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Double Barrel (film)
''Double Barrel'', also called ''Eratta Kuzhal'', is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language independent gangster parody film written and directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Arya, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sunny Wayne, Swathi Reddy, Isha Sharvani, Parvathi Menon, Rachana Narayanankutty and Asif Ali, and is jointly produced by Prithviraj, Santhosh Sivan, Arya and Shaji Nadesan under August Cinema, and Lijo Jose Pellissery under Amen Movie Monastery. Prashant Pillai composed the music while Abinandhan Ramanujam handled the cinematographer. ''Double Barrel'' was made at an estimated cost of . Synopsis Laila and Majnu are two precious stones, which has value only if they are together. It is now possessed by an underworld don in Goa, who tries to sell it, in order not to lose it to his son, Gabbar, whom he despises. Don approaches two lowly thugs, Pancho and Vinci and offers it for a price of ₹10 crores. They agree and ask for a week's t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Known for his unconventional approach in directing, his films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and very long takes. His best works include ''Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), ''Jallikattu'' (2019) and ''Churuli'' (2021). He is the son of actor Jose Pellissery. He is a recipient of the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for '' Ee.Ma.Yau'', Best Director Award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards for ''Jallikattu'', Best Film Award at the 44th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for ''Jallikattu'' and twice recipient of Silver Peacock-Best Director at the 49th International Film Festival of India and 50th International Film Festival of India for his films '' Ee.Ma.Yau'' and ''Jallikattu'' respectively''.'' He also received the Silver Crow Pheasant Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2018. Pellissery made his debut in 2010 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangster Film
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform a certain illegal act. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre. Overview The American Film Institute defines the genre as "centered on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting". The institute named it one of the 10 "classic genres" in its 10 Top 10 list, released in 2008. The list recognizes 3 films from 1931 & 1932 ('' Scarface'', ''The Public Enemy'' & '' Little Caesar''). Only 1 film made the list from 1933 to 1966, (''White Heat'' (1949)). This was at least partly due to the limitations on the genre imposed by the Hays Code, which was finally abandoned in favor of the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system in 1968. The genre was revitalized in the New Hollywood movement that followed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajid Yahiya
Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was in 2016 with the film ''IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. He is the founder of a film production company, CP Film Productions. Sajid Yahiya is known for his roles in the films Collector, Friday and Bangalore Days. He also directed mainstream films IDI – Inspector Dawood Ibrahim (2016), Mohanlal (2018) and Qalb (2020). Career He made his acting debut in '' Collector'' directed by Anil C. Menon. His second film,'' Friday''. Apart from acting he was also the executive producer of the film. He was then approached by Roopesh Peethambaran to play a role in Theevram. After this, he acted on ''Kaashh'', ''Arikil Oraal'', and ''Amen''. Other notable films Include ''Pakida'' and'' Bangalore Days''. He made his directorial debut in 2016 through the action comedy film ''IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. He also directed Mohanlal sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anil Radhakrishnan Menon
Anil Radhakrishnan Menon is an Indian film director working in Malayalam film. Career Anil Radhakrishnan Menon directed television commercials before venturing into feature films. His first film North 24 Kaatham starring Fahadh Faasil and Nedumudi Venu(2013) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film. His second film ''Sapthamashree Thaskaraha ''Sapthamashree Thaskaraha'' ( ''Seven Good Thieves'') is a 2014 Malayalam-language heist comedy film directed and written by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. The film features an ensemble cast of Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Nedumudi Venu, Sudhee ...'' (2014) also received positive reviews from critics, and became a box office hit. Filmography Personal life Anil's father is Radhakrishnan Palat and mother is Jayasree. He is married to Sarada and has a son named Rajat Anil. References Malayalam film directors Kerala State Film Award winners Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poornima Indrajith
Poornima Indrajith ( née Poornima Mohan; born 13 December) is an Indian actress and television presenter who works in mainly in Malayalam cinema. Apart from that, she is a fashion designer. She is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran. Early and personal life Poornima Indrajith was born to Mohan and Shanthi, in a Tamil family that settled in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father is a practising lawyer and her mother runs a dance school. She has a younger sister Priya Mohan, who is also an actress. Poornima is married to Malayalam actor Indrajith Sukumaran. She has two daughters including singer Prarthana Indrajith. She is the daughter-in-law of the famous Malayalee actor late Sukumaran and actress Mallika Sukumaran. Malayalee actor Prithviraj Sukumaran is her brother-in-law. Career Poornima started her career as a model and then acted in Successful Tamil TV serial '' Kolangal''. She then acted in many TV serials in Malayalam Television serial industry.Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherrin Varghese
Sherrin Varghese is an Indian musician and television actor based in Mumbai. He was born on 27 June 1975 in Kerala. Sherrin has also acted in few television shows. He is known for being part of Band of Boys, formed in 2001, along with Karan Oberoi, Sudhanshu Pandey, Siddharth Haldipur and Chaitnya Bhosale. He does live vocal electronica gutted with organic instrumentation on digital low ends. He has had three leads on prime-time soap operas, several ad films as a model, couple of films in the south and in Bollywood, theatre productions and several cameos on TV. Recently he finished Season 1 of 20 livestream concert episodes from his studio called "The Circuit" which he hosts and produces. The Circuit (2019–ongoing) The Circuit is a live stream concert hosted by singer, composer and actor Sherrin Varghese in Andheri meant for audio and video productions, recordings, real time virtual production, live streaming, broadcasts, online concerts, podcasts, and gigs for artists, mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Berly
Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal is an Indian actor, director, producer, script writer, music composer in Malayalam cinema, and author of in English. Biography He was born to Kurishingal K. J. Berly (also spelt Burleigh) a freedom fighter and Annie Burleigh (a woman activist and leader of the pre-independence era who led a satyagraha against toddy shops in fort Cochin), on 1 September 1932 at Fort Kochi, Kerala. His debut movie was ''Thiramala'' in 1953 as a 21 year old perhaps becoming one of the youngest heroes in Malayalam film industry at that time. He later went to do a course on acting in University of California, Los Angeles. There he acted in a few English movies and television series in small roles. He acted in a Hollywood movie ''Never So Few'' in 1959. He produced an English movie, ''Maya'' for children. He is also interested in magic, violin, Madeleine instrumental music and painting. His painting ''Galiyan'' is selected and shown on International festivals. Later in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Babu
Vijay Babu (born 14 May 1976) is an Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House. Vijay Babu is best known for producing and starring in the films ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), ''Peruchazhi'' (2014), ''Aadu (film), Aadu'' (2015), ''Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), ''Mudhugauv'' (2016), ''Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), ''Aadu 2'' (2017), ''June (2019 film), June'' (2019), ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'' (2021), and ''Home (2021 film), Home'' (2021). In 2014, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film (as producer) for his production firm for ''Philips and the Monkey Pen''. The character ''Sarbath Shameer'' played by Vijay Babu appearing in ''Aadu'' film series had developed into a cult following. ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'', produced by him under his banner Friday Film House, is the first Malayalam film to have a direct release on an OTT platform, Amazon Prime Video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearle Maaney
Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show ''D 4 Dance''. In 2018, Pearle emerged as the first runner-up of the ''Big Boss'' Malayalam season 1. Early life Pearle Maaney was brought up in a Syro-Malabar Syrian Christian joint family based in Kochi with roots at Chowara. She did her schooling in Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum and Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery, and completed her graduation in media studies from Christ University, Bangalore. Career Pearle Maaney has anchored over 250 episodes of the music show ''Yes Jukebox'' on the Malayalam television channel Yes Indiavision, a subsidiary of Indiavision. She hosted ''Taste of Kerala'', a travel-based cookery show on Amrita TV under the stage name Serah. In October 2014, she started hosting the dance reality show ''GumOn D2'' on Mazhavil Mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gang
A gang is a group or society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior. Definition The word "gang" derives from the past participle of Old English ''gan'', meaning "to go". It is cognate with Old Norse ''gangr'', meaning "journey." It typically means a group of people, and may have neutral, positive or negative connotations depending on usage. History In discussing the banditry in American history, Barrington Moore, Jr. suggests that gangsterism as a "form of self-help which victimizes others" may appear in societies which lack strong "forces of law and order"; he characterizes European feudalism as "mainly gangsterism that had become society itself and acquired respectability through the notions of chivalry". The 17th century saw London "terrorized by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawala
Hawala or hewala ( ar, حِوالة , meaning ''transfer'' or sometimes ''trust''), also known as in Persian, and or in Somali, is a popular and informal value transfer system based on the performance and honour of a huge network of money brokers (known as ''hawaladars''). They operate outside of, or parallel to, traditional banking, financial channels and remittance systems. The system requires a minimum of two hawaladars that take care of the "transaction" without the movement of cash or telegraphic transfer. While hawaladars are spread throughout the world, they are primarily located in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Hawala follows Islamic traditions but its use is not limited to Muslims. Origins The hawala system originated in India. Hawala as a legal concept came to be described as early as 1327, according to Schramm and Taube, though the actual practice has existed since the 8th century between Indian, Arab and Muslim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila And Majnu
''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; '''Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla-Majnun theme passed from Arabic to Persian, Turkish, and Indian languages", through the narrative poem composed in 584/1188 by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, as the third part of his ''Khamsa''. It is a popular poem praising their love story. Qays and Layla fell in love with each other when they were young, but when they grew up Layla's father didn't allow them to be together. Qays became obsessed with her. His tribe Banu 'Amir and the community gave him the epithet of ''Majnūn'' ( "crazy", lit. "possessed by Jinn"). Long before Nizami, the legend circulated in anecdotal forms in Iranian ''akhbar''. The early anecdotes and oral reports about Majnun are documented in ''Kitab al-Aghani'' and Ibn Qutaybah's ''Al-Shi'r wa-l-Shu'ara'.'' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
