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R. Velappan Nair
R. Velappan Nair was a former Malayalam film director, producer and cinematographer. His movie in 1969, Aaryankavu Kollasangam was a very new experiment in Indian cinema. Biography Velappan Nair was born in an affluent, aristocratic family Illickal in Alappuzha on 29 November 1907. His passion for theatre brought his school education to an abrupt halt. He even joined a drama troupe from Tamil Nadu and went off with them without informing his family. This troupe travelled and reached Madras. He worked there in Syamala Film Studio as assistant director and also picked up the basics of cinematography. In 1950, he directed his first Malayalam movie named Sthree story based on the drama with the same name of Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair. And, he was also the cameraman of the film. After, Velappan Nair directed Yachakan in '51, Lokaneethi in '53, Kalam Marunnu in '55, Minnunnathellam Ponnalla in '57, Aaryankavu Kollasangam in'69. Filmography *'' Sthree'' (1950) *'' Yachakan'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alappuzha
Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in India which attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. Alleppey is a city and a municipality in Kerala with an urban population of 174,164 and ranks third among the districts in literacy rate in the state. In 2016, the Centre for Science and Environment rated Alappuzha as the cleanest town in India. Alappuzha is considered to be the oldest planned city in this region and the lighthouse built on the coast of the city is the first of its kind along the Laccadive Sea coast. The city is 55 km from Kochi and 155 km north of Thiruvananthapuram district, Thiruvananthapuram. A town with canals, Kerala Backwaters, backwaters, Alappuzha Beach, beaches, and lagoons, Alappuzha was described by George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
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 Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sthree (1950 Film)
''Sthree'' () is a 1950 Malayalam-language film written by Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and directed by R. Velappan Nair. Cast * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from t ... as Rajan * Vaikom M. P. Mani as Madhu * Aravindaksha Menon as Vijayan * Omalloor Chellamma as Sushama * Radhadevi as Sudha * Sumathi as Mallika * Raman Nair as Mammadan * Kuriyathi Neelakanta Pillai as Nanu Pillai External links ''Sthree''at the Malayalam Movie Database 1950s Malayalam-language films {{1950s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaryankavu Kollasangam
''Aaryankavu Kollasangam'' is a 1969 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by R. Velappan Nair. The film stars Keralasree Sunny, Khadeeja, Polachira Ramachandran and Santo Krishnan. The film had musical score by B. A. Chidambaranath. Cast *Keralasree Sunny *Khadeeja *Polachira Ramachandran *Santo Krishnan * Madhavan Nair Soundtrack The music was composed by B. A. Chidambaranath Bhoothapandi Arunachalam Chidambaranathan (19 March 1924 – 31 August 2007) was an Indian film score composer and musician who worked mainly in Malayalam films. Biography Hailing from a family of reputed musicians from Nagercoil in the Kingdo ... and the lyrics were written by Kedamangalam Sadanandan. References External links * 1969 films 1960s Malayalam-language films {{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from the Government of India, which is one of the highest civilian honours in India. In a career that spanned about 47 years, he acted in over 700 films. He is considered to be the "First Superstar in Mollywood". In 1993, he was honoured with the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema. Early life Sukumaran Nair was born on 16 October 1916 in the village of Thikkurissy, Nagercoil, then part of Travancore. The village of Thikkurissy is now in Nanchilnadu, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. He was born in an aristocratic Nair family to Mangat C. Govinda Pillai and N. Lekshmi Amma. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yachakan
''Yachakan'' is a 1951 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by R. Velappan Nair and produced by K. S. Akhileswarayyar. The film stars Prof. M. P. Manmathan, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Miss Kumari. The musical score is by S. N. Chaami (S. N. Ranganathan).http://www.malayalamcinemahistory.com/sf/Ms.Kumari.htm Cast * Prof. M. P. Manmathan * Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair * Miss Kumari * Muthukulam Raghavan Pilla * Aranmula Ponnamma * S. P. Pillai S. P. Pillai (28 November 1913 – 12 June 1985) was an Indian film and stage actor, best known for his comic roles in Malayalam films. Biography S. Pankajakshan Pillai alias S. P. Pillai was born in 1913 in the temple town of Ettumanoor in ... * Achamma * Pallam Joseph * Thankam * Ambalappuzha Krishnamoorthy * Lakshmikkutti * Rajamma * Ambalappuzha Meenakshi * S. J. Dev * Thiruvananthapuram Kuttan Pillai References External links * 1951 films 1950s Malayalam-language films {{1950s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokaneethi
''Lokaneethi'' is a 1952 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by R. Velappan Nair and produced by Swami Narayanan. The film stars Sathyan and B. S. Saroja. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. Cast * Sathyan * Pankajavalli * S. P. Pillai * B. S. Saroja * Aranmula Ponnamma * K. K. Subramaniam * Kumari Rajam * Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair * Nanukkuttan * Rajasekharan * Muthukulam Raghavan Pilla * Kalaikkal Kumaran Kalaikkal Kumaran (1919 - 8 August 1998) was a noted Malayalam film and very popular drama actor. He was well known for his comedy roles in dramas by Kalidasa Kalakendram. He acted in 65 films and more than 150 dramas. He appeared more than 15000 ... * Kumari Thankam * P. O. Pappankutty Ashan * Soman * Jagathy N. K. Achari * Kanisukumaran * Madhuri (old) * Sivarama Pillai * T. S. Muthaiah * Mohan (Old) * Prabha Kumari * Sreekumari * K. Ramabhadran Nair References External links * 1952 films 1950s Malayalam-language films {{1950s-Malayalam- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalam Marunnu
''Kalam Marunnu'' is a 1955 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by R. Velappan Nair and produced by Swami Narayanan. The film stars Prem Nazir and Kumari Thankam. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan and Br. Lakshmanan. Cast * Sathyan * K. P. A. C. Sulochana * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair * Chandni (Old) * Kambisseri Karunakaran * O. Madhavan * T. S. Muthaiah T. S. Muthaiah (1923 – 12 February 1992) was a Malayalam and Tamil film actor. He was a very popular actor in both film industries who usually played character and supporting roles in 1950s and 1960s. He acted with M. G. Ramachandran in Thayi ... * Pankajavalli References External links * 1955 films 1950s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Br Lakshmanan {{1950s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnunnathellam Ponnalla
''Minnunnathellam Ponnalla'' () is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film ''CID'' and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam. This was A. Janaki's debut Malayalam movie. Plot Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him to justice. Cast * Sathyan as Rajan * P. K. Sathyapal as Dharmapalan * G. K. Pillai as Judge * K. P. Kottarakkara as newspaper editor * Jose Prakash as Prosecutor * T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan * S. P. Pillai as Head Constable * Anil Kumar as Vijayan * Miss Kumari * P. N. Menon as old man * Mohanraj as Police Inspector * Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Nanu * Santo Krishnan as Santo * Pappi as Pappi * Keshavan as Keshavan * Kumari Thankam Kumari Thankam was an Indian actress who acted in Malayalam cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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