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P. K. R. Pillai
Parisapparambil Kunjan Pillai Ramachandran Pillai (1930/1931 – 16 May 2023) was an Indian film producer, distributor, businessman, and actor who worked in the Malayalam film industry. He was the founder of film production company Shirdi Sai Creations and distributed films through Shirdi Sai Release. He is credited with producing eight of Mohanlal's films in the 1980s, and is best known for producing ''Chithram''. Biography Pillai hailed from Koothattukulam, Kerala and in his early years began a Bombay import business which grew to become Starnight Group of Industries. He was also active in politics and was a member of the Indian National Congress. He maintained a close friendship with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was an ardent devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba, and had built a temple and an eponymous auditorium near his house in Koothattukulam. He owned a 26-horse race track. His first marriage was with Sarojam, who died in an accident. He had four children (Rajesh, Preethi, Saju, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chithram
''Chithram'' () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film was produced by P. K. R. Pillai under his production house Shirdi Sai Creations, and stars Mohanlal, Ranjini, Nedumudi Venu, Lizy, Poornam Viswanathan, Sreenivasan, M. G. Soman, Sukumari, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Shanavas, while Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair makes a cameo appearance. The songs were composed by Kannur Rajan and film score by Johnson. Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award - Special Jury Award for his performance in this film. Kalyani ( Ranjini) decides to marry her boyfriend Ravi (Shanavas) against her father Ramachandra Menon's (Poornam Viswanathan) wishes. But Ravi breaks up when he learns that she would be disinherited. Kalyani's father, who stays in the United States, is unaware of the breakup and comes home in Kerala to spend time with his daughter and son-in-law. This prompts a family friend and Advocate Kaimal (Nedumudi Venu) to hire a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrutham Gamaya
''Amrutham Gamaya'' , (translation: ''Path to immortality'') is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It features Mohanlal in the lead role, along with Geetha, Parvathy Jayaram, Vineeth, Thilakan, Devan, Babu Namboothiri and Karamana Janardanan Nair in major supporting roles. The film has no songs, but features a musical score composed by M. B. Sreenivasan. This film is known for its poignant expression of guilt, it portrays with great sensitivity the story of a doctor who tries to atone for a mistake that he committed as a student – a mistake that destroyed a family. ''Amrutham Gamaya'' is regarded as one of the best films of Hariharan and one of the classic screenplay of Vasudevan Nair. Plot The movie opens with the final year medical students taking the Hippocratic oath in the Medical college auditorium. Amongst them is Sreedevi, who is honoured by the college as the best outgo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnulokam
''Vishnulokam'' () is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Kamal, written by T. A. Razzaq, and produced by Sanal Kumar and G. Suresh Kumar. The film stars Mohanlal, Shanthi Krishna, Urvashi, and Murali. The songs featured in the film was composed by Raveendran, while Johnson provided the background score. Plot Govindan Aashaan, Kumari Kasthuri, Tharakan and Bheemarajan reach a village as part of their street circus troupe but their main performer Sankunni reach there only later. Sankunni sees Savithrikutty and fall in love but Evil Landlord Prathapa Varma has an eye on Savithrikutty. Sankunni asks Savithrikutty not to surrender before Prathapa Varma. He asked Savithri to come along with him. But Savithri did not agree with this. Prathapa Varma's people beat Govindan Aashaan and others. So they decided to go to some other place. Sankunni saw Savithri Kutty and asked her to come along with him to some other place. Prathapa Varma's people beat Sankunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aey Auto
''Aye Auto'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced by Maniyanpilla Raju. The film stars Mohanlal and Rekha in the lead roles. The songs were composed by Raveendran, while Johnson provided the background score. The plot follows the life of auto drivers in the city of Kozhikode in Kerala. ''Aye Auto'' was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind '' His Highness Abdullah''. Plot Sudhi is an auto-rickshaw driver who meets Meenakshi, the granddaughter of a well-off family. Sudhi and Meenakshi fall in love, but face strong opposition from her family, their only support being her grandfather, Krishna Pillai. The police, despite having the duty of protecting the law, start breaking it. Cast * Mohanlal as Sudhi, a poor but loving young gentlemen, an auto driver * Rekha as Meenakshi ('Meenu'/'Meenukutty') * Sreenivasan as Police Inspector * Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair as Retd. Bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellanakalude Nadu
''Vellanakalude Nadu'' () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language political satire crime film directed by Priyadarshan, written by Sreenivasan and produced by Maniyanpilla Raju. The film stars Mohanlal, Shobhana, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, M. G. Soman, Sreenivasan, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sukumari, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Lizy. The film tells the story of contractor C. Pavithran who has obtained a road contract. This film was a critical and commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. It ran for over 200 days in theatres. Priyadarshan later remade the film in Hindi as '' Khatta Meeta'', released in 2010. Plot C. Pavithran Nair, also called CP is a young contractor who strives hard to make a living between his family and employees. He has not been very successful so far. However his brother Radhakrishnan Nair is a successful contractor who has big contract works at hand, most of which he gained through unlawful ways. CP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaalakam
''Jaalakam'' is a 1987 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Harikumar and produced by M. Chandrika. The film stars Ashokan, Parvathy Jayaram, Srividya, Jagathy Sreekumar and Innocent in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. G. Radhakrishnan. Plot Appu is a wayward college going youth not interested in anything and constantly irritated by his relatives at home and a loner at college. His father works in the military and mother constantly dotes on him to change his ways. His father Vijayan’s Sister and her husband trick their mother into registering their family home under her sister Savitri’s name even if Vijayan had spent his life savings into renovating his house. Appu gets in to trouble one day with his professor since he scolds Appu for not listening to the class. This tiff is capitalized by the right-wing student party members who take Appu under their wings, planning to use his waywardness for their end. They are constantly picking troubles with the left-wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranayamanithooval
''Pranyamanithooval'' ( ml, പ്രണയമണിത്തൂവൽ) is a 2002 Malayalam film directed by Thulasidas starring Vineeth Kumar, Jayasurya and Gopika (in her debut). This movie is a remake of 1999 Tamil movie ''Nee Varuvai Ena''. Synopsis This movie has as its central characters, three young people - Vinod, Balu and Meera. Vinu (Jayasurya) is a young college student. Meera (Gopika) is Vinu's girlfriend. Their marriage was almost fixed. Then Vinu dies in an accident and his eyes were transplanted to Balu (Vineet Kumar). Meera tries to see Balu to see Vinu's eyes, but Balu misunderstands and thinks that she loves him. Meera tells him the truth. His friends give him an idea to make Meera fall in love with him. They tell him to make a rumor that he is going to commit suicide by jumping off a building. While standing there, Balu accidentally falls and is admitted to the hospital. The doctor tells Meera that Balu is dead, but after they realize that he is alive, Meera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
''Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vinayan and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It stars Jayasurya in his debut lead role, along with Kavya Madhavan. Kavya won the Asianet Film Award for Best Actress for her. The film marked the film debut of Indrajith Sukumaran and Karthika. Plot Bobby (Jayasurya) is an impoverished mute who earns a living by painting billboards for his boss (Cochin Haneefa). While painting, he falls in love with Gopika (Kavya Madhavan), a rich girl who cannot hear or speak and lives with her father ( Sai Kumar) and interpreter ( Kalpana). She attends a show performed by Bobby and his friends. Gopika begins to fall in love with Bobby once she learns that he is also a mute. But in order to win Gopika's admiration, Bobby pretends he can speak and puts on a show in front of Gopika's interpreter. Believing that Bobby can speak, Gopika finds her affection for him waning. She eventually learns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Action Force (film)
The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India to deal with riot and crowd control situations. History RAF was raised on 11 December 1991 with headquarters in New Delhi. It became fully operational on 7 October 1992, to deal with riots, riot like situations, crowd control, rescue and relief operations, and related unrest. The first five battalions were raised by October 1992 and an additional 5 battalions were added in April 1994. In October 2003, with 11 years of service, the force was presented with the President's colours. On 9 November 2013, the RAF Academy of Public Order was established in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. In 2017, the Indian government approved an additional five battalions to be based in New Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Organization RAF is commanded by an Inspector-General of Police (IGP), functioning at New Delhi. The RAF is divided into two ranges headed by a DIGP at New Delhi and Mumbai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aham (film)
''Aham'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeevnath and written by Venu Nagavally from a story by Rajeevnath. The film stars Mohanlal, Urvasi, and Ramya Krishna. The soundtrack was composed by Raveendran and cinematography was handled by Santhosh Sivan and Venu Plot Aham means self. The film revolves around Siddharthan, a bank manager, a man who has different outlook to life. He wants to be perfect in every thing that he does and even wants people around him to accept the way he thinks. He lacks love from his parents and develops hatred towards his father, a judge, who was responsible for the death of their servant and his family, who were the only friends of Siddharthan. Growing up Siddharthan becomes very narrow minded and looks at every one else's behavior with doubt and prejudice. He doubts the relationship between his wife Renjini (Urvashi) and her friend (Suresh Gopi) to the extent that he goes and warns him from ever entering his house to mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
