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5 Sundarikal
''5 Sundarikal'' () is a Malayalam romantic anthology film. It contains five short stories on love about five types of women. The stories are directed by Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu, Amal Neerad, and Anwar Rasheed, and feature an ensemble cast. The film was produced by Amal Neerad Productions. The music directors were Gopi Sundar, Bijibal, Prashant Pillai and Yakzan Gary Pereira. The film reached theatres on 21 June. A promo song by popular Kochi-based rock band Black Letters was also released. The featurette ''Sethulakshmi'' is an adaptation of M. Mukundan's short story "Photo" while ''Kullande Bharya'' is based on a Chinese story, "The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband", by Feng Jicai. It is narrated by Dulquer Salmaan. List of short films Plots ''Sethulakshmi'' Sethulakshmi ( Baby Anikha), a schoolgirl, collects the photos of newly married couples from newspapers and pastes them in a notebook. Her close friend ( Chethan Jayalal) learns about her interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyju Khalid
Shyju Khalid is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who works in Malayalam films. Shyju Khalid made his debut as cinematographer with ''Traffic'' (2011). His notable works are '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (2012), '' Idukki Gold'' (2013), ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), ''Traffic'' (2011), ''5 Sundarikal'' (2013), '' Sudani From Nigeria'' (2018), '' Ee.Ma.Yau'' (2018) and '' Kumbalangi Nights'' (2019). He is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC). Film director Khalid Rahman and cinematographer Jimshi Khalid are his brothers. Career In 2011, director Aashiq Abu suggested him as a cinematographer to Rajesh Pillai directed ''Traffic''. His work received recognition through the film. His second film, ''Salt and Pepper'' (2011) was directed by Aashiq Abu. In 2012 he again worked with Abu in '' 22 Female Kottayam''. Shyju directed a segment in the anthology film ''5 Sundarikal'' in 2013. He has also co-produced the films '' Chandrettan Evideya'', ... [...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] |
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] |
Amal Neerad Productions
Amal Neerad (born 13 February 1978) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and producer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (first batch). He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Cinematography (special mention) in 2001 for his diploma film ''Meena Jha'' (short feature section). He started his career shooting music videos, documentaries and advertising. It was his diploma film that brought him to the attention of Ram Gopal Varma and his team. Amal Neerad moved into Hindi cinema with three back to back films; ''James'' (2005), '' Darna Zaroori Hai'' (2006) and ''Shiva'' (2006). In 2004, he also shot the Malayalam film ''Black'' starring Mammootty. Early and personal life Amal Neerad was born in Kollam, Kerala. He attended school and college in Kochi. He was the college union chairman of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam during two consecutive terms, 1992–93 and 1993–94. He married actress Jyothir ... [...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 Thiruvananthapuram 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 ''Under World'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language gangster film directed by Arun Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashant Pillai
Prashant Pillai (born 8 September 1981) is a music producer and composer from India. Early career After completing his Sound engineering in Chennai, he went on to work with A.R.Rahman. After a short stint with him, he moved on and settled in Pune, where he started scoring for ad jingles, web sonics, and short films. Pillai considers A.R.Rahman to be his professional guide and mentor. In early 2004, Pillai got his first break to compose a radio jingle and then went on to compose jingles, for both radio and television consumption. In the year 2007, Prashant scored music for Bejoy Nambiar's, critically acclaimed short film ''Rahu'' where he teamed with singer K. S. Krishnan. Bejoy's uncanny knack of selecting unusual and experimental sounds, resulted in Prashant working on a soundtrack, which he still claims to be his best. ''Rahu'' soundtrack features Murtaza and Qadir Khan, sons of the Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. They feature in the soundtrack for the Sufi song, "Betaabi". T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijibal
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he has composed for more than 150 feature films, several television commercials and a few documentaries.His work on the movie ''Kaliyachan'' earned him the National film award in 2012. Career Bijibal entered the film industry as a composer in 2007, with the satirical drama film '' Arabikatha'' directed by Lal Jose. In 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Background Score and Kerala State Film Award for the film '' Kaliyachan''. He has also composed for several non-film Malayalam albums including ''Vasco Da Gama''. He has also often composed for short films besides directing the short titled ''Sundari'' and also composing its score. He also composed the music for the door-opening and door-closing notification system in Kochi Metro trains which continues to be in use to this date. The notable feature films for whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, Programming (music), programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works in the Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil film industries. He began his career composing music for television commercials and is credited with writing nearly 5,000 jingles. As a Keyboard instrument, keyboardist, he has collaborated with many music directors, including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtracks and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. In 2014, Sundar started his own recording label, Gopi Sundar Music Company with an idea to promote aspiring musicians and to make low-budget productions possible. In 2016, he formed a live performance Musical ensemble, music band calledBand Big G in Dubai. In 2017, his work in the film ''Pulimurugan'' was included in the contender list for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivek Harshan
Vivek Harshan (born 28 May 1981) is an Indian film editor who works predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has frequently collaborated with Amal Neerad, M. Rajesh, and Karthik Subbaraj since the beginning of their careers. '' Big B'' (2007), '' Jigarthanda'' (2014), ''Iyobinte Pusthakam'' (2014), , '' Varathan'' (2018), ''Bheeshma Parvam'' (2022), '' Aavesham'' (2024), ''Manjummel Boys'' (2024) and '' Sikandar'' (2025) are some of his notable works. He won the National Film Award for Best Editing in 2014 for ''Jigarthanda''. Film career After assisting editor Anthony, Harshan started working as an independent editor with the Malayalam film '' Red Salute'' (2006). He got break in his second film '' Big B'' (2007). His work on the 2014 Tamil film '' Jigarthanda'' got him the National Award for that year. Filmography Awards National Film Awards * 2014 – National Film Award for Best Editing for '' Jigarthanda'' Vijay Awards The Vijay Awards are presented by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renadive
Renu, professionally credited as Renadive is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Malayalam cinema. Early life Born in Kunnamkulam, on 30 August 1979 as the son of Kallayil Vijayaraghavan, a photographer and Shyamala Vijayaraghavan. Renu holds a diploma in still photography from Indian Institute of Photography. He has worked for Kairali TV channel as a cameraman and covered 148 episodes of ''Verittakazhchakal'' with V. K. Sreeraman. Career In 2006, he joined cinematographer Alagappan as an assistant cinematographer for the film '' Agnisakshi (1999 film)'', followed by films such as Photographer (film), Novel (film), Thalappavu. Later he joined cinematographer Jibu Jacob and worked with him in movies namely Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, Pranayakalam, Heartbeats. In 2007 he joined the team of Big B (film) and worked as an assistant cinematographer to Sameer Thahir Sameer C. Thahir (born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematography, cinematographer, screenwriter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajeev Ravi
Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director, and producer from Kochi, Kerala. He's best known for his work in Hindi and Malayalam films. After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his career by assisting in the Malayalam film, '' Pranayavarnangal'' (1998) shot by Santosh Thundiyil. He debuted as a cinematographer with the film '' Chandni Bar'' (2001), when he was launched by producer R. Mohan (GoodKnight Mohan) when the original cinematographer Venu had date clashes. The film was directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Ravi is known for his collaborations with director Anurag Kashyap and his wife, former actress and director Geetu Mohandas. They have collaborated in several commercial and art films in Hindi cinema. In 2012, he co-produced the Hindi feature film ''ID''. The film premiered in the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Ravi won the 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for Anurag Kashyap's '' Dev.D' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahadh Faasil
Abdul Hameed Mohammed Fahad Fazil (born 8 August 1982), professionally known as Fahadh Faasil, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Malayalam films. Noted for his diverse portrayals, Fahadh is among the highest-paid and most popular Malayalam actors. Fahadh is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Kerala State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards South. Born to filmmaker Fazil, Fahadh began his career at the age of 20 with his father's 2002 romantic film '' Kaiyethum Doorath'', which was a critical and commercial failure. Post a hiatus of seven years, Fahadh returned to films with the anthology '' Kerala Cafe'' (2009) and attained public attention for his role in the thrillers '' Chaappa Kurishu'' (2011) and '' Akam'' (2011), winning the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for both these films. Fahadh further achieved critical acclaim and commercial success with the thriller '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (2012), romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
