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Mayaanadhi
''Mayaanadhi'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic thriller film directed and co-produced by Aashiq Abu, and written by Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair. The film stars Tovino Thomas as a criminal on the run and Aishwarya Lekshmi as an aspiring actress. Their troubled love and struggle for survival form the basic plot of the film. It released on 22 December 2017 to widespread critical acclaim from critics. The film was praised for the way it tackled with sexuality and was included in ''The Hindus top 25 Malayalam films of the decade. The plot was inspired by the 1960 French film ''Breathless''. Plot John Mathew a.k.a Maathan is an orphan, living as a thug. He participates in an undercover deal on behalf of his boss, who is busy with his daughter's schooling. Maathan convinces his group that their boss is intentionally pulling out of the deal due to the risk involved. However, they reach the hotel without any issue. While Maathan is taking a bath, three police off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aashiq Abu
Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), ''Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (2012),'' Idukki Gold'' (2013)'', Mayaanadhi'' (2017) and ''Virus'' (2019). Abu is often known for his collaboration with screenwriters Syam Pushkaran and Dileesh Nair. Abu produces and distributes under the banner OPM and OPM Dream Mill Cinemas. OPM produced Dileesh Pothan's directional debut '' Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. Personal life Aashiq Abu was born in Edappally, Kerala to C. M. Abu, and Jameela Abu. Aashiq Abu completed his school education from SRV High School, Kochi. As a pre-degree student at Maharajas College, he was elected to the Students' Union, and was a union member for four consecutive years. He married actress Rima Kallingal on 1 November 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film ''Nizhalgal''. He has acted in 550 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil. Career Nizhalgal Ravi started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film ''Nizhalgal'' (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like ''Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi'' (1987), ''Nayakan'' (1987), ''Vedham Pudhithu'' (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Raadhika, Radha, Gautami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
''Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela'' ( en, An Intermission In the Land of Crabs) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language dramedy film directed and co-written by Althaf Salim. It stars Nivin Pauly, Shanthi Krishna, Lal, Ahaana Krishna, and Aishwarya Lekshmi. The film is based on writer Chandramathi's memoirs of the same name, which narrates her long fight with cancer. Co-written by George Kora, the film was produced by Nivin under his home banner, Pauly Jr. Pictures. ''Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela'' released on 1 September 2017. Shanthi Krishna won several awards including Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam. Plot Sheela Chacko has a doubt that she is developing cancer after finding a lump on her body. She discloses this to her husband Chacko and they contact their eldest son Kurien Chacko, settled in London, and force him to come back home, still without disclosing the secret. Kurien misunderstands that it was his marriage matter. Chacko and Sheela decide to go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Sundarikal
''5 Sundarikal'' ( en, 5 Beautiful Women) is a Malayalam romantic anthology film. It contains five short stories on love about five types of women. The stories are directed by Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu, Amal Neerad and Anwar Rasheed, and feature an ensemble cast. The film was produced by Amal Neerad Productions. The music directors were Gopi Sundar, Bijibal, Prashant Pillai and Yakzan Gary Pereira. The film reached theatres on 21 June. A promo song by popular Kochi-based rock band Black Letters was also released. The featurette ''Sethulakshmi'' is an adaptation of M. Mukundan's short story "Photo" while ''Kullande Bharya'' is based on a Chinese story, "The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband", by Feng Jicai. It is narrated by Dulquer Salmaan. List of short films Plots Sethulakshmi Sethulakshmi ( Baby Anikha), a schoolgirl, collects the photos of newly married couples from newspapers and pastes them in a notebook. Her close friend ( Chethan Jayalal) learns about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amal Neerad
Amal Neerad (born on 7 October 1976) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and Film producer, producer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (first batch). He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Cinematography (special mention) in 2001 for his diploma film ''Meena Jha'' (short feature section). He started his career shooting music videos, documentaries and ads. It was his Diploma film that brought him to the attention of Ram Gopal Verma and his team. Neerad moved into Hindi Cinema with three back to back films; James (2004), ''Darna Zaroori Hai'' (2006) and ''Shiva (2006 film), Shiva'' (2006). In 2004, he also shot the Malayalam Film 'Black (2004 film), Black'. Back in Malayalam Cinema, paths were being opened for new filmmakers collaborating with superstars like Mammootty whom he had met during the shoot of 'Black'. That fateful meeting resulted in his debut directorial venture, the now Cult Clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is also the keyboardist of the Indian folk metal band The Down Troddence. He started gaining popularity in 2018 with the films ''Varathan'' and ''Kumbalangi Nights'' in 2019. Thereafter, he worked continually in many Malayalam films. Sushin is a recipient of Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2019 for ''Kumbalangi Nights''. Early life Sushin attended St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery and Mambaram higher secondary school in Thalassery. His father, being a musician began teaching him to play the keyboard at a very young age. He first performed on stage at age 9. Sushin participated in youth festivals and won a number of state awards during his school years. He went on to study engineering in Sri Sidhartha Institute of technology but dropped out to pursue his career in music. He shifted to Chennai to explore opportunities in the film music. He joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shine Tom Chacko
Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema. After working as an assistant to director Kamal for about 9 years, he forayed into acting through the film. '' Gaddama''. He played supporting roles in several films including ''Ee Adutha Kaalathu'', ''Chapters'', ''Annayum Rasoolum'' and ''Masala Republic'' and played his first lead role in Binu S Kalady's fantasy-comedy film ''Ithihasa'' (2014) which dealt with body-swapping. Film career Shine started his career as an assistant director to Kamal in the early 2000's. He has completed his B.Com degree from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He worked nearly 10 years with Kamal and during this time, Shine had showed his face in one of the scenes as a man sitting in a bus in the 2002 film ''Nammal'' directed by Kamal. Shine made his acting debut in 2011 with Kamal's '' Gaddama''. He portrayed the role of an immigrant, who is tortured and treated like a slave i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparna Balamurali
Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films along with a few Tamil films. She is known for her roles in ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), ''Sunday Holiday'' (2017) and ''Soorarai Pottru'' (2020). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. Personal life Aparna was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India to KP Balamurali, a music director and Shobha Balamurali . She completed her schooling at Devamatha CMI Public School. Career Aparna made her acting debut in the Malayalam film ''Yathra Thudarunnu'' (2013) along with Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, directed by Jayan Sivapuram. In 2015, her movie ''Oru Second Class Yathra'' was released. She rose to fame with her film named, ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' in 2016. She also starred in comedy '' Oru Muthassi Gada'' (2016). She made her Tamil debut in ''8 Thottakkal'' (2017). She played in ''Sunday Holiday'' (2017) and ''Thrissivaperoor Kliptham'' (2017). In bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soubin Shahir
Soubin Shahir (born 12 October 1983) is an Indian actor and director who works in Malayalam cinema. He began his film career as an assistant director in 2003 and worked under several directors. Soubin made his acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in ''Annayum Rasoolum''. He made his directorial debut with the drama '' Parava'' (2017). In 2018, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his leading role in '' Sudani from Nigeria'', the film was also a major commercial success. Early life Soubin was born and raised in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India. He has a brother and sister. His father Babu Shahir was an assistant director and production controller who had worked in films such as ''Manichithrathazhu'', '' Godfather'', ''In Harihar Nagar'' among others. Career Soubin started his film career as an assistant director in the industry with Siddique's ''Chronic Bachelor'' (2003). He assisted directors like Fazil, Siddique, Rafi-Mecartin, P. Sukumar, Santhosh Sivan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Joseph
Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge success both commercially and critically. Besides direction, Basil is also an actor and has acted in numerous films. He started his career as an assistant director of Vineeth Sreenivasan in the 2013 film ''Thira''. His acting debut was through the 2013 film '' Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu'' directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar. Career Basil Joseph began his career in 2012 as an actor in the short film ''CET Life'' during his engineering days at College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He has also scripted and directed the short films, with Albert S ''Oru Thundu Padam'' and ''Priyamvadha Katharayano'' during his stint at Infosys, Trivandrum. Basil started his career in the Malayalam film industry by assisting Vineeth Sreenivasan in his third direction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Known for his unconventional approach in directing, his films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and very long takes. His best works include ''Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), ''Jallikattu'' (2019) and ''Churuli'' (2021). He is the son of actor Jose Pellissery. He is a recipient of the Best Director Award at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards for '' Ee.Ma.Yau'', Best Director Award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards for ''Jallikattu'', Best Film Award at the 44th Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for ''Jallikattu'' and twice recipient of Silver Peacock-Best Director at the 49th International Film Festival of India and 50th International Film Festival of India for his films '' Ee.Ma.Yau'' and ''Jallikattu'' respectively''.'' He also received the Silver Crow Pheasant Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2018. Pellissery made his debut in 2010 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
