Alexander Prasanth
Alexander Prasanth is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Malayalam films. He made his debut through the 2002 movie ''Nammal''. Career Prasanth began his career as an anchor of Crazy Records on Asianet. He made his acting debut in 2002 with Kamal's film ''Nammal''. Prasanth later acted in several minor and character roles in more than 50 Malayalam movies. He did notable roles in the films like '' Ordinary'', '' Best Actor'', '' Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya'', ''Ira'', ''The Great Father'', ''Johny Johny Yes Appa'' etc. Movies like ''Action Hero Biju'' and ''Operation Java'' gave him a new lease on his film career. He made his Hindi film debut in 2019 for Rajkumar Gupta's ''India's Most Wanted'', playing the role of South Indian Intelligence Officer Pillai. Prasanth wrote the dialogues for the film 'Velaikari irunthalum née en mohavalli'. He has also worked as the creative director for the film ''Race''. Personal life He was born to Rev. Fr. K. P. Alexander and Leelamma. Pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thiruvalla
Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of the Pambas and Manimala rivers, and is a land-locked region surrounded by irrigating streams and rivers.It is the largest town in the district and central Travancore. Thiruvalla is regarded as the "Land of Non resident Indians". It is the financial,educational,cultural and commercial capital of central travancore. Demographics The town spans a geographic area of with a population of 52,883 as of 2011, a decline from the 57,800 recorded in the previous census. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. In Thiruvalla, 5% of the population is under 6 years of age. Etymology Tradition tells that the name Thiruvalla comes from the word "''Valla Vaay''", named after the river Manimala which was known as ''Vallayār'' in anci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Koottu (film)
''Koottu'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Jayaprakash. The movie was produced by Asharaf Liwa, Faisal Babu and Muneer K. under the banner of Liwa Films International. The film stars Richard Rishi, Aravind Akash, Sai Kumar, Manoj K. Jayan and Thilakan in lead roles. The film had musical score by Mohan Sithara. This film was shot in St. Josephs Devigiri College, Kozhikode Cast *Richard Rishi as Harikrishnan *Aravind Akash as Balagopal * Sai Kumar as SP Vishwambharan * Manoj K. Jayan as Hameed Khan *Ambika as Sabitha Devi *Lena as Parvathi *Prasanth as Ratheesh *Shobha Mohan *Thilakan as Dr. Hariharan *Shammi Thilakan as Joseph *Vijayaraghavan as Akbar *Jagadish as Xavier *Sukumari as Balagopal's grandmother * Prem Kumar as W. J. Napoleon Production After the failure of ''Kadhal Virus ''Kaadhal'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath (in his first f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viji Thampi
Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of Kerala Kshetra Samrakshana Samithi. In 2021, Thampi was appointed as the Kerala state president of Vishva Hindu Parishad. Career After making his directorial debut with the 1988 film ''David David Mr. David'', Thampi directed a series of comedy films in the 1990s which turned out to be commercial hits. Viji Thampi is known for appearing in cameo roles in his own films. He has also directed the Malayalam crime thriller television series ''Black and White'' and later, the mythological television serial ''Devimahathmyam''. Personal life He is the son in law of the Malayalam movie actor Jagannatha Varma. He lives in Palkulangara Trivandrum. Filmography Director Actor # ''Ennalum Sarath'' (2018) Dir.: Balachandra Menon # ''Njaan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2016 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nammal Thammil
''Nammal Thammil'' is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by Viji Thampi, starring Prithviraj, Indrajith and Geetu Mohandas. the film was completed on 16 January 2004, but got released on 27 March 2009. Plot The story starts in an Engineering College where Vigneshwar alias Vicky wins an election and becomes the Union Chairman of the college. Vicky's love is Anu who too loves and believes him a lot more than anyone else. After the celebrations of winning the election, Vicky and team set for a fight against police battalion but is stopped by College Principal Adiyodi Meppadu. Everyone likes Vicky and is impressive of him at every angles. One day Vicky makes a bet with Meera, a fellow student that if their team wins a basketball match they will cut off Meera's hair. And she agrees to that. Once, their college win the match only because of Vicky and all start celebrating that too with songs and dances. Everything goes well and Vicky's and Anu's relation becomes more serious until Roy, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mulla (film)
''Mulla'' () is a 2008 Malayalam film directed, by Lal Jose starring Dileep, Meera Nandan, Biju Menon and Saiju Kurup. Plot Lachi is a hard-working 19-year-old who supports her family after her father's mysterious death. While she was traveling on a train, Mulla (Dileep) and his gang enter. They argue over silly issues, and he discovers a baby in a bag on the train. They try to find the baby's parents but fail. Mulla decides to adopt the child, and slowly Mulla and Lachi become lovers. CI Bharathan (Saiju Kurup), who murdered Lachi's father and the baby's parents, wants to break up the two to keep his secrets. He kills Mulla's friend Ambi (Biju Menon) who helped Bharathan to kill Lachi's father as he thought that Ambi will reveal the truth to Lachi. Finally, Mulla and Bharathan get into a fight, and Mulla kills Bharathan. However, Lachi tells the police that she committed the murder and goes to prison. After five years, when she returns, she finds that Mulla has lost one leg in a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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College Kumaran
''College Kumaran'' is a 2008 Malayalam film directed by Thulasidas, written by Suresh Poduval starring Mohanlal, Siddique, Vimala Raman and Balachandra Menon. Plot Kumaran, or as students call him, Captain (Mohanlal), was the star of Mahatma college before he joined the army. Now an ex-military officer, Kumaran is running the canteen of Mahatma College after a tragic incident that took his father and sister's life. Kumaran is dear to all the students and he actively engages with them, whether in youth festivals, love affairs, fights, or campus tours. He even helps them bring teachers back from their private tuition classes to the college. Madhavi (Vimala Raman), the college's English professor, hates him because she saw Kumaran getting involved in a fight with a street rowdy and making her to come late on her joining day. Once during a campus tour, the bus gets involved in an accident, killing several students. Madhavi tells everyone that Kumaran was the reason for the acci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soorya Kireedam
''Soorya Kireedam'' is a 2007 Malayalam language horror film. It was released in 2007. Plot An exorcist arrives to save a young girl who is seemingly possessed by a ghost. A young girl begins to behave strangely and displays mysterious powers. This leads her family to believe that she has been possessed by an evil spirit. As things begin to get more dangerous, an exorcist enters. Will he get rid of the ghost or is there something stronger at work? Cast * Indrajith Sukumaran as Shivaram * Remya Nambeesan as Pooja * Nithya Das as Urmila * Mamukkoya as Babychan * Nishanth Sagar as Goutham * Shammi Thilakan as Vishnu Narayanan * Leshoy as Anandan * Deepika Mohan as Madhavi * Santhakumari as Januamma * Meenal as Ashwathy *Sandra Amy as Merlin *Vijay Menon as Dr Venu *Subair as Vishwanatha Menon * V. K. Sreeraman as Prabhakaran *Manu Shivapal as Jayakrishnan * Shaalin Zoya Shaalin Zoya also known as Shalu is an Indian actress, dancer and anchor. She is best known for playing the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeethu Joseph
Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural, ''Detective''. He is best known for the crime thrillers, ''Drishyam'' and ''Drishyam 2''. ''Drishyam'' became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, at its time of release. It was the first Malayalam film to cross the 50 crore mark, at the box office. ''Drishyam 2'' was released directly through Amazon Prime Video, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the prequel, it was highly acclaimed and appreciated, worldwide. His other works include ''Mummy & Me'' (2010), ''My Boss'' (2012), ''Life of Josutty'' (2015), ''Memories'' (2013), '' Oozham'' (2016), ''Aadhi'' (2018). Jeethu made his Tamil debut with ''Papanasam'' (2015) which is a remake of his 2014 film ''Drishyam'', Hindi debut with '' The Body'' (2019), and Telugu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Detective (2007 Film)
''Detective'' is a 2007 Malayalam suspense thriller film directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film features Suresh Gopi in a dual role with Sindhu Menon in the lead female role. Plot Rashmi is found dead under mysterious circumstances and is reportedly declared a suicide. Rashmi's family is in a deep sorrow and her father blames Mohan Kumar, a young and a bold politician for his daughter's death. Soon all started doubting Mohan and party decided to terminate him from being elected as an MP and heirs Jose as new MP. However Jose didn't believe any false statements from the society and was sure that Mohan is innocent. James Joseph made everyone believe Mohan to be the culprit and arrested him for a time being. As the case goes on, Shyam Prasad is appointed to investigate the case. He is assisted by Basher, detective Chandrachoodan and Shekhar and all tries hard to find out the reason behind Rashmi's suicide. Shyam and team goes to Rashmi's house to enquire her whereabouts. Her fath ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joshiy
Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directed a few Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. In the beginning of his career, he received national fame when he directed ''Dharm Aur Qanoon'' (1984) starring Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra, with Khanna in double roles. Personal life Joshiy is married to Sindhu. The couple have a son, Abhilash, and a daughter, Aishwarya, who died in a car accident in Chennai in July 2011. Abhilash is married to Varsha. Career Born at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district as the son of Vasu and Gouri, Joshiy's relation with cinema began from the cinema theatre that his family owned. While doing his final year in degree, in 1969, Joshiy left to Chennai to try his luck in cinema. Joshiy began his career by working as an assistant director under eminent film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Blessy
Blessy Ipe Thomas is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He has won one National Film Awards, National Film Award and six Kerala State Film Awards for his feature films ''Kaazhcha'' (2004), ''Thanmathra'' (2005), and ''Pranayam'' (2011). His documentary film ''100 Years of Chrysostom'' (2018) received the Guinness World Records, Guinness World Record for the longest documentary in the world, with a runtime of 48 hours and 10 minutes. Early life Career Blessy learned his trade as an assistant director with filmmakers such as Padmarajan, Lohithadas and Jayaraj. He scripted and directed his debut movie ''Kaazhcha'' in 2004. ''Kaazcha'' portrayed the story of an orphaned boy, a victim of Gujarat earthquake and how he changes the life of a small-town film operator (played by Mammootty) and his family. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards including Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director, Best Debut Director, Kerala State Film Aw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |