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Marupuram
''Marupuram'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language action fiction, action thriller film, thriller film directed by Viji Thampi and written by Renjith and Kaloor Dennis. The film stars Jayaram, Mukesh (actor), Mukesh, Urvashi (actress), Urvashi, Sukumaran, Jagathy Sreekumar, M. G. Soman, Siddique (actor), Siddique, Lalu Alex, Jagadish and Devan (actor), Devan. Plot Two friends, Sethu (Jayaram) and Roy (Mukesh), are staying at a lodge owned by Rathna (Urvashi) and managed by Chakkuni (Jagathy). Sethu and Roy do con jobs to make ends meet and save money to send Roy abroad for a better life. They attempt a burglary that goes wrong and lands them in jail. After their release, Sethu decides to part ways with Roy. Sethu reaches the lodge as he's in love with Rathna. Chakkuni helps Sethu by giving him some educational certificates that belonged to a previous tenant. Sethu changes his name to Albert (the name on the educational certificate) and lands in a job as a company supervisor. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh (actor)
Mukesh Madhavan (born 5 March 1957), known mononymously as Mukesh, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and politician who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil-language films. In a film career spanning four decades, he has acted in over 260 Malayalam films. His 1996 film ''Kaanaakkinaavu'' premiered at the IFFI and won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He co-produced ''Kadha Parayumbol'' (2007)'','' which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value. He also produced the 2012 film ''Thattathin Marayathu,'' which is considered one of the defining films of the Malayalam New Wave. He made his onscreen debut in the 1982 film ''Balloon'' in a minor role''.'' He continued to do minor roles and rose to secondary lead roles in the following years. He rose to stardom after playing the lead in the comedy thriller film '' Ramji Rao Speaking'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viji Thampi
Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of Kerala Kshetra Samrakshana Samithi. In 2021, Thampi was appointed as the Kerala state president of Vishva Hindu Parishad. Career After making his directorial debut with the 1988 film ''David David Mr. David'', Thampi directed a series of comedy films in the 1990s which turned out to be commercial hits. Viji Thampi is known for appearing in cameo roles in his own films. He has also directed the Malayalam crime thriller television series ''Black and White'' and later, the mythological television serial ''Devimahathmyam''. Personal life He is the son in law of the Malayalam movie actor Jagannatha Varma. He lives in Palkulangara Trivandrum. Filmography Director Actor # ''Ennalum Sarath'' (2018) Dir.: Balachandra Menon # ''Njaan Samvidhanam Cheyyum'' (2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spadikam George
George Antony, popularly credited as Spadikam George is an Indian actor and former Kerala state Police officer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He came to the limelight with the 1995 film ''Spadikam'', after which his name was preceded by the name of that film. George's performance in the film won him good reviews as his antagonist role opposite Mohanlal was an unprecedented success. Even though he never got another author-backed role, he has done important characters including comic roles in his later releases. George has also done prominent roles in documentaries, the most notable being ''Messenger'', a short film produced by the De Paul Public School in Kottayam which is under the ownership of the Vincentian Family. Personal life He is married to Thresiamma. The couple have five children, Ashwathi, Anu, Ajo, Anjali and Anju. They are settled in Bangalore. Filmography *1989 ''Swantham Ennu Karuthi'' *1990 ''Marupuram'' *1991 '' Post Box No. 27' *1993 ''Kanyakumariyil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh (actor)
Mahesh is an Indian actor in Malayalam films and television serials. He came into the movie industry as a hero and later started doing negative roles and supporting roles. Career He started his career as an assistant director for the director J. Sasikumar in the early 1980s. Then he worked as an associate director for 16 Malayalam movies with different leading directors. Later he turned to the acting career. He first acted in the movie ''Mudra'', directed by Sibi Malayil in 1989 at the age of 23. He went on to act in classic movies like '' Mrugaya'', ''Sadayam'' ''Vyooham'', etc. He took a break in the late 1999s and went to United States and settled there. He made a comeback in 2006 and directed a Malayalam movie in 2008; ''Calendar'', with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Zarina Wahab and Navya Nair in the lead. He did story, screenplay and dialogue for the Malayalam movie ''Ashwaroodan''. Currently he is active in direction for Malayalam films. Personal life He was born to P. K. Padma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagannathan (actor)
Jagannathan (1938 – 8 December 2012) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. Biography Jagannathan was born to Sekharan Nair in Changanassery in 1938. He did his primary education from Thuravoor L.P School, Vaikom Government School. He got training from Rashtriya Anushasan Yojan at Rajasthan and won first rank in it. He worked as instructor at L.D.S Training Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh for four years. He also worked as Physical Education Officer at Neyattinkara Government High School, St. Joseph's High School, Thiruvananthapuram, Poojappura Government High School and at Javahar Bal Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. He held posts as Government Welfare Officer and Govenernment Sports Director Administrator. Movie career He was an active member of the Malayalam theatre scene along with G. Aravindan and Nedumudi Venu. He played the noted character of ''Aattappandaram'' in the play '' Avanavan Kadamba'' written by Kavalam Narayana Panicker and directed by Aravindan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan (actor)
Devan Sreenivasan (born January 8, 1952), is an Indian film and television actor, producer, and politician from Kerala. He is known for his character roles in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu language films. After many second hero and supporting actor roles, he made his breakthrough in the 1987 film ''New Delhi''. He later advanced to a lead actor with films like ''Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam'' (1987), ''Oozham'' (1988), ''Simon Peter Ninakku Vendi'' (1988) and ''Aranyakam'' (1988). His well-known movies such as ''Vietnam Colony'' (1992), ''Ekalavyan'' (1993), ''Honest Raj'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995) and '' Indraprasdham'' (1996). He is also known as 'Devji'. Early life Devan was born on 5 May 1952 in Thrissur, India. His father, Sreenivasan, was a public prosecutor and his mother, Lalitha, was a doctor. He has three siblings, Shobha, Sheela and Sureshbabu. His family has a Kalaripayattu lineage. Malayalam filmmaker Ramu Kariat was his uncle. Devan completed his schooling a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renjith
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 |
Paravoor Bharathan
Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and has played a variety of roles including negative roles, character roles and comedy roles. Life Bharathan was born to Vadakkekarayil Kochannan Koran and Kurumbakutty in 1929 at Vavakkad, Moothakunnam in North Paravoor, Cochin. He went to S.N.M. High School, Moothakunnam but, had to discontinue his studies when his father died. His father was a coconut plucker and mother was a coir maker. His father died when he was very young and his mother took care of him. He used to act during his school days as well. On one occasion, he caught the eye of Kedamangalam Sadanandan, a noted Kathaprasangam artiste, who introduced him to the state troupe - Pushpitha during mid-1940s. He started acting in stage shows in and around Paravoor. He has also per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddique (actor)
Siddique (born 1 October 1962) is an Indian actor and producer, who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. Along with appearing in over 350 Malayalam films, he has also acted in a few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films. He is known for having played a wide range of starring and supporting roles, including comic characters, romantic leads, anti-heroes and villains. Siddik made his acting debut with the film '' Aa Neram Alppa Dooram'' (1985). He got a break with the comedy film ''In Harihar Nagar'' (1990). Due to its success, Siddik acted in a variety of comic roles during the early-1990s in films such as '' Godfather'', Manthrikacheppu, Simhavalan Menon, ''Kasargode Khadarbhai'', ''Thiruthalvaadi'', ''Mughamudra'', ''Kunukkitta Kozhi'', and ''Welcome to Kodaikanal''. Siddik turned to more serious roles with ''Asuravamsam'' and ''Lelam'' (both 1997). He also did a notable villain role in ''Sathyameva Jayathe'' (2001), which led to a succession of similar roles. In 2004, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubilee Productions
Jubilee Productions Private Limited is an Indian film production and distribution company found by producer Joy Thomas in the year 1975. The company was initially formed as Jubilee Pictures for the distribution of films in Kerala and later following success it was transformed to Jubilee Productions. The head office of Jubilee Productions is situated in Kottayam, Kerala. Joy Thomas won the one National Film Award & one Filmfare Award. Distributions Joy Thomas distributed Malayalam and Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ... movies in Kerala under the banner of Jubilee Pictures. Productions After a successful career in distribution, Joy Thomas incorporated Jubilee Productions for production of movies. All movies produced under Jubilee Productions was distribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayanan Vincent
Jayanan Vincent is an Indian cinematographer. He is the son of cinematographer and director, A. Vincent, and elder brother to Ajayan Vincent. He is known for his work in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films and he is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). He won two Nandi Awards. Selected filmography *1975 – Jyothi (1976 film) (Telugu)- apprentice, camera department *1976 – Kalpana (Telugu) - apprentice, camera department *1976 – Secretary (1976 film) (Telugu) - apprentice, camera department *1976 – Prema Lekhalu (Telugu) - assistant cameraman *1977 – Adavi Ramudu (1977 film) (Telugu) - assistant cameraman *1977 – Gadusu Pillodu (Telugu) - assistant cameraman *1977 – Agninakshathram (1977 film) (Malayalam) - associate cameraman *1977 – Kannappanunni (Malayalam) - assistant cameraman *1977 – Naam Pirandha Mann (Tamil) - assistant cameraman *1977 – Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana (Malayalam) - camera operator *1977 – Mariamman T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Sithara
Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industry. His work mixes Western, Classical and folk styles. He has worked with lyricists and poets like O. N. V Kurup, Yusufali Kechery, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajeev Alunkal, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, S. Ramesan Nair, Vinayan, Bharanikkavu Sivakumar, Anil Panachooran, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Bichu Thirumala. Many prominent singers have sung his songs, including K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, M.G.Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Shreya Ghoshal, Sujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan, G. Venugopal, Vidhu Prathap, Afsal, Manjari, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, and Biju Narayanan. Early life Mohan Sithara was born at Peruvallur, near Chavakkad, Thrissur, Kerala, India, in 1959. He started his music career as violinist in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
