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Usha (actress)
Haseena Haneef, better known as Usha N (her stage name), is an Indian actress, who has worked predominantly in Malayalam film industry. She has acted in more than 70 movies. Usha made her acting debut as a child artist in the 1984 film Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu. Biography Usha is an Indian actress and singer in Malayalam movies. She has acted in more than 70 movies, and is also a dancer and singer. Personal life She was born as Haseena to Muhammed Haneef, an A.S.I. and Hafsa Beevi, at Alisherry, Alappuzha, Kerala. She has two brothers; Haseeb and Hanees, both of whom are in the film industry. She had her primary education from Govt. Mohammedan's Higher Secondary School, Alappuzha. She was a theatre artist before becoming a cine artist. She debuted as a heroine to Balachandra Menon in the movie ''Kandathum Kettathum'' in 1988. Later in 2011, she married Nazar Abdul Khader, a Chennai-based businessman. Partial filmography *Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1984) as Child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alappuzha, Kerala
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] |
Anantha Vruthantham
''Anantha Vruthantham'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anil, starring Sai Kumar and Ranjini in the lead roles. Cast * Sai Kumar as Dr. Ananthan * Ranjini as Laeticia * Usha as Vijayalakshmi * Innocent as Padmanabha Iyer * Sukumari as Merzy * Jagathy Sreekumar as Radhakrishnan * Manoj K. Jayan as Kishore * Vijay Menon * Mamukkoya as Thanoor Thaha * Meena Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the sta ... as Subammal References External links * 1990 films 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudumba Vishesham
''Kudumba Vishesham'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. Anil, Babu Narayanan, starring Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the lead roles. This movie is the remake of Tamil movie '' Veedu_Manaivi_Makkal''. Cast * Thilakan as Madhavan Nair * Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Bharathi Madhavan Nair * Maniyanpilla Raju as Prasad M. Nair * Renuka as Urmila M. Nair (Urmila Uthamman) * Urvasi as Geetha M. Nair * Baiju as Santhosh M. Nair * Shanthi Krishna as Aswathy Prasad * Jagadish as Chinna Thampy (Geetha's love interest) * Ashokan as Uthaman * Seetha as Deepa Santhosh (Daughter of KRC) * Kalpana as Elikutty * Rajan P. Dev as KRC * Meena as Kikkili Kochamma * Paravoor Bharathanas Kikkili Kochamma's Husband * Jose Pallissery as Kunjappan * Kaduvakulam Antony * M. S. Thripunithura as Aswathy's Father * Harisree Ashokan as Abubacker * Usha as Vidhya (Prasad's love interest) * J. Pallassery as Doctor Soundtrack The music was done by Johnson and the lyrics were by Bichu Thirum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardhakya Puranam
''Vardhakya Puranam'' () is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Rajasenan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi. The film stars Manoj K. Jayan, Narendra Prasad, Jagathy Sreekumar, Janardhanan and Kanaka. The film featured songs composed by Kannur Rajan and film score by S. P. Venkatesh. Plot The film follows the adventures of three retirees. Mahendran Thambi, Ommanakuttan Pillai, and Cherian Thomas. Thambi comes up with the plan of starting a theatre troupe. Cast * Manoj K. Jayan as Jayamohan Thampi *Narendra Prasad as Mahendran Thampi *Jagathy Sreekumar as Omanakuttan Pillai * Janardhanan as Cherian Thomas * Kanaka as Rajani *Kanakalatha as Sumithra Omanakuttan *Meena as Susanna Cherian * Usha as Mollykutty *Kaveri as Sathi * Prem Kumar as Parimalan - Jayan's Friend *Philomina as Odanavattom Omana *Sudheesh as Satheesh * Abi as Santhosh *Aneesha as Thara *T. R. Omana as Mahendran Thampi's Mother *Adoor Bhavani as Thara's Grandmother *Bharath Gopi as Rajani' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Naalai Engal Kalyanam
''Naalai'' ( Tomorrow) is a 2006 Indian Tamil language film directed by Udhayabhanu Maheswaran and produced by Nallamuthu. The film stars Richard Rishi, Natarajan Subramaniam, Madhumitha, and Nassar. The music was composed by Karthik Raja, and the film released on 16 June 2006. Singapore actor Sivakumar debuted in this movie for a guest appearance. Plot The film starts with Justin (Richard Rishi) getting released from jail while his friend Natty (Natarajan Subramaniam) is waiting for him. A writer who witnesses this decided to write a biography on them. Justin and Natty are friends since childhood. They first met during the death of their respective parents. Both work as henchmen to Nair (Nassar). They are his loyal servants and are prepared to lay their lives for him. However, a sequence of events results in Nair developing mistrust and hatred on the two. He employs another youth, Adi (Aditya Srivastav), in their place and plans to bump them off. Eventually, Justin ends up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalamura
''Thalamura'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film directed by K. Madhu and starring Mukesh and Madhu in lead roles. Cast * Mukesh as Mundakkal Martin * Madhu as Marcos * Baby Anju as Lakshmi * Jagathy Sreekumar as Appukuttan * N. F. Varghese as Thomachan * Narendra Prasad as Bhadran * Prathapachandran as priest * K.P.A.C. Sunny as Sub Inspector John Thomas * Kaduvakulam Antony * Kanakalatha as Gracy * Mavelikkara Ponnamma * Kundara Johnny as Krishnan Namboothiri * Rizabawa as Vishnu Namboothiri * Bheeman Raghu as Mundackal Kariachen * T. P. Madhavan as Adv. Purushothaman Pillai * Shivaji as Velappan * Usha as Bhanu * Chithra * Karyavattam Sasikumar Reception In 2000, Krisha Kumar of ''Gulf News ''Gulf News'' is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was first launched in 1978, and is currently distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf Countries. Its online edition was launch ...'' opined that "The director stic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenkol
''Chenkol'' () is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by A. K. Lohithadas. A sequel to his 1989 film '' Kireedam'', the story continues Sethumadhavan's (Mohanlal) story after his prison term and his life back into society. The movie was produced by Krishnakumar. It also features Thilakan, Surbhi Javeri Vyas, Keerikkadan Jose, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. The film's music was composed by Johnson. Lohithadas won the Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Script for the film. Plot Sethumadhavan is released after serving imprisonment of seven years in central jail for murdering Keerikadan Jose, a hardcore criminal. Though it was by accident, which he did to save his life, the society is not ready to accept it. For them, he is now a hardcore criminal, who had killed someone who ruled the streets for long years. Upon release, Sethu visits the medical college to meet his younger brother Rameshan who is doing a course in medicine. However, Rames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sthreedhanam
''Sthreedhanam'' ( en, Dowry) was an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Hotstar from 2 July 2012 to 14 May 2016. Kannada actress Chithra Shenoy along with Divya Padmini and Rajiv Roshan played the major roles. It is remade in Tamil as Ponnukku Thanga Manasu on Star Vijay. It is remade in Telugu on Star Maa as ''Kante Koothurne Kanali''. Plot The show begins with Prashanthan's wedding. He is the eldest among Sethulakshmi and Lakshmanan Pillai's three sons. They belong to the refined Palat clan. Sethulakshmi is a dominant and greedy mother who forcefully pushed Prashanthan to marry Divya from the Meledath family. But Sethulakshmi was not happy that Divya will be part of their family with a worthless grant and small gold. All she wants is Divya's wealth. She used her power as Divya's mother-in-law and gave Divya and her parents an extremely big trouble. Mayuri is the cousin of Prashanthan asked about wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithunam (1993 Film)
''Mithunam'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language domestic drama film, directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan. The film stars Mohanlal and Urvashi. It was produced by Mohanlal under the banner of Pranavam Arts and was distributed by Pranamam Pictures. The film features songs composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan and background score by S. P. Venkatesh. The film was a box office success, running for 200 days in theatres. Over the years, the film has accumulated a cult following and huge fan base. Synopsis Sethumadhavan has plans to start a biscuit factory, Dakshayani Biscuits, named after his late mother. But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his dysfunctional family, the fights between his brother and brother-in-law, other family problems. He marries his long-term fiancée Sulochana, who always cribs that he does not have love towards her, which he had shown before their m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aadhaaram
''Aadhaaram'' is a 1992 Malayalam-language drama film directed by George Kithu, written by Lohithadas. The film stars Murali as Bapputty, who is trying to rebuild life after completing his prison sentence. The film also features Suresh Gopi, Geetha, and Sudheesh in supporting roles. Plot Bapputty is a convict who is released from jail after serving his sentence. The film tells the story of his attempts to build back his life and his accidental interference in the family affairs of Rameshan and his sister Sethulakshmi. Cast * Murali as Bapputty *Suresh Gopi as Vasu * Geetha as Sethulakshmi * Usha as Shayida * Sudheesh as Rameshan * Janardhanan as Krishna Menon * Sukumari as Naniyamma * Shari as Amina *Mamukkoya as Kunjappu * V. K. Sreeraman as Musaliyar *Beena Antony as Sreedevi Menon *Karamana Janardhanan Nair as Abdullah * Sankaradi as Kesavan Nair *Poojappura Ravi as Shankaran Nair * Subair as Kunjalikutty * Remyasree as Bhanumathy *Indrans as Dinakaran * Aboobacker as Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulsavamelam
''Utsavamelam'' (The Sound of Festival) is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Suresh Unnithan and written by K. S. Bhasurachandran. The rivalry between two families and the unexpected middle man in these issues is the main theme of the film. The film was a moderate success.http://www.malayalacinema.com/userreview_utsava-melam.htm Plot ''Thekkumpuram'' and ''Vadakkumpuram'' are rival branches of an aristocratic family in the village, and the focal point for their clashes is the right over the village temple and its festivals. It is apparent that there is no near resolution of the conflict as well as no room for negotiation between them. However, the annual festival in the village must go on and every year and it renews the confrontation between these two families and their supporters which apparently divided the village dangerously between two rivaling factions. The rights for the year's festival go to Vadakkumpuram family in a negotiation proposed by respecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
