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Vellimoonga
''Vellimoonga'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language political satire film directed by Jibu Jacob and written by Joji Thomas. It stars Biju Menon in the lead role with Aju Varghese, Nikki Galrani, Tini Tom, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sasi Kalinga, Saju Navodaya, Kalabhavan Shajon, Veena Nair, and Siddique in supporting roles. Asif Ali appears in a cameo role. The music was composed by Bijibal. The film was released on 25 September 2014 in 60 centres across Kerala. The film became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of 2014, with ticket sales estimated at . The movie was remade in Tamil in 2016 as ''Muthina Kathirika''. Plot Mamachan is an unmarried politician who is in his 40’s. Mamachan works in a relatively unknown party based in North India that barely has any presence in Kerala. He is subject to taunts and retorts due to this though he is the national leader of the party he belongs to. Well known for his cunning and slimy tactics Mamachan has his share of haters i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthina Kathirika
''Muthina Kathirika'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Venkat and produced by Khushbu. A remake of the successful Malayalam film ''Vellimoonga'' (2014), the film stars Sundar C., Poonam Bajwa. Following the completion of Sundar's directorial commitments, the film began production in February 2016. Plot In 1996, a 18-year Muthupandi visits the local police station in Kovilur in Thenkasi for a small issue. He gets a good respect in station as his grandfather was an MLA from ADBD party, which is a national party. Muthupandi realises the worth of politics and foolishly joins the party, without realising that ADBD has no hold in Tamilnadu. He tries to woo his college senior Madhavi, but ends up in a scuffle with supr-senior Ravikumar, and drops all hopes of love. 20 years later, Muthupandi is still unmarried and is the State General Secretary of the meek party. His younger brother is married, has kids and works as Government employee and his youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1970) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, Telugu film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over two decades, he has appeared in over 150 films, and has won one National Film Awards, National film award for Best Supporting Actor, three Kerala State Film Awards including one best actor, two Filmfare Awards South and nine Asianet Film Awards.He got the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2021 for the film ''Aarkkariyam''. Biju Menon's popular characters include Mahendra Varma in ''Mannar Mathai Speaking'' (1995), Sharath in ''Azhakiya Ravanan'' (1996), Akhilachandran in ''Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' (1997), SP Firoz Mohammed in ''Pathram'' (1999), Uthaman in ''Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' (1999), Vishnu in ''Madhuranombarakattu'' (2000), Rajeevan in ''Meghamalhar'' (2001), C.I. Bhadran K. Menon in ''Shiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jibu Jacob
Jibu Jacob is an Indian cinematographer and director working in Malayalam film industry. He debuted as a cinematographer in 2002 with the crime film '' Stop Violence''. After a decade long career as a cinematographer, he made his debut as a director in 2014 with the political satire film ''Vellimoonga''. His most recent directorial '' Mei Hoom Moosa'' released in September 2022. Film career After a short stint as an assistant cinematographer in Malayalam film industry, he made his independent debut in cinematography with the 2002 crime film '' Stop Violence'' directed by A. K. Sajan. Later he worked in a number of Malayalam films as a cinematographer until 2013. He debuted as a director with the comical political satire film ''Vellimoonga'' (2014) starring Biju Menon, which was both a critical and commercial success. His second directorial was ''Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol'', starring Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Galrani
Nikita Galrani (born 3 January 1992) is an Indian actress known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films. Her commercially successful films include ''1983 (film), 1983'' (2014), ''Vellimoonga'' (2014) and ''Darling (2015 Indian film), Darling'' (2015). She has established herself to be a leading actress of South Indian cinema, and is a recipient of several accolades. ''Kochi Times'' placed her fifth in their list of the "25 Most Desirable Women of 2015". In 2016, McAfee Intel Security described Galrani as the most searched celebrity in Tamil cinema. She starred in the commercially successful films like ''1983 (film), 1983'' (2014), ''Vellimoonga'' (2014), ''Darling (2015 Indian film), Darling'' (2015), ''Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran'' (2016) and ''Kalakalappu 2'' (2018). Consecutive success of films, making her one of the most sought-after actresses in South Indian film industry. ''IBTimes'' called Galrani the most successful actress in Malayalam cinema. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu Narayan
Vishnu Narayanan is an Indian cinematographer who works in Malayalam cinema. He debuted as a cinematographer in 2012 with '' Asuravithu''. He has been a frequent collaborator of director Ranjith Sankar, with whom he has worked on ''Punyalan Private Limited'' (2017), ''Njan Marykutty'' (2018), and ''Pretham 2'' (2018). Vishnu's notable films includes ''Vellimoonga'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015), and its sequel ''Aadu 2 ''Aadu 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language slapstick comedy film written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas and produced by Vijay Babu under Friday Film House. It is the sequel to the 2015 film ''Aadu'', and Jayasurya, Saiju Kurup ...'' (2017). Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Vishnu Living people Cinematographers from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetha Salam
Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', ''Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapuram, Alappuzha, Kerala. He performed in about 82 Films and some TV series. Personal life He was married to Rahmath, and is survived by two sons, Shan and Shafeer. Career He started his career as a Dramatist artist with the drama group ''Geetha''. He started his film career in the Malayalam film '' Mani Koya Kurup'' (1979), directed by S. S. Devadas and produced by P. P. Jose. His second movie was ''Megasandesam'' (Horror movie), directed by Rajasenan and produced by K. Radhakrishnan. He performed in about 82 films and some TV series.http://mediaonegulf.com/programs/grand-kerala-circus/ He was present in Malayalam Cinema. Filmography * ''Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikal'' * ''To Let Ambadi Talkies'' * ''David and Goliath'' * ''Outsider'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aju Varghese
Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985) better known as Aju Varghese is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in ''Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his college classmate Vineeth Sreenivasan. In a career spanning over a decade, he has acted in more than 125 Malayalam films. He owns a production company named Funtastic Films along with actor Dhyan Sreenivasan and producer Visakh Subramaniam. Personal life and career Aju Varghese was born to Varghese P. K. and Celiene Susan in Thiruvalla in India. He has a younger sister Anju. Aju is married to Augustina since 24 February 2014. They have twins: a girl named Juana and a boy named Evan born on 28 October 2014. They later had a second set of twins - Jake and Luke - on 30th Sep 2016. Aju attended Rajagiri High School, Kalamasserry and later Bhavans Adarsha Vidhyalaya, Ernakulam. He did his Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering from KCG College of Technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Ali (actor)
Asif Ali (born 4 February 1986) is an Indian actor and producer, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 Malayalam Language film, '' Ritu''. During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically and commercially successful films including the romantic thriller, ''Apoorvaragam'', the road thriller film ''Traffic'', the romantic comedy film ''Salt N' Pepper'' and the period drama movie ''Ozhimuri'', which got an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India. His 2013 film ''Honey Bee'' was one of the major hits in that year and his 2015 film ''Nirnayakam'' won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. His success streak continued by starring in the 2016 romantic movie '' Anuraga Karikkin Vellam'', the 2017 movie ''Sunday Holiday'', the campus thriller ''Btech'' (2018) and ''Vijay Superum Pournamiyum'' (2019), which produced a hat-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijibal
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films, documentaries, short films and television commercials. He has composed for more than 150 feature films, several documentaries and television commercials. Career Bijibal entered the film industry as a composer in 2007, with the film satirical drama ''Arabikatha'' starring Sreenivasan and directed by Lal Jose. In 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Background Score and Kerala State Film Award for the film ''Kaliyachan''. He has also composed for several non-film Malayalam albums including ''Vasco Da Gama''. He has also often composed for short films besides directing the short titled ''Sundari'' and also composing its score. He also composed the music for the door-opening and door-closing notification system in Kochi Metro trains which continues to be in use to this date. He has composed music for films including ''Arabikatha'', ''Pathemari'', ''Loudspeaker'' , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tini Tom
Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom completed his high school education from St. Albert's High School, Ernakulam and his pre-degree course at St. Albert's College, Ernakulam, and degree in politics from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. He enrolled for L.L.B at Ramamanohar Lohia College of Law, Bangalore, but discontinued. He has a karate blue belt. Career Tini Tom started his career as an impressionist and has worked with famous troupes such as Seven Arts, Cochin Guinness and Kalabhavan, which saw him going places. His appearance in a TV comedy programme called ''Tom & Jerry'' with Guinness Pakru, became a success. This programme helped both the artists gain entry into commercial films. Tini Tom made his big-screen debut with ''Panchapandavar'' (1998) but it was through the Mammo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chembil Ashokan
Chembil Ashokan is an actor in the Malayalam film industry. He is from Chembu - Vaikom. He has played many notable characters in Malayalam cinema. Filmography Television *Kadamattathu Kathanar (JaiHind TV) *Bhasi Bahadoor (Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...) References Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Male actors from Kottayam Living people 21st-century Indian male actors People from Vaikom 1960 births {{India-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anu Joseph
Anu Joseph (born 23 December 1985) is an Indian actress in the Malayalam television industry. She made her acting debut in '' Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam'' directed by T. V. Chandran. Career Anu Joseph won the Kalathilakam title in the school Youth Festival and became the part of Kalabhavan dance troupe to perform classical art forms and started getting offers from serials. Anu made her debut in the serial Chithralekha aired on Surya TV and later went on to do many popular serials including Makalude Amma, Minnukettu, Aalilathaali, Snehachandhrika, Pazhassi Raja and Oridathoridathu. While she plays an innocent and sweet girl in Alilathaali, she portrays a pretentious woman in Oridathoridathu. However, it was through Minnukettu ''Minnukettu'' is an Indian Malayalam television soap opera directed by Jnanasheelan and which aired on Surya TV from 16 August 2004 to 2 January 2009 This is the first ever serial in Malayalam to cross 1000 episodes Minnukettu and its title so ... that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |