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Randilonnu
''Randilonnu'' is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars Sukumaran, Ravi Menon, Ushakumari and Jayageetha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. Cast *Sukumaran *Ravi Menon Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Film a ... *Ushakumari *Jayageetha *Chandralekha *Sadhana (Malayalam actress), Sadhana *Kaviyoor Ponnamma *KPAC Lalitha *Prathapachandran *Kunchan (actor), Kunchan *Sankaradi *Master Sunil *Master Rajan Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan. References External links * 1978 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan {{1970s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukumaran
Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. He was considered one of the superstar trios of Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and early 1980s along with Soman and Jayan. Later, he became known for his character roles and antagonistic roles during the 1980s and 1990s, notably the villain in '' CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed.''(1994) and ''Onnaam Muhurtham''(1991), playing character roles in films like ''Souhrudam''(1990). In 1978, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in M. T. Vasudevan Nair's ''Bandhanam''. As a producer, he produced such films as ''Irakal'' and ''Padayani''. On 16 June 1997, Sukumaran suffered a massive heart attack and died. He was 49 at the time of his death. Early life Sukumaran was born at Edappal, Ponnani taluk, Mala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Menon
Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and made his debut in Malayalam movie, ''Nirmalyam''. Ravi Menon also got the state government special jury award for his role in 'Nirmalayam'. His first movie was Mani Kaul's '' Duvidha for which he was nominated for the national best actor award . His notable movies includes ''Shalini Ente Koottukari, Shyama, Kilukkam, Minnaram''. He acted in more than 50 Malayalam movies. He hailed from Karimpuzha in Palakkad district. He died in Perinthalmanna, Kerala on 24 November 2007. He was 57. He was suffering from cancer for long time in his last days. He was a bachelor. Filmography * 2006 - Pathaka As Kelappan Nair * 2004 - Ee Snehatheerathu * 2004 - Parinamam * 2003 - Shingari Bolona As Bank Manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for ''The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam (born as Kalaivani on 30 November 1945), also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She has done playback for over one thousand Indian movies recording over 10,000 songs. In addition, she has recorded thousands of devotionals and private albums and also participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Renowned for her vocal range and easy adaptability to any difficult composition, Vani has often been the choice for several composers across India through the 1970s until the late 1990s. She has sung in several Indian languages, such as Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Assameese, and Bengali languages. Vani won the National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer three times and also has won State Government awards from the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolly Abraham
Jolly Abraham, also known as Jollee Abraham, is an Indian gospel singer and film singer in Malayalam cinema. He sang more than 100 Malayalam movie songs during the 1970s and 1980s. His debut song was for ''Chattambikalyani'' in 1973. He was born in Kumbalam, Eranakulam, and is a graduate in BSc Botany from Sacred Heart College Thevara, Cochin. He has also sung a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movie songs. Married with two children, he lives in Chennai. Partial filmography As an actor * ''Aakramanam'' (1981) * ''Kilinjalgal'' (1981) (Tamil movie) * ''Aattuvanchi Ulanjappol'' (1984) As a singer * Kaattinkaravaal ... Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Ushassinte Radhathil ... ''Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Pandoru Mukkuvan ... ''Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Jayikkaanaay Janichavan ... ''Chattambikkalyaani'' (1975) * Bhagavadgeethayum Sathyageetham ... ''Omanakkunju'' (1975) * Rajanigandhi ... ''Panchami'' (1976) * Maanam Potti Veenu ... '' Paarijaatham'' (1976) * Govinda naama Sankeerthanam ... ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Selected filmography Lyrics * Lakshrchana Kandu (Film :Ayalathe sundari) * Thrayampakam vilodinju (Film :Ayalathe Sundadi) * Chithra Varna pushppathalam (Film:Ayalathe sundae) * Ilamulla Poove Idanenjin (Lady Teacher) * Naadan pattinte (film: Babu mon) * Ashada madam (film:yudha bhoomi * Raja suyam kazinju (film:Ambili Ammavan) * sharapanjarathin ullil (film :Karanaparavam) * Kalidasante kavyabhavanaye (film: sujatha) * Thallippu ... Peelippu (film: sujatha) * Ashritha valsarare (film:sujatha) * Swyamvara Subhadina Mangalangal (film: Sujatha) * Alila thoniyil (film:Avalkku maranamilla) * Ashtta Mangalaya suprabhatham (film: chennai valarthiya kutty) * Velicham villakanchu (film: yagaswayam) * thozuki nette unarum (film:Boing Boi ... [...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] |
Kunchan (actor)
Kunchan (born 14 November 1952) is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating on Malayalam films. He has done over 650 films in Malayalam. He usually does minor roles. He has also done important character roles. He started his career when Malayalam films were made in black and white. He made his debut with Tamil film ''Manaivi'' (1969), which went unreleased, and his first release was ''Rest House'' released in 1970. His most remembered roles were in films like ''Ivar'' (1980), ''Nayakan'' (1985), ''Avanazhi'' (1986), ''Carnivel'' (1989) ''Aye Auto'' (1990), ''Kottayam Kunjachan'' (1990), and ''Lelam'' (1997). Recently he has also done Kamal Haasan' s ''Manmadhan Ambu''. Personal life Kunchan was born as Mohan Das as the second among five children to Krishnan and Oolamma at Fort Kochi on 14 November 1952. He had three brothers and a sister. He had his primary education from T. D. High School, Mattancherry, Kochi. Kunchan married Shoba on 28 April 1985. She owns a beauty parlor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prathapachandran
Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film, Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in over 300 movies. He was born in 1941 at Omallur in Travancore, Thiruvithamkoor princely state, currently within the Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. Biography Prathapachandran had to end his formal schooling by the 9th standard. He later moved to Kollam, and at the age of 14, he moved to Madras, hoping to be a movie actor. During his initial years, though he failed to garner any significant movie roles, he lent voice in radio plays and acted in plays organized by the Madras Malayali association. He got his first movie role in ''Viyarppinte Vila'' (1962), in which he acted as a man in his 70s. As he couldn't sustain the success, he returned to Kollam, and switched fulltime to theatre, working with Kalidasa Kalakendram. He could return to mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPAC Lalitha
Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a career spanning five decades, she starred in over 550 films. Lalitha won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress along with four Kerala State Film Awards. In 2009, she was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Filmfare Awards South. Lalitha latterly served as the chairperson of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. She was married to the late Malayalam filmmaker Bharathan. Early life Lalitha was born as Maheshwari Amma in a Malayalam speaking family at Kayamkulam. She was born to Kadaykatharayil Veettil K. Ananthan Nair and Bhargavi Amma, as the eldest among five children; her four siblings were Indira, Babu, Rajan and Shyamala. She is the child born 5 years after her Parent's marriage. Her father was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Kaviyoor Ponnamma is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She has also acted in TV serials and commercials and has playback singing credits in few films. Ponnamma is a four-time Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress winner. Her sister Kaviyoor Renuka was also an actress. Often called as the ''Mother to all actors,'' she has acted as mother of almost all actors in her career panning over decades. At the age of 20, she played the mother of Sathyan and Madhu in the 1965 movie Thommente Makkal. She gained critical acclaim for acting as the mother of the actor Mohanlal. Life and career As a five-year-old, she learned music and used to sing in stage shows. She started acting in dramas when she was 14 years old with ''Mooladhanam'' by Thoppil Bhasi. After five years, came her first movie ''Kudumbini'', in which she did the title role of the mother of two kids. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadhana (Malayalam Actress)
Sadhana is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was a leading actress during the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has acted in more than 100 movies. Personal life She was born in a Muslim family to Babu and Beegam, as eldest of six children, at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Her sister Saleema has also acted in few Tamil movies. She is living in small rented house near Budur, Tamil Nadu with her husband, Ram. They have no children. She's absconded according to sources. Partial filmography # Ek Phool Do Mali (1969) as Somna # Danger Biscuit (1969) as Gracy # Vilakkappetta Bandhangal (1969) # Rest House (1969) as Sathi # Raktha Pushpam (1970) # Detective 909 Keralathil (1970) # Kuttavaali (1970) as Shanthi # Lottery Ticket (1970) as Rajamma # C.I.D. Nazir (1971) as Lovely # Lanka Dahanam (1971) # Rathri Vandi (1971) # Marunaattil Oru Malayaali (1971) as Rajamma # Shiksha (1971) as Jayamala # Ernakulam Junction (1971) as Rathi # Thettu (1971) as Kukku # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |