash registers though despite the festive Dussehra season. And the only film to hit the mark in the run-up to Diwali was Neeraj Pandey’s sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story that spilled over from its late September release. The film has earned ₹ 132 crore in box office collections so far.
“The pre-Diwali period is generally low key but even then, this year had quite a few releases lined up unlike earlier when almost no new films were released during this time,” said Ashish Saksena, chief operating officer, Cinemas, BookMyShow. “The fact that M.S. Dhoni and Mirzya released in that phase speaks volumes of the changing times and trends in India. M.S. Dhoni stood out among all pre-Diwali releases simply because it complemented two great Indian passions—movies and cricket.”
To be sure, the same cannot be said of other Hindi releases this month including Prabhu Deva and Sonu Sood’s Tutak Tutak Tutiya, MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart and Sunny Leone-starrer Beiimaan Love that notched up Rs4 crore, Rs8 crore and Rs2 crore, respectively. The biggest blow out of these came from director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s musical Mirzya, starring newcomers Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher, which only managed Rs7 crore at the box office.
“Mirzya not working was quite a big setback,” said Rajendar Singh, vice-president, programming and distribution, INOX Leisure Ltd. “The promos looked good and it brought Mehra back after the success of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag but maybe audiences just didn’t find anything in the film itself.”
It wasn’t a particularly eventful month for Hollywood or regional cinema. While a couple of Bengali movies made some waves during the Durga Puja season followed by Tamil romantic comedy Remo and Mohanlal-starrer Pulimurugan, some foreign cinema just about saved face.
“Inferno was the best Hollywood movie for the month in terms of online ticket sales. The association with Dan Brown’s book series along with Tom Hank’s performance and Irrfan Khan’s presence made this a highly anticipated movie,” Saksena said. “Other movies like Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and The Accountant did well but they had limited releases.”
With Marvel’s superhero film Doctor Strange and animation comedy Trolls already having started the month on a good note, there is much to look forward to in November, industry experts say.
“November promises to be a great month with a big release virtually every week,” Saksena said. “There are plenty of much-awaited sequels—Rock On 2, Force 2, Tum Bin 2 and then Kahaani 2 on 2 December. Dear Zindagi has great buzz going for it already and Hollywood releases are expected to be led by Doctor Strange which has just released with good hype surrounding it.”
All figures in this story have been sourced from movie websites Bollywood Hungama and Box Office India.
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Popular actor Lakshmi Menon was born to a dance teacher-mother and was first noticed by Malayalam director Vinayan at a bharathanatya performance. He felt that she would be the right choice for a supporting role in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. Lakshmi, who was in high school then, had no intentions of pursuing a career in cinema. And when her maiden film tanked, it was back to school and books. A second Malayalam film, this time with the popular hero Vineet, titled Ideal Couple and directed by Ali Akbar, also failed.
But as fate would have it, Tamil director Prabhu Solomon, who had directed the super-hit Myna, chanced upon her photograph on the cover of a magazine and immediately decided that he had found his heroine ‘Alli’ for his film Kumki. Lakshmi was cast in the role of a young village girl who develops a crush on the hero, a mahout.
Thrust into stardom
But the perfectionist Prabhu Solomon usually takes his time canning his projects, and Lakshmi’s debut in Tamil actually turned out to be another film: Sundarapandian, directed by Prabhakaran. This movie was set against a rural backdrop and Lakshmi’s role was anything but glamorous. Both Sundarapandian and Kumki tasted success at the box office. Consequently, this new heroine, who was still grappling with her school final exams, became the talk of the town. Another film with Sasikumar soon materialised. Though Kutti Puli was not as huge a hit as Sundarapandian, it had a fairly decent run at the box office.
Lakshmi soon became a favourite of directors who wished to swerve from the beaten track, and Suseendran signed her for Pandianadu. The role was that of a shy, demure school teacher named Malarvizhi. All these four films were released within a span of a year, and Lakshmi soon found her fan base swelling.
But the Tamil film industry, notorious for stereotyping its artistes, began to saddle her with the same kind of roles in films with pastoral settings. Even her attire, make-up, etc, were so shorn of glamour that she began to look a bit jaded though she was still at a nascent stage in her career.
Varied roles
However, Lakshmi was fortunate to find acceptance among the young heroes in Kollywood and this enabled her to land roles with top-notch heroes like Vishal (Naan Sigappu Manithan), Vimal (Manjapai), Siddharth (Jigarthanda), Gautam Karthik (Sippai), Karthi (Komban) and Jayam Ravi (Miruthan). She also essayed the role of Ajith Kumar’s sister in Vedalam, a big box office hit.
In Komban, Lakshmi found a great opportunity to reveal her histrionic talents, but the film had caste overtones and ran into controversy. Incidentally, her performance in the Jayam Ravi-starrer was acclaimed by critics, and the film featured her in the role of a doctor. It was a clear departure from the kind of roles that she had become accustomed to.
The latest film that she has signed is Yung Mung Sung, which she hopes will bring her back into the reckoning. The film is being directed by newcomer M S Arjun, who has signed Prabhu Deva in the lead role of a kung fu master. Lakshmi is confident of matching strides with Prabhu in this film.
Lakshmi is also a talented singer. Her numbers like ‘Kukkuru Kukkuru’ in the film Oru Oorla Randu Raja, composed by D Imaan, and ‘Desi Girl’ (Saagasam) have become popular among the youngsters. The young actor, who had drawn flak from critics for being on the heavier side, now sports a much leaner look and is keen to do roles that showcase her glamorous side. She feels that she can carry off such roles with ease now.
Having won two consecutive ‘Best Actress’ awards from the Tamil Nadu state government, Lakshmi is now eager to please her fans by portraying varied characters and also to hone her talents as a playback singer. Shine on, we say!
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So when this happens to be a Gautham Menon movie you can expect a few thing, good songs, clean romance, hear warming moments and stylish lead pair. NEP has all, but is it enough to sustain the interest of the audience? Let us have a look. Varun (Jiiva) is a student doing his engineering, he…
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So when this happens to be a Gautham Menon movie you can expect a few thing, good songs, clean romance, hear warming moments and stylish lead pair. NEP has all, but is it enough to sustain the interest of the audience? Let us have a look.
Varun (Jiiva) is a student doing his engineering, he meets his high school sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) at a cultural meet, they both fall for each other again and circumstances force them to a break-up again. After building up his career Varun decides to get his lady love back. What happens next forms the rest of the movie.
Lets look at the positives first, Jiiva as usual plays his character with a lot of panache, he and Samantha alone carry the whole movie on their shoulders. Jiiva looks smart and fits the bill as Varun Krishnan. Samantha is pretty and bubbly and makes you fall in love with Nithya. The next big positive is Santhanam, he brings the roof down with his one liners and adds energy to this serene romantic film. another big positive is Ilayaraja’s songs.
The costume and make up artists deserve a special mention because they make the lead pair more good looking and relatable.
The film begins on a positive note, the very relatable school and college love are a treat to watch, the way samatha proposes to jiiva are very well etched. The places where Jiiva puts his career before Samantha are laudable because a boy hailing from a middle class family will do so. GVM should be appreciated for his realistic first half, dialogs and clean romance.
What fails is the last 30 minutes or so from which the film starts lose fizz and becomes silly by the end. the audience started to laugh seeing the climax, the dialogs were so cheesy by the end. When a film starts out with so much promise you expect it to end on a high note but the last 30 minutes drags a well set movie to the floor. The BGM is good at the beginning and becomes a horror show at the end, it is just average to Ilayaraja’s standards.
I will go with 3/5 for a very clean romantic flick which starts good and ends disappointingly.
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A Tamil cop film is almost always the story of when someone is already a cop—a constable, inspector, the much-abused assistant commissioner and so on. Writer-director Tamizh goes backwards to explore what makes cops of Tamil Nadu who they are in Taanakkaran. The film begins with Arivu (Vikram Prabhu) arriving at the Police Recruits School for training. The experiences of the hero, his motley group of colleagues and the menacing "system" make up the rest of the film.
To Tamizh's credit, Taanakkaran gets a lot right. The film remains strictly within the confines of the school and its environs. It slowly builds up to the abuse and discrimination that passes off as training. The clever use of history allows for characters from different age groups, even if not otherwise diverse.
Vikram Prabhu, as Arivu, makes an earnest effort. While his emotional range seems limited, he comes across as committed to the job he's signed up for. Lal, as Eswaramoorthi, is consistently menacing. At every step of the way, he convinces the audience that he's a heartless, ruthless dictator and a metaphor for the unrelenting justice system he's a part of. Madhusudhan Rao as his senior is a near mirror image of Eswaramoorthi. Livingston, even though he appears for only a few minutes in a crisp flashback, delivers an impactful performance.
M S Bhaskar, as the gentle trainer who is also wronged by the system, is as reliable as ever. He channels righteousness, anger, self-loathing, self-pity, love and hope—a performance so heartfelt that I wondered if all this was written for him at all or he just brought all of it with himself. Anjali Nair, who plays the hero's pointless love interest, also does a good job of what's handed to her.
Structuring the film as an underdog-taking-on-the-system story offers the opportunity to sneak in little tricks that have satisfying payoffs. The mass moments, though understated, are rewarding. Ghibran composes a soundtrack that elevates the film without getting too loud.
Despite everything that's right about Taanakkaran, the film falls short. The biggest reason perhaps is the unreasonable focus on depicting the violence. The animated prologue introducing the colonial history of the police force is good information in bad form.
We are repeatedly shown torture and abuse. Tamizh wants us to see that it is an integral part of police training, but we barely ever learn what it turns the trainees into. More often than not, the trainees clean themselves up and show up the next day. So, we never really see what such institutional violence, peer pressure and expectation can do to good people.
The dialogues are sharp. For instance, right at the beginning, a character asks, "If all we're going to do is pull people off the streets and thrash them, what's all this training for?" In another scene, a humiliated father tells his son, "If they're not ashamed to do this to a hapless man who went to them for help, what have I got to be ashamed of?" Yet, when it's time for the big moments, dialogues fail the film. This is especially jarring in the climax when Mathi (Bose Venkat) rattles off a lecture.
In this testosterone-addled film, Anjali Nair barely has a place. She comes and goes, falls in love with the hero, appears in pavada-dhavani and chudidhaar a couple of times, when hardly anyone else is seen off uniform. Tamizh might have had the opportunity to show us what it is like for women in the police force, but he adamantly refuses to be swayed from his mission. This makes the film poorer.
If you can look past the repetitive scenes, melodrama, useless love track and the lecturing climax, Taanakkaran is an interesting film about the police force. It critiques the system without showing mercy to the individuals that uphold it. It is hopeful without painting a miraculous future with broad brushstrokes. In fact, some of the David and Goliath confrontations might even be clever.
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The film directed by Telugu filmmaker Charantej Uppalapati marks Kajol’s reunion with Prabhu Deva 27 years after the iconic romantic musical Sapnay aka Minsara Kanavu in Tamil.
However, unlike last time, it looks like the two are pitted against each other as protagonist and antagonist.
The 1-minute and 37-second glimpse of the film features Prabhu Deva, Naseeruddin Shah, Samyuktha and Kajol in an action avatar taking on a number of goons single-handedly.
Sharing the glimpse, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, “KAJOL - PRABHU DHEVA REUNITE AFTER 27 YEARS… PAN-INDIA FILM ‘MAHARAGNI’ GLIMPSE OUT NOW… #Kajol and #PrabhuDheva reunite after 27 years for #Telugu filmmaker #CharanTejUppalapati’s #Hindi directorial debut… Titled #MahaRagni: Queen Of Queens. First shooting schedule of this mass entertainer has been completed. Produced by Venkata Harish Dorigillu and Harman Baweja, the film also features #NaseeruddinShah, #SamyukthaMenon, #JisshuSengupta and #AdityaSeal. Screenplay is penned by Niranjan Iyengar and Jessica Khurrana… Will release in #Hindi, #Tamil, #Telugu, #Kannada and #Malayalam. #BawejaStudios #E7Entertainments”.
Check out the glimpse below:
Reacting to the teaser, one user wrote, “After rani mukerji in mardaani getting to see kajol in action mode”.
Another user commented, “OMG! I knw this is just a trailer, but KAJOL?! I screamed and cried I still can't believe that you took this role and we will see u in action thriller a good day to be alive. Thank u for always making ur fans happy! You are AWE50ME! You are Queen of Queens”.
A third user commented, “Congratulations my queen I'm sooo excited for this one, all the best for you and the whole team”.
A fourth user wrote, “She has projects left right and centre woahhh so many content to look forward from her!!”
Check out some of the responses below:
The film also stars Jishu Sen Gupta, Adithya Seal, Chaya Kadam and Pramod Pathak.
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Lakshmi is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language musical dance film written and directed by A. L. Vijay. The film stars Ditya Bhande as the titular character along with Prabhu Deva and Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead roles alongside a supporting cast including Salman Yusuff Khan and Karunakaran. Produced by Prateek Chakravorty, Shruti Nallappa and R. Ravindran under the banner of Pramod Films and Trident Arts, the film features music composed by Sam C. S. and cinematography by Nirav Shah. The film released on 24 August 2018 on the eve of Varalakshmi Vratam and based on the theme of goddess Lakshmi.[2]
Plot[]
10-year-old Lakshmi lives and breathes "dance" and dreams of winning the "Pride of Life India Jr." title in the national level dance competition. However, her single mother Nandini detests music and dance. Soon, Lakshmi forms an unlikely bond with the people in a cafe near her school. Though Lakshmi approaches it for the music played in the store, she soon becomes a regular. Vijay Krishna alias VK welcomes her when he becomes impressed by her moves, followed reluctantly by waiter Azhagu. Lakshmi gains VK's sympathy, and he accepts her request for him to help her achieve her dreams with VK posing as her father. Lakshmi arranges to join the Chennai Dance Academy to be able to participate in the competition without Nandini’s knowledge. Lakshmi enthralls everyone at the academy with her moves and manages to impress dancers Arjun and Arnold into developing small crushes on her.
On the day of selections, Lakshmi has cold feet and fails to perform due to stage fright, leading to her team's disqualification. In anger, her dance master Sofia (Arjun's mother) asks her to leave and never return. When VK learns of this, he comes to the selection arena and requests to give Lakshmi another chance. It is revealed that VK was a dancer who had participated in Pride of India in 2005 but could not make up to the finals due to an accident, which led him to a coma. The selections chief, Yusuf Khan, on seeing VK, accepts and makes him an offer that Lakshmi and her team could come on board the competition if he agrees to be the coach for the team with Sofia. Yusuf was often irritated with VK's popularity back in the Pride of India 2005, and his jealousy upon him may have been why he came up with this suggestion, as it gives him a chance to beat VK this time with his own dance team. Krishna agrees to be the coach and is able to help the team. In one of the rounds, the kids in Yusuf's team scatter the stage with pins before VK's team performs. Lakshmi and Arjun star together in the romantic dance but struggle greatly with the rest of their team, due to the pain from the sharp pins. They all manage to complete the dance but have blood stains all over by the end of it. VK and Sophia seem to be the only ones who notice. They manage to make it to the final round, though in immense pain from the pins.
Nandini gets to know about Lakshmi's whereabouts and attempts to leave with her the day before the finals. It is revealed that VK and Nandini were in a relationship but were separated by circumstances and misunderstandings, which was where her dislike for dance may have manifested. When Lakshmi refuses to go with Nandini and goes back to VK, Lakshmi gets hit by a car. She is saved from further injuries by VK. However, Lakshmi is rushed to the hospital, where Nandhini and VK learn that she lost her hearing ability. She is not allowed to perform but asks VK why she cannot as it was her hearing she lost and not her legs. She surprises everybody by still arriving on the stage fully in costume, ready to dance. The audience is shocked at how she is able to dance without hearing the music. VK is seen standing in the middle, among the audience, mimicking the dance for her. When VK is held back and unable to mimic the dance movements for Lakshmi, he is surprised to see Lakshmi still dancing. He then notices Yusuf counting the beats for her so she can still dance in time without hearing the music and the kids in his team assisting the kids in VK's team in holding back the men trying to stop VK from assisting Lakshmi in her dance. In the end, Lakshmi wins the "Pride of Life India Jr." title.
Cast[]
Prabhu Deva as Vijay Krishna "VK", a dance instructor who helps Lakshmi win the "Pride of Life India Jr." title and Lakshmi's father
Ditya Bhande as Lakshmi, a 10-year-old dancer who wants to win the "Pride of Life India Jr." title
Aishwarya Rajesh as Nandini, Lakshmi's single mother who detests music and dance
Salman Yusuff Khan as Yusuf Khan, the selections chief who had an enmity with VK but supported him in the end
Karunakaran as Azhagu, Krishna's cafe worker
Kovai Sarala as A. Saraswathi, Lakshmi's school principal
Chaams as Bus Conductor
Akshat Singh as Arnold
Sofia as Sofia, Lakshmi's dance master who scolds Lakshmi after she fails to perform the dance
Jeet Das as Arjun, Sofia’s son whom Lakshmi manages to impress with her dancing
Dr S.R. Sam Paul as Channel 99 Head
Production[]
In September 2017, A. L. Vijay and Prabhu Deva began production work on a new film. Denying reports that it would be a sequel to Devi (2016), the film was launched in a ceremony on 22 September 2017 with Aishwarya Rajesh also revealed to be a part of the cast. Nirav Shah was signed as the cinematographer, while Sam C. S. and Anthony were signed as the music composer and editor respectively. The film was revealed to be a joint production by R. Ravindran of Trident Arts and Shruti Nallappa from Pramod Films, who had earlier secured Vijay's dates for the dropped proposed remake of the Malayalam film Charlie with Madhavan and Sai Pallavi.[3][4][5] Described as a dance film for children, Prabhu Deva worked alongside child dancer Ditya Bhande, winner of the Hindi reality dance show Super Dancer, in the lead role. Other young dancers including Akshat Singh and Jeet Das, also worked on the film.[6][7]
The shoot of the film was completed on 6 February 2018, with the producers gifting Prabhu Deva a large painting of himself.[8]
Release[]
Production budget of the film was valued at Template:INR12 crore.[9] This movie was released on August 24, 2018. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil.[10]
Soundtrack[]
The soundtrack of the movie is composed by Sam CS of Vikram Vedha fame and all lyrics were written by Madhan Karky. The album consists of seven tracks, six of which are songs and one is a theme song. The music rights of the soundtrack album were acquired by the music label Muzik247.
Lakshmi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) No. Song Name Singer(s) Length 1. Morrakka Mattraakka Uthara Unnikrishnan 03:05 2. Aala Aala G.V.Prakash Kumar, Saindhavi 03:12 3. Pappara Pappaa Praniti, Riyaz, Sri Vishnu, Pranav 02:46 4. Dreamy Chellamma Saindhavi 03:53 5. Nilladhey Nilladhey Sathyaprakash 03:30 6. Iraiva Iraiva Sam CS 04:19 7. The Rhythm Of Dance Jecin George 04:02
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Lakshmi at the Internet Movie Database
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Neethane En Ponvasantham (NEP) is a love story focusing on the moments from Varun and Nithya's love story spanning 3 phases of their life. Neethane En Ponvasantham is directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and jointly produced by Photon Kathaas and RS Infotainment. The song tracks by Ilayaraja are already well received.
A lot of things are riding on this movie. This is an important movie for many talented people including Jiiva who is looking for a hit to stabilize his stardom. Gautham Menon's last hit was Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya was almost 3 years ago. Fans are also hoping Ilayaraja's 919th movie will bring him back to working on commercial movies after disassociating himself with popular directors for most part of the last decade.
Story Moments
As Gautham Menon himself revealed in many interviews, there is nothing new about the story. It is just about the little moments in the lives of Varun (Jiiva) and Nithya (Samantha) that is expected to keep you glued to the screen. To keep audience engaged for almost 154 minutes hinging on just moments is not an easy task.
For these moments to sustain the interest, there needs to be at least 4 key things going for it -- relate-able situations, characterization, actor performance and dialogues. Gautham Menon probably gets latter 2 out of these 4 things right. Dialogues are convincing and relate-able in most situations. But, the situations may seem too ordinary and characterizations are not clear since the rationale for why characters behaves the way they do is not clear.
Screenplay and Direction
Gautham Menon decides to narrate the story in a linear fashion. He goes through 4 episodes of Varun and Nithya's life (children, high school, college and work). In all these situations, they break-up due to minor squabbles. It is very clear right from the beginning that the movie's journey is all about finding whether Varun and Nithya will live happily ever after when the credits roll. The story moves at slow place and intentionally at a lower gear for almost 3/4th of the movie. Towards the last 30 minutes, Gautham Menon takes full control over the proceedings and makes you root for the lead pairs intensely. However, it is not convincing how they lose touch completely without any withdrawal symptoms which would have given them the chance to get back together.
We will not reveal whether Varun and Nithya will come together in the end. Given Gautham Menon's track record of not letting the lead pairs live together, the viewers knows very well that the director will be ready to steer the movie in whichever direction he wants without commercial compulsions. The last few reels grabs you by surprise and score high points in mostly uneventful movie.
Jiiva, Samantha and Santhanam
The movie is carried only by the strengths of these 3 characters. Jiiva is as usual performs with any insecurity. Samantha dubs in her own voice and shines with her expressions. Ever-dependable Santhanam enlivens the proceedings whenever he shows up on screen. No doubt, Gautham Menon has extracted great performance from Jiiva and Samantha.
For a movie filled with sweet nothings, Jiiva and Samantha's conviction is commendable. Jiiva comes across as calm, composed, mature and practical. He lives by bullet-list of priorities and makes clear decisions using his brain reasoning out objectively. On the other hand, Samantha is emotional and makes her decision with her heart. She reacts to the situations at the spur-of-the-moment and later regrets her decisions. There are no villains. You hardly ever see the lead pairs' parents. Except for a few friends, there are not many characters in the movie.
Music and Technicalities
Ilaiyaraja has composed 8 tracks in total. Except for the 'pudikale maamu', rest of the songs come in multiple parts throughout the movie making it a full-fledged musical movie. The background tracks are also mostly borrowed from the interludes in the songs, which work well. Cinematography is subdued and employs long wide shots for critical scenes with mixed results.
The editing by Antony in the last 30 minutes is noteworthy when scenes reminiscing the past is well blended with flash-cuts. There are no fight situations and no foreign location songs. Not much work for art director with most of the scenes shot in candid locations. There are also no big sets erected for songs. Except for the opening title song and cultural scenes, dance choreographer doesn't have much work in this movie. Gautham has given the stunt department a rain-check.
Downers
The story drags and the moments are too pedestrian. The movie should be crisper by at least 20 minutes. For a movie riding on 3 characters, the characterization should be stronger. It is unclear why the director decided to shoot so many important scenes without any cuts and in wide range. This makes you think whether the dialogues were actually written after the shots were actually picturized.
The dubbing choices may come in for question. Samantha dubs in her own voice and may evoke mixed reactions from public. Varun's father, Ravi Raghavendar's distinctively recognizable voice, is not capitalized with his voice dubbed by a voice artist. Gautham Menon himself sings a lengthy portion of "Neethane en ponvasantham" song in college culturals when Varun first meets Nithya. Again, Gautham's voice is a distraction and takes the focus away from the beauty of the moment.
Bottomline
Most of the audience may find it difficult to get immersed in these undramatic moments, they will find the movie lengthy and pointless. For a section of audience who considers Vinnaithandi Varuvaya is an all-time classic, they will not complain about this movie.
Gautham Menon has taken a huge gamble by releasing a soft romance story in between a heavily crowded release season. The box office success of this movie is will dependent on the success of Kumki and how aggressively the long line-up of movies will try to grab "Neethane En Ponvasantham" screens from next week.
Rating - 3/5
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INTRODUCTION
The oral cavity has been investigated as a site for drug delivery for a long period. Drug delivery through the oral cavity offers many advantages. Among all the routes of administration, the oral route is most preferred route in the designing of dosage form than drug delivery design by other routes of administration.[1,2] The oral mucosa is conveniently and easily accessible and therefore allows uncomplicated application of various dosage forms. Furthermore, the oral mucosa is robust against local stress or damage and shows fast cellular recovery. Active Substances can be administered locally to treat oral diseases such as periodontal disease, bacterial and fungal infections. A systemic action can be achieved via drug permeation through the mucosal epithelium.[3,4] The concept of fast-dissolving drug delivery emerged from the desire to provide patient with more conventional means of taking their medication. Fast dissolving films recently have acquired great importance in the pharmaceutical industry due to their unique properties and specific advantages like no need of water for disintegration, accurate dosing, rapid onset of action, ease of transportability, ease of handling, pleasant taste and improved patient compliance.[5,6] Fast dissolving film is a type of drug delivery system, which when placed in the oral cavity it rapidly disintegrates and dissolves to release the medication for oromucosal and intragastric absorption, without chewing and intake of water.[7,8] This technology evolved over the past few years from the confection and oral care markets in the form of breath strips and became a novel and widely accepted form by consumers. These films have the potential to deliver the drug systemically through intragastric, sublingual or buccal route of administration and also has been used for local action.[9,10,11] Rizatriptan benzoate is a selective 5-hydroxy tryptamine receptor subtype agonist indicated for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. The half-life of Zolmitriptan is 2-3 h and it undergoes hepatic metabolism, the absolute oral bioavailability is about 45%.[12] The present work was aimed to improve the bioavailability and efficacy of rizatritan benzoate by preparing rapidly dissolving buccal films.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Rizatriptan benzoate was obtained as gift sample from Apotex labs, Bangalore. Maltodextrin was obtained from Mylan Hyderabad. Xanthum gum and Gum karaya were obtained from Yarrow chem. Ltd., Mumbai. Cinnamon oil, mannitol, saccharin, starch and citric acid were obtained from Qualigens Fine Chemicals., Mumbai.
Preparation of rizatriptan film
Rizatriptan benzoate buccal films were prepared by emulsion evaporation method. Cinnamonoil (oil phase) and Tween 80 were taken in a 50 ml beaker and mixed well by using magnetic stirrer to get a clear solution which is labeled as solution A. Solution B is prepared by taking sufficient quantities of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 and starch in another beaker, sufficient amount of water was added and heated on heating mantle until a clear solution was obtained (aqueous phase). Film-forming polymers, sweetening agents, and citric acid was dissolved in distilled water to obtain solution C. Solution B were carefully added to the solution A with continuous stirring for 10 min to get a milky white emulsion. Then, the accurately weighed amount of drug was added to the emulsion and was stirred continuously for 10 min. Finally, the solution C was added to the above and was stirred continuously for 1 h. The emulsion obtained was casted on the nonadhesive base plate and dried under infrared lamp for 24 h. After complete drying the films, were cut into required sizes. Various trials were carried out to optimize the formula for the preparation of Rizatriptan benzoate films. The compositions of prepared films were given in .
Evaluation of physical parameters for rizatriptan benzoate buccal fast dissolving films
The film formulations were further evaluated for physical parameters. Thickness of the film was measured using screw gauge. Folding endurance of the film was determined by repeatedly folding a small strip of the film at one place. Air bubble entrapment is a common phenomenon that we see in all liquid formulations Presence of air bubbles leads to improper drug content and content uniformity. Entrapment of air bubbles is completely absent in all formulations before casting the film and after drying the film. Curling of the films is observed normally in film formulations prepared using solvent casting method in order to minimize curling of film starch (1.6%) is used as anticurling agent. The results of physical evaluation test were given in .
In vitro dissolution studies
Dissolution studies were performed on all the film formulation by using Franz diffusion cell apparatus containing simulated salivary fluid (pH 6.8 phosphate buffer) as a medium. The dissolution studies were carried over a period of 15 min for all the formulations. Dissolution studies were carried out in triplicate, maintaining the sink conditions for all the formulations. A 5 ml aliquot of samples was withdrawn at regular time intervals, filtered and assayed spectrophotometrically at 280 nm. The drug release profiles for all the film formulations were shown in Figures – .
Evaluation of various dissolution parameters
Dissolution parameters such as T50, T90, DE5% first order rate constant and Hixon-Crowell and were calculated from the dissolution data obtained, and the results were given in .
Characterization
Based on the dissolution studies performed on all the formulations formulation F9 were further evaluated by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
The FTIR spectra of rizatriptan benzoate, maltodextrin, xanthan gum and on optimized formulation F9 were obtained using Brucker FTIR spectrophotometer to study the interaction between drug and carrier in films. The samples were prepared in KBr discs (2 mg sample in 200 mg KBr) and the sampling range was 400-4000 cm−1 and the resolution was 4 cm−1. The FTIR spectra were shown in Figures and .
Differential scanning calorimetry
Differential scanning calorimetry measurements were performed on rizatriptan benzoate, maltodextrin, xanthan gum and on optimized formulation F9 using differential scanning calorimeter (METTLER TOLEDO INDIA Pvt Ltd Make DSC 1 with eSTAR software). The samples were placed in a sealed aluminum crucible and evaluated with a heating rate of 20°C/min at a temperature range of 25-250°C. The thermograms were recorded and were shown in Figures – .
Scanning electron microscopy analysis
The SEM photographs were taken for the optimized film formulation F9 and rizatriptan benzoate pure drug. The SEM photographs were shown in Figures and .
Stability studies
The optimized film formulation were further subjected to accelerated stability studies up to 6 months at 40°C with 75% RH and evaluated for any physical changes and for drug release patterns.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In the present study, rizatriptan benzoate was selected as the drug candidate; rizatriptan benzoate is 5-HT receptor subtype agonist for the acute treatment of migraine. It is available as white color and is soluble in alcohol, water and pH 6.8 phosphate buffer. Mean absolute oral bioavailability is approximately 45%. Based on the physiochemical and biopharmaceutical properties this study was taken with an aim to prepare fast dissolving films, using emulsion evaporation method, which offered a suitable and practical approach in serving desired objective of faster disintegration and dissolution characteristics with increased bioavailability.
Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum and Karaya gum were selected as the film forming agents, PEG 6000 as plasticizer, starch as anticurling agent, sodium starch glycolate as super disintegrant. Moreover, the investigation mainly concentrated on optimizing PEG 6000 concentration and optimizing the best film forming agents. Drug and excipients used in the formulations were found to be compatible. No drug-excipient reactions were observed. 20%w/w concentration of plasticizer for the film formulation was elegant and did not break by applying pressure. Hence, optimum strength was obtained. The thickness of all formulations was maintained at the range of 0.33 ± 0.03 mm. It is observed that formulation F9 showed good folding endurance compared with other films. Entrapment of Air Bubbles was completely absent in all formulations before casting the film and after drying the film. To minimize curling of film starch (1.6%) was used as an anticurling agent. All the film formulations were found to be stable, and they were further evaluated for physical parameters such as weight uniformity, drug content, film thickness, dispersion test, folding endurance and curling. The average drug content of all formulations was measured as 10.0 ± 0.5 mg. The compositions of rizatriptan benzoate buccal films were given in the .
Rizatriptan benzoate fast dissolving films were prepared by emulsion evaporation method. Emulsion evaporation method was suitable for drugs and polymers used. Dissolution studies were performed on all the film formulations using Franz diffusion cell apparatus containing simulated salivary fluid (pH 6.8 phosphate buffer) as a medium.
The film formulations F1-F3 which were formulated by using maltodextrin showed an average drug release of 57-72% within 15 min. The film formulations F4-F6, which were formulated by using maltodextrin and karaya gum showed an average drug release of 79-90% within 15 min. The film formulations F7-F9 which were formulated by using maltodextrin and xanthan gum showed an average drug release of 80-97% within 15 min. Among all the film formulations the films that were prepared by using xanthan gum, showed better drug release. The film formulation F9 prepared using xanthan gum showed 97.27% drug release in 15 min. The drug release profiles were showed in the Figures – . All the film formulations were found to be linear with first order release rate with R2 values in the range of 0.97-0.98. Thus, the rates of drug release from all the film formulations were concentration dependent and was linear with first order release rate constant (K1). The Hixson Crowell constants for all the film formulations were in the range of 0.0163-0.0509. W01/3–Wt1/3 versus time plots were found to be linear with R2 values in the range of 0.96-0.97. Thus, the drug release from the film formulations was by diffusion of the drug from the polymeric matrix, followed by erosion of the polymer. The results of the evaluation of physical parameters for rizatriptan benzoate films were given in the .
The spectra of optimized film formulation F9 exhibited all the principle peaks present in the rizatriptan benzoate pure drug. Hence, there is no interaction between drug and polymers used in the formulation. The FTIR spectra were shown in the Figures and . The endothermic peak for the pure drug was obtained at 183.5°C, whereas for pure polymer Maltodextrin at 86.4°C respectively. The broad endothermic peak for the F9 film formulation was observed at 168.9°C The broad endothermic peak of the maltodextrin and drug may overlap, hence interaction between drug and polymer was studied using IR spectra only. The DSC thermograms were shown in Figures – . The F9 formulation with drug showed smooth, even surface in SEM analysis. The SEM images were shown in the Figures and .
The accelerated stability studies indicated that there were no visible and physical changes observed in the films after storage. It was also observed that there was no significant change in drug release from the films. The drug release characteristics of the films remained unaltered. Thus, the drug release characteristics of fast dissolving films designed were found to be quite stable.
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'G.O.A.T' to be shot at same site as 'Maanadu,' by Venkat Prabhu, sparking speculation about a cinematic universe
Fans of director Venkat Prabhu are wondering if his next picture, "G.O.A.T" will be a part of his cinematic universe because the film will be shot at the same location as his last picture, "Maanadu." Anticipations for 'Kot' were raised by the critical and commercial success of 'Manadu.'
Currently directing "G.O.A.T" alongside main actor Vijay, Prabhu intends to shoot a few sequences in Pondicherry for the last phase of production. Previously utilized for "Maanadu," he got permission from Pondicherry government officials to shoot at the airport. This has fueled conjecture over possible relationship between the two movies inside a same cinematic universe.
The three-day Pondicherry shoot is the concluding stage of filming. Following completion of this, the crew will concentrate on technical and post-production work. With intentions to finish the remaining dubbing in July, Vijay has already finished half of the 'G.O.A.T' dubbing. He will devote June, in the meanwhile, to his political duties.
Star-studded ensemble of the movie includes Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, Parvathy Nair, Yugendran, and Premji. 'G.O.A.T' is an AGS Entertainment production with Siddharth Noone's photography and Yuvan Shankar Raja's soundtrack. Heading the production is Venkatarajan.
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Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian filmmaker, actor and playback singer in Tamil films.[1] After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with his first three ventures featuring him in a starring role, failing to release, following which he began appearing in character roles. He entered the spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit Chennai 600028 (2007).[2] He achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011), Biriyani (2013), Masss (2015) and Maanaadu (2021). His father Gangai Amaren is a film director and music director .[3]
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Venkat Prabhu is the son of director-turned-music-director Gangai Amaran and elder brother to actor, singer and music director Premgi Amaran. His uncle is the music director Ilayaraaja and his cousins are the music composers Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja and singer Bhavatharini.[4] S. P. B. Charan, producer of Prabhu's first directorial venture Chennai 600028, is his very close friend and they both have worked together on several projects.[citation needed]
He did his schooling at St. Bede's school in Chennai. On 10 September 2001, Venkat Prabhu married Rajalakshmi, the daughter of dance teacher K. J. Sarasa, and now has a daughter named Shivani. Shivani has already sung a song for the album Thaaaii when she was 5 years old.[citation needed]
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The following article is by IndiaGlitz user Kannan Vijayakumar and it is not IndiaGlitz's take towards anyone or anything..
Life gets defined by the mind altering moments which occurs at the most unexpected circumstances in life.
Gautham Vasudev Menon continues to explore such moments in his distinctive style in Neethaane En Ponvasantham, where he refines the threads he already used in Vaaranam Aayiram and Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya. Neethane En Ponvasantham fits the bill perfectly as a so called Âconcluding part of the trilogy.
Synopsis
Gautham Menon experiments in a Âmoment driven story this time by surfacing through four chapters of Varun (Jiiva) and Nithya (Samantha), from the age of 8 to 23 years old. Childhood buddies, Varun and Nithya share an unconditional bond since school days. Even when tested by ego clashes and misunderstanding, destiny always brings them together at different stages of life. But what happens when Varun decides to put aside love for the backburner of his middle class family? Will their priorities and perspective towards life put an end to their dreamy love?
Story  Screenplay
Gautham Menon always has his own style of telling a story and Neethane En Ponvasantham is no exception. As soon as the film starts, he clearly conveys by introduction credits that this film will be the Âmoments of the life of Varun and Nithya. The main plot does not differ from the tried and tested formula to portray the misunderstandings, ego trips, high octane expectations and societal pressures present in the urban relationships. However, what make the difference are the sharp dialogues, stylistic presentation and realistically designed characters.
Like VTV, Gautham does not have any antagonist in the film but lets the priorities and decisions of the lead characters to complicate the bond they share. At many instances, he lets IlayarajaÂs soulful music to move the plot rather than the scenes itself. As it travels through four chapters, it gives a sense of belief to the word, Âdestiny which is omitted by many. He brings in the nostalgic mood at all the four chapters by interweaving the right relatable situations such as inter-college cultural, childhood gender mockeries, cricket matches and tuition centre.
Even though the minute nostalgic details do forgive the snail pace of the film to a certain extent, it fails to salvage the lengthy scenes and mundane, repetitive break ups of the lead characters. Especially the pre-interval scene shot in just one top angle is thoroughly disappointing. It makes us wonder why Gautham decided to shoot it in a wide shot when that is the most emotionally defining scene of the film. The VTV hangover is evident through the confused character design of Nithya, not that it is wrong but it does get tiring after a while.
However, Gautham makes it up a little with a compelling climax.
In overall, if only the screenplay have been more crisp and edgy, Neethane En Ponvasantham could have repeated the magic of VTV.
Casting & Performance
Gautham always displays his actors like never before and he has done it here again. Jiiva lives as Varun at each chapter convincingly. Even though it is quite hard for us to see him in uniform, he brings out the high school playfulness gently at the scene where he describes Nithya as a third person. Especially at the climax, he collates his previous films experience and delivers with much maturity. Samantha undoubtedly carries her best performance till date in Tamil by shouldering a very complex character, much alike to Jessie in VTV. Her articulation, be it as the charmingly arrogant Nithya during the school days, a girl blinded by unconditional love or the matured contented expression she gives at the climax, she does it close to perfection. However, she does suffer when there is a need for her to display mixed emotions.
Even though the film travels in a serious note, SanthanamÂs character lifts the engaging level of the film every time he appears. With his witty one liners and comic timing, he adds a different colour to a Gautham film. To glorify his current fan base, he even has an opening song and with the post interval he steals the show. Lastly the promising talent, Vidyulekha as Jenny, compliments Santhanam perfectly.
In overall, Neethaane En Ponvasantham might be a path breaking film for the actors personally.
Technicality
Ilayaraja, undoubtedly tops the list with his Godly musical touch at every scenes. His BGMÂs timings are perfect, bringing the audience much more closer to the film at each stage. Even though the soundtracks have a strong sense of 80s and 90s feel, it never fails to compliment the scenes. Gautham, a self-confessed Ilayaraja fan have made his idol move his story. Cinematographers, MS Pabhu and Om Prakash have done a decent job by capturing each stages of life in different light gels and angles. Speaking about chapters, kudos to the art director Rajeevan, for bringing out each period of time so realistically.
On the other hand, editor Anthony falls in his lengthy editing trap once again which does garner the mockeries of the audience when the film starts to drag at the end.
Bottomline
Conclusively, Neethane En Ponvasantham even though has the poetic approach as Gautham MenonÂs other films; it lacks that one killer scene (such as the central park scene in VTV) which might have pushed the film to a classic status. Instead, it is cramped with lengthy scenes and repetitive dialogues which diminish the novelty of the film. However, with IlayarajaÂs soulful music, realistically relatable scenes and dedicated performances, Neethane En Ponvasantham might end up as a favourite Âdate film.
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Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (titled Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham in Malayalam, Marakkyar: Arabikkadalin Singam in Tamil) is a 2021 Indian epic period war film directed by Priyadarshan. Set in the 16th century Calicut, the film is based on the fourth Kunjali Marakkar named Muhammad Ali, the admiral of the fleet of the Zamorin.[2] Priyadarshan scripted the film with Ani Sasi. The film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor's Aashirvad Cinemas. Marakkar features Mohanlal in the title role and Pranav Mohanlal play Mohanlal's young role, alongside Arjun Sarja, Suniel Shetty, Prabhu, Nedumudi Venu, Mukesh, Siddique, Manju Warrier, Keerthy Suresh and Kalyani Priyadarshan in supporting roles. The film was shot in Malayalam and partially reshot in Tamil.
