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Ithihasa
''Ithihasa'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy comedy film directed by Binu Sadanandan and written by Aneesh Lee Ashok and Anil Narayanan. The film tells the story of body swapping between a conservative young software professional Janaki (Anusree) and an easy going young pickpocketer, Alvy (Shine Tom Chacko). The music was composed by Deepak Dev. Despite receiving well critical acclaim from critics, the film turned out to be a sleeper hit and was especially praised for the humour, music and screenplay. It is inspired from the 2002 Hollywood film ''The Hot Chick.'' A spiritual successor to the film titled ''Mask'' starring Shine Tom Chacko and Chemban Vinod Jose was released in 2019. Plot The story, set in Cochin is about the body swapping of a shrewd pickpocketer Alvy and a conservative software professional Janaki. Alvy, a thief and his friend Vikki come in possession of a pair of stolen magic rings. One of the rings is lost and makes its way to Janaki, who wins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binu Sadanandan
Binu Sadanandan (born 23 July) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam films. Binu gained popularity with his directional debut film ''Ithihasa'' in 2014, which became a sleeper hit, and later he went on to direct his second film ''Style'' (2016), which also gained cult status. Career Binu Sadanandan started as a Photographer. Meanwhile, Binu developed the one-line plot of ''Ithihasa.'', which became his debut directorial. ''Ithihasa'' was released in 2014. The film received well critical acclaim and fared well at the box-office. His next film, ''Style'', came in 2016. The film mainly received negative reviews, but was a success at the box-office. Although it took close to two years in the making, ''Style'' marked a turning point in his career as director. Binu stated: "''Style'' is not ''Ithihasa''. ''Ithihasa'' stemmed from the desire to do a totally different film. ''Style'' on the other hand is a normal film. An object gaining prominence in each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anusree
Anusree (born 24 October 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in the 2012 film '' Diamond Necklace'' and has acted in a number of Malayalam films in female lead roles. Early life Anusree was born on 24 October 1990 in Kerala, to father Muraleedharan Pillai, a clerk at the Kerala Water Authority, and mother Shobhana, a housewife. She was brought up in Kamukumchery, Kollam district. She has an elder brother, Anoop.She went to Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manjakala, Kollam. Her passion for acting started from her school days. Career Anusree impressed director Lal Jose while he was judging the acting reality show ''Vivel Active Fair Big Break'' on Surya TV, in which she was competing, leading to her film debut as Kalamandalam Rajasree in Lal Jose's 2012 film '' Diamond Necklace''. She then appeared in '' Left Right Left'' (2013), ''Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum'' (2013), and '' Angry Babies in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine Tom Chacko
Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema. After working as an assistant to director Kamal for about 9 years, he forayed into acting through the film. '' Gaddama''. He played supporting roles in several films including ''Ee Adutha Kaalathu'', ''Chapters'', ''Annayum Rasoolum'' and ''Masala Republic'' and played his first lead role in Binu S Kalady's fantasy-comedy film ''Ithihasa'' (2014) which dealt with body-swapping. Film career Shine started his career as an assistant director to Kamal in the early 2000's. He has completed his B.Com degree from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He worked nearly 10 years with Kamal and during this time, Shine had showed his face in one of the scenes as a man sitting in a bus in the 2002 film ''Nammal'' directed by Kamal. Shine made his acting debut in 2011 with Kamal's '' Gaddama''. He portrayed the role of an immigrant, who is tortured and treated like a slave i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RJ Mathukutty
Arun Mathew (born 27 February 1985), better known by his stage name Mathukkutty, is an Indian radio jockey, television host, actor and director. He is known for his association with the Malayalam television shows on One TV, Mazhavil Manorama, Flowers (TV channel), Flowers, Zee Keralam , Surya TV and for his role in the Malayalam film ''Ithihasa'', Campus Diary, Kamuki and Hridayam. His debut film as director was ''Kunjeldho''. Early life Arun Mathew (Mathukutty) was born on 27 February 1985. He was raised in West Vengola, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam to Mathukutty and Sosamma. He completed his bachelor's degree in Malayalam from the Union Christian College, Aluva in 2006. He joined Kerala Press academy in Kakkanad for a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. He started his career as editor trainee at Malayalam newspaper Veekshanam. He came to radio as a hobby and ended up as a radio host. Career Radio RJ Mathukkutty started his career as a radio jockey on Red FM 93.5, Red FM in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balu Varghese
Balu Varghese is an Indian actor and singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career as a child actor in Chanthupottu (2005). Early life and Career Balu Varghese was born in Kochi . He is the son of E. J. Varghese and Neena Varghese. He is also the nephew of Malayalam actor Lal and Music Director Alex Paul. He made his acting debut in 2005, by playing a child artist in ''Chanthupottu''. He later starred in Lal Jr.’s directorial debut film ''Honey Bee''. Filmography *All films are in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ... language unless otherwise noted. Personal life He married Aileena Catherin Amon on 02 February 2020. The couple were blessed with a baby boy named Ezekiel Amy Varghese on March 31, 2021 Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambika Mohan
Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema and television series mostly in supporting roles. She made her debut in the film, ''Meghamalhar ''Meghamalhar'' is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written and directed by Kamal from a story by Iqbal Kuttippuram. It stars Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma in the lead roles, while Poornima Mohan, Sreenath, Shivaji, Siddique and ...'' (2001) and went on to act in over 300 films. Filmography Short films Television References External links *Ambika Mohan at MSI {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohan, Ambika Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Kerala Indian film actresses People from Palakkad district Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradeep Kottayam
Pradeep K. R. (1961 – 17 February 2022), professionally credited as Pradeep Kottayam, was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Malayalam films and some Tamil films. He is best known for his comedic roles. His role in the 2010 Tamil film ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' gave him a breakthrough after a dialogue received public attention. Career Pradeep Kottayam started his acting career in 2001 with the film '' Ee Naadu Innale Vare'', directed by I. V. Sasi. In his early stages of his career, he worked as a junior artist, appearing in mainly non speaking roles and uncredited roles. He has appeared in many movies including Rajamanikyam and 2 Harihar Nagar as a bystander in crowd scenes or a non-speaking role. He got a breakthrough in Gautham Vasudev Menon's hit film ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', he had the role of the uncle of heroine Trisha Krishnan which was well noticed. His dialogue in a Tamil movie Vinaythandi Varuvaya "karimeen undd...fish und...mutton und..." became famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valsala Menon
Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in Thrissur District. She has three elder brothers. Since early childhood she has learned classical dancing and has performed on various stages in the august audience of leaders and rulers of the time. She came into industry as a child artist Baby Valsala in Malayalam movie Thiramala in 1953. She got married at the age of 16 and settled at Bombay. She became Miss Thrissur in 1970 after giving birth to three children. She had taken dance, Malayalam classes in Bombay. She was active in Ladies Club also, there. Although there was innumerable offers for her to act in films post her marriage, she made a comeback to films in ''Kiratham'' released in 1985 once her children had finished their schooling and was on their own. She became noted through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Dev
Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie ''Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) directed by Siddique. Deepak is also a former member of the Kochi based Indian rock band Motherjane. Early years Deepak Dev is a native of Tellicherry in Kerala, and grew up in Dubai. He studied at the Indian High School there and learned Indian Carnatic music since childhood. Later his interest switched mainly to the keyboard. While a graduate student in Sacred Heart College, he was the mastermind behind the college rock band which went on to win the intercollege competition 'Talent Time – Woodstock' award every year. He focused on programming music and started working with reputed musicians like A.R Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sandeep Chowta, Vidyasagar, Anu Malik, M.M. Keeravani, Mani Sharma, and Adesh Shrivastav. He started his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask (2019 Film)
''MASK'' (acronym of ''Muhammedum Albyum Shathrukkalaaya Katha'') is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film co-written and directed by Sunif Hanif. The film, produced by A. S. Gireesh Lal for Gowri Meenakshi Movies, stars Shine Tom Chacko, Chemban Vinod Jose , Vijayaraghavan and Priyanka Nair in the lead roles. Gopi Sundar composed the soundtrack and score, while Prakash Velayudhan handled the cinematography. The film, which tells the story of a police inspector who sets out to track down a thief, released on 5 June 2019. The film was a spiritual successor of the 2014 film Ithihasa starring Shine Tom Chacko and Anusree. Cast *Shine Tom Chacko as Alby John, thief *Chemban Vinod Jose as S.I. Haneef Muhammed, a police officer *Priyanka Nair as Rasiya Begam, Haneef's wife *Vijayaraghavan as Ramji Rao *Salim Kumar as Cheguevara alias Jaggu Varapuzha *Roshna Ann Roy as Kunjumol *Sasi Kalinga * Abu Salim as Subair * Ameer Niyas as Doctor * Niyas Bakker *Nirmal Palazhi as Abdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noby Marcose
Noby Marcose is an Indian film and television actor, and comedian, who predominantly works on Malayalam Film Industry. He is well known for his character in Pulimurugan with Mohanlal and in Madhuraraja with Mammooty.He is from Trivandrum. He became popular from Comedy Stars, Asianet. Later he is known for his spot counters in Star Magic, Flowers TV. Noby was one of the finalists of Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 3 (2021) Biography Noby Marcose (born 21 October 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who works in Malayalam films, television and stage. Beginning his career as a comedian on stage, he attained recognition after appearing in the TV reality show ''Comedy Stars'' on Asianet, where his team emerged as the winner. Noby is also a part of the Star Magic Show in Flowers Channel where he gained much attention. He made his film debut in 2010 with ''College Days''. His other notable films are Maalgudi Days(2016), Pulimurugan(2016), Madhura Raja (2019). He is currently partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divya Prabha
Divya Prabha (born 18 May 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil-language films. She gained wider attention for her roles in the films '' Take Off'' and ''Thamaasha''. In 2015, she won Kerala State Television Award for Best Second Actress for her performance in the TV serial ''Eswaran Sakshiyayi''. Acting career Divya made her screen debut with the 2013 film ''lokpal''. Her first Tamil film was '' Kayal'' directed by Prabhu Solomon. She played a character role in the film ''Vettah'' directed by Rajesh Pillai. In '' Take Off'' she played a nurse. In 2018, she played supporting roles in the period film ''Kammara Sambhavam'' and sports thriller ''Nonsense''. In 2019, she acted in ''A Very Normal Family'', a theatre play directed by Roshan Mathew. She then acted in the movie ''Thamaasha''. Filmography TV Serials Theatre * 2019: ''A Very Normal Family'' (Mollyamma) Award and nominations ;Kerala State Television Awards * 2015: Kerala State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |