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Saranya Anand
Saranya Anand is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam cinema and television. She appeared as Vedikha in the Asianet drama series '' Kudumbavilakku''. She also appeared in the films ''Chunkzz'', '' Garudan'' and " Mamangam". She participated in the dance competition ''Dancing Stars'' on Asianet. Early life and education Saranya Anand was born in Surat, Gujarat, India, the daughter of Anandan R. and Sujatha Anand. She grew up in Gujarat, where she completed her formative education. Later, she pursued her higher education at Bhagwan Mahavir University. Saranya has a younger sister named Divyadarshana Anand. Career Saranya Anand began her career in 2016, initially in modeling before transitioning into television and cinema. She has made over 50 appearances in various television shows and series such as "Dare the Fear", "Dancing Stars" and "Comedy Stars". Additionally, she was featured on the cover page of ''Vanitha'' magazine, ''Mangalam'', and ''Mathrubhumi'', and currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Cinema
Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathayam'' won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Rajiv Anchal's ''Guru'' (1997), Salim Ahamed's ''Adaminte Makan Abu'' (2011) and Lijo Jose Pellissery's ''Jallikkattu'' (2019) were Malayalam films sent by India as its official entries for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards. Other films which achieved global acclaim include '' Chemmeen'' (1965), which received a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival, and a gold medal at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Cinematography.. ''The Hindu''. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2011. ''Swaham'' (1994) won the ''Bronze Rosa Camuna'' at the Bergamo Film Mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A For Apple
''A for Apple'' is a 2019 Malayalam-language film directed by the duo B. Madhu and S. Kumar and produced by Sudarsanan Kanjiramkulam. The story was by P. F. Mathews and the screenplay was written by Rajesh Jayaraman. Jerry Amaldev is the music composer and Sreekumaran Thampi was the lyricist; Bijibal composed the background score. Tony Sigimon, Janvi Byju, Nedumudi Venu, Sheela, Salim Kumar, Devan, and Santhosh Keezhattoor acted in the film's major roles. Plot Years after he left, Achu is back looking for his childhood friend Vishnupriya. Although she has changed beyond his recognition, he still loves her and tries to win her over. Vishnupriya, now a rebel activist, is looking for answers from her past and has no time for love. Cast * Tony Sijimon as Achu ** Gourav Menon as Young Achu * Janvi Byju as Vishnupriya ** Baby Niranjana as Young Vishnupriya * Nedumudi Venu as Narayanan * Sheela as Lakshmi * Krishna Kumar as advocate Ram Mohan * Devan as Ahmed Haji * Santhosh Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinayan
T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. Early life Vinayan is from Kuttanad, Kerala, India. Career Vinayan started his career with the film ''Super Star''. And he has directed the following films like '' Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'', ''Akasha ganga 2,Karumadikkuttan'', '' Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan'', '' Dada Sahib'', '' Vellinakshatram'', '' Aakasha Ganga'', '' Rakshasa Rajavu'', '' Kalyana Sougandhikam'', '' Kasi'' (Tamil), Enn mana vaanil, Independence, Sathyam, Albhuthadweep, Athishayan, Dracula and ''Sipayi Lahala''. The genres of his films include comedy, horror, action, fantasy and family drama. Vinayan also introduced a handful of actors and singers in the Malayalam film industry. Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Anoop Menon, Honey Rose, Priyamani, Manikkuttan, Suresh Krishna, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aakasha Ganga 2
''Aakasha Ganga 2'' is 2019 Indian Malayalam-language horror thriller film written and directed by Vinayan. It is a sequel to his 1999 film '' Aakasha Ganga''. The film stars Ramya Krishna, Veena Nair, Vishnu Vinay and Sreenath Bhasi in the lead roles. The film's soundtrack and score by Bijibal and cinematographer by Prakash Kutty. The film was produced by Vinayan under the banner of Akash Films. It was shot in Ottapalam, Cochin and Pondicherry. The film failed at the box office. Plot Twenty years after the incident at the Maanikaseri Kovilakam, several members of the family have now died, leaving behind Unnikrishnan Varma/Unni, his sister (Oppol) and his only daughter Arathi Varma. An atheist and rationalist, Arathi is a medical student who hangs around with her close friends Jithu, Titus and Gopi, who is also her lover. One day, the friends come across an ashram that is headed by Soumini Devi, a tantrik ritualist who specialises in dark spells and black magic. Arathi deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissar (director)
