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Varun Sunil
Varun Sunil (born 10 May 1987) is an Indian percussionist, singer, music producer and founder of Masala Coffee, one of the popular contemporary folk bands in South India. He is also well known for his musical contributions in Telugu, Tamil, Bollywood and Malayalam movie industries. He has performed alongside Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Hariharan, T. H. Vinayakram, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Qureshi and many more. Early life Varun Sunil was born in Kochi, Kerala. He started playing mridangam (percussion) at a young age. He did a course in Audio Recording Arts and Music Production from Chetana Studio in Thrissur and later moved to Chennai. Initially he started making jingles for advertisements for Indian brands as a freelancer. Career Sunil began his career by producing jingles for advertisements for Indian FMCG brands before venturing into films. In 2014 Varun Sunil and his few friends collaborated for Kappa TV’s Music Mojo Session, doing a cover of A R Rahman’s Munbe Vaa and Snehit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masala Coffee
Masala Coffee is an Indian music band founded in 2014. The band performs across various genres - Indian folk, blues, pop and rock. Although they primarily compose original music and covers in Malayalam and Tamil, the band also performs in Hindi. Masala Coffee has also made a name for itself through the music they've composed and performed for movies including ''Solo'', '' Uriyadi'' and '' Mundina Nildana''. History The band was founded by Varun Sunil in 2014. The band was named "Masala Coffee" to signify the different kind of music they play (alternate folk rock). They debuted on Kappa TV’s Music Mojo in 2014, performing their own unique versions of popular Tamil songs like “Munbe Vaa” and “Snehithane”. Videos of their performance went viral and the band soon achieved widespread fame through social media. When the members of Masala Coffee first jammed together, it was not with the intention of forming a band. However, following the enthusiastic reception their mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kappa TV
Kappa TV is a Malayalam music channel from the Mathrubhumi group, the publisher of the widely circulated Mathrubhumi daily. The channel was named after Tapioca, a type of starch extracted from the root of Cassava plant, which is called "kappa" in Malayalam language. The channel focus on youth oriented programs and with a great emphasis on music. Music Mojo which features bands from Kerala and other southern Indian states is a popular program in Kappa TV.Menon, A. (2016, July 18). The music catalyst. The Hindu. Retrieved July 23, 2016, from http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-music-catalyst/article8863301.ece The studios are located in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of .... This channel is not available on Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunitha Sarathy
Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian vocalist and performer in both Indian contemporary and Western classical music genres. She is also a gospel singer who performs in various church choirs. After having won the "Virgin Voice Choice" contest – a joint initiative of Channel V and Virgin Records in the year 2000, Sarathy debuted into film playback in the year 2002. She debuted as a playback singer with the Tamil film ''Yei! Nee Romba Azhagey Irruke'' guest-singing the prelude and interlude portions of the song "Ini Naanum Naanillai" with Srinivas and Sujatha Mohan as the lead singers. Sarathy has around 200 film songs in various languages, performances as singer-keyboardist-percussionist across a wide spectrum of Western music genres including classical, jazz, soul and R&B, neo-soul and quiet storm, and a prolific output of gospel songs to her credit. Early life Coming from a family well-versed in Western music (classical jazz), Sarathy started singing in choirs from a young age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sila Nodigalil
''Sila Nodigalil'' () is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller drama film directed by Vinay Bharadwaj. The film stars Richard Rishi, Punnagai Poo Gheetha and Yashika Aannand in the lead roles. The film was produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha under the banner of Esquire Productions. Cast * Richard Rishi as Raj * Punnagai Poo Gheetha as Medha * Yashika Aannand as Maya Pillai Production After the debut film Mundina Nildana,Director Vinay Bharadwaj described this film as his Tamil debut project, titled 'Sila Nodigalil.'. The film was fully shot in London. The film has five songs, each composed by a different music director. The film was produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha under the banner of Esquire Productions. The cinematography was done by Abhimanyu Sadanandan, while editing was handled by Shaijal P V. Soundtrack The soundtrack of the film was composed by Masala Coffee, Bjorn Surrao, Darshana KT, Staccato and Rohit Matt. Release The film was released on 24 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Music Company
Zee Music Co. (ZMC) is an Indian music company, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. It carries its business activities mainly from New Delhi. The company has captured a major chunk of market share in Bollywood music in a short span of time. History Zee Entertainment had originally ventured into music distribution with Zee Records. Its first movie was Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Later Zee Records Home Video was established. During the launch of the company in 2014, Punit Goenka, CEO and Managing Director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, the parent company of Zee Music Company said- " the music industry is a large playing field and there is scope to explore the opportunity in this market. Technology has also emerged as a key transformer of the music industry and digital revenues are driving growth in the market. Since we are a content company, it is essential to own intellectual property as content is the king." Since then, it has entered stiff competition aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal
''Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy caper film written and directed by Desingh Periyasamy. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Ritu Varma, Rakshan and Niranjani Ahathian portraying in the lead roles, while the latter two were making their acting debuts. The film was released on 28 February 2020 and was successful at the box office. Plot Siddharth and Kaliswaran Moorthy are two youngsters in Chennai who apparently have no family and are living alone. They are shown as freelance techies working from home. Siddharth falls for a door-to-door beautician, Meera. He proposes to her and she accepts. Kallis has a crush on Meera's friend, Shreya, a chef. Meera is revealed to be an orphan brought up in an orphanage and Shreya is revealed to be sent away to fend for herself as her family faces trouble from loan sharks back in her hometown. The guys spend their money and soon realise they are running low. This is when it is shown that they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saregama
Saregama India Ltd. (Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale); formerly known as The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. is India's oldest music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company is listed on the NSE and the BSE with its head office located in Kolkata and other offices in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. Apart from music, Saregama also produces films under the brand name Yoodlee Films and multi-language television content. Saregama also retails a music-based hardware platform called Carvaan. Saregama owns music repertoire across film music, non-film music, Carnatic, Hindustani classical, devotional music, etc. in over 25 Indian languages. The first song recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and the first film made in Bollywood ‘Alam Ara' in 1931 were under the music label. Saregama purveyor of Carnatic, Hindustani classical, devotional music also promotes dance music likMadhuban mein Radhika Nache. Saregam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday Film House
Friday Film House is an Indian film production company based in Malayalam film industry owned by Vijay Babu who is an actor as well as a producer and is one of the most talked about production houses in the south. Friday Film House has won 7 of the Kerala State Film Awards in various fields in 2014. It has its own distribution division – "Friday Tickets", digital/TV production under the brand "Friday Home Cinema" and music under "Friday Music Company". Notable projects include ''Aadu'' series, ''Angamaly Diaries'', ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'', ''June'', ''Adi Kapyare Kootamani'', ''Thrissur Pooram'' and ''Home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it ...''. Films Television References External links Official website Film production companies of Kerala Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Babu (actor, Born 1976)
Vijay Babu (born 14 May 1976) 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 his production firm for ''Philips and the Monkey Pen''. The character ''Sarbath Shameer'' played by Vijay Babu appearing 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 Prime Video. Babu is known for bankrolling many experimental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valatty
''Valatty: Tale of Tails'' is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language adventure-comedy romance film written and directed by Devan Jayakumar and produced by Vijay Babu of Friday Film House. It features the voices of Roshan Mathew, Raveena Ravi, Soubin Shahir, Sunny Wayne, Indrans, and Aju Varghese. According to the makers, ''Valatty'' is the first Indian film to use real dogs as actors without VFX. Plot Tomy is a golden retriever owned by Roy who falls in love with Amalu, a cocker spaniel owned by a neighbouring Brahmin family headed by Swamy. Following Tomy's frequent interactions with Amalu, Swamy visits Roy and expresses his concerns. One day, Swamy learns from Anand, his future son-in-law, that Amalu is pregnant. Swamy and his mother suspect that Tomy is responsible for Amalu's pregnancy, and eventually, both Tomy and Amalu get locked up in their houses by their respective owners. Tomy's friend, Poovan, a rooster, tells him to elope with Amalu and advises him to come back af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward 126
''Ward 126'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic investigative thriller film written and directed by Selvakumar Chellapandian. The film was under Production House ssb talkies. The film stars Michael Thangadurai, Jishnu Menon, Shritha Sivadas, Vidya Pradeep, Chandini Tamilarasan, Shruthi Ramakrishnan. The film's music is composed by Varun Sunil with cinematography handled by SK Suresh Kumar and editing done by Thiyagu. The film was released in theatres on 22 July 2022. Synopsis A young man is found dead in his house, the story travels in a non-linear way while investigative shows darker side of the IT professionals,at last the murder to be solved becomes mystery. Cast * Michael Thangadurai as Gokul / Krishna / Kannan * Jishnu Menon as Jagadeesh * Shritha Sivadas as Roseline "Rossie" Maria * Vidya Pradeep as Yamini * Shruthi Ramakrishnan as Swapna * Chandini Tamilarasan as Vidhya * Sonia Agarwal as Jyothisri *Umadevi * Selvakumar Chellapandiyan as Shenbagaraj * Sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shweta Mohan
Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 700 songs and albums in all the four south Indian languages namely Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, she has also recorded songs for Hindi films and has established herself as a leading playback singer of South Indian cinema. Personal life Shweta Mohan was born on 19 November 1985 to a Malayali family in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Krishna Mohan and playback singer Sujatha Mohan. She completed her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai and graduated from Stella Maris College, Chennai.A timeless melody She is married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
