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Listin Stephen
Listin Stephen is an Indian film producer and distributor who works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. He founded the film production company Magic Frames that has produced and distributed a lot of successful movies over a decade. His debut production was ''Traffic'' (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style and rejuvenated Malayalam cinema. Career His debut production was ''Traffic'' (2011), which heralded in a new age of film-making style into Malayalam cinema. His second production was ''Chaappa Kurish'' (2011). While it encountered controversies, the film turned out to be a moderate commercial and critical hit. In 2012, he produced ''Ustad Hotel'' which won three National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ..., including the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzhavoor
Uzhavoor is an expanding town in Kottayam district, Kerala in India. It is just 32 km away from the administrative capital Kottayam District. Most of its residents are either wealthy farmers or businessmen. Many of the houses belong to NRIs. The tenth President of India, K. R. Narayanan, was born and brought up in this village.http://www.uzhavoor.com/ About Uzhavoor, p.1 The newly expanded road which connects the city of Pala and other destinations such as Sabarimala to the city of Muvattupuzha passes through Uzhavoor. The town is 177 km from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. Etymology Since the area was known for its agricultural practices, it is believed that the name ''Uzhavoor'' came from two Malayalam words ''Uzhavu'' (Ploughing or a word related to agricultural practices) and ''Ooru'' (Place or Region). When translated, it means ''The Land of Agriculture''. Geography Uzhavoor is a village located in the Kottayam District of Kerala.http://parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Chronicle
''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL). The newspaper's name derives from the originating place, the Deccan regions of India. ''Deccan Chronicle'' has eight editions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They also publish from Chennai and Bengaluru. In 2007 and 2008, DCHL launched its new business divisions. New online initiatives in the sports, education, matrimony, robotics, campus news paper for schools and colleges, and jobs.J.Krishnan was appointed the head of new business initiatives, and the CEO of Netlink Technologies (Fully owned subsidiary of DCHL) and Deccan Chargers. Vivek Kumar and Bibhuti Acharya were heading the new business divisions. The DCHL is owned by Samagrahah in terms of the duly approved Resolution Plan. Deccan Chargers The Indian Premier League cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vimaanam
''Vimaanam'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by debutant Pradeep M. Nair, and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Durga Krishna. The film was released on 22 December 2017. This film is said to be loosely based on the life of Saji Thomas, who can neither hear nor speak, but designed and built a lightweight aircraft. Plot Venkidi is a school drop out because he was bullied in school for his use of "hearing aid". He becomes interested in aeronautics as he is introduced to the story of Wright brothers in school. As he grows up, he falls in love with Janaki, his best friend and inspiration for his dreams. Finally Venkidi succeeds in his goal to make an aircraft by himself and flies it above his village. Everyone who used to laugh at Venkidi for his obsession with the making of aircraft are now speechless and impressed. Janaki's father finds out that Venkidi stole his car for finding a suitable engine for his aircraft and gets him arrested. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idhu Enna Maayam
''Idhu Enna Maayam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by R. Sarathkumar, Raadhika and Listin Stephen under the production banner of Magic Frames. The film stars Vikram Prabhu and Keerthy Suresh, while Kavya Shetty essays a supporting role. Suresh made her Tamil debut with this film. Navdeep has a cameo appearance in this film. G. V. Prakash Kumar composes the film's music. Production began for the film in August 2014 and released in July 2015 and it was reported as inspired by Cyrano Agency. Plot Arun is a struggling theater artist. With the help of his friends, who are also struggling theater artists, he starts a website called UMT which helps men struggling in love successfully unite with the woman of their dreams with the help of theatrics. One day, UMT gets a rich client in the form of Santhosh, the owner of a real estate company. Santhosh is in love with a singer named Maya and offers 1,00,00,000 if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maari (film)
''Maari'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Balaji Mohan, jointly produced by Listin Stephen and Raadhika's Magic Frames and Dhanush's Wunderbar Films. The film stars Dhanush, singer Vijay Yesudas, and Kajal Aggarwal, while Robo Shankar, Kalloori Vinoth, Kaali Venkat, and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. Dhanush plays Maari, a local gangster. This film also marks Vijay Yesudas's Tamil debut. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's soundtrack and score while Om Prakash and Prasanna G. K. undertook the film's cinematography and editing respectively. After being in pre-production phase since March 2014, principal photography began on 5 November 2014 and lasted till 15 March 2015. The film was shot in and around Chennai and Tuticorin. ''Maari'' was released on 17 July 2015. The film received poor reviews upon its release, but had a decent collection at the box office. It was remade in Bengali as ''Bossgiri'' (2016). A sequel titled ''Maari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirakodinja Kinavukal
''Chirakodinja Kinavukal'' (English: ''Dreams with Broken Wings'') is a 2015 Malayalam spoof film. Directed by debutant Santhosh Viswanath, the film has been produced by Listin Stephen under the banner of Magic Frames. It has the notable achievement of being the first ever Malayalam parody film. The film features Kunchacko Boban played triple role two leads and one cameo appearance alongside Sreenivasan and Rima Kallingal in the lead roles along with Joy Mathew, Mamukkoya, Saiju Kurup and Srinda Ashab. Chirakodinja Kinavukal released on 1 May to generally mixed to positive reviews. Plot Ambujakshan (Sreenivasan) at long last gets to meet a director (Manoj K Jayan) and a producer (Sunil Sukhada) to narrate his story 'Chirakodinja Kinavukal', which he hopes would finally be made into a film. He declares that he has made a few changes to the script to meet the requirements of the new gen cinema, though the hero of his tale, Thayyalkkaran (Kunchacko Boban) and his heroine Sumathi ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Old Are You? (film)
''How Old Are You?'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Rosshan Andrrews, written by Bobby Sanjay and produced by Listin Stephen. It stars Manju Warrier, Kunchacko Boban, Kaniha, Lalu Alex and Amritha Anil. This film marks the return of Manju Warrier after a 15-year sabbatical break from the industry. The film was released on 17 May 2014. It received positive reviews from critics and was a major commercial success of the year at the box office. The movie was remade in Tamil as ''36 Vayadhinile'' with Jyothika. Plot The story is centered on a 36-year-old character named Nirupama Rajeev who works as a UD clerk in the Revenue Department. Her husband is Rajeev Narayanan who works at Akashavaani and aspires of migrating to Ireland, but Nirupama can't accompany him as most Irish companies turn down her job applications. There is nothing interesting about her life; she leads a normal life but craves for a change. One fine day, she gets an invitation fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulivaal
''Pulivaal'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. Marimuthu who earlier directed '' Kannum Kannum'', and produced by Sarath Kumar and Listin Stephen. The film stars Vimal, Prasanna, Oviya, Ananya, and Ineya. The film is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film ''Chaappa Kurishu'' which itself was an adaptation of the 2009 South Korean movie '' Handphone''. It started production in March 2013 and released on 7 February 2014. Plot The film revolves around two men who are poles apart in their lifestyle: Initially, we see Kasi, a Madurai based youth who lives at Besant Nagar in Chennai with his colleague. He works in a supermarket and earns only 3500 per month. He is in love with Selvi, a young girl and also who works in the same supermarket as Kasi, and they always hangout together. He has a close friend Chokkalingam. Valliappan, their manager always ill-treats Kasi even though he is very good natured. Then, we get introduced to Karthik, a rich businessman who i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennaiyil Oru Naal
''Chennaiyil Oru Naal'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Shaheed Kader. The film has an ensemble cast including R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Cheran, Devan, Prasanna, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Aishwarya Devan, Gabriella Charlton, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Iniya. The film is the remake of the 2011 Malayalam thriller film ''Traffic.'' The film has its narrative in a hyperlink format. A multi-narrative thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident, the film is inspired from an actual event in Chennai. It was titled ''Naangu Vazhi Saalai'' earlier. The film opened on 29 March 2013 to positive reviews. The film was a blockbuster at the box office. A sequel titled '' Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2'' was released on 2017. Plot On 16 September, superstar Gautham Krishna gets ready for the release of his new film. On the same day, Traffic Constable Satyamoorthy returns to duty after his suspensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award
The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the "Clare Awards" or "The Clares" after Clare Mendonca, the editor of ''The Times of India''. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by the Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts. The ceremony has been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in the 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued due to unknown reasons. Since 2001, a recorded an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asianet Film Awards
The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry. The awards ceremony was co-sponsored by Johnson & Johnson in the year 1998 later Lux took up the sponsorship in the next 5 years. Then Jiva soap in 2004 and then Ujala for many years. From 2016, function is sponsored by Nirapara. Bhima Jewellers took the title sponsor in 2018 event. The function is normally held in Kochi , Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram cities in Kerala. It was also held twice in Dubai. The most recent award was the 21st Asianet Film Awards which held on 6 and 7 April 2019 at Kochi. Awards Categories Awards for Film Best Film The Asianet Film Award for Best Film has been awarded since 1998. Most Popular Film The Asianet Film Award for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 4th South Indian International Movie Awards was held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai on 6th and 7 August 2015. SIIMA 2015 recognized the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. Honorary awards Lifetime Achievement Award * Bharathiraja * KPAC Lalitha Special appreciation * Dhanush – Pride of South Indian cinema Main awards List of Nominations & Award Winners Film Acting Critics awards Debut awards Music Choreography Generation Next Awards * Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (male) – Allu Arjun * Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (female) – Amy Jackson * Most Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema – Bharath Srinivasan * Most Popular Actress Middle East – Asin Thottumkal * Most Streamed Song Award : **Tamil – Anirudh Ravichander – ''Selfie Pulla'' – **Telugu – S. Thaman – '' Aagadu'' – Title song **Kannada – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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