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Vysakh
Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his stage name Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films and is known for several commercially successful films like ''Pokkiri Raja (2010 film), Pokkiri Raja'', ''Seniors (film), Seniors'', ''Mallu Singh'', ''Pulimurugan'' and ''Madhura Raja''. He began his career as a television anchor and later as an associate director to Joshiy and Johny Antony. He debuted as an independent director in 2010 with ''Pokkiri Raja (2010 film), Pokkiri Raja'' starring Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran. In 2016, his directorial ''Pulimurugan'' starring Mohanlal and Jagapathi Babu became the first Malayalam film to gross around crore at the box office. Early life Ebbey Abraham was born in 1980 at Kalliot, Kanhangad, Kasaragod district, as the son of K. C. Abraham and Mariyamma Abraham. Career He took the name Vysakh for anchoring the television show ''Ponpulari'' aired on Surya TV. Later he began working a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulimurugan
''Pulimurugan'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language epic action thriller film directed by Vysakh and produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam through Mulakuppadam Films. The screenplay was written by Udayakrishna —half of the duo Udayakrishna and Sibi K. Thomas —in his first independent screenplay. The film stars Mohanlal in the titular role, along with a huge ensemble cast including Jagapati Babu, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Lal, Vinu Mohan, Kishore, Bala, Noby Marcose, Siddique, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Nandhu, M. R. Gopakumar, Sudheer Karamana, Hareesh Peradi, Makarand Deshpande and Namitha. The film centers on Murugan, a skilled protector of Villagers of Puliyoor facing the threat of deadly tiger attacks. He meet Daddy Girija, an illegal drug dealer who take advantage of his innocence. Principal photography commenced on 16 July 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam, and was completed in early February 2016. The film score and soundtrack were composed by Gopi Sundar, while cinematography a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokkiri Raja (2010 Film)
''Pokkiri Raja'' () is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Udaykrishna–Sibi K. Thomas and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role alongside an ensemble cast of Shriya Saran, Siddique, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Riyaz Khan. The film marks the debut of Shriya Saran in Malayalam cinema and Vysakh's directorial debut. ''Pokkiri Raja'' was released worldwide on 7 May 2010 to positive reviews from critics and became the highest grossing Malayalam film of 2010 and was remade in Hindi as ''Boss'' and partially in Telugu as '' Bhai''. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Raja Pokkiri Raja''. A sequel titled '' Madhura Raja'' was released on 12 April 2019. Plot Kunnath Madhavan Nair (Nedumudi Venu), a teacher living happily with his two sons, Raja and Surya Narayanan, accidentally kills a boy named Gopi, who belongs to a rival family. Raja takes the blame to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhura Raja
''Madhura Raja'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna and starring Mammootty, Jagapathi Babu and Jai alongside Anusree, Siddique, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Mahima Nambiar, Anna Rajan and Shamna Kasim in supporting roles. The music is composed by Gopi Sundar. This film marks the debut of Jai in Malayalam cinema. The film is a spin-off to 2010 film '' Pokkiri Raja'' and Mammootty reprises his role as Raja. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and audiences . ''Madhura Raja'' was released worldwide on 12 April 2019 two days before the Vishu holiday. Plot S.I. Balachandran is an honest police officer who heads to Pambinthurthu to confront and arrest V.R. Nadesan, an illegal liquor brewer. He fails to do so after a fellow policeman betrays him, and there, he is mauled to death by Nadeshan's hounds. 25 years later, Madhavan Nair and Krishnan Mamma visit Pambinthurthu based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallu Singh
''Mallu Singh'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film written by Sethu and directed by Vysakh. The film stars Unni Mukundan in the titular role alongside Kunchako Boban, Biju Menon, Manoj K. Jayan, Suresh Krishna, Samvrutha Sunil, Rupa Manjari, Meera Nandan, Aparna Nair and Asif Ali. ''Mallu Singh'' marks Unni Mukundan's debut in the lead role and Kunchako Boban's 50th film as a supporting actor. It was released on 4 May 2012 and received positive responses from critics and audience and turned to become a blockbuster. It is still considered to be one of the career best films of Unni Mukundan.It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Action King Mallu Singh'' and in Bengali as ''Fighter Mallu Singh''. Plot In a district court of Palakkad. Ananthan waits for a verdict regarding the heir of an isolated land, but he is informed that the verdict has been postponed. Ananthan threatens Aniyan "Ani" and his younger sister Aswathy "Achu" as they are also competing for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seniors (film)
''Seniors'' is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Vysakh and written by Sachi-Sethu. The plot follows four friends who return to their alma mater as students. It stars Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, and Manoj K. Jayan. The film features songs by Alphons Joseph, Jassie Gift, and Alex Paul and a score by Gopi Sundar. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. It was a blockbuster at the box office. Plot The film starts with two flashback scenes. In 1981, a husband is waiting for his flirtatious wife to come home and take care of their son and baby daughter. The wife comes with her boyfriend and after a fight, decides to leave the husband and children. In another flashback, it's a college day festival in 1996. After a dance performance, Indu comes to enquire about her sister, Lakshmi, who is with her four friends and one of them says he would drop her home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the coll ... [...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-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and English-language productions. In a prolific career spanning five decades, he has appeared in more than 400 films, predominantly in lead roles. He is the recipient of several accolades, including three National Film Awards, eleven Kerala State Film Awards, eleven Kerala Film Critics Awards and fifteen Filmfare Awards South. He was honored with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India in 1998, for his contributions to cinema. He was also honored with the Kerala Prabha Award by the Government of Kerala in 2022. Mammootty was named as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema" by CNN. Mammootty made his debut in acting through Malayalam film '' Anubhavangal Paalicha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanhangad
Kanhangad () is a commercial city, located in the Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India. Location The area contains villages around Kanhangad town with Kasaragod as the northern border, Nileshwar, popularly known as the 'cultural town' of Kasaragod district with its rich rivers and lakes; as the southern boundary. The eastern part of Kanhangad is categorized as Panathur area with the difference in terrain mainly because of the hilly terrain and hill stations and to the West lies the Arabian Sea. The importance of Kanhangad is that it lies in the exact centre between the two major cities Mangalore and Kannur, equidistant from their respective district headquarters. Geography Kanhangad lies at 12°18′0″N 75°5.4′0″E in the geographic map of Kasaragod. It is a coastal town which has a varied topography with plain areas in the centre of the city. The landscape is dominated by the characteristic coconut palms accompanying rolling hills and streams flowing into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), popularly known as Unni Mukundan, is an India, Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Unni made his acting debut with the Tamil film ''Seedan'' (2011). After playing several small roles, Unni got his Breakthrough role, breakthrough with his lead role in Vysakh's action comedy ''Mallu Singh'' (2012). Later, he went on to star in several commercially successful films, including ''Vikramadithyan'' (2014), ''KL 10 Patthu'' (2015), ''Style (2016 film), Style'' (2016), ''Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya (film), Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya'' (2016), ''Achayans'' (2017), ''Malikappuram'' (2022) and ''Marco (2024 film), Marco'' (2024), the last two emerged as his highest-grossing releases. Some of his best known non-Malayalam films are the Telugu language, Telugu film ''Janatha Garage'' (2016) and the Tamil language, Tamil film ''Garudan (2024 film), Garudan'' (2024). In 2021, he won his first National Film Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood (2009 Film)
''Robinhood: Prince of Thieves'', simply known as ''Robin Hood'', is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Joshiy, written by Sachi-Sethu and produced by Santha Murali and P. K. Muralidharan under Anantha Vision. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role, alongside Narain, Jayasurya, Biju Menon, Bhavana and Samvrutha Sunil. The title of the movie was inspired from the Hollywood movie (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) of the same name released in the year 1991. ''Robin Hood'' was released on 24 September 2009 to mixed reviews from critics and became commercially successful at the box office. Premise Venkatesh Iyer alias Venky, a physics entrance coaching professor, moonlights as a robber and robs ATMs of the Imperial Bank of India (IBI). Pursuant to a string of such robberies, a police squad headed by ACP Harris Mohammed is put into action. Unhappy with the progress of the investigation and disturbed by the mounting pressure from the pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuruppugulan (2006 Film)
''Thuruppugulan'' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Johny Antony and written by the Udayakrishna/Siby K. Thomas duo. The film stars Mammootty in the title role, alongside an ensemble cast of Sneha, Innocent, Devan, Kalasala Babu, Suresh Krishna, Jagathy Sreekumar, Raj Kapoor, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, Harisree Ashokan, Cochin Haneefa, Baburaj and Janardanan in major supporting roles. The music was composed by Alex Paul. The film follows Kunjumon, a Calicut-based restaurant owner, who is known by his nickname 'Gulan' due to his gambling skills. The film was released on April 14, 2006, and coincided with the 'Vishu' festival. Plot Mr. Menon, a millionaire business tycoon, invests in real estate. He entrusts one of his lieutenants, Sreedharan Unnithan, to construct a 5-star hotel in Kochi. He buys a small plot adjacent to a 5-star hotel and gives it to Kochuthoma, Kunjumon's father, to construct a small restaurant. Menon leaves for Singapore a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagapathi Babu
Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Kannada cinema, Kannada, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Hindi films, Hindi films. Babu has appeared in 170 feature films, and has received four Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Awards and seven state Nandi Awards. He has worked with notable directors like Kodi Ramakrishna, S. V. Krishna Reddy, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Gunasekhar, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Siva (director), Siva, A. M. Rathnam, K. Raghavendra Rao, Radha Mohan, Mohan Raja, J. D. Chakravarthy, Boyapati Srinu, Trivikram Srinivas, Vysakh, K. S. Ravikumar, Sukumar (director), Sukumar and Prashanth Neel. Early life Babu was born on 12 February 1962 in Machilipatnam to producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad. He was brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu before working in Telugu cinema. He mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasaragod District
Kasaragod ( (, , ; English: ''Kassergode'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city Mangalore, on the southwestern Malabar coast of India. Kasaragod is the northernmost district of Kerala and is also known as ''Saptha Bhasha Sangama Bhoomi'' (The place where Seven languages meets) The district is situated on the rich biodiversity of the Western Ghats. It was a part of the Kannur district of Kerala until 24 May 1984. It also remains the last formed district of kerala to date. The district is bounded by Dakshina Kannada district to the north, Western Ghats to the northeast, Kodagu district to the southeast, Kannur district to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the west. Kasaragod district has the maximum number of rivers in Kerala - 12. Kasaragod town is located on the estuary where the Chandragiri River, which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
