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Paravoor Bharathan
Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and has played a variety of roles including negative roles, character roles and comedy roles. Life Bharathan was born to Vadakkekarayil Kochannan Koran and Kurumbakutty in 1929 at Vavakkad, Moothakunnam in North Paravoor, Cochin. He went to S.N.M. High School, Moothakunnam but, had to discontinue his studies when his father died. His father was a coconut plucker and mother was a coir maker. His father died when he was very young and his mother took care of him. He used to act during his school days as well. On one occasion, he caught the eye of Kedamangalam Sadanandan, a noted Kathaprasangam artiste, who introduced him to the state troupe - Pushpitha during mid-1940s. He started acting in stage shows in and around Paravoor. He has also per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavakkad
Vavakkad is a village situated along the northern border of Ernakulam District, Paravur taluk, Kerala, South India. Location Vavakkad is located 27 km from the city of Ernakulam and 23 km froCochin International airport Nedumbassery. National Highway No 66 passes within 1.5 km of the village. Famous Cherai Beach is just 4 km away. History The town's name derives from "Vaval Kadu" (literally, "forest of bats"). It was part of Thiruvithamkoor (Travancore) province before the reunion of states. Vavakkad was the first village in Kerala to give a monthly pension to senior citizens above 70 years of age. Once famous for the production of coir, this industry is now in decline. Library Gurudeva Memorial library and its surrounding ground is the center of cultural activities in Vavakkad. People meet there regularly to debate public issues. The library was founded in 1954 and named after Sree Narayana Guru, who is considered to be the father of cultural ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhanoolkkanavu
''Mazhanoolkkanavu'' or ''Mazhanool Kanav'' (''മഴനൂല്ക്കനവ്'') is a Malayalam language film. It was released in 2003. Cast *Vineeth as Jithu *Augustine * Charulatha as Varsha Menon * Mamukkoya as Hassan * Paravoor Bharathan * Subair as Rasheed * Spadikam George * Jagathy Sreekumar as Nair * Narendra Prasad Raghava Kurup Narendra Prasad (26 December 1946 3 November 2003) was an Indian actor, playwright, director, teacher and literary critic. He was born at Mavelikkara in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore. Appreciated for his body language and ... References External links * 2003 films 2000s Malayalam-language films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varabhalam
''Varaphalam'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Thaha and written by B. Jayachandran, starring Sreenivasan and Mukesh in the lead roles. Plot The story is about Thilakan and his two sons, one of them blind, Unni (Sreenivasan), and the other one deaf, Balan (Mukesh).The story takes a turn when the sons marry and their in-laws try to steal the family money. Krishnankutty (Jagathy) is a clever but honest caretaker for the deaf and blind siblings, who is constantly at odds with their in-laws. Being astute he senses the actual intentions of the in laws and warns the brothers. His run-ins with the in-laws give some genuine comic moments. The in laws start wading into forbidden territory in their quest to grab money finally The father (Thilakan), steps in and carries out the burden of sorting things out. Cast * Sreenivasan as Unni * Mukesh as Balan * Thilakan as Sreedharan Nair (Father of Unni and Balan) * Maathu as Balan's wife (Anjali) * Anju as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudumba Visesham
''Kudumba Vishesham'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. Anil, Babu Narayanan, starring Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the lead roles. This movie is the remake of Tamil movie '' Veedu_Manaivi_Makkal''. Cast * Thilakan as Madhavan Nair * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bharathi Madhavan Nair * Maniyanpilla Raju as Prasad M. Nair * Renuka as Urmila M. Nair (Urmila Uthamman) * Urvasi as Geetha M. Nair * Baiju as Santhosh M. Nair * Shanthi Krishna as Aswathy Prasad * Jagadish as Chinna Thampy (Geetha's love interest) * Ashokan as Uthaman * Seetha as Deepa Santhosh (Daughter of KRC) * Kalpana as Elikutty * Rajan P. Dev as KRC * Meena as Kikkili Kochamma * Paravoor Bharathanas Kikkili Kochamma's Husband * Jose Pallissery as Kunjappan * Kaduvakulam Antony * M. S. Thripunithura as Aswathy's Father * Harisree Ashokan as Abubacker * Usha as Vidhya (Prasad's love interest) * J. Pallassery as Doctor Soundtrack The music was done by Johnson Johnson is a surname of Angl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manathe Kottaram
''Manathe Kottaram'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Sunil and written by Kalabhavan Ansar and Robin. The film was produced by Hameed under the banner of Gemi Movies and distributed by Star Plus Release. It stars Dileep, Nadirshah, Indrans, Harisree Ashokan and Khushbu. Suresh Gopi makes a cameo appearance. Meanwhile, ‘Manathe Kottaram’ was directed by Sunil. Actors Dileep, Nadirsha, Harisree Ashokan, Indrans essayed the lead characters in the movie. The movie is about four young men, who are huge admirers of actress Khushboo. The four meeting the actress and a series of events taking place form the crux of the movie. Plot Four struggling young men who were big fans of movie actress Khushboo finally get a chance to meet and befriend her when she moves into the mansion next door and through her Dileep also gets a chance to star in a movie. Cast * Dileep as Dileep * Harisree Ashokan as Balan * Indrans as Appu * Nadirsha as Sabu * Khush ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pingami
''Pingami'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Reghunath Paleri based on his own short story ''Kumarettan Parayaatha Kadha''. It was produced by Mohanlal through the company Pranavam Arts, and stars himself along with Puneet Issar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan, Innocent, Kanaka, Sukumaran, Janardhanan and Oduvil Unnikrishnan in supporting roles. The film follows Captain Vijay, who forms a close bond with Kumaran, a severely injured man. However, when he dies, Vijay decides to investigate the cause of his death. The music was composed by Johnson. The film was released on 27 May 1994 and was an average success at the box office. In a retrospect review in 2019, ''Kerala Kaumudi'' described ''Pingami'' as the most underrated film ever in Malayalam cinema. and over the years, the film has attained a cult following. Plot Captain Vijay Menon is an orphaned army officer, who returns on his annual leave to stay w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achan Kombathu Amma Varampathu
''Achan Kombath Amma Varambath'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by the duo Anil Babu and produced by Saji Thomas. The film stars Murali, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Sukumari and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by S. P. Venkatesh. The film was a remake of Tamil film '' Varavu Nalla Uravu''. Cast The list below contains each actor and their role below. * Murali as Chandrasekhara Menon *Bharathi Vishnuvardhan as Parvathi * Sukumari as Harikrishnan's neighbour *Jagathy Sreekumar as Surendran *Thilakan as Mahendran Thampi * Ashokan as Harikrishnan * Kalpana as Swayamprabha * Baiju as Gopikrishnan *Bindu Panicker as Syamala * Chippy as Radhika *Geetha Vijayan as Maya *KPAC Sunny as Advocate * M. S. Thripunithura as Sharady *Paravoor Bharathan as Maya's father *Shammi Thilakan as Rajendran * Sreenath as Balan *Renuka as Sumithra *Master Vishal as Unnikuttan *Meena Ganesh as Maya's mother Soundtrack The music was composed by S. P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava
''Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Rajasenan and written by Rafi Mecartin. It stars Jayaram, Narendra Prasad, Rajan P. Dev, Kasturi and Sangita. The movie was remade in Telugu as ''Subhamastu'' and in Tamil as ''Periya Idathu Mappillai'', the latter starring Jayaram himself in the lead role. It was the debut movie of K. T. S. Padannayil. Plot The film follows brothers Kuttan Bava/Chettan Bava and Kunjan Bava/Aniyan Bava, and their driver Premachandran, with whom the daughters of both the Bavas fall in love. This makes the Bavas enemies and it becomes their issue of pride on who will marry Premachandran. On top of this includes Sundaran, the nephew of the Bavas trying to take Premachandran down. Cast * Jayaram as Premachandran * Narendra Prasad as Kuttan Bava (Chettan Bava) * Rajan P. Dev as Kunjan Bava (Aniyan Bava) * Kasturi as Ammu * Sangita as Malu * Prem Kumar as Sundaran * Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Easwara Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spadikam
