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Kotthu
''Kotthu'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Hemanth Kumar. It was produced by Ranjith and P. M. Sasidharan. The film stars Asif Ali, Nikhila Vimal, Roshan Mathew, Ranjith and Sreelakshmi in important roles. Jakes Bejoy composed the original score, while Kailas Menon composed the original songs. It also marks the comeback of Sibi Malayil after 7 years. The film received mixed reviews and became a box office average hit. Plot Inspired from many real life incidents, the film tells the life of political party workers from Northern Kerala and their bloodshed to reinvigorate the rebellious nature of the parties and the untouchable party worker status at the cost of lives. Cast * Asif Ali as Shanavas / Shanu, a member of the political party KCP(M) *Nikhila Vimal as Hizana, Shanu's wife *Roshan Mathew as Sumesh Chandran, Shanu's friend and party member *Ranjith as Sadhanandan, the party secretary *Sreelakshmi as Am ... [...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. 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, USA. Career After graduating in 2010, he was a music intern at Activision Blizzard and Namco Bandai, working on the Guitar Hero series, Splatterhouse, and Pacman. He also worked with the audio team at The Walt Disney Company on video games including ''Cars'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kailas Menon
Kailas Menon is an Indian film composer who works predominantly in Malayalam films and commercials. After working as a composer for television commercials for more than a decade, he debuted as a composer in feature films with director Jayaraj's ''Pakarnnatam''. His first mainstream release happened much later with ''Theevandi'', for which he earned his first Filmfare Award. Early life Kailas was born in Thrissur, Kerala on 30 May 1986. He learned carnatic music for eight years and was a self-trained keyboard player. He completed his schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Thrissur. He graduated in Visual Communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, and pursued a course in sound engineering from SAE Institute, Chennai. Career Menon had his first release, the music album ''Snehathode'', at the age of 16. His professional career began much later, when he joined as an assistant to Malayalam film composer Ouseppachan and subsequently became a sound engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Ali (actor)
Asif Ali (born 4 February 1986) is an Indian actor and producer, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 Malayalam Language film, '' Ritu''. During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically and commercially successful films including the romantic thriller, '' Apoorvaragam'', the road thriller film ''Traffic'', the romantic comedy film '' Salt N' Pepper'' and the period drama movie ''Ozhimuri'', which got an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India. His 2013 film ''Honey Bee'' was one of the major hits in that year and his 2015 film '' Nirnayakam'' won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. His success streak continued by starring in the 2016 romantic movie '' Anuraga Karikkin Vellam'', the 2017 movie '' Sunday Holiday'', the campus thriller '' Btech'' (2018) and '' Vijay Superum Pournamiyum'' (2019), which produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhila Vimal
Nikhila Vimal is a South Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry and has acted in a few Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Tamil with the film '' Vetrivel'' (2016), playing the role of Latha. She went on to appear in super hit films like ''Kidaari'' (2016), '' Aravindante Athidhikal'' (2018), ''Njan Prakashan'' (2018), '' Mera Naam Shaji'' (2019), ''Oru Yamandan Premakadha'' (2019), ''Thambi'' (2019), ''Anjaam Pathiraa'' (2020), ''The Priest'' (2021), '' Madhuram'' (2021) and '' Jo and Jo'' (2022). Personal life Nikhila Vimal was born in Taliparamba, Kerala to late M. R. Pavithran and Kalamandalam Vimaladevi. Her father was retired from statistical department while her mother is a dancer. Her elder sister Akhila Vimal is a research scholar in Theater arts at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. The name 'Vimal' comes from the name of her mother. Nikhila Vimal learned Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kerala Natanam and monoact, she also made her pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Mathew
Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam films and Hindi, Tamil & Telugu films. He began his career with numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include ''The Glass Menagerie'' directed by Rajit Kapoor and ''07/07/07'' directed by Faezeh Jalali. Roshan had his first major role in the 2016 film ''Puthiya Niyamam'' and his career progressed with supporting roles in '' Aanandam'' (2016), '' Koode'' (2018), and '' Moothon'' (2019). For the latter two, he won two SIIMA Awards. He gained wider attention for his leading roles in the dramas ''Kappela'' (2020) and '' C U Soon'' (2021). Mathew has also appeared in the Hindi films ''Choked'' (2020) and '' Darlings'' (2022). Early life Roshan hails from Changanassery, Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala.He belongs to A Syro Malabar Catholic family. His father Mathew Joseph is a bank manager in Canara Bank and his mother Regina Augustine is a retired PWD enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjith (director)
Ranjith Balakrishnan (born 5 September 1964) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, producer, and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Ranjith made his directorial debut in 2001 with '' Ravanaprabhu'', the sequel to '' Devaasuram''. His films '' Thirakkatha'' and ''Indian Rupee'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 respectively."56th National Film Awards" . Public Information Bureau. Retrieved 2 March 2011. He is also the current chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Early life Ranjith was born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudev Nair
Sudev Nair is an Indian actor and model working in Malayalam films best known for his performance in the 2014 film ''My Life Partner'', for which he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2014. He also starred in the 2019 Hindi film '' India's Most Wanted'' in the title role opposite Arjun Kapoor. His other works include the Hindi film '' Gulaab Gang'' (2014) and the Malayalam film '' Anarkali'' (2015). He also played a notable role in the film '' Karinkunnam 6'S. He also played the title character in the film ''Ezra''. He is also well known for writing, directing and starring in India's first Mockumentary web series ''Not Fit'' ( The Viral Fever and Dice Media) which won many international awards and was also featured at the MAMI in 2016. Early life Sudev, whose family hails from Palakkad, Kerala, was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with his early schooling completed at Sulochanadevi Singhania High School, Thane. He completed his 11th a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreelakshmi
Sreelekshmi is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam-language films and television serials. She has won three Kerala state Awards, two Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress and one Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress. Personal life She was born to Bhaskaran Nair and Rajeswariyamma, as the youngest child among three children at Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has two elder brothers, Krishnakumar and Vjay Bhaskar. She had her primary education at Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. She was the Kalathilakam in 1991 at Kerala university. After her pre-university course she pursued a diploma in Bharata Natyam dance from Kalakshetra, Chennai. She is married to Ratheesh, General Manager in an interior fit out company based in Dubai. They have two sons, Ananth Maheshwar and Akshith Maheshwar. After marriage she retired from movies and settled at Dubai with family. While in Dubai the actress was busy running a dance school. She m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijilesh Karayad
Vijilesh Karayad is an Indian actor works in malayalam cinema, known for his performances in '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', '' Varathan'', ''kothth'' and Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi. Early life and career Vijilesh grew up in Karayad in the Kozhikode district of Kerala and attended Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, and he also studied in School of letters Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam where he received his Master of Philosophy degree in theatre studies. He married Swathi Haridas, a trained high school teacher in sociology. His first noteworthy role was in Dileesh Pothan’s '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'', as a timid man who learns kung fu Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to commo ... to protect his sister from eve-teasers. He played a notable supportin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unnam
''Unnam'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Lal, Asif Ali and Sreenivasan. The film is an official remake of the 2007 Hindi film '' Johnny Gaddaar'' which itself was an uncredited adaptation of the 1963 French movie ''Symphonie Pour Un Massacre'' (The Corrupt) by Jacques Deray which in turn was based on the 1962 French crime novel ''Les Mystifies'' by Alain Reynaud Fourton. Synopsis A gang of five gamblers tries to crack a deal that will earn them a huge sum of money. However, things get complicated when one of them alters the plan. Cast * Sreenivasan as Balakrishna * Lal as Kalapuraickal Sunny * Asif Ali as Aloshy Andrews * Nedumudi Venu as Murugan * Prashant Narayanan as Tomy Eappan * Rima Kallingal as Jennifer/Jenni/Maya * Swetha Menon as Sereena * Chitra Iyer as Padma * Rajesh Hebbar as Vikraman * Sasi Kalinga as Kammatam Lopez * Chembil Ashokan * KPAC Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Films
2022 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films : Box office records *'' Top Gun: Maverick'' became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022. **Additionally, the film surpassed '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassed ''War of the Worlds'' (2005) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office. **It also passed ''The Mummy'' (2017) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed ''War of the Worlds'' (2005) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over 100 Million Dollars in the US. **It also passed '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007) to have the highest Memorial Day openin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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