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Samayamayilla Polum
''Samayamaayilla Polum'' is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, produced by Brian Joseph. The film stars Chinni Prakash, Urmila, Ambika and K. P. Ummer in the lead roles. The film has musical score and songs composed by Salil Chowdhary. Cast * Chinni Prakash as Rajan * Urmila as Lakshmi * Ambika as Latha * K. P. Ummer as Krishnadas * Mala Aravindan as KK Kanichukulangara * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Savithri * Mallika Sukumaran as Mayavathi * Kuthiravattam Pappu as Edakoodam Chanchalakshan *Veeran as Chandikunju *Thrissur Elsy as Meenakshi/Rajan's mother Soundtrack The music was composed by Salil Chowdhary and the lyrics were written by O. N. V. Kurup Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He receive .... References External links * 1978 films 1970s Malayalam-language films Films scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinni Prakash
Chinni Prakash is an Indian film choreographer, art director, actor, script-writer, director. He is best known for his choreographic work in numerous Bollywood films. Chinni Prakash is the acclaimed choreographer of Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. Personal life From his childhood Chinni Prakash always wanted to make it big in Hindi films. After finishing his studies, he came to Bombay and with time, he started working as an assistant to many choreographers. Chinni Prakash is married to Rekha Chinni Prakash who also is a choreographer and they work together. His first stint as a full-fledged choreographer was for film ''Khandan''. Career Chinni Prakash got his first stint as a full-fledged choreographer was for film ''Khandan''. He made a pair with choreographer Sampath and choreographed songs for many big films like ''Ram Aur Shyam'' (1967), ''Sadhu Aur Shaitaan'' (1968), and '' Haathi Mere Saathi'' (1971). However, after '' Sabse Bada Rupaiya'' (1976), Chinni Prakash disapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambika (actress)
Ambika is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly across the entire the southern film industry films and in several teleserials. She also did one English film (an Indo-American one), to date. She was one of the top south Indian heroines for more than a decade from 1978 to 1989. Her younger sister Radha was also an actress. They acted together in a number of south Indian films during the peak of their careers. Personal life Ambika was born to Karunakaran and Sarasamma at Kallara village,(Kallara, Thiruvananthapuram) located in Thiruvananthapuram district. Her mother Kallara Sarasamma was Mahila Congress leader during 2014. She has two younger sisters, Radha and Mallika, and two younger brothers, Arjun and Suresh. Ambika married an NRI, named Premkumar Menon in the year 1988. The couple have two sons and are settled at United States of America. However, they have got divorced in 1996. Later, she got remarried to actor Ravikanth in 2000, which also ended in a divorce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salil Chowdhary
Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Hindi cinema, Hindi and Malayalam films, Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi language, Marathi, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati language, Gujarati, Odia language, Odia and Assamese language, Assamese films. His musical ability was widely recognised and acknowledged in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano, and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali language, Bengali. The first Bengali film for which Chowdhury composed music was ''Paribortan'', released in 1949. ''Mahabharati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Language
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of India
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around (US$2.7 billion). Indian cinema is composed of Multilingualism, multilingual and Multiculturalism, multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Marathi cinema, Marathi, Cinema of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Language
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mala Aravindan
Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam district of Kerala, Kerala state as the eldest son of Thanattu Ayyappan and Ponnamma. His father was an Excise department employee and his mother, a school music teacher. Soudamini, late Ramanathan (died in 2004) and Prakashan are his siblings. His father died when he was studying at seventh class. Later when his mother got transferred, his family relocated to Mala, Kerala, Mala in Thrissur district and he started using the place name as a prefix to his name. He had his primary education from St Antony's High School, Mala, where his mother was a music teacher.http://images.mathrubhumi.com/pdf/mala/mala_aravindan1.pdf Seeing his talent in playing Tabla his mother joined him with Cochin Mohammed Ustad, a famous Tabla artist. He joined for Pre ... [...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] |
Mallika Sukumaran
Mohamallika Pillai (born 4 November 1954), better known as Mallika Sukumaran is an Indian actress and businesswoman, known for her works in Malayalam cinema. She debuted in 1974 with the Malayalam film '' Utharayanam'' by G. Aravindan. Since then, she has appeared in over 60 films. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her role in the 1974 film '' Swapnadanam''. Mallika's first appearance in television was in a tele-serial by K. K. Rajeev called ''Peythozhiyathe''. She won the Second Best Actress Award in the Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards (2004) for her role in the serial ''American Dreams''. She is well known for her comedic roles as well as her character roles. She made her debut in Tamil cinema with the 2008 film ''Vaazhthugal''. Mallika has also acted in some advertisements and participated in some talk shows and game shows. She runs a restaurant in Doha. Early life and family She was born as Mohamallika Pillai to Kainikkara Madhavan Pilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuthiravattam Pappu
Padmadalakshan, better known by his stage name Kuthiravattam Pappu (24 December 1936 – 25 February 2000), was a popular Indian stage and film actor. His repertoire of acting was based on his unique style and use of the ''Kozhikodan'' dialect, impeccable timing and the capability to grasp the subtle nuances of any character and mould it into his signature "Pappu style". He acted in over a thousand Malayalam films. He made his debut in a small comic role in ''Bhargavi Nilayam''. His character was called ‘Kuthiravattom,’ a name that stuck for the rest of his career. Early life Pappu was born as Padmadalakshan in Feroke near Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala, as the son of Panaghat Raman and Devi. The family moved to the village of Kuthiravattam (Half a kilometre from Govindapuram, Calicut) when Pappu was still a child. He was keen in acting since childhood and performed his first major stage performance when he was 17. At that time he was studying in St. Antony's School, Calicut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veeran
Veeran was an Indian actor and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films. He appeared in character roles as well as villain roles. Filmography * '' Akalangalil Abhayam'' (1980) * ''Rakthamillatha Manushyan'' (1979) as Sumathi's father * '' Kalliyankattu Neeli'' (1979) * '' Ezhunirangal'' (1979) as Raghava Panikker * ''Bandhanam'' (1978) * ''Avar Jeevikkunnu'' (1978) * ''Rowdy Ramu'' (1978) * ''Adavukal Pathinettu'' (1978) * '' Kaithappoo'' (1978) * '' Makampiranna Manka'' (1977) * ''Kaduvaye Pidicha Kiduva'' (1977) * ''Vishukkani'' (1977) as Collector Janardhanan Nair * ''Anugraham'' (1977) as Joseph contractor * '' Aparaadhi'' (1977) as Shankara Pillai * '' Aayiram Janmangal'' (1976) as Panikkar * '' Manimuzhakkam'' (1978) as Govinda Menon * '' Chalanam'' (1975) * ''Chattambikkalyaani'' (1975) as Thirumanassu/Gangster * '' Prayanam'' (1975) * '' Pulivaalu'' (1975) * ''Kanyakumari'' (1974) as Somasundaram * '' Nadeenadanmaare Aavasyamundu'' (1974) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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