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Crossbelt Mani
K. Velayudhan Nair, better known by his stage name Crossbelt Mani (22 April 1935 – 30 October 2021), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, who worked in the Malayalam cinema. He directed more than 40 Malayalam movies and worked as a cinematographer for ten movies. He became popular with his second movie ''Cross Belt'' in 1970 and adopted ''Crossbelt'' to his name. Veteran director Joshiy worked as an assistant director under him. Personal life Velayudhan Nair with the stage name Crossbelt Mani hailed from Thiruvananthapuram. He was born to Valiyashalayil Madhavivilasathu Krishna Pillai and Kamalamma on 22 April 1935. He was married to Iranayil Bhagavathimandirathu Sreemathiyamma. They had a son, Krishnakumar, and a daughter, Roopa. Mani died on 30 October 2021, at the age of 86 at his home in Thiruvananthapuram. He was suffering from various illnesses associated with old age at the time of his death. Filmography Direction * Midumidukki (1968) * Cross Belt (19 ...
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Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty. In the 12th century, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Venad. In the 18th century, the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory, founded the princely state of Travancore, and made Thiruvananthapuram its capital. Travancore became the most dominan ...
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Velicham Akale
''Velicham Akale'' is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani and produced by S. Parameswaran. The film stars Sreelatha Namboothiri, Cochin Haneefa, Bahadoor and K. P. Ummer in the lead roles. The film has musical score by R. K. Shekhar. Cast *Sreelatha Namboothiri *Cochin Haneefa *Bahadoor *K. P. Ummer *KPAC Sunny *Rajakokila *Ravi Menon * Reena *Surasu *Vincent Soundtrack The music was composed by R. K. Shekhar and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Vayalar is a village in Cherthala taluk, Alapuzha district, Kerala state, India. Location Vayalar is 5 km from Cherthala, Kerala. Vayalar is bounded on the east by the Vayalar kayal which is a part of the famous Vembanad backwate .... References External links * 1975 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Crossbelt Mani {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub ...
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1935 Births
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ...
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Naradhan Keralathil
''Naradhan Keralathil'' is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film, directed by Crossbelt Mani and produced by Jayasree Mani. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh, Nedumudi Venu and Hari in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan. Cast * Nedumudi Venu as Naradhan * Jagathy Sreekumar as Mathan * Mukesh as Narayanan Namboothiri * Hari as Lord Vishnu * Ravi Menon as Lord Siva * C. I. Paul as Indran * Ratheesh as Sub Inspector * Bahadoor as Police Constable Kuttan Pillai * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Police Constable Appukkuttan * Bobby Kottarakkara as Police Constable Peppatti Poulose * Kaduvakulam Antony as Police Constable Annyayam Ousepp * Thodupuzha Vasanthi as Police Constable Saramma * Balan K. Nair as Menon * Vijayaraghavan as Khader * Lalithasree Lalithasree (born 30 October 1957) is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 450 films. She acts mainly in supporting roles. She is known for ...
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Urukku Manushyan
''Urukku Manushyan'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani. The film stars Ratheesh, Sathaar, Jayamalini and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Guna Singh. Cast *Ratheesh *Sathaar *Jayamalini *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Silk Smitha Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Smitha was part of seve ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Guna Singh and the lyrics were written by Bharanikkavu Sivakumar. References External links * 1986 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ...
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Kulambadikal
''Kulambadikal'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashwathy, Ratheesh and Menaka in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Guna Singh. Cast *Jagathy Sreekumar *Ashwathy *Ratheesh *Menaka * Anuradha *Bahadoor *Balan K. Nair * G. K. Pillai *Kaduvakulam Antony *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Nellikode Bhaskaran *Ramu *Valsala Menon Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Guna Singh and the lyrics were written by Bharanikkavu Sivakumar. References External links * 1986 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ...
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Ottayan
''Ottayan'' is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Crossbelt Mani and produced by N. Kesavan Nair. The film stars Ratheesh, Sathaar, Balan K. Nair, Ramu and Silk Smitha. The film has musical score by Guna Singh. The film faced negative criticism regarding execution of the story upon its release. Plot It is an action drama based on revenge. Ramesh an orphan is taken in by a poor family, he is an auto-driver. The girl in the family is constantly disturbed by two rich youngsters. Ramesh warns them off. Jilted they kidnap Ramesh's sister and rapes her, his sister stabs Suresh fatally and Suresh strangles her down before dying. Knowing the news, Ramesh comes first to the scene. Police seeing Ramesh at the crime scene arrests him. Suresh's father is a Mafia boss, he is disturbed by the death of his eldest son Suresh. He wants to take revenge on the whole family and sends Jambu to extradite Ramesh from the prison to punish him personally. Injured, Ramesh escapes en rou ...
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Black Mail (1985 Film)
''Black Mail'' is a 1985 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani and produced by Ratheesh and Sathar. The film stars Ratheesh, Sathaar, Anuradha and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Guna Singh. Cast *Ratheesh as SI Vijayan * Balan K. Nair as Mooppan *Sathaar as Suresh * Anuradha as Malu *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Thankayyan *Mala Aravindan as Manikyam *Jayamalini as Malini *Ramu as Rajesh *Kundara Johnny as Johnny *Ravi Menon as Jambu *Hari as D.I.G. *Kaduvakulam Antony as Kelu * Madhuri as Chembakam *Nellikode Bhaskaran as Chembakaraman Thampi *Santo Krishnan Santo Krishnan, originally named Krishnan Nair, (12 May 1920 – 6 July 2013) born in Ottapalam was an Indian athlete and stuntsman. Having appeared in more than 1000 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Singala, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English. He di ... as Aadivasi Soundtrack The music was composed by Guna Singh and the lyrics were written by Bharanikkavu Sivakumar. Referenc ...
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Chorakku Chora
''Chorakku Chora'' is a 1985 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani. The film stars Jagathy Sreekumar, Ratheesh, Balan K. Nair and Kuthiravattam Pappu in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Guna Singh. Cast *Jagathy Sreekumar as Kunjappan *Ratheesh as Khader *Balan K. Nair as Chellappan *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Velu *Silk Smitha as CID Silk *Prathapachandran as Rahman *Ravi Menon as Paulose *Kaduvakulam Antony as Paramu *Hari as SP Subramaniyam *Sathaar as Markose *Sudheer as Veerappan * Anuradha as Chandrika *Lalithasree as Thankamma *Roshni as Nabeesha *Mafia Sasi as Gunda *Muralimohan as DSP Aloshys Soundtrack The music was composed by Guna Singh and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader Poovachal Khader (25 December 1948 – 22 June 2021) was a Malayalam lyricist from Kerala who worked mainly in Malayalam film industry. His first movie as a lyricist was ''Kaattuvithachavan'' (1973) but his first released movie was ''Chuzhi'' ( .... Refere ...
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Bullet (1984 Film)
''Bullet'' is a 1984 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani and produced by Royal Pictures. The film stars Ratheesh, Balan K Nair, Bheeman Raghu and Kuthiravattam Pappu in lead roles. The musical score is by Guna Singh. Cast *Ratheesh *Balan K Nair *Bheeman Raghu *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Silk Smitha *Swapna Swapna may refer to: * Swapna (philosophy) the dreaming aspect of the Hindu philosophy of consciousness. * ''Swapna'' (1942 film), a 1942 Bollywood film * ''Swapna'' (1981 film), a 1981 Telugu film * ''Swapna'', the title of the Sinhala dubbed ve ... *Vettoor Purushan References External links * 1984 films 1980s Malayalam-language films {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ...
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Eettappuli
''Eettappuli'' is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Crossbelt Mani. The film stars Shankar, Ambika, Balan K. Nair and Silk Smitha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. Cast *Shankar as Khabeer *Ambika as Padmavathi * K. P. Ummer as Pareed * Balan K. Nair as Sekharan *Silk Smitha *Vijayalalitha as Jayanthi *Raveendran as Inspector Jayan *Kuthiravattom Pappu as Pappu *Poojappura Ravi as Peter *Ranipadmini Rani Padmini (1962 – 15 October 1986) was an Indian actress during the 1980s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and a few Hindi films. She entered the film field with ''Sangharsham'' and played notable roles in '' Parankimala'', ''Sharam'' ... as Hema *Renuchandra as Renu *Suchithra as Parukutty Soundtrack The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader. References External links * 1983 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Crossbelt Mani {{1980s-Malayalam-fil ...
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Youvanam Daaham
''Youvanam'' is a 1974 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Babu Nanthankode and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Madhu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Raghavan, Vijayasree and Rani Chandra. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. Cast *Madhu as Mohan * Raghavan as Ravi *Vijayasree as Mini *Rani Chandra as Sharada *Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair *K. V. Shanthi as Lakshmi *Aranmula Ponnamma as Ravi's mother *S. P. Pillai as Kunju Nair *Paravoor Bharathan as Mathew *Radhamani as Margaret *Anandavally as Doctor Soundtrack The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi 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 .... References External links * 1974 films 1970s Malayalam-language films {{1970s-Ma ...
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