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Ranjan Abraham
Ranjan Abraham is an Indian film editor who predominantly works in Malayalam films. He has worked over 100 Malayalam films. He started as an assistant of noted editor G. Venkitaraman. His first independent assignment was Maravathoorkanavu directed by debutant Lal Jose. He frequently collaborated with Joshiy, Lal Jose and Vineeth Sreenivasan. Career He has debuted in Lal Jose directorial movie ''Oru Maravathoorkanavu'' in 1998. Since then he has been a regular editor of directors like Lal Jose, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Renjith, Johny Antony, Roshan Andrrews and Joshy. Ranjan is from Kerala and now stays at Valsarvakom, Chennai with his wife and daughter. His works includes Meesa madhavan, Classmates, Udayananu Tharam, Thuruppugulan (2006 film), Rajamanikyam, C.I.D.Moosa, Raavanaprabhu and Thattathin Marayathu. Filmography Film Editor Awards *Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor for C.I.D. Moosa (2003) * Asianet Film Award for Best Editing for '' C.I.D. Moosa'' (2003 ... [...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] |
Thuruppugulan (2006 Film)
''Thuruppugulan'' is a 2006 Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna/Siby K. Thomas duo. The film stars Mammootty in the title role, and also features Sneha, Innocent, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar, Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa and Janardanan in major supporting roles. The music was composed by Alex Paul. The film follows Kunjumon, a Calicut-based street restaurant owner, who is known by his nickname 'Gulan'. The film was released on April 14, 2006 and coincided with the 'Vishu' festival. Plot The film opens with a kind-hearted street-rowdy who manages his problem and promises to help his stepsister arrives. Mr. Menon ( Devan), a multi-millionaire, invests in real estate. He entrusts one of his lieutenants, Sreedharan Unnithan (Kalashala Babu), to construct a 5-star hotel in Kochi. He buys a small plot adjacent to a 5-star hotel and gives it to Kochuthoma (Innocent), Kunjumon's (Mammootty) father, to construct a small re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammakilikkoodu
''Ammakilikkoodu'' is a 2003 Malayalam film starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Navya Nair. Directorial debut of M. Padmakumar, written by Ranjith. Plot Vivek takes a job as the manager of karunalayam, a retirement house. He meets a young woman called Akhila, who had sent her stepfather to jail for abusing her mentally ill mother, and they fall in love. Karunalayalam is financially in a bad state and the owner wants to sell it off, but Vivek tries his best to save the retirement house, since the residents have nowhere else to go. Eraadi is the owner of Karunalayam. Akhila's father is Siddharthan who was poor thereby marrying Akhila's mother for money and her properties as her mother was from a very family. As Akhila's grandfather died suddenly Siddharthan learned that Akhila's grandfather did not gave any share of properties to Akhila's mother, siddharthan then leaves them. Akhila's uncle comes to Karunlayam to take Akhila and her mother to the tharavad (ancestral home). Vivek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattanathil Sundaran
''Pattanathil Sundaran'' () is a List of Malayalam films of 2003, 2003 Indian Malayalam cinema, Malayalam-language domestic drama film directed by Vipin Mohan and written by M. Sindhuraj, starring Dileep and Navya Nair. The music was composed by Mohan Sithara. Plot The story follows Kizhakkethil Sundaresan (Dileep (actor), Dileep), a ration shop owner who never attended college, who is married to Radhamani (Navya Nair), a Master of Science, M.Sc. graduate. When Radhamani gets a job at Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, she is excited and will be needing to move far from home. However, Sundaresan cannot leave his store and go with her, nor does he want Radhamani to go alone. In the argument that follows, Radhamani decides that she will go at any cost, and Sundaresan decides to go with her. They both rent a home and move to Thiruvananthapuram. Sundaresan does all sort of foul plays to get her fired from her job so that they can go back home. Finally, he steals a confidential file ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhathullikkilukkam
''Mazhathullikkilukkam'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by the Akbar-Jose duo. The film stars Dileep, Navya Nair, Sharada and Bharathi. The movie was produced by Sharada under the banner of Sharada Productions and was distributed by Sargam Speed Release. Plot The story starts when Soloman (Dileep) and his sister travel to Kannadahalli, a village in Karnataka to meet two retired teachers. He reaches the house on top of a hill-"Swargam" where he finds two old women who live alone with a cook and a home nurse to look after them. Anna ( Sharada) and Alice ( Bharati) are sisters who are spinsters and they own the huge estate. The home nurse, Sophiya (Navya Nair), cook ( Sukumari), cook's son ( Cochin Haneefa) and the priest (Nedumudi Venu) are the only people close to them. Soloman takes charge as the manager of the estate and soon wins over the two oldies. He realizes that they are two angels and he tries to bring back joy into their morbid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Name Of Buddha
''In the Name of Buddha'' is a 2002 satirical drama film directed by Rajesh Touchriver and produced by K. Shanmughathas and Sai George. The film tells the true story of a Sri Lankan Tamil doctor Siva. After its world premiere at the Oslo International Film Festival, the film proved controversial and garnered critical acclaim for its subject matter. It also won the Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival Critical reception * "A Fine Balance" – India Today. "A Courageous Treatise" – Empire. "Terrific" – Film Review UK "Very worthy" – BBCi Films. "Brave film" – The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ... References External links * * 2002 films British drama films Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saivar Thirumeni
