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Alex Paul
Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life Alex is the son of A. M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother of Lal, of the directing duo Siddique-Lal, and it was in Lal's film '' Chathikkatha Chanthu'' (2004) that Alex debuted as musical director. He is married to Biji Alex, and has three children: Asvati Alex, Arathy Alex, and Arjun Alex. Career He learnt musical instruments from Kalabhavan, Kochi. He started his own studio, where he composed music for several music albums and for TV serials. Alex made his film debut as music director with Rafi Mecartin's Chathikkatha Chanthu. At the age of 20, he started a music institute named, Tune of Hearts. When he was 29, he started a recording studio. On 14 October 2013, he started music technology institute, National Institute of Music Technology (NIMT). Discography *''King Liar'' (2016) *''John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seniors (film)
''Seniors'' is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Vysakh and written by Sachi-Sethu. The plot follows four friends who return to their alma mater as students. It stars Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, and Manoj K. Jayan. The film features a score by Gopi Sundar and songs by Alphons Joseph, Jassie Gift, and Alex Paul. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. The film was a blockbuster at the box office. Plot The film starts with two flashback scenes. In 1981, a husband is waiting for his flirtatious wife to come home and take care of their son and baby son. The wife comes with her boyfriend and after a fight decides to leave the husband and child. In another flashback, it's a college day festival in 1996. After a dance performance, Indu comes to enquire about her sister Lakshmi who is with her four friends and one of them says he would drop her home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the college day festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pothan Vava
''Pothan Vava'' is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Joshiy starring Mammootty and Usha Uthup. Famous Indian pop and bollywood singer Usha Uthup made her first screen appearance through this film. She played the role of Mammootty's mother. The film was released on October 21 coinciding with Diwali. Pothen Vava performed well and commercial success of Mammootty and decent year of movie Plot Pothen Vava tells the story of Vava, the son of Kurishuveettil Mariamma, a lawyer popularly known as Vakeelamma. In his village Palliyangadi, frequent clashes take place between the Vaddakkeyangadi group led by Kurishuveettil Mariamma and Vava, and the Thekkeyangadi group led by Pulikattil Vakkachan and his sons Anto and Paul. However, Vakkachan's youngest daughter Gladys, who had been a junior to Vakeelamma when the latter was a practicing lawyer, is now herself a lawyer and with the tacit approval of her father, stands by the Kurishuveettil family in all lawsuits. Meanwhile, the usual clashe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classmates (2006 Film)
''Classmates'' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lal Jose and written by James Albert. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Narain, Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran and Kavya Madhavan with Jagathy Sreekumar, Balachandra Menon and Radhika in supporting roles. Alex Paul composed film's music while Rajeev Ravi handled the cinematography. The story revolves around the college graduate class of 1991. In 2006, working in different corners of the world, the friends get together for a class reunion to revive the joy and laughter of their student days. On the night of the reunion, one of the classmates is almost murdered and goes into a coma. The film was released on 25 August 2006 to positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2006. It is considered by many critics as one of the best campus based films in Malayalam. The film developed a cult following in the years after its release and is freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate (2007 Film)
''Chocolate'' is a Malayalam-language romantic comedy film released in 2007, directed by Shafi (director), Shafi. Main actors are Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Roma Asrani, Samvrutha Sunil and Remya Nabeeshan. The film has been remade in Telugu as ''Chalaki'' with Aditya Babu. Plot One seat is reserved for boys for the PG course at St. Mary's Women's College, where Vanaja works as a teacher. It may be given to the boys at the discretion of the principal. The teacher is trying to get the seat for her son Shyam Balagopal, who got nine suspensions and seven police cases in the college where he is studying. Principal Elena John gives the seat to Shyam, on the assurance of the teacher that he will take care of his son without causing any problems. Things were not going well for Shyam, the lone male of three thousand girls. The group, which includes Ann Mathews, daughter of PTA President Mathews, Nandana Bahuleyan, daughter of Bahuleyan and Susan, tries to smoke Shyam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalappavu
''Thalappavu'' (literal meaning: turban or headgear, which is a symbol of power, status and protection) is a 2008 Malayalam language period thriller film based on the events related to Naxal Varghese and Police Constable P. Ramachandran Nair, directed by Madhupal and written by Babu Janardhanan. The film sympathetically portrays the social and political issues of the Naxalite era of the 1970s in Kerala. The film's cast includes Prithviraj, Lal, Atul Kulkarni, Rohini, and Dhanya Mary Varghese. Produced by actor Mohan under the Civic Cinema banner and distributed by Lal's Lal Release, ''Thalappavu'' marks actor-cum-writer Madhupal’s directorial debut. The film released on 12 September 2008 (Onam) to critical acclaim. However, in the box-office it failed to recover the cost of production. The film got Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor (Lal) and Best Debut Director (Madhupal), Kerala Film Critics Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script writer, Amateur Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lollipop (film)
