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Roopa Revathi
Roopa Revathi ( ml, രൂപ രേവതി), also known as Roopa K.R., is an Indian Musician, violinist & playback singer from Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie ''Madampi'' in 2008. She has also recorded songs for Tamil and Kannada films. She was the winner of the reality show Amrita TV Super Star Global, a musical talent hunt show hosted by Amrita TV. Personal life Revathi was born in Ernakulam, Kerala. She started learning Carnatic music when she was five years old under Malini Hariharan and Tamarakkadu Govindan Namboothiri. Now, she is continuing it under P Unni Krishnan and M. Jayachandran. Career Revathi debuted as a playback singer in 2008 with the song "Ente Sharike" in B. Unnikrishnan's Malayalam film ''Madampi'' under music director M. Jayachandran. In 2011, she debuted as a violinist in the Malayalam film industry through the Prithviraj Sukumaran-starrer ''Urumi''. Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernakulam
Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation and the Cochin Shipyard are situated here. History Classical history The region can claim to have played a significant part in fostering the trade relations between Kerala and the outside world in the ancient and medieval period. The early political history of Ernakulam is interlinked with that of the Chera Dynasty of the Sangam age, who ruled over vast portions of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. After the Cheras, the place was later ruled by the Kingdom of Cochin (Perumpadapu Swaroopam). Princely State of Cochin Although under British suzerainty (specifically the East India Company) since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, Rama Varma XII of the Kingdom of Cochin moved his capital from Mattancherry to Tripunithura in about 1840. Fort Cochin Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Cinema
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'' won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Rajiv Anchal's ''Guru'' (1997), Salim Ahamed's ''Adaminte Makan Abu'' (2011) and Lijo Jose Pellissery's ''Jallikkattu'' (2019) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. Other films which achieved global acclaim include ''Chemmeen'' (1965), which received a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival, and a gold medal at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Cinematography.. ''The Hindu''. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2011. '' Swaham'' (1994) won the ''Bronze Rosa Camuna'' at the Bergamo Film Meeting in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Early life and family Vineeth Sreenivasan is the eldest son of Malayalam screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan and Vimala. He completed his primary education from nursery to 10th standard at Rani Jai Higher Secondary School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai. Career He made his acting debut playing one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film '' Cycle'', which did well at the box office. He did his second movie role with his father in the movie ''Makante Achan''. He writes the lyrics of most of his album songs and has also directed his own music videos. Vineeth won the AMMA Best Male Singer Award 2008 for his songs "Mampullikkavil" and "Jillu Jillu" and also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually got the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for television commercials, has nearly 5,000 jingles to his credit. As a keyboard programmer, he has collaborated with many music directors including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtrack albums and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. Sundar started his own recording label, Gopi Sundar Music Company in 2014 with an idea to promote aspiring musicians and to make low-budget productions possible. In 2016, he formed a live performance music band calledBand Big G in Dubai. In 2017, his work in the film ''Pulimurugan'' was included in the contender list for the 90th Academy Awards nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanovva
''Casanovva'' (also known as ''Confident Casanovva'') is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic action thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Bobby & Sanjay. It was produced by Roy C. J. of Confident Group in association with Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal, Shriya Saran, Raai Laxmi, Roma Asrani, Sanjjanaa Galrani, Vikramjeet Virk, Abhishek Vinod, Arjun Nandhakumar, Shahid Shamzy, Jagathi Sreekumar, Lalu Alex, Riyaz Khan and Shankar Panicker. The film features original soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar, Alphons Joseph, and Gowry Lekshmi, and a film score composed by Sundar. Produced on a budget of 12 crore, it was one of the most expensive Malayalam films ever made at that time. ''Casanovva'' was released in India on 26 January 2012. The Hindi remake rights to the film were bought by Ketan Shah for . Plot The film is about Casanovva, a billionaire playboy, the owner of Casanovva's Eternal Spring, an international chain of flower boutiques. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganesh Sundaram
