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Vatsalyam
''Vatsalyam'' (English: Parental love) is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Cochin Haneefa and written by A. K. Lohithadas. It stars Mammootty, Siddique, Geetha, Janardhanan, Sunitha, Ilavarasi, Aboobacker, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. The film contrasts traditional and modern values following two brothers ''Meledathu Raghavan Nair'' (Mammootty) and ''Vijayakumaran Nair'' (Siddique). Plot Meledathu Raghavan Nair (Mammootty) is the only support of a big family that includes his mother, wife Malathi ( Geetha), brother Vijayakumaran Nair ( Siddique), sister Sudha ( Sunitha), uncle Kunjammama (Aboobacker) and his daughter Nalini (Bindu Panicker). After Raghavan's father's death the whole responsibility of the family came upon Raghavan. His father had left with them huge amount of debts which then reached a stage of attachment from court. At that critical juncture it was Raghavan's uncle Kunjammama who helped them repay the debts by selling his property out of lo ...
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Cochin Haneefa
Muhammed Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010), better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa, was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam and Tamil. As a director he is best known for the films ''Aankiliyude Tharattu'' (1987) and ''Vatsalyam'' (1993). Personal life and education Haneefa was born in Cochin (present-day Kochi) to Kochi Velthedathu Tharavattil A.B. Muhammed and Hajira, as the second among their eight children. He studied at Kochi St. Augustine's School and St. Albert's College and graduated with a degree in commerce. His nephew Badusha acted in '' Pappayude Swantham Appoos'' Career He made his film debut in 1972 in '' Azhimukham'' directed by Vijayan and went on to act in over 300 films in Malayalam. He also acted in over 80 Tamil films, including po ...
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Sunitha (actress)
Sunitha is an Indian actress known for her roles in films made in South India from 1986 to 1996. Movie career She entered the film industry through the movie ''Kodai Mazhai'', a 1986 Tamil movie directed by Muktha S. Sundar, with music by Ilayaraja, starring Rajinikanth (Not Major, Guest Role), Prasad and Lakshmi and '' Ponmana Selvan'' (1989), starring Vijayakanth, directed by P. Vasu. The same year saw the release of Vijayakanth's movie ''Rajanadai'' and '' Varavu Nalla Uravu'' (1990), a family movie, for which director Visu won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Story Writer. She was also in ''Nenja Thottu Sollu'' a Tamil movie, a female oriented story based on a character called Pongona, directed by T. N. Kanna. She starred in the Malayalam movies ''Nirabhedangal'', directed by Sajan, starring Prathap Pothen, Ambika and Geetha and '' Kanikanum Neram'', directed by Rajasenan, starring Ratheesh and Saritha in 1987. Her popular movies include '' Mrugaya'', a Malayalam actio ...
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Ilavarasi
Ilavarasi is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam Kannada and Hindi cinema. She was one of the prominent lead actresses from 1982 to 1992. Her popular lead roles are ''vatsalyam'' along with Mammootty and Visu' s ''Samsaram Adhu Minsaram''. She is credited as Ilavarasi in Tamil, Kalpana in Telugu and Manjula Sharma in Kannada.She is best known for her supporting roles in late 1990s. Partial filmography TV * Antharangaalu - Telugu serial * Saradha - Malayalam serial Awards ; Nandi Film Awards * Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Sagatu Manishi'' (1988)(in Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...) References External links * Indian film actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people Actresses in Malayalam ...
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Kerala State Film Award For Best Actor
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor is an honour, begun in 1969, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to an actor for best performance in a Malayalam film. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the awards have been constituted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The awardees are decided by an independent jury constituted every year. They are announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister. Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 55 Best Actor awards to 32 different actors. The recipients receive a figurine, a certificate, and a cash prize of . Several actors have won the honour for more than one film in a given year. As of 2020, the only actor to have won the ...
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Anandavally
Anandavally C. R. (14 January 1952 5 April 2019) was an Indian actress and dubbing artist, who predominantly worked in the Malayalam film industry. Early life Anandavally was born into an agricultural family at Veliyam, State of Travancore-Cochin to Tamilian parents. She did her schooling in "Kaiyela School" - Veliyam, where she began acting in school plays and later started Kadhaprasangam (story-telling performance). Career Drama artist Anandavally used to sing for dramas even while a teenager. But unexpectedly, her acting skills were put to test in front of a large audience during the drama "Chithalu Kayariya Bhoomi" in 1969. Then she started performing in several dramas of KPAC, Kalidasa Kalakendram, Deshabhimani Theaters-Attingal, Kerala Theaters-Kottayam and Kayamkulam Peoples Theaters. Radio She also worked as an announcer in the All India Radio. Film actress Anandavally entered the film industry through the film "Kadu" and went on to act in below given films. She ...
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Abi (actor)
Habeeb Muhammed (28 February 1965 – 30 November 2017), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Abi, was an Indian impressionist, comedian, actor, and dubbing artist. Personal life Abi was born as the third son to Kavumkara Thadathikkudiyil (Thonganal) Bava Khan, a noted social worker and the former state general secretary of Kerala Congress, and Payipra Ezhuthanikattu Ummakunju on 28 February 1965 at Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam. He has two elder brothers Ameer Navas and Kabeer B Haroon, and a younger sister Raziya. He had his primary education at Government Higher Secondary School, Muvattupuzha. He did his pre university degree from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. He studied Sanitary Inspector's Diploma Course (S.I.) at Mumbai. He was married to Sunila. They had a son, Shane Nigam, two daughters, Ahana and Aleena. They settled at Elamakkara, Kochi. He was under treatment for aplastic anemia for two years before his death. On 30 November 2017 he was taken to Amrita Hospital at ...
