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Ananthabhadram
''Anandabhadram'' (Anand's Bhadra) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language dark fantasy horror film based on the novel of the same name by Sunil Parameshwaran. The film was the debut Malayalam film venture of director Santosh Sivan and actress Riya Sen. The story concerns ghosts, spirits, and black magic. The film stars Prithviraj, Kavya Madhavan, Manoj K Jayan, Kalabhavan Mani and Biju Menon. The film was inspired by the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, Theyyam, and Kathakali dance movements, and Kalaripayattu martial art forms. It rode on a renewed interest in both Ravi Varma and Kalaripayattu in and outside of India. Anandabhadram was released on November 4 coinciding with Diwali. The film won five awards in the 2005 Kerala State Film Awards and two in the 2005 Asianet Film Awards. It also was a commercial success. During production, Santosh replaced Sabu Cyril with Sunil Babu as the art director, M. G. Radhakrishnan replaced Vidyasagar as the music director, Gireesh Put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riya Sen
Riya Sen (born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian actress and model. who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu and Tamil films. Sen comes from a royal background; her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the royal family of Tripura. He was the son of Ila Devi, a princess of Cooch Behar and nephew of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur. Sen's mother Moon Moon Sen and grandmother Suchitra Sen were reputed veteran actresses. She began her acting career when she was 5 years old, playing her mother's daughter on screen for the first time. Later in 1991 she worked as a child actress in the film ''Vishkanya''. Her first commercial success in her film career was with ''Style'', a 2001 Hindi low-budget comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other notable films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, ''Jhankaar Beats'' (2003) in Hinglish, and Malayalam horror film ''Ananthabhadram'' (2005). She won the Star Guide Award as best actress for her performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj K Jayan
Manoj Kadampoothramadom Jayan also known as Manoj K.Jayan is an Indian actor of Malayalam and Tamil films. He has also done a few Telugu and Kannada films and has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for his portrayal of Hariharan's "Kuttan Thampuran" in '' Sargam'' (1992), "Thalakkal Chandu" in ''Pazhassi Raja'' (2009) and "Kunjiraman" in Farook Abdul Rahiman's ''Kaliyachan''. He has played some critically acclaimed characters in his career such as "Kuttan Thampuran" ('' Sargam''), "Thirumangalath Neelakandan Namboothiri" (''Perumthachan''), "Kunjunni Namboothiri" ( ''Parinayam''), "Unnikrishnan" (''Venkalam''), "Ananthakrishna Warrier" ('' Sopanam''), "Digambaran" (''Anandabhadram'') and "Thalakkal Chandu" (''Pazhassi Raja''). He is known for his polished acting skills and style quotient. He is the son of famous singer Jayan of Jaya-Vijaya combo. He is also a singer. Early life and career He was born on 15 March 1966, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in over 250 films, including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films, and was renowned for his humorous characters and villain roles. Mani won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award and Kerala State Film Award for his performance as Ramu in ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' (1999). Personal life Kalabhavan Mani was born as Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani in Kerala to Chenathunad Kunnisseri Veettil Raman and Ammini at Chalakudy, Thrissur District on New Year's Day in 1971. He had an elder brother, Velayudan (deceased), younger brother, R. L. V. Ramakrishnan (dancer) and four sisters, Thankamani, Leela, Santha and Ammini Jr. He studied at GLPS East School Chalakudy till 4th grade and Government Boys School, Chalakudy till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavya Madhavan
Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' Chandranudikkunna Dikhil'' in 1999, when she was in the ninth grade. Its success established her status as a leading actress in the industry during the 2000s. She has acted in over 75 movies. She has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in ''Perumazhakkalam'' (2004) and '' Gaddama'' (2010). Early life Kavya was born on 19 September 1984 in Kerala. Acting career Kavya first appeared as a child actor in Kamal's film '' Pookkalam Varavayi'' (1991) at the age of six. Subsequently, she was offered parts in other projects such as ''Pavam IA Ivachan'' (1994), ''Parassala Pachan Payyannur Paramu'' (1994) by P. Venu and '' Azhakiya Ravanan'' (1996), directed by Kamal. She was offered the female lead in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles and has received several awards including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South. Prithviraj made his acting debut with ''Nandanam'' (2002), a commercial success. He established himself as a leading Malayalam actor with ''Classmates'' (2006), the highest-grossing Malayalam film that time. The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for ''Vaasthavam'' made him its youngest recipient at 24. He played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy '' Mozhi'' (2007) and ventured into playback singing with ''Puthiya Mukham'' (2009) before earning his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for medical drama '' Ayalum Njanum Thammil'' and biographical film ''Celluloid'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has to date completed 55 feature films and 50 documentaries. Career Santosh, a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and the most awarded Director of Photography in India, graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries. As a director, Santosh won his first National Award in 1988 for the ''Story of Tiblu'' (1988). His film ''Halo'' was honoured at the 43rd National Film Awards as the Best Children's Film and Best Sound. Santosh became the first cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to join the American Society of Cinematographers membership. As a cinematographer, he has won five National Film Awards – including four for Best Feature Film Cinematography. As of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gireesh Puthenchery
Girish Puthenchery (1961–2010) was a noted Malayalam Lyricist, Poet, Scriptwriter and Screenwriter. He was always referred to as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam who had a distinctive writing style of his own. He also served as the director of Indian Performance Rights Society Malayalam division (I.P.R.S) and governing council member of the Kerala Kalamandalam and Kerala Lalithakala Academy. He debuted with the movie Enquiry in 1989. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist seven times. He also held the record for writing the highest number of songs in the Malayalam film industry within the briefest period of time. He died on 10 February 2010 in a private hospital in Kozhikode. Life and career Personal life Girish was born to Pulikkool Krishna Panicker and Meenakshi Amma in Puthenchery near Ulliyeri village in Kozhikode district of Kerala. His father was an astrologer and Ayurvedic practitioner, while his mother was a Carnatic musician. Girish learned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asianet Film Awards
The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry. The awards ceremony was co-sponsored by Johnson & Johnson in the year 1998 later Lux took up the sponsorship in the next 5 years. Then Jiva soap in 2004 and then Ujala for many years. From 2016, function is sponsored by Nirapara. Bhima Jewellers took the title sponsor in 2018 event. The function is normally held in Kochi , Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram cities in Kerala. It was also held twice in Dubai. The most recent award was the 21st Asianet Film Awards which held on 6 and 7 April 2019 at Kochi. Awards Categories Awards for Film Best Film The Asianet Film Award for Best Film has been awarded since 1998. Most Popular Film The Asianet Film Award for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabu Cyril
Sabu Cyril is an Indian film production designer. Having worked in 116 feature films and 2500 add films. He has won four National Film Award for Best Production Design, four state awards, six Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (including south), five International Indian Film Academy Awards, and many other awards. His work in ''Enthiran'' won him international recognition. Over the years, he has emerged to be the most celebrated art director in the country. Early life and education Known as Sabu Cyril today, he was born Sebastian Vincent Cyril in the hill station of Valparai(Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu), and completed his schooling in Asan Memorial (Chennai). He graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai (formerly Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai).It was his grandfather George Vincent who first called him 'Sabu'. George Vincent was known for opening the first photography studio in Malabar, Kozhikode, called Chitra Studio. His son (Sabu’s un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidyasagar (composer)
Vidyasagar (born 2 March 1963) is an Indian composer, musician and singer who works predominantly in the Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil film '' Poo Manam'' and nicknamed as Melody King Working for over 225 feature films, he is the recipient of the National Award and five Filmfare Awards. Life and career Vidyasagar was born to Ramachandra Rao, a musician, and Sooryakantham in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He was named after the 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He was brought up in Bobbili. He underwent carnatic vocals training first and then started taking classical guitar classes in Chennai from Master Dhanraj along with A. R. Rahman and then later piano. Vidyasagar became an independent film composer with the song ''En Anbe'' in the 1989 Tamil movie ''Poomanam''. Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in '' Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam'', and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She also won the Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Early life Meera Jasmine was born in Kuttapuzha village, Thiruvalla, Kerala to Joseph and Aleyamma. She was the fourth of five children. She has two sisters, Jiby Sara Joseph and Jeny Susan Joseph, who has also acted in films, and two brothers, one of them, George worked as an assistant cinematographer. She completed her schooling in Bala Vihar, Thiruvalla and Marthoma Residential School, Thiruvalla. She appeared for her Higher Secondary Exams in March 2000. She had enrolled for a BSc degree in Zoology at Assumption College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreekumaran Thampy
Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema. Film career Thampi was introduced to the Malayalam film industry in 1966 by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film ''Kaattumallika''. He has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs. He is also the author of the well-known literary work ''Prem Nazir Enna Prema Gaanam''. He won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema film (Kanakkum Kavitayum) whilst his films ''Gaanam'' and ''Mohiniyattam'' won Kerala State Awards. He is a songwriter, screenplay writer, film producer, director and musician, but says he is more of a lyricist than a filmmaker. His songs include "Chandrikayilaliyunna Chand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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