Ganesh Sundaram (born 30 May 1969) is an Indian playback singer active mainly in Malayalam films. About Ganesh Sundaram was born to Mr N. Sundaram Chettiyar and Mrs Meenakshi in 1969 at Changanacherry in Kottayam district. Later he was taken to Tripunithura, the cultural capital of Ernakulam district and had his primary schooling there at the Thekkumbhagam govt upper primary school. He then moved to Tripunithura govt boys high school and Chottanikkara Govt higher secondary school. During these school years Ganesh earned enough and more affection from teachers and students as a singer and admirer of arts and Men. Early life He started taking lessons in carnatic music at an age of ten. Mrs Lailu was his first guru in carnatic music and later musicians like S.K.Subrahmaniam, Kanjangad Sreenivasan, Kaavalam Sreekumar, Mrs Indira and Tomy Thomas gave him with music lessons. His competence in vocal recital searched higher realms as he progressed from schooling to university educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijibal
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and television commercials. Career Bijibal entered the film industry as a composer in 2007, with the film satirical drama ''Arabikatha'' starring Sreenivasan and directed by Lal Jose. In 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Background Score and Kerala State Film Award for the film ''Kaliyachan''. He has also composed for several non-film Malayalam albums including ''Vasco Da Gama''. He has also often composed for short films besides directing the short titled ''Sundari'' and also composing its score. He also composed the music for the door-opening and door-closing notification system in Kochi Metro trains which continues to be in use to this date. He has composed music for films including ''Arabikatha'', ''Pathemari'', ''Loudspeaker'' , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajamma At Yahoo
''Rajamma @ Yahoo'' (Read as ''Rajamma at Yahoo'') is a 2015 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Reghu Rama Varma. It stars Kunchacko Boban and Asif Ali. The film was released on 20 November 2015. Plot Two brothers – Michel Rajamma known as Rajamma and Vishnu Yohannan known as Yahoo. They are born to the inter-caste couple Yohannan and Rajamma, who fell in love during their college days. After the sudden demise of their parents, they live alone in their house, a bungalow under the care of Aimutty. After leading a carefree life, the duo plans to rent out parts of their bungalow to different families. One to Yahoo's girlfriend, Naseema and family, another to Pavitran, a village officer and another to Sherin, who came from Wayanad. The film follows Sherin and her problems, in which Rajamma and Yahoo intervenes. Cast * Kunchacko Boban as Michel Rajamma a.k.a. Rajamma * Asif Ali as Vishnu Yohannan a.k.a. Yahoo * Renji Panicker as Mayor Abraham Pothen * Nikki Galrani as She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Elizabeth Jose
Anu Elizabeth Jose is an Indian lyricist. She made her debut in the 2012 Malayalam film ''Thattathin Marayathu'' through the song "Muthuchippi Poloru". Early life In 2015 she wrote lyrics for the film ''32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam'', music composed by Bijibal Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and televisi .... Awards and nominations Selected filmography References External linksInterview with Malayalam Film Lyricist Anu Elizabeth [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaan Rahman
Shaan Rahman (born 30 December 1979) is an Indian composer and singer, best known for his compositions in the Malayalam cinema. Shaan made his debut as a music director in the 2009 film ''Ee Pattanathil Bhootham'' directed by Johny Antony. He got the chance to work in the film after the wide acceptance and popularity of his 2008 music album "''Coffee at MG Road''" which he did along with his friend, singer, and director Vineeth Sreenivasan. Vineeth invited him to work in his directorial debut film '' Malarvaadi Arts Club'' (2010). Later on, Shaan has frequently collaborated with Vineeth in his films. He gained popularity with the films such as ''Thattathin Marayathu'' (2012), ''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015),'' Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), ''Vettah'' (2016), '' Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), '' Annmariya Kalippilaanu'' (2016), and the song ''Jimikki Kammal'' from the film '' Velipadinte Pusthakam'' (2017) gained nationwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Dev
Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the Film Industry through the movie ''Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) directed by Siddique. Deepak is also a former member of the Kochi based Indian rock band Motherjane. Early years Deepak Dev is a native of Tellicherry in Kerala, and grew up in Dubai. He studied at the Indian High School there and learned Indian Carnatic music since childhood. Later his interest switched mainly to the keyboard. While a graduate student in Sacred Heart College, he was the mastermind behind the college rock band which went on to win the intercollege competition 'Talent Time – Woodstock' award every year. He focused on programming music and started working with reputed musicians like A.R Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sandeep Chowta, Vidyasagar, Anu Malik, M.M. Keeravani, Mani Sharma, and Adesh Shrivastav. He started his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
