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12th Asianet Film Awards
The 12th Asianet Film Awards, honors the best films in 2009 and was held on 16 January 2010 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. The winners were announced on 3 January 2010 by Asianet senior vice-president R. Sreekantan Nair. The title sponsor of the event was Ujala. The award were given in 25 categories. Winners * Best Film: ''Pazhassi Raja'' * Best Director: Ranjith for '' Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha'' * Best Actor: Mohanlal for '' Ividam Swargamaanu'', '' Bhramaram'' * Best Actress: Kavya Madhavan for '' Banaras'' * Best Supporting Actor: Sreenivasan for ''Makante Achan'', ''Passenger'' * Best Supporting Actress: Shwetha Menon for ''Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha'' * Best Screenplay: Ranjith Sankar for ''Passenger'' * Best Cinematographer: Ajayan Vincent for '' Bhramaram'' * Best Editor: Vijay Shanker for '' Bhramaram'' * Best Music Director: Deepak Dev for ''Puthiya Mukham'' * Best Lyricist: Vayalar Sarath Chandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asianet (TV Channel)
Asianet is an Indian Malayalam language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. Asianet and its channels are operated by Asianet Star Communications, Wholly owned by Disney Star, the channel is headquartered in Kochi. Asianet HD is the first HD television channel in Malayalam. Establishment by Dr Raji Menon The channel was originally promoted by Dr Raji Menon in the mid 1990s. In late 2006, he partially pulled out of Asianet Communications, turning over control to Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Jupiter Entertainment Ventures). Star India bought a 51% stake in Asianet Communications and formed a joint venture with JEV in November 2008. In 2014, Star India took full ownership of Asianet Communications. History Asianet’s story starts much earlier than in 1993, it starts in Moscow . Dr Raji Menon was a student there and Mr P.Unnikrishnan was the correspondent of PTI in Moscow. Dr Raj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makante Achan
''Makante Achan'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by V. M. Vinu, written by Samjad Narayanan, and produced by Seven Arts International. It stars Sreenivasan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, and Suhasini in lead roles, with Salim Kumar, Bindu Panicker, and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles. Plot Viswanathan is a village officer. He wants to make his son Manu, an engineer. But Manu wants to become a singer. Viswanathan sends him to a coaching centre where KC Francis is the principal. KC Francis is a very strict principal he watches every child through CCTV cameras. Manu often felt it is like a torture but he suffers all the strict principles. Manu often tells his mother to allow him to go and participate in reality TV shows. But Viswanathan doesn't agree with it. In this time, a fake sanyasi Himaval Swami starts an Asram in their village. Viswanathan didn't believed in such Godmans. Krishnankutty, Viswanathan's friend and his wife Santhanavally visit thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmi Rai
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Along with Parvati and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi of Hindu goddesses. Within the goddess-oriented Shaktism, Lakshmi is venerated as the prosperity aspect of the Mother goddess. Lakshmi is both the consort and the divine energy (''shakti'') of the Hindu god Vishnu, the Supreme Being of Vaishnavism; she is also the Supreme Goddess in the sect and assists Vishnu to create, protect, and transform the universe. She is an especially prominent figure in Sri Vaishnavism, in which devotion to Lakshmi is deemed to be crucial to reach Vishnu. Whenever Vishnu descended on the earth as an avatar, Lakshmi accompanied him as consort, for example, as Sita and Radha or Rukmini as consorts of Vishnu's avatars Rama and Krishna, respectively. The eight pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
''Marykkundoru Kunjaadu'' () is a 2010 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Shafi, starring Dileep, Biju Menon and Bhavana with Vijayaraghavan, Vinaya Prasad, Jagathy Sreekumar and Innocent in supporting roles. The film was released on 25 December 2010 which went on to become a commercial success completing 150 days and eventually became the second highest grossing Malayalam film of 2010 after Kaaryasthan. The movie was remade by Priyadarshan in Hindi in 2012 as ''Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal''. Synopsis The story takes place in a remote village in the Kerala Highranges. Solomon (Dileep), the son of the village sexton, Geevarghese (Vijayaraghavan), a simple soul who is quiet in nature and fears virtually everything around, thus earning the nickname Kunjaadu (little lamb). His mother, Mary (Vinaya Prasad), was Ittichan's (Innocent) crush. He named his daughter Mary (Bhavana) after Solomon's mother. He wanted Solomon to love his daughter dearly and then he would marry her to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaryasthan
''Kaaryasthan'' () is a 2010 Malayalam-language family drama film written by the duo Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas and directed by debutant Thomson K. Thomas. It stars Dileep, Akhila, Siddique, Madhu and Suraj Venjaramoodu. It was Dileep's 100th film. Akhila, a noted television anchor and dancer, debuted as an actress through this film. The film is an unofficial remake of Telugu film ''Kalisundam Raa'' with minor changes in the plot. The song Mangalangal vaarikkori featured many serial actors and others as cameos after Deewangi Deewangi from ''Om Shanti Om'' which featured 31 Bollywood actors as cameos. The film was released on November 5 coinciding with Diwali. Plot The story is set in a picturesque landscape in a village called "Krishnapuram". The two tharavadus (parentages) named Puthezhathu and Kizhakkedathu are situated in the same compound, and their members share a very great bonding with each other. The film begins with the celebration of Onam festival by the inmates o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pappy Appacha
