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Roopa Revathi
Roopa Revathi, also known as Roopa K.R., is an Indian musician, violinist and playback singer from Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie ''Madampi'' in 2008. She has also recorded songs for Tamil and Kannada films. She was the winner of the reality show Super Star Global, a musical talent hunt show hosted by Amrita TV. Career Revathi debuted as a playback singer in 2008 with the song "Ente Sharike" in B. Unnikrishnan's Malayalam film ''Madampi'' under music director M. Jayachandran. In 2011, she debuted as a violinist in the Malayalam film industry through the film ''Urumi''. Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the film Industry through the movie '' Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) ... was the composer of the film. Reality shows * 2007 – Amrita TV Super Star Global Winner Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singer
A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. Generally, to synchronize with the emotional situation of the song or complete movie, the playback singer is given the idea of all those so that the singer can interpret by taking the right moves in their vocals. South Asia South Asian cinema, South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Cinema of India, Indian films as well as Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urumi (film)
''Urumi'' (also known as ''Urumi: The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama''), is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film written by Shankar Ramakrishnan and directed as well as co-produced by Santosh Sivan.Review: Watch Urumi for the effort . Rediff.com (1 April 2011). It features an featuring , Arya, |
Gireesh Puthenchery
Girish Puthenchery was a noted Malayalam lyricist, poet, scriptwriter and screenwriter, esteemed for his pivotal role as a lyricist in Malayalam cinema. He was often hailed as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam and was admired for his unique and distinctive writing style. He also served as the director of Indian Performance Rights Society's Malayalam division (I.P.R.S) and was a member of the governing councils of both Kerala Kalamandalam and the Kerala Lalithakala Academy. He made his debut with the film Enquiry in 1989 .He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist seven times. He also holds the record for writing the highest number of songs in the Malayalam film industry in the shortest period of time. He died on 10 February 2010 at a private hospital in Kozhikode Due to a severe brain hemorrhage. Life and career Personal life Girish was born to Pulikkool Krishna Panicker and Meenakshi Amma in Puthenchery, near Ulliyeri village in the Kozhikode district of Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyani Nair
Kalyani Nair is a singer from Chennai, India (born in HIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA). She is active in the Tamil cinema industry, Kollywood. As a schoolgirl, Kalyani first appeared on Television in an episode of ''Symphony'' on Kairali TV. One of her popular songs is ''Dora Dora Anbe Dornnjmnma'', from the movie ''Maasilamani'' where she sang the duet with Balram. She is an undergraduate student of Economics at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Hariharan once described her voice as one with a bright future as she sang with him at a function. She did her schooling mostly in North India as her father, Colonel U.G. Kumar and was posted in different places in India. Her uncle is Rambo . So she had the chance to learn Hindustani music. Currently at Chennai, her teacher is Binny Krishnakumar. She married one of her co-singers, V. Pradeep Kumar, who has sung many songs in Tamil movies. Their wedding was in Chennai and attended by many singers. She is the daughter-in-law of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najim Arshad
Najim Arshad (born 8 June 1986) is a state award-winning Indian playback singer and music director, sung more than 500 songs in the Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries. In 2007, he won the reality show ''Idea Star Singer''. He studied in Swathi Thirunal College of Music and holds graduation and post-graduation degree in music. He was the Rank Holder of University of Kerala in Bachelor Of Performing Arts. He also won the Kalaprathibha title 13 times at the district and sub-district levels during his early school days. He is a recipient of Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Personal life Najim was born to Shahul Hameed (Thirumala Shahul) and Rehma. His father retired from his position as an administrative officer of the Central Vigilance Commission and his mother is a music teacher. He has two elder brothers, Dr. Ajim Shad and Sajim who works as a sound engineer. On 13 September 2015, he married Thazni Thaha (Kiki) in Punalur. Career Najim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is the eldest son of actor and screenwriter Sreenivasan. Early life Vineeth Sreenivasan is the eldest son of Malayalam screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan and Vimala. His younger brother, Dhyan Sreenivasan is also an actor. He attended Rani Jai Higher Secondary School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai. Career He made his acting debut playing one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film ''Cycle (2008 film), Cycle'', which did well at the box office. Malarvadi Arts Club, his directorial debut film, was released in theatres worldwide on 2010. It garnered critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, music, score, and standout performances by the cast. The film also achieved significant commercial success. His latest movie, ''Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15+ Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthik was born on 7 November 1980 into a Tamil family and hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest '' Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who often collaborated with Rahman, was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, Programming (music), programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works in the Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil film industries. He began his career composing music for television commercials and is credited with writing nearly 5,000 jingles. As a Keyboard instrument, keyboardist, he has collaborated with many music directors, including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtracks and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. In 2014, Sundar started his own recording label, Gopi Sundar Music Company with an idea to promote aspiring musicians and to make low-budget productions possible. In 2016, he formed a live performance Musical ensemble, music band calledBand Big G in Dubai. In 2017, his work in the film ''Pulimurugan'' was included in the contender list for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casanovva
''Casanovva'' (also known as ''Confident Casanovva'') is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic action thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Bobby & Sanjay. It was produced by Roy C. J. of Confident Group in association with Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with an ensemble cast of Shriya Saran, Vikramjeet Virk, Lakshmi Rai, Roma Asrani, Sanjjana, Abhishek Vinod, Riyaz Khan, Shankar Panicker, Lalu Alex and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film features original soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar, Alphons Joseph, and Gowry Lekshmi, and a film score composed by Sundar. Produced on a budget of 12 crore, it was one of the most expensive Malayalam films ever made at that time. ''Confidant Casanovva'' was released in India on 26 January 2012. Upon release, the film received negative reviews from critics, with criticism on the story, screenplay, cast performances and direction. However the film's music, songs, production values and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganesh Sundaram
Ganesh Sundaram (born 30 May 1969) is an Indian playback singer active mainly in Malayalam films. About Ganesh Sundaram was born to Mr N. Sundaram Chettiyar and Mrs Meenakshi in 1969 at Changanacherry in Kottayam district. Later he was taken to Tripunithura, the cultural capital of Ernakulam district and had his primary schooling there at the Thekkumbhagam govt upper primary school. He then moved to Tripunithura govt boys high school and Chottanikkara Govt higher secondary school. During these school years Ganesh earned enough and more affection from teachers and students as a singer and admirer of arts and Men. Early life He started taking lessons in carnatic music at an age of ten. Mrs Lailu was his first guru in carnatic music and later musicians like S.K.Subrahmaniam, Kanjangad Sreenivasan, Kaavalam Sreekumar, Mrs Indira and Tomy Thomas gave him with music lessons. His competence in vocal recital searched higher realms as he progressed from schooling to university educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijibal
Bijibal Maniyil is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he has composed for more than 150 feature films, several television commercials and a few documentaries.His work on the movie ''Kaliyachan'' earned him the National film award in 2012. Career Bijibal entered the film industry as a composer in 2007, with the satirical drama film '' Arabikatha'' directed by Lal Jose. In 2013, he won the National Film Award for Best Background Score and Kerala State Film Award for the film '' Kaliyachan''. He has also composed for several non-film Malayalam albums including ''Vasco Da Gama''. He has also often composed for short films besides directing the short titled ''Sundari'' and also composing its score. He also composed the music for the door-opening and door-closing notification system in Kochi Metro trains which continues to be in use to this date. The notable feature films for whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajamma At Yahoo
''Rajamma @ Yahoo'' (Read as ''Rajamma at Yahoo'') is a 2015 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Reghu Rama Varma. It stars Kunchacko Boban and Asif Ali. The film was released on 11 November 2015 coinciding with Diwali. Plot Two brothers – Michel Rajamma known as Rajamma and Vishnu Yohannan known as Yahoo. They are born to the inter-caste couple Yohannan and Rajamma, who fell in love during their college days. After the sudden demise of their parents, they live alone in their house, a bungalow under the care of Aimutty. After leading a carefree life, the duo plans to rent out parts of their bungalow to different families. One to Yahoo's girlfriend, Naseema and family, another to Pavitran, a village officer and another to Sherin, who came from Wayanad. The film follows Sherin and her problems, in which Rajamma and Yahoo intervenes. Cast * Kunchacko Boban as Michael Rajamma a.k.a. Rajamma * Asif Ali as Vishnu Yohannan a.k.a. Yahoo **Master IIhan as Young Yahoo * Renji Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