The initial plan for a film based on the admirals Kunjali Marakkar started between Priyadarshan, Mohanlal, and screenwriter T. Damodaran in 1996. Damodaran pitched a plot idea in 1999. However, the film did not materialise in Damodaran's lifetime because of the high budget requirements, which was unaffordable for a Malayalam film at that time. Priyadarshan kept the project in mind for years, until in 2017 he proceeded with the research work. The final draft was completed by June 2018.
Principal photography took place from December 2018 to March 2019, filmed in sets created at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. It lasted 104 days and post-production took 14 months. Four life-size ship replicas were constructed and were shot inside a water tank. The sea was completely created using visual effects. Sabu Cyril and Siddharth Priyadarshan oversaw the production design and visual effects supervision, respectively. Production began with a budget of ₹100 crore, making it the most expensive Malayalam film to date. The original score was composed by Rahul Raj, Ankit Suri and Lyell Evans Roeder; and songs by Ronnie Raphael.
The film, originally scheduled to release on 19 March 2020, was delayed by the outbreak of COVID-19. It was then rescheduled and postponed through three more dates in March, May, and August 2021 before settling on release date by the end of the year. Meanwhile, at the 67th National Film Awards, the film won three awards—Best Feature Film, Best Special Effects, and Best Costume Design. The film released theatrically worldwide on 2 December 2021.[4][5] It received mixed reviews and failed at the box office.[4][5] The film was also shortlisted among with 35 other films for the Indian submissions for Best Feature Film category at the 94th Academy Awards.[6]
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During the late 1500s, the empire of Portugal allies with the kingdom of Kochi in Malabar, Kerala. This is in order to colonize the region by overthrowing the powerful kingdom of Kozhikode, a long time war rival of Kochi. Portuguese military commander Alfonso de Noronho trains Kochi soldiers to use firearms and offers them cannons in exchange for trading crops and spices. However, the Malabar natives are displeased with the new Cartaz license system they've established which impedes trade with the Arabs. Kuttiyali Marakkar, an influential merchant, finds a way to trade while bypassing Portuguese customs laws, but he's sold out by his brother-in-law Moidu who is allied with Alfonso.
In the past, Kuttiyali and his sons, Kutti Poker Ali and Pattu Marakkar, were commanders of the Kozhikode navy and helped resist Portuguese rule, but they resigned and became merchants after Poker died in battle. In the present, Poker's son Muhammad Ali is newly married to Aisha, his childhood sweetheart. However she, Muhammad's mother, and Kuttiyali are all killed that night by Alfonso in a raid. Kochi's king frames it as a civil massacre and blames Muhammad and Pattu, who had survived and escaped. In retaliation, the two assassinate Moidu and manage to flee by raft, but a storm causes them to land in Ponnani, Kozhikode. There they start a new life and meet the kingdom's military commanders, the arrogant and spoiled Achuthan, and the compassionate Anandan. Muhammad speaks against Achuthan for disrespecting him, but Anandan stops them from fighting. The king's associate and right-hand warrior Mangattachan distributes supplies to the storm's victims, but the corrupt nāduvāzhi Namathu Kurup hoards them to sell in market, and his men assault Pattu for calling him out. In retaliation, Muhammad recruits a bandit named Thangudu and his crew to rob Kurup's goods and distribute them to civilians. They perform many raids against corrupt noblemen and Muhammad takes up the mantle of Kunjali Marakkar, a protector of the people but fugitive to the kingdom.
Many years later, Marakkar's gang engage in guerilla warfare against Portuguese vessels, and on one raid they meet Chiang, a Chinese slave. Chiang fights them in defense so gang member Aimutty takes Chiang's mother hostage. Marakkar is against hurting women and children so he saves her but accidentally kills Aimutty. Aimutty's brother Mayinkutty witnesses this. Chiang and his mother are rescued, leading to the former and Marakkar becoming friends, and he calls Chiang "Chinnali". Since Marakkar is a fugitive of Kozhikode, Achuthan instructs Mayinkutty to kill him for revenge, but Chinnali kills him first.
Viceroy Francisco de Gama threatens war against Kozhikode when their monarch, the Samoothiri, declines a trading deal proposed by their king. Since Achuthan, their naval commander, states that defeating them is impossible, Anandan proposes a controversial decision to recruit Marakkar, who is brought to the kingdom and recognized as Poker's son. The Samoothiri's judgement of Achuthan using Mayinkutty being dishonorable causes him to replace Achuthan with Marakkar as naval commander, leading Achuthan to jealousy. Marakkar leads the troops to battle and they use traps to sink many Portuguese ships, eventually finding Alfonso and killing him. Marakkar is praised by the court, except by the diplomats of Kolathunadu who ally with the Portuguese. The Samoothiri thanks Marakkar by renovating his family's fortress, and it grows into a village. In the meantime, Chinnali falls in love with Aarcha, the daughter of minister Dharmoth Panicker. She reciprocates, but Achuthan also has feelings for her. Their parents decide to get Aarcha married to Achuthan. Unbeknownst to them, Aarcha, who is now pregnant with Chinnali's child, runs away with him. Achuthan, out of jealousy, frames Chinnali for abducting her, causing tension. Achuthan attempts to force Aarcha to return to the kingdom, causing a fight between him, Chinnali, and Anandan. Anandan pleads to Chinnali to calm down, but Achuthan kills Chinnali and runs. Aarcha commits suicide, while Marakkar assumes Anandan is the killer after arriving late and slashes his throat.
Achuthan also beats up one of the court members to frame Marakkar for it, further painting him as a traitor. A new monarch named Nambyathiri takes the Samoothiri's place, and he decides to submit to the Portuguese rule. Thus, the Portuguese and Kozhikode work together and plot to kill Marakkar. The two armies lay siege to Marakkar's village, and despite resistance, they lose due to Kolathunadu's treachery. Marakkar continues to resist them, so De Gama proposes killing handfuls of his people (who were taken prisoner) each day. Nambyathiri is bludgeoned by De Gama for rejecting, and Pattu is one of the first to be executed. Marakkar manages to kidnap De Gama, forcing the release of his people, but he is drawn into a trap orchestrated by Achuthan and Subaida, Aimutty's wife. She regrets it when Marakkar apologizes but it is too late, and De Gama's men arrest him. Marakkar is brought to Velha, Goa, and is convicted and sentenced to death by guillotine after refusing to beg for mercy. He is seen joining his mother in the otherworld.
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AyanDirected byK. V. AnandWritten by
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Ayan (transl. Creator) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by K. V. Anand and produced by M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan. The film, starring Suriya, Prabhu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Akashdeep Saighal, Jagan, and Karunas. The film score and soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj, edited by Anthony Gonsalvez, the film was filmed by M. S. Prabhu.[5]
The film was launched in Chennai, while filming also took place in various locations out of India, including Namibia, Malaysia, Zanzibar and South Africa. It released on 3 April 2009 worldwide to positive reviews.[6][7] Ayan was declared as the solo blockbuster of 2009 in Tamil cinema,[8] collecting about ₹80 crore (US$9.6 million) worldwide.[4][9][10][11] The film was also successful in Kerala.[3]
Plot
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Deva is a computer science post-graduate in Chennai who works with Dass by smuggling pre-release unlicensed films on DVD and other small contrabands mainly through the air. Deva's widowed mother Kaveri does not appreciate his career choice. Their former business associate Nemichand Seth's son Kamalesh tries to foil their Diwali film piracy operations to take over that smuggling deal for himself through police-backed channels. After Kamalesh orchestrates a raid on their hideout, the inspector offers Dass that one of his men should take the blame for the crimes. Deva attempts to do so, but another man Chitti Babu, who has no affiliation with the gang, takes responsibility. Later, Chitti joins Dass's group and befriends Deva while he completes his education. Chitti and Deva run a variety of smuggling jobs for Dass for months, often on international routes. Chitti learns about all the means and modes of operation.
Meanwhile, Deva accidentally meets Chitti's younger sister Yamuna and they soon fall in love. On Deva's birthday, he and Chitti smuggle gold bars worth $150 million from a tanker in Chennai port. When Dass learns of Deva's birthday, Dass gives him money and the day off to enjoy while the others trade the gold. Deva is called for temple worship by his mother, where trouble ensues when he learns that the customs authorities have received a tip-off to the hideout amid a major smuggling operation. However, the others narrowly escaped with the goods. He finds out that Chitti has been working for Kamalesh all this time. Chitti goes on to work as a drug mule for Kamalesh, ingesting heroin capsules and transporting them to Malaysia. He meets Deva on the flight. While disembarking, Chitti falls ill and Deva fends off Kamalesh's gang to help Chitti even though they are estranged. Chitti confesses that though he worked for Kamalesh, his friendship with Deva was genuine.
In a tragic turn of events, Kamalesh's gang kidnaps Chitti before Deva can save him and they cut him up to recover the drugs. Deva fends off the thugs and tries to save Chitti. In his final moments, Chitti requests that Deva burn him so that his family never learns of his death. Deva burns Chitti's body along with the drugs and returns to India with Chitti's belongings. However, Kamalesh tips off the authorities about Chitti's death, and Yamuna herself files a case against Deva. However, Yamuna finds Chitti's phone, in which Chitti had recorded the circumstances of his death. Deva is released, and Yamuna reunites with him. Deva plans not to engage in the smuggling business for a while, but Kamalesh has his people plant drugs at the airport and blames Deva, who tips off the customs officer Parthiban. In turn, Deva informs Parthiban about the drug mules working for Kamalesh in exchange for his freedom. Deva works with Parthiban to monitor Kamalesh's calls with his clients, thus busting many illegal smuggling consignments.
Kamalesh eventually discovers the bug and tries to eliminate Deva and Parthiban. However, they both escape and secure a massive cocaine shipment from Kamalesh. Despite this, they trace the shipment to Kamalesh's accountant, who agrees to become a witness after Deva records Kamalesh making sexual advances on the accountant's daughter. Kamalesh has the accountant killed before the court hearing and gets released due to lack of evidence. Kamalesh tries to kill Deva and his mother, but they have a narrow escape. He then plans a hit on Dass as he foresee Deva to take control of their diamond smuggling operation. Dass saves Deva, but Dass dies after his vehicle collides with a petroleum tanker. Deva heads to Congo, where he finishes Kamalesh and retrieves the diamonds. When Deva returns to India, Parthiban searches him again, admitting that Deva's mother exposed him to get Deva out of his illegal activities. Deva surrenders the diamonds disguised under a wig and Parthiban reveals that he can now enlist Deva to work as a customs official. Deva accepts the job and walks out with his mother and Yamuna.
Cast
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Suriya as Devaraj Velusamy (Deva), a post graduate in computer science and involved in smuggling to help his father's friend Dass.
Prabhu as Dass, a local smuggler who starts with Kamalesh's father. Later become number one.
Tamannaah Bhatia as Yamuna, Chitti's sister, and Deva's love interest (Voice dubbed by Chinmayi)
Akashdeep Saighal as Kamalesh, Dass's business enemy who later kills him, dubbed by Ajay Kapoor
Jagan as Chitti Babu, Deva's friend and later revealed to be Kamalesh's spy in Dass' group who later dies.
Karunas as Dilli, Dass's driver, who is hearing impaired.
Ponvannan as J. Parthiban IRS, the customs officer and the Assistant Commissioner of the Income Tax-Air Intelligence Unit.
Renuka as Kaveri Velusamy, Deva's mother, who does not approve of his affairs with Dass.
Delhi Ganesh as Narcotics Officer
Meesai Rajendran as Sub-inspector of police
Subhalekha Sudhakar as Film Producer
Janaki Sabesh as Kamalesh's aide at the airport and the bar
Kalairani as Brothel Owner
Boys Rajan
Cameo appearance
Koena Mitra in the song "Honey Honey"
Raghuvaran as Velusamy, Deva's father (Photo only)
Production
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Development
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Three years after the release of his debut venture Kana Kandaen starring Srikanth and Gopika, cinematographer K. V. Anand expressed his desire to commence his second film as director. He and Subha discussed several plots and settled for "Ayan" because "it was not only different but had scope for entertainment".[12] It was later announced that Anand would be directing his next film, produced under the AVM Production banner, titled Ayan. The film was inaugurated at AVM Studios on 24 March 2008 with the presence of most of the unit members.[13] On the occasion, Anand announced the film's genre to be an action thriller interlaced with Romance and Comedy. He also suggested Ayan meant "outstanding", excellence" or can be the name for sun rays in five different languages. However, this was later doubted by a few critics, raising a point saying Ayan was not necessarily a Tamil language word. Despite the film's lyricist Vairamuthu's calls for the word to be a Tamil word, it was argued that Ayan was a nickname for the Hindu deity Lord Brahma. Since the word was then touted to be borrowed from the Sanskrit language, the film was prone to a title change, in light of Tamil Nadu's Entertainment Tax Exemption Act, which was passed in 2006.[14] A similar problem was faced by the producers of Aegan, which was also under production at the time. The controversy was later dropped. Ayan was announced to be predominantly set in various locations of both South Asia and Africa. It was made at a production cost of ₹200 million.[15]
Casting
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K. V. Anand announced the film with both Suriya and Tamannaah Bhatia to play the lead roles in the film.[16] Suriya was initially expected to play the lead role in Anand's earlier film but was not able to do so.[12][17] Anand expressed his thoughts during the film's inauguration that "Suriya was apt for the title role" since the film's title meant "sun rays" and the name "Suriya" refers to the sun. Ayan would also make Suriya's second film with AVM Productions, after their previous partnership in Perazhagan. Furthermore, Suriya had worked with Anand since Suriya's debut in the 1997 film Nerukku Ner for which Anand was the film's photographer.[12][18] Suriya's physique was key for his character, as he would be acting as a powerful and active youngster. He also sported 10 different looks in the film, the most for an actor at that time.[19] During the film's launch, he announced that he would give the film his best, understanding the nature of the producers, who previously presented the big-budget film Sivaji. Tamannaah, after starring in the Tamil films Kalloori (for which she was nominated for a Filmfare Award) and Padikathavan, was cast in Ayan. Prabhu was consecutively cast in Ayan in a pivotal role, as per his previous films, in which he played important supporting characters.[20] It was later announced that Anand would introduce a new actor to Tamil cinema in the film, who will be playing a negative role, which was later known to be Akashdeep Saighal, who predominantly works in Bollywood films.[21]
Apart from the film's cast, the film's crew consisted of Harris Jayaraj as the composer along with Vairamuthu, Pa. Vijay and Na. Muthukumar as the lyricists. M. S. Prabhu was chosen as the film's cinematographer, who is a friend of Anand and worked with him under the guidance of P. C. Sriram.[22]
Filming
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Nenje Nenje’ song was shot on the sand dunes of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Dune 7 and Deadvlei in Namibia, in freezing temperature. Songs were composed in Mauritius, where William Honk choreographed the car chase shots.[12] The stunt sequences were shot at Binny Mills with a huge set resembling an airport while another fight was shot at Cape Town, South Africa.[23] The filming was also held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar.[24][25]
Themes and influences
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The film's concept revolves around smuggling and custom officers. In order to prepare the script, K. V. Anand did a lot of research and is said to have spoken to a lot of custom officers to understand the modus operandi of smuggling.[26][27]
Music
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AyanSoundtrack album by Released19 January 2009Recorded2008–2009GenreFeature film soundtrackLength30:21LanguageTamilLabelProducerHarris JayarajHarris Jayaraj chronology
Vaaranam Aayiram
(2008) Ayan
(2009) Aadhavan
(2009)
The film's soundtrack is composed by Harris Jayaraj, in his fourth collaboration with Suriya, after Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini and Vaaranam Aayiram, and his first collaboration with director K. V. Anand. Harris composed all the songs in Mauritius. The film's audio launch took place on 19 January 2009,[28] at the office of Sun TV Network in Chennai, with the presence of the film's cast and crew.[29] The audio launch had a live telecast on Sun Music.[29] The film features six tracks, with lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Vairamuthu and Pa. Vijay.
VeedokkadeSoundtrack album by Released22 February 2009Recorded2008–2009GenreFeature film soundtrackLength30:31LanguageTeluguLabelAditya MusicProducerHarris Jayaraj
The film was dubbed into Telugu as Veedokkade, and its soundtrack was released on 22 February 2009.[31]
Reception
The soundtrack album received mostly positive reviews from music critics as well as listeners. Behindwoods gave the album 3 out of 5 stating, "Harris Jayaraj’s crafting is elegant as ever. But what disappoints us here slightly is that the songs have influences of his earlier albums here and there, which could have been avoided. Harris does have it in him to give us many more ‘wah wah’ numbers."[33] Indiaglitz gave the album 2.75 out of 5 and stated, "'Ayan' has a whole lot of mix in spellbinding melodies and mind-boggling peppy numbers. Undoubtedly, Harris is there over the top with the prodigious score for his ducky actor Suriya."[34] Rediff gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stating, "Harris Jeyaraj wants to break away from his usual melodies and try something new. And he has succeeded, to a certain extent. Barring one or two numbers, this effort doesn't seem to sustain itself after the first few lines, but perhaps, with repeated listening, its appeal might increase."[35]
Release
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The satellite rights of the film were secured by Sun TV. The film was given a "U/A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. AVM Productions sold the film's distribution rights for Tamil Nadu to Sun Pictures for ₹ 200 million.[36]
Reception
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Critical reception
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The film received highly positive reviews from critics, upon release. Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote: "Ayan is Suriya’s show all the way. He bears the onus with a smile and the death-defying stunts add to the robust image he aims to project".[37] Behindwoods wrote: "Ayan is fun. Just buy a huge bag of popcorn, a can of cola, and have a blast! But do remember the first step about the logic".[38] Indiaglitz wrote: "Though the storyline is familiar and oft-seen in the past, the pacy narration and captivating visuals provide the necessary pep to the film".[39][40] Sify rated 3 out of 5 stars stating "Paisa Vasool" (transl. Box office hit).[41] Rediff.com rated 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Ayan is definitely a must-watch."[42]
Box-office
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In Chennai alone, box office totals were reported as ₹7 crore (US$840,000) in theatrical revenue.[43] International distribution rights were sold to Ayngaran International. Ayan's revenue was US$1,046,027 in Malaysia[44] and £119,220 in the UK.[45] The film's Telugu dubbed version, Veedokkade, was sold to Hyderabad based producer, Bellamkonda Suresh.[46][47][48][49] [50][51] The final worldwide box office was around ₹80 crore (US$9.6 million).[4] The film ran over 100 days in Kerala. The Telugu dubbed version Veedokkade ran over 100 days in Andhra Pradesh.[4]
Awards
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Ayan received the most nominations at the 57th Filmfare Awards South (12) and the 4th Annual Vijay Awards (18).
Award Category Nominee Result 2009 Filmfare Awards South Best Actor Suriya Nominated Best Director K.V. Anand Nominated Best Film Ayan Nominated Best Lyricist Na. Muthukumar
("Vizhi Moodi") Won Best Lyricist Vairamuthu
("Nenje Nenje") Nominated Best Male Playback Harish Raghavendra
("Nenje Nenje") Nominated Best Male Playback Karthik (singer)
("Vizhi Moodi") Nominated Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Won Best Supporting Actor Prabhu Nominated Best Supporting Actor Jagan Nominated Best Supporting Actress Renuka Nominated Best Choreography Dinesh
("Pala Pala") Won 2009 - Vijay Awards Best Actor Suriya Nominated Best Art Director Rajeevan Nominated Best Choreographer Dhinesh
("Pala Pala") Nominated Best Director K. V. Anand Nominated Favourite Director K. V. Anand Nominated Best Entertainer Suriya Won Favourite Hero Suriya Nominated Favourite Heroine Tamannaah Bhatia Nominated Favourite Film AVM Productions Won Favourite Song Vizhi Mooodi Nominated Best Lyricist Vairamuthu
("Nenje Nenje") Nominated Best Male Playback Harish Raghavendra
("Nenje Nenje") Nominated Best VFX Compositor Srinivas Karthik Kotamraju
(EFX) Nominated Best Supporting Actor Jagan Nominated Best Comedian Jagan Nominated Best Stunt Director Kanal Kannan Nominated Best Costume Designer Nalini Sriram Nominated Icon of the Year Suriya Won 2009 Meera Isaiaruvi Tamil Music Awards Best Album of the Year Harris Jayaraj Won 2009 South Scope 2010 Awards Best Actor – Tamil Suriya Nominated Best Actress – Tamil Tamannaah Bhatia Nominated Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Prabhu Won Best Comedian – Tamil Jagan Nominated Best Music Director – Tamil Harris Jayaraj Won Best Male Playback – Tamil Harish Raghavendra
(Nenje Nenje) Nominated Best Male Playback – Tamil Karthik (singer)
("Vizhi Moodi") Nominated Best Female Playback- Tamil Mahathi
("Nenje Nenje") Nominated Best Lyricist – Tamil Na. Muthukumar
("Vizhi Moodi") Won Best Cinematographer – Tamil M.S.Prabhu Nominated
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Here is a list of Amitabh Bachchan films that were remade with Rajinikanth playing the lead roles.
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Tamil Nadu’s Thaliava Rajinikanth and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan share a special bond. Apart from being very good friends, there is one more aspect which binds them together – remakes.
Not many would know that many of Rajinikanth’s films, now considered cult movies of Tamil filmdom, are actually remakes of Amitabh Bachchan hit films.
Take a look:
Shankar Salim Simon (Amar Akbar Anthony)
It all started in 1978 when Rajinikanth remade an iconic Hindi film, Amar Akbar Anthony, in Tamil. Called Shankar Salim Simon, starring Vijayakumar as Shankar, Jaiganesh as Salim and Rajinikanth as Simon. He remade the Manmohan Desai film again in Telugu, this time as with actors Krishna as Robert, Rajinikanth as Ram and Chandra Mohan as Rahim.
Naan Vazhavaippen, (Majboor)
The 1974 hit film Majboor, directed by Ravi Tandon, was remade in many Indian languages but in the Tamil version, it featured Rajinikanth playing Big B’s part. It was made in 1979.
Billa (Don)
Arguably one of the biggest hits in Rajinikanth’s career (and certainly among his most memorable roles) was Billa (1980). This was actually a remake of one of Bachchan’s best known films, Don, scripted by the legendary Bollywood writer duo, Salim-Javed.
Dharamathin Thalaivan (Kasme Vaade)
A remake of Kasme Vaade (1978) starring Bachchan, Rakhee and Randhir Kapoor, Dharamathin Thalaivan featured Rajinikanth, Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Prabhu in the lead roles.
Thee (Deewaar)
The following year, Rajinikanth returned with another blockbuster – Thee – a remake of the iconic Yash Chopra directorial, Deewar. The roles of the two brothers, played by Bachchan and the late Shashi Kapoor, was repeated by Rajinikanth (as Bachchan) and actor Suman (as Kapoor) in the remake.
Mr. Bharath (Trishul)
In 1985 released Mr Bharath, remake of the 1978 Trishul, which starred Rajinikanth playing the son who takes revenge from his father for cheating on his mother. This too was a blockbuster.
Panakkaran (Laawaris)
In 1990 came Panakkaran, where Rajinikanth reprised Bachchan’s role in 1981 hit Laawaris (1981). South Indian actor Gauthami, former partner of Kamal Haasan, played Zeenat Aman’s role in the film.
Maaveeran (Mard)
Manmohan Desai directed Mard, featuring Bachchan’s populist dialogue – Mard ko dard nahin hota – was remade as Maaveeran in 1986. Needless to say, Rajinikanth played Bachchan’s role, while Amrita Singh’s character was played by actor Ambika.
Padikathavan (Khuddaar)
This 1985 film, which also starred another heavyweight of Tamil cinema, Sivaji Ganesan, was a remake of Ravi Tandon directed Khuddaar staring Bachchan, Vinod Mehra and Parveen Babi.
Siva (Khoon Pasina)
This Ameerjan directed Tamil film, which released in 1989, was the remake of Bachchan’s 1977 film Khool Pasina. The film also starred actor-dancer Shobana playing Rekha’s role from the original.
Velaikkaran (Namak Halal)
Prakash Mehra directed Namak Halaal (1982), which featured one of the hit Bollywood jodis, Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor, was remade as Velaikkaran in Tamil. So faithful was Rajinikanth to the original that it even featured Bachchan’s iconic ‘I can talk English, walk English because English is a very funny language’, of course, with a few changes.
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A movie enthusiast merely cannot afford to miss out on the joy of watching movies be it in any language Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, or Malayalam. South Indian movies started to become one of the favorites ever since the release of Baahubali (weren't you shocked when Mama stabbed Amarendra Baahubali - damn!)
Obviously, there were some pretty engaging comedy and emotional all-time popular movies, but people harshly critiqued all those movies. However, Baahubali marked the beginning of a new era, and South Indian cinema has taken over the industry by storm ever since. Seeing its last few releases, we know we are in for a thrill. If you, too, are exhausted with your Hindi and International movie watch lists, we have just the thing to cheer you up. Here are the 15 best South Indian movies as per IMDb to watch (the weekend is nearly there, get your popcorn ready!)
Top 15 Best-rated South Indian Movies As Per IMDb
1. 777 Charlie (2022)
Movie Genre: Drama, Adventure, Comedy
Running Time: 136 mins
Movie Star Cast: Rakshit Shetty, Charlie, Sangeetha Sringeri
Director: Kiranraj K
Writers: Kiranraj K, K.N. Vijay Kumar, Satheesh Muthukulam
Year of release: 2022
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: JioCinema
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
A brilliant performance by Rakshit Shetty and the wholesome bond between him and the dog made this movie at the top of the list of best South Indian movies. Directed by Kiranraj K, this movie is a roller coaster journey of a boy named Dharma. Dharma is stuck in a routine full of negativity and leads a lonely lifestyle. He spends every day in the lap of loneliness and pessimism. One fine day, a pup named Charlie enters his life. The dog loves him unconditionally and gives the boy a new perspective on life. This movie covers adventure, drama, and comedy and is a definite must-watch!
2. Praana (2019)
Movie Genre: Drama, Crime, Horror
Running Time: 107 mins
Movie Star Cast: Nithya Menen
Director: V.K. Prakash
Writer: Rajesh Jayaraman
Year of release: 2019
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Plex
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Directed by V.K.Prakash, this thriller movie will make you want to sleep with your lights on at night. This best South Indian movie centers around the life of a young woman portrayed by actress Nithya Menen. This woman decides to live an antisocial life in an old, lonely mansion away from the hustle-bustle and chatter of the city. Hardly does she know what plans the nature surrounding her has for her. The story is full of twists and will make you jumpy for sure. This movie covers crime, drama, mystery, thriller, and horror. Don't forget to re-check all the doors and windows of your house before sleeping - just saying!
3. C/o Kancharapalem (2018)
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 152 mins
Movie Star Cast: Radha Bessy, Subba Rao Vepada, Praneeta Patnaik
Director: Venkatesh Maha
Writer: Venkatesh Maha
Year of release: 2018
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Directed by Venkatesh Maha, this drama movie covers everything from love, struggle, hate, and family to religion and has bagged one win with six nominations. This South Indian movie showcases four unconventional love stories set in a town surrounding the people and village of Kancherapalem. As the plot thickens, the entire drama folds.
Primarily starring Radha Bessy, Subba Rao Vepada, Praneeta Patnaik, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this compelling movie brings out an overwhelming experience for their audiences. Together they came forward to deliver one of the best South Indian movies.
4. Peranbu (2018)
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 147 mins
Movie Star Cast: Mammootty, Sadhana, Anjali
Director: Ram
Writer: Ram
Year of release: 2018
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Written and directed by Ram, this drama movie has bagged three awards and five nominations. The movie plot revolves around a single father who tries to raise his daughter. The daughter is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The movie highlights the brighter side of the father-daughter bond even as she is beginning to realize her sexuality.
Primarily starring Mammootty and Anjali and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this absorbing movie brings out every ounce of emotion possibly known to humans. The movie is full of the positive scope of better opportunities, thus making it fourth on the best South Indian movies list.
5. Soorarai Pottru (2020)
Movie Genre: Drama, Action
Running Time: 153 mins
Movie Star Cast: Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Urvashi
Director: Sudha Kongara
Writer: Sudha Kongara, Shalini Ushadevi, Vijay Kumar
Year of release: 2020
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Directed by Sudha Kongara, this drama movie has bagged eight awards and five nominations. The book Simply Fly inspires the plot of this movie, revealing the story of Nedumaaran Rajangam, whose friends call him Maara. He is a son of a simple teacher who wants to make the common man fly. In this process, he takes one of the most capital-intensive industries in the world. With his sheer willpower and dedication and his friends and family supporting him, he takes down the numerous enemies who stand in his way. Primarily starring Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Aparna Balamurali, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this inspirational movie brings out the struggles of a common man in a world of rich democracies. The movie is full of realistic scenes, thus securing fifth place on the best South Indian movies list.
6. Randhawa (2019)
Movie Genre: Drama
Running Time: 130 mins
Movie Star Cast: Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Urvashi
Director: Sudha Kongara
Writers: Sudha Kongara, Shalini Ushadevi, Vijay Kumar
Year of release: 2019
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Written and directed by Sunil Acharya, this thriller movie is jam-packed with action! This movie centers around the protagonist Robert, and his thirst for the truth. He embarks on a journey to a distant village called Odeyana Samudra on a mission to find his true identity. Watch the movie as the continued plot twists keep enhancing your excitement level. Primarily starring Shreya Anchan, Raashi Balakrishna, Lakshmi Hegde, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this engaging movie keeps you at the edge of your seat.The movie has a superb screenplay and an immensely thrilling storyline, thus closing on sixth place on the best South Indian movies list.
7. K.G.F.: Chapter 1 (2018) + Chapter 2 (2022)
Movie Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Running Time: 168 mins
Movie Star Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju
Director: Prashanth Neel
Writer: M Chandramouli, Raaghav Vinay Shivagange, Prashanth Neel
Year of release: 2022
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Written and directed by Prashanth Neel, this criminal drama movie has bagged twelve awards and one nomination! Chapter one of this series focuses on a gangster who goes undercover as a servant. Set in the 1970s, he is determined to assassinate the owner of an infamous gold mine. Chapter two of this series focuses on Rocky - a new overlord - who fights his way towards unchallenged leadership. Primarily starring Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, the movie delivers intense drama and action-packed scenes. The movie screenplay, cinematography, performances, and dialogue delivery make it exceedingly engaging, thus falling seventh on the best South Indian movies list.
8. Kaithi (2019)
Movie Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Running Time: 145 mins
Movie Star Cast: Karthi, Narain, Arjun Das
Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj
Writers: Lokesh Kanagaraj, Pon Parthiban, Sanjeev Tiwari
Year of release: 2019
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, this drama thriller movie has bagged eight awards and four nominations! This movie revolves around the life of an ex-convict, Dilli, who wishes to meet his daughter soon after leaving the prison. But he finds himself in the middle of a drug raid that an inspector plans to interrupt him. Primarily starring Karthi, Narain, Arjun Das, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, the movie takes place in just one night. The movie is entertaining and action-packed, thus gaining the eighth position on the best South Indian movies list.
9. Jersey (2019)
Movie Genre: Drama, Sport
Running Time: 157 mins
Movie Star Cast: Nani, Shraddha Srinath, Sathyaraj
Director: Gowtam Tinnanuri
Writer: Gowtam Tinnanuri
Year of release: 2019
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, this sports drama movie has bagged eight awards and four nominations! This movie features the life of a former cricketer, Arjun, who has not been very lucky in his cricketing career but decides to revive his career in the late 30s against everyone's skeptical mindset. Primarily starring Nani, Shraddha Srinath, Sathyaraj, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, the movie delivers a strong message of pursuing your dreams despite the circumstances. The movie also has a Bollywood remake (2022) starring Shahid Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur, and Mrunal Thakur in lead roles.
10. Asuran (2019)
Movie Genre: Drama, Action
Running Time: 141 mins
Movie Star Cast: Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Prakash Raj
Director: Vetrimaaran
Writers: M.S. Manimaran, Vetrimaaran, Suka
Year of release: 2019
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Directed by Vetrimaaran, this action drama movie has bagged fourteen awards and three nominations! The story of this movie was from a novel called Vekkai written by a famous Tamil novelist, Poomani. It revolves around the love, bond, and the urge of an underprivileged father to save his teenage son after his son kills an upper-caste wealthy landlord. Primarily starring Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Prakash Raj, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, the movie is both critically and commercially acclaimed. The movie is a feature benchmark, thus closing in the tenth position on the best South Indian movies list.
11. Mahanati (2018)
Movie Genre: Drama, Biography
Running Time: 177 mins
Movie Star Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Director: Nag Ashwin
Writers: Nag Ashwin, Sai Madhav Burra, Padmavathi Visweswar
Year of release: 2018
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Directed by Nag Ashwin, this drama movie has bagged sixteen awards and nine nominations! The story of this movie showcases the life of a South Indian actress, Savitri. She was the first female superstar and the queen of the movie industry during the 50s and the 60s. Primarily starring Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, the movie is a beautiful biography. The movie is purely cinematic, thus winning its place in the eleventh position on the best South Indian movies list.
12. Visaaranai (2015)
Movie Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 117 mins
Movie Star Cast: Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi
Director: Vetrimaaran
Writers: Chandrakumar, Vetrimaaran
Year of release: 2015
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Directed by Vetrimaaran, this criminal drama movie has bagged eleven awards and seven nominations! The movie is based on the real-life story of a person who went ahead to write his experience into a book called Lockup in Tamil. This plot centers on the struggle of four immigrants waiting for justice as the local police torture and force them to accept a crime they did not commit. Primarily starring Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi, Murugadass, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this masterpiece movie will surely make you feel an intense chill. The movie screenplay is extensively gripping with continued surprise, thus falling twelfth on the best South Indian movies list.
13. Drishyam 2 (2021)
Movie Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 160 mins
Movie Star Cast: Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba
Director: Jeethu Joseph
Writer: Jeethu Joseph
Year of release: 2021
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Primarily starring Mohanlal, Meena, and Ansiba. Written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, this crime thriller drama movie has bagged seven nominations! The storyline of the movie Drishyam 2 is a continuation of Drishyam, which was released in 2013. The first part hugely won the hearts of the viewers, urging Jeethu Joseph for a sequel. While the plot of Drishyam 2 remains mostly similar, i.e., Georgekutty trying to protect his family, the suspense element loaded with gripping and nail-biting storytelling will definitely keep you hooked until the end. Thus, falling on our list of must-watch South Indian movies!
14. Vikram Vedha (2017)
Movie Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Running Time: 154 mins
Movie Star Cast: Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath
Director: Gayatri, Pushkar Gowtham Selvaraj
Writer: Manikandan K., Gautam Siddharth, Gayatri
Year of release: 2017
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
The storyline of this drama movie revolves around a no-nonsense badass police officer, Vikram, and a smuggler-murderer, Vedha. When Simon, Vikram's partner, kills Vedha's trusted assistants, Vedha engages in a troubling mind game of hide seek, leading to changing Vikram's life. The wow factor of the movie is its well-crafted screenplay. Combine it with a perfect pace of events, sharp dialogues, and rock-solid characterizations. Overall, you will certainly be thrilled and at the edge, making this Neo-Noir South Indian film a must-watch!
15. Bangalore Days (2014) - Special mention
Movie Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 171 mins
Movie Star Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim
Director: Anjali Menon
Writer: Anjali Menon
Year of release: 2014
Where to Watch / OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Written and directed by Anjali Menon, this wholesome movie has bagged twelve awards and two nominations! A simple, no-nonsense movie that unfolds the lives of three cousins cum best friends, Aju, Divya, and Kuttan. Once separated after school, the trio reunites in Bangalore and dives into a roller coaster journey of dreams and discoveries. Primarily starring Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, and many more renowned actors and actresses as leads, this virtuous movie will make you feel all the emotions. It will take you down the memory lane reminiscing your friendships, laughter, fights, fun, and (eventually) growing up. The movie modestly is too pleasant to miss out on, thus honorably falling in on the best South Indian movies list.
Some of the best South Indian movies contain action, drama, emotions, and humor - in short, these movies are like gift hampers! From larger-than-life pictures to celebrating smaller joys of life, South Indian movies give a plethora of content to their audiences.
This list was our take on the 15 best South Indian movies (fun fact: most of these movies are also dubbed in Hindi. The point is to binge-watch these super entertaining movies irrespective of the language, plus there are always subtitles to the rescue!)
Which is your all-time favorite South Indian movie? Let us know in the comments below, and we'll straightaway jump in to watch it.
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Suriya is busy shuffling between NGK and KV Anand's untitled project. KV Anand's project is a multi-starrer action thriller also featuring Mohanlal and Arya in prominent roles. The film is predominantly shot in foreign cities like London.
It commenced on 25 June 2018, at London. The movie is also planned to be shot in places like New York, Brazil, New Delhi and Hyderabad.
Gavmick U Ary was initially roped in to handle the cinematography for this action entertainer but he was later replaced by Kavan fame Abinandhan Ramanujam.
Now our sources inform us that Abinandhan was part of the Suriya 37's 1st schedule has been substituted by MS Prabhu. It must be noted that MS Prabhu was the cinematographer of Suriya-KV Anand's Ayan as well.
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Old Is No Longer Gold: Do Copyright in Films/Songs Expire with the 60 Year Limit?
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We are pleased to present this piece by Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Ms. Akanksha Badika on the unresolved issues surrounding the term of the copyright in sound recording/cinematograph film and underlying work(s) under the Copyright Act, 1956. Rajesh Kumar works as the Head of Legal and Akanksha Badika works as the Legal Executive at Bhansali…
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We are pleased to present this piece by Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Ms. Akanksha Badika on the unresolved issues surrounding the term of the copyright in sound recording/cinematograph film and underlying work(s) under the Copyright Act, 1956. Rajesh Kumar works as the Head of Legal and Akanksha Badika works as the Legal Executive at Bhansali Productions, Mumbai (a film production house). Their practice predominantly revolves around copyright law, litigation and advising on all matters related to films that are emanating from script to screen. Disclaimer: Though the authors principally deal with copyright and music related matters, the thoughts and opinions expressed in this Article are personal.
OLD IS NO LONGER GOLD: Do Copyright in Films/Songs Expire with the 60 Year Limit?
Rajesh Kumar & Akanksha Badika
Movies like Andaz (released in 1949), Albela (released in 1951), Anmol Ghadi (released in 1946) and songs like- “Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua Hai” (released in 1956) or “Haal Kaisa Hai Janab Ka” (released in 1958) are more than 60 years old, but can now they be used without any authorization from the producers? For instance, can the song “Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar” sung by the renowned Mohd. Rafi, Shamshad Begum and Asha Bhosle composed by O.P. Nayyar and written by Majrooh Sultanpuri freely be used now, given that the copyright period for the song has expired?
Before delving into such questions, lets understand the statutory background.
Statutory Background
Copyrights in a cinematograph film expire 60 years after their publication, meaning thereby that they can be utilized freely without any authorization/permission. Further, as per Section 52(1)(y) of the Act “the exhibition of a film after the expiry of the term of its copyrights does not constitute an infringement”. It is well established as per the statute under S. 26 and S. 27 of the Copyrights Act, that copyrights subsist in case of a cinematograph film and sound recording until 60 years from the date of its publication. It has been a well carved out thought of the drafters of Copyrights Act that the 60-year term is to prevent perpetual monopoly over any copyrighted work.
What right does a person have after the expiry of its copyright term in a cinematograph film/sound recording? The rights which are available to the owner of a copyright, are stated under S. 14 (d) and 14 (e). The owner of the Sound recording has three types of rights to exploit the sound recording as specified under S. 14 (e). When the copyright in a sound recording expires, exclusive rights of the owner under S. 14 (e) also expires, meaning thereby, anyone can make another sound recording embodying it, can sell / give on hire/offer for sale any copy of the sound recording and communicate the sound recording to the public, without seeking any authorization.
An interesting question here, is whether expiration of cinematograph film or sound recording also results in the expiry of copyright in the underlying works that are embodied in this cinematographic works/sound recordings? Or would this be governed separately?
Beginning of the Controversy
There exists a conflict between S. 22, which states that the duration of copyrights in a literary or musical work is for the entire life of the author and 60 years thereafter, and S. 26 and S. 27, wherein the duration of copyrights in a cinematograph film/sound recording is 60 years from the date of publication. Given these seemingly conflicting provisions, which of the two terms will prevail?
Let’s understand this briefly-The film industry began producing films aggressively only in the late 1950s-60s, meaning thereby, it is now when the copyright term of many of these songs have started expiring. Pertinently, the fact and the controversy herein remains res-integra till date.
There have been some court judgements which have dealt with copyright in the sound recording and the underlying works embedded therein. In 1977, there was the historical judgement of IPRS v. Eastern Motion Pictures Ltd., wherein the Supreme Court held that it is the producer who is the first owner of underlying works in a cinematograph film. Reaffirming the same, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in IPRS v. Aditya Pandey (2012), has held that sound recording is an integrated whole in which are interwoven varied individual underlying works like the lyrics and music. The communication to the public of the sound recording does not infringe the copyright in underlying works after the expiry of the term of the sound recording. Thereafter, comes the most contentious order of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court wherein in IPRS v. ENIL, PPL v. CRI (2021), the court reaffirming the Aditya Pandey (Supra) judgement, stated that question of infringement of underlying works by performing/communicating to the public a cinematograph film would not arise and as such exhibition of a film after expiry of the copyrights term is not an infringement of underlying works embedded therein. Though the matter is pending before the Division bench, this observation of the Single Judge remains noteworthy.
Theory of Merger
To understand this further, an author of an underlying work with an intention of merging their contribution as an interdependent and inseparable whole, cannot at a later stage when their contribution is integrated with the other constituent parts thereof, state that their works exists independent and separable. It can be argued that as per section 13(4), there exist separate copyright for the underlying works which are incorporated in a cinematograph film. However, one must also note that existence of parallel rights does not mean existence of parallel licenses, meaning that there would be no need for separate authorization(s). Furthermore, we can rely on the theory of merger as explicitly expressed in the IPRS v. ENIL (supra) matter “a sound recording is a collaboration of author of literary work, author of musical works and the author of a sound recording who ultimately directs the merger of musical work and the sound recording to form one complete whole.” Applying the theory of merger, the question of infringement of such literary and musical works would not arise after the expiry of term in sound recording and therefore, the film/sound recording can be used without any permission/authorization.
To explore the contrary viewpoint, one aspect remains that in spite of the sound recording expiring, there would still be a work embedded therein such as underlying literary (lyrics), musical (music composition), , in the sound recording and/or film which is protected under section 22. Moreover, a larger term of protection for original underlying works, does not mean they become superior or that the sound recording/cinematograph film becomes inferior as per ENIL v. Super Cassettes. Despite this undisputed fact, the copyright in a sound recording shall not be inferior to that of the underlying work embedded therein.
In IPRS v. Aditya Pandey, the court observed that a sound recording is an amalgamation of lyrics, music, collocation of sound and capturing of the entire aural experience which forms an integrated whole and an independent work in itself, hence, there cannot be a method of separating the musical and the literary work while communicating the sound recording to the public. This observation of the court is further supported by the holding of the learned single judge in IPRS v. ENIL, PPL v. CRI (Supra), that when a literary and the musical work are subsumed in a sound recording or in a film they do not have a separate existence and as such do not get infringed even when the film/sound recording is communicated to the public after the expiry of copyright term in sound recording/film. It was also argued that a sound recording is protected for a period lesser than underlying literary and musical work and if the theory of merger was to be accepted, once a sound recording comes into public domain, the term of underlying works as mentioned under Section 22 would get curtailed. Furthermore, the sound recording is recognized as an independent copyrighted work by an amendment of the Act in the year 1994. Relying upon the aforestated judgements, it can be inferred that since a sound recording is an integrated whole from which one cannot separate the independent underlying works, the term of copyright protection for sound recording must prevail as against the term of copyrights in the underlying literary, dramatic or musical work. The article shall further delve into providing arguments that copyright term of sound recording/film shall prevail as against the copyright term in the underlying works.
Statutory Interpretation
The statute in itself is plain and clear that after 60 years from date of publication, the cinematograph film/sound recording does not enjoy copyright protection and comes into the public domain. The literary rule of interpretation is a well-established rule for construing statutes, stating that primarily, plain and ordinary meaning must be accorded to the provisions of law. An interpretation which is contrary to intent of S. 26, 27 and S. 52(1)(y), is not only unlawful but also misconstrued and misconceived in law. There exists no room for interpretation/construction since the law remains unambiguous. Even if the intention of the legislature is gauged, then it can be unequivocally construed that such intention has been abundantly made clear by insertion of these sections. Moreover, it is a well-established facet of interpretation of statutes that first and foremost, the literary rule of construction is to be followed and no departure from the same is allowed. (Verbis legis non est recelendum).
Moreover, considering the conflict between S. 22 and S. 26 and 27, the rule of harmonious construction needs to be applied. The interpretation needs to be in such a manner so as to give effect to both the provisions by maintaining harmony between the two. The basic premise under such a rule of construction is that if the legislature has intended to give something by one hand, it would not intend to take it from the other hand as both the provisions have been framed by the legislature and carry equal force of law. If such is the rule then, one may argue that if the legislature has given S. 22 by one hand, it cannot take away S. 26 and S. 27 from the other hand. No provision of law is superior or inferior as they command equal force.
Concluding Thoughts
Copyright in the underlying work by virtue of being embedded within a cinematograph film or sound recording would still subsist yet not get infringed. That said, if any of such underlying literary work (script, dialogues, lyrics), musical work, dramatic work, etc. is utilized independent of the film/ Sound recording as the case maybe, then an infringement claim shall arise. Considering the scheme of the Copyright act, this harmonious interpretation was the legislative intent underpinning the grant of a separate copyright to a cinematograph film and a sound recording. An interpretation contrary to this would render S. 26 and S. 27 nugatory implying that S.22 is superior to S. 26 and S. 27, which could never have been the legislative intent as a cinematograph film and a sound recording being an independent work is in no way inferior to the rights of authors in underlying works. Hence, when copyright in a Cinematograph film or a sound recording expires, all the rights under S. 14 (d) and (e) also extinguish, it can be inferred that the song “Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar” can be utilized as is without any consent/authorization.
It will be interesting to watch how the matter of IPRS v. ENIL (2021) would unfold in the Division bench after 44 years of the historical judgement handed down in the matter of IPRS v. Eastern Motion Pictures Association in 1977. Considering the legislative intent behind S. 26 and S. 27 of the Copyright Act, it becomes clear that the concept of seeking permission for a cinematograph film or a sound recording would end with the end of the copyright term in such cinematograph film or sound recording, however, an important aspect of royalties cannot be ignored, that during the term of the sound recording, there are two types of royalties which are payable -one on account of utilization of sound recording, and one on account of utilization of the underlying works. On the other hand, upon the expiration of the sound recording, only one set of royalty shall be payable, which is to the author of underlying works embedded in the sound recording.
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When I watched the film back in 2012, I hated it. I felt Nithya deserved someone better than Varun, who never reciprocated the same amount of love she had for him. I also thought Raja's music got wasted. And, I went around bitching about this film to people calling it GVM's worst film.
Firstly, apologies to GVM for having a negative/wrong opinion about this film. On rewatching it ten years later, I changed my view about the film: I thought this was GVM's best work so far: an epic love story with two real characters who had their own imperfections, which affected their relationship in different stages of their life. I felt Varun was immature and had difficulty communicating his…
they've managed to tell such a grounded, realistic, ugly, yet compelling romance in the most epic, larger-than-life fashion. neethaane en ponvasantham was such a powerful, fascinating watch, despite its slightly fumbled conclusion (when i say slightly, i mean i had exactly one issue with it but i still cried so it's fine).
gautham vasudev menon is like tarantino (bear with me) in that his characters all just speak like he does, but his best films are able to make you believe these conversations despite their artificial nature. vaaranam aayiram really did not work for me, for this very reason - i just couldn't buy into any of it, not only did the conversations feel fake, but the progression of the…
What a difference casting can make. This is the exact same script as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu or very close to it, with the exact same weaknesses, but this movie is near-great while that one's deeply flawed.
The supporting cast is better almost straight down the line, but the biggest difference is Jiiva vs. Nani. Where Nani's version of the lead comes off as a Reddit incel manbaby fueled by rage and entitlement, Jiiva's feels much moodier, much more empathetic, and much more vulnerable, fueled instead by doubt and sadness. There is still a scene or two that forces him into that incel-adjacent mode--and this is a GVM problem, not a Nani or Jiiva problem, based on his other films--but thanks…
What’s the point of forgiving if you can’t forget?
Doesn’t quite have the same cinematic flourishes as VTV and the main characters are so messy, vindictive, etc. that it is absolutely no surprise to me that a lot of people really disliked this when it came out but I found the narrative in this to be more complex and fascinating and part of me wonders if this was because of Reshma Ghatala’s influence who has story and screenplay credits. I am also a huge sucker for romance movies where the main couple meet for the first time onscreen after being estranged for years. Being unraveled at the mention of a name because years of memories flash before you (good and…
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Choreographer, actor and director Prabhu Deva’s masterful footwork has featured in almost all his films. But in his latest venture Mercury, there is no dialogue, leave along dancing. This is what made him the right fit for the silent thriller, according to filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj.
Written and directed by Subbaraj, Mercury stars Prabhu Deva, Sanath Reddy, Deepak Paramesh, Indhuja and Remya Nambeesan. “I wanted somebody unique and wanted someone who hadn’t done anything like this before and Prabhu Deva sir was the right person,” Subbaraj said at a press event in Mumbai on Tuesday. “He was out of this zone since there is no song or dancing in the film.” The dialogue-free film will be released on April 13.
The film is loosely based on the 2001 mercury poisoning case at a thermometer factory in Tamil Nadu. Around 600 workers were exposed to toxic mercury vapours at the Hindustan Lever factory in Kodaikanal. The plant has since been shut down. “The film speaks about big corporate companies exploiting small towns,” Subbaraj said. “There was a thermometer factory in Kodaikanal where they dumped mercury into the river and that affected a lot of people.”
Prabhu Deva, who plays the antagonist in the film, agreed. “It is very different from what you have seen,” the actor said. “But it was not challenging because the director was very easy to work with. When Karthik first told me that it was a two-hour silent film without any dialogue, I was surprised. But once I heard the story I was instantly convinced.”
Subbaraj made his feature filmmaking debut with the acclaimed Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Pizza (2012) and went on to direct Jigarthanda (2014) and Iraivi (2016). He will next direct Rajinikanth for a Sun Pictures production. But the young filmmaker first rose to fame with his short films, which were popularised by Tamil filmmaking reality competition show Naalaiya Iyakkunar.
The idea for a dialogue-free feature came from one such short film. “I did a 10-minute short film called Black and White, which just has two lines of dialogue, with nine minutes being silence,” Subbaraj said. “That time I thought the technique was really interesting and thought I should try making a feature. I then started writing a thriller without giving any dialogue and it worked out. The concept of Mercury is universal and is relatable.”
Subbaraj said the technique helped him take the movie to a bigger audience. Although the cast and crew of Mercury are from Chennai, the movie is being released all over India.
Since there was no dialogue, attention had to be given to every shot, Subbaraj added. “The challenge was to finish the script and then came the acting and the other technicalities,” he said. “Usually you relate to any actor because their voice is their strength. For instance, take Amitabh Bachchan sir. People relate to him because he says dialogue in his style. This film does not have that scope. We had acting training workshops for the actors over a month.”
Though Prabhu Deva might not be seen dancing on the screen, his body language has helped him emote without dialogue, the actor said. “Subconsciously, my dancing might have helped my body language,” he said. “There was minimal preparation because it had to be spontaneous since this role is very different. The sequences in the film were so interesting that I was eager to go and act in every scene.”
The actor, whose next appearance is in Vijay’s dance-themed drama Lakshmi, is hopeful that fans will accept the movie even though there is no fancy footwork. “Everybody was appreciative and did not really complain about missing my dance upon watching the teaser,” he said. “The audience is ready.”
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25+ Best Comedy Movies in Tamil
1. Panchatanthiram – Hit Tamil Comedy Movie
Year: 2002
Director: K. S. Ravikumar
IMDb: 8.2/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5 and Sun NXT
“Panchatanthiram” stands out as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil cinema, delivering lively laughter and a skillfully composed storyline. Directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Kamal Haasan in collaboration with the legendary Crazy Mohan for the dialogues, the film brings together an amazing cast including Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, and an ensemble of talented actors. Set against a backdrop of hilarious misadventures, the movie effortlessly blends humor with elements of suspense and wit.
The story revolves around Ram (Kamal Haasan), a handsome but unhappy pilot whose marriage turns violent due to a series of misunderstandings. To increase his mental strength, his friends organize a prostitute named Maggi (Ramya Krishna), leading to unforeseen chaos when a dead body and a stash of diamonds enter the picture. What follows is a wild story of cover-ups, mistaken identities, and humorous blunders, all brought to life by the cast’s flawless comic timing. “Panchatanthiram” infuses it with fresh humor and Tamil flavor, cementing its status as one of the best Tamil comedy movies and a hit among audiences craving laughter and entertainment from South Indian cinema.
2. Comali – Best Comedy Scenes Not to Miss
Year: 2019
Director: Pradeep Ranganathan
IMDb: 6.9/10
Platforms to watch: Sony LIV, MX Player, Zee5, and Hotstar
“Comali” stands out as one of the best comedy movies in Tamil cinema, blending humor with a dramatic storyline. Released in 2019, this hit film directed by Pradeep Ranganathan presents a unique perspective in which the main character played by Jayam Ravi wakes up from a 16-year-old heart and finds himself shot into a much-changed world. The movie brilliantly captures the essence of societal changes from the 90s to the present era, offering a delightful portrayal of the hero’s struggles to adapt.
With an excellent cast including Kajal Aggarwal, Yogi Babu, Samyuktha Hegde, and K. S. Ravikumar, “Comali” seamlessly weaves comedy and drama, leaving the audience thoroughly entertained. Its success reaffirms its place among the best Tamil comedy movies and further cements its status as one of the hit movies in Tamil cinema. Indeed, “Comali” adds a refreshing flavor to the rich comedy movies in the South Indian film industry.
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3. Doctor – The latest Tamil Comedy Movie
Year: 2021
Director: Nelson Dilipkumar
IMDb: 7.4/10
Platforms to watch: Netflix
“Doctor” stands out as one of the most entertaining comedy movies in Tamil, captivating audiences with its blend of action, humor, and suspense. Released in 2021, this hit movie follows the journey of Varun, an army doctor portrayed by Sivakarthikeyan, as he sets on a mission to rescue his ex-fiancée’s kidnapped niece, Chinnu, revealing a dark human trafficking ring in Goa. Nelson Dilipkumar’s direction ensures a perfect balance of laughter and adrenaline as Varun, accompanied by his girlfriend and family, navigates through Terry’s deadly crime web to save the abducted girls.
With fantastic performances from Priyanka Arulmohan, Vinay Rai, and Yogi Babu, “Doctor” delivers a thrilling yet humorous narrative that keeps audiences engaged till the very end, solidifying its place among the top Tamil comedy movies and must-watch hits in Tamil cinema.
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4. Mandela
Year: 2021
Director: Madonne Ashwin
IMDb: 8.4/10
Platforms to watch: Netflix
“Mandela” stands out as one of the finest Tamil comedy movies of recent times, blending political satire with hilarious humor seamlessly. Directed by Madonne Ashwin, the film skillfully navigates the complexities of a local village election, where the deciding vote rests upon a humble barber named humorous chaos around him, and the fate of the election hangs on his skillfully incorporates themes of choice.
The two rival political parties strive for his support. The film skillfully incorporates themes of societal divides, caste politics, and village dynamics, all while keeping the audience thoroughly entertained. With a stellar cast including Sheela Rajkumar, Sangili Murugan, and Kanna Ravi, “Mandela” not only delivers laughs but also offers an insightful comment on the power of unity and community involvement in shaping the destiny of a place.
5. Friends
Year: 2001
Director: Siddique
IMDb: 7.9/10
Platforms to watch: Jiocinema and Hotstar
“Friends” stands as a timeless gem among Tamil comedy movies, released in 2001 and directed by Siddique. This Indian Tamil film presents the story of three inseparable friends portrayed by Vijay, Suriya, and Ramesh Khanna. Their friendship faces a particular test when a shocking revelation about their past comes to light. Devayani, Vijayalakshmi, Abhinaya Sri, Sriman, Vadivelu, Charley, and Radha Ravi add depth to the story with their supporting roles. The film talks about the essence of friendship and emphasizes its importance above all else. However, in a shocking incident in their shared history, the bonds between the friends begin to tear. “Friends” provides both comedy and touching moments, showing the complexity of the relationship between comedy and friendship.
6. Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi – Best Vadivel Comedy Movie
Year: 2006
Director: Chimbu Deven
IMDb: 7.7/10
Platforms to watch: Youtube
“Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi” is one of the best comedy movies in the history of Tamil cinema. Directed by Chimbu Deven, this 2006 gem showcases Vadivelu’s comedic talent in his first solo lead role. Set in the late 18th century after the onset of the British Raj, the film weaves together twin brothers separated by birth Pulikesi XIII and Ukraputthan. While Pulikesi becomes a bumbling pawn in the hands of his cunning uncle, Ukraputhan emerges as a patriotic figure, determined to safeguard his land and reunite with his foolish sibling. With stellar performances from Monica, and Tejashree, and a supporting cast including legends like Manorama and Nassar, the film’s witty dialogues and slapstick humor leave audiences in splits. “Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi” remains a timeless comedy classic, celebrated for its rib-tickling moments and Vadivelu’s iconic comedy videos in Tamil cinema history.
7. Vadakkupatti Ramasamy – 2024 New Tamil Comedy Movie to Watch
Year: 2024
Director: Karthik Yogi
IMDb: 6.5/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video and Aha
“Vadakkupatti Ramasamy” stands out as one of the best comedies in Tamil cinema, with Santhanam and Megha Akash showcasing their comedic skills under the direction of Karthik Yogi. This period comedy-drama ingeniously blends humor with social commentary as it follows the exploits of a selfish and money-minded charlatan who exploits the superstitious beliefs of his village. When his main source of income is unexpectedly shut down, the hero embarks on a series of hilarious attempts to reopen the temple, leading to humorous scenes and funny dialogues. With its clever narrative and hilarious performances, “Vadakkupatti Ramasamy” promises to entertain audiences and secure its place among the best Tamil comedy movies.
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8. Conjuring Kannappan – Tamil Horror Comedy Movie
Year: 2023
Director: Selvin Raj Xavier
IMDb: 6.1/10
Platforms to watch: Netflix
“Conjuring Connappan” stands out as one of the best comedies in Tamil cinema, mixing comedy and horror uniquely and excitingly. Directed by Selvin Raj Xavier, this 2023 hit film takes audiences on a hilarious yet spooky journey as a family stumbles upon a cursed artifact leading them to a ghost palace every time they sleep. With an amazing cast which includes Regina Cassandra, Elli Avram, and Sathish, the film delivers laughter and chills in equal measure. As the hero struggles with nightmares that begin to affect his real life, the violence of the comedy increases, drawing in his family and friends. Together, they embark on a thrilling experience to discover the cause of their terrible predicament, making “Conjuring Kannappan” a must-watch for fans of new Tamil comedies and popular movies in Tamil.
9. Singapore Saloon – 2024 New Tamil Comedy Movie
Year: 2024
Director: Red Giant Movies
IMDb: 6.1/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video
‘Singapore Saloon’, is a violent comedy in Tamil that is making waves as one of the most popular in Tamil cinema. This hilarious coming-of-age story, directed by the great Gokul, stars RJ Balaji and Meenakshi Chaudhary, as well as a brilliant cast that includes Sathyaraj, Lal, and more. Set in a quaint village, it follows the dreams of friends Kathir and Basheer, with Kathir’s aspiration to become a hairstylist ignited by the local salon owner, Chacha. As Kathir crashes through obstacles trying to fulfill her dream of owning a ‘Singapore Salon’, gearing up for a rollercoaster ride of comedy and heartwarming moments. With its blend of humor, camaraderie, and aspirational charm, ‘Singapore Saloon’ stakes its claim as one of the best Tamil comedy movies, adding another feather to the cap of comedy movies south.
10. Endrendrum Punnagai
Year: 2013
Director: I. Ahmed
IMDb: 6.7/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Endrendrum Punnagai, one of the best comedy movies in Tamil, is a delightful story of friendship, love, and the unexpected twists life brings. The title, translating to ‘Everlasting Smile’, perfectly captures the essence of this film. The story revolves around three inseparable friends – Goutham, Baby, and Sri – who vow to remain bachelors forever. However, when Baby and Sri break their promise by getting married, it leaves Goutham feeling alone. Despite this, Goutham meets Priya on a project, which leads to a blooming friendship and eventual love. Starring Jiiva, Trisha, Santhanam, and others, this hit movie in Tamil is filled with heartwarming moments and rib-tickling comedy. Directed by I. Ahmed, Endrendrum Punnagai showcases the complexities of relationships and the enduring power of true friendship, making it a must-watch among Tamil and the best Tamil movies.
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11. Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
Year: 2014
Director: Balaji Mohan
IMDb: 6.7/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum stands out as one of the best comedy movies in Tamil, blending romance and humor makes an entertaining film. Directed by Balaji Mohan, the movie transports us to the charming imaginary hill station of Panimalai, where we meet a colorful cast of individuals. From the ambitious news anchor (played by Balaji Mohan himself) chasing TRP ratings to the charming salesman Aravind (portrayed by Dulquer Salmaan), the film is a rollercoaster of laughter and heartwarming moments. Nazriya shines as Dr. Anjana, a soft-spoken girl struggling to express herself under the control of her fiancé and a strange outbreak of ‘dumb flu.’ With amazing performances from Pandiarajan, John Vijay, Robo Shankar, and others, Vaayai Moodi Pesavum keeps audiences laughing while subtly commenting on communication and relationships. This hit movie in Tamil offers a refreshing take on romantic comedy, making it a must-watch among Tamil comedy movies and one of the best Tamil comedy movies to date.
12. Saba Nayagan
Year: 2023
Director: C.S. Karthikeyan
IMDb: 6.8/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
Saba Nayagan stands tall as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil, delivering humorous laughter and heartwarming moments in equal measure. Directed by the talented C. S. Karthikeyan, the film revolves around the misadventures of Saba, portrayed brilliantly by the lead actor. When Sub-Inspector Vishnu and his constables lock up Saba for his drunken actions and public disturbance, they have no idea they are about to go on a humorous journey full of unexpected turns.
As Saba shares his tales of heartbreak in a bid to regain composure, the audience is treated to a rollercoaster of emotions and side-splitting comedy scenes, for which Tamil cinema is renowned. Saba Nayagan, with its superb screenplay and outstanding performances, is a brilliant example of the best Tamil comedy films, thrilling viewers all over the world with its charm and humor. It’s a must-watch for anyone looking for a good chuckle and enjoyment from South India’s comedy movies.
13. Naanum Rowdy Dhaan – Best Tamil Movie to Watch
Year: 2015
Director: Vignesh Shivan
IMDb: 7.2/10
Platforms to watch: Aha Video
Naanum Rowdy Dhan stands out as one of the best comedy films in Tamil, blending comedy with action-packed thrillers. The story revolves around Pondy Paandi, portrayed brilliantly by Vijay Sethupathi, whose aspiration to become a feared gangster clashes with his naturally cheerful nature. When he crosses paths with Kadhambari, a deaf woman seeking vengeance against the terrifying Killivalavan, portrayed by Parthiban, humor follows. Their unconventional love story unfolds within a backdrop of creative dialogue and hilarious comedic moments, making Naanum Rowdy Dhaan a must-watch for fans of Tamil comedy movies. With its perfect blend of humor and heart, this film exemplifies the best comedy movies in the South, leaving audiences in stitches while delivering a compelling narrative.
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14. DD Returns
Year: 2023
Director: S. Prem Anand
IMDb: 6.2/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar, Zee5, and Amazon Prime Video
Offering a delightful blend of laughter and chills, DD Returns stands tall among the finest comedy movies in Tamil. Directed by the talented S. Prem Anand, this 2023 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film follows a group of friends involved in a humorous yet chilling adventure. After hiding a bag of money and jewels in a haunted bungalow to avoid police, they return to catch themselves in a haunting survival game. The film, led by the humorous skills of Santhanam, Surbhi, and Masoom Shankar, features a colorful cast of 22 characters, including the iconic Clara, Sofia, and Mathi. With its comedic scenes and thrilling story twists, DD Returns is a rollercoaster of enjoyment that establishes its reputation as a must-see in the world of Tamil comedy movies.
15. Mookuthi Amman
Year: 2020
Director: RJ Balaji and N J Saravanan
IMDb: 6.6/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
Weaving fantasy and lots of humor, Mookuthi Amman stands out as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil. The film follows Girishh G. Engels, a humble reporter, whose life takes a wild turn when he encounters his ancestral goddess, Mookuthi Amman, played by Nayanthara. With her divine blessings, Girishh’s wishes come true, setting the stage for exciting adventures. Teaming up, they start on a mission to reveal the fraudulent practices of a godman, all while delivering amazing comedy scenes that Tamil audiences adore. Mookuthi Amman, led by RJ Balaji’s comedic talent and Nayanthara’s excellent performance, is a monument to the creativity of Tamil comedy movies, presenting a lovely blend of fantasy, humor, and uplifting moments that appeal to fans throughout the comedy movies south.
16. Dharala Prabhu
Year: 2020
Director: Krishna Marimuthu
IMDb: 6.7/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Dharala Prabhu stands out as one of the best comedy films in Tamil, blending comedy with heart in a wonderful combination. Directed by Krishna Marimuthu and starring Harish Kalyan, Tanya Hope, and Vivek, the romantic comedy follows the journey of Prabhu, who suddenly gets stuck in the world of sperm donation. When approached by Dr. Kannadasan, the owner of a fertility clinic in Chennai, Prabhu agrees to become a donor to help couples struggling with infertility.
A series of hilarious accidents and exciting moments follow as Prabhu navigates the complexities of his newfound role. With hilarious dialogues, charming acting, and a charming story, Dharla Prabhu shines as a gem to watch in the Tamil comedy film industry. This film, packed with laugh-out-loud moments and fascinating characters like Nidhi Mandhanna and Prabhu Govind, provides a refreshing spin to the comedy movies south, leaving fans in laughter while simultaneously tugging on their emotions.
17. Malaysia to Amnesia
Year: 2021
Director: Radha Mohan
IMDb: 6.4/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Malaysia to Amnesia stands out as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil, bringing active laughter and heartfelt moments to the screen. Following the runaway childhood friends going through the twists and turns of married life, this new Tamil comedy film takes the audience on a hilarious roller coaster ride. Led by Vaibhav and Vani Bhojan, with stellar support from Karunakaran, M. S. Bhaskar, and Riya Suman, the film’s comedic brilliance shines through every scene. Under the expert direction of Radha Mohan, the story unfolds with Arun’s humorous conflict – pretending to suffer from amnesia after his unfair affair. With its funny dialogues, relevant situations, and flawless performances, Malaysia to Amnesia is a must-watch Tamil comedy film that offers nonstop entertainment for everyone.
18. Dikkiloona
Year: 2021
Director: Karthik Yogi
IMDb: 6.2/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Dikkiloona is a funny rollercoaster ride in the world of Tamil comedy movies. With its unique concept of time travel, the film follows the comedic journey of Mani, an electricity lineman who finds a time machine. Mani, inspired by a desire to change his past, goes on a series of funny adventures in an attempt to rewrite his history. However, as he experiments with time, the effects are entertaining and surprising. Bursting with wit, charm, and inventive humor, Dikkiloona stands out as one of the best new Tamil comedy movies, offering comedy video Tamil enthusiasts an unforgettable cinematic treat.
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19. Veetla Vishesham
Year: 2022
Director: RJ Balaji and N J Saravanan
IMDb: 6.9/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Veetla Vishesham stands out as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil, weaving humor with heartfelt moments. The story revolves around Elango, whose world is turned upside down when he discovers his middle-aged mother’s unexpected pregnancy. Elango gets caught up in a rush of emotions as he struggles to come to terms with his unusual situation, experiencing societal disapproval and obstacles in his relationship with his lover, Sowmya. As the humorous story progresses, Veetla Vishesham explores topics of familial relationships and social standards with a great blend of comedy and love. With its refreshing take on comedy, this new Tamil comedy movie is a must-watch for anyone craving laughter and a touch of unusual storytelling.
20. Don
Year: 2022
Director: Cibi Chakaravarthi
IMDb: 6.8/10
Platforms to watch: Netflix
One of the best comedy movies in the Tamil comedy movies list, with lots of humor. Directed by Sibi Chakraborty, the comedy-drama follows Chakaravarthy, a college student dealing with the pressures of academics and family expectations. Played by the charming Sivakarthikeyan, Chakaravarthy’s journey is filled with hilarious clashes with his college’s strict discipline mentor, played brilliantly by S. J. Suryah. As he handles the difficulties of engineering student life, Chakaravarthy tries to discover his true passion and prove his worth to his disapproving father, played by Samuthirakani. Priyanka Mohan adds charm to the movie as Chakaravarthy’s love interest. Set against the backdrop of hostel life and academic demands, ‘Don’ delivers great comedy while also exploring issues of self-discovery and family connections.
This Tamil comedy movie entertains viewers while providing meaningful insights into the search for purpose and identity due to its compelling storyline and relatable characters. With its wonderful blend of humor and heart, ‘Don’ is a must-watch among Tamil comedy movies.
Suggestive Read: Latest iBomma Telugu Movies to Watch
21. Good Night
Year: 2023
Director: Vinayak Chandrasekaran
IMDb: 7.7/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
Ready to laugh until you drop with ‘Good Night’, a lovely humorous Tamil movie that combines romance and laughter flawlessly. Follow Mohan, an IT professional with a snoring problem, as he handles twists and turns. Starring Manikandan, Meetha Raghunath, and Raichal Rebecca, this comedy video Tamil is a rollercoaster of laughter and love, directed by the talented Vinayak Chandrasekaran.
Mohan’s journey takes a funny turn when he moves in with his dream girl, only to discover that his snoring causes a nightmare for both of them. Disaster breaks out as they try to solve his sleeping problem while sharing a roof, resulting in funny scenes and emotional movements. ‘Good Night’ promises to keep you entertained from beginning to end, showing why it is one of Tamil cinema’s best comedies!
22. Lucky Man
Year: 2023
Director: Balaji Venugopal
IMDb: 6.4/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video
“Lucky Man” is a comedy-drama film about Murugan, that follows the failures of Murugan, a constantly unlucky individual who finally catches a break when he wins a car in a lucky draw contest. However, his good fortune is temporary as the car is unexpectedly stolen, returning him to his bad luck. Portrayed by the talented Yogi Babu, Murugan’s journey is funny and heartwarming as he slowly teams up with a cop, played by Veera, to find his precious prize. Directed by Balaji Venugopal, this Tamil comedy movie is a rollercoaster ride of laughter and unexpected twists, featuring a brilliant cast including Raichal Rabecca. “Lucky Man” promises to keep you entertained from beginning to end with its savvy comedy and interesting storyline, making it a must-watch for fans of Tamil comedy movies.
23. Love Today – Top Must-Watch Tamil Comedy Movie
Year: 2022
Director: Pradeep Ranganathan
IMDb: 8/10
Platforms to watch: Netflix
Love Today is an appealing addition to the Tamil comedy movies field, perfectly combining romance and humor. Directed by Pradeep Ranganathan, This film tells the funny story of Pradeep and Nikitha, a couple who decide to trade phones as an experiment to determine the strength of their relationship. As the plot unfolds, the audience is treated to a series of hilarious misadventures and misunderstandings, keeping them entertained. With its witty dialogues and charming performances, Love Today is one of the best comedy Tamil movies, offering a perfect blend of laughter and love.
As the story concludes with Pradeep’s family seeking an alliance with Nikitha and Venu’s unconventional proposal, viewers are left with a heartwarming feeling, reminding them of the joys of love and laughter in Tamil comedy video.
24. Nanban
Year: 2022
Director: Pradeep Ranganathan
IMDb: 8/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
Nanban – one of the best comedy movies in Tamil, follows the funny adventures of two friends, Venkatramakrishnan and Sevalkodi Senthil, in an attempt to reunite with their long-lost friend Panchavan Parivendan, fondly known as Pari. With the nerdy Srivatsan tagging along, their journey unfolds through flashback scenes revealing Pari’s charming influence on his friends, inspiring them to appreciate individuality and positively with his iconic mantra: ‘All is well’.
Pari’s goals to improve the educational system lead to disputes with the strict Principal Virumandi Santhanam, whose mantra is ‘Life is a race – Run Run Run’ contrasts sharply with Pari’s philosophy. Along the way, Pari wins the heart of Virumandi’s daughter Riya, adding romantic sparks to the laughter-filled story. A remake of the popular movie of 2009 Hindi film ‘3 Idiots’, Nanban stars Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D’Cruz, Sathyaraj, and Sathyan, delivering a wonderful blend of comedy, heart, and friendship in true Tamil comedy.
Suggestive Read: Best Hollywood Thriller Movies to Watch
25. Oh My Kadavule
Year: 2022
Directory: Ashwath Marimuthu
IMDb: 8.1/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video and Zee5
Oh My Kadavule stands out as one of the finest comedy movies in Tamil and attracts audiences with its heartwarming storyline and funny humor. Directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, the film follows the journey of childhood friends Arjun and Anu, who find themselves in a complicated situation when they decide to get married. Despite being married, Arjun realizes he isn’t truly in love with Anu, leading to misunderstandings and challenges in their relationship. With a brilliant cast including Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, and Vani Bhojan, supported by Sha Ra and M. S. Bhaskar, the movie perfectly balances laughter and emotion.
As Arjun finds through his marital woes, a second chance presents itself, promising to change his life’s course and perspective forever. “Oh My Kadavule” isn’t just a hit movie in Tamil; it’s a perfect movie that leaves audiences laughing, cheering, and reflecting on the complexities of love and friendship.
26. Boss Engira Bhaskaran
Year: 2010
Directory: M. Rajesh
IMDb: 7.2/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
“Boss Engira Bhaskaran” stands as one of the best comedy movies in Tamil cinema, attracting audiences with its blend of comedy, romance, and relatable characters. The story is about Bhaskaran, an unfocused college dropout, played by Arya, whose life takes an unexpected turn when he falls in love with Chandrika, played by Nayantara, who is the sister of his brother’s bride. Bhaskaran gets supported by his loyal friend Nallathambi, brilliantly acted by Santhanam, Bhaskaran tries to win Chandrika’s love.
However, problems occur when her father and sister reject the relationship because Bhaskaran is unemployed and lacks an education. What follows is a funny and heartwarming journey as Bhaskaran challenges to prove himself worthy of Chandrika’s hand in marriage. With an amazing cast, comedy dialogues, and charming storyline, “Boss Engira Bhaskaran”, remains a fan favorite among Tamil comedy movies, making audiences laugh.
27. Mark Antony
Year: 2023
Directory: Adhik Ravichandran
IMDb: 6.7/10
Platforms to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Mark Antony stands out as one of the best additions to the Tamil comedy film industry, blending science fiction, action, and comedy into an unforgettable movie experience. Directed by Adhik Ravichandran, this hit movie follows the misadventures of two young sons of 1970s gangsters who slip upon a time machine, driving their lives into a bundle of problems and laughter. With Vishal and S. J. Suryah delivering brilliant performances in dual roles, supported by talented actors including Ritu Varma and Selvaraghavan, the film is a journey filled with laughter.
Mark – role played by Vishal, uses the time machine to reveal secrets about his late father and attempts to change the course of his family’s history, leading to unpredictable and often risky consequences. Mark Antony is not just a comedy movie in Tamil; it’s a roller coaster ride of emotions, laughter, and unexpected twists that solidifies its place among the best Tamil comedy movies of all time.
28. Kolamavu Kokila
Year: 2018
Directory: Nelson Dilipkumar
IMDb: 7.3/10
Platforms to watch: Zee5
Blending comedy with suspense, Kolamavu Kokila stands out as one of the best comedy movies in Tamil. The film follows Kokila (Nayanthara), a determined young woman who becomes involved in drug smuggling to support her mother’s medical treatment. As her family unintentionally becomes involved in the illegal activity, Kokila’s attempts to escape are met with unsettling threats from the mafia. With amazing acting from Nayanthara, Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan, and Jacqueline, this hit movie in Tamil attracts audiences with its mix of laughter and suspense. Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, Kolamaavu Kokila tells a compelling story of sacrifice, love, and the unexpected turns life can take.
Suggestive Read: 10 Best Apps to Watch Movies Together
29. Maragadha Naanayam
Year: 2017
Directory: Ark Saravan
IMDb: 7/10
Platforms to watch: Hotstar
“Maragadha Naanayam” stands tall among the best comedy movies in Tamil, a story of mystique, laughter, and adventure. The story focuses on the legend of a precious Green Emerald and fluctuates between fantasy and comedy. The stone, filled with a king’s spirit, becomes a treasured possession, guarded by an evil force known as “Irumbarazan”. Despite its attraction, the stone only delivers bad luck to those who dare to hold it.
The hero enters, driven by a need to settle his debts, and he goes on a dangerous effort to claim the Maragadha Naanayam. He deals with a dangerous and hilarious maze with the help of odd friends such as an astronomer and a departed spirit. Directed by ARK Saravan, this hit movie in Tamil delights audiences with its witty humor, gripping storyline, and amazing performances by Aadhi, Nikki Galrani, and a talented supporting cast. Prepare to be shocked and thrilled as you explore the funny brilliance of “Maragadha Naanayam”.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the journey through the 30 Best Comedy Movies in Tamil has been nothing short of crazy fun! From timeless classics to current marvels, this selected Tamil comedy movies list shows the very best of the South’s laughter-inducing cinema. As we say goodbye to this funny journey let us continue to enjoy the charm of Tamil comedy movies, enjoying the fun that they bring to our screens. Here’s to many more tummy laughs and unforgettable moments from the best Tamil comedy movies!
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1. “Kaatrai Konjam” Karthik 05:34 2. “Pudikale Maamu” Suraj Jagan, Karthik 06:00 3. “Yennodu Vaa Va” Karthik 04:19 4. “Saayndhu Saayndhu” Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ramya NSK 06:07 5. “Pengal Yendral” Yuvan Shankar Raja 04:06 6. “Mudhal Murai” Sunidhi Chauhan 03:55 7. “Sattru Munbu” Ramya NSK 05:57 8. “Vaanam Mella” Ilaiyaraaja, Bela Shende 06:02 Total = 42:00
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Neethaane En Ponvasantham is a Indian Tamil musical romance film written and directed byGautham Menon, featuring Jiiva and Samantha in the lead roles. The venture is jointly produced by Menon’s Photon Kathaas and RS Infotainment and will have cinematography by M. S. Prabhu and Om Prakash . The film’s score and soundtrack are being composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu with actor Nani playing Jiiva’s role. The film was released worldwide on 14 December 2012 to mixed reviews.
Directed by Gautham Menon Produced by Reshma Ghatala
Venkat Somasundaram
Elred Kumar
Jayaram
Gautham Menon Written by Reshma Ghatala
Gautham Menon Screenplay by Reshma Ghatala
Gautham Menon Story by Reshma Ghatala Starring Jiiva
Samantha Music by Ilaiyaraaja Cinematography M. S. Prabhu
Om Prakash Editing by Anthony Studio Photon Kathaas
RS Infotainment Release date(s)
14 December 2012
Running time 155 minutes Country India Language Tamil Budget 10 crore
Gautham Menon met Jiiva to discuss a potential collaboration in May 2011 for his next venture after the Hindi remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.Menon decided to cast Jiiva in the Tamil version of a bilingual film he was set to make featuring Ram andSamantha. Menon’s “regular crew”, film editor Anthony, cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa and composer A. R. Rahman were all touted to be a part of the film however M. S. Prabhu replaced Paramahamsa and in December 2011 sources indicated that Rahman too would probably not work for this film, owing to his other commitments. Reports subsequently suggested that Harris Jayaraj may work with Menon again, but the composer dismissed those few days later. Menon clarified that he never announced any music director for the film and that he wanted to keep it as a surprise. In late January 2012, Ilaiyaraaja confirmed that he would be working with Gautham Menon.
A Telugu and a Hindi version, titled Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu and Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau are also being simultaneously made, withNani in the former and Aditya Roy Kapoor essaying the lead role in the latter, while Samantha would play the female lead in all versions. Initial suggestions indicated that the film was also set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha’s character in the film, but this turned out to be untrue. The title was revealed through the first publicity posters to be Neethaane En Ponvasantham, inspired by a song from the 1982 film Ninaivellam Nithya An official announcement was made by the producers of the film, RS Infotainment, that a photo shoot was planned in August and the film would also shoot portions across the United Kingdom. Jiiva had to lose weight for the film and had to undertake diet regimens and work out sessions to get in shape for the character. Furthermore it was revealed that he would sport three different looks in the film as the film encompasses 15 years.Ravi Raghavendra and Anupama Kumarwere added to the cast to play Jiiva’s parents, while Santhanam was also chosen to play a college student in the film.For the Hindi version, actress Sonam Kapoor was initially approached to do Samantha’s role, but the maker felt she wouldn’t have felt the part as the film’s protagonist had to go from age 15 to 20 to 25, hence Samantha was retained for the Hindi version.
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Yvonne is passionate about helping established and startup companies create strategies that stimulate existing markets and steer them into new markets. The foundation of Yvonne’s success is her ability to accurately understand customer needs, competitive environments and market trends. Her experience on the executive team in over 35 companies in multiple industries has exposed her to a broad range of challenges, and ensures she can quickly understand issues, detect problems, perceive unmet needs, and cross-pollinate best practices. A keen problem solver, Yvonne artfully blends these insights with company strengths and goals to outline creative go-to-market strategies, define new product or market opportunities, and craft differentiated and compelling brands and messages. Her collaborative leadership style allows her to work effectively across the organization to develop and implement realistic, actionable plans that generate leads by combining traditional and digital programs. Yvonne is expert at building strong, collaborative teams and improving the ROI from tight marketing budgets.
How Yvonne has Helped Businesses Grow
Executive team member in over 35 companies from startups to $1B; responsible for strategy, planning, branding, lead generation, team building, and acquisitions.
Introduced a European mobile technology company to a US public safety market controlled by entrenched leaders. She evaluated competitors, demand, barriers, and product requirements. Then she led marketing efforts and helped build the team. In two years the company won the two largest bids awarded worth $40 million.
Increased revenues by 84% in a year by refocusing the marketing strategies for an enterprise SaaS business.
Elevated marketing program ROI in a business analytics professional services firm to a new level, by 2000% in some programs, after revamping branding and lead generation.
Successfully rebranded over 25 companies creating differentiated positioning, value propositions, and messaging that resonated with target decision makers.
By truly understanding customers, competitors, and internal strengths and weaknesses of a manufacturer that sold via its own ecommerce site, Yvonne outlined a transformative go-to-market plan to reach breakthrough growth goals.
Yvonne is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Client Resources
Beyond the ABCs of Customer Due Diligence
Keys to COVID-19 Crisis Communications Success: Tips for Every CEO
Diversity Drives Innovation, Growth and the Bottom Line
Client Case Studies
PIXO VR - Growth Strategy for Virtual Reality Training Pivot
Access Sciences - Growth Strategy in the Digital Transformation Space
La Comunidad Hispana - Business Strategy for Sustainability and Expansion
OMEGA Engineering - Chief Outsiders’ Agility and Depth Accelerates Growth at OMEGA Engineering
QueBIT - Repositioning and Rebranding to Expand into New Markets
Executive Experience
CMO Omega Engineering (Interim)
CMO Paperless Solutions
VP Strategic Initiatives, VP Market Development, VP Business Development, PowerTrunk Inc (A Hytera Company)
President, Volny Consulting
VP Marketing, Comverse Technology
Director of Marketing, Staffware (now TIBCO)
Clients Served
Elite SEM (Digital Marketing and Advertising)
OMEGA Engineering Inc. (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing and Ecommerce)
ONU, LLC (SaaS)
TalkPoint (SaaS)
Access Sciences Corp (Information Technology and Managed Services)
QueBIT (Information Technology and Services)
Paperless Solutions Inc (Information Technology and Services)
PIXO Group (Virtual Reality Technology and Services)
Redshift Technologies (Information Technology and Services)
Mountaingate Capital (Investment Management)
NEPC LLC (Financial Services)
Sage Day Schools (Education)
La Comunidad Hispana (Healthcare Services)
Flugel.it (Information Technology & Services)
Education
MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
BA, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
International Baccalaureate, The British Schools, Uruguay
Testimonials
“The quality of her work has been excellent! We got invaluable insights and useful, actionable information presented in a way that integrated into our business. It’s been thoughtful, complete and timely.”
Joe Vorih, CEO, OMEGA Engineering: Manufacturer and distributor of sensors and instrumentation for measurement and control
“Yvonne thought outside the box and suggested that we look at a couple of growth areas that fit very well with our skill sets and experience. With some hard work and a little luck, this direction could double the size of our organization. We’re very excited about that.”
Glen Hilford, VP of Marketing and Business Development, Access Sciences
"Our startup had a short period of time to execute our first product launch, and Yvonne stepped in just when we needed her. A true marketing expert at the CMO level, she very quickly came up to speed on our business and helped us define our marketing strategy. Yvonne was absolutely instrumentalin planning and executing the launch, calling on her network of contract tactical resources for support when necessary. An energetic team player, Yvonne is a pleasure to work with. I recommend her to any company in need of direction with their marketing strategy."
Sam Sesti, CEO, ONU: CAD to 3D visualization software
“Thank you, Yvonne. I thoroughly enjoyed the strategic workshop yesterday. You asked great questions to help us understand our business from a different perspective and really helped us focus. My mind was popping with ideas throughout the day and I have the sense that this is just the beginning of an infusion of fresh thinking. The day was re-energizing. We definitely have a lot of work ahead but I think we all feel refreshed and empowered by the refocusing that you facilitated.”
Jon S. Brandt, CEO, Sage Day Schools: Private schools for emotionally fragile children
“Working with Yvonne was an excellent way to get high-value marketing advice. It was a great experience for us. Over the course of our collaboration, Yvonne changed the way we approach marketing. She has the goods to back up the promise of the Chief Outsiders value proposition – high quality and focused resources to deliver results. We got a lot of value out of working with her and will undoubtedly work with her again.”
Cathy Jirak, COO, QueBIT: Business analytics software
“We wanted to rebrand to increase awareness, but Yvonne’s recommendations went beyond what we expected to include market and business strategies. Her insights were perceptive, on target and well-supported, helping us quickly coalesce and move forward with a clear direction. We’re now in the process of adjusting our strategy and brand to better support our mission and also secure our financial viability into the future.”
Alisa Jones, President and CEO, La Comunidad Hispana: Health care and social services nonprofit “
I have utilized Yvonne's services in four different companies - each for different objectives and deliverables. In each occasion, I have found her insight, consistency, and high standards of output to be something my organizations and I can absolutely rely on. As my ‘environments’ tend to be stressful and seemingly difficult to work within, Yvonne has been steadfast and focused, while blending both tact and dogged-determination, in ensuring that we meet our own objectives. Not only is her management of the client fantastic, whether it is strategic marketing (branding, go-to-market strategy), tactical marketing (websites, materials, etc), or market outreach (prospecting), Yvonne delivers the highest of quality.”
Douglas Markle, EVP Sales and Marketing, HICX Solutions: SaaS and On-premise Supplier Information Management Platform
“Yvonne helped us decide if and how to enter the U.S. market. She evaluated the opportunity, identified a means of entry, and found a company for us to partner with. Yvonne is a skillful advisor with a remarkable ability to put her finger on the issue and ask the right questions to uncover what is actually happening. Able to synthesize and conceptualize a business situation to make an accurate diagnosis, Yvonne is a valuable resource and will deliver no matter what we need her to do.”
Juan Ferro, CEO, Teltronic S.A., Spain: Land mobile radio terminals, mobiles, and infrastructure
“After our successful growth in Latin America and Europe, we were ready to enter the U.S. wireless market. Before investing, we needed to evaluate the business environment. Yvonne produced an outstanding analysis of the U.S. market and the opportunity for our company which became the foundation of our business plan. Not only that, she identified the specific high-level contacts we needed to break into the U.S. market, outlined the specific products target companies were looking for, and analyzed their unmet needs. The work was EXCELLENT and has become an indispensable guide for us as we move to the next step.”
Ramon Guixa, CEO, RYMSA Telecom, Spain: Design and production of antennas for telecommunications, broadcast, defense, and space
“We asked you to help us understand the critical market requirements that would drive our product development strategy for a particular project. The quality of the study was excellent. I have no doubt that we will work with you again!”
Jean-Claude Christeler, VP Business Development, MicrOptix Technologies: Hand held analyzing spectrometers
“Thank you, Yvonne, for your excellent work helping us develop our U.S. business. We wish to emphasize how much we have liked and benefited from this collaboration. Rest assured that we will count on you again as the need arises.”
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Three former top executives for leading voicemail software maker Comverse Technology Inc. — including one who may have fled the country with nearly $60 million — hatched a scheme to secretly manipulate stock options for profit, authorities charged Wednesday.
A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn alleges that former Chief Executive Kobi Alexander, former finance chief David Kreinberg and former senior general counsel William Sorin conspired to falsify dates on which the options were granted by the company.
Kreinberg, 41, of Teaneck, N.J., and Sorin, 56, of New York, surrendered Wednesday morning to the FBI, authorities said. They were released on $1 million bond each and left the courthouse without speaking to reporters. Alexander, 54, was not in custody.
Authorities said Alexander, a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, in recent months transferred $57 million to Israel, fueling speculation he may have fled there.
Officials refused to discuss his whereabouts. A telephone call to his attorney, Robert Morvillo, was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Besides filing criminal charges, authorities also “initiated action to freeze bank accounts worth $45 million used to launder the proceeds of the scheme” and “initiated forfeiture proceedings,” Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty said at a Washington, D.C., news conference.
The defendants were accused of making stock options more lucrative by backdating their exercise price to a low point in the stock’s value. Usually, a stock option’s exercise price coincides with the market value at the time of a grant to give the recipient an incentive to drive the price higher.
“By backdating these options, the defendants, in effect, gave themselves and others an opportunity to place a bet in the middle of a race — a bet that paid off handsomely,” U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf said in a statement.
From 1991 through 2005, Alexander exercised options and sold stocks worth approximately $150 million, making $138 million profit, according to the criminal complaint. Of that, about $6.4 million was generated by backdating options.
In addition, the company put hundreds of thousands of backdated options in a secret slush fund concealed with false documents prepared by Kreinberg, the complaint said. Alexander awarded those options to “favored employees,” the papers added.
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed related civil charges on Wednesday against Alexander, Kreinberg and Sorin, seeking restitution of ill-gotten gains and compensation, unspecified civil fines and a ban against them serving as officers or directors of any public company.
More than 80 companies are under federal investigation by the Department of Justice, the SEC or both, or have started internal reviews of possible manipulation of options grants to increase their value to the recipients.
“Shareholders have a right to full, complete and accurate information regarding executive compensation,” said SEC Enforcement Director Linda Thomsen. “As alleged, the backdated option grants and secret option slush fund was a deceit of the highest order upon Comverse Technology Inc.’s shareholders.”
If companies backdate options without accounting for the move, it can cause profits to be overstated and taxes to be underpaid. The financial manipulation also exposes companies to possible fraud charges.
The Department of Justice has already brought criminal charges against Brocade Communications Systems Inc.’s former CEO, Gregory Reyes, and is investigating other cases. Reyes is free on a $2 million bond.
More than 20 of the companies entangled in the stock option imbroglio are in Silicon Valley, where the incentives first became a staple of compensation packages for rank-and-file employees as well as top executives.
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Comverse Technology, Inc., often referred to as simply Comverse, was a technology company located in Woodbury, New York in the United States , that developed and marketed telecommunications software. The company focused on providing value-added services to telecommunication service providers, in particular to mobile network operators. Comverse Technology had several wholly or partly owned subsidiaries. The name "Comverse" is a fusion of the words "communication" and "versatility".
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Comverse Technology, Inc., often referred to as simply Comverse, was a technology company located in Woodbury, New York in the United States , that developed and marketed telecommunications software. The company focused on providing value-added services to telecommunication service providers, in particular to mobile network operators. Comverse Technology had several wholly or partly owned subsidiaries. The name "Comverse" is a fusion of the words "communication" and "versatility".
Founded in 1982, the company went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 1986. Led by co-founder and CEO Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, the company originally specialized in centralized hardware/software systems for voice and fax messaging and sold them to telecommunications companies and other large enterprises. Much of its funding came from Israeli government subsidies and tax credits provided to research and development for hi-tech firms. By the mid-1990s, one of its most successful products allowed legal authorities and intelligence agencies to record and store data collected from intercepted communications. Starting in the late 1990s, Comverse's voice messaging software became its main product and the company grew rapidly with the surge in mobile phone use, passing the $1 billion mark in revenues. It established a formidable position in the worldwide mobile voicemail management market and sold a popular short message service center (SMSC) product. While headquartered in the US, most of the company's research and development was done in Israel; Comverse became one of the more visible success stories in Israel's hi-tech industry. It was one of Israel's largest employers of software engineers, was closely followed in the nation's business press, and was the first Israeli-associated company to join the S&P 500 index.
In 2006, Comverse was involved in an options backdating scandal. Alexander and two other top executives were charged in the US with multiple counts of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and making false filings. Alexander fled the country to Namibia where he engaged in a prolonged fight against extradition. The scandal proved difficult for Comverse Technology to recover from; the company was delisted from Nasdaq, removed from the S&P 500, and spent the next several years consumed by the costly need to restate its financial reports for several years. Additionally affected by the financial crisis of 2008 and on and changes in the mobile phone market, the company underwent several rounds of large-scale layoffs and sold off parts of its business. By 2011 the company began a turnaround.
During 2012 and 2013, Comverse Technology divested itself of all its holdings and ceased to exist. The two independent companies that carried on its most well-known product lines were a newly independent Comverse, Inc. and Verint Systems. After further mergers Comverse, Inc. became Xura in 2015 and then Mavenir in 2017, while part of the Comverse business went to Amdocs in 2015.
Subsidiaries
Comverse Technology had multiple subsidiaries, many of which are still in business. Their activities at the time of their belonging to Comverse Technology were:
Comverse, also known as Comverse Network Systems or Comverse CNS, was a provider of software and systems enabling value-added services for voice, messaging, mobile Internet and mobile advertising; converged billing and active customer management; and IP communications. Comverse's solutions supported flexible deployment models, including in-network, hosted and managed services, and could run on circuit-switched, IP, IMS, and converged network environments. Comverse's customer base spanned more than 130 countries and covered over 500 communication service providers serving more than two billion subscribers.[1][non-primary source needed] It typically provided some 70 percent of Comverse Technology's overall revenue.[2] Comverse had 100 local offices in 40 countries, with its corporate headquarters located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Verint Systems (which, from 1999 to 2002, was known as Comverse Infosys[3][4]) was a provider of solutions for analysis of intercepted communications, digital video-focused security and surveillance, and analytics and business intelligence for the enterprise.[5] Their products were aimed at enabling government and enterprises to make sense of the vast information they collected to meet performance and security goals. Verint solutions were used by more than 10,000 organizations in 150 countries.[6] Verint was headquartered in Melville, New York, with offices worldwide and 2500 employees around the globe. By 2011, Verint was 52 percent owned by Comverse Technology.[7]
Ulticom provided signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications.[2][5] Ulticom's products were used by telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy mobility, location, payment, switching, and messaging services. Ulticom was headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Comverse acquired Ulticom in 1996 and sold it in 2010.[8][9]
Startel sold integrated voice, data and networking solutions for use in call centers worldwide.[2] It was originally an independent company that was acquired by Comverse Technology in 1992.[10] Startel was sold to financier Bill Robertshaw in the late 2000s and then became employee-owned in 2011.[11]
Starhome provided roaming services for mobile network operators.[2] The Starhome portfolio included international roaming services and core network solutions across various technologies, including intelligent networks and next-generation networks. It was fully owned by Comverse Technology[9] until being sold to Fortissimo Capital in 2012 for $54 million.[12]
ComSor was a venture capital operation, created as a subsidiary in partnership with Soros Fund Management, that invested in start-up companies directly and was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[13][14]
History
Origins
The company's origins date to 1982 (or 1983, sources differ), when three Israelis, aspiring investment banker Jacob "Kobi" Alexander of Shearson Loeb Rhoades, engineer Boaz Misholi, and Alexander brother-in-law and Columbia University computer science professor Yechiam Yemini, got together and founded an Israeli start-up company, Efrat Future Technologies Ltd.[15][16][17][18] In a meeting in New York, Misholi had the idea of building a business around centralized hardware systems to support voice and fax messaging and selling them to telecommunications companies and other large enterprises, who could then resell the voice and fax services to their customers.[15] The three quickly returned to Israel and started the company, with the goal of securing Israeli government grants to fund the research and development work.[15]
The early years of the company were difficult; in 1984, they founded Comverse in the United States, which became the parent company of Efrat.[15] The name "Comverse" was chosen as a fusion of the words "communication" and "versatility".[19]
In 1986 Comverse went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market with a $20 million valuation; the company used the money so gained as its final round of funding.[15][16] The three founders had trouble working with each other, and Yemini divorced Alexander's sister; in 1987, Alexander was left with sole control of the company after the other two pulled out.[17] The company was a penny stock on the edge of collapse.[20]
Early successes
Under his lead, Alexander was credited with turning around Comverse's fortunes.[20] In 1989, the Ascom Group made a $6 million direct investment in the company.[21] In 1990, Comverse won a potentially $10 million contract, its largest yet, to deliver computers running voicemail and fax applications on West German cellular networks, beating out far larger corporations in the process.[22] Deutsche Telekom became one of the company's biggest early customers.[19] By 1991, the company had annual sales of $17 million and was selling a combined voice and fax mailbox system.[23] Many of its early successes came from avoiding the huge telecommunications companies in the U.S. and instead focusing on selling to small- and medium-sized companies in the wireless market in Europe.[19] The company also sought a variety of other markets, including developing countries such as Mexico and China for its Trilogue virtual telephone service.[24][25] Gradually its product emphasis shifted more from hardware to software.[15]
While headquartered in the U.S., nearly all its manufacturing was done in Israel, where it was able to substantially benefit from government subsidies and tax credits provided to research and development for hi-tech firms and industries by the Office of the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and by the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.[13][25][26] Many other Israeli companies were built by the same model, including another top software company, Mercury Interactive.[27][28] During the 1990s, Comverse received at least 69 research and development grants from the OCS program.[15]
In 1993, the company reported a 341 percent rise in profits[29] on revenues in the $64 million range and was named a "Company to Watch" by Fortune magazine.[25] However its stock plunged for a while in 1994 after a disappointing earnings report.[30]
By 1995, Comverse was best known for its AudioDisk product, which was sold to overseas clients and allowed legal authorities and intelligence agencies to record and store data collected from wiretaps.[31][32] Half the company's revenues at that point were from AudioDisk, and market analysts were recommending Comverse's stock.[31]
Growth with wireless
Comverse became a market leader in voice messaging software and boomed during the late 1990s with the surge in mobile phone use.[17] Much of its market focus was on wireless operators and overseas companies,[33] and it gained a formidable position in the worldwide mobile voicemail management market.[16] The growth coincided with SMS text messages becoming popular; the first big application for SMS was as a notification mechanism to tell a wireless subscriber that voicemail were stored in a voicemail box.[5] Comverse expanded this application into a full-blown short message service center (SMSC), which receives, buffers, processes, and dispatches all SMS messages throughout a mobile network.[34] Comverse branded and productised this as the Intelligent Short Message Service Center, or ISMSC.[5][35] Typical of telecomm software, it ran on Unix-based platforms, such as UnixWare and later Linux.[36] Comverse's ISMSC found success as a lower-price solution for lower-traffic networks, where it competed with Logica's Telepath solution.[5] Other companies in the SMSC space included CMG and Openwave.[34] ISMSC found considerable market penetration, exemplified by all six of Hong Kong's wireless carriers using it.[35]
Comverse also became a participant in forming international wireless standards, such as in 2001 for the Speech Application Language Tags (SALT) markup language for XML to add voice capabilities to web-based applications.[37][38] Additional industry standards groups in which Comverse has been active include the Open Mobile Alliance and TM Forum.[39][40]
In addition to growing organically, Comverse Technology began acquiring other companies in both Israel and the U.S.[15][32] It acquired Dale, Gesek, McWilliams, & Sheridan, later known as DGM&S Telecom, in 1996 and renamed it Ulticom in 1999.[8] Comverse Technology acquired one of its key rivals, Boston Technology, for $843 million in stock in 1997.[33] The acquisition gave Comverse entree into the large U.S. telecommunications market[19] and meant Comverse would be supplying voice messaging systems to 12 of the world's top 20 carriers, and left it the third-largest supplier after Lucent and Northern Telecom.[33] In 1999, as it saw record earnings, Comverse formed two wholly owned subsidiaries, Comverse Network Systems and Comverse Infosys, representing the telecommunications services platforms and products and the digital monitoring and recording products, respectively.[3] By 2000, its revenues were $1.2 billion and it had global operations.[15][20] It continued to aggressively acquire small companies to fill out its technologies, as exemplified by the purchase of Loronix, Gaya Software, and Exalink, all within a 30-day period in 2000.[41] The company's stock price rose from around $10 in late 1998 to over $120 in early 2001.[17] The company was able to raise money several times on Nasdaq, including once for its Ulticom subsidiary[9] and once (at a valuation of $600 million) shortly before the Dot-com bubble burst.[16]
Comverse was one of the most prominent success stories in Israel's hi-tech industry, with both Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post referring to it as a flagship of that industry.[16][28][42] As CEO, Alexander was sought out for meetings in Tel Aviv by world leaders such as Chinese President Jiang Zemin.[17] He became known, as Bloomberg News later stated, as "the wizard of Israel's technology boom"; his oft-stated goal was for Comverse to do for Israel what Nokia had done for Finland .[17] Comverse was one of the largest employers of software engineers in Israel and its stock was widely held among the Israeli investing public; as a consequence, the successes and failures of Comverse were always followed closely in the country's financial press.[13] (Amdocs and Mercury Interactive were two other prominent Israeli companies in the enterprise software sector that were also closely followed.[43])
The company was also quintessentially Israeli in how it was run, with Comverse CEO Ze'ev Bregman in particular favoring a loose, relaxed system in which he knew all the employees and lines of management reporting were frequently bypassed.[44] When Comverse Technology joined the S&P 500 index in 1999, it was the first Israeli-associated company ever to do so.[13][45] It set the same mark when it joined the NASDAQ-100 index.[13]
The early 2000s recession led to some struggles for Comverse Technology,[13] with the global economic downturn leading to publicly announced profit warnings[46] and a plunge in the stock price in July 2001.[35] Over 3,000 jobs were cut during the period as part of several restructuring efforts.[47][48][49][50][51] The company still made some acquisitions, such as buying the instant messaging specialist Odigo for $20 million in 2002, after having previously purchased a 12 percent stake in it in 2001.[52][53] The image of Comverse Technology as Israel's blue-chip hi-tech stock suffered, and led to a slide in several other large Israeli technology firms.[35] Comverse's management was criticized by analysts for having issued over-optimistic forecasts,[35] although many other Israeli firms in the industry did even worse or failed completely during this period.[54] In addition, the European market for mobile voicemail management was already saturated by 2002[16] and the prepaid wireless market was in decline.[35] In 2002, Comverse Infosys changed its name to Verint,[55] partly to separate its more thriving business from Comverse's struggles,[46] and staged a modestly successful IPO of a minority portion of its stock.[56] By 2002, Comverse Technology had more than 5,000 employees across nearly 40 countries;[13] due to the partial spinoffs and economic difficulties, revenues were down to $735 million.[15]
In December 2001, Fox News reported that wiretapping equipment provided by Comverse Infosys to the U.S. government for electronic eavesdropping may have been vulnerable, as these systems allegedly had a back door through which the wiretaps could be intercepted by unauthorized parties.[57] Fox News reporter Carl Cameron said there was no reason to believe the Israeli government was implicated, but that "a classified top-secret investigation is underway".[57] A March 2002 story by Le Monde recapped the Fox report and concluded: "Comverse is suspected of having introduced into its systems of the 'catch gates' in order to 'intercept, record and store' these wire-taps. This hardware would render the 'listener' himself 'listened to'."[58] Fox News did not pursue the allegations, and in the years since, there have been no legal or commercial actions of any type taken against Comverse by the FBI or any other branch of the US Government related to data access and security issues. While no real evidence has been presented against Comverse or Verint, the allegations have become a favorite topic of conspiracy theorists.[59]
By 2005, the company had $959 million in sales and employed over 5,000 people, of whom about half were located in Israel.[17] That country held most of the research and development workers, many of whom occupied the company's seven buildings on HaBarzel in the Ramat HaHayal district of Tel Aviv, while business and marketing operations were stationed in the company's Woodbury, New York headquarters.[17]
Options backdating scandal
In 2006, Comverse Technology was involved in an options backdating scandal. In May of that year, company founder and CEO Jacob Alexander stepped down from his position.[60] Alexander, finance chief David Kreinberg, and former senior general counsel William Sorin (both of whom had also stepped down) were charged in July 2006 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York with multiple counts of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and making false filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), all related to alleged options backdating or other actions related to stock options between 1998 and 2006.[60][61][62] The accusations against the three included the backdating of options to when Comverse stock had been trading at low prices, the use of fake names of option holders, and the creation of secret funds in which to hold the illicit gains.[61][63] The SEC also filed civil charges against the three, for filing false annual and quarterly financial reports and proxy statements from 1991 to 2005.[62]
By then, Alexander had fled the country and was classified a wanted fugitive in August 2006 by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. On 27 September 2006, he was arrested in Namibia after hiding in Windhoek with his family, where he had bought a house at a country club. If extradited to the US and convicted, he faced 25 years in prison.[60][61]
He was released on bail and engaged in a long battle to avoid extradition to the US[64] (in Namibia neither money laundering nor options backdating is a crime).[65] Upon leaving the US he had transferred some $64 million to Israel, with most of that ending up in Namibia; another $50 million was blocked by the US government, which overall sought the forfeiture of $138 million of Alexander's assets.[66] In April 2010, Alexander won a victory in the Supreme Court of Namibia that allowed him to continue to live and work there until the extradition request was ruled upon.[65] In November 2010, Alexander agreed to pay the U.S. government $53.6 million to settle the SEC's case against him,[64] with those monies being targeted to settle assorted lawsuits against Comverse by shareholders.[63]
Of the other two executives, William Sorin pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was sentenced to a year in prison in 2007.[63] David Kreinberg cooperated with prosecutors, repaid $2.4 million to the SEC, and in 2011 was sentenced to the "time served" of the minimal period he had originally been in custody.[63] While over a hundred companies were investigated or charged with options backdating, Comverse was one of the most visible and was labeled by a pair of financial writers a "poster child for stock option fraud."[65]
Continuing difficulties
Recovery from the scandal was difficult.[16][42] The three charged executives, who had stayed on as consultants, were fired without severance pay, and the company said it would pursue legal action against them.[62] The board of directors was expanded from five to ten, with all new ones being Americans rather than Israelis.[7] A new CEO, Andre Dahan, came on board in April 2007[2][67] but the ongoing management crisis prevented the company from engaging in new innovation or entering new business areas.[16] Despite the 2006-2007 economic climate being one of growth, layoffs occurred in mid-2007.[68][69] Research analysts began speculating that the company might break up.[69]
Because of the accounting issues from the option backdating, Comverse Technology was unable to file full or timely financial reports with the SEC.[16] Its stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market on 1 February 2007,[2] and removed from the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 at the same time. The stock then traded on the Pink Sheets.[16] In 2009, the SEC settled its case with Comverse Technology; the company would not be subject to penalty fines over the backdating matter, but would accept a permanent injunction against itself regarding any future violations of law regarding publicly traded companies.[65][70] A settlement in a similar case against Ulticom was also reached.[65] The failure to file timely financial reports put the company at risk of having its stock registration revoked; a process deciding this, involving the SEC and an Administrative Law Judge, was still active of 2011.[71]
The financial crisis of 2008 and on caused further difficulties for Comverse Technology, with new layoffs occurring in October 2008,[72] March 2009,[73] and August 2009.[70] The company reportedly lost considerable money in 2009,[74] and the moves were typical of other hi-tech companies caught in the bad economic environment.[72][73] Some of Comverse's products were still viewed highly; a Yankee Group survey ranked them first in the world in their type of billing services,[73] and they were the worldwide market-share leaders in providing multimedia message service centers to wireless carriers.[75] However, the rise in popularity of smartphones and of sending e-mail eroded the carrier market for some of Comverse's products and services.[74] By 2009, the company's upper management was now largely American rather than Israeli, Dahan was under internal criticism, and there were frequent clashes regarding company culture.[44]
In early 2010, Comverse Technology planned to release an annual report with full financial statements and return to being fully listed on Nasdaq, but anticipated more layoffs.[74] One piece of positive news in July 2010 was an $80 million investment by well-known entrepreneur George Soros.[76] However, the financial reports were not published and a public announcement was made in August 2010 that the company was short on cash and planning more layoffs.[42] A precipitous drop of the stock price caused the market valuation of the company to fall below $1 billion, and the continued failure to file financial reports put the company at risk of having its stock being delisted completely.[76] CEO Dahan said simply, "These are challenging times."[76] By August 2010, analysts were stating that Comverse Technology might have to break up by selling off its subsidiaries and spin off Comverse's own business units.[16] Running low on cash, Comverse Technology engaged Goldman Sachs to explore such possibilities, with several large, well-known technology companies potentially interested in Comverse and some private equity firms possibly interested in Verint.[9][77] The company had some 4,000 employees, and continued having about half of them employed in Israel[78] and most of the rest in the US and France.[73] The continuing financial reporting problems had cost the company some $500 million in accountants' fees and related costs since 2006 and was the largest drain on its cash position.[42][78] The fact that senior management awarded itself bonuses in a time of various rounds of layoffs left employees feeling outraged.[78] Comverse's restructuring also affected its 2006-acquired NetCentrex business unit in France, with layoffs or a shutdown possible.[79] In October 2010, Comverse Technology agreed to sell its two-thirds ownership of its Ulticom subsidiary to a U.S. private equity firm for $90 million;[9] the deal closed in December 2010. The company also sold part of its holdings in Verint, netting $80 million, and sold for $27 million land in the hi-tech area of Ra'anana, north of Tel Aviv, where it had been planning to build a new headquarters.[7]
In October 2010, Comverse Technology finally published its restated financial reports for fiscal years 2005 through 2008.[80] (The company's fiscal year N ran from February of year N to January of N+1.) They revealed that the company lost about $1 billion during that period.[7][80] In February 2011, the company announced that due to this effort, its report for fiscal 2009 would be delayed, and also that it was restructuring into four independent business units and focusing much of its emphasis on billing systems for mobile carriers.[81] Layoffs also resumed, with more possibly in the offing.[81][82]
In March 2011, revenues for fiscal 2009 were announced at $1.58 billion, down from $1.72 billion two years previously,[67] with an overall loss of $273.3 million. Dahan stepped down as CEO.[67] During his tenure, Comverse Technology stock fell 68 percent in price and 2,000–2,500 employees were laid off; he made more than $20 million during that time and gained payments of some $5 million upon his departure.[7][67][83] Overall, his stint as leader of the company was not regarded positively by some in the Israeli business press.[83]
The new CEO was Charles Burdick, who had been non-executive chairman of the company.[67] Burdick became the first American to head the company.[7]
In April 2011, the company agreed to a $2.8 million settlement with the U.S. government over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that had taken place between 2003 and 2005.[84] Payments of $536,000 had been made to the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization in order to obtain purchase orders and had been inaccurately reported as sales commissions in Comverse's accounting.[84]
Hopes for recovery
During the first half of 2011, analysts such as Oppenheimer & Co., J.P. Morgan and Barclays said that with its accounting problems largely behind it, some restructuring done, and an improving cash balance and some revenue growth, Comverse Technology was well-positioned for ongoing operations or a possible sale.[85][86][87] Zacks Investment Research predicted the company would again show a profit for fiscal year 2011.[88] Comverse itself had gained tens of millions in new business, was hiring again in modest numbers, and was at about 4,000 employees, including some on an outsourcing basis.[89]
In June 2011, results for fiscal 2010 were announced, finally bringing the company current with its annual audited reporting.[90] Revenues rose to $1.63 billion while the company's net loss was halved to $132.3 million, and the cash position was now stated as being sufficient to meet foreseeable needs.[90] Another positive sign for its recovery came when it was re-listed on NASDAQ in September 2011.[91] In April 2012, results for fiscal 2011 were announced; revenues remained flat at $1.59 billion while the company's net loss decreased again, to $58.7 million.[92]
Restructuring
In August 2012, a series of transactions were announced that would end Comverse Technology as a functioning entity, by making Comverse Network Systems an independent company once again known simply as Comverse, allowing Verint Systems to buy back Comverse Technology's majority stake, and selling off the other subsidiaries.[12][93] Burdick said, "[The Verint] agreement, along with the planned spin-off of [Comverse Network Systems], will result in a tax efficient distribution to our shareholders and direct ownership in two independent, well-capitalized publicly-traded companies."[93] Philippe Tartavull was named as the CEO of the newly independent Comverse. Results for fiscal year 2012 for the restructured Comverse, Inc. demonstrated a return to profitability, with a net income of $5.1 million.[94]
These restructuring transactions were completed on 4 February 2013 and represented the effective liquidation of the Comverse Technology holding entity.[12][95]
Further actions followed the end of Comverse Technology. During June 2015 Comverse divested its BSS business to Amdocs.[96] In September 2015 after a merger this new Comverse entity changed its name to Xura,[97] then after a further series of acquisitions and mergers in February 2017 it became part of Mavenir.[98]
Industry recognition
Over the years, Comverse Technology won a number of awards within its industry, including:
2002 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Product of the Year (for Verint's Ultra IntelliMiner)[99]
2004 – CMP Media's Product of the Year (for Verint's Ultra Intelligent Recording)[100]
2004 – CDMA Development Group's Innovative Solutions Award (for Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center)[101]
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 – Frost and Sullivan's Telecom BSS Vendor of the Year award (for Comverse's business support systems in the Asia Pacific region)[1][102]
2007 – International Engineering Consortium's Best VoIP Product or Service Award (for Comverse's Converged IPCentrex solution)[103]
2007 – Technology Marketing Corporation's IMS Leadership Award (for Comverse's Converged Messaging Solution)[104]
2007 – International Engineering Consortium's InfoVision Awards for Best New Product (for Comverse's Converged Billing Suite)[105]
2007 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Internet Telephony Excellence Award (for Comverse's MyCall Converged Communications product)[106]
2009, 2010 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Internet Telephony BSS/OSS Excellence Award (for Comverse's ONE Billing & Active Customer Management package)[107][108]
2010 – Virgo Publishing's Excellence Award for Best Cost Management Implementation (for Comverse's Business Support System product)[109]
Bibliography
Breznitz, Dan (2007). Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland (Revised ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12018-9.
Commander, Simon (2005). The Software Industry in Emerging Markets. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 1-84542-247-3. https://archive.org/details/softwareindustry0000unse.
Longueuil, Donald (2003). Wireless Messaging Demystified. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-138629-7. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780071386296.
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Ari Sonesh came up with the idea for his 3-year-old company in the mid-1980s while he was overseeing the computer support system at Comverse Technologies in Woodbury. "I saw the potential to improve customer support services," he explained. "So I put things together and came up with an idea. I discussed it with Steve [Kowarsky […]
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Ari Sonesh came up with the idea for his 3-year-old company in the mid-1980s while he was overseeing the computer support system at Comverse Technologies in Woodbury.
"I saw the potential to improve customer support services," he explained. "So I put things together and came up with an idea. I discussed it with Steve [Kowarsky at Comverse] and others, and decided it was an idea I had to commit myself to. So I left Comverse."
Sonesh’s idea: Allow customers to speak directly with representatives of a company through its web site.
CosmoCall, the first product of CosmoCom in Hauppauge, "lets those whose web site you have logged onto see what you are doing [on your screen]," said Sonesh. "You may be looking at a garment you are planning to buy, or a particular travel package, and the representative can point out other products you may also want to consider."
With the computer program, he said, company representatives can communicate with customers by using a microphone (even a videocamera) or simply by typing responses. Users with microphones connected to their systems also have the options of responding verbally or through the keyboard.
Either way, said Kowarsky, who quit Comverse in September to join Sonesh, assistance is more readily available to the customer.
This would be particularly useful for those with computer problems. Not only would a technician be able to see what was on his customer’s computer, he could change the settings and fix the problem in a fraction of the time it would take for the customer to run through the diagnostic steps, noted Kowarsky.
Sonesh, 46, an Israel native, came to the United States in 1985 to work for an Israeli startup firm with U.S. headquarters in Florida.
"The company did development in Israel, production in Japan and Taiwan, and marketing in the United States," he said. "Through the contacts I made at Comverse, Steve hired me in the spring of 1987 when the company I worked for went bankrupt."
Trained as an engineer at the Technion in Haifa, Sonesh was put in charge of Comverse’s computer support system.
Before joining Sonesh, Kowarsky, 52, a Harvard graduate, had worked for 12 years as vice president of business development for Comverse. Comverse was founded in 1984 by Israelis who two years earlier had started Efrat Future Technology in Tel Aviv. It was begun in the United States as a wholly owned subsidiary of Efrat.
Sonesh and Kowarsky, who both live in Dix Hills, say they are considering expanding their operation to Israel. CosmoCom now has 16 employees. "Working for an American company, we know the benefits and shortcomings [of Israel]," Sonesh said. "The advantage is that you have very skilled manpower in Israel."
Kowarsky adds: "And they get more done with less. They focus on being resourceful and coming up with ingenious solutions that make the best use of available resources. American engineers tend to be more spoiled."
Sonesh said he found also that Israelis "are more likely to take shortcuts and risks. That can be good or bad, but they are more likely to get their goods to the market earlier. In America, there is more paperwork and more careful checking, which is good, too. … The approaches are very different." They said their future plans call for them to develop and market their products in Israel, which is also a gateway to the markets in Europe. In addition, Israel offers tax advantages to companies that build plants and generate jobs in certain parts of the country if the products are produced largely for export.
"Over 20 percent of the new technology being developed today comes out of Israel," said Sonesh.
He noted that Computer Associates, the multibillion-dollar computer giant based on Long Island, now includes CosmoCall as one of about 30 software products in Jasmine, a job-oriented database that allows users to work with text, audio and video.
"There is a clear movement in the world towards live communication via computers," said Kowarsky. "The telephone is a totally separate world from computers. Until now, if you wanted to talk with someone [while on line], you had to go to the phone: there was no integration. What we are saying is that you can build the communication process into the computer, which will give greater efficiency to the caller and the callee."
Sonesh pointed out that when a user types responses to some basic questions at a web site, the call can be sent to the proper person at the firm.
"The call can be routed to a person who speaks Spanish or to an expert in one of the company’s products," he said. "The program can also be set up to route calls by priority, giving priority to good customers or to those who have already selected a lot of merchandise" to buy.
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Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), originally founded in Israel, is a technology company located in Woodbury, New York in the United States, that develops and markets telecommunications software. The company focuses on providing value-added services to telecommunication service providers, in particular to mobile network operators. Comverse Technology has several wholly or partly owned subsidiaries. The name "Comverse" is a fusion of the words "communication" and "versatility".
Founded in 1982, the company went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 1986. Led by co-founder and CEO Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, the company originally specialized in centralized hardware systems for voice and fax messaging and sold them to telecommunications companies and other large enterprises. Much of its funding came from Israeli government subsidies and tax credits provided to research and development for hi-tech firms. By the mid-1990s, one of its most successful products allowed legal authorities and intelligence agencies to record and store data collected from intercepted communications. Starting in the late 1990s, Comverse's voice messaging software became its main product and the company grew rapidly with the surge in mobile phone use, passing the $1 billion mark in revenues. It established a formidable position in the worldwide mobile voicemail management market and sold a popular short message service center product. While headquartered in the US, most of the company's research and development has been done in Israel; Comverse became one of the more visible success stories in Israel's hi-tech industry. It has been one of Israel's largest employers of software engineers, was closely followed in the nation's business press, and was the first Israeli-associated company to join the S&P 500 index.
In 2006, Comverse was involved in an options backdating scandal. Alexander and two other top executives were charged in the US with multiple counts of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and making false filings. Alexander fled the country to Namibia where he has been fighting extradition ever since. The scandal proved difficult for Comverse Technology to recover from; the company was delisted from Nasdaq, removed from the S&P 500, and spent the next several years consumed by the costly need to restate its financial reports for several years. Additionally affected by the financial crisis of 2008 and on and changes in the mobile phone market, the company underwent several rounds of large-scale layoffs and sold off parts of its business. By 2011 there were signs that the company was poised for a turnaround.
Contents
1 Subsidiaries
2 History
2.1 Origins
2.2 Early successes
2.3 Growth with wireless
2.4 Options backdating and improper accounting
2.5 Continuing difficulties
2.6 Hopes for recovery
3 Industry recognition
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 External links
Subsidiaries
Comverse Technology has, or has had, multiple subsidiaries:
Comverse, also known as Comverse Network Systems or Comverse CNS, is a provider of software and systems enabling value-added services for voice, messaging, mobile Internet and mobile advertising; converged billing and active customer management; and IP communications. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment models, including in-network, hosted and managed services, and can run on circuit-switched, IP, IMS, and converged network environments. Comverse's customer base spans more than 130 countries and covers over 500 communication service providers serving more than two billion subscribers.[1] It has typically provided some 70 percent of Comverse Technology's overall revenue.[2] Comverse has 100 local offices in 40 countries, with its corporate headquarters located in Wakefield, Massachusetts in the US.
Verint Systems (which, from 1999 to 2002, was known as Comverse Infosys[3][4]) is a provider of solutions for analysis of intercepted communications, digital video-focused security and surveillance, and analytics and business intelligence for the enterprise.[5] Their products are aimed to enable government and enterprises to make sense of the vast information they collect to meet performance and security goals. Verint solutions are used by more than 10,000 organizations in 150 countries.[6] Verint is headquartered in Melville, New York, with offices worldwide and 2500 employees around the globe. By 2011, Verint was 52 percent owned by Comverse Technology.[7]
Ulticom provides signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications.[2][5] Ulticom's products are used by telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy mobility, location, payment, switching, and messaging services. Ulticom is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Comverse acquired Ulticom in 1996 and sold it in 2010.[8][9]
Startel sells integrated voice, data and networking solutions for use in call centers worldwide.[2] It was originally an independent company that was acquired by Comverse Technology in 1992.[10]
Starhome provides roaming services for mobile network operators.[2] The Starhome portfolio includes international roaming services and core network solutions across various technologies, including IN and Next Generation Networks. It is fully owned by Comverse Technology.[9]
ComSor was a venture capital operation, created as a subsidiary in partnership with Soros Fund Management, that invested in start-up companies directly and was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[11][12]
History
Origins
The company's origins date to 1982 (or 1983, sources differ), when three Israelis, aspiring investment banker Jacob "Kobi" Alexander of Shearson Loeb Rhoades, engineer Boaz Misholi, and Alexander brother-in-law and Columbia University computer science professor Yechiam Yemini, got together and founded an Israeli start-up company, Efrat Future Technologies Ltd.[13][14][15][16] In a meeting in New York, Misholi had the idea of building a business around centralized hardware systems to support voice and fax messaging and selling them to telecommunications companies and other large enterprises, who could then resell the voice and fax services to their customers.[13] The three quickly returned to Israeli and started the company, with the goal of securing Israeli government grants to fund the research and development work.[13]
The early years of the company were difficult; in 1984, they founded Comverse in the United States, which became the parent company of Efrat.[13] The name "Comverse" was chosen as a fusion of the words "communication" and "versatility".[17]
In 1986 Comverse went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market with a $20 million valuation; the company used the money so gained as its final round of funding.[13][14] The three founders had trouble working with each other, and Yemini divorced Alexander's sister; in 1987, Alexander was left with sole control of the company after the other two pulled out.[15] The company was a penny stock on the edge of collapse.[18]
Early successes
Under his lead, Alexander was credited with turning around Comverse's fortunes.[18] In 1989, the Ascom Group made a $6 million direct investment in the company.[19] In 1990, Comverse won a potentially $10 million contract, its largest yet, to deliver computers running voicemail and fax applications on West German cellular networks, beating out far larger corporations in the process.[20] Deutsche Telekom became one of the company's biggest early customers.[17] By 1991, the company had annual sales of $17 million and was selling a combined voice and fax mailbox system.[21] Many of its early successes came from avoiding the huge telecommunications companies in the U.S. and instead focusing on selling to small- and medium-sized companies in the wireless market in Europe.[17] The company also sought a variety of other markets, including developing countries such as Mexico and China for its Trilogue virtual telephone service.[22][23] Gradually its product emphasis shifted more from hardware to software.[13]
While headquartered in the U.S., nearly all its manufacturing was done in Israel, where it was able to substantially benefit from government subsidies and tax credits provided to research and development for hi-tech firms and industries by the Office of the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and by the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.[11][23][24] Many other Israeli companies were built by the same model, including another top software company, Mercury Interactive.[25][26] During the 1990s, Comverse received at least 69 research and development grants from the OCS program.[13]
In 1993, the company reported a 341 percent rise in profits[27] on revenues in the $64 million range and was named a "Company to Watch" by Fortune magazine.[23] However its stock plunged for a while in 1994 after a disappointing earnings report.[28]
By 1995, Comverse was best known for its AudioDisk product, which was sold to overseas clients and allowed legal authorities and intelligence agencies to record and store data collected from wiretaps.[29][30] Half the company's revenues at that point were from AudioDisk, and market analysts were recommending Comverse's stock.[29]
Growth with wireless
Comverse became a market leader in voice messaging software and boomed during the late 1990s with the surge in mobile phone use.[15] Much of its market focus was on wireless operators and overseas companies,[31] and it gained a formidable position in the worldwide mobile voicemail management market.[14] The growth coincided with SMS text messages becoming popular; the first big application for SMS was as a notification mechanism to tell a wireless subscriber that voicemail were stored in a voicemail box.[5] Comverse expanded this application into a full-blown short message service center (SMSC), which receives, buffers, processes, and dispatches all SMS messages throughout a mobile network.[32] Comverse branded and productised this as the Intelligent Short Message Service Center, or ISMSC.[5][33] Typical of telecomm software, it ran on Unix-based platforms, such as UnixWare and later Linux.[34] Comverse's ISMSC found success as a lower-price solution for lower-traffic networks, where it competed with Logica's Telepath solution.[5] Other companies in the SMSC space included CMG and Openwave.[32] ISMSC found considerable market penetration, exemplified by all six of Hong Kong's wireless carriers using it.[33]
Comverse also became a participant in forming international wireless standards, such as in 2001 for the Speech Application Language Tags (SALT) markup language for XML to add voice capabilities to web-based applications.[35][36] Additional industry standards groups in which Comverse has been active include the Open Mobile Alliance and TM Forum.[37][38]
In addition to growing organically, Comverse Technology began acquiring other companies in both Israel and the U.S.[13][30] It acquired Dale, Gesek, McWilliams, & Sheridan, later known as DGM&S Telecom, in 1996 and renamed it Ulticom in 1999.[8] Comverse Technology acquired one of its key rivals, Boston Technology, for $843 million in stock in 1997.[31] The acquisition gave Comverse entree into the large U.S. telecommunications market[17] and meant Comverse would be supplying voice messaging systems to 12 of the world's top 20 carriers, and left it the third-largest supplier after Lucent and Northern Telecom.[31] In 1999, as it saw record earnings, Comverse formed two wholly owned subsidiaries, Comverse Network Systems and Comverse Infosys, representing the telecommunications services platforms and products and the digital monitoring and recording products, respectively.[3] By 2000, its revenues were $1.2 billion and it had global operations.[13][18] It continued to aggressively acquire small companies to fill out its technologies, as exemplified by the purchase of Loronix, Gaya Software, and Exalink, all within a 30-day period in 2000.[39] The company's stock price rose from around $10 in late 1998 to over $120 in early 2001.[15] The company was able to raise money several times on Nasdaq, including once for its Ulticom subsidiary[9] and once (at a valuation of $600 million) shortly before the Dot-com bubble burst.[14]
Comverse was one of the most prominent and profitable success stories in Israel's hi-tech industry, with both Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post referring to it as a flagship of that industry.[14][26][40] As CEO, Alexander was sought out for meetings in Tel Aviv by world leaders such as Chinese President Jiang Zemin.[15] He became known, as Bloomberg News later stated, as "the wizard of Israel's technology boom"; his oft-stated goal was for Comverse to do for Israel what Nokia had done for Finland.[15] Comverse was one of the largest employers of software engineers in Israel and its stock was widely held among the Israeli investing public; as a consequence, the successes and failures of Comverse were always followed closely in the country's financial press.[11] (Amdocs and Mercury Interactive were two other prominent Israeli companies in the enterprise software sector that were also closely followed.[41])
The company was also quintessentially Israeli in how it was run, with Comverse CEO Ze'ev Bregman in particular favoring a loose, relaxed system in which he knew all the employees and lines of management reporting were frequently bypassed.[42] When Comverse Technology joined the S&P 500 index in 1999, it was the first Israeli-associated company ever to do so.[11][43] It set the same mark when it joined the NASDAQ-100 index.[11]
The early 2000s recession led to some struggles for Comverse Technology,[11] with the global economic downturn leading to publicly announced profit warnings[44] and a plunge in the stock price in July 2001.[33] Over 3,000 jobs were cut during the period as part of several restructuring efforts.[45][46][47][48][49] The company still made some acquisitions, such as buying the instant messaging specialist Odigo for $20 million in 2002, after having previously purchased a 12 percent stake in it in 2001.[50][51] The image of Comverse Technology as Israel's blue-chip hi-tech stock suffered, and led to a slide in several other large Israeli technology firms.[33] Comverse's management was criticized by analysts for having issued over-optimistic forecasts,[33] although many other Israeli firms in the industry did even worse or failed completely during this period.[11] In addition, the European market for mobile voicemail management was already saturated by 2002[14] and the prepaid wireless market was in decline.[33] In 2002, Comverse Infosys changed its name to Verint,[52] partly to separate its more thriving business from Comverse's struggles,[44] and staged a modestly successful IPO of a minority portion of its stock.[53] By 2002, Comverse Technology had more than 5,000 employees across nearly 40 countries;[11] due to the partial spinoffs and economic difficulties, revenues were down to $735 million.[13]
In December 2001, a Fox News report raised the concern that wiretapping equipment provided by Comverse Infosys to the U.S. government for electronic eavesdropping may have been vulnerable, as these systems allegedly had a back door through which the wiretaps could be intercepted by unauthorized parties.[54] Fox News reporter Carl Cameron said there was no reason to believe the Israeli government was implicated, but that "a classified top-secret investigation is underway".[54] A March 2002 story by Le Monde recapped the Fox report and concluded: "Comverse is suspected of having introduced into its systems of the 'catch gates' in order to 'intercept, record and store' these wire-taps. This hardware would render the 'listener' himself 'listened to'."[55] Fox News did not pursue the allegations, and in the years since, there have been no legal or commercial actions of any type taken against Comverse by the FBI or any other branch of the US Government related to data access and security issues. While no real evidence has been presented against Comverse or Verint, the allegations have become a favorite topic of conspiracy theorists.[56]
By 2005, the company had $959 million in sales and employed over 5,000 people, of whom about half were located in Israel.[15] That country held most of the research and development workers, many of whom occupied the company's seven buildings on HaBarzel in the Ramat HaHayal district of Tel Aviv, while business and marketing operations were stationed in the company's Woodbury, New York headquarters.[15]
Options backdating and improper accounting
In 2006, Comverse Technology was involved in an options backdating scandal. In May of that year, company founder and CEO Jacob Alexander stepped down from his position.[57] Alexander, finance chief David Kreinberg, and former senior general counsel William Sorin (both of whom had also stepped down) were charged in July 2006 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York with multiple counts of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and making false filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), all related to alleged options backdating or other actions related to stock options between 1998 and 2006.[57][58][59] The accusations against the three included the backdating of options to when Comverse stock had been trading at low prices, the use of fake names of option holders, and the creation of secret funds in which to hold the illicit gains.[58][60] The SEC also filed civil charges against the three, for filing false annual and quarterly financial reports and proxy statements from 1991 to 2005.[59]
By then, Alexander had already fled the country and was classified a wanted fugitive in August 2006 by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. On 27 September 2006, he was arrested in Namibia after hiding in Windhoek with his family, where he had bought a house at a country club. If extradited to the US and convicted, he faced 25 years in prison.[57][58]
He was released on bail and subsequently engaged in a long, and so far successful, battle to avoid extradition to the US[61] (in Namibia neither money laundering nor options backdating is a crime).[62] Upon leaving the US he had transferred some $64 million to Israel, with most of that ending up in Namibia; another $50 million was blocked by the US government, which overall sought the forfeiture of $138 million of Alexander's assets.[63] In April 2010, Alexander won a victory in the Supreme Court of Namibia that allowed him to continue to live and work in that country until the extradition request is finally ruled upon.[62] In November 2010, Alexander agreed to pay the U.S. government $53.6 million to settle the SEC's case against him,[61] with those monies being targeted to settle assorted lawsuits against Comverse by shareholders.[60]
Of the other two executives, William Sorin pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was sentenced to a year in prison in 2007.[60] David Kreinberg cooperated with prosecutors, repaid $2.4 million to the SEC, and in 2011 was sentenced to the "time served" of the minimal period he had originally been in custody.[60] While over a hundred companies were investigated or charged with options backdating, Comverse was one of the most known cases, and in the words of a pair of financial writers, "Comverse was the poster child for stock option fraud."[62]
Continuing difficulties
The scandal proved difficult for Comverse Technology to recover from.[14][40] The three charged executives, who had stayed on as consultants, were fired without severance pay, and the company said it would pursue legal action against them.[59] The board of directors was expanded from five to ten, with all of the new ones being Americans rather than Israelis.[7] A new CEO, Andre Dahan, came on board in April 2007[2][64] but the ongoing management crisis prevented the company from engaging in new innovation or entering new business areas.[14] Despite the 2006-2007 economic climate being one of growth, layoffs occurred in mid-2007.[65][66] Research analysts began speculating that the company might break up.[66]
Because of the accounting issues from the option backdating, Comverse Technology was unable to file full or timely financial reports with the SEC.[14] Its stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market on 1 February 2007,[2] and removed from the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 at the same time. The stock now trades on the Pink Sheets.[14] In 2009, the SEC settled its case with Comverse Technology; the company would not be subject to penalty fines over the backdating matter, but would accept a permanent injunction against itself regarding any future violations of law regarding publicly traded companies.[62][67] A settlement in a similar case against Ulticom was also reached.[62] The failure to file timely financial reports put the company at risk of having its stock registration revoked; a process deciding this, involving the SEC and an Administrative Law Judge, is still active of 2011.[68]
The financial crisis of 2008 and on caused further difficulties for Comverse Technology, with new layoffs occurring in October 2008,[69] March 2009,[70] and August 2009.[67] The company reportedly lost considerable money in 2009,[71] and the moves were typical of other hi-tech companies caught in the bad economic environment.[69][70] Some of Comverse's products were still viewed highly; a Yankee Group survey ranked them first in the world in their type of billing services,[70] and they were the worldwide market-share leaders in providing multimedia message service centers to wireless carriers.[72] However, the rise in popularity of smartphones and of sending e-mail eroded the carrier market for some of Comverse's products and services.[71] By 2009, the company's upper management was now largely American rather than Israeli, Dahan was under internal criticism, and there were frequent clashes regarding company culture.[42]
By early 2010, Comverse Technology was planning to finally release an annual report with full financial statements and return to being fully listed on Nasdaq, but still was anticipating more layoffs.[71] One piece of positive news in July 2010 was an $80 million investment by well-known entrepreneur George Soros.[73] However, the promised financial reports did not come, and an August 2010 public announcement that the company was short on cash and planning more layoffs and was subject to its stock being completely delisted caused a precipitous drop in the stock's price, with the market valuation of the company falling below $1 billion.[40][73] CEO Dahan said simply, "These are challenging times."[73] By August 2010, analysts were stating that Comverse Technology might have to break up by selling off its subsidiaries and spin off Comverse's own business units.[14] Running low on cash, Comverse Technology engaged Goldman Sachs to explore such possibilities, with several large, well-known technology companies potentially interested in Comverse and some private equity firms possibly interested in Verint.[9][74] The company had some 4,000 employees, and continued having about half of them employed in Israel[75] and most of the rest in the US and France.[70] The continuing financial reporting problems had cost the company some $500 million in accountants' fees and related costs since 2006 and was the largest drain on its cash position.[40][75] The fact that senior management awarded itself bonuses in a time of various rounds of layoffs left employees feeling outraged.[75] Comverse's restructuring also affected its 2006-acquired NetCentrex business unit in France, with layoffs or a shutdown possible.[76] In October 2010, Comverse Technology agreed to sell its two-thirds ownership of its Ulticom subsidiary to a U.S. private equity firm for $90 million;[9] the deal closed in December 2010. The company also sold part of its holdings in Verint, netting $80 billion, and sold for $27 million land in the hi-tech area of Ra'anana, north of Tel Aviv, where it had been planning to build a new headquarters.[7]
In October 2010, Comverse Technology finally published its restated financial reports for fiscal years 2005 through 2008.[77] (The company's fiscal year N runs from February of year N to January of N+1.) They revealed that the company lost about $1 billion during that period.[7][77] In February 2011, the company announced that due to this effort, its report for fiscal 2009 would be delayed, and also that it was restructuring into four independent business units and focusing much of its emphasis on billing systems for mobile carriers.[78] Layoffs also resumed, with more possibly in the offing.[78][79]
In March 2011, revenues for fiscal 2009 were announced at $1.58 billion, down from $1.72 billion two years previously,[64] with an overall loss of $273.3 million. Dahan stepped down as CEO.[64] During his tenure, Comverse Technology stock fell 68 percent in price and 2,000–2,500 employees were laid off; he made more than $20 million during that time and gained payments of some $5 million upon his departure.[7][64][80] Overall, his stint as leader of the company was not regarded positively by some in the Israeli business press.[80]
The new CEO was Charles Burdick, who had been non-executive chairman of the company.[64] Burdick became the first American to head the company.[7]
In April 2011, the company agreed to a $2.8 million settlement with the U.S. government over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that had taken place between 2003 and 2005.[81] Payments of $536,000 had been made to the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization in order to obtain purchase orders and had been inaccurately reported as sales commissions in Comverse's accounting.[81]
Hopes for recovery
During the first half of 2011, analysts such as Oppenheimer & Co., J.P. Morgan and Barclays said that with its accounting problems largely behind it, some restructuring done, and an improving cash balance and some revenue growth, Comverse Technology was well-positioned for ongoing operations or a possible sale.[82][83][84] Zacks Investment Research predicted the company would again show a profit for fiscal year 2011.[85] Comverse itself had gained tens of millions in new business, was hiring again in modest numbers, and was at about 4,000 employees, including some on an outsourcing basis.[86]
In June 2011, results for fiscal 2010 were announced, finally bringing the company current with its annual audited reporting.[87] Revenues rose to $1.63 billion while the company's net loss was halved to $132.3 million, and the cash position was now stated as being sufficient to meet foreseeable needs.[87] Another positive sign for its recovery came when it was re-listed on NASDAQ in September 2011.[88]
Industry recognition
Over the years, Comverse Technology has won a number of awards within its industry, including:
2002 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Product of the Year (for Verint's Ultra IntelliMiner)[89]
2004 – CMP Media's Product of the Year (for Verint's Ultra Intelligent Recording)[90]
2004 – CDMA Development Group's Innovative Solutions Award (for Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center)[91]
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 – Frost and Sullivan's Telecom BSS Vendor of the Year award (for Comverse's business support systems in the Asia Pacific region)[1][92]
2007 – International Engineering Consortium's Best VoIP Product or Service Award (for Comverse's Converged IPCentrex solution)[93]
2007 – Technology Marketing Corporation's IMS Leadership Award (for Comverse's Converged Messaging Solution)[94]
2007 – International Engineering Consortium's InfoVision Awards for Best New Product (for Comverse's Converged Billing Suite)[95]
2007 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Internet Telephony Excellence Award (for Comverse's MyCall Converged Communications product)[96]
2009, 2010 – Technology Marketing Corporation's Internet Telephony BSS/OSS Excellence Award (for Comverse's ONE Billing & Active Customer Management package)[97][98]
2010 – Virgo Publishing's Excellence Award for Best Cost Management Implementation (for Comverse's Business Support System product)[99]
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Breznitz, Dan (2007). Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland (Revised ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300120184.
Commander, Simon (2005). The Software Industry in Emerging Markets. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 1-84542-247-3.
Longueuil, Donald (2003). Wireless Messaging Demystified. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-138629-7.
Sarna, David E. Y.; Malik, Andrew (2010). History of Greed: Financial Fraud from Tulip Mania to Bernie Madoff. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0470601809.
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FactBench
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https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-nyed-1_10-cv-04436
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FactBench
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https://www.jpost.com/business/globes/amdocs-comverse-retirees-recruited-as-teachers
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Amdocs, Comverse retirees recruited as teachers
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https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_407,w_690/146313
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https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_407,w_690/146313
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Finance, Educations Ministries working to attract vetern hi-tech employees considering retirement or facing layoffs from firms such as Amdocs, Rafael.
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en
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The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
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https://www.jpost.com/business/globes/amdocs-comverse-retirees-recruited-as-teachers
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Finance, Educations Ministries working to attract vetern hi-tech employees considering retirement or facing layoffs from firms such as Amdocs, Rafael.
By GLOBES CORRESPONDENT
Quite a few teachers would not hesitate for a moment to exchange their job conditions for a monthly salary of tens of thousands of shekels, a company car, lunch coupons and other pampering enjoyed by hi-tech employees. While it seems unimaginable that anyone would chose to go the other way, the Finance Ministry and the Education Ministry believe that such people exist. The two ministries are working on a special plan to attract veteran hi-tech employees who are considering retirement or facing layoffs from companies such as Amdocs Ltd., Comverse Technology Inc. and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. to take up teaching as a second career to teach technology subjects related to their previous work. Finance Ministry director-general Haim Shani and Education Ministry director-general Shimshon Shoshani are overseeing the program, in which candidates will undergo a meticulous selection. Suitable candidates will take an abbreviated six-month teacher-training program at a university, which will be chosen by tender. During the training period, the participants will learn the tools of the trade of a schoolteacher alongside practical experience in the classroom. The two ministries hope that the first hi-tech teachers will begin teaching in the upcoming academic year. “Most people working in hi-tech do not reach retirement age and retire from the industry early,” Shani said. “We found many such people who retired under various circumstances – cutbacks, layoffs, etc. – and who feel the need to contribute and seek an opportunity in teaching as a second career, even if not in a full-time position. “I personally know such people, such as a manager of a development team at a large hi-tech company who now travels from central Israel to Sderot to teach there, and a project manager who is a math teacher.” The advantage of the current program is that hi-tech veterans won’t have to take a full two-year training course to become teachers, but will undergo an abbreviated intensive six-month course, he said. The program is based on lessons learned from a similar program that has been operating for two years, most importantly a special jobs-placement program for graduates. In the previous program, some graduates could not find a teaching job. The current program will include school principals in the initial sorting committees, who will promise to hire graduates of the training course. “With this program, we want the teachers of computers, electronics and other technology professions to be people who were there,” Education Ministry information and technology administration director Ofer Rimon said. “There’s a limit to what a teacher who never worked in industry can impart to the pupils. But when you take an engineer who worked at Check Point Software Technologies or Intel Israel, the teaching is different. “We have wonderful teachers in the system, but when you bring to a school a teacher who was an engineer, he can be an anchor linking the school to industry outside. He can also learn from other teachers how to teach and control a class. There’s a reciprocal dialogue.” Shani said the Finance Ministry would allocate tens of millions of shekels for the project over the next few years. The current stage is a pilot project to test the program and the response to it. Rimon said part of the budget would be used to encourage early retirement of science and technology teachers. “It’s not smart to just bring in good people; you also have to remove the people who are exhausted,” he said. Shani, himself a veteran of Israel’s hi-tech industry as CEO of NICE Systems Ltd., is aware of the problems that could arise for people whose monthly salary plummets from tens of thousands of shekels to a few thousand shekels. The program proposes a monthly grant of NIS 3,000 for the first three years of teaching for program graduates. The grant will be partly based on the teacher’s seniority at his or her former workplace. “People don’t become teachers for the money,” Shani said. “Obviously, no one will work for nothing, but no one expects to earn salaries like in hi-tech.”
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https://discovery-patsnap-com.libproxy.mit.edu/company/comverse-network-systems/
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Mavenir, Inc.:Company Profile & Technical Research,Competitor Monitor,Market Trends - Discovery
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FactBench
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https://nawlaw.com/our-clients/
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Our Clients
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FactBench
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2
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https://strokeonward.org/coronavirus-sheltering-in-place-jumbled-emotions/
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It’s been almost 7 weeks since we and the rest of the Bay Area were told to “shelter in place” on March 17th. Sharing some reflections about our jumbled emotions.
Like everyone, we are deeply concerned. That emotion hangs there all the time, though we focus on it more and less from day to day – really from minute to minute. It’s heartbreaking to see so many people getting sick – and dying. And thinking about how many more will. In the U.S. and around the world. We talk about the fact that we are living through something that future generations will read about in basic history books – we just don’t yet know how bad a world tragedy they will be reading about.
But we are both naturally wired to “look forward not back” – a main message of Identity Theft – and don’t usually dwell too much on what we can’t control or change. We’re certainly being very careful, but we’re not afraid or worried for ourselves. We do worry about our moms – 91 and 87. Probably unnecessarily since both are in good health and are being very careful, but they are, of course, in a high risk group, and both live in retirement communities where COVID could spread rapidly.
Especially since Steve is consumed in his “other job” at Self-Help, directly involved in getting support to nonprofits and small businesses in and serving low income communities, we think a lot about the pain and suffering the economic crisis is and will cause for those with the fewest resources. You can’t open a news feed without reading about how this pandemic is accentuating the economic divide that has never been greater.
Swirling with all that concern is a sense of profound gratitude, and appreciation for how truly lucky we are. None in our family – or even close to us — has gotten sick. We can work from home, and our income has not been affected. We are in a safe – even beautiful — place to comfortably “ride out the storm”. We were spending the weekend in the mountains when shelter in place was ordered, so we stayed. Our daughter Sarah, and her boyfriend Parker, escaped SF to join us here, so we have a great “quarantine of four” – much less isolated than so many.
And then there is daily life, and the fact that a high degree of frustration is “our new normal” – a part of our post-stroke life. And here, our experiences diverge some, so we’ll separate our voices.
Deb: I know I’m lucky. And I really do try to “look forward” and focus on what I CAN do. But there is still so much I can’t do on my own because of my disabilities – and that is SO frustrating. I know how important Steve’s work at Self-Help is right now, but watching him makes it that much more painful that I can’t dive in like that to Stroke Onward work, let alone my pre-stroke work as a professor. I’m trying so hard to appreciate all I have, and doing the work I can – writing (so slowly!), reading, creating ideas for Stroke Onward. And exercising, stretching and doing the PT/OT work I can do myself. I try to remember to think about all that I can do – focusing on the difference I can make. But I’m so frustrated. And lucky. So a little guilty, and embarrassed. But determined to make the best of it….
Steve: Not a lot to add. I do try to embrace the title of chapter 9 – Stroke is a Family Illness – and the notion that OUR lives – and identities — changed with Deb’s stroke 10 years ago, not just hers. But it’s hard. Deb’s frustration often becomes my frustration, when it feels like I simply can’t do enough to make it all work. And then I remember how truly lucky we are, and try to put, and help Deb put, the frustration in perspective. But that’s so rational – so left brain – and often just doesn’t work. I think my emotional jumble is similar to Deb’s, but probably with about half the intensity.
So we juggle our emotions as best we can. We talk. We try not to yell at each other too much. We maintain connection with other family and friends through phone and video. And we try to look forward as much as we can.
We wish you safety and health during this difficult time,
Debra and Steve
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FactBench
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https://www.salary.com/research/company/comverse-technology-inc-overview
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Comverse Technology Inc Overview
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Who is Comverse Technology Inc
View Company Salary
Comverse Technology is a company that operates in the Computer Hardware industry. It employs 1,001-2,000 people and has $250M-$500M of revenue. The company is headquartered in Israel.
1. Where is Comverse Technology Inc's headquarters?
Comverse Technology Inc's headquarters is at 200 Quannapowitt Pkwy, Wakefield, Massachusetts.
2. What is the official website of Comverse Technology Inc?
The official website of Comverse Technology Inc: comversetechnology.com.
3. What is the revenue of Comverse Technology Inc?
The revenue of Comverse Technology Inc is $250Million - $500Million.
4. What is the SIC code for Comverse Technology Inc?
The SIC code for Comverse Technology Inc is 3993. The SIC Industry means Signs and Advertising Specialties.
5. What is the NAICS code for Comverse Technology Inc?
The NAICS code for Comverse Technology Inc is 3399. This code means Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing.
6. How many people does Comverse Technology Inc employ?
There are 1,001-2,000 people at Comverse Technology Inc.
7. What industry is Comverse Technology Inc in?
Comverse Technology Inc is in the industry of MFG Durable.
8. What technologies does Comverse Technology Inc rely on?
Comverse Technology Inc is powered by such technologies as Google Font API, jQuery, WordPress.org, HTML.
9. What social media platforms is Comverse Technology Inc on?
Comverse Technology Inc is on these social media platforms: LinkedIn, Twitter, Fackbook.
10. What is the company type of Comverse Technology Inc?
Comverse Technology Inc can be distinguished as a private company.
11. What is the founding date of Comverse Technology Inc?
Comverse Technology Inc was founded in 1982.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-09-29/comverse-ex-ceo-alexander-was-detected-by-namibian-central-bank
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FactBench
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https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2012/01/23/465920/12725/en/Comverse-ONE-BSS-Solution-Provides-Online-Charging-for-Postpaid-Systems-Accelerates-Migration-to-Converged-Billing.html
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Online & Converged Charging for Kenan and Other Postpaid Customers Produces Business Benefits for Operators Globally...
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WAKEFIELD, Mass., Jan. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comverse (Nasdaq:CMVT), a global leader in BSS, Mobile Internet and Value-Added Services, announced today that the Online & Converged Charging deployment mode of its flagship Comverse ONE® Billing and Active Customer Management solution is bringing real-time charging to postpaid environments, addressing the growing need of Communication Service Providers (CSPs) around the world for real-time capabilities.
Online charging enables postpaid systems to better monetize data services, improving the experience of users through timely notifications, real-time balance & spending management and more. Comverse ONE's productized integration with Comverse Kenan and other postpaid billing systems offers a speedy, phased path to convergence that protects and leverages existing investment, preventing the need for expensive IT transformation projects.
Spanning policy to billing with a telco-specific approach to CRM, Comverse's market-leading single-system BSS solution fuels business transformations and entry into new lines of business, delivering a consistently superior customer experience. It is deployable in a variety of ways, enabling CSPs to take their optimal route to subscriber and revenue growth, rapid time to market, use of real-time marketing, and account updates.
For example, a Comverse ONE customer recently launched new business models, expanding existing digital television services with advanced real-time rating and charging, leading to increased profitability. Another operator uses Comverse ONE online and converged charging capabilities to augment its Comverse Kenan postpaid billing system with key real-time advantages such as spending control capabilities — experiencing significant postpaid subscriber growth as a result. The foundation for service providers to embark on full business transformation including CRM, Comverse ONE deployments have an established record of lowering network costs and accelerating time to market.
Ari Banerjee, Senior Analyst with leading industry analyst firm Heavy Reading, observes that "a majority of Communications Service Providers, especially mobile operators, signaled in a recent global survey that they will migrate to converged billing within the next two years. Besides improved operational efficiency and having a single place for offer definition, over 85% of mobile operators cited enhanced customer care options for prepaid users and real-time credit control for postpaid subscribers as important benefits driving their converged billing plans."
"One of the first companies with a convergent real-time solution, Comverse continues at the forefront of the market," said Roni Levy, Head of Comverse BSS. "With a constantly expanding client base and a streamlined, phased approach to full convergence for our Kenan installed base and other postpaid systems, Comverse ONE has captured a leading convergent market share in both developed and emerging regions."
About Comverse
Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling converged billing and active customer management, mobile Internet, and value-added services. Comverse's extensive customer base spans more than 125 countries and covers over 450 communication service providers serving more than two billion subscribers. The company's innovative product portfolio enables communication service providers to unleash the value of the network for their customers by making their networks smarter. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment models, including in-network, cloud, hosted and managed services. Comverse, ranked number 55 in PwC's Global 100 Software Leaders based on research by Pierre Audoin Consultants, is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMVT). For more information, visit www.comverse.com.
The Comverse Technology logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7454
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https://app.boardroomalpha.com/feed/sec/0000902219-13-000119
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Boardroom Alpha
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https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1000705365
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en
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Comverse posts Q3 revenue, profit growth
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Revenue rose to $453.1 million and net profit rose over five-fold to $35.2 million.
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Comverse Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: CMVT) reported revenue growth and more than quintupled its net profit for its third fiscal quarter of 2011, which ends in October, thanks to improved results by most of its business units, and beating the analysts' consensus.
Revenue rose 6.5% to $453.1 million for the third fiscal quarter from $228.9 million for the corresponding fiscal quarter of 2010, beating the analysts' consensus of $401.6 million. GAAP-based net profit was $35.7 million ($0.17 per share) for the third quarter, and non-GAAP net profit rose to $35.2 million ($0.17 per share) from $6.3 million.
Comverse Technology's Comverse subsidiary posted $243.8 million revenue for the third quarter, up from $228.9 million for the corresponding quarter. Revenue from customer solutions rose 13.7% to $160.6 million from $141.3 million. The unit swung to an operating profit of $29.5 million from an operating loss of $9.1 million.
Increased revenue and operating profit from Comverse's business support solutions unit offset lower revenue and operating profit from its value-added services unit. Comverse BSS revenue rose to $117.7 million for the third quarter from $90.9 million for the corresponding quarter and operating income rose to $30.4 million from $26 million. Comverse VAS revenue fell to $112.7 million from $121.1 million, and its operating income fell to $48.4 million from $55.9 million.
Results by roaming services solutions provider Starhome were barely changed. Revenue rose to $11 million from $10.7 million and income from operations rose to $2 million from $1.9 million.
Profit by actionable intelligence solutions subsidiary Verint Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNT) was halved, despite higher revenue, missing the analysts' consensus. Although third fiscal quarter revenue rose 9.6% to $199.4 million for the third quarter from $186.6 million for the corresponding quarter, GAAP-based net profit fell to $9.4 million ($0.15 per share) from $17.1 million and non-GAAP net profit fell to $29.6 million ($0.59 per share) from $43.8 million. The company missed the analysts' consensus of $0.76 earnings per share on $218.7 million revenue.
In its guidance, Verint estimated its full-year (ending in January 2012) revenue at $784-792 million and an operating profit margin of 20-25%. The analysts' consensus is $2.50 earnings per share on $790.5 million revenue. The company predicts 10% revenue growth in fiscal year 2012, ending in January 2013.
Comverse Technology and its Comverse subsidiary had an aggregate $342.6 million in cash, cash equivalents, bank time deposits and restricted cash at the end of October, after paying out $36.5 million in expenses, including $20 million under a class action settlement agreement and $10.4 million in professional fees.
Comverse Technology Chairman and CEO Charles Burdick said, "We achieved profitability and positive operating cash flow in each of our three subsidiaries, and have a solid financial foundation to support our future success. Our Comverse subsidiary is experiencing increasing recognition for its leadership in the emerging converged billing BSS segment, with new Comverse ONE customer wins, and endorsements from network operators and other industry thought leaders. Comverse also continues to reinforce its leading market position in value-added services with the introduction of its new IP messaging platform and Service Enablement Middleware cloud-based solution. Our majority-owned Verint and Starhome subsidiaries again delivered strong operating and market performance."
Comverse's share price rose 6% on Nasdaq on Friday to $6.72, giving a market cap of $1.38 billion, and Verint's share price rose 3.6% to $28.10, giving a market cap of $1.1 billion.
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10885 Northeast 4th Street, Suite 400
Bellevue, Washington 98004 U.S.A.
Telephone: (425) 455-6000
Fax: (425) 638-1500
Web site: http://www.captaris.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1982 as Applied Voice Technology, Inc.
Employees: 399
Sales: $91.9 million (2006)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: CAPA
NAIC: 511210 Software Publishers
Captaris, Inc., develops software that automates paper and other document-centric processes, offering a selection of products marketed under the names Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow, and Captaris Alchemy. The company’s software, which is tailored for paper-intensive businesses such as banking, insurance, and healthcare, is used by all Fortune 100 corporations, helping customers orchestrate the delivery, management, routing, tracking, and archiving of data and documents.
ORIGINS
PURCHASE OF RIGHTFAX IN 1996
ANASTASI ASSUMING CHIEF EXECUTIVE POST: 2000
PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES
PRINCIPAL COMPETITORS
FURTHER READING
ORIGINS
Captaris took on several guises during its first two decades of business, demonstrating a nimble approach to the markets it served. The company began as Applied Voice Technology, Inc., a firm founded in 1982 in suburban Seattle, Washington. During its first decade in business, the company developed software and hardware for voice and call processing, competing in the computer telephony market. Commonly referred to as CTI, for computer telephony integration, the computer telephony market addressed the need to unite telephones and personal computers, two of the most essential business tools. The first voice- and call-processing systems were rudimentary by later standards, performing the basic functions of call answering, routing, and messaging. Although telephone systems became more sophisticated, thereby increasing the complexity and capabilities of CTI, the technological advances recorded in the personal computer industry were largely responsible for propelling CTI forward, making the integration of telephone and computer a vital and intricate business. Applied Voice, regarded as a pioneer in the CTI field, helped advance the capabilities of CTI during the first chapter in its history, but as changes in the marketplace occurred, the company shifted its strategy, giving birth to Captaris, a leader in automating paper and other document-centric processes that proliferated in the corporate world.
Applied Voice developed from a start-up venture into a $15 million-in-sales company during its first decade in business. CTI was evolving as Applied Voice gained its footing, becoming a prized asset for corporate clientele. Basic applications, such as automatically answering incoming calls, routing the call to the desired party, and allowing the caller to leave a voice message, gave way to more advanced applications. CTI systems were able to manage voice, fax, and e-mail messages from either a telephone or a computer, for instance. Another advanced CTI system automatically identified an inbound telephone caller, determined through a predefined script why the caller was calling, and transferred the caller to a live agent along with a caller’s pertinent information.
Applied Voice helped push the technological envelope of CTI, establishing itself as a recognized force in the years immediately preceding the explosive proliferation of computers in the workplace. The company unveiled its marquee product, CallXpress3, in 1991, a product whose success in the CTI market helped Applied Voice double its annual revenue during the first half of the decade. Designed to support from four to 64 telephone ports, CallXpress3 was developed for business customers requiring high-capacity call answering, routing, and voicemail services, consisting of software programs that operated in an integrated, multitasking environment. CallXpress3 offered a more comprehensive menu of functions than Applied Voice’s basic product, px100, which provided basic voicemail and call answering capabilities. In 1993, the company introduced a product for the middle segment of the market, unveiling PhoneXpress, a product for businesses that did not require the advanced application orientation and capacity of a CallXpress3 system. Each of the company’s three product lines were sold as software kits to dealers who purchased their own hardware or as complete systems equipped with Applied Voice’s hardware platforms.
The introduction of CallXpress3 and PhoneXpress during the early 1990s fueled Applied Voice’s financial growth. The company lifted its sales to $15 million during its first decade in business, and more than doubled the total during the ensuing three years. Perhaps more impressive, Applied Voice’s profits surged during the period, leaping from $103,000 in 1992 to $6 million in 1996. Although CallXpress3 was developed with a telephony orientation, without the original intention to integrate telephone systems with computers, the standard, local-area-network (LAN) capability of CallX-press3 and its software-modular packaging possessed the functions and capability to be incorporated into computer networks. As companies large and small became increasingly reliant on computers to conduct their business, Applied Voice began designing its products specifically for CTI applications, altering its strategy to adapt to the changing needs of its customers. The changes in strategy punctuated the company’s development from Applied Voice Technology, Inc., to AVT Corporation to Captaris, Inc.
PURCHASE OF RIGHTFAX IN 1996
A turning point in Applied Voice’s history occurred in 1996, two years after it had raised roughly $16 million by completing its initial public offering (IPO) of stock. In January, the company purchased Cracchiolo & Feder, Inc., for $4.2 million. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Cracchiolo & Feder was formed as a consulting business in 1987 by Joe Cracchiolo and Brad Feder. The pair developed RightFax, a product that became the leading network-based fax server software. RightFax, which sent faxes from computers, became a central component of Applied Voice’s business, representing a critical part of the company’s overall effort to integrate and deliver information stored in e-mail, fax, and computer applications, as well as other electronic media. Although CallX-press3 and later iterations of the product would continue to support Applied Voice as it developed into Captaris, the company’s unified messaging business eventually was supplanted by a host of document management products. The addition of RightFax steered the company in its new direction, becoming an integral part of its strategy in the 21st century.
COMPANY PERSPECTIVES
Captaris saves money and improves the performance of information investments by empowering organizations to boost productivity and become more efficient through streamlined communications.
In the wake of the Cracchiolo & Feder acquisition, Applied Voice completed several other acquisitions. Some of the additions figured into the company’s long-range plans, while others made short-term contributions to its growth before being divested for strategic reasons. In January 1997, the company purchased Telecom Technologies to gain another telephony-oriented product line, AgentXpressNY, an automatic call distribution system that would be deemed outside the company’s core business by the end of the decade. Of greater relevance to the company’s long-term strategy was the acquisition of American International Facsimile Products Inc., which was purchased before the end of 1997. Based in Portland, Oregon, the company changed its name to CommercePath, Inc., upon being acquired by Applied Voice. The $10.7 million acquisition gave Applied Voice software designed to convert electronic documents into fax documents, which subsequently could be transmitted to a wide audience. A travel agency, for instance, could change the schedule of a cruise via e-mail and then send the changes to other agents via fax.
As Applied Voice exited the 1990s and prepared for the 21st century, the company began to alter its strategy in earnest. In early 1999, the company changed its name to AVT Corporation, adopting what would prove to be a transitional corporate identity. The years of focusing on voice and call processing were nearly over, but before the company severed its ties to the business that supported its operations for nearly 20 years, it acquired MediaTel Corp. In April 1999, AVT acquired the San Francisco, California-based company in an all-stock deal valued at $48 million, recasting the business as MediaLinq. Not long afterwards, AVT began to focus its attention on new markets, shifting its strategy at the behest of a new leader.
ANASTASI ASSUMING CHIEF EXECUTIVE POST: 2000
In November 2000, David P. Anastasi was appointed president and chief executive officer of AVT, taking the helm at a critical point in the company’s development. Anastasi, who earned his graduate degree in international management from the University of San Francisco, spent most of the 1990s serving as an executive at the Public Access and SmartCard Division of U S West. Immediately before joining AVT, he served as president and chief executive officer of Conversational Computing Corporation, a speech recognition technologies company. Anastasi’s first task at AVT was to assess the company’s prospects to determine whether the company should continue pressing forward as a developer of both computer telephony software and document exchange software. Sales were declining as he joined the company, falling from $130 million in 1999 to $100 million in 2000, and its stock value was dropping, plunging from $35 per share to less than $2 per share during an 18-month period, forcing a response from the newly appointed leader. Traditionally, the company had made its living by selling telephony software that enabled voicemail, unified messaging, and fax systems to communicate with one another, treating the various product lines it sold as separate businesses. Anastasi realized a fundamental change in the company’s structure was needed, prompting him to consolidate AVT’s two primary product groups, the Computer Telephony Software Group and the Document Exchange Software Group. The company’s payroll was trimmed by 14 percent amid the restructuring effort.
Before revealing his assessment of AVT’s prospects, Anastasi completed a deal that tipped his hand. In January 2001, he acquired Infinite Technologies Inc. for $24 million. Based in Owing Mills, Maryland, Infinite Technologies developed software that used wireless applications protocol, the so-called WAP platform. In a March 23, 2001, interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal, Anastasi discussed the basic reasoning behind his restructuring efforts, explaining, “We have thoroughly evaluated the market and believe that business as usual will not create sustainable shareholder value.” His response, aside from restructuring the company, was to move it into the wireless realm, a foray that would use Infinite Technologies as a springboard to create a presence in the mobile business solutions market. Anastasi chose to concentrate on the wireless delivery of AVT’s communications software, seeking to integrate the company’s various services into a single software platform that could be available to users via cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, and other wireless devices. “They’re making a big bet on the wireless stuff,” an industry analyst said in a September 7, 2001, interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal. “Their traditional market is clearly on the decline.”
KEY DATES
1982:
Captaris is founded as Applied Voice Technology, Inc.
1991:
CallXpress3 is released.
1994:
The company completes its initial public offering of stock.
1996:
Applied Voice acquires RightFax.
1999:
Applied Voice changes its name to AVT Corporation.
2000:
David P. Anastasi is named chief executive officer and president.
2001:
AVT acquires Infinite Technologies Inc
2002:
AVT changes its name to Captaris, Inc.
2003:
Captaris sells its CallXpress product line.
2004:
The purchase of Information Management Research gives Captaris its Alchemy product line.
2006:
Captaris generates nearly $92 million in revenue.
Captaris, a name adopted in 2002, took shape during the first years of the new decade, as Anastasi attempted to regain the financial strength formerly exuded by the Washington-based enterprise. The company released its first set of wireless products in May 2001 after beta testing its Infinite Server in 36 countries. The new server enabled users to access e-mail, voicemail, faxes, personal calendars, and contact databases for Internet-enabled devices such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants. Additionally, a text-to-speech module converted e-mail text to speech, enabling users to respond with a voice message. Next, Anastasi orchestrated a series of divestitures and acquisitions that would give Captaris three pillars of support by the time the company marked its 25th anniversary. The deal-making left Captaris focused on three product categories: fax server and document delivery, business process automation, and archiving and records managements, categories served by Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow, and Captaris Alchemy, respectively.
Anastasi swapped out assets in 2003, steering Captaris away from its past as he laid the foundation for the company’s future. In September, he sold the CallXpress product line and MediaTel Corp., divesting assets that had supported the company for more than a decade. Before the end of the month, he acquired Teamplate, Inc., a purchase that broadened Captaris’s information delivery product offerings. The deal gave Anastasi products that complemented the company’s existing RightFax product line and strengthened its presence in the business process automation market, a market in which Captaris Workflow competed. Roughly a year later, in October 2004, Anastasi purchased Information Management research, Inc., for approximately $32 million. Based in Englewood, Colorado, Information Management Research marketed a product line under the name Alchemy that helped companies capture, archive, and retrieve business information. The addition of the Englewood company served as the basis for Captaris’s third major product line, Captaris Alchemy.
The deals completed in 2003 and 2004 gave Captaris the product profile it offered at its 25th anniversary. Anastasi completed no significant acquisitions or divestitures in 2005 and 2006. The change in strategy created a smaller company, but Anastasi and his management team were convinced the reorientation of the company would lead to a more vibrant financial future. Captaris generated $86 million in revenue in 2005 and nearly $92 million in 2006, recording volumes substantially below the record high of $130 million in 1999. In the years ahead, the company’s senior executives hoped to set new financial records as they helped corporate customers manage their paper-based processes.
Jeffrey L. Covell
PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES
Information Management Research, Inc.; Raven Acquisition Corp.; MediaTel Corporation; Captaris International Inc.; Captaris International, PTY Limited (Australia); Captaris GmbH (Deutschland) (Germany); Captaris International B.V. (Netherlands); Captaris Canada Corporation (NSULC).
PRINCIPAL COMPETITORS
Ultimus, Inc.; Omtool, Ltd.; Esker S.A.
FURTHER READING
“AVT Fires 70 in Restructuring Move,” Puget Sound Business Journal, March 23, 2001, p. 16.
“AVT: New Name, New Image, New Wireless Messaging Software,” Client Server News, June 4, 2001.
Baker, M. Sharon, “Applied Voice Is Dialing for 16 Million Dollars in IPO,” Puget Sound Business Journal, October 28, 1994, p. 6.
“Bridging the Gap,” KMWorld, February 2007, p. SS2.
“Captaris Moves Up the Annual Software 500 List,” Internet Wire, October 24, 2006.
“Captaris Partners in Malaysia for Co.’s Largest-Ever Int’l Software Conference,” AsiaPulse News, April 23, 2007.
“Captaris Unleashes CallXpress 6.5.,” CommWeb, February 5, 2003.
Ernst, Steve, “AVT, Active Voice Partner with Industry Giants,” Puget Sound Business Journal, May 21, 1999, p. 5.
Meisner, Jeff, “Wireless Holds the Key to Growth for Captaris,” Puget Sound Business Journal, September 7, 2001, p. 6.
O’Brien, R. Andrew, “Applied Voice Technology and Brook-trout Use Interactive System to Automate Leads,” Telecommunications, March 1994, p. 72.
Schroeder, Erica, “CallWare, Applied Voice Enhance CTI Software,” PC Week, June 24, 1996, p. 37.
Shabelman, David, “Captaris Sees Future in Faxes,” Daily Deal, October 2, 2003.
Walker, Courtney, “Portland Facsimile Products Firm Joins Seattle-Based AVT,” Business Journal-Portland, November 14, 1997, p. 14.
Wehner, Ross, “Captaris to Buy Colorado Equipment Industry,” Denver Post, October 5, 2004.
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7309 E. 21st Street, NorthWichita, Kansas 67026U.S.A.(316) 652-6648Fax: (316) 652-6800Web site: https://www.brite.com
Public CompanyIncorporated: 1984Employees: 751Sales: $110.4 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 7371 Computer Programming Services; 7375 Infor-mation Retrieval Services; 7372 Prepackaged Software Source for information on Brite Voice Systems, Inc.: International Directory of Company Histories dictionary.
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Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
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Serving the fastest-growing market in the world—the telecommunications and information services industry, Brite Voice Systems, Inc. is a global leader in the deployment of speech recognition for the wireless industry, and offers systems that integrate voice response, voice recognition, voice/fax messaging, electronic information, and audiotex systems (audiotex involves access to recorded, computer-stored information over the telephone). The company introduced voice dialing to the industry in 1993. Brite offers services to a wide variety of companies and communities, including wireless carriers, financial and health-care institutions, public utilities, telephone companies, newspapers and government agencies. Brite is a leading supplier of communications and information products and services in high-growth markets worldwide, including South America, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. European sales are made through Brite’s subsidiaries, BVSGL (Manchester and Cambridge, England), Brite Voice Systems Group, GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany), Brite Voice Systems S.p.a. (Rome, Italy), and Brite Voice Systems A.G. (Zurich, Switzerland).
Brite’s Founder Links with the Computer Revolution of the 1970s
Described by an investment analyst as “one of the better visionaries,” Brite’s founder, president, and original chief executive officer, Stanley Brannon, initially tapped into the computer and information processing explosion of the late 1970s. According to David Dinell of the Wichita Business Journal, prior to founding Brite, Brannon tested his entrepreneurial abilities when he invested $1,400 of his personal savings to form Mycro-Tek Inc., which he later sold for $10 million—and which eventually went bankrupt under the new management. Assisted by five employees, the Wichita, Kansas native founded Brite in 1984. After going public in 1989, the company began its aggressive strategy of establishing alliances and partnerships in an attempt to expand its technical services and geographical positioning. Aiming to be less vulnerable to market trends or a single technology in an industry defined by extremely rapid shifts, Brite set its sites on diversifying products and services, while continuing to invest approximately 10 percent of sales on research and engineering.
The company entered the European market when it negotiated a deal with Ferranti Business Communications in Manchester, England, and acquired the assets of their voice systems group operating division. In 1993 Brite bought Perception Technology, adding additional products and expertise in the area of interactive voice response (IVR) and computer telephony integration (CTI). IRV and CTI applications use voice processing systems to link callers to various mainframe computer databases. Callers enter information through their touch-tone keypad or with voice commands, and can retrieve or change information by following prerecorded instructions. Examples of IRV and CTI include telephone calls to obtain an account balance, transfer funds, check on the status of a shipment, order a pay-per-view movie or enroll in a college class.
1990s Phone Shopping
Shopping by phone exemplifies another interactive system made possible by Brite technology, allowing consumers to place orders by using the buttons on their touchtone phones, or utilizing the option to talk directly to a customer representative. The world’s largest electronic retailer, QVC, Inc., contracted Brite to install their BT III Voice Processor to automate the ordering process, increasing their order-taking capacity to over 40,000 calls per hour, and cutting by three times the expense of using the traditional operator-driven system. QVC handled almost 20 million calls automatically in 1994.
In addition to installing, maintaining, and repairing systems, through a geographically dispersed field service staff, Brite provides software support and a help desk for their customers. Customers are further supported by a training department which provides beginning and advanced training sessions for customers and employees in areas of software and technical development, product orientation, programming, and system operation. Brite’s systems contain built-in modems, allowing convenient diagnostic back-up via remote communications between Brite’s staff and its customers. Expertise is offered by company-sponsored technical/engineering consulting, made available to assist in the designing, engineering, procuring, and implementing of telecommunications services, networks, and equipment.
Cantel, the Canadian cellular company, implemented a Brite system that allows multiple language voice dialing, becoming the first cellular carrier in North America to offer their services with the option of either of their national languages, English and French. The two companies, Brite and Cantel, entered into a creative business partnership centered on new product development and revenue sharing. Representatives from both companies agreed to meet quarterly to assess technological developments and possibilities for improvements in cellular service. Brite instigated a similar relationship with Cellnet, the United Kingdom’s leading cellular network operator. Cellnet installed a Voice Services Director providing a range of subscriber voice messaging services on Cellnet’s Global System for Mobiles. Subscribers can access these services in 17 European countries outside the United Kingdom.
Managed Services, Brite Visions of the 1990s and Beyond
Envisioning a wider and more profitable market, the company shifted toward providing more managed services, i.e. custom audio information, a telephone-based system that is fed by satellite to newspapers, telephone companies, and others. According to company reports, “To support its electronic publishing customers, Brite has developed the industry’s largest information services group to create content for audio, fax, and the Internet. Brite broadcasts audiotex programming over the industry’s first digital satellite transmission network, ensuring crystal-clear audio quality.” The company boasts the development of more than 600 new programs daily for English and Spanish audiotex networks. The report explains that “Outsourcing all technical requirements to Brite offers many advantages. Customers avoid using their capital on technical systems. They eliminate time-consuming budget approvals and equipment selection processes. They can create and offer new services without adding new staff.”
Using Brite’s products, Voice Directories and CityLine, publishers of Yellow Pages directories and newspapers offer categories of information at no cost to callers (revenues are generated by selling advertising sponsorships to advertisers), such as sports scores, weather, stock quotes, gardening tips, horoscopes, soap opera updates, and business news. Audiotex, Connect, and Select Series systems allow “talking Classifieds” providing readers and advertisers with efficient methods of researching, buying, and selling. Select Series provides an ideal consumer profile to advertisers via phone or fax. For example, Select Series connects the prospective car buyers “Ideal Wheels Profile” with the advertisers “CarSelect,” narrowing the list of potential purchases to match appropriately-matched products offered. Similar systems coordinate house buyers with sellers, through “HomeSelect,” and apartment-searchers with available rentals, through “RentSelect.” Over 5,000 categories of information are produced with the help of Brite staff writers, editors, and broadcasters who create and load information into the system. Key customers and alliances include GTE, Sprint, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the London Financial Times, Tribune Newspapers, Fleet Services Corporation, Chemical Bank, Bank of Hawaii, PageNet, Airbourne Express, Intel, MCI, 3M, and many others. Company Audiotex revenues increased from zero to $1 million a month by 1994 according to their annual report for that year. Managed services largely accounted for a 42 percent soaring of overall Brite revenues, up from the previous year’s sales of $46.9 million to a record $66.3 million—liberating the company from all debt.
Brite expanded its IRV and CTI capabilities in April 1995, when it acquired Touch-Talk Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based company which specialized in custom software and application development tools. This move expanded Brite’s operations to include the telecommunications, financial, government, and wireless providers markets, and provided Brite customers a single vendor for all of their voice response requirements.
Company Perspectives:
Brite is committed to helping its customers prosper with voice processing systems and services that increase revenues or decrease costs. The collective expertise of customers, partners, and more than 700 Brite employees worldwide, will continue to be leveraged to create the solutions that bring people and information together.
In July 1995 Brite acquired Internet Resources Corporation, another Wichita company and one that provided local access to the Internet. Internet Resources Corporation was founded in 1994 by Stan Marekl, a former vice president of new technology for Brite, according to Dennis Pearce in a Knight-Ridder/ Tribune Business News report. The move sped the company into the Internet services sector, and within months the company bought a group of telecommunications companies, valued at more than $60 million. Comprising the group were Telecom Services Ltd. (TSL), Telecom Services Ltd. (West), TSL Software Services, and TSL Management group. Pierce explained that the companies provided service to several large enterprises such as J.P. Morgan & Co., Bank of New York Co., and Smith Barney Inc. Telecommunications services include billing verification to audit telephone rates, tariffs, taxes, surcharges, and other charges billed by telecommunications carriers and vendors. The company verifies that the client pays only for the services, circuits, and equipment it actually uses and for which it has been contracted; ensures that the proper rates are applied for taxes, tariffs, rates and surcharges; corrects billing discrepancies and prepares claims; and negotiates and collects refunds. Billing verification generally saves costs for the company’s clients. Eight U.S. states and the federal Office of Veteran’s Affairs began using Brite’s utility billing verification, estimated to save 5 to 15 percent on their operating costs.
Added to their Internet access capabilities, Brite Internet services include search engine development, secured transactions, server usage, real-time audio via Iwave, complete digital audio production facilities, server-push animation software, forms processors, and audio/video services.
Brite’s domestic sales are primarily made through a direct sales force, specializing in either industry, territory, or product line, with offices in Wichita, Kansas; Canton, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; New York City; Parsippany, New Jersey; and San Francisco, California. North American sales climbed steadily from $60.3 million in 1994, to $69.9 million in 1995, to $71.3 million in 1996. Companies such as Alltel, Amarex Technology, Inc., Digital Data Voice Systems, Intecom, Quotient Software, Inc., Southwestern Bell Telecom, and United States Advanced Networks utilize Brite hardware platforms for their integrated systems or services.
International sales rose more dramatically, from $19.6 million in 1994, to $27.14 million in 1995, to $39 million in 1996, amounting to between one quarter to one third of total revenues for those periods. Non-European out-of-country sales are made through the U.S.-based sales force, distributors, and local agents. Brite has speculated that Europe offers significant growth potential due to a lesser degree of audiotex and IVR systems penetration—and less competition—in that market. According to Brite’s 1996 annual report the company’s European subsidiaries “concentrate its efforts on five different vertical markets: telecommunications, home shopping, travel and transport, finance, and utilities. The company also relies on indirect distribution of its systems through prominent PBX manufacturers such as Philips, Ericsson, Telenorma and S.E.L.” European sales of IVR and audiotex systems increased 95 percent between 1995 and 1996, and the company anticipates continued growth. In a March 1996 interview with David Dinell of the Wichita Business Journal, Brannon said that he predicted that the “company could grow to the $300 million to $500 million range in annual sales within five years.” He explained that with suffer competition in the United States, he expected the strong international markets to provide the growing edge. Dinell’s article explains that, “In Europe, for example, the concept of consumer information through the yellow pages is still a new idea. Brite helped Telecom Italia set up an audiotex advertising product that is already common in many U.S. cities. That type of growth potential is ripe throughout the world, say Brite officials.”
In the highly competitive market for voice processing systems Brite contends with companies such as Edify, Intervoice, Periphonics, Syntellect, and larger companies like IBM, Lucent Technologies, and Digital. Mail order providers such as Boston Technology, Com verse Technology, and Octel compete in the European arena. In the telecommunications management market competitors range from small localized companies to nationally-known firms such as AT&T, Electronic Data Systems, and IBM. Brite feels that its specialized expertise and reputation favor its standing in the marketplace, although increased competition from larger companies with greater resources than its own could affect future performance.
In a December 1996 interview Brannon told Molly McMillan of Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News that he felt the need to hire a new Brite CEO, someone with experience broader than his own. He favored David Gergacz, the chief executive and president of Cincinnati Bell Telephone and founder of Sprint Corporation—primarily responsible for developing the first global fiberoptic network—and a member of Brite’s board of directors. Gergacz is considered to have strengths in the technical and marketing aspects of telecommunications, someone who can also contribute his own network of sales and management contacts. In his short stint at Cincinnati Bell the stock rose from about $30 to $57 a share. Brite’s stock had been dropping in the latter months of 1996 due to soft sales, but had risen slightly by the end of the year. Brannon plans to remain as chairman of the board, expecting to focus in areas where he feels comfortable—in new product development and acquisitions.
By July 1997 Brite planned to be moved into new headquarters in Heathrow, Florida, a suburb of Orlando, lured by $1.5 million in tax credits, easy airline access, and the advantages of close proximity to other high-tech companies such as AT&T and Sprint. It is estimated that only 30 to 35 top administrative, marketing, and management jobs would be moved, and the rest of the 240 Wichita employees would remain at the Kansas headquarters, which is the international headquarters for the company. The new location will include a Product Demonstration Center, designed to increase the company’s sales effectiveness and leverage its existing worldwide sales growth. The company is reorganizing in an attempt to narrow its focus, increase its ability to serve existing customers, and allow Brite to lower costs while providing new products. In an April 1997 Brite news release Gergacz stated, “The combination of consolidating in a more strategic location and eliminating unprofitable ventures will position Brite to better capitalize on the many opportunities being presented in the rapidly growing global telecommunication and information market.” He continued, “These actions, while detrimental to short-term results, are necessary in order to improve our long term prospects.” First quarter of 1997 net income was $1.3 million, or 11 cents per share, compared to $2.7 million, or 23 cents per share, in the first quarter of 1996. Revenues from telecommunications consulting and customer-premise equipment sales fell below expectations, and the reorganization and relocation is a Brite strategy aimed at improving future financial results.
Principal Subsidiaries
BVSGL (England); Brite Voice Systems Group (Germany); GmbH; Brite Voice Systems S.p.a. (Italy); Brite Voice Systems A.G. (Switzerland).
Further Reading
Boulton, Guy, “Brite Voice of Wichita, Kansas, Seeks Site for Headquarters,” Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, August 24, 1995, p. 8240192.
“Brite Voice Systems Inc. (Executive Changes),” New York Times, December 3, 1993, p. C3(N), p. D3(L), vol. 143.
“Brite Voice Systems Inc. (To Purchase Perception),” The New York Times, September 9, 1993, p. C3(N) & D3(L).
“Brite Voice Systems, Inc. (To Merge with Perception),” The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 1993, p. A8(E).
“Brite Voice Systems, Inc. (Who’s News),” The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 1996, p. BIO (E).
Cox, Bob, “Brite Voice Systems, Inc. Leaves Wichita, Kansas for Orlando,” Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, April 24, 1997, p. 424 B1106.
“Dial 1 for More Options,” PC Week, December 23, 1996, p. E5, vol. 13.
McMillin, Molly, “Founder Has High Goals for Brite Voice Systems,” Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, December 5, 1996, p. 1205B1108.
Pearce, Dennis, “Brite Voice Acquires Internet Resources Corp.,” Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, July 3, 1995, p. 7030125.
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2020 IEEE CAL
"DRAMsim3: A cycle-accurate, thermal-capable DRAM simulator." S. Li, Z. Yang, D. Reddy, A. Srivastava, B. Jacob. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, published on-line February 2020. DOI 10.1109/LCA.2020.2973991.
COOL Chips
"Tileable monolithic ReRAM memory design." M. Jagasivamani, C. Walden, D. Singh, L. Kang, M. Asnaashari, S. Dubois, B. Jacob, D. Yeung. Proc. IEEE Symposium in Low-Power and High-Speed Chips (COOL CHIPS 2020), pp. 1-3. Kokubunji Japan, April 2020.
2019 IEEE Micro
"Analyzing the monolithic integration of a ReRAM-based main memory into a CPU's die." M. Jagasivamani, C. Walden, D. Singh, L. Kang, S. Li, M. Asnaashari, S. Dubois, D. Yeung, and B. Jacob. IEEE Micro, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 64-72. November/December 2019. (Special Issue on Monolithic 3D Architectures)
POMACS
"PROFET: Modeling system performance and energy without simulating the CPU." M. Radulovic, R. Verdejo, P. Carpenter, P. Radojkovic, B. Jacob, and E. Ayguade. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems (POMACS), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 34:1-33. June 2019.
MEMSYS
"Statistical DRAM modeling." Shang Li and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2019), pp. 521-530. Washington DC, October 2019.
Note: this is an initial description of our next-generation simulator, DRAMsimL. This represents the first time someone has built a machine-learning-based DRAM simulator, in which the simualtor need not maintain a cycle-accurate state and instead returns a highly accurate "hint" about latency. This means that CPU simulators can be rewritten as VERY simple (no longer need to keep polling until the memory controller returns the result), and it makes massively parallel systems MUCH faster to simulate. See also the ModSim 2019 presentation and Shang Li's thesis.
MEMSYS
"Design for ReRAM-based main-memory architectures." M. Jagasivamani, C. Walden, D. Singh, L. Kang, S. Li, M. Asnaashari, S. Dubois, D. Yeung, and B. Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2019), pp. 342-350. Washington DC, October 2019.
MEMSYS
"Rethinking cycle accurate DRAM simulation." Shang Li, Rommel Sanchez Verdejo, Petar Radojkovic, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2019), pp. 184-194. Washington DC, October 2019.
2018 MEMSYS
"A performance & power comparison of modern high-speed DRAM architectures." Shang Li, Dhiraj Reddy, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2018), pp. 331-343. Washington DC, October 2018.
MEMSYS
"Main memory latency simulation: The missing link." R.S. Verdejo, K. Asifuzzaman, M. Radulovic, P. Radojkovic, E. Ayguade, and B. Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2018), pp. 107-116. Washington DC, October 2018.
MEMSYS
"Memory-system design challenges in realizing monolithic computers." M. Jagasivamani, C. Walden, D. Singh, L. Kang, S. Li, M. Asnaashari, S. Dubois, B. Jacob, and D. Yeung. Proc. International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2018), pp. 98-104. Washington DC, October 2018.
HPCC
"Exascale interconnect topology characterization and parameter exploration." Shang Li, Po-Chun Huang, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 20th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC 2018). Exeter UK, June 2018.
2017 MEMSYS
"Using run-time reverse-engineering to optimize DRAM refresh." D. M. Mathew, E. F. Zulian, M. Jung, K. Kraft, C. Weis, B. Jacob, and N. Wehn. Proc. 2017 International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2017), pp. 115-124. Washington DC, October 2017.
2016 IEEE-TC
"DRAM refresh mechanisms, penalties, and trade-offs." Ishwar Bhati, Mu-Tien Chang, Zeshan Chishti, Shih-Lien Lu, and Bruce Jacob. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 108-121. January 2016.
MEMSYS
"Low latency, high bisection-bandwidth networks for exascale memory systems." Shang Li, Po-Chun Huang, David Banks, Max DePalma, Ahmed Elshaarany, Scott Hemmert, Arun Rodrigues, Emily Ruppel, Yitian Wang, Jim Ang, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 2016 International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2016), pp. 62-73. Washington DC, October 2016.
MEMSYS
"The case for associative DRAM caches." Paul Tschirhart, Jim Stevens, Zeshan Chishti, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 2016 International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2016), pp. 211-219. Washington DC, October 2016.
2015 ISCA
"Flexible auto-refresh: Enabling scalable and energy-efficient DRAM refresh reductions." Ishwar Bhati, Zeshan Chishti, Shih-Lien Lu, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 42nd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2015), pp. 235-246. Portland OR, June 2015.
IEEE CAL
"The 2 petaflop, 3 petabyte, 9 TB/s, 90 kW cabinet: A system architecture for Exascale and Big Data." Bruce Jacob. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, published on-line June 2015. DOI 10.1109/LCA.2015.2451652.
IEEE CAL
"The case for VLIW-CMP as a building block for Exascale." Bruce Jacob. IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, published on-line April 2015. DOI 10.1109/LCA.2015.2424699.
MEMSYS
"Bringing modern hierarchical memory systems into focus: A study of architecture and workload factors on system performance." Paul Tschirhart, Jim Stevens, Zeshan Chishti, Shih-Lien Lu, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 2015 International Symposium on Memory Systems (MEMSYS 2015), pp.179-190. Washington DC, October 2015.
2014 TECH
REPORTS We have been submitting the following papers to various architecture conferences for the past few years, to no avail. It's about time to give up and put them out as tech reports, because it's good research. The work was not done in 2014, that is simply when I decided to make them public. Each tech report has the date appropriate to the timeframe of the work and when the work was written up.
And, by the way, yes -- we are the group who did the performance modeling of Hybrid Memory Cube for Micron, while the part was in development (Paul and Elliott were grad students at the time, and Dave Resnick, the man behind HMC's design, was at Micron). The first paper in the list is about that -- and, yes, they are accurate results, because our simulator reflects how the part is actually built. We tried submitting that paper to several computer architecture conferences, but the paper was rejected for two reasons: first, the work was considered "not novel" (we couldn't publish anything until Micron announced HMC details in 2012, and evidently, the moment Micron announced it, it became "not novel"), and, secondly, the program committees really, really, REALLY wanted power numbers. Which we couldn't produce, and still can't, because of NDA reasons. Enjoy!
[HMC]
"Peering over the memory wall: Design space and performance analysis of the Hybrid Memory Cube." Paul Rosenfeld, Elliott Cooper-Balis, Todd Farrell, Dave Resnick, and Bruce Jacob. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2012-10-01. October 2012 (one reference added 2013).
[NVMM]
"A journaled, NAND-flash main-memory system." B. Jacob, I. Bhati, M.-T. Chang, P. Rosenfeld, J. Stevens, P. Tschirhart, Z. Chishti, S.-L. Lu, J. Ang, D. Resnick, and A. Rodrigues. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2010-12-01. December 2010 (some references updated 2014).
[harsh chip]
"The Embedded Reliable Processing System (TERPS)---A robust architecture that achieves forward progress in near-continuous electromagnetic interference." Cagdas Dirik, Amol Gole, Samuel Rodriguez, Hongxia Wang, and Bruce Jacob. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2004-11-01. November 2004.
2013 ISLPED
"Coordinated refresh: Energy efficient techniques for DRAM refresh scheduling." Ishwar Bhati, Zeshan Chishti, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 2013 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED 2013), pp. 205-210. Beijing, China, September 2013.
HPCA
"Technology comparison for Large Last-Level Caches (L3Cs): Low-leakage SRAM, low write-energy STT-RAM, and refresh-optimized eDRAM." Mu-Tien Chang, Paul Rosenfeld, Shih-Lien Lu, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 19th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2013), pp. 143-154. Shenzhen, China, February 2013.
ITJ
"An integrated simulation infrastructure for the entire memory hierarchy: Cache, DRAM, nonvolatile memory, and disk." J. Stevens, P. Tschirhart, M.-T. Chang, I. Bhati, P. Enns, J. Greensky, Z. Chishti, S.-L. Lu, and B. Jacob. Intel Technology Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 184-200. April 2013.
2012 ISCA
"Buffer On Board memory systems." Elliott Cooper-Balis, Paul Rosenfeld, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 39th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2012), pp. 392-403. Portland OR, June 2012.
MASCOTS
"Energy-efficient cached DIMM architecture." Mu-Tien Chang, Joe Gross, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2012), pp. 501-503. Arlington VA, August 2012.
[HMC]
"Peering over the memory wall: Design space and performance analysis of the Hybrid Memory Cube." Paul Rosenfeld, Elliott Cooper-Balis, Todd Farrell, Dave Resnick, and Bruce Jacob. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2012-10-01. October 2012 (one reference added 2013).
2011 IEEE CAL
"DRAMsim2: A cycle accurate memory system simulator." Paul Rosenfeld, Elliott Cooper-Balis, and Bruce Jacob. Computer Architecture Letters, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 16-19. January 2011.
MSPC
"Let there be light! The future of memory systems is photonics and 3D stacking." Keren Bergman, Gilbert Hendry, Paul Hargrove, John Shalf, Bruce Jacob, K. Scott Hemmert, Arun Rodrigues, and David Resnick. Proc. ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Memory Systems Performance and Correctness (MSPC 2011), pp. 43-48. San Jose CA, June 2011.
2010 IEEE Micro
"Fine-grained activation for power reduction in DRAM." Elliott Cooper-Balis and Bruce Jacob. IEEE Micro, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 34-47. May/June 2010.
Technology
Management
"Reward: How to foster a technology-innovation culture within a large organization (What you can learn from startup companies)." Bruce Jacob. Chapter in The Handbook of Technology Management. H. Bidgoli, Editor. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken NJ. 2010.
[NVMM]
"A journaled, NAND-flash main-memory system." B. Jacob, I. Bhati, M.-T. Chang, P. Rosenfeld, J. Stevens, P. Tschirhart, Z. Chishti, S.-L. Lu, J. Ang, D. Resnick, and A. Rodrigues. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2010-12-01. December 2010 (some references updated 2014).
2009 ISCA
"The performance of PC Solid-State Disks (SSDs) as a function of bandwidth, concurrency, device architecture, and system organization." Cagdas Dirik and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 36th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2009), pp. 279-289. Austin TX, June 2009.
Morgan
Claypool
book
The Memory System: You Can't Avoid It; You Can't Ignore It; You Can't Fake It. Bruce Jacob, with contributions by Sadagopan Srinivasan and David T. Wang. ISBN 978-1598295870. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, June 2009.
Clicking the link above or the image of the cover should take you to the Morgan-Clypool website. Or you can always get hardcopy from Amazon.com.
MoBS
"CMP memory modeling: How much does accuracy matter?" S. Srinivasan, L. Zhao, B. Ganesh, B. Jacob, M. Espig, and R. Iyer. Proc. Fifth Annual Workshop on Modeling, Benchmarking and Simulation (MoBS), pp. 24-33. Austin TX, June 2009.
2008 TECS
"Accurate and fast system-level power modeling: An XScale-based case study." A. Varma, E. Debes, I. Kozintsev, P. Klein, and B. Jacob. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 25:1-20. April 2008.
MoBS
"CMP$im: A Pin-based on-the-fly multi-core cache simulator." Aamer Jaleel, Robert S. Cohn, Chi-Keung Luk, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. Fourth Annual Workshop on Modeling, Benchmarking and Simulation (MoBS), pp. 28-36. Beijing, China, June 2008.
2007 Open letter
"On supporting a high-tech cottage industry ... an open letter to the engineering-education community." Bruce Jacob. December 2007.
Morgan
Kaufmann
book
(now Elsevier)
Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk. Bruce Jacob, Spencer W. Ng, and David T. Wang, with contributions by Samuel Rodriguez. ISBN 978-0123797513. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, September 2007.
Approx. 1000 pages and half a million words according to Translator's Abacus.
PDF for several parts of the book:
the Overview chapter, "On Memory Systems and Their Design"
the front matter, including reviewer quotes, table of contents, and the preface "It's the Memory, Stupid!" (alluding to Dick Sites' 1996 MPR article)
References/bibliography/list of citations from the book Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk (included in case any of the various on-line citation databases are sophisticated enough to extract the info)
Clicking the link above or the image of the cover should take you to the Morgan Kaufmann website, where you can get yourself one of these rare beauties. Alternatively: check it out on Amazon.com, or save a few bucks and get it on Alibris.
HPCA
"Fully-Buffered DIMM memory architectures: Understanding mechanisms, overheads and scaling." Brinda Ganesh, Aamer Jaleel, David Wang, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 13th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2007), pp. 109-120. Phoenix AZ, February 2007.
TECS
"Accurate and fast system-level power modeling: An XScale-based case study." A. Varma, B. Jacob, E. Debes, I. Kozintsev, and P. Klein. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 26:1-20. September 2007. (TECS Special Issue on best papers from LCTES'05)
2006 CASES
"Modeling heterogeneous SoCs with SystemC: A digital/MEMS case study." A. Varma, Y. Afridi, A. Akturk, P. Klein, A. Hefner, and B. Jacob. Proc. International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2006), pp. 54-64. Seoul, Korea, October 2006.
ISLPED
"Energy/power breakdown of pipelined nanometer caches (90nm/65nm/45nm/32nm)." Samuel V. Rodriguez and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED 2006), pp. 25-30. Tegernsee, Germany, October 2006.
HPCA
"Last-level cache (LLC) performance of data-mining workloads on a CMP--A case study of parallel bioinformatics workloads." Aamer Jaleel, Matthew Mattina, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 12th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2006), pp. 88-98. Austin TX, February 2006.
E&M
"Electromagnetic interference and digital circuits: An initial study of clock networks." Hongxia Wang, Samuel V. Rodriguez, Cagdas Dirik, and Bruce Jacob. Electromagnetics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 73-86. January 2006. (Special Issue: RF effects on Digital Systems)
IEEE-TC
"In-line interrupt handling and lock-up free translation lookaside buffers (TLBs)." Aamer Jaleel and Bruce Jacob. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 559-574. May 2006.
2005 HPCA
"Using Virtual Load/Store Queues (VLSQs) to reduce the negative effects of reordered memory instructions." Aamer Jaleel and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 11th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 2005), pp. 191-200. San Francisco CA, February 2005.
ISPASS
"BioBench: A benchmark suite of bioinformatics applications." K. Albayraktaroglu, A. Jaleel, X. Wu, M. Franklin, B. Jacob, C.-W. Tseng, and D. Yeung. Proc. 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS 2005), pp. 2-9. Austin TX, March 2005.
SIGARCH
"DRAMsim: A memory-system simulator." David Wang, Brinda Ganesh, Nuengwong Tuaycharoen, Katie Baynes, Aamer Jaleel, and Bruce Jacob. SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 100-107. September 2005.
ASP-DAC
"TERPS: The Embedded Reliable Processing System." Hongxia Wang, Samuel Rodriguez, Cagdas Dirik, Amol Gole, Vincent Chan, and Bruce Jacob. A finalist in the University LSI Design Contest. Proc. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2005 (ASP-DAC 2005), Shanghai China, January 2005.
MSP
"Performance characteristics of MAUI: An intelligent memory system architecture." Justin Teller, Charles Silio, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 2005 Workshop on Memory System Performance (MSP 2005), pp. 44-53. Chicago IL, June 2005.
2004 ISCA
"Extended Split-Issue: Enabling flexibility in the hardware implementation of NUAL VLIW DSPs." Bharath Iyer, Sadagopan Srinivasan, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 31st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2004), pp. 364-375. Munchen, Germany, June 2004.
EMC
"Radio frequency effects on the clock networks of digital circuits." Hongxia Wang, Cagdas Dirik, Samuel V. Rodriguez, Amol V. Gole and Bruce Jacob. Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC 2004), pp. 93-96. Santa Clara CA, August 2004.
JSSE
"MEMS-based embedded sensor virtual components for system-on-a-chip (SoC)." M. Afridi, A. Hefner, D. Berning, C. Ellenwood, A. Varma, B. Jacob, S. Semancik. Journal of Solid-State Electronics, vol. 48, no. 10/11, pp. 1777-1781. October/November 2004.
[harsh chip]
"The Embedded Reliable Processing System (TERPS) -- a robust architecture that achieves forward progress in near-continuous electromagnetic interference." Cagdas Dirik, Amol Gole, Samuel Rodriguez, Hongxia Wang, and Bruce Jacob. University of Maryland Systems and Computer Architecture Group Technical Report UMD-SCA-2004-11-01. November 2004.
2003 CASES
"A control-theoretic approach to dynamic voltage scheduling." A. Varma, B. Ganesh, M. Sen, S. R. Choudhary, L. Srinivasan, and B. Jacob. Proc. International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2003), pp. 255-266. San Jose CA, October 2003.
CODES+ISSS
"Hardware support for real-time operating systems." Paul Kohout, Brinda Ganesh, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. First IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2003), pp. 45-51. Newport Beach CA, October 2003.
IEEE-TC
"The performance and energy consumption of embedded real-time operating systems." K. Baynes, C. Collins, E. Fiterman, B. Ganesh, P. Kohout, C. Smit, T. Zhang, and B. Jacob. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 1454-1469. November 2003.
IEEE Micro
"A case for studying DRAM issues at the system level." Bruce Jacob. IEEE Micro, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 44-56. July/August 2003.
2002 TECS
"Introduction to the two Special Issues on memory." Bruce Jacob and Shuvra Bhattacharyya, editors of the inaugural issues of TECS. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 2-5. November 2002.