''LolliPop'' is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Shafi and written by Benny P. Nayarambalam. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Bhavana and Roma. The film was wide released on 21 December 2008 before Christmas Eve. Summary Franco, who runs an automobile workshop, and his sister Jenny, a college student, share a strong bond. Matters take a turn when Franco falls in love with Jenny's enemy Rose. Plot (This is the plot of original version not cut version) The story commences with Panchi, a pickpocket narrating his story to Karunan, a writer. Panchi meets Franco who influenced his life and changed him to be better person. Franco is a young man who runs an automobile workshop by the beach. His sister Jenny is a college student and they share a close bond. Franco's friend Dr. Eby likes Jenny. Jenny has an enemy in college, Rose. Rose and Jenny argue with each other every time they meet. Unknown to Jenny, Franco and Rose are in love, and they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangaroo
Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and New Guinea. The Australian government estimates that 42.8 million kangaroos lived within the commercial harvest areas of Australia in 2019, down from 53.2 million in 2013. As with the terms "wallaroo" and "wallaby", "kangaroo" refers to a paraphyletic grouping of species. All three terms refer to members of the same taxonomic family, Macropodidae, and are distinguished according to size. The largest species in the family are called "kangaroos" and the smallest are generally called "wallabies". The term "wallaroos" refers to species of an intermediate size. There are also the tree-kangaroos, another type of macropod, which inhabit the tropical ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panthaya Kozhi
''Panthaya Kozhi'' is a Malayalam movie produced by Lal under the banner of Lal Creations. It is directed by M. A. Venu, who last did the critically acclaimed ''Chakoram'' in 1994. Narain pairs up with Pooja for the first time. Through in this movie, he's launched as a full-fledged action hero. Narain plays Nandhagopal, who comes to Kalimuthupalayam in Tamil Nadu to sell a house and some property, while Pooja plays Chembakam, a Tamil girl who falls in love with him, making her debut in Malayalam cinema. Geetha plays Narain's mother in the film. Telugu actor Rami Reddy appears as the villain Nachiappa Gounder, the cruel landlord and don of the Kalimuthupalayam village in his last Malayalam movie. The movie has five songs penned by Vayalar Sharatchandra Varma and composed by Alex Paul. Venugopal handles the camera for the film. The story is by M. A. Venu and the screenplay was by J. Pallasseri. The film flopped at the box office. The film was dubbed into Tamil under the same tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Harihar Nagar
''2 Harihar Nagar'' is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Lal and produced by P. N. Venugopal starring Mukesh, Siddique, Jagadish and Ashokan. It is the sequel to ''In Harihar Nagar'' (1990).The film chronicle the story of four very close friends Mahadevan (Mukesh), Govindan Kutty( Siddique), Appukuttan (Jagadish) and Thomas Kutty ( Ashokan). The film was a blockbuster at the box office. The final sequel and third movie in the trilogy, In Ghost House Inn was released in 2010. Plot The movie starts with a flashback, in front of a church, in 1980 when the four main characters were children. This scene shows the beginning of their friendship. Thomas Philip (a.k.a. Thomas Kutty) loses money to a scam artist, who responds to his complaints with violence. He is rescued by the other three who respond to his calls of distress. They then invite Thomas Kutty to join their group who, above all, vow never to cheat on one another. The scene is tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duplicate (2009 Film)
''Duplicate'' is a 2009 Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Shibu Prabhakar and produced by Sajai Sebastian and Joji K. John under the banner of Zion International Film Factory with Suraj Venjaramoodu in the lead role. This is Suraj's first movie as a hero and he plays a double role in the movie. The film received mixed to negative reviews but highly positive reception from the public mainly due to the comedy and performance of the lead actors. Premise Shivan Kutty is a jobless village lad, who finds it difficult to pay back his increasing debts. He is in love with his cousin Meenakshi, though his uncle Keshu doesn't quite approve her relation with a good for nothing guy. Added to his routine of mayhem is a couple of professional killers, who runs after him due to a misunderstanding. But life turns to colourful patches when Sivan Kutty gets mistaken as Jeevan, a look alike wealthy businessman, following a car accident. Sivan Kutty is taken into the wealthy house of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattambinadu
''Chattambinaadu'' (English: ''The Rowdy Land'') is a Malayalam-language action comedy film released in 2009. The film was directed by Shafi and written by Benny P. Nayarambalam. The film was made under Mammootty's production company Play House which distributed it as well. The film stars Mammootty, Siddique, Manoj K. Jayan, Suraj Venjaramoodu,Vinu Mohan and Raai Laxmi. The film's music was done by Alex Paul.Entertainment One India Review Entertainment.oneindia.in (31 December 2009). Retrieved on 5 July 2014. ''Chattambinadu'' was released on December 24, 2009, on 80 screens in Kerala. Despite getting mixed to negative reviews from critics the film was a commercial success. The character played by |
