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Parudeesa
''Parudeesa'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by R. Sarath and written by Vinu Abraham. The film stars Sreenivasan, Thampy Antony, and Swetha Menon. It explores the conflict between orthodox and unorthodox religious beliefs. Set in a remote hillside hamlet, the story revolves around a priest who adheres to tradition, and a verger, who holds a more liberated view of religion and life. ''Parudeesa'' was the last film Jagathy Sreekumar completed before his accident. The film was released on 26 October 2012. Plot It tells the story of a Catholic parish in a hillside village in Kerala. Set in two milieus – Kerala of the sixties and seventies and that of the eighties and nineties – the film unfolds through the conflict of ideals between Bishop Aanjalithanam, an orthodox Bishop, who is the last word in the parish, and a firebrand Priest named Jose, who believes that Christ was the original revolutionary. Both of them believe that their way to God is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagathy Sreekumar
Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actor in the history of Malayalam cinema, he is also known for his highly nuanced character roles. He is the son of acclaimed dramaturge and writer, Jagathy N. K. Achary. Jagathy Sreekumar won five Kerala State Film Awards among numerous other awards for his roles in various films. He has also directed two films and written screenplays for two more. His stage name is derived from the neighborhood of Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram from where he hails. He is an outspoken orator holding strong views, quite unlike his onscreen image and his speeches are still popular. As the result of a vehicle accident in March 2012, Jagathy was hospitalized for over a year and has still not completely recovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thampy Antony
Antony Thekkek, better known as Thampy Antony, is an Indian-American film actor, writer, activist and producer. He is the elder brother of Malayalam actor Babu Antony. As a writer he has published books in Malayalam and English. He is the author of several books such as ''Koonampara County'', ''Life of Ouso'', ''Lady Biker'' and ''Vasco da Gama''. As an actor, he is active primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has won Basheer-Amma Malayalam Award for his book ''Vasco da Gama''. Early life Thampy Antony was born in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He is an architect by profession. He immigrated to the United States and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than thirty years. Film career Antony made his film debut, with ''Arabia'', a film that starred his younger brother Babu Antony in the lead. He has since then acted in many American and Indian productions, predominantly in Malayalam. He won the Best Actor Award at the Honolulu International Film Festival in 2005 for portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandhu
Nandalal Krishnamoorthy, better known by his stage name Nandu, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Malayalam films. He has worked in the industry for more than 30 years and is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal's ''Spirit (2012 film), Spirit'', directed by Ranjith (director), Ranjith. He was also seen in many Priyadarsan, Priyadarshan films. He received SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu, SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor, for ''Spirit''. Personal life Nandu was born in Thiruvananthapuram, to Krishnamoorthy, a table tennis coach at National Institute of Sports and Sukumari, a singer. He lost his mother 60 days after he was born, and was brought up by his uncle and aunt. His father never remarried, and died later. His first film was ''Sarvakalasala'' (1986), directed by Venu Nagavally. During his early career, most of his roles were of college background. Nandu is married to Kavitha Nandalal, since 1997. They have a daughter, Nandita (b. 1999) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambika Mohan
Ambika Mohan is an Indian actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ... and television series, primarily in supporting roles. She made her debut in the film '' Meghamalhar'' (2001) and has acted in over 300 films. Filmography Short films and albums Television References External links * Ambika Mohan at MSI {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohan, Ambika Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Kerala Indian film actresses People from Palakkad district Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrans
K. Surendran (born 16 March 1956), better known by his stage name Indrans, is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the comedy movie ''CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed., CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed''. Indrans was popular for his comedy roles in the 1990s and 2000s. He found success in playing character roles in his later career and won the National Film Awards-National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film), Special Mention for his performance in Home (2021 film), Home in 2023 and won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his performance in ''Apothecary (film), Apothecary'' in 2014. In 2018, Indrans won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Aalorukkam''. His performance in ''Veyilmarangal'' made him win the Best Actor Award at the 2019 Singapore International Film Festival. As of November 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swetha Menon
Shwetha Menon (born 23 April 1974) is an Indian actress, model, television anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She has won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Films. She won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actress and two Filmfare Award South. She participated in '' Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 1''. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and became noted, after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Hindi cinema. It was the film ''Ishq'' (1997) where she received notable attention as the dancer for the song, "Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai", featuring Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgn and also in '' Bandhan'' (1998). Following appearances in over 30 Hindi films, in which she generally conveyed a glamorous image, her acting career took a turn by the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Prasad (actor)
Krishna Prasad N. P. is an Indian actor and agriculturist, who appears in Malayalam films and television. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1984 with a bit part in K. G. George's '' Panchavadi Palam''. His debut credited role came in Padmarajan's 1988 drama ''Moonnam Pakkam''. Since then, he has acted in over 150 films. He played leading role in K. S. Sethumadhavan's and M. T. Vasudevan Nair's drama '' Venal Kinavukal'' (1991) and in the TV serial ''Vritthandham'' on Doordarshan. He has mostly played supporting roles. Prasad has worked with various filmmakers, including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, A. K. Lohithadas, Sibi Malayil, Priyadarshan, Anjali Menon, Dr. Biju, Lal Jose, Martin Prakkat, Abrid Shine, and Midhun Manuel Thomas. Prasad ventured into paddy cultivation in 2007. In 2010, he won Karshakamitra award from the Government of Kerala for his work in farming. Prasad has served as a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Kerala State Chalachitra Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouseppachan
Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film Awards for his numerous film soundtrack albums and background scores. Early life Ouseppachan was born to Mathiri Paliakkara and Louis of the Mechery house on 13 September 1955 in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.weblokam.com �Profile Career He started his music career as violinist in some music troupes including Voice of Trichur. Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri. He later became the violinist under music director Paravoor Devarajan master. His first work in the film industry was the film ''Eenam'', for which he set the background score. He also composed additional background music for the film ''Aaravam'' (1979) in which he also played the role of a fiddle player, however '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Isaac Thomas Kottukapally (1948/9 – 18 February 2021) was an Indian film score composer, music director and script writer working mainly in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. He scored music for several English documentaries and commercials. Isaac debuted as a composer into the film industry with the National award winning Kannada film '' Thaayi Saheba'' (1997) directed by Girish Kasaravalli. For his background score in the film ''Adaminte Makan Abu'' (2010), Isaac won the Best Music Director award at the 58th National Film Awards. Besides this, he won the Kerala State Film Awards five times for his score in various Malayalam films. Early life Isaac was the son of former Member of Parliament George Thomas Kottukapally and was a member of the Kottukapally family of Pala, Kerala. His childhood activities were predominantly into arts and music. He did his schooling at the Bishop Cotton Boys' School. At home in Pala, he was exposed to an extensive collection of music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Drama Films
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Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas. Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film '' Millennium Stars'', which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in '' Nivedyam'' (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in '' Grandmaster'' and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in '' Spirit'' (2012), and "Poomuthole" in '' Joseph'' (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film '' Maari'' (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film '' Padaiveeran'' (2018). Early life Vijay Yesudas was born to singer K. J. Yesudas and Prabha. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s Malayalam-language Films
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