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Shankar Panikkar
Shankar is an Indian actor who has worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. He acted in nearly 200 films.In the 80s and early 90s he was the most prominent romantc lead actor of Malayalam cinema. Shankar's debut Tamil cinema, Tamil film ''Oru Thalai Ragam,'' and Malayalam debut, ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal,'' completed a theatrical run of 365 and 250 days respectively. Early life Shankar was born to Thekkeveettil N. K. Panicker and Sulochana in Kechery, Thrissur, Kerala in 1960. His family later moved to Chennai when he was four years old. His father was a senior manager at Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited. He has two siblings, Krishnakumar and Indra. He completed the schooling from St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He pursued a Bachelors in History from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Rishikesh. Later he joined South Indian Film Chambers of acting completing 2 years of an acting course. Career As an actor Shankar's first film was legendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 400 films. Mohanlal's contributions to the Malayalam cinema have been praised by his contemporaries in the Indian film industry. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours, for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army. Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film ''Thiranottam'' in 1978, but the film was delayed in its release for 25 years due to censorship iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veendum Chalikkunna Chakram
''Veendum Chalikkunna Chakram'' () is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by P. G. Vishwambharan and produced by M. Mani. The film stars Shankar, Mammootty, Menaka and Aruna. The film has musical score by Shyam. Cast *Shankar as Vinayan * Mammootty as Jose * Menaka as Prameela Nair * Aruna as Meera Joseph *Kundara Johny as Raghavan Nair *Poojappura Ravi as Swamy *Santhakumari as Devakiyamma * V. D. Rajappan *Prathapachandran *Jagannatha Varma *Kannur Sreelatha Kannur Sreelatha is an Indian actress from Kannur who is best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. Making her debut with the movie ''Prashnam Gurutharam'', directed by Balachandra Menon, she has acted in many stage plays before entering into ... *Noohu Soundtrack The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Chunakkara Ramankutty. References External links * 1984 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films based on Malayalam novels Films directed by P. G. Viswamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padayottam (1982 Film)
''Padayottam'' () is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language epic period drama film directed by Jijo Punnoose and produced by Navodaya Appachan through the company Navodaya Pictures. It is partly based on the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas who is credited for story with screenplay written by N. Govindan Kutty. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Lakshmi, Shankar, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Mammootty, Mohanlal, N. Govindan Kutty and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, It is the first 70mm film in South India. Plot The Kolathiri Raja is a prosperous ruler of Northern Kerala. Prince Udayan, Raja's second nephew, is handsome, brave and intelligent than Prince Devan, Raja's elder nephew. The King named Udayan as his successor to the throne in accordance to matrilineal traditions along with marriage of his daughter Princess Parvathi, who was in deep love with Udayan. This has dashed the hopes of Devan, who secretly longed to marry Parvathi. On the other hand, two nobles of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshiy
Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directed a few Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. In the beginning of his career, he received national fame when he directed ''Dharm Aur Qanoon'' (1984) starring Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra, with Khanna in double roles. Personal life Joshiy is married to Sindhu. The couple have a son, Abhilash, and a daughter, Aishwarya, who died in a car accident in Chennai in July 2011. Abhilash is married to Varsha. Career Born at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district as the son of Vasu and Gouri, Joshiy's relation with cinema began from the cinema theatre that his family owned. While doing his final year in degree, in 1969, Joshiy left to Chennai to try his luck in cinema. Joshiy began his career by working as an assistant director under eminent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raagam Thedum Pallavi
Thesingu Rajendar (born 9 May 1960), also known as Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker, musician, cinematographer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Rajendar is known for being able to speak in rhyming sentences spontaneously. Family T. Rajendar is married to former actress Usha Rajendar. They have two sons, Silambarasan and Kuralarasan, and one daughter, Ilakiya. His wife has served as the producer for some of his films, such as ''Kadhal Azhivathillai'' (2002). Film career Rajendar started off in the Kollywood industry making successful films which included him as an actor, playback singer, dancer and scriptwriter. He gained popularity through his one-of-a-kind style of acting. He normally serves as, but not limited to director, actor, songwriter, art director, production manager and playback singer. During the 1980s, all his movies were blockbusters, running for years and the songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koyil Puraa
''Koyil Puraa'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Vijayan for R. M. C. Creations. The film stars Shankar and Saritha. It was released on 30 July 1981. Plot Cast *Shankar *Saritha *P. U. C. Raja Bahadur *Vinu Chakravarthy Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja while the lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan. The song "Vedham Nee" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Gaula. Charulatha Mani identifies "Amuthe Tamizhe" as being set in Poorvikalyani, although Carnatic musicologist Sundararaman claims it is set in Rasika Ranjani, a raga he identifies "Sangeethame" as being set in, although Charulatha Mani says it is in Rasikapriya. This was the final film where the ''nadaswaram The Nagaswaram (nādḥasvaram) is a double reed wind instrument from South India. It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala. This instrument is "among the world's loudes ...''-playing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujatha (1980 Film)
''Sujatha'' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vasudevan, starring Vijayan, Shankar, Saritha, Sukumari, Rajalakshmi, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Major Sundarrajan and Raveendran. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Shalini Ente Koottukari''. Plot summary ''Sujatha'' is the story of a brother and sister, played by Shankar and Saritha respectively. Shankar commits suicide to stop the forced marriage initiated by their father Major Sundarrajan, as she does not want to marry. The film shows light in Saritha's life, when she meets a new college lecturer Vijayan. Cast *Vijayan *Shankar *Saritha *Major Sundarrajan *Sukumari *Sachu *Thengai Srinivasan *Nagesh * Manorama *Rajalakshmi *Vanitha Krishnachandran *Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer an ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ente Mohangal Poovaninju
''Ente Mohangal Poovaninju'' () is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written and directed by Bhadran (in his directorial debut). Starring Shankar, Menaka and Mohanlal. The film features music composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Isai Paadum Thendral''. Plot Prashant (Shankar), a wealthy bachelor, grows tired of his wealth and moves to a village to start a new life as a commoner. There, he meets and falls in love with Sreedevi (Menaka), a middle-class girl. Prashant decides to marry Sreedevi but his father finds out the truth and vehemently opposes the relationship, as he wants his son to marry Baby (Kalaranjini) who belongs to a similarly wealthy family like his. Aided by his best friend Vinu (Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oothikachiya Ponnu
''Oothikachiya Ponnu'' () is 1981 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by P. K. Joseph and written by V. K. Pavithran. The film reunited Mohanlal, Shanker and Poornima Jayaram after ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'' (1980); it also features Mammootty. Plot A poor young woman must succeed in her dream as a saleswoman. Cast *Poornima Jayaram as Sukumari *Shankar as Vishwanathan *Mohanlal as Nandan *K. P. Ummer as Mathachan *Mammootty as Thoman Kutty *Santhakumari as Sukumari's mother *Sreenath as Dr. Samuel *Nellikode Bhaskaran as Sukumari's father *Roja Ramani as Shalini *Jagathi Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ... as Vasu *Indrapani *Master Kumar * Suchitra Soundtrack The music was composed by M. K. Arjunan with lyrics by Poovachal Khader. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roja Ramani
Roja Ramani (also known as Chemparathy Shobana; born 16 September 1959) is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films. She was a child actor and her debut movie was '' Bhakta Prahlada'' (1967) for which she received National Film Award for Best Child Artist. She was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s and haans acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil movies. She worked in 400 films as a dubbing artiste. She is an active member of BlueCross and is involved in several social service activities. Early life She was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India as the only child to her parents. Her father was a journalist with Picture Post. The family relocated to Madras when she was 6 months old. Career She had started her career at the age of 7 in 1966 in the title role of ''Bhaktha Prahaladha'' in Telugu . It is the first full-length Eastman color feature film which was produced by AVM Productions. It was a blockbuster hit film. She acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadathu
''Kadathu'' is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. G. Vishwambharan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Shankar, M. G. Soman and Roja Ramani in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Shyam. Actually, the script was penned by Priyadharshan. When the movie screened in the theaters, he noticed the credit had gone to the director himself. Cast * Prem Nazir as Gopinath *Shankar as Rajappan *M. G. Soman as Ravi *Roja Ramani as Maalu *Sumalatha as Thulasi *Jagathy Sreekumar as Meesha Vasu Pilla *Adoor Bhasi as School Head Master *Alummoodan as School Peon Kittu Pilla *Baby Ponnambili *T. G. Ravi as Kaala Dhamu * Chembarathi Shobana * K. P. A. C. Azeez Police Officer * Bheeman Raghu * Nellikode Bhaskaran * Poojappura Ravi * Aryad Gopalakrishnan * Shubha as Sarala * Adoor Bhavani * Beena Kumbalangi Soundtrack The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala. Trivia * Priyadarshan approached producer Aroma M Mani with the first ever script he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
