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Martin Prakkat
Martin Prakkat is an Indian writer, director and film producer who works in the Malayalam film industry. Career Martin started his career as a celebrity photographer and worked with Vanitha Magazine for 10 years. In 2010, Martin directed ''Best Actor'' starring Mammootty in the lead role. The movie was a commercial success and received positive reviews from critics. His second movie as a director was ''American-born Confused Desi (ABCD)'' starring Dulquer Salman and Aparna Gopinath. The movie was released in 2013 and went on to become a box office success. His latest movie ''Nayattu was'' released on 08 April 2021. ''Charlie'' was the highlight at the Kerala State Film Awards 2015 winning in 8 categories, with Martin bagging the award for the best director, Martin- Unni R. combo winning the award for best screenplay, Dulquer winning the best actor for his performance in ''Charlie'' and Parvathy winning the best actress award for her performance in ''Charlie'' and ''En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Malayalam Film Directors
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry (Mahé, Puducherry, Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali diaspora, Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Awards
The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The awardees are decided by an independent jury formed by the academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Kerala. The jury usually consists of eminent personalities from the film field. For the awards for literature on cinema a separate jury is formed. The academy annually invites films for the award and the jury analyses the films that are submitted before deciding the winners. The awards intends to promote films with artistic values and encourage artists, technicians and producers. The awards are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister of Kerala. List of awards The number of awards varies from year to year, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theevram
''Theevram'' () is a Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Mohan. The film is produced by V.C Ismayil under the banner of VCI Movies and features music composed by Roby Abraham, while cinematography is handled by Hari Nair and the editing by Kapil Gopalakrishnan. Distribution of the film is done by Lal Jose under the banner of LJ Films. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The film has two plots, one set in the present and the other about five years back. It is about the outburst of a young man towards the legal system. The film was released on 13 November 2012 as a Diwali release. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Aaththiram'' in August 2016 and under the same original title in Hindi in 2017. Plot The movie opens with a crime where a young man is beaten to death with a club in front of his fia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iratta
''Iratta'' () is a 2023 Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Rohit M. G. Krishnan featuring Joju George in dual roles, Anjali, Arya Salim and Srikant Murali. The film revolves around the death of a policeman during his duty hours in Vagamon police station and the investigation that follows by his estranged twin brother. Plot The film begins with the murder of 52-year-old ASI Vinod Kumar, the twin brother of DYSP Pramod. There are three suspects in the murder: ASI John, CPO Bineesh, and SCPO Sandeep. All three police officers worked with Vinod in the Vagamon police station and have animosity towards Vinod, due to different incidents. It is revealed through the incidents, narrated by the trio individually, that Vinod was a drunkard and womaniser. Bineesh narrates his incident where he caught Vinod coming out of a lodge room after raping a 17-year-old girl in an inebriated state. Pramod is a recovered alcoholic, who is now sober but is separated from his ... [...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 . Early life Ranjith was born in |
Udaharanam Sujatha
''Udaharanam Sujatha'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by debutant director "Phantom" Praveen, adapted by Naveen Bhaskar and produced by Martin Prakkat and Joju George. It is a remake of the 2016 Hindi-language film ''Nil Battey Sannata (The New Classmate)''. The film stars Manju Warrier as a single mother living in an impoverished colony in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) doing menial jobs to support her young daughter's education. The cast also includes Anaswara Rajan, Nedumudi Venu, Mamta Mohandas and Joju George. Principal photography began on 4 May 2017 and was completed exclusively in Thiruvananthapuram. Madhu Neelakandan handles cinematography. Gopi Sunder is the music director. The film has seven songs, including one promo song sung by V. Suresh Thampanoor. "Not everyone would be proud of their kids following their footsteps, especially parents belonging to the lower-middle class section of the society. They dream big, so that at least their kids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joju George
Joseph George, better known as Joju George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his supporting roles in ''Oru Second Class Yathra'' and ''Lukka Chuppi''. His film ''Joseph'' got special mention in 66th National Film Awards 2019. He is the recipient of more than 20 awards, awarded to him for either his acting or production. In 2015, he stepped into film production and produced films like '' Charlie'' and ''Udaharanam Sujatha'' before successfully launching his own production house Appu Pathu Pappu Production, which has produced several of his films. Film career Joju began his career in 1995 with the film Mazhavilkoodaram as a junior artist. He gradually rose to stardom with supporting roles by the 2010s. In 2015, he won his first Kerala State Film Award (Special Mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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