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Passenger (2009 Film)
''Passenger'' is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language conspiracy thriller film written and directed by debutant Ranjith Sankar and starring Sreenivasan, Dileep, Mamta Mohandas, Jagathy Sreekumar and Nedumudi Venu in major roles. It was a path breaker in Malayalam cinema in terms of its story telling and started the Malayalam new cinema wave. Owing to its critical and commercial success, ''Passenger'' was to be remade into Tamil as ''Muriyadi'' by Selva. Plot ''Passenger'' is based on two characters, who have never had anything to do with each other, and the impact they cause on each other's lives. The movie shows the events that follow. Sathyanathan, who works in a private company, is a simple man who lives an orderly and uncomplicated life. He travels from his native town to Kochi (where he works) by train. The moment the train crosses the Chalakudy bridge he dozes off and wakes up at another station. All this happens with utmost precision, as if programmed by someone. He is someone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjith Sankar
Ranjith Sankar is an Indian Filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller film ''Passenger''. Sankar followed ''Passenger'' up with '' Arjunan Saakshi'' (2011),''Molly Aunty Rocks'' (2012), ''Punyalan Agarbattis'' (2013), '' Varsham'' (2014), '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam'' (2015), ''Pretham'' (2016), '' Ramante Eden Thottam'' (2017), ''Punyalan Private Limited'' (2017), ''Njan Marykutty'' (2018) ''Pretham 2'' (2018), ''Kamala'' (2019) and '' Sunny'' (2021). Sankar launched his production house Dreams N Beyond in 2012 and his distribution house Punyalan Cinemas in 2017. Biography Born in Thrissur, Kerala, India, Ranjith Sankar completed his education at St. Thomas College in Thrissur and studied BTech Civil Engineering at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam. Shankar's writing career began with television series such as ''Nizhalkal'' and ''American Dreams''. He won the Kerala State Award for Best Screenplay for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandsami
Anandsami is an Indian film and stage actor who has worked on Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi productions. In films, Anandsami had a career breakthrough with appearances in ''Lens'' (2016) and ''Odu Raja Odu'' (2018). Career In 2001, Anandsami was a part of the Tamil remake of the Hindi television series '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi''. He appeared in ten episodes, and has since noted that being a part of the show prompted to become more professional with his approach to acting. After completing work on the series, Anandsami created a portfolio and attempted to become an actor in Tamil cinema. Finding chances hard to come by, he joined the Chennai-based theatre troupe Koothu-P-Pattarai in 2002, where he performed for eight years, before moving on to work with another group, ''Perch''. Despite making small appearances in films and television during the 2000s, Anandsami was able to establish himself as a prominent theatre actor in the Chennai acting circuit. Anandsami was also a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Malayalam-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Early life and family Vineeth Sreenivasan is the eldest son of Malayalam screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan and Vimala. He completed his primary education from nursery to 10th standard at Rani Jai Higher Secondary School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai. Career He made his acting debut playing one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film '' Cycle'', which did well at the box office. He did his second movie role with his father in the movie ''Makante Achan''. He writes the lyrics of most of his album songs and has also directed his own music videos. Vineeth won the AMMA Best Male Singer Award 2008 for his songs "Mampullikkavil" and "Jillu Jillu" and also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asianet Film Awards
The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry. The awards ceremony was co-sponsored by Johnson & Johnson in the year 1998 later Lux took up the sponsorship in the next 5 years. Then Jiva soap in 2004 and then Ujala for many years. From 2016, function is sponsored by Nirapara. Bhima Jewellers took the title sponsor in 2018 event. The function is normally held in Kochi , Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram cities in Kerala. It was also held twice in Dubai. The most recent award was the 21st Asianet Film Awards which held on 6 and 7 April 2019 at Kochi. Awards Categories Awards for Film Best Film The Asianet Film Award for Best Film has been awarded since 1998. Most Popular Film The Asianet Film Award for M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohithadas
Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas (10 May 1955 – 28 June 2009) was an Indian screenwriter, playwright, film maker, and producer who worked in the Malayalam film industry. In a career spanning over two decades, his films have won a National Film Award, six Kerala State Film Awards, and fourteen Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Script. Lohithadas made his debut as a screenwriter with ''Thaniyavarthanam'' (1987). He has written screenplays for 35 films in a 24-year-long career, such as ''Vicharana'' (1988), '' Ezhuthapurangal'' (1988), '' Kireedam'' (1989), ''Dasharatham'' (1989), '' Mrugaya'' (1989), ''His Highness Abdullah'' (1990), ''Sasneham'' (1990), ''Bharatham'' (1991), ''Amaram'' (1991), ''Aadhaaram'' (1992), ''Kamaladalam'' (1992), ''Vatsalyam'' (1993), ''Venkalam'' (1993), ''Padheyam'' (1993), '' Chenkol'' (1993), ''Chakoram'' (1994), ''Thooval Kottaram'' (1996), ''Sallapam'' (1996), and ''Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'' (1999). He later became a director, and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Praba
Krishna Praba is an Indian actress and professional dancer who chiefly appears in Malayalam films. She made her entry into the film industry with the film ''Madampi'' (2008), directed by B. Unnikrishnan. She played the character Mollykutty in ''Life of Josutty'' (2015), directed by Jeethu Joseph. Early life Praba was born in 1987 to Cr Prabhakaran Nair, a former mechanical engineer at Kalamassery HMT and Sheela Prabhakaran Nair. She completed her primary education from St. Joseph's School, Kalamassery and obtained Higher Secondary Education in humanities from Sacred Heart College, Thevara. Her early influences included Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Nadakam and Margam kali. She received a Diploma certificate in Bharatanatyam from Alliance University Bangalore. Krishna Praba got training in classical dance under the mentorship of Kalamandalam Sugandhi, her first dance teacher, from the age of three. Career Praba received several awards at state level youth festival competition. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilambur Ayisha
Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She started her career as a theater artist. Later she became a supporting actress in the Malayalam movies in late 1960s and 1970s. She has acted in more than 50 movies. She was the first woman to act in a Malyalam movies and dramas from the Muslim community. Early life Ayisha was born in 1935 at Nilambur in the Malappuram District of Kerala. Born into a rich family, She was interested in arts. At the age of 13, she was made to marry a 47-year old man. But her marriage was called off in the fifth day. She was a single mother since then. Acting career Ayisha began acting in dramas 1950s. She made her debut Feroke in 1953 at the age of 16 with playwright E.K. Ayamu’s ‘Ijju Nalloru Manushyan Aavan Nokku’ (1953). The show was performed at over 2,500 stages in various parts of the country. Later she went on to work in theatre with popular artists such as K.T. Mohammed, Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, Khan Kavil and P.J. Antony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valsala Menon
Valsala Menon (born 1945) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam films. She has acted in over 200+ films. Currently she is active in Malayalam television serials. Early life Valsala Menon was born in 1945 to Raman Menon and Devakiyamma in Thrissur District. She has three elder brothers. Since early childhood she has learned classical dancing and has performed on various stages in the august audience of leaders and rulers of the time. She came into industry as a child artist Baby Valsala in Malayalam movie Thiramala in 1953. She got married at the age of 16 and settled at Bombay. She became Miss Thrissur in 1970 after giving birth to three children. She had taken dance, Malayalam classes in Bombay. She was active in Ladies Club also, there. Although there was innumerable offers for her to act in films post her marriage, she made a comeback to films in ''Kiratham'' released in 1985 once her children had finished their schooling and was on their own. She became noted through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manikandan Pattambi
Manikandan Pattambi ( ml, മണികണ്ഠൻ പട്ടാമ്പി) is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the sitcom ''Marimayam'', a social satire in Mazhavil Manorama. He has also acted in a few supporting roles in various Malayalam films. Personal life He is married and has two daughters. Awards * 2000 kerala sangeetha nataka acadami award for best actor.play ''uyirthudi'' * 2003 kerala state television award for best supporting character ''devamanasam''short film * 2009 kerala state television award for best actor ''unaru'' short film * 2011 Kerala State Television Award for Best Comedian - ''Marimayam'' Television Filmography As an actor * ''Mankolangal'' (2000) * ''Meesa Madhavan'' (2002)... Man at Vedi Vazhipadu counter * ''Manassinakkare'' (2003)... Benny's friend and fellow Kerala Congress member * '' Pattalam'' (2003) * ''Uthara'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivaji Guruvayoor
Shivaji Guruvayoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his film career with the film '' Arabikkatha''.He is known for his negative roles and character roles. Personal life He is married to Lilly and has two sons. Filmography *''All films are in Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ... language unless otherwise noted''. Television career References External links * Shivaji Guruvayoor at MSI Living people Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors People from Thrissur Male actors from Kerala People from Guruvayur 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors 1960 births Male actors from Thrissur {{India-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sona Nair
Sona Nair (born 4 March 1975) is an Indian actress working mainly in Malayalam cinema who is also best known for roles in Soap opera, television soaps. Personal life Sona Nair attended Al-Uthuman Higher Secondary School, Kazhakoottam, Trivandrum, where her mother was a teacher. She received a degree from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. She married Malayalam cinema cameraman Udayan Ambadi in 1996. Career Sona Nair got her first credited role in the 1996 film ''Thooval Kottaram''. She then appeared in ''Katha Nayagan (1997 film), Katha Nayagan'', ''Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'', ''Manassinakkare'', ''Passenger (2009 film), Passenger'' and more. Awards and nominations In 2004, Sona received the Best Actress Award in the "Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards" for her role in the telefilm ''Rachiyamma'', telecast on Doordarshan. She was named the Best Female Actor at the television category of Sathyaneshan Nadar#Awards established in his name, Sathyan Memor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