2001 ISCA
"Concurrency, latency, or system overhead: Which has the largest impact on uniprocessor DRAM-system performance?" Vinodh Cuppu and Bruce Jacob. Proc. 28th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2001), pp. 62-71. Goteborg, Sweden, June 2001.
CASES
"Transparent data-memory organizations for digital signal processors." Sadagopan Srinivasan, Vinodh Cuppu, and Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2001), pp. 44-48. Atlanta GA, November 2001.
CASES
"The performance and energy consumption of three embedded real-time operating systems." K. Baynes, C. Collins, E. Fiterman, B. Ganesh, P. Kohout, C. Smit, T. Zhang, and B. Jacob. Proc. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES 2001), pp. 203-210. Atlanta GA, November 2001.
IEEE-TC
"High performance DRAMs in workstation environments." Vinodh Cuppu, Bruce Jacob, Brian Davis, and Trevor Mudge. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1133-1153. November 2001. (TC Special Issue on High-Performance Memory Systems)
IEEE-TC
"Uniprocessor virtual memory without TLBs." Bruce Jacob and Trevor Mudge. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 482-499. May 2001.
1999 ISCA
"A performance comparison of contemporary DRAM architectures." Vinodh Cuppu, Bruce Jacob, Brian Davis, and Trevor Mudge. Proc. 26th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 1999), pp. 222-233. Atlanta GA, May 1999.
CASES
"Hardware/software architectures for real-time caching." Bruce Jacob. Proc. Second Workshop on Compiler and Architecture Support for Embedded Systems (CASES'99), pp. 135-138, Washington DC, October 1999.
This paper gives a fully associative architecture for a software-managed cache design.
1998 ASPLOS
"A look at several memory management units, TLB-refill mechanisms, and page table organizations." Bruce Jacob and Trevor Mudge. Proc. Eighth International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 1998), pp. 295-306. San Jose CA, October 1998.
IEEE Micro
"Virtual memory in contemporary microprocessors." Bruce Jacob and Trevor Mudge. IEEE Micro, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 60-75. July/August 1998.
IEEE Computer
"Virtual memory: Issues of implementation." Bruce Jacob and Trevor Mudge. IEEE Computer, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 33-43. June 1998.
CASES
"Software-managed caches: Architectural support for real-time embedded systems." Bruce Jacob. CASES'98: Workshop on Compiler and Architecture Support for Embedded Systems. Washington DC, December 1998.
The slides for the talk are available on-line in PDF format, and include details not found in the 2-page abstract.
1995 ICMC
"Composing with genetic algorithms." Bruce Jacob. Proc. International Computer Music Conference (ICMC '95), pp. 452-455. Banff, Canada, September 1995.
Student Honors:
Elizabeth Kenyon
Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar, October 2009.
Christine Smit
Chosen to be Student Speaker at University of Maryland Campus-Wide Commencement, May 20th, 2004.
Sandy Klemm
2002 Merit Fair First Place Winner for his undergraduate research on dynamic voltage scaling.
Current Students:
Lu-Yi Kang
Nonvolatile memory systems and their control.
Brendan Sheehy
Next-generation DRAM systems.
Jim Stevens
Operating systems impications for non-volatile main memories.
Ph.D. Theses:
Meenatchi Jagasivamani
Ph.D. 2020. Resistive RAM Based Main-Memory Systems: Understanding the Opportunities, Limitations, and Tradeoffs (Northrop Grumman)
As DRAM faces scaling issues as a high-density memory, emerging technologies are being explored as alternatives. Resistive Memories (ReRAM) are scalable, vertically stackable, and can deliver higher density than DRAM as a main-memory solution. This research work explores ReRAM as a main-memory alternative at three levels of detail: at the device level, at the physical-design level, and finally at the architecture level. Cells are fabricated and characterized; reduced write energies can extend cell lifetimes, and system-level simulations show that, for high core counts, this offers a better main-memory alternative than any other existing memory technology.
Shang Li
Ph.D. 2019. Scalable and Accurate Memory System Simulation (Cadence Design Systems)
We develop a fast and validated cycle accurate main memory simulator that can accurately model almost all existing DRAM protocols and some NVM protocols, and it can be easily extended to support upcoming protocols as well. To efficiently simulate the increasingly paralleled memory systems, we propose a lax synchronization model that allows efficient parallel DRAM simulation. Lastly, we discuss the limitation of cycle accurate models, and explore the possibility of alternative modeling of DRAM. We propose a novel approach that converts DRAM timing simulation into a classification problem. By doing so we can make predictions on DRAM latency for each memory request upon first sight, which makes it compatible for scalable architecture simulation frameworks.
Paul Tschirhart
Ph.D. 2015. Multi-Level Main Memory Systems: Technology Choices, Design Considerations, and Trade-off Analysis. (Northrop Grumman)
Multi-level main memory systems provide a way to leverage the advantages of different memory technologies to build a main memory that overcomes the limitations of the current flat DRAM-based architecture, using any of the new non-volatile technologies that have appeared in the past decade. However, these novel technologies require multi-level main memory hierarchies to achieve acceptable performance. This dissertation investigates the implications of these new multi-level main memory architectures and provides key insights into the trade-offs associated with the technology and organization choices that are integral to their design.
Paul Rosenfeld
Ph.D. 2014. Performance Exploration of the Hybrid Memory Cube. (Micron)
The Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) is an emerging main memory technology that leverages advances in 3D fabrication techniques to create a memory device with several DRAM dies stacked on top of a CMOS logic layer. The logic layer at the base of each stack contains several DRAM memory controllers that communicate with the host processor over high speed serial links using an abstracted packet interface. While the architecture of this type of device is still nascent, we present several parameter sweeps to highlight the performance characteristics and design trade-offs.
Ishwar Bhati
Ph.D. 2014. Scalable and Energy-Efficient DRAM Refresh Techniques. (Oracle/Sun)
A DRAM cell requires periodic refresh operations to preserve data in its leaky capacitor. Previously, the overheads of refresh operations were insignificant, but, as both the size and speed of DRAM chips have increased significantly in the past decade, refresh has become a dominating factor of both DRAM performance and power dissipation. This dissertation presents a comprehensive study of the issues related to refresh operations in modern DRAM devices, and it then proposes techniques to mitigate refresh penalties.
Mu-Tien Chang
Ph.D. 2013. Technology Choices for Large Last-Level Caches. (Samsung)
Several memory technologies, including SRAM, STT-RAM (MRAM), and embedded DRAM (eDRAM), have been used to implement Large last-level caches (L3Cs). This thesis compares their characteristics and performance: SRAM is relatively low density and dissipates high leakage; STT-RAM has long write latency and requires high write energy; eDRAM requires refresh. As future processors are expected to have larger last-level caches, the objective of this dissertation is to study the tradeoffs associated with using each.
Elliott Cooper-Balis
Ph.D. 2012. Buffer-On-Board Memory Systems. (Micron)
A recent trend places intermediate logic between the CPU and DRAM, communicating with the CPU over a fast and narrow bus. reducing pin-out to the memory system and increasing signal integrity to the DRAM, thereby allowing faster clock rates while maintaining capacity. Our study of this design space investigates optimal use of the resources involved, including DRAM and bus organization, queue storage, and mapping schemes.
Cagdas Dirik
Ph.D. 2009. Performance Analysis of NAND Flash Memory Solid-State Disks (SSDs) (SanDisk)
NAND Flash Solid State Disks (SSDs) are becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). It is important to understand the internals of solid state disk drives. This work provides an in-depth study of the relationship between SSD architectures, their management algorithms, and system-level performance, as well as proposing new optimization heuristics.
Sadagopan Srinivasan
Ph.D. 2007. Prefetching vs. the Memory System: Optimizations for Multi-core Server Platforms. (Intel)
Investigates prefetching scheme for servers with respect to realistic memory systems. Real systems disable prefetching in server settings, suggesting that there is a fundamental disconnect between research and practice. This thesis shows that the disconnect is due to the use of simplistic memory models; experimental results suggest that using simplistic models can mis-predict the system performance by a factor of two.
Brinda Ganesh
Ph.D. 2007. Understanding and Optimizing High-Speed Serial Memory-System Protocols. (Intel)
Next-generation memory systems such as the Fully-Buffered DIMM use a system topology more akin to a computer network than a traditional memory bus. Data movement in these systems is complicated by the bus organization, making it essential to understand the implications when designing schedulers for these systems.
Ankush Varma
Ph.D. 2007. High-Speed Performance, Power, and Thermal Co-Simulation for SoC Design. (Intel)
Developing tools and methodologies for fast, accurate, high-level power and thermal modeling on SoCs. Exploring power/thermal modeling for MEMS, mixed-signal and digital SoC components, how these models can be built into high-level System Description Languages (such as SystemC), and how high-level power models can be made robust to low-level design decisions.
Nuengwong (Ohm) Tuaycharoen
Ph.D. 2006. Disk Design-Space Exploration in Terms of System-Level Performance, Power, and Energy Consumption. (Dhurakijpundit University)
SYSim is a full-system simulator that integrates Bochs, Wattch, DRAMsim, and DiskSim, boots Linux, and enables complete memory hierarchy studies in both performance and power consumption domains. With it, we investigate the system-level impacts of disk- and DRAM-system technologies such as DRAM capacity, disk caching, disk speed, etc.
Samuel Rodriguez
Ph.D. 2006. myCACTI: A New Cache-Design Tool for Pipelined Nanometer Caches. (AMD)
This dissertation shows that both CACTI and eCACTI still contain major limitations and even flaws in their design, making them unsuitable for use in very-deep submicron and nanometer caches, especially pipelined designs. These limitations and flaws are discussed in detail. This dissertation then introduces a new tool, called myCACTI, that addresses all these limitations and, in addition, introduces major enhancements to the simulation framework.
Aamer Jaleel
Ph.D. 2005. The Effects of Out-of-Order Execution on the Memory System. (Intel)
Studies the deleterious effects of out-of-order execution. Common wisdom holds that bigger is better: to wit, the larger the instruction window, the better the performance. Numerous studies show this result, and, consequently, numerous other studies investigate low-cost ways to implement large instruction windows. This study shows that, once one includes a realistic model of the memory system, nearly all of those projected performance gains fail to materialize.
David Tawei Wang
Ph.D. 2005. Modern DRAM Memory Systems: Performance Analysis and a High Performance, Power-Constrained DRAM-Scheduling Algorithm. (MetaRAM)
An in-depth treatment of modern, power-limited, DRAM systems. The timing parameters tFAW and tRRD, introduced at the DDR2 generation of DDRx SDRAM, have a deleterious effect on system-level performance, significantly limiting sustainable bandwidth. The work characterizes the problem and provides a scheduling algorithm that offers a solution.
As of February 2008, MetaRAM is now radar-visible. Fred, Dave, and Co. are set to take over the world.
Brian Davis
Ph.D. 2001. Modern DRAM Architectures. (Michigan Tech)
This thesis examines a variety of modern DRAM architectures in the context of current desktop workstations. The DRAM examined (EDO, Burst EDO, SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, Rambus, ESDRAM, FCRAM, VCM) include those which are available today, as well as a number of architectures which are expected to come to market in the near future. (co-advised by Trevor Mudge)
M.S. Theses:
Jeffrey Scott Smith
M.S. 2006. Distributed Two-Dimensional Fourier Transforms on DSPs with Applications for Phase Retrieval. (NASA)
Rami Nasr
M.S. 2005. FBsim and the Fully Buffered DIMM Memory System Architecture. (Lutron)
Amol Gole
M.S. 2003. TERPS: The Embedded Reliable Processing System. (General Dynamics Robotics Systems)
Bharath Iyer
M.S. 2003. Extended Split-Issue Mechanism in VLIW DSPs to Support SMT and Hardware-ISA Decoupling. (AMD)
Nuengwong (Ohm) Tuaycharoen
M.S. 2003. RTOS-Based Dynamic Voltage Scaling. (U. Maryland Ph.D. 2006)
Lei Zong
M.S. 2003. Nanoprocessors: Configurable Hardware Accelerators for Embedded Systems. (Army Research Lab)
Brinda Ganesh
M.S. 2002. Architectural Support for Embedded Operating Systems. (U. Maryland Ph.D. 2007)
Aamer Jaleel
M.S. 2002. In-Line Interrupt Handling and Lockup-Free TLBs. (U. Maryland Ph.D. 2005)
Paul Kohout
M.S. 2002. Hardware Support for Real-Time Operating Systems. (EVI Technology)
Tiebing Zhang
M.S. 2001. RTOS Performance and Energy Consumption Analysis Based on an Embedded System Testbed. (Aeptec Microsystems)
Christopher Collins
M.S. 2000. An Evaluation of Embedded System Behavior Using Full-System Software Emulation. (Intel)
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Nakina Systems provides Domain Control and Intelligence solutions to communications equipment and service providers worldwide. Our solutions enable service providers to scale new network service infrastructure more rapidly and cost-effectively.
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10/25. Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) filed a complaint in U.S. District Court (WDWisc) against ATI Technologies alleging patent infringement. The complaint, filed on October 24, alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,650,327 which relates to graphics processing.
On October 25, 2006, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced that it completed its acquisition of ATI Technologies. See, AMD release.
SGI is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 6,650,327, titled "Display system having floating point rasterization and floating point framebuffering".
Dennis McKenna, CEO of SGI, stated in a release that "The Company's technology covered by the '327 patent is an important resource in achieving enhanced graphics processing demanded by today's computer systems ... SGI has licensed this technology to ATI's major competitors and, as I have previously been stating publicly, SGI intends to aggressively protect and enforce its IP. This is the first visible step in that process."
An AMD spokesman told TLJ that AMD is still reviewing the complaint, but will "aggressively defend" itself. He added that AMD does not expect the suit to create any issues for the merger, or with its plans going forward.
SGI is a Delaware corporation based in Mountain View, California. Neither ATI nor AMD incorporated in, or established a major presence in, Wisconsin.
10/25. President Bush gave a speech at a Congressional campaign event in Sarasota, Florida on October 24. He discussed the extra-judicial electronic surveillance program of the National Security Agency (NSA) where one party in inside the U.S. and one party is outside the U.S.
He said that "We had a series of interesting votes in Washington, D.C. recently that should explain the fundamental differences between how we view the war on terror and how the Democrats view the war on terror. I felt that the President should do everything in his power within the Constitution to protect you. And therefore, after 9/11, I made a couple of decisions that recently were brought to a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, which should give you an indication about the differences of opinion."
President Bush did not reference any bill numbers or titles. However, the House approved HR 5825, the "Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act", sponsored by Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), on September 28, 2006. The House vote was 232-191. Republicans voted 214-13, while Democrats voted 18-177. See, Roll Call No. 502. See also, story titled "Bush Discusses Surveillance, FISA and HR 5825" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,461, October 4, 2006.
He continued that "I believe that we must work to prevent attacks from happening in the first place, but here in the homeland -- by staying on the offense. But here in the homeland, I understand that the enemy has to be right one time, and we have to be right a hundred percent of the time in order to protect you. And therefore I feel it's important to make sure our professionals have the tools necessary to protect you."
"I felt like that if al Qaeda or an al Qaeda affiliate was making a phone call into the United States of America from outside our country, our intelligence professionals need to know why. This is a different kind of war. Past wars -- in past wars, you could watch flotillas of ships or count airplanes to determine the intent or the strength of the enemy; you could watch manpower being moved. This is a different kind of war. It's a war that requires intelligence so that we can make sure our professionals are able to protect you", said Bush.
He added that "The idea of people -- professionals being able to listen to al Qaeda and its affiliates came to a vote on the floor of the United States Congress. The American people must fully understand that the vast majority of Democrats opposed the right of this administration to have a tool necessary to protect you. We just have a different view. They must not think we're at war. They must think that the best way to protect you is to respond after the attack."
President also held a long news conference in Washington DC on October 25 at which he discussed the war on terrorism, Iraq, Iran and North Korea. See, transcript.
He stated that terrorists "are lethal, cold-blooded killers. And we must do everything we can to protect the American people, including questioning detainees, or listening to their phone calls from outside the country to inside the country. And there was -- as you know, there was some recent votes on that issue. And the Democrats voted against giving our professionals the skill -- the tools necessary to protect the American people."
10/20. Peter Mandelson, the European Commissioner for Trade, gave a speech in Monaco on ideas, intellectual property rights (IPR), globalization, and trade.
Mandelson (at right) said that Europe trades in ideas that are transformed into products and services, that those ideas are being stolen, and that nations need to address this.
He said that "I'm steering towards the question of IPR and counterfeiting because I want to use it as an example of the kind of issue that is around the next corner in trade policy. And it is particularly important for people who trade in ideas -- ideas as services or ideas as manufactured products."
He said that until recently counterfeiting meant fake Gucci purses and Rolex watches. However, he said that it is much bigger now, and includes "fake foodstuffs and drinks, fake car parts; fake airplane parts -- I mean think about that for a moment, fake aircraft parts! -- fake electrical appliances and fake toys."
He continued that counterfeiting now includes "fake antibiotics, fake avian-flu drugs, fake anti-malarials and fake insulin. 800000 doses of fake medicine were seized at EU borders in 2004. Most of those fake drugs were headed for the world's poorest countries. Still think its harmless?"
He said that "it goes far beyond counterfeit manufactures. Counterfeit music and film -- often easily available on the internet -- is undermining the music and film industries' investments in artist development. That single issue of internet music piracy and the abuse of music copyright is a significant part of whats standing between Russia and the US on the issue of Russias accession to the WTO to which I have added Europe's voice -- so it matters."
He said that "two thirds of counterfeit goods intercepted on their way into the EU are made in China. Behind China come Russia, the Ukraine, Turkey, Chile."
He also recited some of the things that the EU is doing in response. He said We've teamed up with the US this year to create joint task forces in our embassies, and customs services and to share intelligence on border trafficking."
He added that "We've been strengthening our resources on the ground in China to help EU businesses find reliable suppliers, spot the risks from IP theft and deal with the Chinese legal system -- which is, well, opaque, shall we say. Weve set benchmarks for intercepting counterfeit goods and we expect the Chinese to meet them."
He also suggested that it is in the interest of China to protect IPR, and that it is beginning to act accordingly. He said that "I think that I detect a definite shift in approach in China, certainly a major change of tone. There is a willingness to engage on IPR that wasnt there even two years ago. Why? Partly because of carefully applied and constructive pressure for action. But there is also this: last month China became the fifth biggest filer for patents in the global economy after the US, Japan, Korea and the EU.
He elaborated that "half or more of those patents are foreign companies looking to protect their own production in China from local piracy. But an increasing number of Chinese companies are looking to the Chinese system to protect their own innovation."
"The infant Chinese film industry is being crippled by film piracy in China. The Chinese governments attempts to protect the official branding of the 2008 Beijing Olympics is being undermined by the flow of counterfeit knock-offs of official merchandise. If Chinese businesses dont have confidence in the protection of IPR in their own market then they wont innovate." Mandelson said that "The lesson -- if youre inclined to draw it, and I think the Chinese government is drawing it -- is that tolerating intellectual property theft is a dead end for just about everyone."
He also commented on those persons who argue against protection of IPR with slogans such as "corporate agenda" and "people not patents".
He said that "When we privatise knowledge we have to do so with great care." He urged consideration of "the incentive that drives us to innovate in the first place". He argued that Europe produces many services and products that are idea based, and "To preserve the innovation that creates those things, and to preserve the quality dividend that attaches to those things, those ideas need to be better protected."
He concluded that "IPR protection is not a ``corporate agenda´´. And it is not a favour emerging economies like China are doing for us. If you want to get ahead, move up the value chain, then looking the other way on intellectual property piracy will come back and bite you. Its an essential element of an economy that trades in ideas."
In this speech, he referenced many types of intellectual property that should be protected, including trademarks that consist of European place names used to identify food products. He said that Camembert is an idea.
The House will not meet. It may return from it elections recess on Monday, November 13, 2006. The adjournment resolution, HConRes 483, provides for returning on Thursday, November 9, at 2:00 PM.
The Senate will not meet. See, HConRes 483.
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Day three of a five day meeting of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to conduct a final review of its 2006 annual report to the Congress. The agenda includes discussion of "China's Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Its Production of Counterfeit Goods", "China's Media Control Activities", "The Effect of U.S. and Multilateral Export Controls on China's Military Modernization", and "China's WTO Compliance". See, notice in the Federal Register: October 18, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 201, at Pages 61541-61542. Location: Conference Room 385, Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street, NW.
8:00 AM. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) will meet. See, agenda [MS Word] and notice in the Federal Register, September 15, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 179, at Page 54550. Location: FAA, Headquarters Building, Bessie Coleman Conference Center, 2nd floor, 800 Independence Ave., SW.
10:00 AM. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Public Knowledge (PK), Media Access Project (MAP) will host a news conference to launch a "Digital Freedom Campaign". The speakers will include Gary Shapiro (CEA), Gigi Sohn (PK), and Harold Feld (MAP). For more information, contact Jennifer Stoltz at 202-448-3145 or jstoltz at qorvis dot com. Location: National Press Club, Main Ballroom, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., NW.
POSTPONED. 10:00 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Technological Advisory Council will hold a meeting. The agenda includes presentations regarding, and discussions of, fiber to the home initiatives, CATV broadband initiatives, broadband over powerline, WiMAX and WiBRO, GSM and WiFi crossover, spectrum observatory, and propagation characteristics -- HF through microwave. See, FCC public notice [PDF] and notice in the Federal Register, October 19, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 202, at Page 61774. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, TW-C305 at 445 12th St., SW.
2:30 - 3:30 PM. The Broadcasting Board of Governors will hold a closed meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 24, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 205, at Page 62247. Location: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330 Independence Ave., SW.
6:00 - 8:15 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Recent Developments and Current Issues". The speakers will include Thomas Scott (Weadon & Associates) and Carol Kalinoski (Kalinoski & Associates). The price to attend ranges from $90-$135. For more information, call 202-626-3488. See, notice and notice. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the intercarrier compensation reform plan known at the Missoula Plan. This proceeding is titled "Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime" and numbered CC Docket No. 01-92. See, notice in the Federal Register: September 13, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 177, at Pages 54008-54009.
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(FORTUNE Magazine) – If the Israeli tech sector had a motto, it would be "Act locally, sell globally." On two recent trips to Israel, I sat through umpteen PowerPoint presentations, all of them in English, before it finally dawned on me that there are no presentations in Hebrew and no mention of any Israeli market for the country's high-tech products. It's all about North America and Europe, in that order.
Considering Israel's size (pop. 5.9 million, about the size of Indiana), it might surprise investors just how many new tech companies are sprouting up there. More than 130 Israeli firms--defined as being headed by an Israeli or with a major presence in Israel, such as an R&D facility--are listed on U.S. exchanges, 97 of them on the Nasdaq. That makes it the most heavily represented country after the U.S. No wonder Tel Aviv-based analyst Stephen Levey of UBS Warburg calls it the "Holy Valley."
Why the wealth of technology expertise? The military. Israel has a high concentration of well-trained engineers with defense experience, all looking for ways to commercialize the country's 50 years of prodigious military-related R&D spending. Many of the companies specialize in things like telecom equipment and security software, meaning business plans that are long on real-world applications and short on dot-com nonsense.
"What's strong in Israel are infrastructure players, because Israel is extremely strong in core technologies," says Elan Zivotofsky, an Israel-based tech-stock analyst with Goldman Sachs. "One of the things that really stands out has been how the higher-quality companies tend to all be profitable and have tried-and-true business models."
For example, Zivotofsky likes AudioCodes, based outside Tel Aviv, a leading maker of semiconductors that enable voice communications over the Internet (Nasdaq ticker: AUDC). Like nearly every successful Israeli company, AudioCodes is richly priced. At a market valuation of $1.7 billion, it trades for about 75 times earnings estimates for this year. But analysts expect AudioCodes to increase earnings at a 50% year-over-year clip. What's more, at $87 recently, its stock price has retreated from a midsummer high of $148, in part because of profit-taking after a decent performance last quarter and in part because of concerns about one of its major clients. But Zivotofsky believes the weakness is unwarranted and "represents an attractive buying opportunity for a profitable leader in a rapidly growing market."
The Goldman analyst also recommends three of the larger Israeli tech companies, specifically Orbotech, a maker of semiconductor test equipment based in Billerica, Mass.; Gilat Satellite Networks, a supplier to digital satellite systems; and Comverse Technology, which makes voice-mail software for telecom companies. (All three trade on the Nasdaq.) Comverse is a good example of an Israeli company with a U.S. veneer. It's in Woodbury, N.Y., where Kobi Alexander, its chairman, president, and CEO is based, but maintains a sizable R&D facility in Israel.
And then there's Check Point Software, probably the best-known company in Israel's burgeoning tech sector (and one of FORTUNE's Cool Companies in 1998). Check Point popularized so-called firewall software, which helps companies protect their networks from hacker attacks. Its hyperkinetic co-founder and CEO, Gil Shwed, toiled with a handful of buddies in a prestigious military-intelligence unit, protecting Israel's sensitive security network by trying to hack into it. Based in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, Check Point sports a market cap of $18.5 billion and sales over the past four quarters of $300 million. The stock has recently traded at about $120 a share, up 20-fold from its late 1998 low of about $6 (adjusted for splits).
Does that make the stock too pricey? Not according to some analysts, who say Check Point is as unstoppable now as Microsoft used to be. "The company is growing at levels that no one believes," says UBS Warburg's Levey, noting that its most recent quarterly earnings of $43.7 million doubled the year-earlier figure. "Every time people think they get a handle on the numbers, [Check Point] just blows them away."
Oliver Katz, an emerging European specialist with Deutsche Asset Management in New York, likes brand-new Israeli issues Floware and Giganet, both of which make broadband wireless components and both of which went public this summer. Already the two stocks have increased notably from their offering prices. And Katz adds a caveat about investing in Israel: The safest way to play, he says, is to stick with the biggest players. Smaller Israeli companies typically haven't been vetted the way larger companies have, by institutional investors scrutiniz- ing their financial performance. That's true anywhere, of course, but even more so in a place like tight-knit Israel, where foreign investors are often the last to hear about sensitive information.
And if the prospect of betting on companies launched from halfway around the world seems overly risky to you, consider diversifying with a mutual fund. A little-known New York company called TransNations Investments packages 35 Israeli companies into a single index fund, called the Amidex 35 (ticker: AMDEX). It comprises the 35 largest Israeli companies traded in either Tel Aviv or New York. TransNations rebalances it at the beginning of the year and whenever a member stock gets acquired. Although the Amidex 35 attracted just $20 million in assets in its first year, it returned an impressive 78% to investors. Boaz Rahav, the fund's manager, says he'll soon begin marketing the Amidex through Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer, and a few other brokerages. He says the firm also plans to offer actively managed Israeli stock funds in the near future.
If nothing else, Israel's fast-growing tech market offers a key lesson for savvy investors: The best homegrown ideas often come from somebody else's backyard.
ADAM LASHINSKY is a columnist for TheStreet.com.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comverse Technology Inc , a software developer that became a poster child for a major stock options backdating scandal, has been approached by bidders interested in its core division, sources close to the matter said.
Comverse Technology has been sharing financial information with prospective parties, including large global technology companies, for its telecommunications billing software unit, Comverse Network Systems, the sources said.
The interest in Comverse Technology's unit comes as the company finally emerges from the aftermath of the long-running scandal, relisting on Nasdaq two months ago.
Former Chief Executive and founder Jacob "Kobi" Alexander fled to Namibia in 2006 to escape federal charges related to the scandal. He has fought extradition to the United States since, at one time pledging to invest millions of dollars in Namibia and making political connections there.
More than 200 companies were caught in an options backdating scandal that broke a few years ago.
In December 2009, Comverse Technology settled a class action lawsuit related to the scandal for $225 million, with Alexander contributing $60 million.
Comverse Technology became compliant with its regulatory filings only in September this year.
The CNS unit posted $182 million in revenue, accounting for nearly half of Comverse Technology's overall revenues for the quarter ending July 31. Comverse Technology has a market capitalization of about $1.3 billion. The company's shares rose 1.5 percent on Wednesday to close at $6.60.
Hedge fund Cadian Capital Management LLC, which holds 4.18 percent in Comverse Technology and recently ran a proxy fight at the company, said in a regulatory filing last month that the unit alone could be worth more than $2 billion.
Cadian drew that conclusion based on the revenue multiple paid by private equity firm Permira for Alcatel-Lucent SA's global telecommunications business last month. Permira paid $1.5 billion for the business.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc , which has been working with New York-based Comverse Technology for the last two years, is advising it on strategic alternatives, including any bidding interest. Investment bank Rothschild is advising the board, these sources said.
Representatives for Comverse Technology, Goldman Sachs and Rothschild declined to comment.
This would mark the third attempt since 2006 that Comverse Technology has tried to sell itself or its assets, the sources said.
In its last attempt in 2010, Comverse drew interest from Oracle Corp and Israeli competitor Amdocs Ltd , sources told Reuters at the time.
But a deal did not happen in part because Comverse was not current on its financial statements.
Amdocs declined to comment, while Oracle was not available for comment.
CROWN JEWEL
Comverse Technology said in September it would look to unwind its holding company structure, which also includes its 54.5 percent stake in security intelligence software maker Verint Systems Inc and 66.5 percent ownership in cellular software company Starhome.
The board is looking for tax-efficient ways to spin off Verint, creating a holding company that would have certain liabilities and cash, but no operations, a source said.
Comverse Technology would continue to own a majority stake in Verint under this structure, the source said.
This would then give Verint the option of purchasing the holding company and "collapse it" through a reverse merger.
"It could be a relatively tax-efficient way for Verint to be liberated, free to do what it needs to do to grow its business and shareholder value," the source said.
Comverse shareholders have eagerly awaited the spin-off or sale of Verint, which is considered Comverse Technology's "crown jewel," two shareholders who requested anonymity told Reuters.
"Our preference is that they use that controlling position to engineer a strategic transaction with someone and even a financial transaction," one shareholder said.
These shareholders said they believe one of the best combinations for Verint would be merging it with Israeli-based peer Nice Systems Ltd , creating a more significant competitor against companies such as IBM Corp .
However, Nice would have to be willing to take on Verint's significant debt, which was $591 million as of July 31.
"A Nice merger is the best way to get value for the shareholders of Verint," a shareholder said. "But I don't know if the Comverse board sees it that way."
Nice Systems declined to comment. Verint was not immediately available for comment.
DISSIDENCE
In October, New York-based Cadian launched a proxy contest recommending that shareholders vote against three of the company's directors.
Cadian and proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co said at the time that Comverse Technology had not managed the restatement process well and so the board needed to be held accountable.
"The duration and expense of the accounting restatement begs the question Cadian has raised about the board's sense of urgency throughout the process," ISS said at the time.
Cadian, run by Eric Bannasch, won the campaign on November 16, with the removal of two directors, Raz Alon and Joseph O'Donnell.
Two other directors -- Alex Porter and Richard Nottenburg -- did not stand for reelection, reducing the board from 10 directors to six.
"There was an assumption made that Alex and Rich were frustrated that the board was not moving in ways that they thought they should be moving," said one of the sources.
The next board meeting is expected to be held in May, giving shareholders several months to examine whether the current board can create value for the company.
"In a relatively short period of time. The pressure is on the board to deliver," one shareholder added.
Reporting by Nadia Damouni; editing by Paritosh Bansal, Bernard Orr, Andre Grenon, and Bob Burgdorfer
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“Actually raising the funds took several months,” said Fortissimo Capital founding and managing partner Yuval Cohen,” He recounted that the most difficult questions asked by investors was regarding, “The regional geopolitical situation.”
In contrast to Fortissimo’s two previous funds that totaled $80 million and $150 million, a large part of the latest fund came from financial institutions in the US and Europe. Investors include large US pension funds, and Cohen said, “They are backing us because of our strategy, team, and our performance.”
Fortissimo was founded in 2004 when it raised its first fund of $80 million. It founders Cohen, Shmoulik Barashi, Eli Blatt, Marc Lesnick, Yochai Hacohen and Yoav Hineman chose to focus on the high tech world in their “own back yard” later stage companies that were at the fork in the road where a change in management and injection of capital could help push them forward. The strategy very quickly proved itself and the first fund earned phenomenal returns by the standards of private equity funds with IRR returns of over 50% annually and an overall quintupling of amounts invested.
Fortissimo’s unique approach can be seen from Sodastream International Ltd. (Nasdaq: SODA) that provided the “home run” for the first fund. Fortissimo invested $10 million in the soda maker in 2007, and exited after its public offering with $200 million. The second fund also had some relatively successful exits such as the sale in 2011 of Cadent Inc., which develops 3D dental imaging solutions, and saw investors triple their investments in just two years. In this instance too, Fortissimo behaved like a venture capital fund, even though it is defined as a relatively solid fund.
The latest fund is far larger than the previous one. But will it achieve the same level of performance? Cohen said, “We could have increased the size of the fund by much more but it didn’t suit us to stay with our current strategy with a fund of this size. Our aim is to provide the same performance of the previous funds.”
According to Cohen, Fortissimo is looking for companies that have the potential to achieve returns of between fice and ten times the investment and not just double to triple the money, even though such returns are considered high for investors in later stage companies. Cohen said, “We want to invest in companies that will make more than double or triple the investment, or will at least have the potential. We want to find companies that will provide these capabilities.”
The most prominent investment carries out so far by the new fund was the acquisition of Starhom from Comverse Technology Inc (Nasdaq: CMVT) for $54 million. Some sources believe that Fortissimo also considered buying Alvarion Ltd (Nasdaq: ALVR; TASE: ALVR) although it is highly dubious whether that company could provide the kind of returns that Fortissimo is looking for.
The significance of this means foregoing deals in which the fund does not see the potential for high returns. This is what also happened several months ago with Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd. (TASE: HAML) with which Fortissimo held talks with Discount Corporation (TASE: DISI) for its sale but in the end was sold to First Israel Mezzanine Investors Fund (FIMI).
Cohen said, “The difference with the new fund is that there will be less small deals. But as with the previous funds we will invest in 8 – 10 companies overall but we will take a larger stake of the companies.”
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NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comverse Technology, Inc. ("CTI") (Nasdaq:CMVT) today announced its results for the three months ended October 31, 2011.
Consolidated Highlights: Below is selected consolidated financial information for the three months ended October 31, 2011 and 2010 prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and, where indicated, not in accordance with GAAP ("non-GAAP").
Revenue increased 6.5% to $453.1 million.
GAAP net income attributable to CTI of $35.7 million.
GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to CTI's shareholders of $0.17.
Non-GAAP net income attributable to CTI¹ increased from $6.3 million to $35.2 million.
Basic non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to CTI's shareholders increased from $0.03 to $0.17.
Diluted non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to CTI's shareholders increased from $0.01 to $0.17.
CTI is a holding company that conducts business through its subsidiaries, principally its wholly-owned subsidiary, Comverse, Inc. ("Comverse"), and its majority-owned subsidiaries, Verint Systems Inc. ("Verint"), Starhome B.V. ("Starhome") and, prior to its sale during fiscal 2010, Ulticom, Inc. For the current fiscal periods, CTI's reportable segments were Comverse Business Support Systems ("BSS"), Comverse Value-Added Services ("VAS"), and Verint. The results of operations of all the other operations of the company, including the Comverse Mobile Internet operating segment ("Comverse MI"), Comverse's Netcentrex operations, Comverse's global corporate functions that support its business units, Starhome B.V. and its subsidiaries, miscellaneous operations and CTI's holding company operations are included in the column captioned "All Other" in the business segment information provided.
Comverse Subsidiary Highlights: Below is selected financial information for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011 and 2010 for the company's Comverse subsidiary.
Comverse Subsidiary: ² Three Months Ended October 31, Nine Months Ended October 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2011 2010 2011 2010 Total revenue $ 243,797 $ 228,901 $ 589,616 $ 627,019 Gross margin 40.9% 51.7% 38.0% 43.5% Income (loss) from operations $ 29,501 $ (9,119) $ 1,417 $ (76,576) Operating margin 12.1% (4.0%) 0.2% (12.2%) Comverse performance $ 43,405 $ 40,851 $ 54,022 $ 30,290 Comverse performance margin 17.8% 17.8% 9.2% 4.8%
Charles Burdick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CTI said, "We achieved profitability and positive operating cash flow in each of our three subsidiaries, and have a solid financial foundation to support our future success. Our Comverse subsidiary is experiencing increasing recognition for its leadership in the emerging converged billing BSS segment, with new Comverse ONE customer wins, and endorsements from network operators and other industry thought leaders. Comverse also continues to reinforce its leading market position in value-added services with the introduction of its new IP messaging platform and Service Enablement Middleware cloud-based solution. Our majority-owned Verint and Starhome subsidiaries again delivered strong operating and market performance."
1"Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc." and "Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc.'s shareholders" have not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. See "Presentation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Consolidated Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below. 2For additional information concerning the presentation of financial information for the company's Comverse subsidiary and the computation of "Comverse Performance," see "Financial Results—Comverse Subsidiary—Comverse Performance" and "Supplemental Financial Information" below. Comverse performance margin reflects Comverse performance as a percentage of total revenue.
Comverse and Starhome Highlights: Below is selected financial information for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011 and 2010 for the company's Comverse BSS and Comverse VAS segments, as well as Comverse Other and Starhome:
Three Months Ended October 31, Nine Months Ended October 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2011 2010 2011 2010 Comverse BSS Total and segment revenue $ 117,731 $ 90,906 $ 278,403 $ 242,151 Income from operations 30,413 26,018 56,261 36,879 Comverse VAS Total and segment revenue $ 112,655 $ 121,141 $ 276,234 $ 341,001 Income from operations 48,372 55,893 99,017 118,975 Comverse Other 1 Total revenue 2 $ 13,411 $ 16,854 $ 34,979 $ 43,867 Loss from operations (49,284) (91,030) (153,861) (232,430) Starhome Total revenue 3 $ 10,983 $ 10,713 $ 32,654 $ 27,912 Income from operations 1,984 1,899 5,765 2,884 1Relates to all the operations of the company's Comverse Subsidiary, other than the company's Comverse BSS and Comverse VAS segments. 2 Total revenue for Comverse Other includes intercompany revenue of $0.7 million and $2.4 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011, respectively, and $0.6 million and $1.6 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2010, respectively. 3 Total revenue for Starhome includes intercompany revenue of $0.4 million and $1.6 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2010, respectively.
Financial Results
Comverse Subsidiary
Comverse Subsidiary Total Revenue
Total revenue for the company's Comverse subsidiary (including intercompany revenue) was $243.8 million for the current fiscal quarter, an increase of 6.5% compared to the $228.9 million for the prior year fiscal quarter. Total revenue for the company's Comverse subsidiary was $589.6 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, a decrease of 6.0% compared to the $627.0 million for the corresponding prior year period. Comverse's revenue for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011 includes $39.0 million and $41.2 million, respectively, of additional revenue recognized due to the adoption of new accounting guidance. This includes $33.9 million recognized in the current fiscal quarter resulting from the material modifications of certain existing contracts.
Comverse's revenue from customer solutions was $160.6 million for the current fiscal quarter, an increase of $19.3 million, or 13.7%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Comverse's revenue from customer solutions was $344.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, a decrease of $34.9 million, or 9.2%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Comverse's revenue from maintenance was $83.2 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $4.4 million, or 5.1%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Comverse's revenue from maintenance was $244.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, a decrease of $2.5 million, or 1.0%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Comverse Subsidiary Income (Loss) from Operations
Income from operations for the company's Comverse subsidiary was $29.5 million for the current fiscal quarter, compared to loss from operations of $9.1 million for the prior year fiscal quarter. BSS and VAS segment operating income of $30.4 million and $48.4 million, respectively, do not include corporate overhead allocations. Such expenses are included in Comverse Other operating loss, which was $49.3 million.
Comverse Performance
Comverse performance was $43.4 million for the current fiscal quarter, representing a Comverse performance margin of 17.8%, compared to $40.9 million for the prior year fiscal quarter, also representing a segment performance margin of 17.8%.
Comverse performance represents the operating results of the company's Comverse subsidiary without the impact of significant expenditures incurred by Comverse in connection with the efforts to become or remain current in periodic reporting obligations under the federal securities laws which are expected to be eliminated over time, certain noncash charges, and certain other gains and charges.
Comverse BSS Revenue
Comverse BSS revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $117.7 million for the current fiscal quarter, an increase of $26.8 million, or 29.5%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Revenue from Comverse BSS customer solutions was $82.3 million for the current fiscal quarter, an increase of $30.2 million, or 58.0%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. The increase in revenue from Comverse BSS customer solutions in the current fiscal quarter was primarily attributable to material modifications of certain existing contracts that allowed the recognition of additional revenue of approximately $33.5 million. Comverse BSS maintenance revenue was $35.4 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $3.4 million, or 8.7%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter.
Comverse BSS revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $278.4 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, an increase of $36.3 million, or 15.0%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Comverse VAS Revenue
Comverse VAS revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $112.7 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $8.5 million, or 7.0%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Revenue from Comverse VAS customer solutions was $69.8 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $5.9 million, or 7.8%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Comverse VAS maintenance revenue was $42.9 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $2.6 million, or 5.6%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter.
Comverse VAS revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $276.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, a decrease of $64.8 million, or 19.0%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Comverse Other Revenue
Comverse Other revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $13.4 million for the current fiscal quarter, a decrease of $3.4 million, or 20.4%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Comverse Other revenue was $35.0 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, a decrease of $8.9 million, or 20.3%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Starhome Revenue
Starhome's revenue from customer solutions and maintenance (including intercompany revenue) was $11.0 million for the current fiscal quarter, an increase of $0.3 million, or 2.5%, compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Starhome's revenue from customer solutions and maintenance was $32.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, an increase of $4.7 million, or 17.0%, compared to the corresponding prior year period.
Financial Condition of CTI and its Comverse Subsidiary
As of October 31, 2011, CTI and its Comverse subsidiary had combined cash, cash equivalents, bank time deposits and restricted cash of approximately $342.6 million, compared to approximately $374.2 million as of July 31, 2011. During the current fiscal quarter, CTI and Comverse made significant disbursements aggregating approximately $36.5 million, primarily related to $20.0 million paid under a class action settlement agreement, $10.4 million in professional fees, $4.0 million in restructuring payments, and $2.1 million in payments made in connection with a separation agreement with CTI's former President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, during such period, CTI's holding company operations experienced negative cash flows from operations. These decreases were partially offset primarily by positive cash flows from operations at Comverse.
Restricted cash aggregated $61.8 million as of October 31, 2011, compared to $78.5 million as of July 31, 2011. Cash, cash equivalents, bank time deposits and restricted cash excludes ARS. As of October 31, 2011 and July 31, 2011, CTI had $68.7 million and $68.9 million aggregate principal amount of ARS, respectively, with a carrying amount on each such date of approximately $50.3 million and $51.9 million, respectively. Proceeds from sales and redemptions of ARS (including interest thereon) were restricted under the terms of the consolidated shareholder class action settlement agreement.
Subsequent to October 31, 2011, CTI paid all remaining amounts under the settlement agreement aggregating $91.3 million, of which $82.5 million was paid using CTI shares of common stock and the remaining $8.8 million in cash. Following such payment, all ARS and cash proceeds from sales of ARS became unrestricted. In addition, in November 2011, CTI sold ARS with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $61.2 million and a carrying amount of $50.0 million for approximately $49.2 million.
As of October 31, 2011 and July 31, 2011, CTI and its Comverse subsidiary had combined indebtedness of approximately $2.2 million.
Verint Segment
Verint is a majority-owned subsidiary of CTI. Its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "VRNT."
For additional information concerning Verint's results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011, please see the press release issued by Verint on December 7, 2011, which is available on Verint's website, www.verint.com and is included as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Verint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and Verint's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended October 31, 2011.
Conference Call Information
We will be conducting a conference call today at 8:30 am to discuss our results for the third quarter. An on-line, real-time webcast of the conference call will be available on our website at www.cmvt.com. The conference call can also be accessed live via telephone at 1-678-825-8369. Please dial in 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the call will be available, beginning at approximately 11:00 am on December 9, 2011, for thirty days, at 1-404-537-3406, and archived via webcast at www.cmvt.com. The replay access code is 34995666.
Segment Performance
CTI evaluates its business by assessing the performance of each of its operating segments. CTI's Chief Executive Officer is its chief operating decision maker ("CODM"). The CODM uses segment performance, as defined below, as the primary basis for assessing the financial results of the operating segments and for the allocation of resources. Segment performance, as the company defines it in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standard Board's ("FASB") guidance relating to segment reporting, is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies. Segment performance, as defined by management, represents operating results of a segment without the impact of significant expenditures incurred by the segment in connection with the efforts to become or remain current in periodic reporting obligations under the federal securities laws which are expected to be eliminated over time, certain non-cash charges, and certain other insignificant gains and charges.
Segment performance is computed by management as income (loss) from operations adjusted for the following: (i) stock-based compensation expense; (ii) amortization of acquisition-related intangibles; (iii) compliance-related professional fees; (iv) compliance-related compensation and other expenses; (v) impairment charges; (vi) litigation settlements and related costs; (vii) acquisition-related charges; (viii) restructuring and integration charges; and (ix) certain other gains and charges. Compliance-related professional fees and compliance-related compensation and other expenses recorded for fiscal periods ended on or before July 31, 2011 relate to fees and expenses incurred in connection with (a) the company's efforts to complete current and previously issued financial statements and audits of such financial statements, and (b) the company's efforts to become current in its periodic reporting obligations under the federal securities laws. Compliance-related professional fees and compliance-related compensation and other expenses recorded for the three months ended October 31, 2011 relate to fees and expenses incurred in connection with the timely filing of the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2011 and CTI's efforts to remediate material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting that are expected to be eliminated over time.
In evaluating each segment's performance, management uses segment revenue, which consists of revenue generated by the segment, including intercompany revenue. Certain segment performance adjustments relate to expenses included in the calculation of income (loss) from operations, while, from time to time, certain segment performance adjustments may be presented as adjustments to revenue. In calculating Verint's segment performance for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2011, the presentation of segment revenue gives effect to segment revenue adjustments that represent the impact of fair value adjustments required under the FASB's guidance relating to acquired customer support contracts that would have otherwise been recognized as revenue on a standalone basis with respect to acquisitions consummated by Verint during the periods presented. Verint did not have a segment revenue adjustment for the three or nine months ended October 31, 2010.
Presentation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
CTI provides Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc. and Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc.'s shareholders as additional information for its operating results. These measures are not in accordance with, or alternatives for, GAAP financial measures and may be different from, or not comparable to similarly titled or other non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. CTI believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding certain additional financial and business trends relating to its results of operations as viewed by management in monitoring the company's businesses. In addition, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures for reviewing financial results and for planning purposes. See "Comverse Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
About Comverse Technology, Inc.
Comverse Technology, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Comverse, is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling converged billing and active customer management and value-added voice, messaging and mobile Internet services. Comverse's extensive customer base spans more than 125 countries and covers over 450 communication service providers serving more than two billion subscribers. CTI also holds majority ownership positions in Verint (Nasdaq:VRNT) and privately-held Starhome.
The Comverse Technology logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7454
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements appearing in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements include financial projections, statements of plans and objectives for future operations, statements of future economic performance, and statements of assumptions relating thereto. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as "may," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "potential," "projects," "forecasts," "intends," or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results, performance and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. These and other risks, uncertainties and other important factors are described in CTI's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, in Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011 (the "2010 Form 10-K") and in Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and include, among other things, the following risks and uncertainties:
the risk of diminishment in our capital resources as a result of, among other things, future negative cash flows from operations at Comverse or the continued incurrence of significant expenses by CTI and Comverse in connection with the filing by CTI of periodic reports under the federal securities laws and the remediation of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting;
the continuation of material weaknesses or the discovery of additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and any delay in the implementation of remedial measures;
the review of the periodic reports of CTI and Verint Systems by the staff of the SEC could result in amendments to our and Verint Systems' financial information or other disclosures;
the risk that, if CTI ceases to maintain a majority ownership of Verint Systems' outstanding equity securities and ceases to maintain control over Verint's operations, it may be required to no longer consolidate Verint's financial statements within its consolidated financial statements and, in such event, the presentation of CTI's consolidated financial statements would be materially different from the presentation for the fiscal periods covered by this Quarterly Report and for the fiscal years covered by the 2010 Form 10-K;
we may need to recognize further impairment of intangible assets or financial assets and goodwill;
the effects of any potential decline or weakness in the global economy (due to among other things, the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and European sovereign debt crisis) on the telecommunications industry, which may result in reduced information technology spending and reduced demand for our subsidiaries' products and services;
disruption in the credit and capital markets may limit our ability to access capital;
potential loss of business opportunities due to continued concern on the part of customers, partners, investors and employees about our financial condition and CTI's previous extended delay in becoming current in its periodic reporting obligations under the federal securities laws;
rapidly changing technology in our subsidiaries' industries and our subsidiaries' ability to enhance existing products and develop and market new products;
our subsidiaries' dependence on contracts for large systems and large installations for a significant portion of their sales and operating results including, among other things, the lengthy and complex bidding and selection process, the difficulty predicting their ability to obtain particular contracts and the timing and scope of these opportunities;
the difficulty in predicting operating results as a result of lengthy and variable sales cycles, focus on large customers and installations, short delivery windows required by customers, and the high percentage of orders typically generated late in the fiscal quarter;
the deferral or loss of one or more significant orders or customers or a delay in an expected implementation of such an order could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in any fiscal period, particularly if there are significant sales and marketing expenses associated with the deferred, lost or delayed sales;
the potential incurrence by our subsidiaries of significant costs to correct previously undetected operational problems in their complex products;
our subsidiaries' dependence on a limited number of suppliers and manufacturers for certain components and third-party software could cause a supply shortage and/or interruptions in product supply;
the risk that increased competition could force our subsidiaries to lower their prices or take other actions to differentiate their products and changes in the competitive environment in the telecommunications industry worldwide could seriously affect Comverse's business;
the risk that increased costs or reduced demand for Comverse's products resulting from compliance with evolving telecommunications regulations and the implementation of new standards may adversely affect our business and financial condition;
the risk that the failure or delay in achieving interoperability of Comverse's products with its customers' systems could impair its ability to sell its products;
the competitive bidding process used to generate sales requires our subsidiaries to expend significant resources with no guarantee of recoupment;
our subsidiaries' inability to maintain relationships with value-added resellers, systems integrators and other third parties that market and sell their products could adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations;
third parties' infringement of our subsidiaries' proprietary technology and the infringement by our subsidiaries of the intellectual property of third parties, including through the use of free or open source software;
risks of certain contractual obligations of our subsidiaries exposing them to uncapped or other significant liabilities;
the impact of mergers and acquisitions, including, but not limited to, difficulties relating to integration, the achievement of anticipated synergies and the implementation of required controls, procedures and policies at the acquired company;
risks associated with significant foreign operations and international sales, including the impact of geopolitical, economic and military conditions in foreign countries, conducting operations in countries with a history of corruption, entering into transactions with foreign governments and ensuring compliance with laws that prohibit improper payments;
adverse fluctuations of currency exchange rates;
risks relating to our significant operations in Israel, including economic, political and/or military conditions in Israel and the surrounding Middle East, and uncertainties relating to research and development grants, tax benefits and the ability of our Israeli subsidiaries to pay dividends;
potential decline in the price of CTI's common stock in the event of sales of a significant number of shares by shareholders who received shares as part of a class action settlement and by holders of securities awarded under CTI's equity incentive plans;
risks associated with Verint's significant leverage resulting from its current debt position, including Verint's ability to maintain compliance with the leverage ratio covenant under its credit facility;
the ability of Verint to pay its indebtedness as it becomes due or refinance its indebtedness as well as comply with the financial and other restrictive covenants contained therein;
risks that the credit ratings of CTI and its subsidiaries could be downgraded or placed on a credit watch based on, among other things, its financial results;
Verint's dependence on government contracts and the possibility that U.S. or foreign governments could refuse to purchase Verint's Communications Intelligence solutions or could deactivate Verint's security clearances in their countries;
risks associated with Verint's handling, or the perception of mishandling, of customers' sensitive information;
Verint's ability to receive or retain necessary export licenses or authorizations; and
other risks described in filings with the SEC.
The documents and reports we file with the SEC are available through CTI, or its website, www.cmvt.com, or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. CTI undertakes no commitment to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (In thousands, except share and per share data) October 31, January 31, ASSETS 2011 2011 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 421,346 $ 581,390 Restricted cash and bank time deposits 60,070 73,117 Auction rate securities 50,259 72,441 Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $8,939 and $13,237, respectively 314,246 319,628 Inventories, net 53,883 66,612 Deferred cost of revenue 36,540 51,470 Deferred income taxes 41,956 39,644 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 96,712 91,760 Total current assets 1,075,012 1,296,062 Property and equipment, net 77,054 66,843 Goodwill 1,046,549 967,224 Intangible assets, net 216,317 196,460 Deferred cost of revenue 141,273 158,703 Deferred income taxes 18,010 20,766 Other assets 107,001 107,864 Total assets $ 2,681,216 $ 2,813,922 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 381,003 $ 401,940 Convertible debt obligations 2,195 2,195 Deferred revenue 496,675 559,873 Deferred income taxes 13,596 13,661 Bank loans 6,208 6,000 Litigation settlements 101,030 146,150 Income taxes payable 11,858 11,486 Other current liabilities 44,377 50,280 Total current liabilities 1,056,942 1,191,585 Bank loans 592,695 583,234 Deferred revenue 260,425 270,934 Deferred income taxes 59,795 52,953 Other long-term liabilities 246,993 229,329 Total liabilities 2,216,850 2,328,035 Commitments and contingencies Equity: Comverse Technology, Inc. shareholders' equity: Common stock, $0.10 par value - authorized, 600,000,000 shares; issued 207,096,791 and 204,937,882
shares, respectively; outstanding, 206,055,795 and 204,533,916 shares, respectively 20,710 20,494 Treasury stock, at cost, 1,040,996 and 403,966 shares, respectively (7,803) (3,484) Additional paid-in capital 2,112,780 2,088,717 Accumulated deficit (1,770,840) (1,707,638) Accumulated other comprehensive income 10,094 14,919 Total Comverse Technology, Inc. shareholders' equity 364,941 413,008 Noncontrolling interest 99,425 72,879 Total equity 464,366 485,887 Total liabilities and equity $ 2,681,216 $ 2,813,922
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) (In thousands, except share and per share data) Three Months Ended October 31, Nine Months Ended October 31, 2011 2010 2011 2010 Revenue: Product revenue $ 203,587 $ 176,933 $ 511,524 $ 525,464 Service revenue 249,491 248,527 677,418 667,126 Total revenue 453,078 425,460 1,188,942 1,192,590 Costs and expenses: Product costs 85,326 60,397 207,024 201,034 Service costs 130,670 110,807 358,241 334,632 Selling, general and administrative 142,466 163,444 431,435 525,824 Research and development, net 55,768 63,060 161,706 193,264 Other operating expenses (income): Litigation settlements 4,880 (17,350) 4,880 (17,500) Restructuring charges 1,838 21,800 14,888 28,776 Total costs and expenses 420,948 402,158 1,178,174 1,266,030 Income (loss) from operations 32,130 23,302 10,768 (73,440) Interest income 826 833 3,493 2,835 Interest expense (8,192) (9,020) (25,325) (21,241) Loss on extinguishment of debt -- -- (8,136) -- Other (expense) income, net (4,144) 1,563 8,253 7,178 Income (loss) before income tax benefit (provision) 20,620 16,678 (10,947) (84,668) Income tax benefit (provision) 21,647 (47,237) (35,793) (49,463) Net income (loss) from continuing operations 42,267 (30,559) (46,740) (134,131) Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax -- (947) -- (4,000) Net income (loss) 42,267 (31,506) (46,740) (138,131) Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest (6,577) (10,197) (16,462) (9,620) Net income (loss) attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc. $ 35,690 $ (41,703) $ (63,202) $ (147,751) Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic 205,886,126 205,264,632 205,890,586 205,134,765 Diluted 206,729,005 205,264,632 205,890,586 205,134,765 Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc.'s shareholders: Basic earnings (loss) per share Continuing operations $ 0.17 $ (0.20) $ (0.31) $ (0.71) Discontinued operations -- (0.00) -- (0.01) Basic earnings (loss) per share $ 0.17 $ (0.20) $ (0.31) $ (0.72) Diluted earnings (loss) per share Continuing operations $ 0.17 $ (0.21) $ (0.31) $ (0.71) Discontinued operations -- (0.00) -- (0.01) Diluted earnings (loss) per share $ 0.17 $ (0.21) $ (0.31) $ (0.72) Net income (loss) attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc. Net income (loss) from continuing operations $ 35,690 $ (40,929) $ (63,202) $ (144,753) Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax -- (774) -- (2,998) Net income (loss) attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc. $ 35,690 $ (41,703) $ (63,202) $ (147,751)
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (In thousands) Nine Months Ended October 31, 2011 2010 Cash flows from operating activities: Net cash used in operating activities - continuing operations $ (81,473) $ (215,440) Net cash used in operating activities - discontinued operations -- (2,377) Net cash used in operating activities (81,473) (217,817) Cash flows from investing activities: Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments 26,275 57,056 Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired (98,698) (15,292) Purchase of property and equipment (13,145) (15,582) Capitalization of software development costs (2,542) (1,604) Net change in restricted cash and bank time deposits 11,757 3,197 Proceeds from asset sales -- 27,296 Settlement of derivative financial instruments not designated as hedges (1,134) (31,596) Other, net 1,587 (12) Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities - continuing operations (75,900) 23,463 Net cash provided by investing activities - discontinued operations -- 54,673 Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (75,900) 78,136 Cash flows from financing activities: Debt issuance costs and other debt-related costs (15,280) (4,039) Proceeds from borrowings, net of original issuance discount 597,000 -- Repayment of bank loans, long-term debt and other financing obligations (591,542) (22,960) Repurchase of common stock (4,319) (480) Net proceeds from issuance of common stock by a subsidiary 8,567 26,426 Proceeds from exercises of stock options 1,024 -- Other, net (2,004) -- Net cash used in financing activities - continuing operations (6,554) (1,053) Net cash provided by financing activities - discontinued operations -- 258 Net cash used in financing activities (6,554) (795) Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents 3,883 1,288 Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (160,044) (139,188) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period including cash of discontinued operations 581,390 574,872 Cash and cash equivalents, end of period including cash of discontinued operations $ 421,346 $ 435,684 Less: Cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations at end of period -- (66,880) Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 421,346 $ 368,804 Non-cash investing and financing transactions: Accrued but unpaid purchases of property and equipment $ 1,521 $ 3,058 Inventory transfers to property and equipment $ 17,377 $ 4,096 Liabilities for contingent consideration in business combination $ 33,704 $ 3,224
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Unaudited) (In thousands) Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Verint All Other Eliminations Consolidated (In thousands) Three Months Ended October 31, 2011: Revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 199,364 $ 23,328 $ -- $ 453,078 Intercompany revenue -- -- -- 1,066 (1,066) -- Total revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 199,364 $ 24,394 $ (1,066) $ 453,078 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 64,823 $ 55,632 $ 70,139 $ 25,392 $ 10 $ 215,996 Intercompany purchases -- -- -- 1,066 (1,066) -- Selling, general and administrative 7,022 1,865 82,479 51,088 12 142,466 Research and development, net 15,458 6,786 28,464 5,060 -- 55,768 Other operating expenses 15 -- -- 6,703 -- 6,718 Total costs and expenses $ 87,318 $ 64,283 $ 181,082 $ 89,309 $ (1,044) $ 420,948 Income (loss) from operations $ 30,413 $ 48,372 $ 18,282 $ (64,915) $ (22) $ 32,130 Computation of segment performance: Total revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 199,364 $ 24,394 Segment revenue adjustment -- -- 5,211 -- Segment revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 204,575 $ 24,394 Total costs and expenses $ 87,318 $ 64,283 $ 181,082 $ 89,309 Segment expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 6,650 2,010 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 4,245 -- 9,368 -- Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 3 5,082 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses (1) 295 -- 1,281 Impairment charges -- -- -- 1,118 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- 4,882 Acquisition-related charges -- -- 2,183 -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- -- 1,838 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- -- Other -- -- 2,329 3,155 Segment expense adjustments 4,244 295 20,533 19,366 Segment expenses 83,074 63,988 160,549 69,943 Segment performance $ 34,657 $ 48,667 $ 44,026 $ (45,549) Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (7,905) $ (287) $ -- $ (8,192) Depreciation and amortization $ (5,116) $ (1,248) $ (13,613) $ (2,422) $ -- $ (22,399) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (44) $ (1,118) $ -- $ (1,162) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued) (Unaudited) (In thousands) Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Verint All Other Eliminations Consolidated (In thousands) Three Months Ended October 31, 2010: Revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 186,641 $ 26,772 $ -- $ 425,460 Intercompany revenue -- -- -- 795 (795) -- Total revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 186,641 $ 27,567 $ (795) $ 425,460 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 42,238 $ 44,650 $ 58,941 $ 25,386 $ (11) $ 171,204 Intercompany purchases -- -- -- 1,232 (1,232) -- Selling, general and administrative 6,937 6,184 73,244 77,054 25 163,444 Research and development, net 15,698 14,405 24,063 8,894 -- 63,060 Other operating expenses 15 9 -- 4,426 -- 4,450 Total costs and expenses $ 64,888 $ 65,248 $ 156,248 $ 116,992 $ (1,218) $ 402,158 Income (loss) from operations $ 26,018 $ 55,893 $ 30,393 $ (89,425) $ 423 $ 23,302 Computation of segment performance: Total revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 186,641 $ 27,567 Segment revenue adjustment -- -- -- -- Segment revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 186,641 $ 27,567 Total costs and expenses $ 64,888 $ 65,248 $ 156,248 $ 116,992 Segment expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 13,090 2,744 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 4,641 -- 7,632 -- Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 823 31,144 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 47 -- -- 1,829 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- (17,258) Acquisition-related charges -- -- 518 -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- -- 21,800 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- (2,371) Other -- -- 646 1,230 Segment expense adjustments 4,688 -- 22,709 39,118 Segment expenses 60,200 65,248 133,539 77,874 Segment performance $ 30,706 $ 55,893 $ 53,102 $ (50,307) Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (8,941) $ (79) $ -- $ (9,020) Depreciation and amortization $ (5,646) $ (1,104) $ (12,148) $ (2,757) $ -- $ (21,655) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (15) $ (272) $ -- $ (287) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued) (Unaudited) (In thousands) Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Verint All Other Eliminations Consolidated (In thousands) Nine Months Ended October 31, 2011: Revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 570,655 $ 63,650 $ -- $ 1,188,942 Intercompany revenue -- -- -- 3,983 (3,983) -- Total revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 570,655 $ 67,633 $ (3,983) $ 1,188,942 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 154,320 $ 151,325 $ 194,597 $ 65,024 $ (1) $ 565,265 Intercompany purchases -- -- -- 3,983 (3,983) -- Selling, general and administrative 20,774 6,454 235,892 168,347 (32) 431,435 Research and development, net 46,967 19,434 81,640 13,665 -- 161,706 Other operating expenses 81 4 -- 19,683 -- 19,768 Total costs and expenses $ 222,142 $ 177,217 $ 512,129 $ 270,702 $ (4,016) $ 1,178,174 Income (loss) from operations $ 56,261 $ 99,017 $ 58,526 $ (203,069) $ 33 $ 10,768 Computation of segment performance: Total revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 570,655 $ 67,633 Segment revenue adjustment -- -- 6,173 -- Segment revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 576,828 $ 67,633 Total costs and expenses $ 222,142 $ 177,217 $ 512,129 $ 270,702 Segment expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 20,841 7,240 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 13,241 -- 25,664 -- Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 1,011 32,955 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 2,066 1,531 -- 1,885 Impairment charges -- 5 -- 1,270 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- 5,444 Acquisition-related charges -- -- 7,377 -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- -- 14,888 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- -- Other -- -- 4,335 6,250 Segment expense adjustments 15,307 1,536 59,228 69,932 Segment expenses 206,835 175,681 452,901 200,770 Segment performance $ 71,568 $ 100,553 $ 123,927 $ (133,137) Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (24,556) $ (769) $ -- $ (25,325) Depreciation and amortization $ (15,957) $ (3,281) $ (39,152) $ (7,333) $ -- $ (65,723) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (266) $ (1,275) $ -- $ (1,541) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued) (Unaudited) (In thousands) Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Verint All Other Eliminations Consolidated (In thousands) Nine Months Ended October 31, 2010: Revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 539,930 $ 69,508 $ -- $ 1,192,590 Intercompany revenue -- -- -- 2,271 (2,271) -- Total revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 539,930 $ 71,779 $ (2,271) $ 1,192,590 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 133,811 $ 155,085 $ 177,094 $ 70,130 $ (454) $ 535,666 Intercompany purchases -- -- -- 2,874 (2,874) -- Selling, general and administrative 22,055 21,422 240,082 242,245 20 525,824 Research and development, net 49,119 45,196 72,544 26,405 -- 193,264 Other operating expenses 287 323 -- 10,666 -- 11,276 Total costs and expenses $ 205,272 $ 222,026 $ 489,720 $ 352,320 $ (3,308) $ 1,266,030 Income (loss) from operations $ 36,879 $ 118,975 $ 50,210 $ (280,541) $ 1,037 $ (73,440) Computation of segment performance: Total revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 539,930 $ 71,779 Segment revenue adjustment -- -- -- -- Segment revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 539,930 $ 71,779 Total costs and expenses $ 205,272 $ 222,026 $ 489,720 $ 352,320 Segment expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 39,095 8,492 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 13,953 -- 22,762 -- Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 27,090 107,492 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 1,617 326 -- 804 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- (17,148) Acquisition-related charges -- -- 1,349 -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- -- 28,776 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- (2,371) Other -- -- 1,199 269 Segment expense adjustments 15,570 326 91,495 126,314 Segment expenses 189,702 221,700 398,225 226,006 Segment performance $ 52,449 $ 119,301 $ 141,705 $ (154,227) Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (20,825) $ (416) $ -- $ (21,241) Depreciation and amortization $ (17,877) $ (4,348) $ (36,100) $ (7,941) $ -- $ (66,266) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (238) $ (595) $ -- $ (833) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (In thousands) The company has revised its segment reporting as a result of the implementation of the Phase II Business Transformation at Comverse and the manner in which its CODM reviews the operating performance of Comverse and allocates resources to its operating segments. The company is providing the following additional information, presenting the results of operations of the previous Comverse reporting segment. The company believes that such presentation provides useful information to investors regarding the performance of the company's Comverse subsidiary, including comparability to previously reported financial information. The additional information provided is not a replacement for or subset of business segment information presented above. The results of operations presented in the column below under "Comverse Other" relate to all the operations of the Company's Comverse subsidiary, other than the company's Comverse BSS and Comverse VAS segments and includes the Comverse MI operating segment, Comverse's Netcentrex operations and Comverse's global corporate functions that support its business units. The information presented for "Comverse Other" includes unallocated global corporate function costs that are consistent with prior internal allocation practices. The company determined that the operating segments of the company's Comverse subsidiary included in "Comverse Other" do not meet the aggregation criteria under the segment reporting guidance; specifically they do not have similar economic characteristics, which would permit the presentation of "Comverse Other" results of operations as a separate reportable segment in the revised segment reporting information. Accordingly, such results of operations of "Comverse Other" are included in the company's "All Other" column.
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Comverse (In thousands) Three Months Ended October 31, 2011: Revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 12,757 $ 243,143 Intercompany revenue -- -- 654 654 Total revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 13,411 $ 243,797 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 64,823 $ 55,632 $ 23,101 $ 143,556 Intercompany purchases -- -- 412 412 Selling, general and administrative 7,022 1,865 34,330 43,217 Research and development, net 15,458 6,786 3,029 25,273 Other operating expenses 15 -- 1,823 1,838 Total costs and expenses $ 87,318 $ 64,283 $ 62,695 $ 214,296 Income (loss) from operations $ 30,413 $ 48,372 $ (49,284) $ 29,501 Computation of Comverse performance: Total revenue $ 117,731 $ 112,655 $ 13,411 $ 243,797 Total costs and expenses $ 87,318 $ 64,283 $ 62,695 $ 214,296 Expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 974 974 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 4,245 -- -- 4,245 Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 4,162 4,162 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses (1) 295 1,281 1,575 Impairment charges -- -- 1,118 1,118 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- 1,838 1,838 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- -- Other -- -- (8) (8) Expense adjustments 4,244 295 9,365 13,904 Expenses after adjustments 200,392 Comverse performance $ 43,405 Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (283) $ (283) Depreciation and amortization $ (5,116) $ (1,248) $ (2,202) $ (8,566) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (1,118) $ (1,118) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
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VAS Comverse
Other Total
Comverse (In thousands) Three Months Ended October 31, 2010: Revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 16,279 $ 228,326 Intercompany revenue -- -- 575 575 Total revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 16,854 $ 228,901 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 42,238 $ 44,650 $ 23,348 $ 110,236 Intercompany purchases -- -- 367 367 Selling, general and administrative 6,937 6,184 55,474 68,595 Research and development, net 15,698 14,405 6,919 37,022 Other operating expenses 15 9 21,776 21,800 Total costs and expenses $ 64,888 $ 65,248 $ 107,884 $ 238,020 Income (loss) from operations $ 26,018 $ 55,893 $ (91,030) $ (9,119) Computation of Comverse performance: Total revenue $ 90,906 $ 121,141 $ 16,854 $ 228,901 Total costs and expenses $ 64,888 $ 65,248 $ 107,884 $ 238,020 Expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 858 858 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 4,641 -- -- 4,641 Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 23,134 23,134 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 47 -- 1,840 1,887 Impairment charges -- -- -- -- Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- 21,800 21,800 Gain on sale of land -- -- (2,371) (2,371) Other -- -- 21 21 Expense adjustments 4,688 -- 45,282 49,970 Expenses after adjustments 188,050 Comverse performance $ 40,851 Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (77) $ (77) Depreciation and amortization $ (5,646) $ (1,104) $ (2,526) $ (9,276) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (272) $ (272) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Comverse
Other Total
Comverse (In thousands) Nine Months Ended October 31, 2011: Revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 32,624 $ 587,261 Intercompany revenue -- -- 2,355 2,355 Total revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 34,979 $ 589,616 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 154,320 $ 151,325 $ 58,212 $ 363,857 Intercompany purchases -- -- 1,628 1,628 Selling, general and administrative 20,774 6,454 106,608 133,836 Research and development, net 46,967 19,434 7,589 73,990 Other operating expenses 81 4 14,803 14,888 Total costs and expenses $ 222,142 $ 177,217 $ 188,840 $ 588,199 Income (loss) from operations $ 56,261 $ 99,017 $ (153,861) $ 1,417 Computation of Comverse performance: Total revenue $ 278,403 $ 276,234 $ 34,979 $ 589,616 Total costs and expenses $ 222,142 $ 177,217 $ 188,840 $ 588,199 Expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 2,671 2,671 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 13,241 -- -- 13,241 Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 14,629 14,629 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 2,066 1,531 1,885 5,482 Impairment charges -- 5 1,270 1,275 Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- 474 474 Restructuring and integration charges -- -- 14,888 14,888 Gain on sale of land -- -- -- -- Other -- -- (55) (55) Expense adjustments 15,307 1,536 35,762 52,605 Expenses after adjustments 535,594 Comverse performance $ 54,022 Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (754) $ (754) Depreciation and amortization $ (15,957) $ (3,281) $ (6,676) $ (25,914) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (1,275) $ (1,275) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
Comverse
BSS Comverse
VAS Comverse
Other Total
Comverse (In thousands) Nine Months Ended October 31, 2010: Revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 42,223 $ 625,375 Intercompany revenue -- -- 1,644 1,644 Total revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 43,867 $ 627,019 Costs and expenses: Cost of revenue $ 133,811 $ 155,085 $ 64,231 $ 353,127 Intercompany purchases -- -- 908 908 Selling, general and administrative 22,055 21,422 162,278 205,755 Research and development, net 49,119 45,196 20,714 115,029 Other operating expenses 287 323 28,166 28,776 Total costs and expenses $ 205,272 $ 222,026 $ 276,297 $ 703,595 Income (loss) from operations $ 36,879 $ 118,975 $ (232,430) $ (76,576) Computation of Comverse performance: Total revenue $ 242,151 $ 341,001 $ 43,867 $ 627,019 Total costs and expenses $ 205,272 $ 222,026 $ 276,297 $ 703,595 Expense adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 1,640 1,640 Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 13,953 -- -- 13,953 Compliance-related professional fees -- -- 63,536 63,536 Compliance-related compensation and other expenses 1,617 326 810 2,753 Impairment charges -- -- -- -- Litigation settlements and related costs -- -- -- -- Restructuring and integration charges -- -- 28,776 28,776 Gain on sale of land -- -- (2,371) (2,371) Other -- -- (1,421) (1,421) Expense adjustments 15,570 326 90,970 106,866 Expenses after adjustments 596,729 Comverse performance $ 30,290 Interest expense $ -- $ -- $ (406) $ (406) Depreciation and amortization $ (17,877) $ (4,348) $ (7,225) $ (29,450) Other non-cash items (1) $ -- $ -- $ (595) $ (595) (1) Other non-cash items consist primarily of write-offs and impairments of property and equipment.
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1. In an Expanding World of Connected Possibilities, Partnerships Are Key to Your Success Comverse Managed Services help you secure traditional revenues, monetize new connected opportunities, increase your efficiency, accelerate time-to-market of new initiatives – and reduce cost and risk.
2. Grow in New Directions / Boost Your Bottom Line The Comverse Managed Services offering, ranging from Professional Resourcing to Managed Services, and covering all Comverse solutions, helps you to grow in new directions. Do More: Communication Service Providers (CSPs) benefit from Comverse’s supreme knowledge and product familiarity, drawing from nearly three decades of experience and innumerable installations worldwide. Faster: Flexible Managed Services business models, based on mix/match & correctly-sized services, enable you to fit the service blend to your exact needs, enabling you to focus on your core business and competencies to: Reduce TCO through operational efficiency and streamlined organization, less risk and leaner organization. Boost profits from traditional business, offer more services, enter new domains, and provide a superior user experience and quality-of-service. Accelerate realization of business and technological ideas and needs for rapid time-to-market and time-to-revenue. For Less: Comverse Global Services assists you to achieve optimal operational efficiency and expedite introduction of new services, while enhancing the Quality of Experience (QoE) and customer satisfaction. Much to Offer: The Services We Provide The Comverse Managed Services offering delivers additional value to Comverse VAS, BSS and Mobile Internet customers at every stage of the product lifecycle: pre-production, the going-live process, and Post Go-Live. Comverse services cover the following service domains: Business Processes Management & Consulting Services Application Management Services Operational Services Infrastructure Management Services Tailoring Services to Meet Your Exact Business Needs Optimally tailored to address your actual needs, Comverse’s best-fit approach can include: System Operations Focus on your core while Comverse experts manage, operate and optimize the entire system, specific business process, or services. Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) We bring your new system up to speed, stabilizing its operation, and then gradually transfer the knowledge and responsibility to you. This usually follows transformation process. a system Out Tasking Comverse experts perform ad-hoc tasks for a limited period of time. Professional Resourcing Reinforcing your team with a Comverse SME (Subject Matter Expert). The scope and the MS engagement model are based on analysis of your needs and goals, determining issues like: Blend of Services Required Roles Service Duration Division of Responsibilities
3. Proven Methodologies to Enhance Your Business Results With the focus on you and with the conviction that Managed Services is about partnership, Comverse utilizes best practices and adopts industry standards, like eTOM and ITIL. From preliminary Assessment, through the Planning, Building and Operating stages, to knowledge transfer through scheduled sessions and onthe-job training, we regard your business as if it were our own. We constantly measure, audit and control activities to verify you get maximum benefit from the Service Level we committed to provide, and to ensure that all performance indicators remain green. KPI Driven and SLA Committed Service Put You in SMART Control Comverse MS enables you to increase your knowledge and control of the system and its performance. Together we determine how you measure our service. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) we set jointly to support your business goals are consistently SMART: Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-driven
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John Pavley
John is currently the Chief Technology Officer of The Huffington Post. John has led technology teams at numerous companies, including Spotify, Lime Wire, and Yahoo!. He also has extensive experience with the technology needs of start-ups, having worked at advertising and search engine optimization firms ContextWeb and Conductor, as well as several Silicon Valley firms, including BitLocker and Apple. John regularly blogs about all aspects of the tech industry. John has a BA in Visual Art from Rutgers University, and a Masters from Pratt Institute.
Steven Silberstang
Steven is a Cooper Union Alumnus (CE `70) who is currently the owner of Foolhardy Investors, a New York based investment firm. Steven was the founder, chairman, president and CTO of Amarex Technology, Inc for a number of years. He is considered a leader in the development of automated technologies. His work includes Cititran, a self-contained retail branch banking system, Citicorp's merchant credit card switch, and Con Edison's RMCC reads usage data from various recording devices and prepares data for billing. Amarex developed "intelligent network" products and systems for call handling and media processing within the telephone network. These systems were used to automate facilities for national and international networks. Following the 1999 acquisition of Amarex by Comverse Technology, Silberstang served as president and CTO of the Voice Services Platform Division until his retirement.
Owen Davis
Owen is currently Managing Director of NYC Seed, a seed stage venture capital fund in New York City. Owen has worked in all aspects of the online world, including work with early versions of AOL and MSN. He created one of the first 200 web sites on-line and founded Thinking Media in the summer of 1995, an online marketing firm which pioneered client-side tracking of pages and advertisements, which has become the standard method for online measurement. He co-founded Sonata in 1999, a wireless company that provided location-based services and marketing to cell phones. Owen was named various times as one of the 100 Top Internet Executives in New York by The Silicon Alley Reporter and most recently was named one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Alley for 2008. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
David Kalow
David is a founding partner of Kalow & Springut, LLP. He represents clients in patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark matters arising in the course of transactions, trials, appeals, licensing, and strategic counseling. David has prosecuted and litigated pioneering patents on DNA synthesis, pharmacogenomics, antisense, RNAi and bar codes; expedited vindication of trademark, copyright and misappropriation rights; developed creative licensing programs; acted as special IP counsel in transactions and pharmaceutical antitrust litigations; and created and implemented strategies to maximize returns on intellectual property assets. He is particularly experienced in innovative litigation strategies, portfolio analysis, IP audit design and implementation and patent validity and infringement opinions.
Barry Negrin
Barry is a Cooper Union Alumnus (ME `89) and registered patent attourney, practicing with Kane Kessler, P.C. and currently serving as counsel to the firm. Throughout his career, Barry has drafted patent applications and infringement/non-infringement opinions, has litigated patent infringement issues, and has conducted patent reexamination proceedings, all in a wide variety of technologies, including X-ray optical systems, rapid blood clotting treatments, social media monitoring and interaction, video software codec systems, software for developing and executing distributed applications, ultraviolet water purification systems, internet search functionality, and many others. Prior to joining Kane Kessler, Barry was the co-founder of the patent group at a New York based 125-attorney general practice firm.
Chaitanya Kanojia
Chaitanya "Chet" Kanojia is the founder and CEO of Aereo, Inc., a groundbreaking online TV platform. Backed by a group of premiere investors and powered by a stellar engineering team, Aereo has developed proprietary cloud-based antenna and DVR technology that allows consumers to watch live or recorded HD broadcast television on virtually any type of Internet-connected device, including smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and computers. Previously, Chet was the founder and CEO of Navic Networks. Under Chetâs direction, Navic Networks grew to be the undisputed industry leader in advanced television advertising. Navic Networks was subsequently acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Chet, who holds more than 14 patents in fields ranging from robotics to data communications systems, is an innovative leader known for pushing beyond the conventional and developing breakthrough solutions. He was recognized as a young executive making a lasting impact on his company and the cable and telecommunications industries in Multichannel News' "40 under 40." He holds a master's degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University and a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Bhopal, India.
Alyssa Davis
Alyssa Davis is a sophomore in the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. She works with her sister, Hannah, and her grandfather, Stephen Mecca, under the Ghana Sustainable Aid Project (GSAP). GSAP received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2011. They attended the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle in August to showcase the toilet prototypes that were built using the GCE grant. Alyssa's sister, Hannah, founded GSAP while she was an undergraduate at New York University in 2007, originally focusing on literacy and female empowerment in Pokuase, Ghana. Alyssa, Hannah, and their grandfather have helped build an organization that promotes healthy and sustainable development in rural areas in Ghana. Alyssa has had the chance to help the organization through various stages of social entrepreneurship, including designing the GSAP center in Pokuase, Ghana, securing funding from various sources, and developing partnerships. Alyssa graduated from Parsons the New School for Design in 2010.
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