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Revathy Kalamandhir
Revathy Kalamandhir is an Indian film production company based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was founded in 1993 by producer G. Suresh Kumar. The company is run by Suresh Kumar and his wife actress Menaka. They have produced more than 15 films in Malayalam cinema. History After graduation, G. Suresh Kumar founded a film production company, Bhanumathy Films, in 1980 with its debut production being a Tamil film titled ''Karayae Thodathae Alaykal'', directed by Ashok Kumar, written by Priyadarshan and starring Vijayan and Menaka. However, the project was shelved. In 1981, Kumar along with Sanal Kumar established the production company, Sooryodaya Creations. From ''Coolie'' (1983) to ''Vishnulokam'' (1991), eight films were produced under the banner. In 1993, Kumar founded an independent production company under the name Revathy Kalamandhir, named after his elder daughter Revathy. It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Filmography Sooryodaya Creations All producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty. In the 12th century, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Venad. In the 18th century, the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory, founded the princely state of Travancore, and made Thiruvananthapuram its capital. Travancore became the most dominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charithram
''Charithram'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film starring Mammootty and Rahman, along with Shobana, Lizy, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan, Murali and Pappu in other pivotal roles. It was written by S. N. Swamy and directed by G. S. Vijayan in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the 1958 film ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'', the title of which is openly mentioned in one of the dialogues in the movie. The film tells the story of Philip who is desperate to prove that Raju is not his brother but a lookalike and an imposter. It is considered one of the best thriller movies in Malayalam. Plot Philip Manavaalan is the owner of a financing company in Kerala and the movie begins with his wedding preparations. After the wedding, Philip's wife, Cecily is curious about Raju, Philip's dead brother and so Philip relates the story of Raju to Cecily. Raju was young, vibrant and a man of many talents. However, he soon fell prey to the world of drugs and starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vettam
''Vettam'' () is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film directed by Priyadarshan based on a screenplay he had co-written with Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas from his story. It was produced by Menaka through Revathy Kalamandhir and distributed by Swargachitra Release. The film stars Dileep and Bhavna Pani with Kalabhavan Mani, Innocent, Janardhanan, Nedumudi Venu and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles. It has over the years attained a cult status. The movie is mainly based on the 1995 movie ''French Kiss'' which had already been adapted in 1998 in Hindi as ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''. The comedy scenes of this movie were later adapted by the director for his 2009 Hindi movie ''De Dana Dan''. The climax of the movie was re-used from director's 2003 Hindi movie ''Hungama''. Plot A police officer is on Gopalakrishnan's ('Gopi') trail. Gopi is a petty thief and has stolen a very precious chain belonging to the Spanish Queen, from a Museum and is on the run. While o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivam (2002 Film)
''Shivam'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language action film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by B. Unnikrishnan and produced by Menaka under the production banner Revathy Kalamandhir. Biju Menon appears in the leading role as Bhadran K. Menon, a tough police officer, who is on a fight against Medayil Devarajan, a smuggler-cum-politician ( Sai Kumar). Kausalya, Ratheesh, Vijayakumar Rajan P. Dev, N. F. Varghese, Subair, T. P. Madhavan, Baburaj, and Babu Namboothiri appears in other prominent roles. The film was based on the true story of man named Shivam Kapoor. As it was produced at a very small budget within a short period, this film was successful in covering the production cost.http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/101/malayalam/shivam/index.htm Cast * Biju Menon as CI Bhadran K. Menon * Sai Kumar as Medayil Devarajan * Nandini as Dr Gayathri * Vijayakumar as Constable Rasheed * Murali as Sudhakaran MP * Ratheesh as Umman Koshi * NF Varghese as Constable Sukumaran Nair * Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuberan (2002 Film)
''Kuberan'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar Das and produced by Menaka under the production company Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Dileep and Samyuktha Varma in lead roles along with a supporting cast of Uma Shankari, Harisree Ashokan, Kalabhavan Mani, Indrans, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film was released during Vishu 2002. Plot Siddharthan (Dileep) is an actor who is the guardian of three children from his village. He rents a house posing as a rich man and is visited by his old friend Ramanujan (Kalabhavan Mani), who creates chaos. The young heiress Pooja (Samyuktha Varma), who is the daughter of the owner of a palace, has a haunted past. Her husband was a sadist so she ran away to her native village. Her mother finds out where she is and also comes to the village. Pooja does not want to go with her mother, so she acts like a memory-loss patient and says that their neighbour Siddharthan is her husband and his adopted children are their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achaneyanenikkishtam
