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Rajahamsam
''Rajahamsam'' () is a Malayalam films of 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Hariharan and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Srividya and Vidhubhala in the lead roles. This film is remade in Telugu as Indradhanussu with Telugu Superstar Krishna and Sarada and it become huge hit in 1977 by Sankranti movies. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. Cast *Prem Nazir as Chandran *Jayabharathi as Radha *Srividya as Sarasu *KPAC Lalitha *Adoor Bhasi as Driver Krishnankutty *Sankaradi as Radhas Father * T. R. Omana Nanukuttans Mother * Raghavan as Janardhanan *T. S. Muthaiah as Chandrans Father *Bahadoor as Watcher & Nanukuttans Father * J. A. R. Anand *Jameela Malik as Shakunthala *K. P. Ummer as Soman *M. G. Soman as Nanukuttan *Master Raghu as Rajan *Meena as Chandrans Mother *P. R. Menon * Thaha *Paravoor Bharathan as padhmanabhan *Shamsudeen *Vidhubala Vidhubala is a former Indian actress who started her career in the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariharan (director)
Hariharan is an Indian film director who has directed over 50 Malayalam films. His movies mainly revolve around the cultural and relational aspects of a typical Keralite society. His most notable works include ''Sharapancharam'' (1979), ''Panchagni'' (1986), ''Idavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha'' (1979), ''Amrutham Gamaya'' (1987), ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'' (1989), '' Sargam'' (1992), '' Parinayam'' (1994) and ''Pazhassi Raja'' (2009) which has won him wide critical acclaim. In 2019, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema. Career Hariharan studied at St. Thomas College, Thrissur and Universal Arts College, Kozhikode. He entered the Malayalam film industry in 1965 working as an assistant director under film director M. Krishnan Nair. His first film ''Ladies Hostel'' was released in 1973, following which a lot of films with Prem Nazir and Madhu were released. ''Babumon'' was one of his box office hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankaradi
Chandrashekaran Menon, better known by his screen name Sankaradi (14 July 1924 – 8 October 2001), was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artist, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit. He dominated the Malayalam film scene in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s as a comedian along with Adoor Bhasi and Bahadoor. Later, he switched to character roles. Early life Sankaradi passed intermediate from Maharajas College, Ernakulam. Before entering films, Sankaradi briefly dabbled in politics, journalism and theatre. He had earlier joined the Indian National Congress, but later became a cardholder of the undivided Communist Party of India (CPI). However, he returned his party card after the CPI split in 1964 and turned to theatre. Sankaradi joined the trade union movement at Baroda Railways while he was studying Marine engineering at Baroda. He abandoned his studies to pursue a job as a journalist in ''The Literary Review'' a newspaper based in Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Films
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhubala
Vidhubala is a former Indian actress who started her career in the mid-1960s and retired from the industry in 1981. She is well known for hosting the family reality show Kadhayallithu Jeevitham in Amrita TV spanning for 10 years.She has acted in advertisements also. Acting career Vidhubala acted in over 100 Malayalam films. Her first movie was ''School Master'', in 1963,which she acted as a Child Artist. She made her debut as a heroine in Taxicar, 1971,with evergreen hero prem nazir, she made her debut as the lead heroine opposite Vincent in K. S Sethumadhavan's Manushya Puthran 1973. Vidhubala acted opposite many of the leading actors of her time, including Prem Nazir, Madhu, Vincent, Mohan, Jayan, Soman, and Kamal Haasan. She quit acting in 1981. Her last film was ''Nithyavasantham'', directed by I. V Sasi, With her favorite actor Prem Nazir. Personal life Vidhu Bhala was born to Indian independence activists K. Bhagyanath and Sulochana on 24 May 1952. Her father was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paravoor Bharathan
Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and has played a variety of roles including negative roles, character roles and comedy roles. Life Bharathan was born to Vadakkekarayil Kochannan Koran and Kurumbakutty in 1929 at Vavakkad, Moothakunnam in North Paravoor, Cochin. He went to S.N.M. High School, Moothakunnam but, had to discontinue his studies when his father died. His father was a coconut plucker and mother was a coir maker. His father died when he was very young and his mother took care of him. He used to act during his school days as well. On one occasion, he caught the eye of Kedamangalam Sadanandan, a noted Kathaprasangam artiste, who introduced him to the state troupe - Pushpitha during mid-1940s. He started acting in stage shows in and around Paravoor. He has also per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meena (Malayalam Actress)
Mary Joseph, famously known as Meena (22 April 1941 – 17 September 1997), was an Indian actress. She primarily appeared in Malayalam movie Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...s. She died on 17 September 1997 due to a cardiac arrest. Early life Meena (Mary Joseph) was the eighth child in a Marthoma Syrian Christian family from kumarapuram-haripad, in Alappuzha. Born on April 22, 1941 to Koyikkaleth Itty Cheria Eapen and his wife, Eleyamma Eapen, she began her early career in theatre in Kalanilayam and Geetha Arts Club. Her film debut in Malayalam was in Kudumbini. Personal life She was married to K.K. Joseph. She died on 17 September 1997 on the set of ''Anjara Kalyanam''. She is survived by her only daughter Dr Elizabeth and her son in law Sunny George and gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan (actor)
Karan (born 19 August 1969) is an Indian actor who has appeared predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. He started his career as a child actor (under the stage name Master Raghu). In the 1990s he started to act in leading and villain roles. In the mid-2000s, after a sabbatical, Karan chose to prioritise appearing in films where he would portray the lead role following the relative success of '' Kokki'' (2006). Career Karan started his career as child artist under the name ''Master Raghu'' for more than 70 films in Malayalam and Tamil. In 1992, he made his Tamil debut as an adult in Annamalai starring alongside Rajinikanth in an uncredited role, before making a breakthrough with his performance as a rogue college student in ''Nammavar'' alongside Kamal Haasan. In 2006, Karan became a solo hero with '' Kokki'' and continued with films like ''Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar'' and '' Kathavarayan''. His recent films are '' Sooran'' (2014) and ''Uchathula Shiva'' (2016). In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jameela Malik
Jameela Malik (1945/1946 – 28 January 2020) was an Indian actress in south Indian movies. She acted in Malayalam and Tamil films in the 1970s and 1980s. She received critical acclaim and appreciation, for all the movies she acted, from the critics and audience as well. She entered the film industry with the film ''Aadhyathe Katha'' in 1972. She was the first woman from Kerala to graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India. She worked as teacher in schools. She was married for a year and had a son. She had also acted in more than twenty television serials during the 1990s. She died on 28 January 2020 at the age of 74. Partial filmography Malayalam * Faces * '' Line Bus'' (1971) * '' Sathi'' (1972) * ''Aadhyathe Katha'' (1972) * ''Ragging'' (1973) * ''Eanippadikal'' (1973) * ''Rajahamsam'' (1974) * '' Neelakannukal'' (1974) * '' Rahasyarathri'' (1974) * '' Boy Friend'' (1975) * '' Niramaala'' (1975) * '' Ullasa Yaathra'' (1975) * ''Chottanikkara Amma'' (1976) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahadoor
Padiyath Kochumoideen Kunjalu (1930 22 May 2000), known by his stage name Bahadoor, was an Indian actor and comedian who, along with Adoor Bhasi, redefined the way in which comedy and funny scenes were perceived in the Malayalam cinema. They made a significant contribution toward establishing comedy as the predominant genre of Malayalam cinema. Bahadoor also appeared in some serious roles and in professional plays. His last film was '' Joker'', which released shortly after his death. Early life Bahadoor was born as P. K. Kunjalu in 1930 in Kodungalloor, near Thrissur in Kingdom of Cochin (present day Kerala, India). As one of the nine children of Padiyath Blangachalil Kochumoideen and Khadeeja. Out of his eight siblings, seven were sisters. His family was financially poor and the seven young women added to the burden as the Kerala social system openly supported dowry at that time. He had affinity towards plays from very young age itself. He passed 10th Standard with First Clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghavan (actor)
Raghavan (born 12 December 1941) is an Indian actor who has acted in Malayalam more than 100 films including Telugu and Kannada films. Malayalam actor Jishnu was his son. From early 2000s he is more active on Malayalam and Tamil television serials . Early and personal life Raghavan was born in Taliparamba in Kannur district. eattended Moothedath High School, Kozhikode Guruvayoorappan School, Madhura Gandhigram. After completing higher secondary he worked in Tagore Drama Troupe. He pursued bachelors in Rural Education from Gandhigram Rural Institute. He got his Diploma from Delhi National School of Drama. His first film was ''Kayalkarayil'' in 1968. Filmography As an actor *''All films are in 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 des ... language unless otherw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adoor Bhasi
K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), known by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and roles became the cynosure of comic scenes in the Malayalam films of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially with Ever Green Hero of Malayalam Cinema, Shri Prem Nazir. He is also famous for his eloquent speeches in fluent English. He directed three Malayalam films during the late 1970s. Early life Adoor Bhasi was born on 1 March 1929 in Peringanadu, Adoor, Travancore, with a rich lineage to boast of. His father, E. V. Krishna Pillai, was a renowned Malayalam humourist writer, dramatist, pioneering short story writer and essayist, a lawyer and a Member of the then Travancore Legislative Assembly (M.L.C.). His mother, Maheshwari Amma, was the youngest daughter of C. V. Raman Pillai, one among the greatest Malayalam novelists, being the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Nazir
Prem Nazir (born Abdul Khader; 7 April 1926 – 16 January 1989) was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading man, leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of Cinema of India, Indian cinema. A popular cultural icon of Kerala, Nazir is often referred to as ''Nithyaharitha Nayakan'' ("Evergreen Hero"). Nazir began his career as a stage actor and made his film debut with the 1952 film ''Marumakal''. He took on the stage name Prem Nazir on the sets of his second film, ''Visappinte Vili'' (1952). Nazir is noted for his performances in films such as ''Murappennu'' (1965), ''Udhyogastha'' (1967), ''Iruttinte Athmavu'' (1967), ''Kallichellamma'' (1969), ''Virunnukari'' (1969), ''Nadhi (1969 film), Nadhi'' (1969), ''C.I.D. Nazir'' (1971), ''Anubhavangal Paalichakal'' (1971), ''Taxi Car'' (1972), ''Azhakulla Saleena'' (1973), ''Nellu (1974 film), Nellu'' (1974), ''Ariyappedatha Rahasyam'' (1981), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
