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Pretham
''Pretham'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film, written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. Starring Jayasurya, Aju Varghese, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharaf U Dheen, Shruthi Ramachandran, Pearle Maaney, Dharmajan Bolgatty, and Hareesh Peradi in the prominent roles. It is co-produced by Sankar and Jayasurya. The film was a commercial success and in 2018 a sequel, Pretham 2 was released. It was remade in Telugu under the title ''Raju Gari Gadhi 2''. It is also the third collaboration of Sankar and Jayasurya after ''Punyalan Agarbattis'' and '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam''. Principal photography began in Cherai, Ernakulam on 24 May 2016. The film was released on 12 August 2016. A sequel titled ''Pretham 2'' was released in 2018. Plot Three young men — Denny Kokken (Aju Varghese), Priyalal (Sharaf U Dheen), and Shibu Majeed (Govind Padmasoorya) have been friends since college. Together, they work till they hit their 30s and start their ... [...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] |
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] |
Jayasurya
Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South for acting and Best actor at the Cincinnati Film Festival held in Cincinnati, US. Jayasurya has also appeared in a few Tamil films. Jayasurya began his career as a mimicry artist and hosted a few television shows on Malayalam channels. He made his acting debut as a background actor in the 1999 film ''Pathram''. His break-through was playing a mute in ''Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan'' (2002). In the 2000s, Jayasurya was popular for his comic-oriented roles in '' Swapnakkoodu'' (2003), ''Pulival Kalyanam'' (2003), '' Chathikkatha Chanthu'' (2004), ''Chocolate'' (2007) and '' Gulumaal'' (2009), and at the same time villain roles in ''Classmates'' (2006), ''Arabikk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shruthi Ramachandran
Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema. She also co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020 Tamil anthology film ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai''. In 2020, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for her work in ''Kamala''. In 2022, she won the Critic’s mention for best actress by the Kerala Film Critic’s Assocoiation for her work in ''Madhuram''. Career She is best known for her role in the 2021 film ''Madhuram'' with Joju George , the 2016 film Pretham with Jayasurya , the 2017 film Sunday Holiday with Asif Ali. and 2021 film, Kaanekaane with Tovino She also played a supporting role as Jaya in the 2019 Telugu movie ''Dear Comrade''. She also starred in the movie '' Anveshanam'', alongside Jayasurya in 2019. Along with her husband Francis Thomas, Shruti wrote the segment "Ilamai Idho Idho" for the anthology film ''Putham Pudhu Kaalai'' which released in 2020. Shruti won the ‘Special Jury mention for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharaf U Dheen
Sharafudheen, professionally credited as Sharaf U Dheen, is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut in 2013 with ''Neram''. He got his breakthrough by portraying the role of ''Girirajan Kozhi'' in ''Premam'' (2015). Sharaf U Dheen's known for both his comedic and villain roles. He's best known for his roles in the films '' Paavada'' (2015), '' Happy Wedding'' (2016), ''Pretham'' (2016), ''Georgettan's Pooram'' (2017), ''Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela'' (2017), ''Varathan'' (2018), ''Neeyum Njanum'' (2019), '' Children's Park'' (2019), ''Virus'' (2019), ''Anjaam Pathiraa'' (2020), ''Halal Love Story'' (2020), and ''Aarkkariyam'' (2021). Early and personal life Sharafudheen hails from Aluva in the district of Ernakulam, Kerala. After having completed his studies, he marked his expertise in many industries. He later established a Travel Company at his hometown before foraying into Cinema. He is married to Beema from Changanassery in 2015. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govind Padmasoorya
Govind Padmasoorya (born 16 June 1987), popularly known as GP is an Indian television presenter actor who works mainly in Malayalam cinema and a few Telugu films. He made his debut in the movie Atayalangal directed by M. G. Sasi. He is popular among Malayali audiences through the reality show D 4 Dance. He directed a featured film for Malayalam television channel Asianet for their 25 years celebration.. Early and personal life Govind Padmasoorya popularly known as GP was born on June 16, 1987 at Pattambi, as the son of Govind Menon, (Bank Manager, CSB) and Malathy (AGM, BSNL). He completed his graduate in Master of Business Administration in St.Aloysius College in Manglore. Later, he went to Whistling Woods International to complete his media studies. He has a younger brother named Govind Amrithsoorya. Career GP started his career in acting through some albums in 2007. He made his debut in Malayalam cinema as the protagonist in '' Atayalangal'', directed by M. G. Sasi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivasan. In a career spanning over a decade, he has acted in more than 125 Malayalam films. He owns a production company named Funtastic Films along with actor Dhyan Sreenivasan and producer Visakh Subramaniam. Personal life and career Aju Varghese was born to Varghese P. K. and Celiene Susan in Thiruvalla in India. He has a younger sister Anju. Aju is married to Augustina since 24 February 2014. They have twins: a girl named Juana and a boy named Evan born on 28 October 2014. They later had a second set of twins - Jake and Luke - on 30th Sep 2016. Aju attended Rajagiri High School, Kalamasserry and later Bhavans Adarsha Vidhyalaya, Ernakulam. He did his Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from KCG College of Technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hareesh Peradi
Hareesh Peradi is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. Career He is also a well-known theatre artist in Kerala, having made a mark in stage and also in TV and cinema. Even though he has acted in 36 films so far, it was Malayalam film, ''Left Right Left'' (2013), that gave him a break. In the film, he played the lead role, that of a politician with shades of grey. ''Vikram Vedha'' (2017) gave him his big break in Tamil cinema. He was seen in the Tamil Movie, 'Sulthan', directed by Bakkiyaraj Kannan and co-starring Karthi, Rashmika Mandanna, Yogi Babu, Lal, Ponnambalam. He was praised for the portrayal of Mangattachan in the movie Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea released in 2021. Sajin Srijith of ''The New Indian Express'' wrote that, "Hareesh Peradi, the veteran character artiste proves once again that he can completely disappear into a role, be it negative or positive." Mammotty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anand Madhusoodanan
Anand Madhusoodanan is an Indian film score composer and screenwriter who is known for his works in Malayalam cinema. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Madhusoodanan, Anand Malayalam film score composers Living people Film musicians from Kerala 1988 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearle Maaney
Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show ''D 4 Dance''. In 2018, Pearle emerged as the first runner-up of the ''Big Boss'' Malayalam season 1. Early life Pearle Maaney was brought up in a Syro-Malabar Syrian Christian joint family based in Kochi with roots at Chowara. She did her schooling in Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum and Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery, and completed her graduation in media studies from Christ University, Bangalore. Career Pearle Maaney has anchored over 250 episodes of the music show ''Yes Jukebox'' on the Malayalam television channel Yes Indiavision, a subsidiary of Indiavision. She hosted ''Taste of Kerala'', a travel-based cookery show on Amrita TV under the stage name Serah. In October 2014, she started hosting the dance reality show ''GumOn D2'' on Mazhavil Mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punyalan Agarbattis
''Punyalan Agarbattis'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar, starring Jayasurya, Nyla Usha, Aju Varghese, Rachana Narayanankutty, Innocent and Sreejith Ravi. The film follows the tale of the young entrepreneur Joy Thakkolkaran (Jayasurya) and his business venture "Punyalan Agarbattis" in the city of Thrissur. The film is produced by Jayasurya and Ranjith Sankar under the banner of Dreams N Beyond and features music composed by Bijibal. The film was a commercial success at the box-office. A sequel of the film titled 'Punyalan Private Limited' was made in 2017, and it casts many of the members of original cast. Plot The movie follows the inspiring tale of an entrepreneur, Joy Thakolkaaran, who owns a firm named 'Punyalan Agarbathis'. The firm in involved in the production of incense sticks from elephant dung. The first half moves around how it becomes nearly impossible for him to acquire necessary raw m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Gari Gadhi 2
''Raju Gari Gadhi 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language comedy horror film, produced by Prasad V. Potluri under PVP Cinema, Matinee Entertainment, OAK Entertainments banner, and directed by Ohmkar. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Seerat Kapoor, with music composed by S. Thaman. The film is a sequel to '' Raju Gari Gadhi'' (2015) and second installment in '' Raju Gari Gadhi franchise''. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Pretham'' (2016). Plot The film begins with 3 besties Ashwin, Kishore, and Praveen, investing their entire wealth in the resort. Initially, it moves smoothly until they witness paranormal activities, making their lives tougher. Immediately they contact a church Father who fails and their fear of that ghost peaks. Then, the father suggests approaching a world-renowned mentalist, Rudra. He obtains parlor tricks, mental tenacity to make clever guesses, special powers of contact with the spirits, and cold reading techniques. Now, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
