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Madhuram
''Madhuram'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy -drama film written and directed by Ahammed Khabeer. The film stars Joju George, Shruti Ramachandran, Arjun Ashokan, Nikhila Vimal and Indrans in important roles. The film was produced by Joju George and Sijo Vadakkan under the banner of Appu Pathu Pappu Production House. The film released digitally through SonyLIV on 24 December 2021. Premise The movie mainly focuses on Sabu and Kevin, the two bystanders at Kochi Medical College hospital. Sabu waits for his wife Chitra's recovery and Kevin, for his mother's surgery. The friendship between the two and other bystanders, the stories shared by each of them and how they give strength and support to each other to recover from the problems they face in life becomes the premise of the movie. Cast * Joju George as Sabu * Shruti Ramachandran as Chitra * Arjun Ashokan as Kevin * Nikhila Vimal as Cherie * Indrans as Ravi * Jaffar Idukki as Kunjikka * Jagadish as Kevin's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shruti Ramachandran
Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema. She also co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020 Tamil anthology film ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai''. In 2020, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for her work in ''Kamala''. In 2022, she won the Critic’s mention for best actress by the Kerala Film Critic’s Assocoiation for her work in ''Madhuram''. Career She is best known for her role in the 2021 film ''Madhuram'' with Joju George , the 2016 film Pretham with Jayasurya , the 2017 film Sunday Holiday with Asif Ali. and 2021 film, Kaanekaane with Tovino She also played a supporting role as Jaya in the 2019 Telugu movie ''Dear Comrade''. She also starred in the movie '' Anveshanam'', alongside Jayasurya in 2019. Along with her husband Francis Thomas, Shruti wrote the segment "Ilamai Idho Idho" for the anthology film ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai'' which released in 2020. Shruti won the ‘Special Jury mention for ... [...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] |
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] |
Pradeep Kumar (musician)
Pradeep Rangaswamy Kumar (born 12 May 1986) is an Indian playback singer and music director who has worked in Tamil language films. After beginning his career as a Carnatic musician, in the 2010s, he has regularly collaborated with composers Santhosh Narayanan and Sean Roldan. Career Born to a police inspector father and a music teacher mother, Pradeep Kumar grew up in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. His mother, Lalitha Vijayakumar, taught Carnatic music through private lessons and at a government school in the area, meaning that Pradeep Kumar was constantly exposed to Carnatic music as a youngster and often joined his mother in singing at home. He later was introduced as a playback singer in Tamil cinema through the film ''Attakathi'' by Santhosh Narayanan He later began studying music under J. Venkataraman from the Aalathur School of music, who became his first guru. Outside music, Pradeep Kumar studied science, wrote the engineering entrance examination and joined an engineeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinayak Sasikumar
Vinayak Sasikumar (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life He was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to S. Sasikumar and Asha Sasikumar. At the age of 12, he started writing poetry. Later, he moved to Chennai and completed his graduation in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. He completed his post-graduation from Madras School of Economics. After a span wherein he worked for Ford Motors as a data scientist, he moved to Kochi as a full-time lyricist. Career He made his debut as a lyricist in the movie Kutteem Kolum directed by Guinness Pakru. Later in the year 2013, he wrote songs for the movie Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi directed by Sameer Thahir. The songs composed by Rex Vijayan, went on to become top hits. In 2013, he worked for the movie North 24 Kaatham, directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. In 2014, he wrote songs for the movie 7th Day, directed by Syamdhar. His next movie was Sapthamashree Thaskaraha. Vinayak w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar (born 12 June 1955) known mononymously as Jagadish, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, television presenter and former politician. He has starred in over 375 Malayalam films and 2 Hindi films. He is best known for his comic and character roles. Jagadish starred in over 50 films as the lead actor during the 1990s. He was one of the bankable lead stars in Malayalam cinema during the 1990s, along with Mukesh, Siddique, Sreenivasan and Jayaram. Jagadish made his acting debut with ''My Dear Kuttichathan'' (1984), India's first 3D film. He got a big break with his role as Appukuttan in Siddique-Lal's ''In Harihar Nagar'' (1990). His notable films include '' Godfather'' (1991), ''Mimics Parade'' (1991), ''Welcome to Kodaikanal'' (1992), ''Thiruthalvaadi'' (1992), ''Priyapetta Kukku'' (1992), ''Mr & Mrs'' (1992), '' Pandu Pandoru Rajakumari'' (1992), ''Kunukkitta Kozhi'' (1992), ''Kasarkode Khaderbai'' (1992), '' Kallan Kappalil Thanne'' (1992), ''Grihaprevesam'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaffar Idukki
Jaffar Idukki is an Indian actor, impressionist, and comedian, who predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. Started his career with the 2007 film ''Kaiyoppu'', he has acted in about hundred films and has performed in a number of comedy stage shows. Filmography *''All films are in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ... language unless otherwise noted''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Idukki, Jaffar Living people Male actors from Kerala Indian male film actors Indian impressionists (entertainers) 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male television actors Indian male comedians Malayalam comedians 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors in Malayalam television Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooraj Santhosh
Sooraj Santhosh (born 19 September 1987) is an Indian playback singer who sings mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages and has also sung in Hindi, Kannada and Badaga. He has sung around 200 songs in 8 Indian languages. He was the former lead vocalist of the band Masala Coffee. Personal life Sooraj Santhosh was born in Paravur in Kollam and then moved to Trivandrum. He attended Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram for schooling. He pursued his B.Com. at MG College and his M.Com. at Mar Ivanious College. Singing career He won the 2004 School Youth Festival and 2004–2005 Kerala State Higher Secondary Youth Festival. He represented Kerala University in the South Zone Inter-University Youth Festival and was declared the winner three years in a row – 2009, 2010 and 2011, and participated in the National Inter University Youth Festival. In 2009 he shifted his base from Trivandrum to Chennai. He says that if it was not for his guru, profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Ashokan
Arjun Ashokan (24 August 1992) is an Indian actor working in the Malayalam film industry. Known for his roles as a supporting actor, he is the son of a Malayalam actor called Harisree Ashokan. Making his debut with ''Orkut Oru Ormakoot'', along with a group of newcomers, Arjun first made a mark with '' Parava'', the debut directorial of Soubin Shahir, and later with '' B. Tech'' and the sleeper hit ''June'' produced by Vijay Babu, and ''The Times of India'' described him as a ''scene stealer in his own right'' for the later film. Arjun was also noticed in films like ''Varathan'', '' Unda'', '' Super Sharanya'' and ''An International Local Story'', directed by his actor father Harisree Ashokan. Personal life He married Nikhita Ganeshan in 2018.The couple have a daughter. Filmography *''All films are in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesham Abdul Wahab
Hesham Abdul Wahab (born 14 October 1990) is an Indian music director, music producer, singer and audio engineer. Best known for his compositions for the soundtrack of the 2022 Malayalam film ''Hridayam'' and the music album ''Qadham Badha'' ( produced by British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf. Wahab is the recipient of 2021 Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film ''Hridayam''. Early life Sayyed Hesham Abdul Wahab was born in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Born in a family of musicians, he took interest in music at a very young age and got professional training in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. He started singing at an early age of 8 and was introduced to Piano when he was 11. Hesham married Ayshath Safa on 22 January 2018. After completing schooling from International Indian School in Riyadh, he went on to complete a diploma in Audio Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Audio Production from SAE Institute with to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Films
2021 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, film festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2021, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "From an artistic perspective, 2021 has been an excellent cinematic vintage, yet the bounty is shadowed by an air of doom. The reopening of theatres has brought many great movies—some of which were postponed from last year—to the big screen, but fewer people to see them. The biggest successes, as usual, have been superhero and franchise films. ''The French Dispatch'' has done respectably in wide release, and ''Licorice Pizza'' is doing superbly on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, but few, if any, of the year’s best films are likely to reach high on the box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a parad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Companion
Anupama Chopra () is an Indian author, journalist, film critic and director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She is also the founder and editor of the digital platform Film Companion, which offers a curated look at cinema. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a film critic for NDTV, ''India Today'', as well as the ''Hindustan Times''. She also hosted a weekly film review show ''The Front Row With Anupama Chopra'', on Star World. She won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for her first book '' Sholay: The Making of a Classic''. She presently critiques movies and interviews celebrities for Film Companion. Early life and background Born as Anupama Chandra in Calcutta, India to Chandra Parshad family, she has also lived in Badayun, a city in Uttar Pradesh. Her father Navin Chandra was the eldest of the brothers and sisters. Anupama's grandfather, originally from Delhi, was an executive with Union Carbide, Kolkata. Her mother Kamna Chand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
