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Madhupal
Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with ''Kashmeeram'' in 1994 and his directorial debut with ''Thalappavu'' (2008), which was about Naxal Varghese and won several awards in 2008. Biography Madhupal is a native of Kozhikode and took post graduation in commerce. His association with cinema dates back to when he was a child in Palakkad. His father, Chengalath Madhava Menon, ran a movie theatre. Madhupal is also a short story writer in Malayalam. He has acted in more than 90 films in Malayalam, Tamil, English and Hindi, including lead roles. His short stories have been translated into English, Hindi, and Tamil, and have appeared in publications like ''Mathrubhumi'', ''Madhyamam'', and ''Bhashaposhini'' magazines. He started his career in film as an assistant director to eminent film makers like Bharath Gopi and Rajiv Anchal. Madhupal assisted Rajiv Anchal in ''Butterflies'', ''Kashmeeram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalappavu
''Thalappavu'' (literal meaning: turban or headgear, which is a symbol of power, status and protection) is a 2008 Malayalam language period thriller film based on the events related to Naxal Varghese and Police Constable P. Ramachandran Nair, directed by Madhupal and written by Babu Janardhanan. The film sympathetically portrays the social and political issues of the Naxalite era of the 1970s in Kerala. The film's cast includes Prithviraj, Lal, Atul Kulkarni, Rohini, and Dhanya Mary Varghese. Produced by actor Mohan under the Civic Cinema banner and distributed by Lal's Lal Release, ''Thalappavu'' marks actor-cum-writer Madhupal’s directorial debut. The film released on 12 September 2008 (Onam) to critical acclaim. However, in the box-office it failed to recover the cost of production. The film got Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor (Lal) and Best Debut Director (Madhupal), Kerala Film Critics Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script writer, Amateur Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Attipetty
Jude Attipetty is an Indian director of Malayalam cinema and television. He is the head of programs at Mazhavil Manorama and is the director of award-winning tele-series such as ''Sararanthal'' and ''Mikhayelinte Santhathikal''. He has also received the Kerala State Television Award for direction for his series, ''Avasthantharangal''. Biography Born in Kochi, the business capital of the south Indian state of Kerala, Jude Attipetty started his career by making a documentary, ''Keep the City Clean'' for the Corporation of Kochi in 1981. Ten years later, he directed his first Malayalam tele-series, ''Sararanthal'', which was aired on Doordarshan, which also brought him his first state award for direction. It was followed by ''Mikhayelinte Santhathikal'' in 1993, the debut series of Biju Menon, which again won the state award for best direction. The next series was ''Dr. Harischandra'' in 1994, and he made his film debut the same year with Puthran; the film was also the debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmeeram
''Kashmeeram'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Rajiv Anchal, written by A. K. Sajan and produced by Menaka under Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi, Sharada, Priya Raman, Lalu Alex and Ratheesh. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''New Delhi''. Plot The film starts in New Delhi, where NSG Captain Shyam (Suresh Gopi), leader of the Black Cat Commando Team, arrests a wanted terrorist named Jagmohan Pandey for murdering a police constable. Usha Varma ( Sharada), a judge of the Supreme Court and the older sister of Home Secretary Rajagopal "Rajan" Varma ( Lalu Alex), has intentions in handing down a sentence on Pandey for his crimes. In retaliation to Pandey's arrest and trial, Usha's son Unnikrishnan "Unni" Varma ( Krishna Kumar) ends up being murdered in a bomb blast. Following this incident, the government enlists Z Category protection details for Usha and her family while keeping the truth about Unni's death confidential from them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saradhi
''Saradhi'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller directed by Gopalan Manoj and starring Sunny Wayne and Vinutha Lal. This film inspired the Tamil film '' Sei'' (2018). Cast * Sunny Wayne as Christy * Vinutha Lal *Nedumudi Venu *Sreenivasan *Madhupal Soundtrack Music by Gopi Sunder. In a soundtrack album review, ''The Times of India'' stated that "Saaradhi is no extraordinary album but has its musical moments through the first two songs, and the album is worth grabbing". *"Mazhamukile" - Najim Arshad, Mridula Warrier *"Kuthu Kuthu" - Anuradha Sriram *"Munne Munne" - Gopi Sunder. Reception A critic from ''The Times of India'' opined that "Despite its inconsistent pace, Saradhi is watchable and can be quite gripping at times. Sunny Wayne as an ambulance driver transporting corpses pulls off an amazing performance in this crime thriller". A critic from '' Rediff.com'' wrote that "Saaradhi makes an effort to be different but ends up being a run-of-the-mill affair". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Award For Best Debut Director
The Kerala State Film Award 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 Cha ... for Best Debut Director winners: ReferencesOfficial website {{Kerala State film Award Kerala State Film Awards Directorial debut film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Noora With Love
''To Noora with Love'' is a 2014 Malayalam romantic film directed by Babu Narayanan and produced by Muhammed Ansar. Mamta Mohandas, Krish J. Sathaar, Kanika and Archana Kavi play the lead roles in the film. Filming started in January 2014. Plot The movie revolves around a Muslim couple Noorjahan aka Noora and Shahjahan. The movie begins showing Noora in the hospital for delivery. It seems that she is having some complications. Depressed Shahjahan goes away from the hospital just only to meet with an accident hitting his head to a stone. The movie takes a flashback. Noorjahan is a social activist, who also wins 1 crore rupees from the game show Crorepati to offer it to the orphanage. And Shahjahan is a Sufi singer. She uses "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline, and calls Shahjahan to help her answer the last question which was based on Sufi singers, to which he gives her the correct answer. Soon it is telecasted on the TV. From that day onwards Shahjahan tries to meet Noora whom he has nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naxal Varghese
Arikkad Varghese ( ml, അരിക്കാട് വർഗീസ്, 14 June 1938 - 18 February 1970), popularly known as Saghavu Varghese (സഖാവ് വർഗീസ്), was an Indian CPIML leader, who fought mainly to protect the Adivasis in Wayanad from the exploitation of the feudal lords who were primarily members of political parties and the police system which then aided the exploitation, during the 1960s. Arikkad Varghese is especially notable in the history of Kerala, for being murdered by the police in a fake encounter, and the truth of this incident which remained unknown for 40 years. After 40 years, the very policeman who fired the shot revealed to the world that he had murdered him, and called for a trial. In the course of the trial, the now-old policeman died before he could testify before the court. A colleague of his testified, and one senior police officer who ordered the murder was convicted and sentenced by the court. CPIML leaders and activists who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aayirathil Oruvan (2009 Film)
''Aayirathil Oruvan'' () is a 2009 Malayalam-language drama film directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Kalabhavan Mani. Plot Aravindan is an ever sacrificing brother who gets himself into a financial mess, following the marriage of his younger sister. As he strives hard to pay off the debt, he ends up borrowing even more and starts his slow and tragic descent into an abyss of no return. Cast * Kalabhavan Mani as Aravindan * Sujitha as Saraswathi *K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Padmavathi *Thilakan as Krishnan *Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Sreedharan *Indrans as K. P. K. Nair *Salim Kumar as Usman * Irshad as Rameshan * Anil Murali *Kochu Preman as Kunjukuttan *Senthil as Annachi *Sudheesh as Babu *Janardanan as Eenasu * Madhupal as Dineshan *Kozhikode Sharada as Cheeru Valliyamma *Shammi Thilakan as Vishwambaran *Geeth Seth * Anu Joseph as Aravindan's sister Soundtrack The soundtrack of the film was composed by Mohan Sithara with lyrics by veteran poet and lyricist Yusu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athe Mazha Athe Veyil
''Athe Mazha Athe Veyil'' is a 2011 Malayalam drama film directed by G. Manu and starring Anoop Menon and Lena in the lead roles. Cast * Anoop Menon as Raghuraman * Lena as Sreelakshmi * Jagathy Sreekumar * Madhupal Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with '' Kashmeeram'' in 1994 and his directorial debut with ''Thalappavu'' (2008), which was about Naxal Varghese a ... * Master Ashwin as Sreekuttan Release and reception The film got a limited release in North Kerala on 9 December 2011 and is expecting a wider release later. Awards This movie won 4 Kerala critics awards for year 2012. References 2010s Malayalam-language films 2011 drama films 2011 films Indian drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories (2013 Film)
''Memories'' is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language slasher crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, S. P. Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Meghana Raj, Miya George, Suresh Krishna and Rahul Madhav. The film is produced by P. K. Muralidharan and Santha Murali under the banner of Anantha Visions. The film follows Sam Alex (Prithviraj), a drunkard cop, who is forced to investigate a series of murders. The film was released on 9th August 2013 and was critically acclaimed by the critics and was a commercial success at the box office. The film received cult status and regarded as one of the best crime thrillers in Mollywood, where it was remade in Tamil in 2016 as '' Aarathu Sinam''. Plot Sam Alex is a SP of Kerala Police, who is heavily dependent on alcoholism to ease the pain of his family loss. Sam was a peaceful family guy, leading a good life with his family. His loving wife Teena and beloved daughter were murdered by his enemy right ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haram (film)
''Haram'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written, edited and directed by Vinod Sukumaran. Starring Fahadh Faasil and Radhika Apte, the film was produced by P. Sukumar and Saji Samuel under the banner of Odd Impressions & Big Leaf. Satheesh Kurup was the cinematographer and Thaikkudam Bridge provided the music. ''Haram'' was released on 20 February 2015. Angel Shijoy won Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for lending voice for Radhika Apte. Cast * Fahadh Faasil as Balakrishnan (Balu) * Radhika Apte as Isha * S. P. Sreekumar as Salaam * Rajshri Deshpande as Ameena * Sagarika Bhatia as Gargi * Madhupal * Renji Panicker * Binoy * Thara Kalyan * M. Vishnu as Moota Chettiyar Release ''Haram'' was released on 20 February 2015. Critical reception Sify wrote, "the film leaves you with some solid memories that will haunt you long after the end titles start rolling. But it could have been much better in a film, which has some fantastic moments, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaalchilambu
''Kaalchilambu'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language horror drama film directed by ''M. T. Annoor'' which was released after delayed for more than ten years. The film was released through Action Prime OTT Platform on 20 August 2021 as an Onam release. Synopsis How the love affair between Kannan, a Theyyam artiste from a lower caste, and Karthika, a woman who hails from an aristocratic family, results in banishment from society and a series of unfortunate incidents form the crux of the story. Cast * Vineeth * Samvrutha Sunil * Sai Kumar *Madhupal *Narayanankutty * V. K. Sreeraman * Vidhya Mohan *Harish Siva *Sabitha Anand *Augustine *Kozhikode Narayanan Nair *Mala Aravindan Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam d ... References 2008 films 2000s Malayalam-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |