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Praveena
Praveena is an Indian Television actress and a dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, she has also appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She started her acting career through 1992 film ''Gowri''. She has received several accolades including Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performances in the films '' Agnisakshi'' in 1998 and ''Oru Pennum Randaanum'' in 2008. She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for the films ''Elektra'' in 2010 and '' Ivan Megharoopan'' in 2012. Career She appeared in multiple films, including '' Agnisakshi'', ''English Medium'', ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, Swarnam'' and ''Oru Pennum Randaanum''. Kasthooriman later debuted in Malayalam cinema through Anil Babu's ''Kaliyoonjal'' in which she was paired opposite Dileep. In '' Oral Mathram'' ''The Truth'' and '' Ezhupunna Tharakan,'' She has won Kerala State Film Award four times. In 1998, she won the Kerala State Film Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Vinayan based on a screenplay by J. Pallassery. The film features Kalabhavan Mani, Kaveri (actress), Kaveri, Praveena and Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor), Sai Kumar in the lead roles. The film centers around Ramu, a blind poet and singer who supports his family. However, their happiness dissipates soon after he gets cheated by a rich businessman. The film is reported to be inspired from ''Dosti (1964 film), Dosti'' (1964). The film was a commercial success and ran for more than 150 days in theatres. The film won two National Film Awards, the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, Best Male Playback Singer for M. G. Sreekumar and the National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film), Special Jury Award for Kalabhavan Mani and Mani also received the Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award, Special Jury Award at the Kerala State Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnisakshi (1999 Film)
''Agnisakshi'' (English: ''With Fire As Witness'') is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language spiritual film written and directed by Shyamaprasad, based on the novel of the same name by Lalithambika Antharjanam. It stars Rajit Kapur, Shobana, Srividya, Praveena, Madhupal and Madambu Kunhukuttan. The film premiered at the Soorya Festival on 14 September 1998. ''Agnisakshi'' received numerous accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and nine Kerala State Film Awards. The film holds the distinction of being the only film to get 9 Kerela State Film Awards. Plot and themes Unni marries Devaki in a traditional arranged marriage and brings her into the fold of his Namboothiri illam. Bound by a plethora of traditional beliefs, customs and rituals that constitute life within four walls of the joint family, and also consumed by his commitment to not hurt others by going against any tradition, Unni is unable to be the husband that he would have liked to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elektra (2010 Film)
''Elektra'' is a 2010 Malayalam psychological drama film co-written and directed by Shyamaprasad, starring Nayanthara, Manisha Koirala, Prakash Raj, Biju Menon, and Skanda Ashok. It was produced by N. B. Vindhyan, who also produced Shyamaprasad's ''Ore Kadal''. The film is based on the story of the Greek mythological character Electra, although it has a contemporary setting in an aristocratic family in Kerala. It draws strongly on four adaptations of the myth: '' Electra'' by Sophocles, '' Electra'' by Euripides, ''Oresteia'' by Aeschylus and ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' by Eugene O’Neill (1931). Key to the film is the concept of the Electra complex; a daughter's psychosexual competition with her mother for her father's affection. A rueful journey into the bruised familial bonds of an aristocratic household in Central Kerala, the film explores desire and loss. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India in November 2010. It made its international pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Award For Second Best Actress
The Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress was an award presented annually from 1969 to 2014 at the Kerala State Film Awards of India. The Kerala State Film Awards is managed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit institution working under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision .... The award was discontinued in 2014 and was succeeded by the Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress from 2015 onwards. Superlatives Winners See also * Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Pennum Randaanum
''Oru Pennum Randaanum'' (Translation: ''A Woman and Two Men'') is a 2008 Malayalam feature film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film has four separate chapters, each based on independent short stories written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. The film is about four crimes of different nature that happen in different contexts and situations. The setting is the Princely State of Travancore, South India in the 1940s. The Second World War being fought in Europe at that time had terrible impact on the colonial British India with increasing scarcity of basic commodities and rising unemployment. The stories in this film span from crimes committed by the deprived to the comparatively privileged landed gentry. Plot The four chapters of the film tell stories, which are independent of each other. The only connection between them is the recurring theme of crime. With the flow of the movie, there is an increase in the complexity of the crimes. ''Kallante Makan'' (''The son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Award For Best Dubbing Artist
