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Varnakkazhchakal
''Varnakkazchchakal'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam film, directed Sundar Das. The film stars Dileep, Poornima Mohan, Sishwa and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Mohan Sithara. Plot They story deals with aristocratic family and its filial defects. Kunju is the youngest member of the aristocratic family. He has an elder brother, Sudhakaran Menon whom everyone respects and fears. Kunju's sister-in-law is led by greed and halts any marriage proposals coming to Kunju to avoid sharing family wealth. Kunju's brother also follows his wife's lead in this matter. However, the elder brother's business deals result in losses which puts the family's livelihood at stake. His pride makes him fall further into debt. Kunju suffers from schizophreniform disorder after witnessing the death of his girlfriend Malavika during his college days in Palakkad. He falls in love with a lower-class woman, Sridevi despite objections of his family. Sudhakaran Menon gets cheated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundar Das
Sundar Das is an Indian film director in Malayalam movies. He directed more than 10 Malayalam movies. His popular movies are Sallapam, Kuberan and Sammanam. Malayalam actress Manju Warrier debuted with his movie Sallapam ''Sallapam'' is a 1996 Malayalam-language film directed by Sundar Das and written by A. K. Lohithadas, starring Manoj K. Jayan, Dileep and Manju Warrier. The music was composed by Johnson. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Egire Paavurama''. S ..., which was also his debut film. He took a break after Akasham in 2007 and made a comeback in 2013 with the movie ''Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala''. Filmography References External links * Malayalam film directors Artists from Kozhikode Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Film directors from Kerala 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors {{India-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeetha Krish
Sangeetha (born 21 October 1978) is an Indian actress, dancer, and television presenter who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is known as ''Rasika'' in Malayalam movie industry. Making her acting debut in the mid-1990s, Sangeetha is best known for her performances in the films ''Khadgam'' (2002), ''Pithamagan'' (2003), ''Uyir'' (2006), '' Dhanam'' (2008) and ''Sarileru Neekevvaru'' (2020). Early life Sangeetha was born in Chennai,Sangeetha . Interview at totaltollywood.com India, to Santharam and Bhanumathy. Her grandfather, K. R. Balan, is a film producer, who had produced more than 20 Tamil films. Also her father had produced several films. She has two brothers. She studied at St. John's English School and Junior College, Besant Nagar, Chennai. Sangeetha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poornima Mohan
Poornima Indrajith (née Poornima Mohan; born 13 December) is an Indian actress and television presenter who works in mainly in Malayalam cinema. Apart from that, she is a fashion designer. She is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran. Early and personal life Poornima Indrajith was born to Mohan and Shanthi, in a Tamils, Tamil family that settled in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father is a practising lawyer and her mother runs a dance school. She has a younger sister Priya Mohan, who is also an actress. Poornima is married to Malayalam actor Indrajith Sukumaran. She has two daughters including singer Prarthana Indrajith. She is the daughter-in-law of the famous Malayalee actor late Sukumaran and actress Mallika Sukumaran. Malayalee actor Prithviraj Sukumaran is her brother-in-law. Career Poornima started her career as a model (profession), model and then acted in Successful Tamil language, Tamil TV serial ''Kolangal (TV series), Kolangal''. She then acted in man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohan Sithara
Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industry. His work mixes Western, Classical and folk styles. He has worked with lyricists and poets like O. N. V Kurup, Yusufali Kechery, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajeev Alunkal, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, S. Ramesan Nair, Vinayan, Bharanikkavu Sivakumar, Anil Panachooran, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Bichu Thirumala. Many prominent singers have sung his songs, including K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, M.G.Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Shreya Ghoshal, Sujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan, G. Venugopal, Vidhu Prathap, Afsal, Manjari, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, and Biju Narayanan. Early life Mohan Sithara was born at Peruvallur, near Chavakkad, Thrissur, Kerala, India, in 1959. He started his music career as violinist in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramachandra Babu
K. Ramachandra Babu (15 December 1947 – 21 December 2019) was an Indian cinematographer of over 125 films, out of which most are Malayalam films. He also worked for films in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi, Arabic and English language, English languages. He served as the cinematographer for several documentaries and advertisement films as well. He was the founder of the Indian cinematographers, Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). Early life and career Ramachandra Babu was born on 15 December 1947 in Maduranthakam at Chengalpattu, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, as the eldest son of Malayali parents, Kunjan Pillai and Padmini Amma, both from Alleppey Kerala. After obtaining his B.Sc. (Chemistry) degree from Loyola College, Chennai, Loyola College, Madras in 1966, he went on to join the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune to study cinematography. In the Institute, he made friends with Balu Mahendra, John Abraham (director), John Abraham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalabhavan Mani
Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in over 250 films, including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films, and was renowned for his humorous characters and villain roles. Mani won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award and Kerala State Film Award for his performance as Ramu in ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' (1999). Personal life Kalabhavan Mani was born as Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani in Kerala to Chenathunad Kunnisseri Veettil Raman and Ammini at Chalakudy, Thrissur District on New Year's Day in 1971. He had an elder brother, Velayudan (deceased), younger brother, R. L. V. Ramakrishnan (dancer) and four sisters, Thankamani, Leela, Santha and Ammini Jr. He studied at GLPS East School Chalakudy till 4th grade and Government Boys School, Chalakudy till ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Menon
Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and made his debut in Malayalam movie, ''Nirmalyam''. Ravi Menon also got the state government special jury award for his role in 'Nirmalayam'. His first movie was Mani Kaul's '' Duvidha for which he was nominated for the national best actor award . His notable movies includes ''Shalini Ente Koottukari, Shyama, Kilukkam, Minnaram''. He acted in more than 50 Malayalam movies. He hailed from Karimpuzha in Palakkad district. He died in Perinthalmanna, Kerala on 24 November 2007. He was 57. He was suffering from cancer for long time in his last days. He was a bachelor. Filmography * 2006 - Pathaka As Kelappan Nair * 2004 - Ee Snehatheerathu * 2004 - Parinamam * 2003 - Shingari Bolona As Bank Manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risabava
Rizabawa (24 September 1966 – 13 September 2021) was an Indian actor who works predomiantly in Malayalam films and television. His breakthrough role was as a villain in the 1990 film ''In Harihar Nagar''. Since then, he acted as villain in several films in 1990s. Early life Career Rizabawa started his career in theatre. Even though Rizabawa played the hero in his debut film ''Dr. Pasupathy'' directed by Shaji Kailas, his first noticed role in Malayalam films was from the director Duo Siddique-Lal in the movie ''In Harihar Nagar''. His role John Honai became a breakthrough role for him, a villain. He later moved into the small-screen industry, acting in a number of Malayalam serials. He continued to be a villain in many other films, including ''Irikku MD Akathundu'', ''Vakkeel Vasudev'', ''Thiruthalvaadi'', and ''Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji''. Later in his career, Rizabawa acted in the Malayalam film industry in supporting roles. He has also acted in many serials from 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreenath
Sreenath (26 August 1956 – 23 April 2010) was an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in many Malayalam films, including ''Shalini Ente Koottukari'', ''Ithu Njangalude Katha'', ''Oru CBI Diary Kurippu'', and '' Kireedam''. Sreenath was a Shiv Sena candidate from the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Personal life At the start of his film career, he worked with actress Shanthi Krishna in a few hit movies and fell in love during the shoot of ''Ithu Njangalude Katha''. He later married her at Guruvayoor Temple in September 1984. They parted ways in September 1995. He married Latha in 1999. The couple have a son named Viswajith. Career Sreenath began his film career in the 1980s, but slowly shifted his focus to television acting although he continued to act in films occasionally. He completed two years of acting courses at South India Film Chambers. His popular films include ''Shalini Ente Koottukari'', ''Ithu Njangalude Katha'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, India. He wrote during the modern era of Malayalam poetry and won the Odakkuzhal Award, the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award and the Vallathol Award. Career K. P. Narayana Pisharody was Kechery's Sanskrit teacher and taught him free of cost for four years. Kechery's poetry works include ''Sainaba'', ''Aayiram Navulla Mounam'', ''Anchu Kanyakakal'', ''Nadabhramam'', ''Amrithu'', ''Kecheri Puzha'', ''Anuragagaanam Pole'', ''Aalila'', ''Kadhaye Premicha Kavitha'', ''Perariyatha Nombaram'' and ''Ahaindavam''. He also directed the films ''Vanadevatha'' (1977) and '' Neelathamara'' (1979). He wrote the lyrics for the songs in the film ''Dhwani'', which were composed by musician Naushad. In 2000 he was awarded a National Award for a Sanskrit song written for the Malayalam film ''Mazha'' (''Rain''). Kechery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing stereotypical roles of a senior police officer, judge or a priest. Some of his noted roles were in movies ''New Delhi'' (1987), Thanthram (1988), ''Lelam'' (1997) and ''Pathram'' (1999), all directed by Joshiy. Varma joined the Kerala Police Force in 1963, before getting active in movies. He retired from the Kerala Police as the Superintendent of Police. Family Malayalam movie director Viji Thampi is his Son-in-law. His last film was 'Dolls', released in 2013. His last TV serial was ' Mangalyapattu', which was being aired in Mazhavil Manorama channel at the time of his death. He was cremated with full state honours at his family crematorium in Cherthala. Filmography * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sruthi Lakshmi
Sruthi Jose (born September 8, 1990), better known by her screen name Sruthi Lakshmi, is an Indian actress acting mainly in Malayalam films and television serials. She is also a trained classical dancer. She received a Kerala state television award for best actress in 2016 for teleserial Pokkuveyil. Personal life Sruthi Jose with the screen name Sruthi Lakshmi is born on 8 September 1990 to Jose and cine actress Lissy Jose at Kannur. Her father is from Kannur and mother is from Wayanad.She has an elder sister Sreelaya. She is a practicing Knanaya catholic. After completing her +2 in Science from GHSS Sreekandapuram she went to pursue graduation from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum. She is a trained classical dancer. Her elder sister Sreelaya acted in films Kutteem Kolum (2013), Maanikyam (2015), Compartment (2015) and serials Krishnakripasagaram on Amrita TV , Kanmani, Thenum Vayambum on Surya TV, Bhagyadevatha on Mazhavil Manorama, Moonumani on Flowers TV, Priyappettaval on M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
