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Don Max (film Editor)
Don Max is an Indian film director and editor, who works mainly in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil and Telugu language films. He is considered one of the leading contemporary film editors in the Malayalam film industry, and has introduced several new editing techniques into the regional films. Early life Don Max was born on 16 November 1980 in Mundakayam, Kottayam District , Kerala , as the eldest child of K. L. Varghese, a former bank manager at SBT, and T. V. Chinamma, who was a teacher in Malayalam at St. Thomas High School in Anikkad. He was born on the same day the Malayalam action star Jayan died. After spending his first seven years in the Idukki district, his family shifted to Pallickathode, Anickad. He grew up in the town and studied at St. Thomas, Anickad. He later studied his pre-degree education at St. Dominic College in Kanjirapilly, before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Thomas College, Palai. He later did a Diploma in Multimedia and Animatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anickadu
Anickadu (a.k.a. Anicad or Anickad) is a village in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Anickadu had a population of 12733 with 6204 males and 6529 females. References Villages in Kottayam district {{Kottayam-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 Kalpanakal
''10 Kalpanakal'' (English: ''Ten Commandments'') is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Don Max. It is written by Shins K. Jose and Sangeeth Jain based on a story by Max. It stars Anoop Menon and Prashant Narayanan in lead roles, with Meera Jasmine, Shebin Benson, Kaniha, Joju George, and Thampi Antony in supporting roles. 10 Kalpanakal received positive reviews with critics praising the screenplay, the performances and direction. Plot 10 Kalpanakal is told as a narration of a previous S.P, Shazia Akbar, to students of law and criminology. She narrates the strangest case in her career, one consisting forest officer Davis George, his family, Victor, a psychopath and Angel, whom he considered as his daughter. Angel is found dead in a forest after a festival. Shazia Akbar, a police officer, enters the scene but is unable to do anything and solve the case due to the lack of a convincing suspect with a motive and reason to suspect. Years later, she runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silambattam (film)
''Silambattam'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by cinematographer-turned-director S. Saravanan, making his directorial debut. The film stars Silambarasan in dual roles while Sana Khan, Sneha and Prabhu play lead roles. Santhanam, Nedumudi Venu, Kishore, and Ponvannan play supporting roles with Premji Amaren in a special appearance. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the film's background score and soundtrack. The film released on 18 December 2008. Silambattam opened to mixed reviews but was a commercial hit running for 100 days. Plot Vichu is a quiet village priest brought up by his maternal grandfather. Owing to specific reasons, the caring elder has purposefully toned down the young boy's emotional quotient and has taught him a peculiar art of living. As a result, Vichu is soft-spoken, passive, and is groomed to tolerate all sorts of malicious misdemeanors aimed at him. Vichu assists his grandfather in carrying out religious rituals as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellam Avan Seyal
''Ellam Avan Seyal'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film features an ensemble cast, including RK, Bhama, Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Manoj K. Jayan, and Nassar. It is a remake of the 2006 Malayalam-language film ''Chinthamani Kolacase''. The film released on 28 November 2008. Vadivelu's dialogue "Kadupethurar My Lord" became famous. Following the moderate success of this film, R.K. went on to collaborate with Kailas for two other films. Plot The basic premise is of a lawyer doling out his brand of justice on criminals whom he himself had acquitted from the courts. The story is centered on Lakshman Krishna alias LK ( RK), an enigmatic yet renowned criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. LK helps out hardened criminals get away from court by lying that there is no proof of their crimes. But later, he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice. It was then that the ... [...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] |
Kuruvi
''Kuruvi'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language superhero comedy film written and directed by Dharani. Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, the film stars Vijay in the titular role with Trisha and Suman in other prominent roles. Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manivannan and Malavika played supporting roles in the movie. The film was released on 3 May 2008, and was an above average at the domestic box office. It also marked Nivetha Thomas's Tamil debut as a child artist. The story revolves around an Indian car racer who thinks that his missing father is dead, so he attempts to retrieve money owed to his father by a Malaysian crime boss. The film has collected $1,018,120 or 8 crore and successful at the overseas box office. It was one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 2008 in United Kingdom alone, collecting £263,919 or 3 crore. In 2021, The film was re-released in Kerala state. A few scenes were adopted from the Telugu movie Chathrapathi (2005). Plot Vetrivel alias Velu is a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annan Thambi