Nissar is an Indian film director in 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 wa ... movies. He has directed 21 Malayalam movies. Filmography Direction References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nissar Malayalam film directors Living people Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannan Thamarakkulam
Kannan Thamarakkulam is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam films. His first direction venture was '' Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare'' (2015). His second release was Jayaram's big budget film ''Aadupuliyattam ''Aadupuliyattam'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language horror film directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and written by Dinesh Palleth, starring Jayaram, Om Puri, Ramya Krishnan, Sheelu Abraham, Akshara Kishor, Saju Navodaya, Ramesh Pisharody a ...'' in 2016. Personal life Thamarakkulam married Vishnu Prabha in a small ceremony at Chettikulangara in December 2020. Filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thamarakkulam, Kannan Malayalam film directors Film directors from Kerala Living people Tamil-language film directors 1979 births Artists from Alappuzha 21st-century Indian film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuthirakani
Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 for ''Visaranai''. Early life Samuthirakani was born on 26 April 1973 in Seithur, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu. He did his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the Rajapalayam Rajus College and he also earned a Bachelor of Law from Ambedkar Law College. However, he aimed to become an actor. He has said that people used to tell him that he did not have the physical appearanace or talent necessary to be an actor. Career In 1997, he joined as an assistant director under Sundar K. Vijayan. He was then noticed by K. Balachander and was recruited as assistant director for Balachander's 100th film ''Paarthale Paravasam''. He also assisted Balachander in the mega-serial '' Anni'' telecasted by Jaya TV. Samuth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Lulu
Omar Abdul Vahab, professionally credited as Omar Lulu, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with '' Happy Wedding''. Career His debut film '' Happy Wedding'' starring Sharafudheen, Soubin Shahir, Siju Wilson and Justin John had a good run at the Kerala box-office and crossed 100 days run, it grossed at the box office. His second film, ''Chunkzz'', starring Honey Rose and Balu Varghese, released in August 2017 and was a commercial success at the box-office, which collected around 20 crore at the box office. His third movie ''Oru Adaar Love'' was an international sensation which made Priya P Warrier an internet sensation by a wink scene from the film. It is also the first ever Malayalam film that got released in four different language (Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil) simultaneously all around the world in more than 2000 theatres. The film made a box office hit for Omar and it is dubbed into Chinese, English, Ar ... [...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] |
Major Ravi
Major A. K. Raveendran SM (born 13 June 1958) is a retired officer of the Indian Army and former National Security Guard commando. He was awarded the President's gallantry medal in 1991 and 1992 for his contributions in fighting terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir. After retiring from the army, he began his career in Indian cinema as a consultant for military-based films. He made his independent directorial debut in 2006 with ''Keerthi Chakra'' for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay. Family Major Ravi was born to P. Kuttisankaran Nair, who was a soldier in the Indian Army and A. T. Satyabhama. He is married to Anitha. The couple has a son Arjun Ravi. Military career He joined the army after his schooling and later pursued his studies within the army and graduated from the Army Cadet College to become an officer in Dec 1984. He served in the Indian Army as a commando in the National Security Guards, as Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the then chief of Indian A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysian Telugu, Malaysia, Indian South Africans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India. The nickname ''Tollywood'' is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. By 2021, it has emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box-office. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the silent film, '' Bhishma Pratigna'', generally considered to be the first Telugu feature film, and hence, regarded as the ''Father of Telugu cinema''. In 1933, ''Sati Savitri'' directed by Chittajallu Pullayya received an honorary diploma at the 2nd Venice. Known for its big-ticket, and popular film genre catering to wider audience, works such as '' Pathala Bhairavi'' (1951) (only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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