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Kavya Madhavan
Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' Chandranudikkunna Dikhil'' in 1999, when she was in the ninth grade. Its success established her status as a leading actress in the industry during the 2000s. She has acted in over 75 movies. She has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in ''Perumazhakkalam'' (2004) and '' Gaddama'' (2010). Early life Kavya was born on 19 September 1984 in Kerala. Acting career Kavya first appeared as a child actor in Kamal's film '' Pookkalam Varavayi'' (1991) at the age of six. Subsequently, she was offered parts in other projects such as ''Pavam IA Ivachan'' (1994), ''Parassala Pachan Payyannur Paramu'' (1994) by P. Venu and '' Azhakiya Ravanan'' (1996), directed by Kamal. She was offered the female lead in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Darling (2000 Film)
''Darling Darling'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Rajasenan and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas. This love triangle movie starred Dileep, Vineeth and Kavya Madhavan. The movie was remade in Kannada in 2001 as ''Jodi'' and in Telugu in 2001 under the same name. Plot Subhash Chandra Bose, aka Kochu Kurup (Vineeth) hears a phone call from a teenage girl named Padmaja "Pappi" Warrier (Kavya Madhavan) and soon falls in love with her. But his parents send him to Bangalore to meet his best friend Kartik, aka Aniyankutty (Dileep), who is a rich womanizer. Aniyankutty also falls in love with Pappi, but he does not disclose this to Kochu Kurup. Kochu Kurup's father brings a marriage alliance to him, but he says that he is not interested, not knowing that the alliance is with Pappi herself. However, Kartik gets to know this, and he helps Kochu Kurup to cancel the wedding since he has an eye on her. Kochu Kurup and Pappi try to elope before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paappi Appacha
''Paappi Appacha'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written and directed by Eldho mathai, starring Dileep and Innocent. The film released in April 2010 in Kerala on more than 70 screens. The film also marked the directorial debut of Mamas K. Chandran. Leading characters in the film have a similar life style of the comedians in the song "Paappi Appacha" in the 1972 Prem Nazir starrer ''Mayiladumkunnu''. Plot Paappi Appacha is the story of a father and son duo, Nirappel Mathai and Nirappel Paappi, shared a friendly rapport. They live like close friends and they get into all sorts of mischiefs in their village, Ithirikkandam, accompanied by Paappi's aide Kuttaappi. Even though the villagers are very fond of the Nirappel family, the adept father and son duo have a hard time keeping up their image of a prosperous family. Annie works as a teacher in a local school and Paappi is in love with her, though Annie does not like him. It is because despite being very cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakkara Muthu
''Chakkaramuthu'' is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Lohithadas and starring Dileep , Sai Kumar, Jishnu and Kavya Madhavan in the lead roles . Under the banner of Seven Arts International, G.P. Produced by Vijayakumar, the film was distributed by Seven Arts Release . Story, screenplay and dialogues by A. K. Lohithadas . Dileep plays the role of a person with an intellectual disability. Synopsis Aravindakshan (Dileep) is a sought-after tailor, specialising in blouses, working in a shop owned by Kumaran (Cochin Haneefa). Despite his evident mental difficulty, Aravindakshan is shown as worldly-wise, with his own way of dealing with things. He loves Anitha ( Kavyamadhavan) deeply in his heart while she feels pity of him. In fact, he is known as her Black Cat security. One day, he tries to kiss her when his friend Santosh (Kalabhavan Nawas) instigates him. She is shocked but later uses the incident to cover up her love with Jeevan (Jishnu) from her strict mother, who wants her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion (2006 Film)
''Lion'' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam language political thriller film written by Udaykrishna-Sibi K. Thomas and directed by Joshiy. The film stars Dileep, Kalasala Babu, Kavya Madhavan and Vijayaraghavan alongside a supporting cast that include Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Sai Kumar, Shammi Thilakan, Riyaz Khan and Karthika. The film was produced by Noushad and distributed by Shan Entertainment. The film was a blockbuster at the box office. It was remade in Tamil as '' Nam Naadu'' and in Telugu as ''Evadaithe Nakenti''. Plot The film revolves round a socio-political family where Balagangadhara Menon, the Education Minister lives with his son B.Krishnakumar a.k.a. Unni-a politician, his wife Lakshmi, three daughters and two sons-in-law. Also with them is his P.A Joseph. Menon is always fond of his sons-in-law Pavithran and Gopinath IAS, and thinks that his son is a barrier to him as he tries to control their corrupt activities. Menon wants to become the Chief Minister himself b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshiy
Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directed a few Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. In the beginning of his career, he received national fame when he directed ''Dharm Aur Qanoon'' (1984) starring Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra, with Khanna in double roles. Personal life Joshiy is married to Sindhu. The couple have a son, Abhilash, and a daughter, Aishwarya, who died in a car accident in Chennai in July 2011. Abhilash is married to Varsha. Career Born at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district as the son of Vasu and Gouri, Joshiy's relation with cinema began from the cinema theatre that his family owned. While doing his final year in degree, in 1969, Joshiy left to Chennai to try his luck in cinema. Joshiy began his career by working as an assistant director under eminent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway (2004 Film)
''Runway'' is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Joshiy and written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas. It stars Dileep, Indrajith Sukumaran, Murali, Harisree Ashokan, and Kavya Madhavan. The film revolves around Unni (Dileep) who due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler, Valayar Paramasivam, in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check-post, Walayar. He works for a mafia king-pin Bhai ( Murali). Plot The film begins when Gopika and her father move into a house where Bharathiyamma stays with her two children, Balu Damodar and Ambili. Bharathiyamma has one more elder son Unni Damodar who works in Dubai. Unni tells his family that he is working in Gulf but in reality he runs illegal spirit business with Chandy Bhai along with Achayan and Achuvettan in Valayar. He accepts a four-year imprisonment but actually the accused was Bhai. Unni, however confesses what he does, to Gopika whom his mother is insistent that he should marry her. After lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaraj
Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Peacock award at the IFFI, and the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics. He is also a seven-time recipient of the National Film Award and several Kerala State Film Awards. His films include ''Paithrukam'' (1993), ''Desadanam'' (1996), '' 4 The People'' (2004), ''Vellapokkathil'' (2007), ''Ottaal'' (2015), and ''Bhayanakam'' (2018). He is the founder of the Birds Club International and is actively involved in philanthropic work. Early life During his stay at Thiruvananthapuram, he attended film festivals including the International Film Festival of Kerala and watched many world classics. Kurosawa's ''Rashomon'' and DeSica's ''Bicycle Thieves'' were among them, and they influenced him immensely. Career Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilakkam
''Thilakkam'' () is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Jayaraj and written by Rafi Mecartin. Dileep, Kavya Madhavan and Thiagarajan play the lead roles. The rest of the cast include Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Nishanth Sagar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Cochin Haneefa, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar and Bindu Panicker. It was remade in Kannada as ''Nandeesha'' in 2012, starring Komal. Plot Padmanabhan master and his wife is waiting for Unni, their only son who is missing for many years. Ten-year-old Unni gets lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he was along with his neighbour Panikkar, popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panikkar too did not return since he decided to return only after finding Unni. Ammu is Panikkar's daughter who also believes, like master and his wife, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master finds Unni after years and returns him to the village. The villagers realize that Unni is abnormal and is mentall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadanandante Samayam
''Sadanandante Samayam'' is a 2003 Malayalam satirical film directed by Akbar-Jose and starring Dileep and Kavya Madhavan. Synopsis The movie is about Sadanandan who is an Ordinary school teacher and people says a good teacher. But some problem are always rotating around him in relation with his life style. He is a strong believer of astronomy if he does anything, it is according to the law of astronomy. So he could not take a strong decision of his own. He mistrust everything. His life takes a turn when an astrologer informs him that he will soon die. He panics and tries to do everything required for his wife and daughter before he dies. Cast * Dileep as Manackkapalli Sadanandan * Kavya Madhavan as Sumangala / Suma (voice by Praveena) * Siddique as Sudhakaran Sadanadan's eldest brother * Cochin Haneefa as Headmaster Chacko * Janardhanan as Shankaran * Jagathy Sreekumar as Krishnanunni * Sukumari as Kalyani * Augustine as Divakaran Sadanandan's brother * Salim Kumar as Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |