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Visakh Subramaniam
Visakh Subramaniam is an Indian film producer, distributor and exhibitor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is the grandson of P. Subramaniam who founded Merryland Studio, the second film studio in Kerala. He is a partner of the production company Funtastic Films along with actors Aju Varghese and Dhyan Sreenivasan. Career Visakh made his entry as a film exhibitor in 2011, the same time when Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aju Varghese and Dhyan Sreenivasan made their debuts. . It was during that time he first met Vineeth Sreenivasan and Aju Varghese who were part of ''Thattathin Marayathu'' (2012). With time he also met Dhyan Sreenivasan and their bond strengthened leading to collaboration plans. On the release day of Vineeth's directorial ''Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), Dhyan narrated the script of ''Love Action Drama'' to Visakh. Aju Varghese was the film's sole producer then. Later Dhyan asked Visakh if he was interested in producing the film along with Aju, upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nivin Pauly
Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, and six SIIMA Awards. He made his acting debut in Vineeth Sreenivasan's directorial debut, '' Malarvaadi Arts Club'' in 2010. The 2012 film '' Thattathin Marayathu'' pushed him into stardom. Nivin came to be known for playing the boy next door archetype, following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller '' Neram'' (2013), the sports-drama ''1983'' (2014), the romantic-comedy '' Ohm Shanthi Oshaana'' (2014), the romantic-drama '' Bangalore Days'' (2014), the comedy road-thriller '' Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' (2015), and the coming-of-age romantic drama '' Premam'' (2015). He then went on to star in the police drama '' Action Hero Biju'' (2016), the family drama '' Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' (2016), the political satire '' Sakhavu'' (2017), fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown In India
On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22March, followed by enforcement of a series of regulations in COVID-19 affected countries. The lockdown was placed when the number of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in India was approximately 500. Upon its announcement, a mass movement of people across the country was described as the largest since the Partition of India, partition of India in 1947. Observers stated that the lockdown had slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6April to a rate of doubling every six days, and by 18April, to a rate of doubling every eight days. As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown. The government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manorama News
Manorama News is an Indian Malayalam language Free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ... news channel owned by Malayala Manorama, operated by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV) the channel based at Aroor, Alappuzha, was launched on 17 August 2006. Johny Lukose is the current News Director of Manorama News. Romy Mathew is the Coordinating Editors of the channel (Heads the Input and Output Functions respectively). Malayala Manorama Group also operates the Malayalam OTT platform ManoramaMAX. Manorama News underwent a change in the look and feel on June 09, 2025. Its logo was also redesigned. Programming Daily programs Source: * News * Pularvela * Counter Point * Thiruva Ethirva * Arogyam Weekly programs Source: * Parayathe Vayya * Nere Chowe (interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyani Priyadarshan
Kalyani Priyadarshan (born 5 April 1993) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu films. Kalyani is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South and three South Indian International Movie Awards.Winners: 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018 . Times of India (17 June 2018). Retrieved 14 August 2018. Born to filmmaker and actress Lissy, Kalyani started her career as an assistant production designer. She made her acting debut i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranav Mohanlal
Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema. The son of actor Mohanlal, he made his debut as a child actor with a minor role in '' Onnaman'' (2002), followed by a leading role in '' Punarjani'', for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist (2003). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of New South Wales. Pranav returned to films in 2015 as an assistant director to Jeethu Joseph and worked in two films''Papanasam'' and '' Life of Josutty''. He starred in the leading role in the 2018 film ''Aadhi'', directed by Jeethu. He won the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor for the role. He also debuted as a singer-songwriter for the film by writing, singing and performing the song "Gypsy Women". He later worked in '' Hridayam'' (2022), which was both a critical and commercial success. Early life Pranav Mohanlal was born on 13 July 1990 in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hridayam
''Hridayam'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. It was produced by Visakh Subramaniam under Merryland Cinemas and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas under Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Darshana Rajendran. The film's songs and background score was composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab. ''Hridayam'' marks the return of Merryland Studio, one of the earliest film studios in Kerala, into film production. The film reintroduced once obsolete audio cassettes and limited edition vinyl records in India. Principal photography began in February 2020, after taking a break with the surge of COVID-19 pandemic in India, filming was concluded in March 2021. The film was shot at KCG College of Technology in Chennai, where Vineeth, his wife Divya and his friend and actor Aju Varghese studied, and in Palakkad, Kochi, and Andhra Pradesh. ''Hridayam'' was released in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saajan Bakery Since 1962
''Saajan Bakery Since 1962'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Arun Chandu. The film stars Aju Varghese, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Lena, Ranjita Menon and Grace Antony. The film was written by Arun Chandu, Sachin R Chandran and Aju Varghese, and produced by Dhyan Sreenivasan and Visakh Subramaniam under the banner Funtastic Films. The film was initially scheduled to release on 21 February 2020 but was postponed. The film premiered on 12 February 2021. Plot Two siblings, Betsy and Bobin, and their maternal uncle, Cherian, run their family Bakery in Ranni. The bakery was started by Betsy and Bobin's father Saajan. Bobin is not a responsible man preferring to while away time with friends, drinking and hoping to emigrate to Australia one day. Betsy is separated from her husband, Michael. There were no children in the marriage. Betsy is hard working and runs the bakery efficiently. Bobin tries hard to convince her to go in for a divorce or reconciliation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neeraj Madhav
Neeraj Madhav (born 26 March 1990) is an Indian actor and rapper who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry Early life Neeraj was born on 26 March 1990, in Kozhikode, Kerala into a Malayali family. He did his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode. Then graduated in Visual communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kanchipuram and later did post-graduation in Theatre from School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur. His father Dr. K. Madhavan is a veterinarian, and his mother Latha, a teacher. The young talent started off as a dancer with the first edition of reality television programme ‘Super Dancer’ on Amrita TV and made it to the final round. Neeraj is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer, having learned it under Kalamandalam Saraswathy and her daughter, Aswathy. He is also trained in chenda and is a disciple of Kalanilayam Udayan Namboodiri. Neeraj has a younger brother Navneeth Madhav, another dancer turned acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauthamante Radham
''Gauthamante Radham'' is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Anand Menen. The film stars Neeraj Madhav, Valsala Menon, Punya Elizabeth Bose, Renji Panicker and Hareesh Kanaran. Neeraj Madhav plays the main role named as Gauthaman, a young man who is highly interested in driving. Plot Gouthamante radham narrates his story of learning driving and how he handled the difficulties that came across his life. The movie starts with young Gauthaman rotating the wheel of a bicycle as he is very much interested in vehicles. Gauthaman's grandmother whom he lovingly calls Muthassi saw him most of the time spending with the toy cars and his father's cycle. Gauthaman's father Ramachandran is a very kind and compassionate person who is ready to fulfil all the wishes of his son. But Muthassi is the only one who encourages Gauthaman to take initiative to drive vehicles. As a result, his confidence level raise. They move from their village to Cochin City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen (2019 Film)
''Helen'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan under the companies Habit of Life and Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Anna Ben in the title role, while Lal, Noble Babu Thomas, Aju Varghese, Rony David and Binu Pappu appears in supporting roles. It was written by Alfred Kurian Joseph, Noble Babu Thomas and Mathukutty Xavier. Its soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman. ''Helen'' was released on 15 November 2019. The film won two National Film Awards – Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Make-up Artist (Ranjith Ambady) – and Ben won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award. It was remade into Tamil as '' Anbirkiniyal'' (2021), in Odia as ''Monalisa'' (2021) and in Hindi by the same director as '' Mili'' (2022). Plot Helen Paul is a B.Sc Nursing graduate and attends IELTS coaching classes intended for a job abroad. She work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
