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Johny Antony
Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Thaha, Taha, Kamal (director), Kamal and Jose Thomas. Antony made his directorial debut with the slapstick comedy ''C.I.D. Moosa'' in 2003. His other directorial ventures include ''Kochi Rajavu'' (2005), ''Thuruppugulan (2006 film), Thuruppu Gulan'' (2006), ''Cycle (2008 film), Cycle'' (2008), ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' (2009), ''Masters (film), Masters'' (2012), ''Thappana'' (2012) and ''Thoppil Joppan'' (2016). Antony made his acting debut with a role in the film ''Shikkari Shambhu'' (2018). His acting credits include the films ''Drama (2018 film), Drama'' (2018), ''Joseph (2018 film), Joseph'' (2018), ''Ganagandharvan'' (2019), ''Varane Avashyamund'' (2020), and ''Home (2021 film), Home'' (2021)''.'' Career He began his film career as an assistant dire ...
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Thuruppugulan (2006 Film)
''Thuruppugulan'' is a 2006 Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna/Siby K. Thomas duo. The film stars Mammootty in the title role, and also features Sneha, Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa and Janardanan in major supporting roles. The music was composed by Alex Paul. The film follows Kunjumon, a Calicut-based street restaurant owner, who is known by his nickname 'Gulan'. The film was released on April 14, 2006 and coincided with the 'Vishu' festival. Plot The film opens with a kind-hearted street-rowdy who manages his problem and promises to help his stepsister arrives. Mr. Menon ( Devan), a multi-millionaire, invests in real estate. He entrusts one of his lieutenants, Sreedharan Unnithan (Kalashala Babu), to construct a 5-star hotel in Kochi. He buys a small plot adjacent to a 5-star hotel and gives it to Kochuthoma (Innocent), Kunjumon's (Mammootty) father, to construct a small re ...
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Ee Pattanathil Bhootham
''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' () is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy comedy film directed by Johnny Antony. It stars Mammootty with Kavya Madhavan, Innocent, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Mahadevan, Janardhanan, Suresh Krishna and Spadikam George in supporting roles. The film is not based on the 1967 film ''Pattanathil Bhootham''. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as ''Hamara Dost Bhoot Uncle''. Plot The film opens with a 'Mantravaadi' (Thilakan) telling an evil magician Sathyatheerdhan ( Mahadevan) to obey his commands to make money by asking a friendly ghost to commit crimes. Meanwhile, a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a circus camp by the baddies, who have taken over the show. Ancy (Kavya Madhavan) comes back from London to take charge of the circus company founded by her father Philipose ( Janardhanan), who is found murdered. Upon reaching there, she is told that her father was stabbed to death by a bike-jumper named Ji ...
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Inspector Garud (film)
''Inspector Garud'' is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Johny Antony, starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan as the lead roles. The film was a commercial success at the box office. Synopsis ''Inspector Garud'' has Circle Inspector Madhavan Kutty as a very corrupt officer, known as Garud as he is fast as a falcon who would do any dirty work for money. He became Inspector not through the right channel but by paying as bribe. So he is now bound on getting his money back through bribes. A consignment of arms reaches Kochi meant for LTTE and the villain, Karaikkudy Arumuga Palaniyappa Chettiyar is keeping it in a colony run by him. An honest cop Rajan Joseph discovers the plot but is sacked by the Home minister. Garud saves Chettiyar and at the same time rips him off. Meanwhile, Madhavan Kutty is humiliated by the new Sub Collector Sethulakshmi who makes him apologize to her in front of the Women's Commission. He takes revenge by working out a marriage wi ...
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Bhaiyya Bhaiyya
''Bhaiyya Bhaiyya'' (Theatrical name: ''Bhayya Bhayya'') is a 2014 Malayalam comedy film directed by Johny Antony and scripted by Benny P. Nayarambalam starring Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon in lead roles. The film also features Nisha Agarwal (in her debut Malayalam film), Vinutha Lal, Innocent, Suraj Venjarammood, Salim Kumar and Vijayaraghavan in other important roles. It features music by Vidyasagar and cinematography by Vinod Illampally and was largely shot at Mostly at Erayil Kadavu Kottayam, Tamil Nadu and Kolkata. Produced by Laisamma Pottoore under Nobel Andre Production, ''Bhaiyya Bhaiyya'' released on 5 September 2014. Plot The film begins with the mischievous childhood of Babumon and Baburam Chatterji. Then it progresses to their mischievous adulthood. They run into some troubles with Monayi and Varki, who are the brother and father of Angel, Babu's love interest, and their right hand Manikandan. When a Bengali worker falls prey to a trap laid by Manikandan to kill ...
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Thoppil Joppan
''Thoppil Joppan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Johny Antony, starring Mammootty in the title role as a Kabaddi player. The film also features Mamta Mohandas, Andrea Jeremiah, Renji Panicker, Sudheer Sukumaran, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Harisree Ashokan, Alancier Ley Lopez, Saju Navodaya and Sreejith Ravi among others. Plot While Joppan's (Mammootty) friends take a bath, each of them narrates a flashback concerning Joppan. Joppan is an adept Kabbadi player, and during an informal victory parade, he falls for Annie's (Andrea Jeremiah) beauty. Annie, an estate supervisor's daughter, does not initially reciprocate Joppan's feelings, but Joppan attains her love by saving her younger brother's life. Their love becomes the talk of the town and Joppan's father reprimands him. Joppan renounces his family and locals, except Annie, and assures her that he will return for her after becoming an affluent man. In the course of time, Annie grows into a woman. ...
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Thappana
''Thappana'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film based on the work of Bengali novelist Ashapurna Debi and directed by Johny Antony. The film stars Mammootty in lead role. The film was released on 19 August 2012. It tells the story of two convicts, the petty thief Samson (Mammootty) and the young girl Mallika (Charmy Kaur), who are released from prison on the same day. Samson accompanies the depressed girl on her journey back home in Karippa and finds out the cause of the murder attempt on Mallika's husband. Synopsis Samson (Mammootty) and Mallika ( Charmy Kaur) have just been released from prison. Samson is a small-time thief to whom prison is a "second home" while Mallika went to prison for murdering someone to save her husband from being killed. Samson falls in love with the girl at first sight. He decides to accompany her on the journey back home, but during the entire journey, Mallika is absolutely quiet and refuses to utter a word to him. She seems de ...
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Kochi Rajavu
''Kochi Rajavu'' (''translated as King of Kochi'') is a 2005 Indian Malayalam language action-comedy film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas duo. It stars Dileep in the lead role with Kavya Madhavan, Rambha, Harisree Ashokan, Murali, Jagathy Sreekumar and Vijayaraghavan in supporting roles. The film marks the second collaboration between Dileep, Johny Antony, and the writing duo Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas after '' C.I.D. Moosa'' (2003). Plot The film starts with Suryanarayana Varma a.k.a. Unni, who hails from a royal family, returning from prison. He had killed the son of a large family who are now searching for him. Unni's parents enroll him in a law college in Chennai. There he meets Meenakshi and gets into conflicts her brother Siva, and Siva's enemy Muthu. Meenakshi eventually falls in love with Unni. Once Meenaskshi's family finds out about her love for Unni they visit his house for a marriage request. But Unni has a past he can ...
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Masters (film)
''Masters'' is a Malayalam films of 2012, 2012 Malayalam film, Malayalam Action crime, action crime thriller film directed by Johny Antony and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and M. Sasikumar, Sasikumar with Mukesh (actor), Mukesh, Biju Menon, Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor), Sai Kumar, Mithra Kurian and Vijayaraghavan in supporting roles. This film is loosely based on the English film ''Strangers on a Train (film), Strangers on a Train''. Plot Milan Paul and Sreeramakrishnan aka Sree are best friends who have been together since college time. The intensity of their friendship has not faded though the carefree days of college have long past gone. Now Sree is an ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) of Kottayam and Milan is a renowned reporter in the same city. Though in different fields, both are in highly responsible jobs. In effect, both of them use their friendship to fulfill their respective social responsibilities. Hot-tempered and impulsive, Sree usually ends up in some sort ...
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Cycle (2008 Film)
''Cycle'' is a 2008 Indian Malayalam film directed by Johny Antony and written by James Albert, starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Vinu Mohan, Sandhya, Bhama, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The tale is about two friends, Roy (Vineeth Sreenivasan) and Sanju (Vinu Mohan), struggling to make both ends meet with their low salaries, working respectively as a cashier in a private finance company and as a salesman in an electronics goods shop. It was a box office success. Plot The film, set at a shopping mall in Kochi as backdrop, is all about a few youngsters, Roy and Sanju and their love interests, Annie and Meenakshy. Long-ignored and mistreated by society for reasons none of theirs, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Roy is an accountant in a private financing company of Kaustubhan, (deftly played with ease and characteristic gags by Jagathy) who pays his staff, the modest of all salaries. Sanju is a desperate cricketer, left out of Ranji team, who is working in the same commerc ...
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of roles and has received several awards including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South. Prithviraj made his acting debut with ''Nandanam'' (2002), a commercial success. He established himself as a leading Malayalam actor with ''Classmates'' (2006), the highest-grossing Malayalam film that time. The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for ''Vaasthavam'' made him its youngest recipient at 24. He played a musician in the Tamil romantic comedy '' Mozhi'' (2007) and ventured into playback singing with ''Puthiya Mukham'' (2009) before earning his second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for medical drama '' Ayalum Njanum Thammil'' and biographical film ''Celluloid'' ...
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Pia Bajpai
Pia Bajpiee is an Indian actress and model who appears primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood films. She is best known for her performances as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy ''Goa'' and Saro in K. V. Anand's political thriller '' Ko''. Early life Bajpiee was born in Etawah but resettled in Delhi to attend a computer course while hoping to gain a break in films. Though her parents opposed her decision, she enrolled for a diploma in computer science, whilst undertaking small jobs such as working as a receptionist and tutoring in order to earn money to make a good portfolio. However, after a year, the office job left her restless and she relocated to Mumbai on her own money. Bajpiee then began to work as a dubbing artiste for serials, but found the job depressing and moved onto modelling appearing in print-ads, commercials and music videos. She featured in adverts for Cadbury alongside veteran actor, Amitabh Bachchan and Sonata with cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. She was eventuall ...
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Changanassery
Changanassery or Changanacherry is a municipal town in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. History The first recorded history on the origin of Changanacherry is obtained from Sangam period literature. According to Sangam era documents, Uthiyan Cheralathan (Perum Chorru Udiyan Cheralathan, Athan I, or Udiyanjeral - AD c. 130) is the first recorded Kera (Chera) dynasty ruler of the Sangam period in ancient South India. Governance The city is governed by the Changanacherry Municipal Council.Ms Sandhya Manoj is the chairperson of the municipality and the vice chairperson Mr Binu. It heads the taluk Kachery (office). It also heads the Munsiff's court and the judicial first class magistrate's court. Changanacherry assembly constituency was a part of Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency). However, after the Delimitation Commission's Report in 2005, in order to retain Mavelikkara Lok Sabha Constituency, Changanacherry segment in Kottayam and the neighbouring constitue ...
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