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Jan.E.Man
Jan.E.Man is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by the debutant Chidambaram. It was co-written by Ganapathi (Chidambaram's younger brother) and Sapnesh Varachal. The film stars Basil Joseph, Balu Varghese, Lal, Arjun Ashokan and Ganapathi in important roles. The film was produced by Lakshmi Warrier, Ganesh Menon, Sajith Kookal and Shawn Antony under the banner of Cheers Entertainment. The film was released on 19 November 2021, and was unanimously met with critical acclaim with praise towards the performances (particularly Basil Joseph's and Balu Varghese's), clean humour, emotional depth, story and Chidambaran's direction. Plot Joymon is a nurse in the desolate part of Canada. He decides to come home to Kerala to celebrate his 30th birthday with his old school friends. He decides to celebrate his birthday from his friend Sampath's house( Arjun Ashokan).Sampath and Faizal ( Ganapathi S Poduval) initially do not like the idea of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjil Virinja Pookkal
''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'' () is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language romantic thriller film produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio and written and directed by Fazil (director), Fazil. It stars Shankar (actor), Shankar, Mohanlal and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Poornima Jayaram. The film features original songs composed by Jerry Amaldev and a score by Guna Singh, cinematography was done by Ashok Kumar (cinematographer), Ashok Kumar. In the film, Prem Kishan (Shankar) arrives at Kodaikanal, where he falls in love with a girl named Prabha (Poornima). But Prabha is already married to Narendran (Mohanlal), a sadistic youngster. Their life gets troublesome when Narendran finds out about their affair. ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'' marks the onscreen debut of Mohanlal and Poornima, the Malayalam debut of Shankar, the directorial debut of Fazil, and Amaldev's debut as music director. The film was shot extensively in and around Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'' was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganapathi S Poduval
Ganapathi S. Poduval is an Indian actor who entered the Malayalam film industry as a child actor. He is well known for his roles in the movies ''Vinodayathra'' and ''Pranchiyettan & The Saint''. He also played a major role in the movie ''Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu''. Film career Ganapathi started his film career by doing dubbing for Santhosh Sivan’s movie ''Anandabadram''. Later, Santosh Sivan introduced him as a child actor through the Bilingual film ''Before The Rains''. He got a breakthrough in his acting career after appearing in the film ''Vinodayathra'', written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. He also got the starring role in the children's film '' Chithrashalabhangalude Veedu'', directed by Krishnakumar and branched out into Hindi with '' The Waiting Room'', directed by Maneej Premnath. He essayed roles as child artist in various movies like ''Pranchiyettan & The Saint'', ''Mallu Singh'' and '' Alibhai''. After doing various character roles in movies like '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharth Menon (singer)
Siddharth Menon (born 1 July 1989) is an Indian playback singer, actor, co-founder and vocalist of Thaikkudam Bridge music band. He has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band Thaikkudam Bridge. His rendition of ''"Mandaracheppundo"'' from the film ''Dasharatham'' for a musical show ''Music Mojo'' in the Malayalam channel Kappa TV topped the music charts. Early life and education Siddharth Menon was born in a Mumbai-settled Kerala family of Sathyanathan Pariyadath and Sheela on 1 July 1989, and was brought up in Mumbai. His father, Sathyanathan, is a former employee of an airline company and hails from Irinjalakkuda, Trissur. His mother, Sheela, works with the income tax department in Mumbai and hails from Vaikom, Kottayam. He studied in Vivek Vidyalaya High School, Goregaon, Maharashtra. He attended Vivek College of Commerce where he received a degree in commerce. After graduation he decided to study western classical music and joined A R Rahman’s mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lal (actor)
M. P. Michael (born 2 December 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil films and in a few Telugu films. Lal has won several awards, including a National Film Award – Special Mention for acting (2012), two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (2008, 2013), and a Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam (2008). He is the owner of Lal Media Arts, a post-production studio. Early life Lal was born as Michael to the late M. A. Paul and the late Philomina, as their eldest son. He received his schooling at St. Augustine's High School, Ernakulam. His brother Alex Paul is a music composer in the Malayalam film industry and his son Jean is a movie director in the same industry. Career He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, along with his childhood friend Siddique, who would later team up as Siddique-Lal to make man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Joseph
Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge success both commercially and critically. Besides direction, Basil is also an actor and has acted in numerous films. He started his career as an assistant director of Vineeth Sreenivasan in the 2013 film ''Thira''. His acting debut was through the 2013 film '' Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu'' directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar. Career Basil Joseph began his career in 2012 as an actor in the short film ''CET Life'' during his engineering days at College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He has also scripted and directed the short films, with Albert S ''Oru Thundu Padam'' and ''Priyamvadha Katharayano'' during his stint at Infosys, Trivandrum. Basil started his career in the Malayalam film industry by assisting Vineeth Sreenivasan in his third direction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Ashokan
Arjun Ashokan (24 August 1992) is an Indian actor working in the Malayalam film industry. Known for his roles as a supporting actor, he is the son of a Malayalam actor called Harisree Ashokan. Making his debut with ''Orkut Oru Ormakoot'', along with a group of newcomers, Arjun first made a mark with '' Parava'', the debut directorial of Soubin Shahir, and later with '' B. Tech'' and the sleeper hit ''June'' produced by Vijay Babu, and ''The Times of India'' described him as a ''scene stealer in his own right'' for the later film. Arjun was also noticed in films like ''Varathan'', '' Unda'', '' Super Sharanya'' and ''An International Local Story'', directed by his actor father Harisree Ashokan. Personal life He married Nikhita Ganeshan in 2018.The couple have a daughter. 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) b ... [...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] |
Kiran Das
Kiran Das (born 1 June 1983) is an Indian film editor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is a recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor in 2019 for the movie Ishq (2019 film). His other notable works include Joji, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum, Joseph and Ambili Filmography {, class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Director !Notes , - , rowspan="6" , 2022 , {, Rorschach , rowspan="1" , Editor , rowspan="1" , Nisam Basheer , rowspan="1" , Released on 2022 October 7 , - , , rowspan="1" , Editor , rowspan="1" , Saheed Arafath , rowspan="1" , Filming , - , rowspan="1" , ''Palthu Janwar'' , rowspan="1" , Editor , rowspan="1" , Sangeeth P Rajan , rowspan="1" , , - , rowspan="1" , ''Appan'' , rowspan="1" , Editor , rowspan="1" , Maju , rowspan="1" , , - , rowspan="1" , '' Prappeda'' , rowspan="1" , Editor , rowspan="1" , Krishnendu Kalesh , , - , rowspan="1" , '' Kudukku 2025'' , rowspan="1" , Edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilu Joseph
Gilu Joseph (born 14 March 1990) is a Malayali poet and lyricist. She earlier worked as an air hostess with Fly Dubai. She has also acted in Malayalam movies. Personal life Gilu hails from Kumily in Idukki district in Kerala. She has two sisters. She moved to Dubai at the age of 18 to work as cabin crew with Fly Dubai. Gilu appeared on the cover of the March edition of ''Grihalakshmi (magazine), Grihalakshmi'', breastfeeding a baby as a part of their 'breastfeed freely' campaign. A complaint was lodged with the State Child Rights Commission against the magazine and Gilu, by various lawyers. A petition was filed with the Kerala HC alleging that the magazine cover violated provisions of the POCSO Act., Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. However, the court did not agree with the petitioner's allegation. The court observed that 'obscenity lies in the crotch of the beholder'. Work Gilu has penned the lyrics for Malayalam songs in the following movies * Vaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riya Saira
Riya Saira is an Indian actress and dubbing artist in the Malayalam film Industry. She made her debut in 2012 through the Malayalam film ''22 Female Kottayam''. Saira was spotted by Aashiq Abu Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), ''Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (201 ... while shooting for her debut movie '' Shutter''. Abu wanted her to cut off her hair to look like the character, but she couldn't as the shoot for '' Shutter'' wasn't complete and so she wore a wig. She got Kerala State film Award for best dubbing artist in 2020 For the film Ayyapanum Koshiyum. Career She participated in Surya TV's reality show, ''Big Break''. She was into anchoring also. Later she entering into acting. She started dubbing from childhood. Personal life Riya Saira was born on 26 November 1992. Filmography As actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7th Day'' (2014) and ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (2015). He starred as the titular character in the Netflix superhero film ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). Tovino has co-produced the film ''Kilometers and Kilometers''. On 21 January 2021, he launched his own production house - Tovino Thomas Productions. ''Kala'' is the first venture by his own production house where he also played the role of the antagonist. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (2015). He also won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Mayanadhi'' (2017). For his constantly evolving looks and style, Tovino is ranked among the most desirable men from Kerala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