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best dubbing in Malayalam film industry. Ideally, there is a male and female winner for the award. 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 Affairs. The winners (male and female) receives a certificate, statuette and a cash prize of ₹50,000 each. Superlatives Consecutive wins Winners References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarnam
''Swarnam'' is a 2008 Malayalam language Indian drama film, directed by Venugopan and written by S. Suresh Babu. It stars Kalabhavan Mani and Praveena in lead roles and also features Jagathy Sreekumar, Indrans, Valsala Menon, Ashokan, Murali and Kozhikode Narayanan Nair in supporting roles. It was released in May 2008. Cast * Kalabhavan Mani as Dhivakaran * Praveena as Radha * Murali as Raghavan * Baby Nayanthara * Jagathy Sreekumar * Indrans * Valsala Menon * Ashokan * Kozhikode Narayanan Nair Kozhikode Narayanan Nair is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema, who has acted in more than 300 films. He entered the "Malayalam" movie industry (Mollywood) through a drama troupe. His first film was ''Aabhijathyam'' (1970), and he is also rem ... * Shreyas Madhavan References External links * 2008 films 2000s Malayalam-language films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truth (1998 Film)
''The Truth'' is a 1998 Malayalam-language police procedural thriller film written by S. N. Swamy and directed by Shaji Kailas. Mammootty plays the lead role of an IPS officer investigating a political assassination of the CM. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Unmai'' and in Telugu as ''Delhi Simham''. It was remade in Kannada as ''Naxalite'' in 2000. Plot Patteri, a respected brahmin astrologer, helps a cop named Pothuval to crack an ill-famed temple robbery. Madhavan. P is a respectable CM of Kerala initiates a crackdown on corrupt government officials, angering his party and ministers alike. In the upcoming by-election, Madhavan has to win to retain his position as the CM, the party conspires against him for that matter. During a chance encounter with the CM, Patteri senses a bad omen regarding Madhavan's success and hopes that the by-elections won't happen. Meanwhile, an enigmatic and alluring woman is shown entering an apartment where she meets an accomplice and they ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezhupunna Tharakan
''Ezhupunna Tharakan'' is a 1999 Malayalam film directed by P. G. Viswambharan. It features Mammootty, Jagadish, Madhu and Namrata Shirodkar in the lead roles. This was Shirodkar's first & only Malayalam film. The film was a commercial success. - ''Sify,'' Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 17:17 Cast * Mammootty as Ezhupunna Sunny Tharakan * as Muhammad Ali * |
Oral Mathram
''Oral Mathram'' is a 1997 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. The film stars Mammootty, Shruti, Sreenivasan, Sudheesh and Lalu Alex. Plot Shekhara Menon is a retired income tax officer from Mumbai and has now settled in a remote village in Kerala. He owns some land and a house where he, his three daughters, and Menon's elderly father live together and leads a calm, silent and happy life. Menon owns a smaller house adjacent to his own which is given for rent, and is his source of income other than agricultural income. Mr. Menon's Pension from the service has been blocked due to some unclear issues. Hareendran is a struggling small-time contractor and comes in as a new tenant to the rented house. Hareendran is constantly put under unwanted troubles by his aide Balachandran, who convinces Hareendran to help people in trouble. His experience with Balachandran has made Hareendran a selfish man and he presently is least concerned about other people's problems around him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliyoonjal
Kaliyoonjalu is a 1997 Malayalam drama, film starring Mammootty, Shalini, Shobana and Dileep. It was directed by Anil Babu and produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Koker Films and was a commercial success. The film completed 50 days in Mymoon theatre, Eranakulam. Plot After the death of their parents, Nandagopal ( Mammootty) raises his sister Ammu (Shalini), who is suffering from epilepsy. She is a pampered child. Nandan agrees to marry Gouri (Shobana) on the condition that her brother Venu (Dileep) marries Ammu. The fact that Ammu has epilepsy is revealed only after Nandan and Gouri get married. Venu, who was in love with another girl Radha, agrees to marry Ammu to save his sister's relation. Nandan still remains concerned about his sister, who is now living with Venu in his house. This disturbs a self-respecting Venu a lot and arguments came one after the other in their lives. A party is set on the day of Ammu's birthday both by Nandan (at his house) and by Venu (for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Megharoopan
''Ivan Megharoopan'' is a 2012 Malayalam biographical film written and directed by P. Balachandran. The film is based on the life of Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair and is particularly based on his autobiography, ''Kaviyude Kalpadukal''. Prakash Bare, who is the producer of the film, also plays the protagonist K. P. Madhavan Nair. Cast * Prakash Bare as K. P. Madhavan Nair * Padmapriya as Ammini * Shweta Menon as Maya Maheswari * Remya Nambeesan as Rajalekshmi * Jayapriya Sadanandan as Saraswathi Amma * Anumol as Thankamani * Jagathy Sreekumar as Appu Marar * Chembil Ashokan as Aanapachan Aashan * Kannur Sreelatha as Padmavathi * V. K. Sreeraman as Kallattil Padmanabha Kurup * Sunitha Nedungadi as Chinnammalu * Surabhi Lakshmi as Kousalya * Ambika Mohan as Madhavi * Sajitha Madathil as Gomathi Teacher *Thambi Antony as Swami Production Development ''Ivan Megharoopan'' is P. Balachandran's debut film as a director. He has earlier written certain notable scripts including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
