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Chitra Iyer
Chitra Iyer (also credited as Chitra Sivaraman) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian and Italian films across five different industries primarily in Malayalam. A resident of Bangalore, Chitra worked extensively with A. R. Rahman during the early 2000s on his Tamil films, while also having an alternate career as a television host and actress on Malayalam television. Career Early in her career, Chitra Iyer attempted to reach out to composer A. R. Rahman to work with him, but found it difficult as she was based out of Bangalore. In 2000, Rahman initiated contact with Chitra and invited her to come to Chennai with a demo cassette of her work, with Chitra recording a series of Tamil and Malayalam songs. On the day of her visit to Chennai, Rahman immediately heard the songs and hired her to record for the song "Athini Sithini" for the film ''Thenali'' (2000) during the same evening. She subsequently continued to work for other composers in Tamil cinema including Kart ... [...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] |
Thulluvadho Ilamai
''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language teen drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, but Kasthuri Raja is credited for business reasons and the film marks the acting debut of Dhanush, who plays the lead role. The film also features other newcomers Abhinay, Sherin, Ramesh, Shilpa and Gangeshwari in major roles, and features prominent film personalities Vijayakumar, Ramesh Khanna, and Pyramid Natarajan playing supporting roles. The film depicts the story of six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective families and escape from their homes, deciding to live together on their own with the help of an older friend of theirs. While the soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Viji Manuel composed the film score. The film was released on 10 May 2002. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Juniors'' (2003) with Sherin reprising her role. Plot Mahes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronic Bachelor
''Chronic Bachelor'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film, written and directed by Siddique. It is about the life of Sathyaprathapan, a bachelor. It features Mammootty, Mukesh, Rambha, Indraja, Bhavana, Innocent and Biju Menon. Jyothika was signed as the lead actress but later was replaced by Rambha. The movie was produced by Fazil. The film was a commercial success. It was later remade in Tamil as ''Engal Anna'' starring Vijayakanth and in Telugu as ''Kushi Kushiga'' with Jagapati Babu. Plot The film opens with a flashback showing the family feud between families of Sathyaprathapan and Bhavani. Sathyaprathapan's sister and Bhavani's cousin are in love. The murder of Bhavani's cousin Vishnu, is wrongly accused on Balagangadharan, father of Sathyaprathapan. Sathyaprathapan's sister commits suicide and Sathyaprathapan turns against his father, who dies soon. He starts to help Bhavani's family and mortgages his own house to finance her factory. A l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Sithara
Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industry. His work mixes Western, Classical and folk styles. He has worked with lyricists and poets like O. N. V Kurup, Yusufali Kechery, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajeev Alunkal, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, S. Ramesan Nair, Vinayan, Bharanikkavu Sivakumar, Anil Panachooran, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Bichu Thirumala. Many prominent singers have sung his songs, including K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, M.G.Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Shreya Ghoshal, Sujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan, G. Venugopal, Vidhu Prathap, Afsal, Manjari, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, and Biju Narayanan. Early life Mohan Sithara was born at Peruvallur, near Chavakkad, Thrissur, Kerala, India, in 1959. He started his music career as violinist in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swapnakoodu
''Swapnakoodu'' () is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Kamal. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Meera Jasmine and Bhavana. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Mohan Sithara. The film performed well at the box office. Plot The movie follows three young men: Deepu, who is unable to express his feelings; Alex Chandy alias Kunjunju, who makes a pass at every girl he meets, and Ashtamoorthy, who does not take anything seriously. While studying a Hotel Management course in Pondicherry, they become lodgers in the top floor of a house owned by Sophy, who lives there with her daughters: Kamala and Padma. After moving in, all three have a crush on Kamala. When Kunjunju attempts to seduce Kamala, she threatens him with a knife, but he ignores that. Deepu is too shy to express his feelings for Kamala, while Ashtamoorthy fakes kidney stones to skip class and get time alone with her. Kunjunju and Deepu make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Peters
Suresh Peters (born 26 April 1968) is a multi talented artist in the field of Indian music. He is a music producer, a professional drummer, an award-winning music director in five Indian languages and a playback singer in multiple Indian languages for feature films in India. Career Having started his journey in music right from childhood, he went on to performing on stages since his school and college days. His primary instrument of choice was Drums and went on to collect accolades right from his school days. Having gained huge popularity as a musician since his school days he set out to become a professional in the field of Music at quite an early age. Having finished college he tried his stint at advertising in the film department for a few years before venturing full time into music. During this time he was also actively playing sessions and shows in his free time with established Musicians and also was a part of a hugely successful rock band called Nemesis Avenue. It was du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhathullikilukkam
''Mazhathullikkilukkam'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by the Akbar-Jose duo. The film stars Dileep, Navya Nair, Sharada and Bharathi. The movie was produced by Sharada under the banner of Sharada Productions and was distributed by Sargam Speed Release. Plot The story starts when Soloman (Dileep) and his sister travel to Kannadahalli, a village in Karnataka to meet two retired teachers. He reaches the house on top of a hill-"Swargam" where he finds two old women who live alone with a cook and a home nurse to look after them. Anna ( Sharada) and Alice ( Bharati) are sisters who are spinsters and they own the huge estate. The home nurse, Sophiya (Navya Nair), cook (Sukumari), cook's son (Cochin Haneefa) and the priest (Nedumudi Venu) are the only people close to them. Soloman takes charge as the manager of the estate and soon wins over the two oldies. He realizes that they are two angels and he tries to bring back joy into their morbid life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balabhaskar
Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India. Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music. Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12. He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for the Malayalam film '' Mangalya Pallakku'' (1998), and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin). Career Balabhaskar was a child prodigy and started doing stage shows at 12. He became the youngest music director in the Malayalam film industry when he composed for the movie ''Mangalya Pallak'' (audio marketed by Magna Sound) at 17. His compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berny Ignatius
Berny is a given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Bernard. It may refer to: * Bernardina Berny Boxem-Lenferink (born 1948), Dutch retired middle-distance runner * Berny Burke (born 1996), Costa Rican footballer * Bernabé Berny Peña (born 1980), Costa Rican footballer * Bernard Stone (1927–2014), American politician * Berny Ulloa Morera (born 1950), retired football referee from Costa Rica * Berny Wiens (born 1945), Canadian politician * Bernard Wolf (1911–2006), American animator and television producer * Berny Wright (born 1979), Costa Rican footballer * Berny-Ignatius, famous music composer-duo-brothers in the Malayalam film industry See also * Berny-en-Santerre, commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France * Berny-Rivière, commune in the department of Aisne in Picardy in northern France * Gare de La Croix de Berny, a station of the Paris RER * Bernie (other) Bernie may refer to: Places in the United States * Bernie, Missouri, a ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose (film)
''Bose'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Senthil Kumar. It stars Srikanth and Sneha and Kalabhavan Mani, Nagesh, Thalaivasal Vijay, Manikka Vinayagam, and Kalairani in supporting roles. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Rakshana'' and released in 2005, and the film was also dubbed in Hindi as ''Commando - The Force''. The film was also remade in Kannada as '' Yodha'' and released in 2009. Bose follows the path of a soldier after he is fired after an incident where he injures a politician attempting to rape a girl. The politician hires thugs to take him down while the soldier attempts to take down the greedy politician. Plot Bose ( Srikanth), the eponymous hero, is an Army Special Ops commando. At the time, there occurs a vacancy in the Chief Ministership of Tamil Nadu, and the top two ministers of the incumbent cabinet are called to Delhi for an interview. One of them is Home Minister Kottaiperumal (Kalabhavan Mani) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangalal Kaidhu Sei
''Kangalal Kaidhu Sei'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic thriller film written by Sujatha and directed by Bharathiraja. It stars Vaseegaran in the protagonist's role and marks Priyamani's debut in the Tamil cinema. It also marks the only Tamil film performance by the veteran Sri Lankan actor Sanath Gunathilake. The cinematography was done by B. Kannan, while editing was done by K. Pazhanivel. The music was scored by A. R. Rahman, marking his fifth and final collaboration with Bharathiraja. The film revolves around a young, wealthy kleptomaniac's quest to find the love of his dreams in a young woman who is tasked to retrieve a stolen diamond from him. This film was released on 20 February 2004. It received mixed reviews and became a box office failure. However it achieved a cult status over the years. Plot John Vaseegaran, also called "Vasee", is a young man who ranks as the 5th richest man in India and 30th in the world. In business, his major rival is Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enakku 20 Unakku 18
''Enakku 20 Unakku 18'' () is a 2003 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Jyothi Krishna (director), Jyothi Krishna. This film is a remake of the Hindi film ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''. The film stars Tarun (Telugu actor), Tarun, Trisha (actress), Trisha, and Shriya Saran. It was filmed simultaneously in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu languages with the latter titled ''Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu'' () with Sunil (actor), Sunil and Tanikella Bharani replacing Vivek (actor), Vivek and Manivannan respectively. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. This film marks the Telugu debut of Trisha and the Tamil debut of Shriya Saran. Plot Sridhar is a final year management degree student and gets selected for post grad studies in USA. He goes to Mumbai for an interview and in his return by train, finds Preeti and loses his heart to her. Sridhar learns that Preeti is about to join in an und ad degree in the second year and Preeti learns that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
