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Raveendran (actor)
Raveendran (Ravindher), popularly known as Disco Raveendran is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films and he was a very busy actor of both these languages in the 1980s. A multi-faceted personality, Raveendran is also a screenwriter, interior designer, anchor, a film scholar, an acting coach, social activist and director of film festivals like Kochi Metro (Malayalam) Short Film Fest. He is an alumnus of the Adayar film school, Chennai. Career Raveendran had his specialisation in acting and passed out from Adayar film institute, Madras in 1979. He made his feature film debut in the Tamil mega hit ''Oru Thalai Ragam'' (1980) and later he acted in 140 films in different languages including Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. He played the second lead in Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth movies like '' Sakalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai, Ram Lakshman, Ranga, Thankamagan and Pokkiri Raja''. Often cited as ''Disco Raveendran'' for his dance movements, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripunithura
Thrippunithura or Tripunithura (), is a prominent historical and residential region in the City of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located about 7 km (4 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin. The descendants of the Cochin royal family still live in the palaces here. The Hill Palace situated in Tripunithura was the palace of Maharaja of Cochin, the ruler of Kingdom of Cochin. Tripunithura is also well known for its historical cultures and worldwide famous because of Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple and the annual festival ''Vrishchikoltsawam'' that takes place at the temple. In local administration, it is a municipality named Tripunithura Municipality. In the state administrative structure, Tripunithura is part of the Ernakulam District in the state of Kerala. Etymology Some latter day Sanskrit enthusiasts describe the origin of the name to "pūrṇa vēda puri" — the town of Vedas in its entirety. Another possible origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Sollum Pillai
''Per Sollum Pillai'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Kamal Haasan, Raadhika, Manorama, K. R. Vijaya and Raveendran. It is loosely based on the 1960 film ''Padikkadha Medhai'', these both films' dialogues were written by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film was later remade in Telugu as ''Ramu'' (1987). Plot Kamal Haasan as an orphan, who is adopted by a wealthy family. He gets adopted into the family when he saves the entire family from being deliberately poisoned by a miscreant. K. R. Vijaya, the mother of the family, raises him as one of the family even though others outside the family see him as a servant. Kamal helps to run the family smoothly and looks after his step-parents, brothers and sisters like his own. He remains faithful and grateful to his step-parents for adopting him, an orphan, as their own son. Except for his step-parents and his sister, the other members of his family are jealous of the position his mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Priyame
''En Priyame'' is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Sivakumar, starring Raveendran and Viji . Cast *Raveendran *Viji Viji was an Indian actress, who appeared in Tamil films. She made her debut in '' Kozhi Koovuthu'' and acted in over 40 films. Biography Viji made her debut in Gangai Amaren's '' Kozhi Koovuthu''. It went on to become a super hit and she was o ... Soundtrack The music was composed by Gangai Amaran. References 1983 films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by Gangai Amaran {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poikkal Kudhirai (1983 Film)
''Poikkal Kudhirai'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani. The film was the Tamil debut of the lead actor Ramakrishna. Lyricist Vaali also made his acting debut through this film. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. ''Poikkal Kudhirai'' was based on Crazy Mohan's play ''Marriage Made in Saloon''. The film was an average success. Plot ''Poikkal Kuthirai'' is a hilarious depiction of how Sambandam — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu. The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam's daughter Janaki's heart and marry her. If Indhu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Indhu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film's narrative. Cast * Ramakrishna as Indhu * Viji as Janaki * Raveendran as Muthu * Vaali as Sambandham * Charle as Paramasivam * Radha Ravi as Nair *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echchil Iravugal
''Echchil Iravugal'' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. S. Prakasam, starring Roopa, Pratap Pothen, Raveendran and Vanitha Krishnachandran. It was released on 14 April 1982. Plot Cast * Roopa *Pratap Pothen *Raveendran *Vanitha Krishnachandran * Chandrasekhar Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o .... References External links * {{IMDb title, tt0281384 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karimpinpoovinakkare
''Karimpinpoovinakkare'' is a 1985 Malayalam film written by P. Padmarajan and directed by I. V. Sasi, starring Mammootty, Bharat Gopy, Mohanlal, Seema, and Urvashi. The film revolves around the life and revenge of a few villagers against each other. Plot The film opens with an illegal cockfighting competition held in a small village in central Kerala. Suddenly police enter and arrest Shivan and Suku for holding money betting. But on way, they are saved by village youths under Chellan, a local goon, who is also a close buddy of Shivan. Both Chellan and Shivan share a strong friendship and are more like brothers. Chellan is in love with Shivan's younger sister and Shivan and his mom have given the green signal to it. Chandri, the sister of Shivan, is his everything and his whole happiness revolves around her. Bhadran, the younger brother of Chellan is too aggressive like him and picks fights for every silly reason. Its usually Shivan, who sorts out the fights that he picks e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iniyengilum
''Iniyengilum'' () is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language social problem film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran and produced by N. G. John. It stars Mohanlal, Ratheesh, Lalu Alex, Ranipadmini, Seema, and Mammootty. The film features music composed by Shyam. The film juxtaposes the economic and cultural conditions of Kerala and Japan. The film tells the story of a young idealist, Ravi (Mohanlal), who is nauseated by the hypocrisy of his politician brother (Mammootty). To hit back at the prevailing corrupt political system, Ravi stages cultural shows under the banner of the Darshana Kala Kendra, which is a group of unemployed youth. ''Iniyengilum'' was a commercial success at the box office. Plot Cast *Mohanlal as Ravi *Ratheesh as Ashokan *Lalu Alex as Alex Mathew *Ranipadmini as Lekha * Seema as Geetha *Mammootty as Diwakaran *T. G. Ravi as Madhavan *Raveendran as Pradeep *Vincent (actor) as Avarachan *Adoor Bhasi as Mathayi *Kottayam Santha *Sankaradi *Sreenivasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innalenkil Nale
''Innalenkil Nale'' () is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by N. G. John. The film stars Mammootty, Ratheesh, Unnimary and Rajkumar Sethupathi, Rajkumar. The film has musical score by Shyam (composer), Shyam. Cast *Mammootty as Rahim *Seema (actress), Seema as Vimala *Unnimary as Susheela *Balan K. Nair as Gopalan Master *Ratheesh as Vijayan *Rajkumar Sethupathi, Rajkumar as Raghu *Raveendran as Ravi *Lalu Alex as Madhu *Surekha (actress), Surekha as Ayisha Bheevi *T. G. Ravi as Adv. Mathew Abraham *Anuradha (actress), Anuradha as Fabiya *Anjali Naidu as Sainaba *Thrissur Elsy as Molly Mathew Abraham *Swapna (actress), Swapna as Vidhu *Santhakumari (Malayalam actress), Santhakumari as Radha *Vanitha Krishnachandran as Rekha *Raghavan (actor), Raghavan as Advocate *Sankaradi as Kannan *Sathyakala as Radha *Vincent (actor), Vincent as Bichu Koya *Sukumari *Kuthiravattam Pappu *Prathapachandran Plot The film has a series of threads progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jaffer Janardhanan
''John Jaffer Janardhanan'' is a 1982 Malayalam-language masala film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran, starring Ratheesh, Ravindran and Mammootty. It is a remake of the 1977 Hindi film ''Amar Akbar Anthony''. Plot Three brothers were separated at a young age, after their father abandoned them. The reason was because, their father had taken the blame of the crime committed by his master, Robert. The eldest was raised by a Hindu police officer, The second brother was raised by a Church priest, and the youngest was raised by a Muslim tailor. Many years later, the eldest son, Janardhan, is now a righteous police officer. The second son, is John and the youngest is Jaffer, a qawwali singer. Soon, the brothers find themselves falling in love. Janardhan falls for Jenny, a crook. John falls for Nancy in an Easter festival. Jaffer falls for Sophia, the daughter of Kasim. Finally, the brothers realise their bitter past, and wants to avenge the one who caused them trouble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ee Nadu
''Ee Nadu'' is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language political film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran and produced by N. G. John. The film stars Balan K. Nair with Mammootty, Ratheesh, and T. G. Ravi in supporting roles. The music score was handled by Shyam. The film talks about how politicians and the rich people in society exploit their power and ignore the pleas of the general public. This film was loosely based on a liquor poisoning mishap that occurred in Vypeen in Kerala and is now known infamously as The Vypeen alcohol poisonings that claimed 77 lives. The film was released on 14 April 1982 and was a commercial and critical success. The film went on to become the highest grossing South Indian film of 1982''.'' N. G. John won the 1982 Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Film for the film. The film was remade in Telugu with the same name. It was also remade in Hindi as '' Yeh Desh'' and in Tamil as ''Idhu Enga Naadu''. Plot Spurious liquor supplied by governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwaradham
''Ashwaradham'' is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by Pavamani. The film stars Srividya, Raveendran (actor), Prameela and Balan K. Nair in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam. Cast *Srividya as Jayanthy Shankar *Raveendran (actor) as Ramootti *Prameela as Sreedevi Kunjamma * Balan K. Nair as Veeraraghan *Janardanan as Rajagopal * K. P. Ummer as Shankar *Bahadoor as Menon *T. P. Madhavan as James *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Velayyan *K. P. A. C. Azeez as Kuttan *Kuttyedathi Vilasini * Nithya as Shanty *Ravikumar as Gopi Soundtrack The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan Mankombu Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film lyricist, poet and script writer in Malayalam movies. He has written more than 700 songs for about 200 Malayalam movies. He has also done story, screenplay and dialogue for more than 10 Malayalam movies .... References External links * 1980 films 1980s Malayala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
