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Minon
Minon John (born 12 February 2000) is an Indian actor and artist, from Kerala, who works in Malayalam films. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2012 for the Malayalam film ''101 Chodyangal''. It was directed by Sidhartha Siva and produced by Thomas Kottackakom. Minon also received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist and Kerala State Film Critics Award for the same role, in which he portrays a class five student. Minon has held more than 80 painting exhibitions so far, all across India, and he has over 3,500 paintings to his credit. Early life Minon and his sister Mintu are trained painters by their artist parents, John Baby and Mini. Filmography Web Series Awards * 2012 - National Film Award for Best Child Artist for ''101 Chodyangal'' * 2012 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for ''101 Chodyangal'' * 2012 - Kerala State Film Critics Award for Best Child Artist for ''101 Chodyangal'' * 2012 - Harlem International Film Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
101 Chodyangal
''101 Chodyangal'' ('' en, 101 Questions'') is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Sidhartha Siva. At the 60th National Film Awards the film won the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Child Artist for Minon. It also won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala. The film is set in Kaviyoor, Tiruvalla, director's hometown in Kerala, which inspired the film. The story revolves around a school assignment given to a class V student to frame 101 questions. The film is slated to release in theatres in April 2013. Plot A Class V student is given an assignment to frame 101 questions. The film is about the efforts he has to put in to frame those questions. At this point, his father, who is a factory employee, loses his job. The two parallel streams converge at the end. Cast * Indrajith Sukumaran as Mukundan * Minon as Anilkumar Bokaro * Lena as Sati * Nishanth Sagar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munnariyippu
''Munnariyippu'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language psychological experimental thriller film directed by Venu and produced by Ranjith, screenplay by Unni R. The film stars Mammootty and Aparna Gopinath, with Nedumudi Venu, Joy Mathew, Prathap Pothan, Sreeraman, Renji Panicker, Saiju Kurup, Joshy Mathew, and Sudheesh in supporting roles. The film follows Anjali Arakkal (Aparna Gopinath), a junior journalist, who has set out to write an autobiography on convict C. K. Raghavan (Mammootty), who professes that he never committed the crimes he is in prison for. It released on 22 August 2014 to critical and commercial acclaim. Gopinath and Mammootty's performance in the film were critically acclaimed. However the latter performance in the film was ranked by ''Film Companion'' amongst 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade. Plot Anjali Arakkal, a freelance journalist, while interacting with a retiring jail superintendent named Rama Moorthy for ghostwriting his autobiography, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilebi (2015 Film)
''Jilebi '' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language children's film directed by Arun Shekar for the producer East Coast Vijayan, starring Jayasurya, Ramya Nambeesan and Vijayaraghavan. The film released on 31 July 2015 to generally positive reviews. Plot ''Jilebi'' is a story about confrontation between the middle aged Sreekuttan and his city-bred nephews. Sreekuttan is a villager whose life is confined to his farm and crops. Far away in Dubai, trouble brews for him in the form of his nephew and niece. From their first meeting, it becomes evident that both Sreekuttan and the children are uncomfortable with the rustic setting. The only thing holding them down are their roots to the place. The tech-savvy kids are determined to make everyone around them miserable. Soon enough their vacation comes to a close and they leave their family home with Sreekuttan in charge to start school in Kodaikanal. The road trip to their new school leads to surprises - some sour, some sweet for both alike. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maara
''Maara'' is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language adventure romantic drama film directed by Dhilip Kumar in his directorial debut, and produced by Prateek Chakravorty and Shruti Nallappa of Pramod Films. An adaptation of the 2015 Malayalam blockbuster movie '' Charlie'' by Martin Prakkat, the film stars R. Madhavan, Shraddha Srinath and Sshivada, reprising the roles played by Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Aparna Gopinath in the original counterpart. Pramod Films acquired the remake rights in early 2016, after which it underwent series of casting and screenplay changes for two years. In June 2018, Dhilip Kumar was announced to direct the film, after Martin Prakkat (the director of the original film), and A. L. Vijay, opted out of the project. Filming commenced in June 2018, with sporadic schedules at Kochi and Pondicherry, before the shooting wrapped up within late 2020. The film's music is composed by Ghibran, with cinematography and editing were handled by Dinesh B. Kri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennum Eppozhum
''Ennum Eppozhum'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Ranjan Pramod based on a story by Raveendran. It was produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the production company Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal and Manju Warrier, alongside a supporting cast including Innocent, Reenu Mathews, Jacob Gregory, Lena and Renji Panicker. It also marked the reunion of Mohanlal and Manju Warrier after 17 years. ''Ennum Eppozhum'' was released across India on 27 March 2015 and met with mixed reviews from critics. The film was a commercial success though at the box office. The song "Malarvaka Kombathu" won Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for P. Jayachandran. Synopsis ''Ennum Eppozhum'' tells the story of two people - Vineeth N Pillai a senior reporter of Vanitharatnam magazine, who is a sloth and lacks inspiration in his work and Deepa, a junior family court lawyer who is eager to do pro bono cases and for the goodwill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretham 2
''Pretham 2'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It is a sequel to the 2016 film ''Pretham''. Jayasurya returns for the lead role, alongside a new supporting cast including Durga Krishna,Sidhartha Siva, Amith Chakalakkal, Saniya Iyappan and Dain Davis. Jayasurya co-produced the film with Sankar and also distributed it together. ''Pretham 2'' was released on 21 December 2018. Plot Five members of a Facebook group of cinema enthusiasts decide to get together to meet each others real-life personally and to shoot a short film directed by one of the member, Tapas Menon. They lodge in Mangalassery Mana, an old mansion known to feature in many films and is a tourist destination for the same reason. The team experience paranormal activities during their stay. Meanwhile, mentalist John Don Bosco, their neighbor has come for the Kayakalpa treatment takes an interest in the paranormal phenomena. It is e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarna Kaduva
''Swarna Kaduva'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film directed by Jose Thomas, starring Biju Menon. The script is written by Babu Janardhanan. The film was released on 4 November 2016. Synopsis Rinichen is a self made right-hand man of businessman Lonappan. Over the years he takes advantage of Lonappan for solving shady problems. When everything seems to boilover at the gravy train he uses the opportunity and asks Lonappan to help him settle elsewhere with a jewellery shop. Rinichen who had a hard life and was from once well known family starts care evermore for money & status and life starts to make him pay for karmic debts of his unethical previous engagements. The rest of the film explores whether Rinichen will rebound or go further down the rabbit hole. Cast * Biju Menon as Rini Iype Maatummel * Iniya as Lovely * Innocent Vareed as Lonappan * Suresh Krishna as Divakaran * Sudheer Karamana as Advocate Paul * Baiju Santhosh as Inspector Sasidharan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Bus (film)
''School Bus'' is a 2016 Malayalam family thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews, starring Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya and Aparna Gopinath in the lead roles. The screenplay is written by Bobby–Sanjay. Plot Joseph (Jayasurya) and Aparna (Aparna Gopinath) with their two children (Aakash Muraleedheeran and Angelleena Rosshan), symbolise a modern nuclear family. Joseph's son Ajoy often gets into a lot of trouble at school and so his father Joseph, a mild tempered business man often scolds him. The working and quarrelling parents, having no time to spare with the kids, lead the children to hide things away from them in the fear of getting scolded. The children, at first, takes into solving problems by themselves but later it goes out of their hands. Ajoy takes a flight to escape the wrath of everyone and finally lands in the middle of a deep forest. The story later revolves around the quest for Ajoy whereby his parents realise their mistakes and unite to find him. The two child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Child Artist
The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal). The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eleven major languages. Hindi (24 awards), Tamil (13 awards), Malayalam (13 awards), Marathi (9 awards), Kannada (7 awards), Bengali (6 awards), Telugu (3 awards), Meitei (1 award), Konkani (1 award), Assamese (1 award), Oriya (1 award). Winners Award includes 'Silver Lotus' (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Award For Best Child Artist
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist is an award, begun in 1969, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India for the best performance by a child actor in the Malayalam cinema. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the awards have been controlled by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Cana ..., an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Aff airs. Winners References External links *PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List {{Kerala State film Award Kerala State Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor
''Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic-comedy drama film directed by Sennan Pallassery. The film stars Maqbool Salmaan, Ansiba Hassan, Shammi Thilakan, Captain Raju and Poojitha Menon in the lead roles. Prasad Mylakkattu produced the film under the banner of Mylakkattu Films. The film was released on 4 March 2016. Premise A Bengali family comes to Kerala and starts living in a portion of a rented house shared by Shibi, a painter and artist, Ambros, an auto driver and Josappen, a cook. The happy life of the three friends is thus interrupted by the arrival of Bengali family. Cast * Maqbool Salmaan - Sibi * Unni Rajan P Dev - Ambroose * Rajeev Rajan - Joppan * Nizzar Kodinji - Kumar * Charulatha - Devayani * Ansiba Hassan - Saajitha * Shammi Thilakan - Pastor.Thankachen * Sunil Sukhada - Suresh Gopi * Hareesh Perumanna * Poojitha Menon - Shilpa * Idavela Babu - Socilist mathachen * Saju Navodaya - Shibu * Minon - Anthappan * Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home (2021 Film)
''Home'' is an Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed and written by Rojin Thomas. The film stars Indrans, Sreenath Bhasi, Naslen K. Gafoor, Manju Pillai, Johny Antony, Kainakary Thankaraj and Deepa Thomas. The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 19 August 2021. This film received widespread critical attention. The story, background score, cinematography, social relevance, characterization and performances of the lead cast especially that of Indrans and Manju Pillai were critically acclaimed. Plot The plot revolves around a middle-class family consisting of Oliver Twist (Indrans), Kuttiyamma (Manju Pillai), Antony ( Sreenath Bhasi), Charles (Naslen K. Gafoor), and Appachan (Kainakary Thankaraj). It's a film that serves as a mirror for today's generation in a world full of technology.The story revolves around a technologically challenged father and his tech-savvy sons. Cast * Indrans as Oliver Twist, a doting father who is approachable and kind however feel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |