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T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer & Script Writer, a show director, theatre actor and percussionist (Mridangam). He is a founding member and leader of the musical band Blue Birds in 1980 and Super Mimics, a comedy show in 1979. He is also the Kerala University winner of Mono Act in the University Youth Festivals 1980–1982 and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy winner for Mono Act 1979–1982. Career TK Rajeev Kumar was the chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy from 2003 to 2006. He was also the director of IFFK International Film Festival of Kerala from 2003 to 2006 and was the vice-chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in 2002. He was nominated as jury chairman for Kerala State Film Awards 2007. He is a member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kottayam District
Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the Arabian Sea nor any other states. The district is bordered by hills in the east, and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. The area's geographic features include paddy fields, highlands, and hills. As of the 2011 census, 28.6% of the district's residents live in urban areas, and it reports a 97.2% literacy rate. In 2008, the district became the first tobacco-free district in India. Kottayam registered the lowest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of zero among all districts of India, indicating no deprivation as per the report published by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP for districts across India. The district's headquarters are based in the city of Kottayam. Hindustan Newsprint Limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar (born 4 February 1974) is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil films, she has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award. Having established a distinctive on-screen persona, she is known for her style statements and dancing skills. After making her debut as a child in the 1977 film '' Karm'', Matondkar gained wide recognition with '' Masoom'' (1983), following which she appeared in few other films. Her first lead role came with the Malayalam film '' Chanakyan'' (1989), and her subsequent lead role in Hindi cinema with '' Narsimha'' (1991), both of which were commercial successes. After a brief setback, Matondkar established herself as a leading actress with the romance '' Rangeela'' (1995), the drama '' Judaai'' (1997), the crime film '' Satya'' (1998), the romantic comedy '' Khoobsurat'' (1999), and the thriller ''Jungle'' (2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu
''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Manju Warrier, Thilakan, Biju Menon, Abbas and Kalabhavan Mani. The soundtrack was composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan while Sharreth composed the film score; Mohanlal had sung a song ''Kaithappoovin'' in the film. Manju Warrier received a National Film Award - Special Mention for her performance. Synopsis A young woman named Bhadra (Manju Warrier) wants to take revenge against a landlord, Natesan (Thilakan), who murdered her parents 15 years earlier. She gets a work at Natesan's land. She is taught work by the other female workers there. Natesan's son(Biju Menon) who has an eye on Bhadra, holds her. She gets furious but her workmates calm her. One fine day she notices that a man, chindan who is mentally ill (Kalabhavan Mani) is ill-treated. She befriends him. That night, the eldest worker narrates a story about a man who gave his life for the lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobana
Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu and Tamil films with few Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Film Awards, one Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, with 14 Nominations for Best Actress Category in three different south Indian languages, Tamil Nadu State's Kalaimamani Award in 2011 and numerous other awards. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the Malayalam film '' Manichitrathazhu'' (1993) and the English film '' Mitr, My Friend'' (2001). Subsequent to the year 1999, Shobana turned extremely selective about her films. Shobana was trained under the Bharata Natyam dancers Chitra Visweswaran and Padma Subrahmanyam. She emerged as an independent performer and choreographer in her twenties and currently runs a dance school, ''Kalarpana'', in Chennai. In 2006, the Government ... [...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 censo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavithram
''Pavithram'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar and written by P. Balachandran from a story by Balachandran and Kumar. The film stars Mohanlal and Shobana in lead roles. Vinduja Menon, Thilakan, Srividya, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu and Innocent played prominent supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Sharreth and the cinematography was by Santosh Sivan. The film deals with the relationship between siblings Unnikrishnan (Mohanlal) and Meenakshi (Vinduja Menon) who have an almost 30 year age difference between them. The film won Mohanlal the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam. Plot The movie begins with an older man's dream; Unnikrishnan (Mohanlal) is roused from his house and told to come in haste to see his father (someone Unni has long believed to be dead). He is greeted by a crowd of people who begin to make fun of him and Unni wakes up. An astrologer interprets the dream as a harbinger of Easwara Pill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammootty
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and English-language productions. In a career spanning five decades, he has acted in over 400 films. He is the recipient of several accolades, including three National Film Awards, seven Kerala State Film Awards, and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. For his contribution to film, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 1998. In 2022, he was honoured with Kerala Prabha Award, the second-highest honour given by the Government of Kerala. Mammootty made his debut in acting through Malayalam film '' Anubhavangal Paalichakal'' in 1971. His first leading role was in I. V. Sasi's unreleased film '' Devalokam'' (1979). Mammootty's breakthrough came in 1981 when he received the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahanagaram
''Mahanagaram'' is a 1992 Malayalam film, directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar and starring Mammootty, Shanthi Krishna, Murali, and Thilakan. Plot The movie commences with a smuggling sequence in which Chanthakkad Viswan grabs the goods from customs and takes them to his clients. When he refuses their offer to join them as a partner, the dispute starts. When he is driving back to his home town in Calicut, he is attacked by a bunch of criminals, but he is saved by Chandradas IPS, who is on his way to Calicut to take charge as the Asst. Police Commissioner. He takes Viswan to the hospital. He introduces himself, which is quite a surprise for him. However, Viswan poses as a farmer. Later he skips from the hospital and meets again with Chandradas and his family with his broken wheels. They go with him and take a visit to Viswan's guest house on a beach. Ummaru Kutti, his so-called manager, drives them to their premises. Later they come to know that he is the son-in-law of Writer, a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhoo
Madhoo Shah (Madhubala) (born Padma Malini; 26 March 1969) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She was a part of Movies like ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991), '' Roja'' (1992), ''Allari Priyudu'' (1992), '' Yodha'' (1992), and S. Shankar's Tamil hit ''Gentleman'' (1993). Early life and family Madhoo is a Tamilian. Her birth name was Padma Malini but her father changed her name to Madhu Malini when she entered school. She was educated at St. Joseph's High School, Juhu and at University of Mumbai. She is the cousin of actress Hema Malini and therefore the aunt of Esha Deol. Career Madhoo was signed on by action director Veeru Devgan for his son Ajay Devgan's debut in ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991), but her first release was K. Balachander' s ''Azhagan'' (1991), co-starring Mammooty, Bhanupriya and Geetha. She made her Hindi movie debut with another newcomer Ajay Devgn in ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991). Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukesh (Malayalam Actor)
Mukesh Madhavan (born 5 March 1957), known mononymously as Mukesh, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and politician who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil-language films. In a film career spanning four decades, he has acted in over 260 Malayalam films. His 1996 film '' Kaanaakkinaavu'' premiered at the IFFI and won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. He co-produced '' Kadha Parayumbol'' (2007)'','' which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value. He also produced the 2012 film ''Thattathin Marayathu,'' which is considered one of the defining films of the Malayalam New Wave. He made his onscreen debut in the 1982 film ''Balloon'' in a minor role''.'' He continued to do minor roles and rose to secondary lead roles in the following years. He rose to stardom after playing the lead in the comedy thriller film '' Ramji Rao Spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottayal Pattalam
''Ottayal Pattalam'' () is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language Caper comedy film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar. The film stars Mukesh and Madhoo, with Innocent and KPAC Lalitha in the supporting roles. Sharreth scored the music for the film. Plot Venu (Mukesh) is an orphan who works as a taxi driver. He is mistaken by the police for the kidnapper of Gopika Varma, an NRI girl (Madhoo). Venu tries to solve his problems and prove his innocence and meanwhile stay out of sight of police, by pretending to be a retired Colonel. Amidst his efforts to prove his innocence, he falls in love with Gopika. When she finds he is innocent and gets to know everything had happened without his knowledge, she also starts loving him. How Venu proves that he is innocent is the rest of the plot. The true kidnapper turns out to be an African. Cast * Mukesh as Venu Gopalakrishnan/Col. R. K. Nair * Madhoo as Gopika Varma/Indu * Innocent as DIG Chandrashekara Menon * KPAC Lalitha as SI Shosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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