''Paappi Appacha'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written and directed by Eldho mathai, starring Dileep and Innocent. The film released in April 2010 in Kerala on more than 70 screens. The film also marked the directorial debut of Mamas K. Chandran. Leading characters in the film have a similar life style of the comedians in the song "Paappi Appacha" in the 1972 Prem Nazir starrer ''Mayiladumkunnu''. Plot Paappi Appacha is the story of a father and son duo, Nirappel Mathai and Nirappel Paappi, shared a friendly rapport. They live like close friends and they get into all sorts of mischiefs in their village, Ithirikkandam, accompanied by Paappi's aide Kuttaappi. Even though the villagers are very fond of the Nirappel family, the adept father and son duo have a hard time keeping up their image of a prosperous family. Annie works as a teacher in a local school and Paappi is in love with her, though Annie does not like him. It is because despite being very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dileep (actor)
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, including four Kerala State Film Awards and one Filmfare Awards South. Beginning as an impressionist in stage shows, Dileep obtained recognition after being cast in the television comedy series ''Comicola'' on Asianet and its successor ''Cinemala''. He then produced and performed in the audio cassette series ''De Maveli Kombathu'' with Nadirshah, a successful sketch comedy, which was later turned into a television series on Asianet. He began his film career as an assistant director and worked under director Kamal in nine films, beginning with ''Vishnulokam'' in 1991, and made his acting debut with a minor role in Kamal's ''Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo'' (1992). He acted in a principal role in the 1994 film ''Manathe Kottaram'' taking the screen nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil speaking family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge.After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), Mahadevan ventured into music. Musical career Mahadevan got early fame as a indipop star with his fusion of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neelathamara (2009 Film)
''Neelathamara'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. It is the remake of the 1979 film of the same name, scripted by M.T. himself and directed by Yusuf Ali Kechery.P. M‘Neelathamara' blooms again The Hindu. Retrieved 30 November 2009 The film was produced by Suresh Kumar under the banner of Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Kailash and newcomers, Archana Kavi & Amala Paul in the lead roles. The film received good reviews and was a box-office hit.Neelathamara is turning out to be a hit! ''TNN''. . Retrieved 4 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma (born 12 February 1960) is a noted malayalam lyricist and poet. He is the son of Malayalam Popular poet and lyricist late Vayalar Ramavarma. He made his debut in the malayalam film industry through the 1990 malayalam movie Ente ponnu Thamburan which was directed by AT. Abu and music was composed by G.Devarajan Life and career Sarath was born to Vayalar Ramavarma and Bharathy Thamburatty in Vayalar village in Alapuzha district of Kerala. His father was a popular malayalam lyricist. He was the eldest of the four children of his parents, followed by three younger sisters named Indulekha, Yamuna and Sindhu (died on 30 May 2021). He studied at St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Trivandrum and attended Mar Ivanious College, Thiruvanathampuram for graduation and was elected as college magazine editor. After completing his degree, he took a job at a distillery near Cherthala. It was a stage in his life when his father had died and the family was undergoing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthiya Mukham
''Puthiya Mukham'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Diphan and written by M. Sindhuraj. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Bala, Priyamani and Meera Nandan. It was shot at locations in Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Malaysia.The film's original background score and the soundtrack were composed by Deepak Dev. The film was a major commercial success at the box office and was noted for heightening the stardom of Prithviraj in the Malayalam film industry. It was dubbed in Tamil with the same name, and was remade in Kannada as ''Ziddi''. This film also has a Telugu dubbed version under the title ''Yama Mudhuru''. Plot Krishnakumar aka Kichu is a resident of an agraharam in Kalpathy. Along with his studies, he pursues a career as a percussionist and teaches the mridangam to local students. He is in love with Sreedevi, who is the daughter of Kichu's family friend, and their relationship is supported by both families. Kichu moves to the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Dev
Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie ''Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) directed by Siddique. Deepak is also a former member of the Kochi based Indian rock band Motherjane. Early years Deepak Dev is a native of Tellicherry in Kerala, and grew up in Dubai. He studied at the Indian High School there and learned Indian Carnatic music since childhood. Later his interest switched mainly to the keyboard. While a graduate student in Sacred Heart College, he was the mastermind behind the college rock band which went on to win the intercollege competition 'Talent Time – Woodstock' award every year. He focused on programming music and started working with reputed musicians like A.R Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sandeep Chowta, Vidyasagar, Anu Malik, M.M. Keeravani, Mani Sharma, and Adesh Shrivastav. He started his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