''Spadikam'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Bhadran and produced by R. Mohan through Shogun Films. Dialogues were written by Rajendra Babu. The film stars Mohanlal and Thilakan with Urvashi, Spadikam George, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Rajan P. Dev, Silk Smitha, Nedumudi Venu, Chippy, and V. K. Sreeraman in supporting roles. S. P. Venkatesh composed the film's original songs and background score. The film tells the story of Thomas Chacko (Mohanlal), who is known by the sobriquet Aadu Thoma, a ruffian estranged from his narcissistic father, Chacko Mash (Thilakan), upon failing to meet the latter's high expectations. ''Spadikam'' received critical acclaim and was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing more than 8 crores at the box office. Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor, at the Filmfare Awards South, the film won Best Film – Malayalam, Best Actor (Mohanlal) and Best Director awards. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saamoohyapadom
''Saamoohya Paadam'' () is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Kareem and produced by T. K. Surendran and Pradeep Chembakassery. The film stars Dileep, Prem Kumar, Sukumari and Kalabhavan Mani in the lead roles. The film has musical score by S. P. Venkatesh. Songs were penned by Konniyoor Balachandran ( Kavalam kiliye) and Shibu Chakravarthy. Cast *Dileep as Vishnu * Prem Kumar as Raghuraman *Keerthana as Ammu *Kalabhavan Mani as K. K. Karunan *Rajan P. Dev as Kunjanandan Nair * Sukumari as Bhavaniyamma *Mala Aravindan as Pushpangathan *Paravoor Bharathan as Lambodaran Pilla *Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Swadeshi Master *Bindu Panicker as Premalatha *Kanakalatha as Kanakalatha *Jose Pellissery as Lonappan *Ravi Menon as Chandrappan *Tony as Devan *Reshmi Soman as Sreedevi Soundtrack The music was composed by S. P. Venkatesh S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum
''Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum'' is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anil-Babu. The film stars Jayaram, Shobhana, Harishree Ashokan and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajamani and B. A. Chidambaranath. The film completed 100 days in Ernakulam Saritha Theatre. Plot The story is set in a land where two brothers are popular for their egos, Kannapan (Jayaram) and Rajappan (Harisree Ashokan). They were the only sons of the two wives of Phaelwan Phalgunnan Pillai (Paravoor Bharathan). Cast *Jayaram as Kannappan *Shobhana as Alli *Harishree Ashokan as Rajappan *Jagathy Sreekumar as Marthandan Pillai * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Kanakam * Kalpana as Swarnam *Augustine as Police Inspector * Baiju as Amminikuttan *Paravoor Bharathan as Phaelwan Phalgunan Pillai(Kannappan and Rajappan's father) *Bobby Kottarakkara as Muniyandi *Kottayam Nazeer as Satheeshan, Kannappan and Rajappan's friend *Philomina as Bhanumathiamma (Rajappan's mother) * Sukumari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Mandrake
''Junior Mandrake'' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Ramasimhan aka Ali Akbar and written by Benny P. Nayarambalam from a story by Arun Kudamaloor. The plot revolves around the carriers of a mysterious bust named Junior Mandrake, which is believed to bring misfortune to those who possess it. The film stars Jagadish, Jagathy Sreekumar, Rajan P. Dev and Janardhanan. The music was provided by the Berny-Ignatius duo. The bust in the movie eventually developed into a cult and is often referred during several situations in the life of a Malayali. In 2010, a sequel titled '' Senior Mandrake'' was released. Plot Nambiar is a building contractor, an atheist. However, he is plagued by many a problem in his contracting business, particularly due to the conspiracies plotted by his competitor, Shankara Pillai. Compelled by his wife Sudharma, who is devoted to God, and his sons, Pradeep and Sandeep, Nambiar consents to consult an astrologer Thanku Panicker to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
