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Shiju
Shiju Abdul Rasheed is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Telugu films. He is known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films as he played a role in Kodi Ramakrishna's Devi. He has appeared in more than 50 films and several popular TV series. Career Shiju has a career that has spanned 14 years from Tollywood to Mollywood and on to an international movie. He was born on 4 August 1974 in Kerala, India. In 1996 was his debut and first success in a Tamil movie named ''Mahaprabhu'', directed by A. Venkitesh. His performance as a villain in this movie gave him a major break in his career. He further worked in a Telugu movie named ''Devi'', directed by Kodirama Krishna, which was a super hit. He then worked in various hit movies like ''Manasantha Nuve'', ''Nuvu Nakku Natchavu'', ''Simharasi'' and ''Ammayikosam''. Moving on to Mollywood, he worked in ''I shttamanu Nooruvattam'', ''Kalachakram'', '' Sidhartha'', '' Vachalam'', etc. There was a remarkable change in his career when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devi (1999 Film)
''Devi'' () is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language fantasy film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by M. S. Raju. The film stars Prema as the title character alongside Vanitha, Shiju, Abu Salim and Bhanuchander. Sowkar Janaki and Babu Mohan play supporting roles. The plot follows Devi, a Nagini who descends to Earth and faces an evil snake prince. Vanitha, Shiju, and Salim make their debuts in Telugu cinema. The music was composed by debutant Devi Sri Prasad. The film was released on 12 March 1999 and became successful at the box office. Plot Devi, a Nagini from the Nagaloka comes to Earth on the day of an eclipse with her friends to perform a special pooja. Naginis must return before the eclipse starts, otherwise, they lose their power until the eclipse completes. However, Devi is distracted by Dantra, an evil Naga who had been punished by Nagadeva, the righteous snake king, earlier and was sent to hell as a punishment. Dantra imprisons Devi with fire during the eclipse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiranjeevulu (2001 Film)
''Chiranjeevulu'' (lit. "Immortals") is a 2001 Telugu action drama film directed by Radha Krishna in his debut starring Ravi Teja, Sanghavi, Sivaji, Brahmaji, and Shiju. The title is based on the 1956 Telugu film of the same name starring N. T. Rama Rao and Jamuna.The film was remake Of Tamil film ''Putham Pudhu Payanam'' (1991). Plot Charan, Kiran, Giri and Chanti are best friends. Charan and Kiran are orphans, while Giri and Chanti, who are being treated at a hospital, are diagnosed with a terminal diseases. One day, at the home of the hospital nurse Sudha, they witness that a local MLA and his brother are misbehaving with her. In saving her, they accidentally kill him and, fearing that the police may not buy their story, flee to an unknown village as fugitives. There they get embroiled in the rivalry between the village president Satyamurthy and the late erstwhile president Nagendra, when they fail to save Nagendra's son Rajan from Satyamurthy's henchmen. Satyamurthy lear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
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] |
Adrustam (2002 Film)
''Adrustam'' () is 2002 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by debutant Sekhar Suri starring Tarun, Gajala and Reema Sen. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Ivan Yaaro''. Cast * Tarun as Tarun * Gajala as Keerthi Dhanraj * Reema Sen as Asha * Shiju as Robin * Sivaji as Pawan * Prakash Raj as Police Officer * Asha Saini as Smita / Pinky * Brahmanandam as Valmiki * Venu Madhav as Tarun's friend * Jeeva as Magadha * M. S. Narayana as Smita's husband * Raghu Kunche as one of the grooms during Keerthi's ''Swayamvaram'' * Narsing Yadav as Valmiki's henchman * Jayachitra as Mrs. Dhanraj, Keerthi's mother * Raghunatha Reddy as Dhanraj, Keerthi's father * Subbaraya Sharma as Astrologer Soundtrack The Music Was Composed By Dhina and Released by Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is a music company in India, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaprabhu (film)
''Mahaprabhu'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by A. Venkatesh, making his directorial debut. The film stars R. Sarathkumar, Sukanya and Vineetha. It was released on 26 January 1996. Plot Dhamodaran sells black cinema tickets alongside his friends Sedhu and Vicky. Dhamodaran is known to be an angry man thus he promises to his mother Vellaiyamma to avoid violence. Jothi, Dhamodaran's cousin, is deeply in love with Dhamodaran. Shanmugavel, a corrupt politician, is an influential man and even the police cannot arrest him for his crimes. His son Bhaskar spreads terror among the college students. Eswarapandiyan, an honest police officer, is determined to arrest Shanmugavel. Later, Uma, Eswarapandiyan 's wife, is killed by Shanmugavel and Eswarapandian is left for dead. Thereafter, Mahalakshmi moves into the house opposite to Dhamodaran's house. Mahalakshmi is an orphan and becomes a college lecturer. Dhamodaran falls in love with her but Mahalakshmi advises h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Thoma
