Madura Swapnam
''Madhura Swapanam'' is a 1977 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by K. P. Kottarakkara. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Ravikumar, Jayaprabha, Unni Mary, Sukumari, Jose Prakash and Prema. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan. It was a remake of Telugu film ''Alludochadu''. The LP record recognizes Kamal Haasan, Ravikumar, Jayaprabha and Unni Mary. Cast * Sukumari *Jose Prakash *Kamal Haasan *Prema *Sam * Sankaradi *Mancheri Chandran *Paul Vengola *Unni Mary *Jayaprabha *Mallika Sukumaran * Ravikumar Soundtrack The music was composed by M. K. Arjunan and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Danie .... References External links * {{IMDb title, 0281979 1970s Malayalam-la ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali films. He has been recognised as an influence for actors and filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. He is also known for introducing many new technologies and cosmetics to the Indian film industry. He has won numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (''Chevalier'') in 2016. Haasan started his career as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil-language film ''Kalathur Kannamma'', for which he won the President's Gold Medal. His breakthrough as a lead actor came in the 1975 drama ''Apoorva Raagangal'', directed by K. Balachander, in which he played a rebellious youth who falls i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mallika Sukumaran
Mohamallika Pillai (born 4 November 1954), better known as Mallika Sukumaran is an Indian actress and businesswoman, known for her works in Malayalam cinema. She debuted in 1974 with the Malayalam film ''Utharayanam'' by G. Aravindan. Since then, she has appeared in over 60 films. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her role in the 1974 film ''Swapnadanam''. Mallika's first appearance in television was in a tele-serial by K. K. Rajeev called ''Peythozhiyathe''. She won the Second Best Actress Award in the Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards (2004) for her role in the serial ''American Dreams''. She is well known for her comedic roles as well as her character roles. She made her debut in Tamil cinema with the 2008 film '' Vaazhthugal''. Mallika has also acted in some advertisements and participated in some talk shows and game shows. She runs a restaurant in Doha. Early life and family She was born as Mohamallika Pillai to Kainikkara Madhavan Pill ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1970s Malayalam-language Films
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ambili
Ambili is an Indian film singer in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. She has sung more than 3000 songs in 800 films. She has sung in Tamil, Hindi and Bengali. Her popular songs are "Thedi varum kannukalil", "Oonjala, oonjala", "Swarnamalakal", "Maayalle raga mazhaville" and "Guruvayoorappante thiruvamruthethinu". Personal life Padmaja Thampi, known as Ambili, was born as the youngest among five children to R C Thampi and Sukumari at Thiruvananthapuram. Her father was a military officer who later became a teacher and her mother was a singer. She has three brothers and a sister. She had her education from Fathma College and Delhi University. She had learnt music from Mr. V. Dakshina Murthy. Her debut song was "Karagre vasathe" from the movie ''Sabarimala Sree Dharmashaastha'' in 1970. She is married to K G Rajashekharan, a Malayalam film director. They have a son, Raghavendran, and a daughter, Ranjini. She started her own music troop, ''Mayambu'', and performed for sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam (born as Kalaivani on 30 November 1945), also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She has done playback for over one thousand Indian movies recording over 10,000 songs. In addition, she has recorded thousands of devotionals and private albums and also participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Renowned for her vocal range and easy adaptability to any difficult composition, Vani has often been the choice for several composers across India through the 1970s until the late 1990s. She has sung in several Indian languages, such as Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Assameese, and Bengali languages. Vani won the National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer three times and also has won State Government awards from the states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jolly Abraham
Jolly Abraham, also known as Jollee Abraham, is an Indian gospel singer and film singer in Malayalam cinema. He sang more than 100 Malayalam movie songs during the 1970s and 1980s. His debut song was for ''Chattambikalyani'' in 1973. He was born in Kumbalam, Eranakulam, and is a graduate in BSc Botany from Sacred Heart College Thevara, Cochin. He has also sung a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movie songs. Married with two children, he lives in Chennai. Partial filmography As an actor * ''Aakramanam'' (1981) * '' Kilinjalgal'' (1981) (Tamil movie) * '' Aattuvanchi Ulanjappol'' (1984) As a singer * Kaattinkaravaal ... Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Ushassinte Radhathil ... ''Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Pandoru Mukkuvan ... ''Kunjikkaikal'' (1974) * Jayikkaanaay Janichavan ... '' Chattambikkalyaani'' (1975) * Bhagavadgeethayum Sathyageetham ... ''Omanakkunju'' (1975) * Rajanigandhi ... ''Panchami'' (1976) * Maanam Potti Veenu ... '' Paarijaatham'' (1976) * Govinda naama Sankeerthanam .. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shantha P
