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Vanitha Police
''Vanitha Police'' is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Alleppey Ashraf and written by Priyadarshan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Seema, Sukumari and Mohanlal in main roles. The film features songs composed by Gopan and background score by Guna Singh. Plot Cast *Prem Nazir as Pilla * Seema as Sasikala *Sukumari as Idiyan Sarasamma *Mohanlal as Achuthan *Jagathy Sreekumar as Sivan Pilla *Kollam Gopi * Ramu *Sankaradi as Chelleppan Pilla *Alleppey Ashraf as Director Keshavan *Aroor Sathyan *Mala Aravindan *Master Suresh as Vichu *Meena *Poojappura Ravi as Vasu Pilla *Santhakumari *Sathyachithra *Sathyakala *Soorya as Kousalya *Vanitha Krishnachandran as Rathnamma *Nalinikanth *Thavakkala as Undapakru *Rajan Paul *Shankar as Himself (Cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alleppey Ashraf
Alleppey Ashraf is an Indian film director, producer and distributor working mainly in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as an impressionist and later a dubbing artist. He is considered as an inspiration for many in mimicry art. He has also directed several films even though he was never a busy director. Filmography Director His filmography includes: Producer *''Minda Poochakku Kalyanam'' *''Www.anukudumbam.com'' *''The Truth (1998 film)'' Dialogue writer *Oru Madapravinte Katha *Mukhya Manthri *Paara *Oru Muthassikkadha *Minda Poochakku Kalyanam *Ennum Sambhavaami Yuge Yuge Story writer *Oru Madapravinte Katha *Mukhya Manthri *Paara *Minda Poochakku Kalyanam *Ennum Sambhavaami Yuge Yuge Screenplay writer *Oru Madapravinte Katha *Mukhya Manthri *Paara *Ennum Sambhavaami Yuge Yuge Actor *Honey Bee 2.5 (2017) as Himself *Honey Bee 2 Celebrations (2017) as Capt. Francis * Kavi Uddheshichathu..? (2016) as Binukuttan *Avarude Veedu *Ithu Manthramo Thanthramo Kut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poojappura Ravi
Raveendran Nair, known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles. He was a stage actor and was a part of ''Kalanilyam Drama Vision'', the famous drama institution. He started doing Malayalam films in mid-1970s. He has done many " black and white " movies produced in Kerala. Ravi is actually a very flexible character actor who can do almost any roles which is evident from his movies. Even though the exact count of his movies list are not updated, he has surpassed 600 films. In the 1990s he also did TV serials. Personal life Poojappura Ravi was born to Madhavan Pillai and Bhavaniyamma, as eldest of four children, at Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He had his primary education from Chinnamma Memorial Girls High School and Thirumala Higher Secondary School. He is married to Thankamma. The couple have a daughter, Lakshmi and a son, Hari Kumar.....His best character is 1992 – Kallan Kappalil Thanne †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was ''Beverly Hills Cop''. ''Ghostbusters'' overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed ''Gremlins''. U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' achieving this. ''Beverly Hills Cop'' made it three for films released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as Alfred Hitchcock's frequent cameos. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the literal meaning of " cameo", a miniature carving on a gemstone. More re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Panicker
Shankar may refer to: People *Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer *L. Shankar, Indian violinist *S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar *Sankar (writer & director), Indian film director, screenwriter, short story writer, and Novelist from Kerala. *Shankar (actor) (Shankar Panicker, born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as Shankar *Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, an Indian musical trio which composes music for film soundtracks Fictional * Shankar Roy Chowdhury, protagonist of the ''Chander Pahar'' franchise Places *Shankar, Jalandhar, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India *Shankar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran See also *Shankar's Virus, a computer virus that infects Word documents *Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi *''Shankar's Weekly'', a magazine founded by K. Shankar Pillai * Shankar Party unofficial name give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanitha Krishnachandran
Vanitha Krishnachandran is an Indian film and television actress. She acted during the 1980s in nearly 170 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films along with several Malayalam and Tamil Television serials. Personal life Vanitha was born to Ganeshan and Kamala as the youngest of four children at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Her father is from Manjeri, Kerala, whose paternal ancestors originally hail from Tamil Nadu and her mother is from Tiruchirappalli. She was originally named Sai Vanitha, since her parents were huge devotees of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. She has two elder sisters, Sai Prashanthi and Sai Jayalakshmi and an elder brother, Sai Ram. She had her primary education from RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli. She stopped studies after tenth grade since she became busy with movies by then. She married Malayalam actor and singer Krishnachandran on 11 May 1986 with whom she had starred in ''Eenadu'', ''Vanithapolice'', ''Belt Mathai'', ''Deepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soorya
Soorya is an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. She was a prominent actress in 1980s. She was well noted for her glamorous roles. She debuted with the film '' Parankimala'' in 1981. Filmography Malayalam *'' Parankimala'' (1981) as Thankam *''Odukkam Thudakkam'' (1982) *''Rathilayam'' (1983) as Sarasamma *''Adaminte Vaariyellu'' (1984) as Ammini *'' Sandhyaykkenthinu Sindooram'' (1984) *''Poochakkoru Mookkuthi'' (1984) as Revathy's friend *''Vanitha Police'' (1984) as Kausalya *''Samantharam'' (1985) as Susan *''Sammelanam'' (1985) as Radha *''Paara'' (1985) *''Janakeeya Kodathi'' (1985) as Santha *'' Uyarum Njaan Naadaake'' (1985) as Jagamma *''Arappatta Kettiya Gramathil'' (1986) *''Oru Yuga Sandhya'' (1986) as Ammu *''Meenamaasathile Sooryan'' (1986) *'' Ilanjippookkal'' (1986) *''Oridathu'' (1986) as Malu *''Niramulla Ravukal'' (1986) as Saradha *''Dheem Tharikida Thom'' (1986) *'' Kadhaykku Pinnil'' (1987) as Geetha *''Ithrayum Kaalam'' (1987) as Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sathyakala
Sathyakala is an Indian actress in South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the late 1970s and 1980s in Malayalam films. She had acted in few Tamil films as well. Now she is busy with Tamil telefilms and soap operas. Biography Sathyakala hails from Tamil Nadu. She made her Malayalam debut in 1980 with ''Shalini Ente Koottukari'', which was a great success at the box office. She had managed to get a handful of Malayalam movies after that. She had acted as heroine to actors like Mammootty in ''Saravarsham'' (1982) and ''Amritageetham'' (1982), with Mohanlal in ''Kaliyamardhanam'' (1982) and ''Uyarangalil'' (1984), with Prem Nazir in ''Akrosham'' (1982) and ''Kari Puranda Jeevithangal'' (1980). She left the film field in the year 1984 and is settled in Chennai. Partial filmography Malayalam * ''Bharya Oru Manthri'' (1986) * ''Aattuvanchi Ulanjappol'' (1984)... Ammini * ''Unaroo'' (1984)... Ammini * '' Ningalil Oru Sthree'' (1984) * ''Jeevitham'' (1984)... Nab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhakumari
Santha Kumari (born Vellaala Subbamma; 17 May 1920 – 16 January 2006) was an Indian musical artist and actress. She was married to the Telugu film director and producer P. Pullayya. Early years Vellaala Subbamma was born in Proddatur town, ( Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh) to Sreenivasa Rao and Pedda Narasamma. Her father was an actor and her mother was a classical music singer. Santhakumari learned classical music and violin under the guidance of Professor P. Sambamurthy and was a classmate of D. K. Pattammal. She joined a drama troupe and was an AIR artiste by the age of sixteen. She came to Madras (now Chennai) to pursue a career in music. She found employment in Vidyodaya School for a remuneration of Rs 2 per month. She sang along with music director S. Rajeswara Rao for AIR. Film career P. V. Das, producer and director of '' Mayabazaar'' (also known as ''Sasirekhaa Parinayam'') was scouting for a young girl to play Sasirekha. He saw Subbamma at a music concert. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meena (Malayalam Actress)
Mary Joseph, famously known as Meena (22 April 1941 – 17 September 1997), was an Indian actress. She primarily appeared in Malayalam movie Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...s. She died on 17 September 1997 due to a cardiac arrest. Early life Meena (Mary Joseph) was the eighth child in a Marthoma Syrian Christian family from kumarapuram-haripad, in Alappuzha. Born on April 22, 1941 to Koyikkaleth Itty Cheria Eapen and his wife, Eleyamma Eapen, she began her early career in theatre in Kalanilayam and Geetha Arts Club. Her film debut in Malayalam was in Kudumbini. Personal life She was married to K.K. Joseph. She died on 17 September 1997 on the set of ''Anjara Kalyanam''. She is survived by her only daughter Dr Elizabeth and her son in law Sunny George and gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Hindi film director after David Dhawan. He was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films. Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade. In 2013, he announced that ''Rangrezz'' would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema. His most notable films include ''Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu'', ''Thalavattam'', ''Vellanakalude Nadu'', ''Chith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mala Aravindan
Mala Aravindan (15 January 1939 – 28 January 2015) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his work as a comedian and character artist in Malayalam films. He has acted in over 500 films. Early life He was born in Vadavucode, Ernakulam district of Kerala, Kerala state as the eldest son of Thanattu Ayyappan and Ponnamma. His father was an Excise department employee and his mother, a school music teacher. Soudamini, late Ramanathan (died in 2004) and Prakashan are his siblings. His father died when he was studying at seventh class. Later when his mother got transferred, his family relocated to Mala, Kerala, Mala in Thrissur district and he started using the place name as a prefix to his name. He had his primary education from St Antony's High School, Mala, where his mother was a music teacher.http://images.mathrubhumi.com/pdf/mala/mala_aravindan1.pdf Seeing his talent in playing Tabla his mother joined him with Cochin Mohammed Ustad, a famous Tabla artist. He joined for Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