''Annan Thampi'' is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed, starring Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai and Gopika. Mammootty plays twins ''Achu'' and ''Appu'' in the film. The film was a Blockbuster success at the box office. Plot ''Annan Thampi'' is the story of twin brothers, Appu and Achu. Appu is a talkative conman who always finds himself in trouble whereas Achu is a naïve mute man. He draws a dagger on Appu due to misunderstanding created by the villain Govindan, who masquerades as his friend. Their father Ravunni, a ballet artiste, separates them due to sibling rivalry and Appu is sent to live with relatives in Pollachi. 30 years later, Appu grows up to be a lovable thug who falls for Thenmozhi, while Achu marries Lakshmi. But soon major misunderstandings created by their enemies crop up and the brothers are baying for each other's blood. Eventually, they come to the realisation that others were behind their enmity. They patch up their differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roudram
''Roudram'' is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language action crime film directed by Renji Panicker. Mammootty plays the lead role of a dedicated police officer. Sai Kumar, Vijayaraghavan, and Rajan P Dev play other leading roles. The film was a commercial success at the box office. Plot In Kochi, Kambilikkandam Jose is a drug baron who arrives to meet Pattakkalil Purushothaman "Appichai" Pilla, one of the largest drug dealers in South India, for a massive hike in his commission. Appichai arrives, along with his foster son Sethumadhavan "Sethu". Appichai calls Sethu, who is on a cruise in Goa. Upon his return to Kochi, Sethu kills Jose with the help from IG Balagopal. The death brings on a strong protest inside the state, causing the C.M. to order a detailed investigation. ACP Narendran "Nari", is in-charge of the inquiry. Widely known for his aggressive and belligerent behavior, Narendra begins the investigation by questioning Dr. Ratnakumari (the assistant surgeon who conducted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradesi (2007 Film)
''Paradesi'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by P. T. Kunju Muhammed. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the company Aashirvad Cinemas. Mohanlal plays Valiyakaththu Moosa, in three stages of his life, between the ages of 35 and 80. It also features Swetha Menon, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Jagathy Sreekumar, and Siddique in significant roles. The film portrays the issue of Indian citizens who left the country before the partition of India in search of job, mostly to Arabia, and happened to reach Pakistan, and then when returned to the homeland, happened to be holding a Pakistani passport, and now is forced by the Indian authorities to leave the nation to Pakistan, which even the Pakistani authorities won't allow. Plot Valiyakaththu Moosa is an Indian Muslim who moves from the Malabar region of Kerala, India to Karachi, Pakistan during the British Raj in search of a job. Post-partition, he returns from Pakistan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallo (2007 Film)
''Hallo'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film written and directed by the Rafi Mecartin duo. The film stars Mohanlal and Parvathy Melton, with Jagathy Sreekumar, Siddique, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Madhu, and Samvrutha Sunil in important roles. The music was composed by Alex Paul. The film received positive reviews from critics. Critics praised Mohanlal"s performance. The film was also a major commercial success. It was remade in Telugu as ''Naa Style Veru'' (2009) and in Kannada as '' Manjunatha BA LLB'' (2012). The plot of the movie was reported to have been partially borrowed from the 2004 movie ''Cellular''. Plot Sivaraman is a once-brilliant advocate who now seems to be in a self-destructive mode. All the time he is portrayed in a highly intoxicated state. His clients had abandoned him a long time ago. But he has a very devout follower Chandy. Whenever Sivaraman gets into one of his drunken brawls, it is Chandy who rescues him. Strangely, that doesn't di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Bhai
''Ali Bhai'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by T. A. Shahid, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through the company Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal as Anwar Ali / Ali Bhai, an undisputed leader in Kozhikode Palayam market and the savior of the poor. The character is based on the real-life person Ali Bappu, who lived in Kondotty a decade ago. The film also features Gopika, Navya Nair, Shamna Kasim, Innocent, Cochin Haneefa, Sai Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Siddique, Jagadish, and Shammi Thilakan in supporting roles. The plot is set in Kozhikode market and people whose livelihood depends on it, and also shows the culture of the traditional ''Barami'' Muslim community, who migrated from Yemen to Kozhikode centuries ago for trading and are known for making Urus. The plot follows Anwar Ali, a member of a ''Barami'' family, who flees home when he is wrongly accused of a theft. He moves to Kozhikode market and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chotta Mumbai
''Chotta Mumbai'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, and co-produced by Maniyanpilla Raju. The film stars Mohanlal in the lead role with Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Indrajith Sukumaran, Manikuttan, Bijukuttan, Sai Kumar and Bhavana in supporting roles. Rahul Raj composed the score and songs of the film. The plot follows Vasco da Gama (Thala) and his gang of friends, all unemployed and leading a happy-go-lucky life until they encounter a corrupt police officer and gangster, Nadeshan. The film released on 7 April 2007 opened to positive reviews and was a great success in box office. Plot The film starts in a street in Fort Kochi where Vasco da Gama (Mohanlal), the son of a wrestler named Michael ( Sai Kumar), lives. Vasco and his gang of five – "Mullan" Chandrappan ( Siddique), Susheelan (Bijukuttan), Sainu (Manikuttan), "Padakkam" Basheer (Jagathy Sreekumar) and cousin Tomichan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |