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Ritu (2009 Film)
''Ritu'' ( en, Seasons) is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Shyamaprasad. The original screenplay was written by Joshua Newtonn. It was the first time Shyamaprasad made a film based on an original screenplay, all of his previous films were adaptations of published novels or plays. It is now widely acclaimed as the 'coming of age' of Malayalam cinema. Plot ''Ritu'' is about three youngsters growing up together and betraying each other. The story follows the lives of three childhood friends: Sunny Immatty ( Asif Ali), Sarath Varma ( Nishan K. P. Nanaiah), Varsha John (Rima Kallingal). The trio were almost inseparable as friends; they grew up in the same neighborhood in their love, bonding and innocence. They shared a dream of journeying together in life forever. Sarath leaves for the United States to help his brother-in-law with his business. He also aspires to write a book some day. But still he clings on to the memories of the good old days with his friends a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor from Kerala. Career Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 at Palakkad, as the younger son of O. Rajagopal and Santhakumari. He was named after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He did his schooling at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master in Media Production at the Hull University, England. He worked as an intern at the BBC and Channel 4, to Indian television and redefined the parameters of telefilms and documentaries in Malayalam Television with Doordarshan. He serves as the President (Programming) at Amrita TV. His features for TV and cinema have won him several national and state awards namely '' Agnisakshi'' and '' Akale'', produced by Tom George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Malayalam-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Rahul Raj
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Kurian
Job Kurian (born 29 July 1982) is an Indian singer composer/ Play back singer who has a mark in Independent stream and is a part of the Indian Film industry, mainly in the Malayalam language. He is the front man of his live act 'Job Kurian Live'. He is known for his smooth high-pitched voice. Personal life Job Kurian was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He attended St Shantal, Christ Nagar and Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan for schooling. Prithviraj Sukumaran was his batchmate during his school days. He pursued his BTech at Malanad College of Engineering, Karnataka. Job's family consists of his father, mother, two sisters and his wife Athira and their sons. Career Job Kurian is known for his smooth high-pitched voice. He has been prevalent in the Malayalam Playback Industry and independent music scene of Kerala for the past 13 years, maintaining a high reputation. The TV shows such as straight from the heart, Music Mojo (3 seasons), Thalam (album), hope project, along with mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neha Nair
Neha Nair is an Indian playback singer and composer. Her debut was a duet with Job Kurian in the film '' Ritu'', with music composed by Rahul Raj. She is a guest singer in the Malayalam rock band Avial. Personal life She currently resides in Trivandrum with her Husband. Career She was introduced by composer Rahul Raj with the song ''Cindrella'', from the film Rithu. Her next break came through the song ''Premikkumbol'' from Salt N' Pepper, composed by Bijibal. She received the IMFA award for best female playback singer for the song. Her notable songs include ''Melle Kollum, Neeyo, Chillane'' from 22 Female Kottayam; ''Thaazhvaram, Nithya Sahaya Nathe'' from Thira; ''Mandarakatte, Kanadooram'' from 5 Sundarikal; '' Thithithara, Aarambathu'' from Second Show etc. She has also composed music for a few films like Iyobinte Pusthakam, Driving Licence, Under world etc. with musician Yakzan Gary Pereira. Discography As music composer As playback singer As lyricist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayatri Asokan
Gayatri Asokan is a playback singer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. She started her playback career with the song "Deena Dayalo Rama" for the film ''Arayannagalude Veedu'' for music director Raveendran. "Enthe Nee Kanna" for ''Sasneham Sumitra'' won her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer in 2003. Her other songs include "Chanjadi Adi" from ''Makalkku'', "Thumbikkinnaram" from '' Naran'' and "Pularumo" from '' Ritu''. Career Gayatri was first trained in Carnatic music by Sri Mangat Natesan and Sri Vamanan Namboodiri at Trichur. Later she started training in Hindustani music under Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar in Pune and later under Pandit Vinayaka Torvi in Bangalore. She is also a Hindustani classical music singer, a Bhajan singer and has given Hindustani concerts and programs based on film songs abroad. She has sung 500 movie songs and has also sung and given music for a new album for the Art of Living foundation which was released in September 2006 by HMV wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchith Suresan
Suchith Suresan (born 24 August 1987) is an Indian playback singer in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries. Personal life Suchith Suresan was born to C. Suresan, a retired government servant and a reputed painter who focuses in oil-on-canvas; and K.P. Sucheeta, a retired banker, on 25 August 1987 at Trivandrum. He joined Madras Christian College Chennai for a degree in visual communications. He is married to Nimi Chandrika who is working in a Research firm at Bangalore. He has an elder brother, Dr. Surej, who plays drums for an alternate-rock band based in Trivandrum called SPASM and is also an assistant surgeon in the health service department of the Govt. of Kerala. Career Suresan made his debut with the song "Pulayodu" from ''Saadhu Mirandaal'', and reached fame with the song "Karigalan" from '' Vettaikaaran'', composed by Vijay Antony. Since then, he has lent his voice to many films, including ''Chikku Bukku'' and ''Nanban''. His contributions to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Award For Best Background Music
Superlatives Winners The Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Ch ... for Best Background Music Director winners: ReferencesOfficial website {{Kerala State film Award Kerala State Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafeeq Ahammed
Rafeeq Ahmed (born 17 December 1961) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a five-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs in his credit, Rafeeq Ahamed is regarded by one source as the most successful and critically acclaimed lyricist of contemporary Malayalam cinema. Early life Rafeeq Ahamed was born to Syed Sajjad Hussain and Thithayikutty on 17 December 1961 in Akkikavu, Trichur. He graduated in English literature from Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur. Literary career Film career He started his film career through the 1999 film ''Garshom'' directed by P. T. Kunju Muhammed. His second work as a lyricist was '' Perumazhakkalam'' , directed by Kamal. It was music director M. Jayachandran who suggested Rafeeq to Kamal, based on an experience of working with Rafeeq for the title song of a television serial ''Samanathaalam''. Rafeeq penned the lyrics of much accl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Raj
Rahul Raj (born 17 March 1978) is an Indian music composer. He has composed and produced Film score, scores and soundtracks for Malayalam language, Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil movies. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Berklee College of Music and holds a postgraduate degree in scoring for films, TV and video games. Early life Rahul Raj was born on 17 March 1978 in Cochin, Kochi to Advocate E. Thankappan and N. S. Kunjoonjamma. His schooling was in Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara Cochin. He has one sister, Rehna Raj. From the age of 6, he was trained in Mridangam (South Indian Percussion instrument) and Carnatic Music. He graduated as an IT Engineer from CUSAT, Cochin and later on pursued courses such as CCNP and CCIE in Bangalore ILloka networks, before moving to London. During his stint in London, he underwent training in Electronic Sound Production. He helped Pradeep Menon, a UK-based Indian businessman, remix a Tamil Ayappa record that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chekavar (film)
''Chekavar'' ( ml, ചേകവർ) is a 2010 Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Sajeevan. It stars Indrajith, Kalabhavan Mani, Sarayu and Samvrutha Sunil in the lead roles. Its music was composed by Rahul Raj with lyrics penned by Anil Panachooran. The film released on 8 October 2010. Indrajith Sukumaran plays the role of a police officer while Kalabhavan Mani plays an underworld don. The story progresses as both of them fight each other, for their siblings. Plot This is an action thriller Malayalam movie about a sub inspector Kasinathan ( Indrajith Sukumaran), who leads a happily life with his family in his hometown. His life takes a turn when he met with Raghavan ( Kalabhavan Mani), after he is transferred to Kochi to a police station, where Raghavan is an underworld don. How he escapes his sister from Rocky ( Sreejith Ravi), brother of Raghavan, who wants to marry Kasinathan's sister Gowri ( Sarayu) as an act of revenge for beating him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
