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Puzhu
''Puzhu'' (Malayalam: പുഴു; ) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film directed by debutant Ratheena and jointly written by Harshad and Suhas-Sharfu. The film stars Mammootty in the lead role. Cinematography of the film is handled by Theni Eswar and the film score and songs are composed by Jakes Bejoy. Mammootty played a negative shaded role in the film. Principal photography began on 17 August 2021 at Ernakulam, Kerala. The film was scheduled to release in theatres in the first half of 2022. Later, it was announced that the film would be skipping a theatrical release and decided for a direct-to-streaming release on SonyLIV. It was premiered on SonyLIV on 12 May 2022 in Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages. The film received positive reviews from critics, with special praise for Mammootty's performance. Plot Kuttan is a high ranking IPS officer and a widower who belongs to a Brahmin community and stays in a luxury apartment along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhas-Sharfu
Suhas and Sharfu are an Indian screenwriter duo working in Malayalam cinema. They wrote a total of five films, beginning with ''Varathan'' in 2018. Career They were both engineers before their film careers and met through the short film network and social media. Suhas is from Thripunithura and Sharfu from Kozhikode. Suhas and Sharfu were assistant director and associate director respectively for the 2018 film '' Sudani From Nigeria''. Through Sameer Thahir, one of the producers of the movie, they met Amal Neerad. Suhas said in an interview about their first movie, "We had approached Amal Neerad with another script, that didn’t work out instead ''Varathan'' came to be." The movie was well received. ''The Hindu'' wrote, "The screenplay by the Suhas–Sharfu duo is solid. They vividly etch different shades of misogyny, voyeurism and ensuing paranoia and drama, something every woman can relate to." After the commercial success of ''Varathan'', the director Aashiq Abu invited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Parvathy Thiruvothu Kottuvattaa (born 7 April 1988) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil language films. She is the recipient of a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards South, and two Kerala State Film Awards. Thiruvothu began her career with the Malayalam film ''Out of Syllabus'' (2006), and won her first Filmfare Award for her performance in the Tamil romantic drama ''Poo (film), Poo'' (2008). She gained wider attention in the next decade for her roles in the Malayalam films ''Bangalore Days'' (2014), ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (2015), and ''Charlie (2015 Malayalam film), Charlie'' (2015). This success continued with her leading roles in ''Take Off (2017 film), Take Off'' (2017), for which she won a National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film), National Film Award – Special Mention, ''Uyare'' and ''Virus (2019 film), Virus'' (both 2019), and ''Puzhu'' (2022). Early life and education Parvathy was born into a Nair Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulquer Salmaan
Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting. Salmaan is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards South and one Kerala State Film Award. After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with ''Second Show'' (2012). He has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several commercially and critically successful films including ''Ustad Hotel'' (2012), '' ABCD'' (2013), ''Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi'' (2013), ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' (2014), ''Bangalore Days'' (2014), ''Vikramadithyan'' (2014), '' O Kadhal Kanmani'' (2015), '' Charlie'' (2015), ''Kali'' (2016), ''Jomonte Suvisheshangal'' (2017), ''Mahanati'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayfarer Films
Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting. Salmaan is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards South and one Kerala State Film Award. After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with ''Second Show'' (2012). He has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several commercially and critically successful films including ''Ustad Hotel'' (2012), ''ABCD'' (2013), ''Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi'' (2013), ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' (2014), ''Bangalore Days'' (2014), ''Vikramadithyan'' (2014), ''O Kadhal Kanmani'' (2015), '' Charlie'' (2015), ''Kali'' (2016), ''Jomonte Suvisheshangal'' (2017), ''Mahanati'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theni Eswar
Eswaran Ramar, known by his screen name Theni Eswar, is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and Malayalam cinema. Early life Eswar grew up in Theni completing his schooling and he graduated in diploma in automobile engineering. In his college days he took up photography, which led to a career. He went on to receive a Kodak Award for street photography. He spent most of his early life in Theni before moving to Chennai. Film career Eswar moved to Chennai to start his career as a cinematographer. He also shot the photographs for Vairamuthu novels including kallikattu ithigasam, Karuvaachi kaaviyam, and Tamizhatrupadai. During his search for a job as an assistant cinematographer he collaborated with Baskar Sakthi, a writer in Ananda Vikatan who was at that time writing a series called " Route Bus" and was given the role of photographing the scenic routes of travel, places and the locals. He shot the films ''Sivappathigaram'', ''Kattradhu Thamizh' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malavika Menon
Malavika Menon (born 6 March 1998) is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films mainly in supporting roles. She made her career debut in 2012 with the film ''916 (film), 916''. She went on to play minor supporting roles before beginning to land starring roles later in 2012. Filmography References External links * * Living people 1998 births Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Kerala Actresses in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Thrissur {{India-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreedevi Unni
Sreedevi Unni is an Indian Mohiniyattam, Mohiniyattam dancer and actress best known for her work in the Malayalam cinema and TV serials. She is the mother of Monisha Unni. Filmography TV serials Albums * Ammakkayi * Thilodakam TV Shows * Arangettam * Charutha * Tharapakittu * Pularvela * Vanitha * Varthaprabhatham * Comedy Stars * Malayali Darbar * Ammamarude Samsthana Sammelanam * Straight Line * Red Carpet References External links IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Unni, Sreedevi Indian female classical dancers Bharatanatyam exponents Performers of Indian classical dance Kerala State Film Award winners Artists from Bangalore Actresses in Malayalam cinema Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian film actresses Actresses from Bangalore Dancers from Karnataka 20th-century Indian dancers 21st-century Indian dancers Indian television actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the comedy movie '' CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed''. Indrans was popular for his comedy roles in the 1990s and 2000s. He found success in playing character roles in his later career and won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his performance in ''Apothecary'' in 2014. In 2018, Indrans won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Aalorukkam''. His performance in ''Veyilmarangal'' made him win the Best Actor Award at the 2019 Singapore International Film Festival. As of November 2021, he has starred in over 550 films. Acting career Indrans made his debut in the 1981 film ''Choothattam'' both as a costume designer and as an actor. The producer, TMN Charley, offered him a chance to assist him in costume des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athmiya Rajan
Athmiya Rajan is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Malayalam- and Tamil-language films. Personal life Athmiya was born in Kannur, Kerala. She completed her graduation in Nursing from Shree Devi College of Nursing, Mangalore. She married Sanoop K Nambiar on 25 January 2021 at Kannur. Career Athmiya's first film as the lead actress came in Tamil film '' Manam Kothi Paravai'' in which she played a village belle opposite Sivakarthikeyan. She then played the lead in Ranjan Pramod's ''Rose Guitarinaal'' were she essayed the role of an airline trainee, an innocent girl caught between two lovers. Malathi Rangarajan of ''The Hindu'' in a film review of ''Manam Kothi Paravai'' stated that "New-find Athmiya conveys a lot with her expressive eyes. Her role has substance, and she carries it off well". In 2014, she appeared in ''Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum'' followed by ''Amoeba'' in 2016 were she played one of the victims. Her next movie was in Tamil titled '' Kaaviyyan''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakes Bejoy
Jakes Bejoy (born 27 May 1984) is an Indian film score composer, music producer, and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, but has also worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. He started his film musical career as a singer, in the 2012 film ''Second Show'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. ''Angels'' (2014) was his debut film as a music director. Education Jakes Bejoy is trained in Carnatic music, and was introduced to gospel and western music during his time at Montfort School, Yercaud. He has an engineering degree from Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology (Autonomous), and a master's degree in Music Science and Technology from Stanford University, USA. Career After graduating in 2010, he was a music intern at Activision Blizzard and Namco Bandai, working on the Guitar Hero series, Splatterhouse, and Pacman. He also worked with the audio team at The Walt Disney Company on video games including ''Cars'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Drama
Psychological drama or psychodrama is a sub-genre of drama that places emphasis on psychological elements. It often overlaps with other genres such as crime, fantasy, black comedy, and science fiction, and it is closely related with the psychological horror and psychological thriller genres. Psychological dramas use these genres' tropes to focus on the human condition and psychological effects, usually in a mature and serious tone. Psychological dramas explore thematic elements such as abandonment, coming-of-age problems, denialism, disability, distorted sequences, dysfunctional relationships, human sexuality, mental disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...s, mood swings, Behavior, odd behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasanth Alexander
Alexander Prasanth is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Malayalam films. He made his debut through the 2002 movie '' Nammal''. Career Prasanth began his career as an anchor of Crazy Records on Asianet. He made his acting debut in 2002 with Kamal's film '' Nammal''. Prasanth later acted in several minor and character roles in more than 50 Malayalam movies. He did notable roles in the films like '' Ordinary'', '' Best Actor'', '' Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya'', ''Ira'', ''The Great Father'', '' Johny Johny Yes Appa'' etc. Movies like '' Action Hero Biju'' and '' Operation Java'' gave him a new lease on his film career. He made his Hindi film debut in 2019 for Rajkumar Gupta's ''India's Most Wanted'', playing the role of South Indian Intelligence Officer Pillai. Prasanth wrote the dialogues for the film 'Velaikari irunthalum née en mohavalli'. He has also worked as the creative director for the film ''Race''. Personal life He was born to Rev. Fr. K. P. Alexander and Leelam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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