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Sargam (1992 Film)
''Sargam'' is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language musical drama film written and directed by Hariharan and produced by his wife, Bhavani Hariharan. Chowallur Krishnankutty wrote the dialogues. The film features Vineeth, Manoj K. Jayan, and Rambha (in her Malayalam film debut), while Nedumudi Venu, Soumini/Srikanya, Urmila Unni, V. K. Sriraman, Thilakan, and Oduvil Unnikrishnan play supporting roles. Shaji N. Karun did the cinematography, while Bombay Ravi composed the soundtrack and M. S. Mani handled the editing. This movie was a blockbuster and the third highest-grossing movie of the year. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and three Kerala State Film Awards: Best Director (Hariharan), Second Best Actor (Manoj K. Jayan), and Best Music Director (Bombay Ravi). It was remade in Telugu as '' Sarigamalu'' with Vineeth, Manoj K. Jayan, and Rambha reprising their roles. Plot Kuttan Thampuran is the son of Subhadra Thampuratti and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayathri Ashokan
Gayathri Ashokan is an Indian poster designer and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He is considered as a pioneer in poster designing art along with P. N. Menon (director), P. N. Menon in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. His debut design was for director Padmarajan' s ''Koodevide'' where he created a poster with all characters appearing in postage stamp. The posters created a very good impact among filmgoers. He has designed promotional posters for over 700 films including Cinema of Tamil Nadu, Tamil films. Ashokan introduced the airbrush concept in Malayalam posters. Career Ashokan started off his career as a designer for books and magazines based at Kottayam and he later started doing posters in the name of the studio he worked. The posters of most of the films produced and distributed by Jubilee Pictures, Geo Movies, Binny Films, Central Pictures and Century Films were designed by Ashokan, on behalf of the Studio. He has also worked as a lay out designer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarigamalu
''Sarigamalu'' is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film directed by Kranthi Kumar and written by Hariharan. It is a remake of Hariharan's 1992 Malayalam film '' Sargam''. The film stars Vineeth (in his Telugu debut), Manoj K. Jayan, and Rambha, while J. V. Somayajulu, P. J. Sarma, and Tanikella Bharani play supporting roles. Plot Kitappa is the son of Sathyavathi. Kitappa has suffered from epilepsy since his childhood. He is rough and violent in his character and is feared by all in the village. Kalidasu is his classmate despite being two years younger and develops a special bond with Kitappa from childhood. Kali always accompanies Kuttan and carries iron keys to assist him in case the seizure develops. Both Kali and Kitappa grow up to be unsuccessful in their respective lives, and Kali is criticised for this by his father, who is a well-known classical singer but has himself not been financially successful. Kali has had a liking for music, but discourages him fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazal (1993 Film)
''Ghazal'' (ഗസൽ) is a 1993 Malayalam film directed by Kamal. Vineeth and Mohini play the lead roles in the film and Thilakan appears in a supporting role. Director Kamal considers the film close to his heart, a film that took him to childhood memories. Cast *Vineeth as Muneer *Mohini as Sereena * Nassar as Valiyamaliyekkal Syed Burhanudeen Thangal *Thilakan as Thangal Uppappa *Srividya as wife of Burhanudeen Thangal *Nedumudi Venu as Alikkutty *Manoj K. Jayan as Khadar *Sreenivasan as Beeran *Santha Devi as Kondotty Ammayi * Sonia *Zeenath as Amina, mother of Khadar *Mamukkoya as Mollakka *Kuthiravattam Pappu as Ossan *Jose Pellissery as Muzeebath/ Valiyamaliyekkal Syed Sarafudheen Thangal * Kunjandi as Ravunninair *Idavela Babu as Nambeesan kutti *Ragini Soundtrack The music of the film proved successful, but the critical responses were mixed. The music was done by Bombay Ravi, while the lyrics were penned by Yusuf Ali Kechery. K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra and Minm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhyarambham
''Vidhyarambham'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam language film, directed by Jayaraj and produced by G. P. Vijayakumar. The film stars Sreenivasan, Gautami, Nedumudi Venu, KPAC Lalitha and Murali in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Bombay Ravi. Plot Madhavan Ezhuthachan has been trying to open a school in his native village as the children need not walk miles to a distant school. There are several interesting characters in the village. Koppath Bharghavan Nambiar, a patriotic freedom fighter; Natarajan, a horse-cart driver; R. K. Nedungadi, President of a Hindu Temple; Govindan Nair, a running postman; Venkitesan, Ezhuthachan's loyal servant and K. K. Jacob, an aimless hunter. Ezhuthachan lives Bhanumathi and has a son, Prabhakaran, who lives far from the family. After a long haul, Ezhuthachan's school gets official permission to operate. He and his allies cleaned and renovated the building. To celebrate the good news, Ezhuthachan and his allies host a small party within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharangini Records
