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Akashvani (2016 Film)
''Akashvani'' (spelt onscreen as ''Aakashvani'') is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Khais Millen and starring Vijay Babu and Kavya Madhavan. The film was released on 19 February 2016 to mixed reviews. Cast Soundtrack The film has songs composed by Rahul Subrahmanian, Anil Gopalan, Anna Katharina Valayil, and Sree Sankar. Reception Sanjith Sidhardhan of ''The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...'' rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "While ''Akashvani'' does show that effective communication can breathe fresh life into most failing marriages, it has nothing new to offer and is a flick that you wouldn't mind giving a miss". Arathi Kannan of '' Onmanorama'' gave the film the same rating and wrote, "While the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khais Millen
Khais Millen is an Indian film writer and director who has been active in Malayalam cinema since 2018. Biography In 2014 Millen wrote and directed the short ''Lipstick'', a film about child sexual abuse. '' Aakashvani'' (2016) was his first full-length feature film as director, It starred Kavya Madhavan in lead, a family drama which was commercially unsuccessful at the box office, and was later broadcast on Flowers TV. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Millen directed a thriller film '' Thala'', his second feature film, prized at the 52d Kerala State Film Awards. After ''Thala'', his second screenplay was ''Adithattu'', a seafaring film directed by Jijo Antony, starring Shine Tom Chacko and Sunny Wayne leads. The film was awarded Second Best Film at the 53rd Kerala State Film Awards The 53rd Kerala State Film Awards, presented by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, was announced by Saji Cherian Saji Cherian (born 28 May 1965) is an Indian politician from Kerala. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Thomas
Sandra Thomas is an Indian film producer and actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Amen'' and '' Zachariayude Garbhinikal'', also as the producer of ''Zachariayude Garbhinikal'' and '' Philips and the Monkey Pen''. Sandra, along with producer Vijay Babu founded the film-production company Friday Film House, but she got in conflict with Vijay Babu and withdrew from Friday Film House and started her own production company named Sandra Thomas Productions. Personal life She married Wilson John Thomas in July 2016. The couple welcomed twin daughters in 2018. Friday Film House The film ''Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO 8601-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth ...'' (2012) was the crux of Sandra's career and also turned to be for Friday Film House, owned along with actor Vijay Babu. Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, 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 a 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. (BCCL), 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. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhay Jodhpurkar
Abhay Jodhpurkar (born 1991) is an Indian singer born in Madhya Pradesh. He debuted as a playback singer with the Kannada film God Father in 2012. In 2018, he sang "Mere Naam Tu" for ''Zero'', which marks his singing debut in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his song "Moongil Thottam", a duet with Harini for the Tamil film '' Kadal'' and "E Sanje Eke Jaruthide" for the Kannada film '' RangiTaranga''. He also sang in the song Barse Re the Hindi version of Aye Bristi of the Upcoming Bengali Action Drama Film Manush which will release on 24 November in Bengali with its dubbed version in Hindi Early and personal life Abhay Jodhpurkar completed his bachelor's in biotechnology from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai in 2013. Schooling at Vidyasagar School, Indore which is one of the best schools of the country. Singing career Abhay has learnt Qawwali for two years and got the opportunity to sing on A.R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is the eldest son of actor and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Early life Vineeth Sreenivasan is the eldest son of Malayalam screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan and Vimala. His younger brother, Dhyan Sreenivasan is also an actor. He attended Rani Jai Higher Secondary School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai. Career He made his acting debut playing one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film ''Cycle (2008 film), Cycle'', which did well at the box office. Malarvadi Arts Club, his directorial debut film, was released in theatres worldwide on 2010. It garnered critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, music, score, and standout performances by the cast. The film also achieved significant commercial success. His latest movie, ''Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Alat
Arun Alat (born 6 October 1988) is an Indian playback singer, music composer and Lyricist who made a space in Malayalam film industry as a singer with his debut song "Swapnamoru Chaakku" from the 2010 film'' Best Actor''. Musical career In 2010, soon after completing his Btech in Civil engineering at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, He got into playback singing. National award-winning music director Bijibal introduced him through the song 'Swapnamoru Chakku'. After that He has been collaborating with many leading musicians in Malayalam for different film and non-film projects. Arun Alat had worked as a Civil Engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ... in an Architectural-Structural-project management company in Kochi ormsIndiafor more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remya Nambeesan
Remya Nambessan (born 24 March 1986) is an Indian actress and playback singer, who primarily works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has acted in over 72 films. She started her career as child artist and supporting roles in early 2000s, and went appear to lead roles in the mid-2000s. Apart from Malayalam and Tamil languages, she appears in Telugu and Kannada languages films too. Early life and family Remya Nambessan was born in Chottanikkara, Kochi, Kerala to Subrahmaniam Unni and Jayasree. Her father is a former theatre artiste, who was an active member of troupes such as "Jubilee" and "Harishree". She has a brother, Rahul, who has worked as the music director in the Malayalam movie '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' and as a playback singer in the film ''Thattathin Marayathu''. She attended the Mahatma Gandhi Public School, Ambadimala near Chottanikkara. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communicative English from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam. Career Remya started h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaana (music Streaming Service)
Gaana is an Indian subscription-based commercial music streaming service. It was launched in April 2010 and is currently owned by ENIL. It offers both Indian and international music content. Its entire Indian music catalog was available to users worldwide until 2023, when access to the music library was restricted based on geolocation of subscribers. Gaana features music from 21 Indian languages including the major languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Odia, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Maithili, Malayalam and other Indian regional languages. Gaana allows users to make their playlists public so that they can be seen by other users. They can view and favorite playlists. Its mobile app was launched for Android, iOS and Windows. Gaana is priced at per month (within India) and not available outside India. Gaana became a subscription-only service in 2022 after failing to secure fresh funds or find a buyer. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A '' dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language ... [...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. His best works include ''Amen'' (2013), '' Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), '' Ee.Ma.Yau.'' (2018), ''Jallikattu'' (2019), '' Churuli'' (2021), and '' Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam'' (2023). Pellissery 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 the crime film '' Nayakan'' and followed it up with the crime-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Babu (actor, Born 1976)
Vijay Babu is an Indian film producer, actor, and businessman, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the founder of the film production company Friday Film House. Vijay Babu is best known for producing and starring in the films '' Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), '' Peruchazhi'' (2014), '' Aadu'' (2015), '' Adi Kapyare Kootamani'' (2015), '' Mudhugauv'' (2016), '' Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), '' Aadu 2'' (2017), ''June'' (2019), ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'' (2021), and ''Home'' (2021). In 2014, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film (as producer) for ''Philips and the Monkey Pen''. In 2023, He received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam for ''Home'' (2021). The character ''Sarbath Shameer'' played by Vijay Babu in ''Aadu'' film series had developed into a cult following. ''Sufiyum Sujatayum'', produced by him under his banner Friday Film House, is the first Malayalam film to have a direct release on an OTT platform, Amazon Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
