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Meena (Malayalam Actress)
Mary Joseph, famously known as Meena (22 April 1941 – 17 September 1997), was an Indian actress. She primarily appeared in Malayalam movies. She died on 17 September 1997 due to a cardiac arrest. Early life Meena (Mary Joseph) was the eighth child in a Marthoma Syrian Christian family from kumarapuram-haripad, in Alappuzha. Born on 22 April 1941 to Koyikkaleth Itty Cheria Eapen and his wife, Eleyamma Eapen, she began her early career in theatre in Kalanilayam and Geetha Arts Club. Her film debut in Malayalam was in Kudumbini. Personal life She was married to K.K. Joseph. She died on 17 September 1997 on the set of ''Anjara Kalyanam''. She is survived by her only daughter Dr Elizabeth and her son in law Sunny George and grandchild Sarah Lisa Sunny. Filmography Dramas * Nirdhoshi References * External links * Meena at MSI {{DEFAULTSORT:Meena (Malayalam actress) 1941 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Alappuzha Actresses in Malayal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyapetta Kukku
''Priyapetta Kukku'' is a 1992 Malayalam film written and directed by Sunil. The film was produced by V Varghese under the banner of Surya Creators. It stars Jagadish, Siddique, Geetha and Baby Achu in the lead roles. Cast * Jagadish * Siddique * Geetha * Charmila * Raghavan *Meena * K. P. A. C. Sunny * Rajan P Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telug ... * Mahesh * Rizabava * Zainuddin Plot Jagadish (Ajayan) gets chased by some unknown people and he takes a bus to Chennai. In the bus he meets Saji (Siddique). In Chennai he saves a baby girl abandoned on railway tracks. He tries to get abandon the baby unsuccessfully at various places. He comes to care for the baby. They meet Saji on the road and they get some help with a place to stay with Menon. He names the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Katha Oru Nunakkatha
''Oru Kadha Oru Nunakkadha'' is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film, directed by Mohan (director), Mohan, starring Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu, Madhavi and Pavithra. The film has a musical score by Johnson (composer), Johnson. Plot The film opens with Appu Nair, a rich man travelling in a luxurious car where, he reaches his office (He is the manager). Appu remembers his past days when he was poor and jobless. Surprisingly, these incidents are just revealed to be a dream seen by Appu who is actually poor and jobless. Appu spends less time with his family and most of the time outside to find a job. Appu has a habit of Boasting, bragging to gain other's attraction. One day, he finds a girl in the telephone booth trying to call someone, Appu helps her by giving her a coin. When she gives him back, he rejects it and soon they talk for sometime. The girl introduces herself as Amminikutty "Ammini". Ammini lives in a women's hostel. Appu brags to her that he is a reputed employee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achuvettante Veedu
''Achuvettante Veedu'' (Malayalam : അച്ചുവേട്ടന്റെ വീട്) is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Balachandra Menon and starring Nedumudi Venu, Balachandra Menon and Rohini Hattangadi in the leading roles. The lyrics is by S. Ramesan Nair with music by Vidyadharan. The background score is done by Mohan Sithara. Plot The story is about Achuthankutty Nair (Nedumudi Venu), his wife Rugmini ( Rohini Hattangadi) and his two daughters, Aswathy and Karthi. Achuthan relocates to a rented apartment in Trivandrum. His dream is to build his own house and struggles for it. In his new neighborhood there is a men's hostel which creates a nuisance to his life. Vipin (Balachandra Menon) stays in the men's hostel and creates trouble for Achuthankutty and his family. This made Achuthan tense day by day. Achuthan dies unexpectedly due to a heart attack. Rugmini and her daughters are devastated due to his unexpected death. They are perplexed as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadodikkattu
''Nadodikkattu'' () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan based on a story by the Siddique–Lal duo. It stars Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in the lead roles, along with an ensemble supporting cast featuring Shobhana, Thilakan, Innocent, Mamukkoya and Captain Raju. The story revolves around two impecunious young men, Ramdas and Vijayan who not being able to find any job in Kerala, plan to immigrate to Dubai to make their fortunes but get deceived and end up in Chennai. The film drew upon relevant social factors affecting Kerala of the 1980s such as widespread unemployment and poverty. Critics consider the film represents popular Malayalam cinema at its satirical best and established the Mohanlal-Sreenivasan onscreen combination as one of its most memorable and bankable cinematic pairs. The story, screenplay and characters have achieved classic status. The film was produced by Casino Productions, a production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aankiliyude Tharattu
''Aankiliyude Tharattu'' is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Cochin Haneefa. The film stars Mammootty, Revathi and Rahman. The film is about a love-affair between a married man and a young lady which leads to a murder. The film was dubbed into Tamil language as ''Andha Vaanam Saktchi''. Cast * Mammootty as Haridas *Revathi as Sunitha Menon * Rahman as Babu * Shari as Sridevi * Lalu Alex as Rajesh *Jose Prakash as Ramachandra Menon * Cochin Haneefa as Sudhir *Meena as Gomathi *Innocent as "Thavala" Mathai * Manorama as Sakunthala * Janardhanan as Stanley *Jose * Santhakumari as Sarada * Ragini Soundtrack The music was composed by Shyam Shyam is a name of Krishna and an Indian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with this name include: ;Shyam *Shyam (actor), Indian Hindi film actor *Shyam (composer), an Indian music composer from Kerala * Shyam Benegal, Indian film di ... and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varnam (1989 Film)
''Varnam'' ( en, Colour) is a 1989 Malayalam-language psychological drama film starting Jayaram and Suresh Gopi. As the directorial debut of film director Ashokan, the film received critical acclaim and was well received. Plot Haridas moves to the city after his twin sister's death. Still struggling to keep his past, Haridas meet and fall in love with Ammu, the daughter of Major M.K. Nair. He learns that a local politician has cheated him out of a job to Manu, his classmate from college, and also suspects he killed his sister. Cast *Jayaram as Haridas *Suresh Gopi as Manu Vishwanath * Ranjini as Ammu *Thilakan as Major M. K. Nair *Meena as Major's Wife *Jagathi Sreekumar as Venkidy *Parvathy Jayaram as Revathy *Innocent as Varadan Pillai *Mukesh as Gopan (cameo appearance) *Mamukkoya as himself (cameo appearance) *M. G. Soman M. G. Soman (28 September 1941 – 12 December 1997) was an Indian actor and former Indian Air Force officer who appeared in Malayalam films. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhavilkavadi
''Mazhavilkavadi'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Raghunath Paleri. It stars Jayaram, Sithara, Krishnankutty Nair, Urvashi, Innocent in the lead roles. This is one of the very few films where Innocent plays a negative role. It won four Kerala State Film Awards that year, the awards for Best Actress (Urvashi), Best Supporting Actor (Innocent), Best Music Director (Johnson), and Best Singer (K. S. Chithra). The film was remade in Tamil as ''Subramaniya Swamy'' with Pandiarajan. Plot Velayudhankutty (Jayaram) is in love with his cousin Amminikutty ( Sithara), but her father Kalarickel Kizhamkamthudiyil Shankarankutty Menon (Innocent) opposes to it. Furthermore, Shankarankutty Menon suffers from a compulsive obsession to assault those who do not obey him. To make money, Velayudhankutty goes to Palani, to find a man named Kunjikhader (Mamukkoya) to help after, who claims to be the supervisor of a leather facto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adikkurippu
''Adikkurippu'' is a 1989 Malayalam-language legal thriller film, written by S. N. Swamy and directed by K. Madhu. It stars Mammootty in the lead role, who plays the role of an advocate. The movie was praised for introducing a new theme in Malayalam by depicting the life of a castaway portrayed by Jagathy, who lands in legal problems that were rare in Malayalam movies during that time. The film is loosely based on the missing ship owned by Kerala Shipping Corporation, MV Kairali Cast * Mammootty as Adv. Bhaskara Pillai * Jagathy Sreekumar as Basheer * Urvashi as Adv. Geetha * Sukumaran as Chief Minister / Mr.X * Lalu Alex as Captain John Samuel * Sreenath as S. I. Raju * Janardhanan as Williams *Vijayaraghavan as Mohammed Ali *Jose Prakash as Menon * Lizy as Veena, Bhaskara Pillai's Sister * K. P. A. C. Sunny as Karthikeyan *Meena as Bhaskara Pillai's Mother *Babu Namboothiri as Public Prosecutor APP * Jagadish as Bappootty (Cameo) * Prathapachandran as Venkata Swamy * K. P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varavelpu
''Varavelpu'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan, starring Mohanlal, Revathi, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent, and Jagadish. The film was produced by K. Rajagopal. The film depicted trade union problems plaguing Kerala in a satirical dark comedy. The film was based on a real-life incident in Sreenivasan's father's life. The film was an average grosser at box office but later created a cult status and following. The movie was remade in Hindi as '' Chal Chala Chal''. Plot Murali returns to his home town after spending 7 long years hardworking in gulf with an intention to settle down peacefully in his hometown. Much against the greedy wishes of his family members, he decides to buy a second hand bus that comes along with a route permit. This is when he faces a lot of hardships. Starting from an accident because of the inefficient driver, a cheating conductor, to a cunning union leader, Murali' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrajaalam
''Indrajaalam'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film produced and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam and written by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Mohanlal, Rajan P. Dev and Geetha, with music composed by S. P. Venkatesh. It was released on 3 September 1990. The Film became major commercial success and was major breakthrough for Rajan P Dev for his villain character Carlos. Plot The plot revolves around the uprising of an underworld gangster. Cast *Mohanlal as Kannan Nair *Rajan P. Dev as Carlos *A. T. Jose IPS (Retd) as Commissioner David *Vijayan Karote as Home minister K. G. Menon * Anupam Kher as Maharashtra Chief Minister * Geetha as Jayanthi *Vijayaraghavan as Thankappan *Mohan Jose as Michael * Sreeja as Vinu *Jose Prakash as Baba *K. P. A. C. Sunny as Adv.Narayana Swamy *Sathaar as Chandrakumar *Kunchan as Appu *Prathapachandran as Baburaj * Sainuddin as Kuttan *Meenakumari as Mariyamma *Balan K. Nair as Ayyappan Nair *Ravi Menon as Ravi, Press P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasneham
''Sasneham...'' (translation: ''With Love'') is a 1990 Malayalam language family film written by Lohithadas and directed by Sathyan Anthikad. It stars Balachandra Menon, Shobana, Innocent, Sukumari, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Mamukkoya, Karamana Janardanan Nair and Paravoor Bharathan. Johnson composed the music for the film with lyrics by P. K. Gopi. G. Venugopal won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Thaane Poovitta Moham". The film was remade in Tamil as '' Manasu Rendum Pudhusu'' and in Telugu as '' Master Kapuram''. Plot Thomaskutty, who hails from a conservative Christian family, marries a typical Tamil Brahmin girl, Saraswathy. Both are teachers by profession, working in the same school. They are left alone by their respective families for this reason. But both the families unite when a baby girl is born to the couple. Meenakshi Ammal, a bold and stubborn woman and Saraswathy's aunt tries to get possession of Sachu's child and wants the child to be bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