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Ottapalam Pappan
Ottapalam Pappan (15 June 1945 - 25 July 2013) was an Indian theatre, television and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1990s and 2000s. Pappan started as a theatre artist and later debuted in film with the 1991 movie '' Valsalyam''. He acted in around 80 movies. His popular movies are '' Golanthara Vartha'', ''Pingami'', ''Oru Maravathoor Kanavu'' and ''Sallapam''. Pappan was active in the theater scene from 1970 to 1990. He had acted in many telefilms and won best supporting actor television award from State Government in 2009 for the telefilm ''Irul meghangalkkum Soorya reshmikalkkum madhye'', received from Minister M. A. Baby. Biography He was born to Vaappala Narayana Menon and Naavally Pandarakulathil Parukkutty Amma on 15 June 1945 at Ottapalam. He has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. He completed his primary education from Ananganady school, Ottappalam. After school he went to Bangalore and joined the Indian Army. After 8 years of army life, he joined Drama troupes Kollam ...
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Kozhikode Narayanan Nair
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema, who has acted in more than 300 films. He entered the "Malayalam" movie industry (Mollywood) through a drama troupe. His first film was ''Aabhijathyam'' (1970), and he is also remembered for his role as Valyamama in a Malayalam movie called '' Valsalyam'' (1993). Early life Nair was born in 1940 in Panthirankavu in the Kozhikode district. He entered his career in early school days through drama playing activities. Later, he became the member of a professional drama troop - Stage India. He continued his drama life with employment in sylon printers. He later became the manager of Marikkar eng. company and Hindustan eng. company. Film career In his 50 years of the acting career, he completed 300 films in Malayalam industry. His first film was ''Aabhijathyam'' (1970). He then acted in movies such as '' Utharayanam'', ''Nirmalyam'', '' Kochuthemmadi'', '' Oliyambukal'', ''Bharatham'', ''Aavanazhi'', ''Sadhayam'', ''ent ...
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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 cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, 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 List of awards and nominations received by Mammootty, 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 Awards, 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 (film ...
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Renuka (actress)
Renuka is an Indian actress who is known for playing the lead role ''Premi'' in K. Balachander's Tamil tele-serial of the same name. She has also acted in Malayalam and some Hindi films. Early life Renuka's family hailed from the town of Srirangam. Due to adverse circumstances caused by the early death of her father, she was compelled to move to the city of Chennai at an early age in search of work. In a short while, she was able to get a job as a drama artiste with Komal Swaminathan's troupe. Career She got the break in Tamil films with the 1989 movie ''Samsara Sangeetham'' directed by T. Rajender and in the year 1990, she worked in Malayalam movie ''Kuttettan''. Renuka has worked in a few Tamil films and about 75 Malayalam movies, after she was introduced to Tamil film director K. Balachander by colleague Geetha. Renuka was cast in a supporting role in the teleserial ''Kaialavu Manasu'' directed by Balachander. Following ''Kaialavu Manasu'', Renuka also did a support ...
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Bindu Panicker
Bindu Panicker is an Indian actress who has more than 200 films to her credit. She has played both comedy and character roles in Malayalam cinema. She won the Kerala State Film Award for the best supporting actress in 2001 for Soothradharan. She was a member of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists executive committee. Awards and nominations Filmography Television *1995: Moharavam (Doordarshan) *2005: Sahadharmini (Asianet) * Ellam Mayajalam (Asianet) *Santhanagopalam (Asianet) *Snehathinte Mullukal (Doordarshan) *Ayyadi Maname (Kairali TV Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment television channel owned by Kairali TV Network (Malayalam Communications Limited). It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. The channel is bac ...) *Manalnagaram *Naalukettu *Vamsham *Roses in December References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panicker, Bindu Actresses from Kochi Living people Actresses in Malayalam ...
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Kunchan (actor)
Kunchan (born 14 November 1952) is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating on Malayalam films. He has done over 650 films in Malayalam. He usually does minor roles. He has also done important character roles. He started his career when Malayalam films were made in black and white. He made his debut with Tamil film ''Manaivi'' (1969), which went unreleased, and his first release was ''Rest House'' released in 1970. His most remembered roles were in films like ''Ivar'' (1980), ''Nayakan'' (1985), ''Avanazhi'' (1986), ''Carnivel'' (1989) ''Aye Auto'' (1990), ''Kottayam Kunjachan'' (1990), and ''Lelam'' (1997). Recently he has also done Kamal Haasan' s ''Manmadhan Ambu''. Personal life Kunchan was born as Mohan Das as the second among five children to Krishnan and Oolamma at Fort Kochi on 14 November 1952. He had three brothers and a sister. He had his primary education from T. D. High School, Mattancherry, Kochi. Kunchan married Shoba on 28 April 1985. She owns a beauty parlor, ...
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