Sreekumar Krishnan Nair
Sreekumar Krishnan Nair (born 17 June), often credited on screen as K. Sreekuttan) is an Indian filmmaker, best known for directing the 1993 film ''O' Faby'', which was India's first full-length live action/animation hybrid feature film. He is the youngest son of prolific south Indian filmmaker M. Krishnan Nair and younger brother of Retired Indian Administrative Service officer, poet and lyricist K. Jayakumar. Prior to making films as a director, Sreekumar served as an A.D. (First Assistant Director, Second-Unit Director and Chief Associate Director) under prominent South Indian filmmaker, Hariharan. His stint with director Hariharan was more than a decade long, working on seventeen films together, among which eight were scripted by 'Padma Bhushan' awardee and Jnanpith laureate M. T. Vasudevan Nair, one of the greatest scenarists in Indian film history. He was the Chief Associate Director of the Indian classic ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha''. He has also directed several televis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Lava (1980 Film)
''Lava'' is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Hariharan and produced by G. P. Balan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jagathy Sreekumar, Prameela and Sathar. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. It is a remake of the Hindi film ''Gunga Jumna'' (1961). Cast *Prem Nazir as Ramu *Jagathy Sreekumar as Kuttappan *Prameela as Janaki *Sathaar as Gopi *Bahadoor as Govindan *Balan K. Nair as Velayudhan * G. K. Pillai as Police Officer *Jayamalini as Dancer *K. P. Ummer as Rajasekharan *Krishna Kurup *Kunjandi as Kumaran * Madhavi as Seetha *Nellikode Bhaskaran as Gopalan *Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Panikkar * Sumithra as Sindhu *P. R. Varalakshmi as Rajasekharan's wife *Santo Krishnan Soundtrack The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Yusufali Kechery Yusufali Kechery (Yūsaphali Kēccēri; യൂസഫലി കേച്ചേരി 16 May 1934 – 21 March 2015) was a poet, film lyricist, film producer and director from Kerala, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kadavu (film)
''Kadavu'' ( ml, കടവ് ) (English: ''The Ferry Slip'') is a 1991 Indian Malayalam film scripted, directed and produced by M. T. Vasudevan Nair based on S. K. Pottekkatt's story ''Kadathuthoni''. The film won numerous awards at state, national and international levels, including awards at the Singapore International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival.M. G. Radhakrishnan (15 February 1996)"Winner all the way" ''India Today''. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Film critic Kozhikodan included the film on his list of the 10 best Malayalam movies of all time. Synopsis Deserted by his mother, teenaged Raju is adopted by Beeranikka, a Muslim ferryman. Raju soon starts accompanying Beeranikka in ferrying people. One day, he meets a young girl who is returning to her native town Kozhikode after the death of her mother. The girl invites Raju to Kozhikode where she would be staying with her father and uncle. Not interested in leaving the ferrying job, Raju rejects the invitation. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aranyakam
''Aranyakam'' (Malayalam:ആരണ്യകം, English:Forest) is a 1988 Malayalam film, directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and starring Saleema, Devan and Vineeth. The film was produced by B. Sasikumar. The music was composed by Raghunath Seth, with lyrics by O. N. V. Kurup and vocals by K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chitra. It is about a teenage girl named Ammini who likes to visit forests and has a hobby of writing imaginary letters to famous people. Actress Saleema memorably portrays Ammini. She remains one of the few quirky female characters in Malayalam cinema till date. Plot The film handles the issue of exploitation of Adivasis by feudal lords, and that of Naxalism which attempts to resist and counter this, and of how the feudal lords use the "system" to suppress the resistance. The film speaks through the eyes of protagonist Ammini (Saleema), a 16 old girl whose life takes a turn when Mohan (Vineeth), who has love interest on her and a stranger ( Dev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amrutham Gamaya
''Amrutham Gamaya'' , (translation: ''Path to immortality'') is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It features Mohanlal in the lead role, along with Geetha, Parvathy Jayaram, Vineeth, Thilakan, Devan, Babu Namboothiri and Karamana Janardanan Nair in major supporting roles. The film has no songs, but features a musical score composed by M. B. Sreenivasan. This film is known for its poignant expression of guilt, it portrays with great sensitivity the story of a doctor who tries to atone for a mistake that he committed as a student – a mistake that destroyed a family. ''Amrutham Gamaya'' is regarded as one of the best films of Hariharan and one of the classic screenplay of Vasudevan Nair. Plot The movie opens with the final year medical students taking the Hippocratic oath in the Medical college auditorium. Amongst them is Sreedevi, who is honoured by the college as the best outgo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hindi Language
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nakhakshathangal
''Nakhakshathangal'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and starring Monisha, Vineeth and Saleema. Monisha, won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role, making her the youngest actress to achieve the feat. The film was a blockbuster, and is more noted for its songs. It was remade in Tamil as ''Pookkal Vidum Thudhu''. Plot The story is about Ramu (Vineeth), a 16-year-old boy who is staying with his annoying uncle, who gets angry and often treats Ramu like a slave. On a trip to the pilgrimage town of Guruvayoor with his uncle (played by Thilakan), Ramu meets 15-year-old Gowri (Monisha), who has come with her grandmother. Both find love, and after sharing a few tender talks and moments, depart without a clue that they will meet again. When back Ramu runs away from his uncle and lands up in the city with his neighbor Namboothiri (played by Jayachandran). As fate would have it, Ramu and Gowri meet again. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Panchagni
''Panchagni'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Hariharan and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The story is loosely inspired from the life of naxalite K. Ajitha who was part of the naxalite movement in Kerala in the 1960s. The film tells the story of Indira, a naxalite who comes out from prison on parole, she is serving a life sentence for killing a landlord. It stars Mohanlal, Geetha, Nadia Moidu, and Thilakan. The film features songs composed by Bombay Ravi and a score by Pukazhenthi. Cinematography was done by Shaji N. Karun. Plot The movie revolves around the incidents in a two-week period, when Indira, a Naxal activist is out in parole. She is serving life sentence in the central jail, Cannanore after being charged for the murder of Avarachan, a landlord, who she had witnessed kill a young tribal woman after she was raped and impregnated (by him). Indira's mother, a former freedom fighter who is on her deathbed, is relieved to see her, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vellam
''Vellam'' () is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Hariharan, starring Prem Nazir and Madhu , supported by K. R. Vijaya and Srividya, with Sathaar, Sukumari, Adoor Bhasi and Balan K. Nair playing other important roles. The movie had songs composed by G. Devarajan and background score composed by Salil Chowdhury. Actor Devan is the producer of ''Vellam''. The film delayed for 5 years to be produced, which put the producer Devan in a dire financial strain. Cast * Prem Nazir * Madhu * K. R. Vijaya *Srividya *Sathaar * Sukumari *Adoor Bhasi * Menaka *Kottayam Santha *V. T. Aravindakshamenon *Aranmula Ponnamma *Bahadoor * Balan K. Nair *Bhaskara Kurup * G. K. Pillai *Kunjandi *Oduvil Unnikrishnan * P. K. Abraham *Santha Devi * William d'Cruz * Mohanlal Soundtrack The songs were composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Mullanezhi Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri (1948–2011), popularly known as Mullanezhi, was a Malayalam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vikatakavi
''Vikatakavi'' is a 1984 Malayalam film, written and directed by Hariharan. It stars Prem Nazir, Madhavi and Mammootty in the lead roles. The film's music has been composed by Devarajan, with lyrics by P. Bhaskaran. Cast * ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Varanmaare Aavashyamundu
''Varanmaare Aavashyamundu'' () is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Hariharan and produced by Joy. The film stars Rajkumar, Swapna, Vincent and Sukumari in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Joy. Plot Cast * Rajkumar as Rajkumar *Swapna as Pappi *Vincent as Mohan *Sukumari as Kalyani *Pattom Sadan as Sadashivan Nair * V. D. Rajappan as Rajappan *Bahadoor as Dubai Keshavan *Balan K. Nair as Abdullakka *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Omanakuttan *Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Karanavar *Paravoor Bharathan *Ravi Menon as Ravikumar *Ahalya *Lalithasree as Houseowner *Mafia Sasi as Gunda *Kundara Johnny as Gunda *Benny as Chinnan *Ragini as Kittu * Aravindan as Aravindan Soundtrack The music was composed by K. J. Joy KJ Joy is a music director for the Malayalam film industry. He has composed music for 71 films. He began his career as music director in 1974, after many years as recording accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |