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Rishyasringan
''Rishyasringan'' is a 1997 Cinema of India, Indian Malayalam language, Malayalam film directed by Suresh Unnithan and starring Bhanupriya and Krishna in the lead roles. Cast * Bhanupriya as Poornima * Krishna (Malayalam actor), Krishna as Arun * Thilakan * Nedumudi Venu * Janagaraj * Indrans * Chitra * Sukumari Soundtrack The film features songs composed by Johnson (composer), Johnson and written by S. Ramesan Nair. References External links * 1997 films 1990s Malayalam-language films {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna (Malayalam Actor)
Krishna is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He made his acting debut at the age of 14 as a child artist in the Malayalam film ''Napoleon''. His debuted as a lead actor with the 1997 film ''Rishyasringan'' alongside Bhanupriya. Personal life Krishna was born in Kainakary, Alappuzha district, Alappuzha, Kerala, India to Mohan Divakaran and Radhalakshmi. He is the grandson of actress Lalitha (actress), Lalitha and cousin to actors Shobana, Shobhana Chandrakumar Pillai and Vineeth. He attended Bhavans Vidya Mandir School in Elamakkara, before pursuing a degree in arts at Sacred Heart College, Thevara. Krishna is married to Sikha, who is an advocate in the Kerala High Court. The couple has a son, Shiv, and a daughter Gouri. The family currently reside in Kochi. He is the owner of Tandoor Chillies restaurant in Kochi. Filmography *''All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted''. Television career As actor *''Sthreejanmam'' (Surya TV) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Unnithan
P. Suresh Unnithan (born 30 July 1956) is an Indian film and television director who works in Malayalam films. His popular works are ''Mukha Chithram'' (1991), ''Utsavamelam'' (1992), ''Jaathakam'' (1989), ''Bhaagyavaan'' (1993) and ''Aardram'' (1992). Biography His start in film was as an assistant director to Padmarajan, from whom he learned the basics and craft of film making. Later he debuted with ''Jaathakam''. The same film won the Best Newcomer Director award at the Kerala State Film Awards. Later he directed films like ''Radhamadhavam'', ''Aardram'', Mukha Chitram, Uthsava melam, ''Sathyaparatinja'', ''Bhagyavaan'', ''Thovalapookkal'', ''Rishya Sringan'' and others. He entered the television industry and had some hit serials. His 2004 serial project ''Swamy Ayyappan'' was the most popular and top rated serial in Malayalam. After 12 years break Suresh Unnithan made a comeback with ''Ayaal'', with Lal and Iniya playing the leads. Awards * Kerala State Film Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson (composer)
Thattil Antony Johnson (26 March 1953 – 18 August 2011), popularly known as Johnson Master, was an Indian film score composer and music director who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema, including those for '' Koodevide'', '' Namukku Paarkkan Munthiri Thoppukal'', '' Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam'', '' Vadakkunokkiyantram'', '' Perumthachan'', '' Njan Gandharvan'', '' Ponthan Mada'', and '' Bhoothakkannadi''. Regarded as one of the finest composers in the industry, he was noted for his lyrical and expressive melodies together with simple but rich tonal compositions of thematic music. Johnson is a recipient of National Film Awards twice and Kerala State Film Awards five times. He has composed music for more than 300 Malayalam films, the most by any composer except for Devarajan. He was the first music director from Malayalam cinema to be honoured with the National film Awards. He died of a heart attack in Chennai on 18 August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan is a renowned Indian playback singer known for her contributions to a wide range of Indian film industries, particularly in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu cinema. Over her decades-long career, she has also recorded songs in other languages including Kannada, Badaga, Hindi, and Marathi, among others. , she had sung more than 18,000 songs.Widely celebrated as the Melody Queen of South India, Sujatha is affectionately called Bhava Gayika in Kerala for her emotive singing, and Innisai Kuyil (Nightingale of Music) in Tamil Nadu, reflecting her sweet and expressive vocal style.She has worked with a wide array of prominent music composers such as A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, M. M. Keeravani, Koti, Vidyasagar, S. A. Rajkumar, and Mani Sharma, and has frequently performed duets with legendary playback singers including K. J. Yesudas, Hariharan, and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.Her unique voice often described as husky yet melodious along with her ability to adapt to diver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramachandra Babu
K. Ramachandra Babu (15 December 1947 – 21 December 2019) was an Indian cinematographer of over 125 films, out of which most are Malayalam films. He also worked for films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Arabic and English languages. He served as the cinematographer for several documentaries and advertisement films as well. He was the founder of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). Early life and career Ramachandra Babu was born on 15 December 1947 in Maduranthakam at Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, as the eldest son of Malayali parents, Kunjan Pillai and Padmini Amma, both from Alappuzha, Kerala. After obtaining his B.Sc. (Chemistry) degree from Loyola College, Madras in 1966, he went on to join the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune to study cinematography. In the Institute, he made friends with Balu Mahendra, John Abraham and K.G. George, who would go on to become noted film directors. He obtained his Diploma in Cinema (Motion Picture Photography) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilakan
Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest actors in Malayalam cinema. Early life Thilakan was the second of the six children of P. T. S. Keshavan of the Palappurathu house (1904–1972) and Devayani Amma (1912–2010). Thilakan was born in Ayroor, in the present-day Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. He had his primary education from Asan Pallikoodam, Manikkal and St. Louis Catholic School, Nalamvayal, M. D. Seminary School Kottayam and Sree Narayana College, Kollam.He served in military while Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime minister before starting his acting career. Thilakan lived in Ayroor until he started acting in films for which he moved to Trivandrum. Thilakan started his full-time career in acting after leaving college in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanupriya
Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Hindi cinema, Hindi films. She has starred in a variety of roles, which garnered her three state Nandi Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and two Cinema Express Awards. Early life Bhanupriya was born on 15 January 1967 in Rangampeta village near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu language, Telugu-speaking family, to Pandu Babu and Ragamali. She was named Mangabhanu after birth. Her family later moved to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has an elder brother Gopikrishana and a younger sister Shantipriya (actress), Shantipriya, who has also been a film actress since the 1990s. Career She was one of the top mainstream actresses for more than a decade from 1983 to 1995. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janagaraj
Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 240 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai Tamil Nadu. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with Delhi Ganesh, another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date. Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of '' Kizhake Pogum Rail'', Bharathiraja gave him the chance to act as a Brahmin in the same movie. Later in Puthiya Vaarpugal, Bharathiraja gave Janagaraj another sensational character as a minor boy of the villain (G. Srinivasan). Janagaraj had acted with a trouser and baniyan for that movie. Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrans
K. Surendran (born 16 March 1956), better known by his stage name Indrans, is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the comedy movie ''CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed., CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed''. Indrans was popular for his comedy roles in the 1990s and 2000s. He found success in playing character roles in his later career and won the National Film Awards-National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film), Special Mention for his performance in Home (2021 film), Home in 2023 and won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his performance in ''Apothecary (film), Apothecary'' in 2014. In 2018, Indrans won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Aalorukkam''. His performance in ''Veyilmarangal'' made him win the Best Actor Award at the 2019 Singapore International Film Festival. As of November 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Languages of India, Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé, Puducherry, Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep. Malayalam is spoken by 35.6 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with a significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore district, Coimbatore and Nilgiris district, Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali diaspora, Malayali Diaspora wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manorama Music
Manorama Music is a music company based out in Kerala, India. The label has produced and distributed film soundtracks, devotional songs, classical music, traditional chants, Vedas, poems, music albums etc. They also release Cartoon series like Kattile Kannan, Kilukkampetty, Thakkudu, Magic Bunny, Jumbochan, Manjadi, Poopy etc. The label is owned by Malayala Manorama, one of the largest newspaper companies in India. They have a significant digital presence on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. and in the music streaming space through well-known platforms like iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Gaana, Saavn JioSaavn is an Indian music streaming service and a digital distributor of music in Hindi, Marathi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Chhattisgarhi and other regional languages of India. Since it was f ... and Wynk, to name a few. Overall, Manorama Music is a recognized name in the Indian music industry and has played a vital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Series (company)
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, Trade name, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Hindi film music, Hindi film soundtracks and Indi-pop music. T-Series is the largest music record label in India, with up to a 35% share of the Indian Music Industry, Indian music market. As of May 2025, T-Series also owns and operates the List of most-viewed YouTube channels, most-viewed and the List of most-subscribed YouTube channels, second most-subscribed YouTube channel, with over 296 million subscribers and 300 billion views. While best known as a music label, T-Series has List of T-Series films, also produced more than 100 films, and has established itself as a leading film production company in Hindi cinema. Kumar, initially a fruit juice seller in Delhi, founded T-Series to sell Copyright infringement, pirated Hindi songs before the company eventually began pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
