Nyla Usha
Nyla Usha Gopakumar is an Indian actress, television host, and radio jockey from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. After working for nearly a decade as an RJ at Hit 96.7 in Dubai, she made her acting debut in 2013 with '' Kunjananthante Kada''. Early life and education Nyla was born to Gopakumar and Usha Kumari in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She did her schooling at the Holy Angel's Convent Thiruvananthapuram and pursued her college education at All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 2004, she moved to Dubai and joined the radio station Hit 96.7 where she still works as a radio jockey. Career 2013–2015: Debut and success In 2013, Nyla Usha debuted in the Malayalam film industry with Salim Ahamed's '' Kunjananthante Kada'', opposite Mammootty. Ahamed had known Nyla since she had interviewed him on several occasions in Dubai and offered her the lead female role. She played Chithira, a woman who is going through an unhappy marriage. Later that year she had her second r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matronymic
A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic. Around the world, matronymic surnames are far less common than patronymic surnames. In some cultures in the past, matronymic last names were often given to children of unwed mothers. Or if a woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants might adopt a matronym based on her name. A matronymic is a derived name, as compared to a matriname, which is an inherited name from a mother's side of the family, and which is unchanged. Terminology of English The word ''matronymic'' is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ ''mētēr'' "mother" ( GEN μητρός ''mētros'' whence the combining form μητρo- ''mētro''-), ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name", and the suffix -ικός -''ikos'', which was originally used to form adjec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fireman (film)
''Fireman'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language disaster film directed by Deepu Karunakaran and produced by Milan Jaleel under the banner of Galaxy Films. The film's shooting was completed in one day. It stars Mammootty, Unni Mukundan, Siddique, and Nyla Usha in the lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Raj.Nicy V.P (19 February 2015)"'Fireman' Review Round-up: Mammootty-Nyla Usha Starrer is a Highly Engaging Thriller" ''IB Times''. Retrieved 22 February 2015. This movie is shortly based on the Chala LPG tanker disaster. Plot The movie starts off with Narendan Achari at a shop with his daughter who has been treated for a brain tumour. He is distracted for some time during which his daughter goes missing. In a frenzy, he rushes to the nearest police station but is frustrated at the officers' lack of effort to find her. On the same day, a fireman Lakshmanan Pillai has his send-off from service. Later, Achari is driving his car and finding his daughter. He causes an acciden ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Priyan Ottathilanu
''Priyan Ottathilanu'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Antony Sony. The story, screenplay and dialogues are written by Abhayakumar K and Anil Kurian. It is produced by Santhosh Thrivikraman under the company WOW Cinemas. The film stars Sharafudheen, Nyla Usha and Aparna Das in the lead roles. The story revolves around Priyan, a young man who is always busy. Mammootty appears in a cameo role in the film. Premise Dr. Priyadarshan alias Priyan, a homeopathy doctor by profession, loves being a multi tasker. He is always occupied and busy. Though he is very helpful to his friends and neighbors, he is not able to find time for his family. He nurtures a passionate dream from childhood, writing, which he keeps pursuing during his busy schedule. Priyan gets a director for his script with the help of an executive producer who was shooting at his flat. Together they find a producer as well, but he insists that he will only produce the movie if Mammoott ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinema Express
''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express, The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as ''Dinamani'' and ''Kannada Prabha'' newspapers. The ''Cinema Express'' brand is now used for the film industry coverage of ''The New Indian Express'' regardless of language. ''Cinema Express'' also honoured artistic excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry through the Cinema Express Awards. The published version was discontinued in February 2016, in favour of an online magazine. History ''Cinema Express'' came out with their first issue on 10 January 1980 and had the last on 16 February 2016. The magazine was priced at Indian Rupee, ₹15 when publication ceased. Afterwards, The New Indian Express Group used the name ''Cinema Express'' for the online magazine that publishes information rel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pretham
''Pretham'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar. The film stars Jayasurya, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharaf U Dheen, Aju Varghese, Shruthi Ramachandran, Pearle Maaney, Dharmajan Bolgatty and Hareesh Peradi in the prominent roles. It is co-produced by Sankar and Jayasurya. The film was a commercial success and in 2018 a sequel, Pretham 2, was released. It was remade in Telugu under the title ''Raju Gari Gadhi 2''. It is also the third collaboration of Sankar and Jayasurya after ''Punyalan Agarbattis'' and '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam''. Principal photography began in Cherai, Ernakulam, on 24 May 2016. The film was released on 12 August 2016. A sequel titled ''Pretham 2'' was released in 2018. Plot Three young men — Denny Kokken, Shibu Majeed and Priyalal, have been friends since college. Together, they work till they hit their 30s and start their own business so that they can enjoy life in a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Economic Times
''The Economic Times'' is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. Owned by The Times Group, ''The Economic Times'' began publication in 1961 and it is sold in all major cities in India. As of 2012, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after ''The Wall Street Journal'', with a daily readership of over 800,000. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (India), Audit Bureau of Circulations, the newspaper's Print circulation, circulation averaged 269,882 copies during the latter half of 2022. It is published simultaneously from 14 cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Indore, and Bhopal. Its main content is based on the Economy of India, Indian economy, international finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. This newspaper is Publishing, published by Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, Bennett, Cole ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pathemari
Pathemari () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language period drama film written and directed by Salim Ahamed and starring Mammootty in the lead role, with a supporting cast that includes Jewel Mary, Siddique, Sreenivasan, Salim Kumar, Shaheen Siddique, Viji Chandrasekhar, and Joy Mathew. The plot follows the life of Pallikkal Narayanan (Mammootty) who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1960s when the Kerala Gulf boom was just beginning. Resul Pookutty handled the sound recording while music was composed by Bijibal and cinematography by Madhu Ambat. The principal photography began in October 2014. The film was shot in Kerala and the Middle East. Distributed by Eros International, Pathemari was released on 9 October 2015 and received critical praise. ''Pathemari'' was selected for the ''Indiwood Panorama Competition section'' at the 2nd edition of ''Indiwood Carnival 2016'' in Hyderabad. Plot A young Narayanan and Moideen along with a group of men travel to Dubai by Dhow i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology (ICT) company providing telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services, and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played a role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October 1999. Merrill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail," promoting emails as an eco-friendly way of communication. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's tr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Porinju Mariam Jose
''Porinju Mariam Jose'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language period action thriller film directed by Joshiy from a screenplay written by Abhilash N. Chandran. It starred Joju George, Nyla Usha, and Chemban Vinod Jose in the titular characters, while Vijayaraghavan and Rahul Madhav appeared in supporting roles. The original soundtrack of the film was composed by Jakes Bejoy. The story is loosely based on real events that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s in Thrissur. It was released on 23 August 2019 to generally positive reviews from both the critics and audience alike. It became the fifth Malayalam film of 2019 to successfully complete 100 days in theaters after ''Lucifer'', '' Kumbalangi Nights'', ''Uyare'', and ''Virus''. It was deemed as a huge commercial comeback for Joshiy. It is remade in Telugu as ''Naa Saami Ranga'', starring Nagarjuna. Plot 1965: Porinju Joy and Puthanpally Jose are best friends in their youth and Jose tries to persuade Porinju to confess his love ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joshiy
Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and also directed Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Joshiy made his directorial debut in the 1978 film ''Tiger Salim'', but it was the 1980 film ''Moorkhan (film), Moorkhan'' that was his breakthrough in Malayalam cinema. He is regarded as the pioneer of film noir and action thrillers in Malayalam. Early life Joshiy, the sixth child of Vasudevan and Gowri, was raised in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, India, alongside his eight siblings—three brothers and five sisters. His father, Vasudevan, worked as a canteen operator at the Singapore Naval Base before returning to India to establish a cinema theatre, Varkala Sasi. Joshiy's father died when he was six years old, after which his elder brother Shashankan and brother-in-law Sreenivasan (who named him Joshy) took on family responsibilities and expanded the theater busin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucifer (2019 Indian Film)
''Lucifer'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, in his directorial debut, and written by Murali Gopy. It is the first instalment in the ''Lucifer Franchise''. It is produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal along with an ensemble cast consisting of Vivek Oberoi, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas, Indrajith Sukumaran, Saniya Iyappan, Saikumar, Baiju Santhosh, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Sachin Khedekar, and Fazil. The film's music was composed by Deepak Dev, with the cinematography and editing handled by Sujith Vaassudev and Samjith Mohammed respectively. Development for the film began in 2016 when Gopy pitched the story to Prithviraj on the sets of '' Tiyaan.'' The title of the film was taken from a shelved project directed by Rajesh Pillai, which was also written by Gopy but with a different story. Pre-production began in 2017 with Gopy completing the final draft of the screenplay in February 2018. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran (Help:IPA/Malayalam, /pr̩t̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Bollywood, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu films, adding to more than Prithviraj Sukumaran filmography, 100 films involving diverse genres and variety of roles. Prithviraj's accolades include a National Film Award, four Kerala State Film Awards, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, seven SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Awards South, South Filmfare Award. Prithviraj made his acting debut with the 2002 film ''Nandanam (film), Nandanam''. After starring in a few box-office failures, he made a comeback with ''Classmates (2006 film), Classmates'' (2006), List of highest-grossing Malayalam films, the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, and became the youngest recipient of Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for ''Vaasthavam'' (2006). He then played a musici ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |