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Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Harish Sivaramakrishnan is an Indian playback singer and lead vocalist of the Bangalore-based popular Carnatic progressive rock band Agam. Personal life Harish was born and brought up at Shoranur in Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ..., Kerala. He is 38 years old. He is a chemical engineering graduate from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, BITS Pilani. Career Harish Sivaramakrishnan is the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the band Agam. He is also a playback singer working in Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil languages. Apart from his musical career, he is also working as the Chief Design Officer at Cred (company), CRED, after working for over a decade in Adobe Inc., Adobe and Google. Disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoranur
Shornur is a town and a municipality located in the Palakkad district, in the Indian state of Kerala, located on the banks of the Bharathapuzha River. The town covers an area of 32.28 km2. Geography Shornur is located at . It has an average elevation of 49 metres (160 feet). History This place was originally a part of the ''Nedunganad'' Swaroopam dynasty, which ruled over the present-day Pattambi and Ottapalam Taluks. By the end of the 15th century CE, Nedunganad came under the Zamorin of Calicut. The Chieftains of Shornur known as the Kavalappara Moopil Nair maintained his territory as a buffer zone between the Zamorin and the Rajas of kochi often taking sides keeping in mind his personal interests of the time . With the annexation of Malabar by the British Kavalappara became part of Walluvanad Taluk of Malabar District , with the Taluk headquarters at Perinthalmanna. Politics Shornur became a municipality in 1978 and is divided into 33 electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon James (composer)
Leon James is an Indian film composer and singer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut by composing two songs for the Tamil film, ''Kanchana 2'' (2015) directed by Raghava Lawrence, before being noticed for his work in ''Ko 2'' (2016). Early life Leon James became interested in music as a result of his father Noel James's involvement in the industry as A. R. Rahman's manager, and began piano lessons aged three. He played in a school band called Zinx alongside Anirudh Ravichander, with the pair remaining close friends. He is also currently a part of Project Yuj, a "neo-Carnatic funk" band alongside Aalap Raju, Prakash Hariharan and Jeoraj George and the team released an independent album in November 2014. Prior to making his debut as a composer, Leon has worked as a keyboardist for stage shows and film albums composed by Santhosh Narayanan, Anirudh Ravichander and Thaman. Career Leon James made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry after his work was spott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko 2
''Ko 2'' ( ''King 2'') is a 2016 Indian political thriller film co-written and directed by Sarath, who earlier worked as associate director/screenplay writer for films like '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' and '' Billa II''. The film is produced by Elred Kumar and stars Bobby Simha and Nikki Galrani, while Prakash Raj reprises his role from the first film. Bala Saravanan, Ilavarasu, and John Vijay play supporting roles. The music was composed by Leon James with editing by Richard Kevin. This film is a remake of the 2014 Telugu film '' Prathinidhi'', starring Nara Rohit. A stand-alone sequel to the successful 2011 film '' Ko'', the film was planned to release in April 2016 but released on 13 May 2016. Plot A common man named Kumaran (Bobby Simha) kidnaps the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Yogeeswaran ( Prakash Raj), at a private old age home event in Chennai. The news goes viral, and everyone from the local to the central cabinet starts taking the issue personally. Home Minister Thill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashant Pillai
Prashant Pillai (born 8 September 1981) is a music producer and composer from India. Early career After completing his Sound engineering in Chennai, he went on to work with A.R.Rahman. After a short stint with him, he moved on and settled in Pune, where he started scoring for ad jingles, web sonics, and short films. Pillai considers A.R.Rahman to be his professional guide and mentor. In early 2004, Pillai got his first break to compose a radio jingle and then went on to compose jingles, for both radio and television consumption. In the year 2007, Prashant scored music for Bejoy Nambiar's, critically acclaimed short film ''Rahu'' where he teamed with singer K. S. Krishnan. Bejoy's uncanny knack of selecting unusual and experimental sounds, resulted in Prashant working on a soundtrack, which he still claims to be his best. ''Rahu'' soundtrack features Murtaza and Qadir Khan, sons of the Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. They feature in the soundtrack for the Sufi song, "Betaabi". T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockstar (2015 Film)
Rockstar is a 2015 Malayalam romantic comedy film directed by V. K. Prakash and produced by P. K. Ratheesh. Sidharth Menon made his debut as the lead, titular role, and also co-produced the film under Build Block Productions. Lokanathan did the cinematography and Prashant Pillai scored the music. The story and script were written by Rajashree Balaram. Cast * Siddharth Menon as Ananth Abraham * Eva Pavithran as Athira Menon * Anumol as Sanjana Kurien * Poornima as Gayathri * Prakash Bare as Narendran * Krishnachandran as Vakkachan * M. Jayachandran as Guru * Mallika Sukumaran as Alice * Mridul Nair * Mukundan as Abraham/George * Dinesh Prabhakar as Rarichan * Divya Darshan * Romanch as Singer * Adil Ibrahim as Michael * Saiju Kurup * Praseedha as Meenamma * Sona Nair as Mariya * Shani * Sneha as Doctor * Sreelatha Namboothiri as Guru's mother (Valiyamma) * Divya Padmini as Vani (cameo) * Shaalin Zoya as Singer (cameo) * Manjari as Herself (cameo) Plot Ananth Abraham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaan Rahman
Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam cinema. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny Antony. He got the chance to work in the film after the wide acceptance and popularity of his 2008 music album "''Coffee at MG Road''" which he did along with his friend, singer, and director Vineeth Sreenivasan. Vineeth invited him to work in his directorial debut film '' Malarvaadi Arts Club'' (2010). Later on, Shaan has frequently collaborated with Vineeth in his films. He gained popularity with the films such as ''Thattathin Marayathu'' (2012), ''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015),'' Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), ''Vettah'' (2016), '' Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), '' Annmariya Kalippilaanu'' (2016), and the song ''Jimikki Kammal'' from the film '' Velipadinte Pusthakam'' (2017) gained nationwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Vadakkan Selfie
''Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language road-comedy film directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film features Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav and Vineeth Sreenivasan. The music was composed by Shaan Rahman. It was released on 27 March to positive reviews, and became one of the biggest grossing Malayalam films of the year. Some news media and the Kerala Film Producers Association called it the first successful Malayalam film of 2015. This movie marks the debut of Manjima Mohan as an actress in Malayalam movie; earlier, she played a child in films including '' Priyam'' and '' Sundara Purushan''. Plot Umesh Manohar is a 21-year-old carefree engineering student who has 42 back papers to clear. His close pals are Shaji and Thankaprasad. Wanting to find a quick way to earn money and fame, he decides to try his hand at movies, and wants to assist none other than the renowned South-Indian director Gautham Vasudev M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakes Bejoy
Jakes Bejoy (born 27 May 1984) is an Indian film score composer, music producer, and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, but has also worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. He started his film musical career as a singer, in the 2012 film ''Second Show'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. ''Angels'' (2014) was his debut film as a music director. Education Jakes Bejoy is trained in Carnatic music, and was introduced to gospel and western music during his time at Montfort School, Yercaud Montfort School, Yercaud is a co-ed secondary school run by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel in the town of Yercaud, near Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. The school motto is ''Virtus Et Labor'', which translates to "Virtue and Labor". The co .... He has an engineering degree from Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), and a master's degree in Music Science and Technology from Stanford University, United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels (2014 Film)
''Angels'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language social thriller film inspired by the 2012 South Korean film ''Confession of Murder'' directed by debutant Jean Markose. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Indrajith Sukumaran, Asha Sarath, Joy Mathew, Baiju, Prem Prakash, Vijayakumar, and Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli. The screenplay was written by Jean Markose and Toni Tomy, with dialogues co-written by Shabu Kilithatil. Plot S. P. Hameem Hyder is a brilliant police officer in the Special Armed Police Department. He does his work efficiently but is an egoist to some extent. Due to external pressures, he is forced to step aside from a case he has been dealing with. He is offended by this and wants to take revenge on those behind forcing his recusal. His earlier crime investigation becomes the focus of the reality crime show ''Views 24x7'', and it is at this juncture that priest Varghese Punyaalan and Journalist Haritha Menon enter his life. Both of them want to know a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijibal
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and television commercials. Career Bijibal entered the film industry as a composer in 2007, with the film satirical drama ''Arabikatha'' starring Sreenivasan and directed by Lal Jose. In 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Background Score and Kerala State Film Award for the film '' Kaliyachan''. He has also composed for several non-film Malayalam albums including ''Vasco Da Gama''. He has also often composed for short films besides directing the short titled ''Sundari'' and also composing its score. He also composed the music for the door-opening and door-closing notification system in Kochi Metro trains which continues to be in use to this date. He has composed music for films including ''Arabikatha'', ''Pathemari'', '' Loudspeaker' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawan Of Vellimala
''Jawan of Vellimala'' () is a 2012 Malayalam film written by James Albert and directed by debutant Anoop Kannan. It stars Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas and Asif Ali. Cast * Mammootty as Gopikrishnan,retired soldier, Indian Army * Asif Ali as Koshi Oommen * Sreenivasan as Varghese * Mamta Mohandas as Deepa * Leona Lishoy as Jenny Varghese * Ann Sheetal as Jenny's friend * Baburaj as Chacko * Joji as dam security guard * Sunil Sukhadha as Ittichan * Joju George as Vinu * Kottayam Nazeer as Rafi * Niyas Backer as Shibu * Sadiq * Ranjith as Dr. Shivaprasad (cameo) * Devan as Lt Col.Rajagopal (cameo) * Vineeth Sreenivasan as Narrator(Voice-only) Release and reception Sify gave the movie a negative review adding "Jawan of Vellimala is a messy tale that can surprise you with its hollowness. An amateurish effort at best, this film is unintentionally funny at times and lacks much fizz." The noted reviewer of Sify ''Moviebuzz'' making it clear that the movie colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
