Soumya Sadanandan
Soumya Sadanandan is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam Film Industry. She was popular as the Television Host of a film based show in Kappa TV, called 'Film Lounge' (2013–2017). She was a member of the Jury and Selection Committee of IFFK 2017 and IDSFFK 2021. Early life She was born at Mepallikutti, Alappuzha, 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 .... She completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom and secured a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from College Of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala. Filmography ;As Director / Producer ;As Artist Awards * 2016 Chembai: My discovery of a legend - Special Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 64th National Film Awards. * 2016 Chembai : My discovery of a le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alappuzha
Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in India which attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. Alleppey is a city and a municipality in Kerala with an urban population of 174,164 and ranks third among the districts in literacy rate in the state. In 2016, the Centre for Science and Environment rated Alappuzha as the cleanest town in India. Alappuzha is considered to be the oldest planned city in this region and the lighthouse built on the coast of the city is the first of its kind along the Laccadive Sea coast. The city is 55 km from Kochi and 155 km north of Thiruvananthapuram district, Thiruvananthapuram. A town with canals, Kerala Backwaters, backwaters, Alappuzha Beach, beaches, and lagoons, Alappuzha was described by George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David & Goliath (2013 Film)
''David & Goliath'' is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written by Anoop Menon and directed by Rajeev Nath. It stars Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Soumya and Anumol in the lead roles. The film is produced by Sudeep Karat under the banner of Sal Roza Motion Pictures and Line of Colors and features music composed by Ratheesh Vegha, and cinematography is handled by Jithu Damodar and is edited by Sian. In the Bible, the story of David and Goliath is about how the meek and innocent David kills the Philistine giant Goliath through a slingshot in the battle of Philistine and Israel. The film is a modern interpretation of the story, which deals with the concept of the strong and weak, and has Jayasurya playing David while Anoop Menon appears as Sunny. The film's story revolves around a church and the few characters who are closely associated with it. The biblical characters are given modern day interpretations and show how in every David there resides a strong and courageous Goli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People From Kerala
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of pe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malayalam Film Directors
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry (Mahé, 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, Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali diaspora, Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ormayundo Ee Mukham
''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language romantic musical film written and directed by Anvar Sadik, starring Vineeth Sreenivasan and Namitha Pramod. The film features musical score by Shaan Rahman. The film released on 14 November 2014. It is inspired by the 2004 American film '' 50 First Dates''. Plot The story first shows Nithya, a sand artist doing her program. When she is on her way home, she gets into an accident, which leads to memory loss that can only allow her remember anything for just 24 hours. She keeps a diary where she jots down all her memories. Then we meet Gautham a young businessman who also suffers from temporary memory problems. His mother get annoyed with him and asks him to marry a girl, Hema, whom he doesn't like. Angry with his mother because of this, he and his grandmother make a plan. The plan is that he will say that he is in love with another girl and the next day they are going to have a date. The next morning he goes for a wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mili (2015 Film)
''Mili'' is a 2015 Malayalam drama film directed by Rajesh Pillai. Described as a "heroine-centric motivational film," ''Mili'' has Amala Paul in the title role along with Nivin Pauly as male lead. The film, produced by Dr. Avinash Unnithan and Sathish B. Sathish under Ordinary Films, marks the debut of editor Mahesh Narayanan as scriptwriter. Anishlal R S handles the cinematography. The story revolves around an introvert girl who struggles hard to meet others' expectations. Shamna Kasim, Sanusha, Praveena, Sai Kumar and Amol Parashar appear in significant roles. The film started its shooting on 10 May 2014 at Trivandrum. The shooting of the film was completed on 9 November 2014. ''Mili'' released on 23 January 2015 to positive reviews. Plot Mili Nair is an introvert who is very depressed. Her self-affectation and inferiority complex puts off everyone. Nobody likes her character or even attempts to help her. Mili chooses to rise above the challenges and take back the reins of he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinema Company
''Cinema Company'' is a 2012 Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mamas, and starring mainly newcomers. Basil, Sanjeev M Nair, Shruthi Hariharan and Badri play the roles of four close friends who dream of making a film. Plot As Paul Cheriyan prepares to leave for his office, he sees several people coming into his building. He asks a watchman about it, and learns that a boy has died in an accident, to which his friends bore witness. Paul goes to where the dead boy's friends are mourning and cursing themselves, and then returns to his apartment, where he starts thinking about his own friends and where they might be now. He recalls Parvathi, also called Paru, who carried a Ukulele with her and sang jingles on air, then Varghese Panikkar, a rich friend of his who wanted to be a director and always carried a sketch pad and a camera. He next thinks about Fazal, also called Ikka, a writer who received many awards for his books. He was in love with a ri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jawan Of Vellimala
''Jawan of Vellimala'' () is a 2012 Malayalam film written by James Albert and directed by debutant Anoop Kannan. It stars Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas and Asif Ali. Cast * Mammootty as Gopikrishnan,retired soldier, Indian Army * Asif Ali as Koshi Oommen * Sreenivasan as Varghese * Mamta Mohandas as Deepa * Leona Lishoy as Jenny Varghese * Ann Sheetal as Jenny's friend * Baburaj as Chacko * Joji as dam security guard * Sunil Sukhadha as Ittichan * Joju George as Vinu * Kottayam Nazeer as Rafi * Niyas Backer as Shibu * Sadiq * Ranjith as Dr. Shivaprasad (cameo) * Devan as Lt Col.Rajagopal (cameo) * Vineeth Sreenivasan as Narrator(Voice-only) Release and reception Sify gave the movie a negative review adding "Jawan of Vellimala is a messy tale that can surprise you with its hollowness. An amateurish effort at best, this film is unintentionally funny at times and lacks much fizz." The noted reviewer of Sify ''Moviebuzz'' making it clear that the movie collapsed in a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ceylon (film)
''Ceylon'', titled ''Inam'' in Tamil, is a 2013 Indian war film written, directed, filmed and produced by Santosh Sivan. The story revolves around a group of teenagers in an orphanage set during the civil war in Sri Lanka. The film premiered at the 2013 Busan International Film Festival and had a theatrical release in India on 28 March 2014. Although it was positively reviewed by critics, the film was withdrawn by Linguswamy(who bought the distribution rights for the film) from theaters, after it was met with protests from various Tamil groups in Tamil Nadu. The film was a "U" censored, and had a Govt Tax free tag. Cast * S. Karan as Nandan * Sugandha Ram as Rajini * Saritha as Tsunami Akka * Karunas as Stanley * Shyam Sundar as Ravi * Janaki as Stella * Soumya Sadanand * Vikram Chakravarti * M. K. Vijayan * Malini Sathappan Production In 2009, it was first reported that Santhosh Sivan's next film would be "a hard-hitting political film scripted around the LTTE (Liberation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olappeeppi
''Olappeeppi'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam periodic family-drama film written and directed by Krish Kymal and produced by Sunil Ibrahim under the production house, Vibezon Movies. The film stars Biju Menon, Paris Laxmi, Reina Maria, and Sreejith Ravi. ''Olappeeppi'' was released on 30 September 2016, by Eros International. Synopsis The story is set in Kerala in the 1970s, in the backdrop of various socio-economic changes that prevailed in the state during the execution of the Land Reform Act in 1977. The story focuses on the turmoil created in an upper class feudal family due to the Land Reform Act. Cast * Punasseri Kanchana as Muthassi * Biju Menon * Paris Laxmi * Reina Maria * Sreejith Ravi * Jebbar Chemad * Kanchana * Anjali Nair * Master Dev Soundtrack ''Olappeeppi'' features one song, "Ela Pulayelo", composed by Anil Johnson and sung by Jayakrishnan R., Fathimathul Liyana, Chinmayi S. Nath, and Shreya S. Ajith. The 3 minute 15 seconds long song was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |