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Manorathangal
''Manorathangal'' () is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language anthology television series. The anthology features nine featurettes based on M. T. Vasudevan Nair's nine short stories: Aswathy V Nair, daughter of M.T. Vasudevan Nair, is the creative director of this film. Titles are '' Olavum Theeravum'', ''Kadugannawa; Oru Yathra Kurippu'', ''Sherlock'', ''Silalikhitham'', ''Vilpana'', ''Kadalkkaattu'', ''Kazhcha'', ''Abhayam Thedi Veendum'', and ''Swargam Thurakkuna Samayam''. The anthology is presented by Kamal Haasan. It comprises an ensemble cast including Mohanlal, Mammootty, Fahadh Faasil, Biju Menon, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Indrajith Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Mamukkoya, Vineeth, Indrans, Madhoo, Aparna Balamurali, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Surabhi Lakshmi, and Ann Augustine. The anthology released on 15 August 2024 on ZEE5. Plot Olavum Theeravum: Baputty, a timber trader falls in love with his dead friend's sister Nabeesa. However her mother, a prostitute, wants to marry her off to ...
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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 ...
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Parvathy Thiruvothu
Parvathy Thiruvothu Kottuvatta (born 7 April 1988), known mononymously as Parvathy, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, two Kerala State Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards South. Parvathy began her acting career with the Malayalam film ''Out of Syllabus'' in 2006, and gained critical acclaim for her performance in the Tamil romantic drama '' Poo'' (2008). She rose to prominence with her roles in ''Bangalore Days'' (2014), '' Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (2015) and '' Charlie'' (2015). Her success continued with acclaimed performances in '' Take Off'' (2017), ''Uyare (2019),'' ''Virus'' (2019), and '' Puzhu'' (2022). For her performance in ''Take Off'', she won the National Film Award – Special Mention. Beyond acting, she is an outspoken advocate for gender equality and a founding member of the Women in Cinema Collective. Early life and education Parvathy was born on 7 ...
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Surabhi Lakshmi
Surabhi C. M., also known as Surabhi Lakshmi is an Indian film, television, and stage actress who appears in Malayalam films and television. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2016 for portraying the role of a struggling middle-aged mother in the Malayalam film '' Minnaminungu''. She is known for the role as ''Pathu'' through the Malayalam Comical Television Series '' M80 Moosa'' which launched on Media One TV. Personal life Surabhi was born on 16 November 1986 to parents Aandy and Radha. She is from Narikkuni, Kozhikode, Kerala. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Bharatanatyam, securing first rank from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady. Surabhi also completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Theatre arts from the same university and an Master of Philosophy in Performing arts from Mahatma Gandhi University. As of 2017, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Performing Arts at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. Career In 2008, Surabhi ...
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Asif Ali (actor)
Asif Ali (born 4 February 1986) is an Indian actor and producer, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 film, '' Ritu''. During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically and commercially successful films including the romantic thriller, '' Apoorvaragam'', the road thriller film ''Traffic'', the romantic comedy film '' Salt N' Pepper'' and the period drama movie '' Ozhimuri'', which got an official selection in the Indian Panorama section of the 43rd International Film Festival of India. His 2013 film ''Honey Bee'' was one of the major hits in that year and his 2015 film '' Nirnayakam'' won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. His success streak continued by starring in the 2016 romantic movie '' Anuraga Karikkin Vellam'', the 2017 movie '' Sunday Holiday'', the campus thriller '' Btech'' (2018) and ''Vijay Superum Pournamiyum'' (2019), which produced a hat-trick of hits for him wit ...
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Santhosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan ISC (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has, to date, completed 55 feature films and 50 documentaries. He is regarded as one of India's finest and best cinematographers. He is the recipient of the Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography, twelve National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Career Santosh, a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and the most awarded Director of Photography in India, graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries. As a director, Santosh won his first National Award 1988 for the ''Story of Tiblu'' (1988). His film ''Halo'' was honoured at the 43rd National Film Awards as the Best Children's Film and ...
