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Navodaya Appachan
Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (6 February 1924 – 23 April 2012) was an Indian film producer, director and entrepreneur. He was best known for his work in Malayalam cinema, especially as the founder of Navodaya Studio. Appachan was born to M. M. Chacko son of Mani of the Maliampurackal family at Pulinkunnoo and was an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai. Movies he produced include ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'' and ''My Dear Kuttichathan''. The latter was the first 3D movie made in India and released as ''Chota Chetan'' in Hindi. He is the founder of Navodaya Studio. He created '' Bible Ki Kahaniyan'' on Doordarshan. He first became involved in the film industry with his brother Kunchacko, at Udaya Studio. The first Cinemascope film in Malayalam was directed by him, and the Malayalam '' Padayottam'', which was the first indigenously shot 70mm movie in South India, was produced by him. He founded Kishkinta, India's first theme park, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulinkunnoo
Pulincunnoo or Pulinkunnoo is a small village in the Kuttanadu region of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. The Pampa The Pampas (; from Quechuan languages, Quechua 'plain'), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentina, Argentine Provinces of Argentina, provinces of Buenos Aires Pro ... river in Pulincunnoo is a route for houseboat tourism operators in Kuttanadu. The village is part of the islands dotting the Kerala Backwaters, a network of lakes, wetlands, and canals crisscrossing the state. The village is around 20 km from Alleppey and 15 km from Changanacherry. Places of worship * St. Mary's Forane Church, Pulinkunnoo References External linksCochin University College of Engineering Kuttanadu {{Tourism in Kerala Islands of Kerala Villages in Alappuzha district Islands of India Populated places in India Tourisam attraction: https://www.amphibianz.in/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
70mm
70 mm film (or 65 mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge for motion picture photography, with a negative area nearly 3.5 times as large as the standard 35 mm motion picture film format. As used in cameras, the film is wide. For projection, the original 65 mm film is printed on film. The additional 5 mm contains the four magnetic stripes, holding six tracks of stereophonic sound. Although later 70 mm prints use digital sound encoding (specifically the DTS format), the vast majority of existing and surviving 70 mm prints pre-date this technology. Each frame is five perforations tall (i.e., 23.8125 mm or 15/16 inches tall), with an image aspect ratio of 2.2:1. The use of anamorphic Ultra Panavision 70 lenses squeezes an ultra-wide 2.76:1 aspect ratio horizontally into that 2.2:1 imaging area. To this day, Ultra Panavision 70 produces the widest picture size in the history of filmmaking; surpassed only by Polyvision, which was only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theekkadal
''Theekkadal'' is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language film directed and produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sukumaran and Srividya. Cast *Prem Nazir as Balakrishnan *Madhu as Divakaran *Sukumaran as Varghese *Srividya as Sridevi *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Pappan * Ravi Kumar as Dr. Prasannan * Ambika as Sumam *Aranmula Ponnamma as Balakrishnan's Mother *Ratheesh *Bahadoor as Shekharan Pillai * Roopa *Haseena Aman as Shobha *Paravoor Bharathan Vadakkekarayil Koran Bharathan (16 January 1929- 19 August 2015), better known as Paravoor Bharatan was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He started his career in movies during the 1950s. Bharathan is known as a versatile actor and ... as Kochu Soundtrack The music was composed by Guna Singh. References External links * 1980 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films produced by Navodaya Appachan {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Amaldev
Jerome Thomas Veleeparambil, more popularly known by his stage name Jerry Amaldev (born 15 April 1939) is a three-time Kerala State Film Awards winning Indian composer of film scores who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema. He is noted for his lyrical and expressive melodies together with simple but rich tonal compositions of Indian music. Biography Jerry Amaldev was born on 15 April 1939 in Kochi, Cochin State, to V. C. Joseph and Mary Joseph. He completed his high school education in 1955 at St. Albert's High School, Ernakulam. He Obtained the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy from the Papal Athenaeum, Pune. He is considered one of the evergreen music directors in Mollywood, even though he worked for a small span. His notable films as a music director are ''Manjil Virinja Pookkal'', ''Aparahnam'', ''Ennennum Kannettante'', '' Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku'', '' Nokketha Dhoorathu Kannum Nattu'', and ''Guruji oru Vakku''.. He receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in Mohanlal filmography, more than 400 films. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest Orders, decorations, and medals of India, civilian honours, for his contributions to Cinema of India, Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army (India), Territorial Army. Mohanlal was named as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema" by CNN. Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maamaankam
''Maamaankam'' is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language historical drama film directed and produced by Navodaya Appachan, made under Navodaya Studio. It is based on the medieval Mamankam festival held every 12 years at the banks of river Bharathappuzha in Tirunavaya, Southern India. Written by N. Govindankutty, the film stars Prem Nazir, Jayan, Jose Prakash and Alummoodan in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. Raghavan. Plot It is Chanthunni's greatest wish to go to the Mamankam and fight for the sake of his King Valluvakonathiri against the Samoothiri. However his uncle and guru wishes him to wait until the next Mamankam. And his childhood love Manka is the daughter of the Chief Minister of Samuthiri. Aiding Chanthunni is his best friend Moosa, who is also his uncle's disciple. Moosa captures Koya, a spy from the Samoothiri's camp, but is promptly tricked and captured by a rescue team led by Suhara, Koya's daughter. Suhara falls in love with Moosa while he's a prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadathanaattu Maakkam
''Kadathanaattu Maakkam'' is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language epic-fantasy film directed and produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayan, Sheela and Sukumari in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. Plot Maakkam, only sister to four beloved brothers belongs to the famed Ilavannoor Madom. However all her sister-in-laws except the youngest one Purani are jealous of Maakkam and plot to turn their husbands against her. Meanwhile, the brave warrior Unni Kurup is in love with Maakkam's best friend Unniyamma. Their marriage is fixed by Unniyamma's brother the famous Thacholi Othenan. But a rival claimant, the villainous Kunjikannan wants to marry her on the basis of on an old promise. Maakkam, the mediator to the dispute declares that a duel must be fought between the two claimants for Unniyamma's hand. Unni Kurup wins the duel but Kunjikannan swipes him with a poison tipped sword. It is Maakkam who discovers that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thacholi Ambu
''Thacholi Ambu'' is a 1978 Indian Malayalam-language historical drama film directed and produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio. It was the first anamorphic CinemaScope film in Malayalam. Starring Prem Nazir in the title role, alongside Sivaji Ganesan, Ravikumar and Jayan. Made on a cost of , the film grossed more than ₹1 crore at the box office. Plot Thacholi Ambu's uncle, the great warrior Thacholi Othenan speaks to him through an oracle to go to Ponniyam Parunthunkalkotta. Ambu befriends the poor ferryman Mayan Kutty and his grandson Kunjali and learns that Parunthunkalkotta Panicker had murdered his uncle and implicated Mayan Kutty's son Bappu as the assassin. Bappu and his family flees from the bloodthirsty mob. But as he saves his eldest son from a crocodile, the mob catches up with Bappu and kills him. The child is lost and the bereaved Mayan Kutty manages to pack the rest of the family to a safe shore. Thacholi Ambu learns that he can't conquer the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the largest and most populous city in Kerala. The larger Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area had over 1.7 million inhabitants within an area of 543 sq. km..Trivandrum is one of the few cities in India that functions as a capital city, a maritime city, an information technology city, a space research city,a defence city,a bioscience city a tourism city, and a city known for its research and development institutions. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a port city located from a heavily trafficked East-West shipping channel. The city is home to India’s first deep-water trans-shipment port, the Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram. The city is characterised by its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