''Saayvar Thirumeni'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Shajoon Karyal and written by Robin Thirumala. It features Suresh Gopi, Manoj K. Jayan, Samyuktha Varma, Narendra Prasad, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sangeetha Mohan, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. The music was composed by Raveendran. The plot revolves around Devadatthan (Suresh Gopi), a Namboothiri The Nambudiri (), also transliterated as Nampoothiri, Nambūdiri, Namboodiri, Nampoothiri, and Nampūtiri, are a Malayali Brahmin caste, native to what is now the state of Kerala, India, where they constituted part of the traditional feudal el ... youth. This movie is dubbed in Telugu as ''Dhairyavanthudu'' and in Hindi as ''Jung ka maidan''. Synopsis Mazhamangalath Narayanan Namboothirippadu is the head of a prestigious Mazhamangalam family. His elder son is Mazhamangalath Kunjikuttan and younger son is Mazhamangalath Devadathan Namboothirippadu, popularly known as Saayvar Thirumeni. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randam Bhavam
''Randam Bhavam'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Lal Jose and written by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Suresh Gopi in dual role along with Thilakan, Biju Menon, Poornima Mohan, Lena, Narendra Prasad, Lal and Srividya in pivotal roles. Plot The film begins with Police Officer Jeevan (Biju Menon) taking charge of Mangalore city Police. He learns from his subordinate Sudhakaran Nair (Sadiq) that the city is still ruled by underworld don Govindji (Thilakan). Navaneeth Krishnan a.k.a. Kishanji (Suresh Gopi) is Govindji's lead henchman. Govindji acts as a sort of Godfather to him. Kishan has a face-off with Jeevan and Jeevan gets injured in the fight. Jeevan later is surprised to see Kishan during a train journey but it turns out that it is Ananthakrishnan a.k.a. Ananthu (Suresh Gopi), Kishan's identical twin, who, unlike Kishan, is a well-educated and righteous person. Jeevan visits their family home in Kerala to confirm the facts. He learns that Kisha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ee Parakkum Thalika
''Ee Parakkum Thalika'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language Slapstick film, slapstick comedy drama film starring Dileep (actor), Dileep, Harisree Asokan, Nithya Das and Cochin Haneefa. It was Film director, directed by Thaha and written by V. R. Gopalakrishnan, seems to have been inspired by Mouse Hunt. The film was also the debut film of actress Nithya Das. The story follows bus owner Unnikrishnan and his assistant Sundareshan who live and sleep in their bus. It is considered one of the best slapstick comedy movies in Malayalam cinema and was one of the highest grossing Malayalam movie in 2001. The bus known as ''Thamarakshan Pilla,'' which is a central figure in the movie eventually developed into a cult figure in Kerala. Plot Unnikrishnan owns an old bus, received as compensation for his father Thamarakshan Pillai's road accident, which killed Pillai, who was a chenda master. Now, Unni faces consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus, named after his father. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravanaprabhu
''Raavanaprabhu'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller drama film written and directed by Ranjith in his directorial debut. It is a sequel to the 1993 film ''Devaasuram'' written by Ranjith, directed by I.V. Sasi. The film stars Mohanlal in the dual role of Mangalassery Neelakandan and M. N. Karthikeyan, father and son. Napoleon reprises the role of Neelakandan's archenemy Mundackal Shekharan. It also features Vasundhara Das, Innocent, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, and Sai Kumar. Revathi reprises the role of Bhanumathi in a cameo appearance. The plot follows M. N. Karthikeyan, Neelakandan's son and his attempts to reclaim their ancestral home Mangalassery ''tharavadu''. The film features original songs composed by Suresh Peters and background score by C. Rajamani. ''Raavanaprabhu'' was released on 31 August 2001 during the time of Onam in Kerala. The film performed well at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. It won the Ker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams (2000 Film)
''Dreams'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam film directed by Shajoon Karyal. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Meena (actress), Meena, Rahman (actor), Rahman and Abbas (actor), Abbas. The movie is directed by Shajoon Kariyal and produced by Kerala Pictures. The music is composed by Vidyasagar (composer), Vidyasagar. Plot Nirmala Mathan (Meena (actress), Meena) seeks vengeance for the mysterious death of her lover Shiva (Abbas (actor), Abbas). Meena suspect Dr. Roy (Suresh Gopi), who wanted to marry her. She woos him hoping to trap him in her own fabricated murder. Shiva's murder unfolds, and Dr. Roy's innocence is proven. Cast * Suresh Gopi as Doctor (title), Dr. Roy P John * Meena (actress), Meena as Nirmala Mathen / Anna Anthony Nediyarakala * Rahman (actor), Rahman as Superintendent of Police#India, SP Peter Indian Police Service, IPS * Abbas (actor), Abbas as Shiva * Srividya as Thankam * Janardhanan (actor), Janardhanan as Thottathil Mathen, Nirmala's father * Jagathy Sreekumar as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandranudikkunna Dikkil
''Chandranudikkunna Dikkil'' () is 1999 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Lal Jose and written by Babu Janardhanan. Starring Dileep, Samyuktha Varma, Kavya Madhavan, Lal, Biju Menon, Jagadish, and Innocent. The music was composed by Vidyasagar.The film was the debut movie of both Samyuktha and Kavya as lead actresses and was a commercial success. Plot The movie starts with Mukundan (Dileep) as a cab driver in Mysuru, Karnataka. He meets Hema (Samyuktha Varma) during a trip arranged when Hema, who works as a drama artist, got held up midway in late night due to the troupe bus breaking down. A friendship grows between them. Later Mukundan shifts his residence to the area where Hema lives due to his roommate's bad behaviour. One day when Mukundan reaches to pick a trip from a lodge he finds his client Sreeram(Biju Menon) in a serious condition after a suicide attempt and Mukundan saves his life by the prompt action of calling emergency medical services. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