''Achaneyanenikkishtam'' () is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Suresh Krishnan, written by Suresh Poduval and produced by Menaka. It features Ashwin Thampi, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon, and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in the lead roles, and Mohanlal appears in a guest role. The film was released on 30 November 2001. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for M. G. Radhakrishnan. Plot The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son Kunjunni (Ashwin Thampi), a good education by sending him to a very expensive school. The rest of the story revolves around the events Kunjunni goes through in his life. Cast *Kalabhavan Mani as Bhaskaran *Biju Menon as Anand *Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Seetha Nair *Jagathy Sreekumar as Nalinakshan *Ashwin Thampi as Kunjunni *Nandhu as Kariyachan * Devan as Andrews Issac *Sujitha as Sofia *T. P. Madhavan as Nambeeshan *Poojappura Ravi as Chettiyar *Vinu Chak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Story (2000 Film)
''Cover Story'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by G. S. Vijayan, written by B. Unnikrishnan and produced by Menaka under the production banner Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi and Tabu. The film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad and had soundtrack composed by Sharreth. Plot Jasmine Khan is a computer engineer, who wears contact lens due to vision problems. She meets her next-door neighbour Chandrashekar, a retired judge with a haunted past. The two become friends. Jasmine meets Vijay, a news reporter and the executive director of ''True Vision'' who is on a mission to eliminate corruption through Media Channel. During Christmas, Chandrashekar is killed by a mysterious man, who is seen but not recognized by Jasmine, as she was not wearing contact lenses at that time. ACP Anand suspects Jasmine as retired DGP R.V. Thampuran was killed in her presence in a shopping mall, but is unable to prove due to Vijay's (Anand's college senior and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Artist
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in film, movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, who started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'' before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keerthy Suresh
Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to a few Malayalam films. She was recognised as Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021.She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying actress Savitri in the Telugu film ''Mahanati'' (2018). She has also received three SIIMA Awards, one Filmfare Award South, and two Zee Cine Awards Telugu among others for her performance in various films. Keerthy is the daughter of film producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka G. Suresh. She began her career as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film ''Geethaanjali''. She went on to star in successful films such as ''Ring Master'' (2014), ''Idhu Enna Maayam'' (2015), ''Nenu Sailaja''(2016), ''Rajinimurugan'' (2016), ''Remo'' (2016), ''Bairavaa'' (2017), ''Nenu Local'' (2017), ''Thaanaa Serndha Koottam'' (2018), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilots (film)
''Pilots'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Rajiv Anchal and produced by Menaka under Revathy Kalamandhir. Starring Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan, and Praveena. Plot Bobby comes to high range as a helicopter pilot working for Robinson. His job is to spray copper sulphate (''thurisu'') in the rubber plantations. He is assisted by Venkidi and other workers. He faced some resistance from local workers like Chako. He also had to save Robinson from many troubles. In a nearby convent he sees Sr. Cindrella and was shocked to realise that she is actually Megha Mathew, the sister of his best friend, of whose murder Bobby is currently accused of. Megha is the only witness who can prove Bobby's innocence. He fakes a helicopter malfunction and lands the copter in the convent so as to meet Megha in person. But Megha refuses to admit her identity to Bobby. She was not aware that her brother actually gave word to Bobby to give her hand to Bobby. Meanwhile, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaraam Thampuran
''Aaraam Thampuran'' () is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Ranjith and produced by Revathy Kalamandhir. It stars Mohanlal in the title role with Narendra Prasad, Manju Warrier, Sai Kumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Cochin Haneefa and Srividya in supporting roles. The story follows Jagannadhan (Mohanlal), a former Mumbai-based enforcer who buys an old ''kovilakam'' (royal manor) named Kanimangalam and shifts the balance of power in that village, and he comes to be known as ''Aaram Thampuran'' (sixth lord). The film features original songs composed by Raveendran. The film completed more than 250 days theatrical run and become the highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1997 and highest grossing Malayalam movie till then. Plot Nandakumar is a business tycoon in Mumbai, who faces huge financial loss when his manager Abey Mathew decides to broker a deal with an Australian group and another rival Indian firm. Nandakumar calls up his fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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