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Drishyam
''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal and Meena, with Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Roshan Basheer and Neeraj Madhav in supporting roles. The film was produced by Antony Perumbavoor for Aashirvad Cinemas. It is the first installment to the series followed by ''Drishyam 2''. It follows the struggle of Georgekutty and his family, who come under suspicion when Varun Prabhakar, the son of the IG Geetha Prabhakar, goes missing. The film began principal photography in the first week of October 2013 at Thodupuzha in Kerala, where the film was extensively shot. Filming was completed in 44 days which was originally scheduled for 52 days. The cinematography was done by Sujith Vaassudev and was edited by Ayoob Khan. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Anil Johnson and Vinu Thomas. Released on 19 December 2013 in Kerala, ''Drishyam'' received wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drishyam 2
''Drishyam 2: The Resumption'', or simply ''Drishyam 2'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through the company Aashirvad Cinemas.A sequel to their 2013 film ''Drishyam'' and the second installment to the series, the film stars Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil. The story takes place six years after the events of ''Drishyam''. Jeethu wrote the script for ''Drishyam 2'' when the production works of his another film ''Ram'', got interrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic. After a formal announcement made on Mohanlal's 60th birthday, 21 May 2020, the principal photography began on 21 September and concluded on 6 November 2020, while adhering to safety precautions set for preventing the spread of COVID-19. The film was shot extensively for 46 days in and around Thodupuzha in the same locations as ''Drishyam'', and some scenes in Kochi. Anil Johnson composed the songs and score. Sathees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drishyam (film Series)
''Drishyam'' is an Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film series, written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, produced by Antony Perumbavoor under Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba Hassan and Esther Anil in the lead roles. The film series follows the struggle of Georgekutty and his family who come under suspicion when Varun Prabhakar, the son of Inspector-general of police, goes missing. The first installment to the film series was released on 19 December 2013 and was received very well at the box office. The film was an Industry hit and was the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time. Jeethu didn't thought of a sequel to the movie until the producer giving him the idea of it. Later, he started to write the screenplay to the sequel of the film. The film was shot completely in the Covid-19 pandemic and was released through Amazon Prime Video on 19 February 2021. The sequel was well received and appreciated by the critics and audience, claiming it 'One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeethu Joseph
Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural, ''Detective''. He is best known for the crime thrillers, ''Drishyam'' and ''Drishyam 2''. ''Drishyam'' became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, at its time of release. It was the first Malayalam film to cross the 50 crore mark, at the box office. ''Drishyam 2'' was released directly through Amazon Prime Video, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the prequel, it was highly acclaimed and appreciated, worldwide. His other works include ''Mummy & Me'' (2010), ''My Boss'' (2012), ''Life of Josutty'' (2015), ''Memories'' (2013), '' Oozham'' (2016), ''Aadhi'' (2018). Jeethu made his Tamil debut with ''Papanasam'' (2015) which is a remake of his 2014 film ''Drishyam'', Hindi debut with '' The Body'' (2019), and Telugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aashirvad Cinemas
Aashirvad Cinemas is an Indian film production company based in Kochi, Kerala. It was established in 2000 by Antony Perumbavoor, since then, it has produced over 30 Malayalam films, starring Mohanlal. Since 2009, the company co-operates with the distribution company Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments co-founded by Mohanlal and Antony Perumbavoor for distributing films. It is one among the most active and leading production houses in the Malayalam film industry. Aashirvad Cinemas has established itself by producing several hits such as '' Narasimham'' (2000), ''Ravanaprabhu'' (2001),'' Naran'' (2005),''Rasathanthram'' (2006), ''Drishyam'' (2013), ''Oppam'' (2016), and ''Lucifer'' (2019). It has also produced three of the most expensive Malayalam films — ''Odiyan'' (2018), ''Lucifer'' (2019), and '' Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham'' (2020) with Marakkar not being profitable ventures for the production house. Aashirvad Cinemas has won several awards, including two National Film A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Anil
Esther Anil is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Malayalam-language films. She debuted her career as a child artist through the film '' Nallavan'' in 2010. She is best known for her role as Anumol George (Anu) in the 2013 drama-thriller film ''Drishyam '' and its sequel ''Drishyam 2'', as well as Oolu in the 2020 fantasy film '' Oolu''. Esther has won Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for the Best Child Artist in 2016. She reprised her role from ''Drishyam'' in the Telugu and Tamil remakes, ''Drushyam'' and ''Papanasam Papanasam is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Kumbakonam. The name literally translates to "Destruction of Sins" in the Tamil language. It is the suburban region ...'' (2015), respectively. She played the heroine in the unreleased Tamil film ''Kuzhali''. She played the lead role in '' Johaar'', a Telugu film featuring debutantes. Filmography Television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Perumbavoor
Malekudy Joseph Antony, better known as Antony Perumbavoor is an Indian film producer, Film distributor, distributor, movie theatre, cinema exhibitor and actor, who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. He began his career as a chauffeur to Mohanlal in 1987 and started appearing in brief roles in Malayalam films in 1990s. In 2000, he established the film production house Aashirvad Cinemas, which exclusively produces Mohanlal films. Antony owns the Multiplex (movie theater), multiplex theatre chain Aashirvad Cineplexx and co-owns the film distribution company Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments. He is the president of Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK). As a producer, he has received several awards, including two National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards and a Filmfare Awards South among others. Early life and family Malekudy Joseph Antony was born as the son of Joseph and Elamma. He hails from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district, Kerala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansiba Hassan
Ansiba Hassan is an Indian actress, television anchor and dancer. Her first role was in the 2013 Tamil language, Tamil film ''Paranjothi'', directed by Gobu Balaji. Her popularity grew as a result of her appearance in Jeethu Joseph's 2013 hit Malayalam movie ''Drishyam'' where she played the part of ''Anju'', the daughter of an ordinary cable TV operator. Early life Ansiba was born 18 June 1992, the eldest of six children born to parents Hassan and Rasiya in the Calicut district of Kerala, India. She has 3 younger brothers Ashik, Asib, Afsal and a younger sister Afsana. She completed her graduation in BSc Visual Communication. Filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Ansiba 1992 births 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Kozhikode Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian film actresses Living people Indian women television presenters Child actresses in Malayalam cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meena (actress)
Meena Durairaj (born 16 September 1976), known professionally as Meena, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry as well as Hindi cinema. Meena has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. In addition to acting, Meena is also a playback singer, TV judge, and occasional dubbing artist. She has received numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Nandi Award for Best Actress and Cinema Express Awards. In 1998, she was honoured with the Kalaimamani Award by Government of Tamil Nadu. Early life Meena was born in 1976 and was brought up in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu. Her mother rajamallika from Kannur district of Kerala while her father Durairaj is from Andhra. Career Child artist Meena started her career in 1982 as a child artist in the film ''Nenjangal'', featuring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role after he saw her at a birthday party. She has acted in several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Basheer
Roshan Basheer is an Indian film actor, who appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil language films. Career Roshan made his acting debut by playing one of the lead roles in the Malayalam coming-of-age film, '' Plus Two'' (2010). The relative commercial failure of the film saw Roshan play supporting roles in the coming years, including appearances in '' Banking Hours'' (2012), ''Tourist Home'' (2013) and ''Red Wine'' (2013). Roshan Basheer then portrayed the pivotal villainous character in Jeethu Joseph's successful ''Drishyam'' (2013), before being selected to reprise his role in the film's Telugu version ''Drushyam'' (2014) and then the Tamil version, ''Papanasam'' (2015) featuring Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l .... Post the success of both film, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalabhavan Shajohn
Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1999 with My Dear Karadi and having made more than 90 appearances, he received a major breakthrough in his career with ''Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal and Meena, with Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Roshan Basheer and N ...'' (2013), in which he played a negative role. He made his directorial debut with ''Brother's Day'' starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prithviraj. As of June 2021, he has starred in more than 130 Malayalam films. Personal life He was born as Shaji John to E. J. John, a retired Assistant sub-inspector of police, ASI and Rejina, a retired nurse, in Varissery, Kottayam, Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 400 films. Mohanlal's contributions to the Malayalam cinema have been praised by his contemporaries in the Indian film industry. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours, for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army. Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film ''Thiranottam'' in 1978, but the film was delayed in its release for 25 years due to censorship iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujith Vaassudev
Sujith Vaassudev is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also worked in several Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his works in ''Memories'' (2013), '' 7th Day'' (2014), ''Drishyam'' (2014) and ''Lucifer'' (2019). He was the recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer in 2013. Career Started his career as camera assistant in a studio called Sangeetha Vision in Trivandrum. From there he gradually build his knowledge in cinematography by assisting many cameramen. He started his first independent works for television on 1998. He has done more than 1000 episodes for television for various Malayalam channels. He assisted Raja Rathinam for a while in cinematography. Sujith made his debut with ''Chekavar'' a 2010 Malayalam film. His best works include ''Drishyam'', '' 7th Day'', ''Memories'', '' Ayaal'', '' Anarkali''. Sujith Vaassudev had won the 2013 Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