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Aparna Balamurali
Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress and playback singer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. She is recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award South. Aparna is known for her roles in the films ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), ''Sunday Holiday'' (2017), ''Soorarai Pottru'' (2020), ''Raayan'' (2024) and ''Kishkindha Kaandam'' (2024), winning the National Film Award for Best Actress for ''Soorarai Pottru''. In 2025, Aparna was placed by ''Forbes Asia'' in their Forbes 30 Under 30, 30 Under 30. Early life Aparna was born in Nenmara, Thrissur, Kerala, India to KP Balamurali Menon, a music director and Shobha Balamurali. She attended Devamatha CMI Public School. Career In 2015, Aparna's debut movie ''Oru Second Class Yathra'' was released. She rose to fame with her film named, ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' in 2016. She also starred in comedy ''Oru Muthassi Gada'' (2016). Sh ...
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Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor who works in Malayalam films. Career Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 in Palakkad, Kerala, India 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, School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master's degree, Masters in Media Production at the University of Hull. 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 stat ...
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Ramesh Narayan
Ramesh Narayan (born 3 November 1959) is an Indian Hindustani classical music, classical vocalist, composer and music producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Ramesh began his initial training in Carnatic music and later mastered the classical Hindustani classical music, Hindustani style under the renowned Pandit Jasraj. Ramesh began his career composing score music for documentaries, films and Television in India, Indian television programs in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. He composed and sung the national integration song ''Saur Mandal Mein Tim Tim'' in 1996, directed by Jnanpith Award laureate M.T. Vasudevan Nair for Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad. Ramesh's film-scoring career began in the early 1990s with the Malayalam film Magrib (film), Magrib. His notable works include Garshom, Meghamalhar, Saira (film), Saira, Makalkku, Rathri Mazha, Paradesi (2007 film), Manjadikuru Adaminte Makan Abu Veettilekkulla Vazhi, Makaramanju, Edavappathy, Ennu Ninte Moideen, Suryakantha ...
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Rajesh Murugesan
Rajesh Murugesan (born 14 May 1988) is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema for films like '' Neram'' and '' Premam''. Personal life Murugesan was born in Nagercoil and he completed his schooling at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal, while graduating with a Degree from SAE International College, Chennai in 2008. Career Rajesh made his debut as a music director in '' Neram'' a Tamil - 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 ... bilingual film which was directed by Alphonse Putharen and released in 2013. The song Pistah also featured as IPL promo song for the year 2016. Filmography Awards # Asianet Comedy Awards 2015 for Best Comical Scene Song # CPC Cine Awards 2015 for Best Music Director # Vanitha Film Awa ...
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Rahul Raj
Rahul Raj is an Indian music composer. He has composed and produced Film score, scores and soundtracks predominantly for Malayalam language, Malayalam 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 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 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 was originally produced, composed and sung by Pradeep Menon and Shashi Kumar in 1985. The devotional album produce ...
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Madhoo
Madhoo Shah (born Madhoobala Raghunath Malini; 26 March 1969), also known formerly as Madhubala, is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She was a part of Movies like ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991), '' Roja'' (1992), ''Allari Priyudu'' (1992), '' Yoddha'' (1992), and ''Gentleman'' (1993). Early life and family Madhoobala Raghunath Malini was born in a Tamil family. She was educated at St. Joseph's High School, Juhu and at University of Mumbai. She is the niece of actress Hema Malini and therefore the cousin of Esha Deol. Career Madhoo was signed on by action director Veeru Devgan for his son Ajay Devgan's debut in ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991), but her first release was K. Balachander' s '' Azhagan'' (1991), co-starring Mammooty, Bhanupriya and Geetha. She made her Hindi movie debut with in ''Phool Aur Kaante'' in 1991. She made her debut in the Malayalam film '' Ottayal Pattalam'' (1991), opposite Muk ...
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Biju Menon
Biju Menon (born 9 September 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over two decades, he has appeared in over 150 films, and has won one National film award for Best Supporting Actor, three Kerala State Film Awards including one best actor, two Filmfare Awards South and nine Asianet Film Awards. He got the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2021 for the film '' Aarkkariyam''. Biju Menon's popular characters were in films such as '' Mannar Mathai Speaking'' (1995), '' Azhakiya Ravanan'' (1996), '' Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu'' (1997), '' Pathram'' (1999), '' Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu'' (1999), '' Madhuranombarakattu'' (2000), '' Meghamalhar'' (2001), '' Shivam'' (2002), and '' T. D. Dasan Std. VI B'' (2010). He shifted to comedic from serious roles, beginning from 2010 and played several not ...
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