Tharangini Records (currently Tharangni) is the music company founded by noted Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 1980 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was the first recording and distributing music label in Kerala from where Malayalam film songs on audio cassettes came out. Other than Malayalam, Tharangni also released songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Malay, Arabic, Russian and Latin. Tharangni release albums under various labels, ''Tharangni'' (film songs), ''Tharangni'' or ''Ayaan'' (album/devotional songs), ''Bharath Sangeeth'' (Classical songs and Hindi albums), ''9th Angel Records'' (Christian devotional songs), ''Diva Records'', ''V Records & Entertainment'', ''Amplify More'', all licensed or incorporated under Dr. K. J. Yesudass Audio and Visuals Corporation Limited and Yesudass Media Private Limited. Tharangini cassettes popularise light music and mappila songs among the audiences. Light music albums like ''Vasantha Geethangal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign distributor in the native language of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Census of India, 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the List of most populous cities in India, sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after City of London Corporation, London. Historically, the region was part of the Chola dynasty, Chola, Pandya dynasty, Pandya, Pallava dynasty, Pallava and Vijayanagara Empire, Vijayanagara kingdoms during various eras. The coastal land which then contained th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the Sound-on-film, synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound film, sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track, and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anila Sreekumar
Anila Sreekumar (born February 11, 1970) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam films 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. Personal life Anila Sreekumar was born on February 11, 1970, in Chevayur, Kozhikode, India. Sreekumar is married to production controller and producer Sreekumar, and the couple has two children, Abhinav and Adhilekshmi. Career Sreekumar began her acting career in 1992 with her debut in the Malayalam film '' Sargam''. She went on to establish herself in Malayalam television, appearing in popular serials such as ''Deepangal Chuttum'', ''Draupadi'', ''Jwalayayi'', '' Gundeninda Gudigantalu'', '' Krishnathulasi,'' and '' Chinna Thambi''. Filmography Television career Television serials (partial) Rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagannatha Varma
K. N. Jagannatha Varma (1 May 1939 – 20 December 2016) was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also a Kathakali artist. His son Manu Varma is also an artist and his son-in-law Viji Thampi is a film director. He acted in a number of Malayalam movies performing roles of a senior police officer, judge or a priest. Some of his noted roles were in movies ''New Delhi'' (1987), Thanthram (1988), '' Lelam'' (1997) and '' Pathram'' (1999), all directed by Joshiy. Varma joined the Kerala Police Force in 1963, before getting active in movies. He retired from the Kerala Police as the Superintendent of Police. Family He was born as third among five children to Thekkedathu Kovilakam Kerala Varma Thampuran and Kattunkal Kovilakam Ambalika at Varanad, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Vallathol
Ravi Vallathol (25 November 1952 25 April 2020) was an Indian actor, mainly noted for his acting in many famous serials, including the first serial in Malayalam. Biography He was born as the son of famous Drama legend T. N. Gopinathan Nair and Soudamini. He was the grandnephew of the famous Malayalam poet Vallathol Narayana Menon. He acted in more than 100 TV series and more than 50 Movies. He wrote 25 short stories and a few plays. Some of his short stories were made into TV serials and his play ''Revathikkoru Pavakkutty'' was remade into a movie in the same name. He played some noted roles in famous Malayalam movies like Nee Varuvolam and Godfather. He was awarded best actor in the Kerala State Television Awards for his performance in the TV series ‘American Dreams'. He was also awarded best actor in the Asianet Television Awards for his performance in the soap opera series Parijatham. Early life He was born as eldest among three children to T. N. Gopinathan N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