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Kousalya (singer)
Kousalya is a playback singer and Music Composer from South Indian Cinema. Started playback singing career in the year 1999 with Telugu movie ''Nee Kosam'', music scored by R.P.Patnaik. She rendered more than 400 songs for Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She did her Post Graduation in Carnatic music from Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupathi. Presently pursuing doctoral research in Music Career She started playback singing in the year 1999 with the Telugu movie ''Nee Kosam'', music scored by R.P.Patnaik. Kousalya rendered her voice for dubbing in three movies, ''Sravanamasam'' for heroine Kalyani , ''Bakara'' for heroine Yashika and "Cheekati Rajyam" for Kamalhassan's wife character. She composed " Sri Annamayya Sankeerthana Sudha " with four new Keerthanas released by Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is a music company in India, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mathrubhumi
''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. It is the second most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala. It publishes a variety of magazines and supplements including the weekly literary magazine, '' Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu''. SEED (Student Empowerment for Environmental Development) is Mathrubhumi's CSR initiative, a nature driven educational program started by Mathrubhumi. SEED aims at making environmental education a part of the school educational curriculum and make such activities a part of their daily life. Printing centers (known as editions) In Kerala * Alappuzha * Kozhikkode * Kochi * Kannur * Kottayam * Malappuram * Palakkad * Kollam * Thiruvananthapuram * Thrissur Rest of India * Bangalore * Chennai * Mumbai * Delhi Outside India * Dubai * Doha Publications ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sreekumaran Thampi
Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema. Film career Thampi was introduced to the Malayalam film industry in 1966 by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film ''Kaattumallika''. He has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs. He is also the author of the well-known literary work ''Prem Nazir Enna Prema Gaanam''. He won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema film (Kanakkum Kavitayum) whilst his films '' Gaanam'' and '' Mohiniyattam'' won Kerala State Awards. He is a songwriter, screenplay writer, film producer, director and musician, but says he is more of a lyricist than a filmmaker. His songs include "Chandrikayilaliyunn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jayaprabha
Jayaprabha (born 1957) is an Indian critic and poet writing in Telugu. She is considered a pioneer of the feminist movement in Telugu literary criticism and poetry. Jayaprabha's poetry focusses on women's issues, their problems and strengths and often attacks established gender norms. Biography Jayaprabha was born on 29 July 1957. She did her master's degree in Telugu literature and acquired a Ph.D. from Osmania University for her thesis on the progress and status of Telugu drama. She currently lives in Secundrabad. Professional career In 1981 Jayaprabha and K. Satyavathi started a feminist monthly Lohita. Her first collection of poems "Yuddhonmukhamga" (Towards War) was published in 1984. Jayaprabha's second book of poems "Vaamanudi Moodo Paadam" (Third foot of Vamana) was published in 1988. This collection contained two of her landmark feminist poems 'Chupulu' (Stares) and 'Pytani tagaleyyali' (Burn the saree). Chupulu translated as 'looks' or sometimes 'stares' is a poem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ravikumar (actor)
Ravi Kumar Menon is an Indian film and television actor in Malayalam and Tamil movies and serials. He has acted more than 100 south Indian films. He played lead roles during the 1970s. His came to Malayalam film industry through his debut movie ''Ullasa Yaathra'' (1975). Background Ravi Kumar was born in Trichur, Kerala. His debut movie as a hero was ''Ullasa Yaathra'' (1975). After that he had acted a lot of movies in Malayalam and Tamil as hero. Filmography Malayalam * Lakshaprabhu (1968) * Ullaasayaathra (1975) * Neelasaari (1976) * Romeo (1976) * Ayalkkaari (1976) as Mohanan * Amma (1976) * Aashirvadham (1977) * Sreemurukan (1977) * Innale Innu (1977) * Yatheem (1977) as Siddhique * Aanandam Paramaanandam (1977) * Abhinivesham (1977) as Babu * Aa Nimisham (1977) * Madhuraswapnam (1977) * Pattalaam Jaanaki (1977) * Angeekaaram (1977) as Prasad * Samudram (1977) as Mohan * Thacholi Ambu (1978) * Ninakku Njaanum Enikku Neeyum (1978) * Aanayum Ambaariyum (1978) * Ada ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |