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Neeli (film)
''Neeli'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language horror film written and directed by Althaf Rahman. The film stars Anoop Menon, Mamta Mohandas and Baby Mya. It was produced by T. A. Sundar Menon under the banner of Sun Ads And Film Productions. Plot The film's protagonist Lekshmi (Mamta) is a speech therapist and a single mother. She along with her daughter returns to their ancestral village in Kalingadu, after her husband (Rahul Madhav) passes away. During one night, Lakshmi is attacked and her daughter kidnapped. The rest for the tale is the pursuit of the daughter. After obvious efforts to track down her daughter fail, Lekshmi seeks the help of an supernatural power in the village, Neeli. A paranormal investigator Reny (Anoop Menon) enters the fray along with two good-hearted thieves played by Baburaj and Sreekumar along with a photographer essayed by Zinil Zainudeen - the trio take care of the comedic devices in the film. Not that it needed many, especially with Reny's gizm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anoop Menon
Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films. Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and also the Filmfare Award for his performance as the fictional movie star Ajayachandran in '' Thirakkatha''. He wrote the screenplay and dialogue for films such as '' Pakal Nakshatrangal'' (2008), ''Cocktail'' (2010), '' Beautiful'' (2011), '' Trivandrum Lodge'' (2012), and '' Hotel California'' (2013). Actress Shwetha Menon is his cousin. Personal life He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode. He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram. Menon was educated at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram. He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994 99) and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University. During this period, he used to do compèring for Kairali TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas is an Indian actress, film producer and a playback singer of Malayalam film industry, she has also worked in Tamil and Telugu productions. She has acted in more than 50 films and won several accolades including two Filmfare Awards South, for Best Female Playback Singer in Telugu in 2006 and for Best Actress in Malayalam in 2010 and also Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress in 2010. She has launched her own film production company under the banner Mamta Mohandas Productions. Early life and background Mohandas was born on 14 November 1984 to Malayali parents (Mohandas and Ganga) from Kannur. She attended the Indian School, Bahrain until 2002. She pursued a bachelor's degree in computer science at Mount Carmel College Bangalore. She modeled for print ads for companies such as IBM and Kalyan Kendra, and modeled on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds. Mamta is trained in Carnatic music and Hindustani music. Film career Acting Mohandas de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a " Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, 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 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 an Indian "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. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baburaj (actor)
Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. He began and established his career in cinema by playing antagonistic roles and graduated to comedic and character roles after the 2011 film '' Salt N' Pepper''. Personal life Baburaj was born to P. J. Jacob Oleekkal and T. I. Karmali Thottungal on 5 March 1964. Baburaj married twice. He has two sons from his first marriage named Abhay and Akshay. His second marriage is to South Indian action heroine Vani Viswanath. The couple has two children, a daughter named Aarcha and a son named Adhri. Baburaj is a lawyer. They reside at Kochi. On 14 Feb 2017, Baburaj was stabbed by one of his neighbours in Idukki following an argument. Film career Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in Malayalam was ''Beeshmacharyar'' (1994), directed by Cochin Haneefa, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Madhav
Rahul Madhav (born 29 December 1984) is an Indian actor who mainly appears in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil and Kannada films. His notable films are '' Vaadamalli'', '' Thani Oruvan'', '' Memories'' and '' 100 Days of Love''. Acting career Rahul Madhav made his debut in the industry with the Tamil movie ''Adhe Neram Adhe Idam'', directed by M. Prabhu, who was the associate director of S. J. Surya. Later, he got an offer from the Tamil industry to play the lead role in '' Yugam'' (2012), directed by Sribavansekar, during the shooting of this movie he got an offer from Mollywood to present one of the lead characters in '' Bangkok Summer'' (2011), which was directed by Pramod Pappan. However, it was his next film, '' Vaadamalli'' (2011), where he plays a student who comes from the slums and his people from the slums sponsor his education, that gave him recognition. Later Rahul and Richa Panai were paired for the third time in a film which failed to take off. Rahu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjana Menon
Anjana Menon is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in the 2011 Malayalam film ''Traffic''. Early life Anjana was born to P. N. Nirmala (mother) and K. P. Achuthan (father). She completed her high school education from Air Force School and went on to pursue her bachelor's degree and master's degree in Human Resources from Christ University, Bangalore. She briefly worked at The Times of India as an HR associate while she got to work on a couple of modelling campaigns. Career Her film career began when she got a call from director Rajesh Pillai for ''Traffic'' (2011) through the reference of a cameraman she was acquainted with. Along with films, she also did advertisement campaigns for several brands, such as Paul Alukkas, MIR Realtors, Dewa Builders, Malayala Manorama among others. Post ''Traffic'', she got paired opposite Biju Menon in Sugeeth Sugeeth is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam film industry. He made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swasika
Pooja Vijay, better known by her stage name Swasika, is an Indian actress, dancer, and television presenter. She predominantly appears in Malayalam films and television shows, and has also worked in a few Tamil and Telugu films. Personal life Swasika, was born as Pooja Vijay to Vijayakumar (an accountant in Bahrain) and Girija and hails from Perumbavoor of Ernakulam in Kerala. She has a brother, Akash. After taking Bachelor of Arts degree in literature, she enrolled for dancing lessons. Career Her first film was Sundarapandi's ''Vaigai'', a love story, her character was based on a real life individual. She then did '' Goripalayam'' (2010) by Rasu Madhuravan, in which she played the second lead. She was still a student, when she acted in the film. Her third film ''Maithanam'' (2011) got positive reviews from both the critics and the audience. She played a village girl, who "values culture and tradition" in the film. In her next venture, ''Kandadhum Kaanadhadum'' by director S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megha Mathew
Megha Mathew is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2016 in '' Aanandam''. Acting career Mathew started her film career in the film ''Aanandam'' (2016). ''Aanandam'' is an Indian Malayalam romantic comedy film written and directed by Ganesh Raj in his directorial debut and produced by Vineeth Srinivasan. Subsequently, she was offered parts in ''Oru Mexican Aparatha'' also as a college student. ''Oru Mexican Aparatha'' is an Indian Malayalam film directed by Tom Emmatty along with Tovino Thomas, Roopesh Peethambaran, Neeraj Madhav. Mathew's upcoming release is Sidhique Thamarassery's directorial debut ''Sakhavinte Priyasakhi''. Personal life Mathew is a native of Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south .... She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megha Nair
Meghna Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Aged 18, Meghaa Nair first began shooting for ''Thangam'' (2008), portraying the role of the lead actress paired opposite Sathyaraj. She portrayed Sathyaraj's wife in the film, and wore make-up to present her beyond her real age. She subsequently featured in films including ''Pasupathi c/o Rasakkapalayam'' (2007) in Vivek's comedy track and ''Poova Thalaiya'' (2011) as a prostitute, before landing a role in Siva's ''Siruthai'' (2011) as a police officer. Siva had chosen her after being impressed with some promotional stills from her film ''Nellai Sandhippu'' (2012), and Megha's height was also a factor in convincing the director to cast her in the film. Featuring alongside Karthi and Tamannaah, ''Siruthai'' remains Megha's highest profile work to date. The actress changed her stage name from Megha Nair to Meghna Nair in June 2011, hoping to garner further film offers. Several of her films in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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