''Sound Thoma'' is a 2013 Malayalam comedy film directed by Vysakh. It features Dileep playing a character with a cleft lip and defective voice while Namitha Pramod, Sai Kumar, Mukesh, and Subbaraju portray supporting roles. The film, produced by Anoop, features background score and soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar and the lyrics were written by Rajeev Alunkal and Nadirsha. Cinematography handled by Shaji Kumar. Plot The story starts with Plapparambil family. It tells the family life of Plapparambil Paulo, a ruthless and miser moneylender, who has three children named Mathai, Joykutty and Thoma. Mathai, the eldest son, is thrown out by Paulo as he converted into Islam to marry his lover. He is enough educated and was authorised to run their own jewellery, later held by Joykutty, the second son. Meanwhile, Paulo' next two sons are unmarried. His youngest son Thoma suffers from cleft lip, and thus has a defective voice, but he still loves to sing. Paulo and his family is hated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kammath & Kammath
''Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath'' is a 2013 Indian action comedy film, written by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas, directed by Thomson K. Thomas and produced by Anto Joseph. The film features Mammootty and Dileep in the title roles with Rima Kallingal, Karthika Nair, Baburaj and others in supporting roles. Tamil film actor Dhanush makes a cameo appearance as himself. Plot Kammath and Kammath is a film about two brothers, Raja Raja Kammath (Kammath Sr.) and Deva Raja Kammath (Kammath Jr.), and a business endeavor that changed their lives forever. The Kammath brothers initially started making and selling dosa (savory South Indian crêpes) at a small stand to support their poor family. Eventually, their dosa received critical acclaim, and their stand grew into a restaurant, which grew into dozens of restaurants across South India. Sulaiman Sahib who is their rival, blocks the entry of Kammath Sr. He runs a non-vegetarian restaurant that is opposite a now defunct Brahmin vegetarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Name Of Buddha
''In the Name of Buddha'' is a 2002 satirical drama film directed by Rajesh Touchriver and produced by K. Shanmughathas and Sai George. The film tells the true story of a Sri Lankan Tamil doctor Siva. After its world premiere at the Oslo International Film Festival, the film proved controversial and garnered critical acclaim for its subject matter. It also won the Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival Critical reception * "A Fine Balance" – India Today. "A Courageous Treatise" – Empire. "Terrific" – Film Review UK "Very worthy" – BBCi Films. "Brave film" – The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ... References External links * * 2002 films British drama films Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaachalam
''Vaachalam'' is a 1997 Indian Malayalam language film, directed by Biju Varkey. The film stars Manoj K. Jayan, Thilakan, KPAC Lalitha and Nedumudi Venu. The film has musical score by Johnson. Cast *Manoj K. Jayan as Sekharankutty *Maathu as Meenakshi *Gautami as Radha *KPAC Lalitha as Vilasini *Shiju as Vinod *Nedumudi Venu as Mashu *Kamalroy as Kuttan *Kalabhavan Mani as Appukuttan *Thilakan as Ashan *Aboobacker as Narayanan *Indrans as Vasu *Cherthala Lalitha as Radha's mother *Salu Kuttanadu as Balloon seller Soundtrack The music was composed by Johnson Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a .... References External links * 1997 films 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidhartha (1998 Film)
''Sidhartha'' is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Jomon and produced by Madhavan Nair. Story, Screenplay & Dialogues done by Sathyanath. The film stars Mammootty, Jagadish, Rambha, Nedumudi Venu and Thilakan in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vidyasagar. Cast *Mammootty as Sidharthan main protagonist, Karunakara and Lakshmi's son, Sreedevi stepson, Sethu stepbrother * Rambha as Hema a medical student, commissioner sister / Siddhartha's love interest *Thilakan as Raghavan Nair, Karunakara Menon brother-in-law / Balu and Radhika's father *Jagadish as Pavithran Sidharthan's assistant and brother-like friend. *Biju Menon as Sethu (Sidharthan's step-brother) *Nedumudi Venu as Karunakara Menon, Kozhikode mayor, father of Sidhartha and Sethu / *Anju Aravind as Radhika (Raghavan's daughter) *Lalu Alex as Commissioner Harishankar, Hema's brother *Shiju as Balu (Raghavan's son) *Srividya as Sridevi (Sidharthan's stepmother, Raghavan's sister) *Mini Nair as Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
''Nuvvu Naaku Nachav'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar who co-wrote the film with Trivikram Srinivas. It is produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore under the Sri Sravanthi Movies studio. The film stars Venkatesh and Aarthi Agarwal which also marks the latter's debut. The music was composed by Koti. Released on 6 September 2001, the film was a critical and commercial success, It won five Nandi Awards, including Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film. It was remade in Tamil as '' Vaseegara'' (2003), in Kannada as ''Gowramma'' (2005), and in Bengali as ''Majnu'' (2013). Plot Venky is an unemployed graduate from Anakapalli. He moves to Hyderabad to find a job at his father Sekharam's insistence. He arrives at his father's childhood friend, Srinivasa Moorthy's house to stay there. Meanwhile, Moorthy's daughter Nandu is engaged to Prasad, a software professional from the USA. Venky helps the family in making arrangem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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