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G. Suresh Kumar
G. Suresh Kumar is an Indian film producer and actor known for Poochakkoru Mookuthi and Araam Thamburan. He produces films under the banner Revathy Kalamandhir an Indian film production company based in Thiruvananthapuram which is founded in 1993 by him and he produced more than 32 Malayalam films under this banner. Early and personal life Kumar completed his bachelor's in commerce from Kerala University in Trivandrum. He married Menaka Suresh, an Indian actress who appeared in more than 125 films. The pair have two daughters named Keerthy Suresh, an actress, and Revathy Suresh who is an associate director to Priyadarsan. Career Kumar started his career in film as an assistant director with the Malayalam feature film named Thiranottam ''Thiranottam'' () is a 1978-made Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by V. Ashok Kumar and written by Kumar and Pachalloor Sasi. The film stars Mohanlal, C. Chandramohan, Ravikumar, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Renu Chandra in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Of Kerala
The International Film Festival of Kerala (abbreviated as IFFK) is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. The festival is held in November or December every year and is acknowledged as one of the leading cultural events in India. Several national and international films have their premiers at the IFFK each year. Competition section is limited to 14 selected films produced in Asia, Africa or Latin America. The festival also has a section devoted to Malayalam cinema. On the lines of the IFFK, the Chalachitra Academy also organises the ''International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala''. History The Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt of India held the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Thiruvananthapuram, in 1988. The festival cultivated an interest i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odaruthammava Aalariyam
''Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Priyadarshan. It is about a middle aged family man who is a womanizer and about three college students and their efforts to woo the womanizer's daughter. Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Mukesh, Jagadish, and Shankar play the lead roles. ''Odaruthammava Aalariyam'' was a commercial success at the box office. It was partially adapted from Sai Paranjpye's 1981 film ''Chashme Buddoor'', and partially from K. Balachander's 1983 film ''Poikkal Kudhirai''. Plot Gopan (Mukesh), Kora (Jagadish) and Bhakthavalsalan (Sreenivasan) are three college students who share the same house, along with Preman (Shankar), another classmate. While the trio is more interested in spending their time by flirting with girls, Preman is more serious in his attitude towards life. On a usual encounter, the trio meets Major Nair (Nedumudi Venu), a retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vettam
''Vettam'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film directed by Priyadarshan based on a screenplay he had co-written with Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas from his story. It was produced by Menaka through Revathy Kalamandhir and distributed by Swargachitra Release. The film stars Dileep and Bhavna Pani with Kalabhavan Mani, Innocent, Janardhanan, Nedumudi Venu and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles. It has over the years attained a cult status. The movie is mainly based on the 1995 movie ''French Kiss'' which had already been adapted in 1998 in Hindi as ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''. The comedy scenes of this movie were later adapted by the director for his 2009 Hindi movie ''De Dana Dan''. The climax of the movie was re-used from director's 2003 Hindi movie ''Hungama''. Plot A police officer is on Gopalakrishnan's ('Gopi') trail. Gopi is a petty thief and has stolen a very precious chain belonging to the Spanish Queen, from a Museum and is on the run. While o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuberan (2002 Film)
''Kuberan'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar Das and produced by Menaka under the production company Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Dileep and Samyuktha Varma in lead roles along with a supporting cast of Uma Shankari, Harisree Ashokan, Kalabhavan Mani, Indrans, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film was released during Vishu 2002. Plot Siddharthan (Dileep) is an actor who is the guardian of three children from his village. He rents a house posing as a rich man and is visited by his old friend Ramanujan (Kalabhavan Mani), who creates chaos. The young heiress Pooja (Samyuktha Varma), who is the daughter of the owner of a palace, has a haunted past. Her husband was a sadist so she ran away to her native village. Her mother finds out where she is and also comes to the village. Pooja does not want to go with her mother, so she acts like a memory-loss patient and says that their neighbour Siddharthan is her husband and his adopted children are their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achaneyanenikkishtam
''Achaneyanenikkishtam'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Suresh Krishnan, written by Suresh Poduval and produced by Menaka. It features Ashwin Thampi, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon, and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in the lead roles, and Mohanlal appears in a guest role. The film was released on 30 November 2001. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for M. G. Radhakrishnan. Plot The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son Kunjunni (Ashwin Thampi), a good education by sending him to a very expensive school. The rest of the story revolves around the events Kunjunni goes through in his life. Cast *Kalabhavan Mani as Bhaskaran *Biju Menon as Anand *Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Seetha Nair *Jagathy Sreekumar as Nalinakshan *Ashwin Thampi as Kunjunni *Nandhu as Kariyachan * Devan as Andrews Issac *Sujitha as Sofia *T. P. Madhavan as Nambeeshan *Poojappura Ravi as Chettiyar *Vinu Chak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Story (2000 Film)
''Cover Story'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by G. S. Vijayan, written by B. Unnikrishnan and produced by Menaka under the production banner Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi and Tabu. The film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad and had soundtrack composed by Sharreth. Plot Jasmine Khan is a computer engineer, who wears contact lens due to vision problems. She meets her next-door neighbour Chandrashekar, a retired judge with a haunted past. The two become friends. Jasmine meets Vijay, a news reporter and the executive director of ''True Vision'' who is on a mission to eliminate corruption through Media Channel. During Christmas, Chandrashekar is killed by a mysterious man, who is seen but not recognized by Jasmine, as she was not wearing contact lenses at that time. ACP Anand suspects Jasmine as retired DGP R.V. Thampuran was killed in her presence in a shopping mall, but is unable to prove due to Vijay's (Anand's college senior and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilots (film)
''Pilots'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Rajiv Anchal and produced by Menaka under Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan, and Praveena. Plot Bobby comes to high range as a helicopter pilot working for Robinson. His job is to spray copper sulphate (''thurisu'') in the rubber plantations. He is assisted by Venkidi and other workers. He faced some resistance from local workers like Chako. He also had to save Robinson from many troubles. In a nearby convent he sees Sr. Cindrella and was shocked to realise that she is actually Megha Mathew, the sister of his best friend, of whose murder Bobby is currently accused of. Megha is the only witness who can prove Bobby's innocence. He fakes a helicopter malfunction and lands the copter in the convent so as to meet Megha in person. But Megha refuses to admit her identity to Bobby. She was not aware that her brother actually gave word to Bobby to give her hand to Bobby. Meanwhile, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu
''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Manju Warrier, Thilakan, Biju Menon, Abbas and Kalabhavan Mani. The soundtrack was composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan while Sharreth composed the film score; Mohanlal had sung a song ''Kaithappoovin'' in the film. Manju Warrier received a National Film Award - Special Mention for her performance. Synopsis A young woman named Bhadra (Manju Warrier) wants to take revenge against a landlord, Natesan (Thilakan), who murdered her parents 15 years earlier. She gets a work at Natesan's land. She is taught work by the other female workers there. Natesan's son(Biju Menon) who has an eye on Bhadra, holds her. She gets furious but her workmates calm her. One fine day she notices that a man, chindan who is mentally ill (Kalabhavan Mani) is ill-treated. She befriends him. That night, the eldest worker narrates a story about a man who gave his life for the lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thakshashila
''Thakshashila'' is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Sreekumar Krishnan Nair (as K. Shrikuttan), starring Suresh Gopi in lead role. Plot Gautam Krishna is an ace mountaineer and instructor at the government institute in Himachal who has climbed the Himalayas over and again and helps the police in missions there, sometimes involving terrorists and insurgents. In the latter, he is usually brought in by his friends and admirers like DSP Rajeevan, while corrupt officers at the higher end like SP Chowdhary and the DGP K. M. Nair himself are shown to have a grudge against him. Even at his own institute, Deputy Director Sheela Nambiar bears grudges against him and constantly tries to thwart him while the Director Wilson Pereira tries to tone the irreverent Gautam down so that his services and expertise aren't lost to the institute. Gautam lives with his sister Ganga Menon who is a customs officer. They happen to have a tragic past and childhood, their father having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmeeram
''Kashmeeram'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Rajiv Anchal, written by A. K. Sajan and produced by Menaka under Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi, Sharada, Priya Raman, Lalu Alex and Ratheesh. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''New Delhi''. Plot The film starts in New Delhi, where NSG Captain Shyam (Suresh Gopi), leader of the Black Cat Commando Team, arrests a wanted terrorist named Jagmohan Pandey for murdering a police constable. Usha Varma ( Sharada), a judge of the Supreme Court and the older sister of Home Secretary Rajagopal "Rajan" Varma ( Lalu Alex), has intentions in handing down a sentence on Pandey for his crimes. In retaliation to Pandey's arrest and trial, Usha's son Unnikrishnan "Unni" Varma ( Krishna Kumar) ends up being murdered in a bomb blast. Following this incident, the government enlists Z Category protection details for Usha and her family while keeping the truth about Unni's death confidential from them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnulokam
''Vishnulokam'' () is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Kamal, written by T. A. Razzaq, and produced by Sanal Kumar and G. Suresh Kumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Shanthi Krishna, Urvashi, and Murali. The songs featured in the film was composed by Raveendran, while Johnson provided the background score. Plot Govindan Aashaan, Kumari Kasthuri, Tharakan and Bheemarajan reach a village as part of their street circus troupe but their main performer Sankunni reach there only later. Sankunni sees Savithrikutty and fall in love but Evil Landlord Prathapa Varma has an eye on Savithrikutty. Sankunni asks Savithrikutty not to surrender before Prathapa Varma. He asked Savithri to come along with him. But Savithri did not agree with this. Prathapa Varma's people beat Govindan Aashaan and others. So they decided to go to some other place. Sankunni saw Savithri Kutty and asked her to come along with him to some other place. Prathapa Varma's people beat Sankunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charithram
''Charithram'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film starring Mammootty and Rahman, along with Shobana, Lizy, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan, Murali and Pappu in other pivotal roles. It was written by S. N. Swamy and directed by G. S. Vijayan in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the 1958 film ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'', the title of which is openly mentioned in one of the dialogues in the movie. The film tells the story of Philip who is desperate to prove that Raju is not his brother but a lookalike and an imposter. It is considered one of the best thriller movies in Malayalam. Plot Philip Manavaalan is the owner of a financing company in Kerala and the movie begins with his wedding preparations. After the wedding, Philip's wife, Cecily is curious about Raju, Philip's dead brother and so Philip relates the story of Raju to Cecily. Raju was young, vibrant and a man of many talents. However, he soon fell prey to the world of drugs and starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
