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Smart City (film)
''Smart City'' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action film written and directed by B. Unnikrishnan. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Murali (Malayalam actor), Murali, Jayasurya, Gopika, Lakshmi Gopalaswami, Sanjay Mitra (actor), Sanjay Mitra, Manoj K. Jayan and Siddique (actor), Siddique. This is the debut movie of Unnikrishnan as a director. Plot A 10-year-old orphan raises his hand against a police officer who commits an act of injustice. Impressed, Sekharan (Murali), the godfather-like gang leader who cares for the poor, gives him shelter. The boy grows up to be Sekharan's most trusted associate, Madhavan (Suresh Gopi). Sekharan's daughter Sarada (Lakshmi Gopalaswami) is married to Sarath Chandran (Manoj K. Jayan), a town planning officer. A real-estate group, Kottooran Group, in collusion with finance minister Reghuram (Shammi Thilakan), wants to forcibly evict over 6,000 families from the land for a Smart-City-type industrial project. Sekharan is able to foil the plans of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acting debut as a child in the 1965 film ''Odayil Ninnu''. He made his debut as an adult in 1986 and since then, he has acted in more than 250 films. Suresh Gopi is a recipient of the National Film Award and the Kerala State Film Award in 1998 for his performance in '' Kaliyattam''. He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Early life Suresh Gopi was born on 26 June 1958 in Kollam, Kerala, India to K. Gopinathan Pillai, a film distributor, and V. Gnanalekshmi Amma, as their eldest son. He has three younger brothers—Subhash Gopi, Sunil Gopi and Sanil Gopi (the latter two are twins). Suresh was brought up in Kollam. He completed his school education from Infant Jesus Anglo-Indian Higher Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shammi Thilakan
Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who is active in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He lent his voice for Napoleon in '' Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in '' Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nassar in ''Ghazal'', for which he won a state award for best dubbing artist. He has acted in villain, comic and character roles. Early life Shammi is the second son of veteran actor Thilakan and his partner, Santha. Born on 20 May 1971 at Pathanamthitta district. He has two brothers, Shaji Thilakan and Shoby Thilakan, a half brother, Shibu Thilakan, and two half sisters, Sonia Thilakan and Sophia Ajith. He did his primary education from NSS High School, Thadiyoor, Pathanamthitta. He started his career as a theater artist at the age of 15. He worked in different drama troupes like PJ Theaters, Rashmi Theaters, Chalakudy Saradhi, Kalashala Thrippunithura, and Kollam Tuna. ''Fazah'' for Chalakudy Saradhi was the first drama he directed. He directed more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Thriller Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Legendary film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's '' A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's '' The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's '' The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's '' The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller '' Children of Men''." He also stated, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunchan (actor)
Kunchan (born 14 November 1952) is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating on Malayalam films. He has done over 650 films in Malayalam. He usually does minor roles. He has also done important character roles. He started his career when Malayalam films were made in black and white. He made his debut with Tamil film ''Manaivi'' (1969), which went unreleased, and his first release was '' Rest House'' released in 1970. His most remembered roles were in films like ''Ivar'' (1980), ''Nayakan'' (1985), ''Avanazhi'' (1986), ''Carnivel'' (1989) ''Aye Auto'' (1990), ''Kottayam Kunjachan'' (1990), and ''Lelam'' (1997). Recently he has also done Kamal Haasan' s '' Manmadhan Ambu''. Personal life Kunchan was born as Mohan Das as the second among five children to Krishnan and Oolamma at Fort Kochi on 14 November 1952. He had three brothers and a sister. He had his primary education from T. D. High School, Mattancherry, Kochi. Kunchan married Shoba on 28 April 1985. She owns a beauty pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beena Antony
Beena Antony is an Indian actress appearing in Malayalam film and television. She mainly appeared in supporting roles in films and television serials in her later career, including ''Ommanathinkalpakshi'', ''Mayaseetha'', '' Ente Manasaputhri'', ''Autograph'' and ''Thapasya''. Early life Beena Antony was born in Ernakulam as the second youngest daughter of Antony and Lilly. She completed her schooling from Guardian Angels UP School, Manjummel. She was quite active in her parish church, Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church (Manjummel Palli). Career She made her film debut in 1991 through the film ''Kanalkkattu''. Beena Antony appeared in a number of popular Doordarshan serials till the mid-1990s. The popular serial ''Oru Kudayum Kunju Pengalum'' gave her more fame. She appeared in some of the popular serials such as ''Ente Manasaputhri'' ( Asianet), ''Ammakkili'' (Asianet), ''Indhraneelam'' (Amrita TV), ''Autograph'' (Asianet), ''Aalippazham'', ''Nirakkootu'', ''Charulath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh Hebbar
K. Rajesh Hebbar (born 18 November 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam film and television industry. He was also the lead vocalist of a rock band named Primitive Knights. Biography Hebbar was born in an Udupi Brahmin family settled in Palakkad in 1967. He is married to Anitha and has three children Akash, Varsha and Raksha. He has a sister, Monisha, living in the United States with her husband and two children. He completed his studies from Victoria College, Palakkad. He began his career shooting a short film ''Mirage''. Hebbar is also a freelance writer with a number of short stories and poems to his credit. He acts 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 ... films and serials. Rajesh has won the Kerala state critics award for se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub Inspector
Sub-inspector (SI), or sub-inspector of police, is a rank used extensively in South Asia: in the police forces of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, which is primarily based on the British model. It was formerly used in most British colonial police forces and in certain British police forces as well. The rank usually was in charge of a police substation or assisted an inspector. United Kingdom The rank of sub-inspector was introduced into the Metropolitan Police in the late 19th century. It did not last long, being effectively replaced by station sergeant in 1890. Officers who already held the rank retained it, and were promoted to inspector as soon as a vacancy arose. In the Metropolitan Police, a rank wearing one star was formerly officially known as a "station inspector" to distinguish it from the more senior rank of sub-divisional inspector that was abolished in 1949. Canada The Royal Canadian Mounted Police rank of sub-inspector was introduced in 1942 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baburaj (actor)
Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. He began and established his career in cinema by playing antagonistic roles and graduated to comedic and character roles after the 2011 film '' Salt N' Pepper''. Personal life Baburaj was born to P. J. Jacob Oleekkal and T. I. Karmali Thottungal on 5 March 1964. Baburaj married twice. He has two sons from his first marriage named Abhay and Akshay. His second marriage is to South Indian action heroine Vani Viswanath. The couple has two children, a daughter named Aarcha and a son named Adhri. Baburaj is a lawyer. They reside at Kochi. On 14 Feb 2017, Baburaj was stabbed by one of his neighbours in Idukki following an argument. Film career Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in Malayalam was ''Beeshmacharyar'' (1994), directed by Cochin Haneefa, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subair
Subair (25 May 1962 – 18 August 2010) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema industry. He was part of Malayalam films for nearly two decades and acted in around 200 films. Personal life Subair was born in the village of Chokli, Thalasserry in Kannur District, Kerala, India as the son of Sulaiman and Aysha. He died on 18 August 2010 due to a cardiac arrest. He has two son's Aman Subair and Ameya Subair Career Subair started his career in movies as a film producer at the age of 28. He produced a movie together with four of his friends, but unfortunately the movie was never released. His first movie as an actor was '' Bharatham'' in 1991 followed by the 1992 movie '' Manthrikacheppu''. His break came through the character ''Kadayadi Thambi'' in '' Lelam'' (1997). ''The Tiger'', ''Bharathchandran I.P.S.'' and ''Pathaka'' are his notable works. He has also acted in a mega tele-serial named ''Vamsham'' telecasted in DD Malayalam DD Malayalam ( Malayalam:ഡി.ഡി മ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhosh Jogi
Santhosh Jogi ( 1975 – 13 April 2010) was an Indian film actor and singer who acted in more than 30 films in Malayalam cinema. He marked his debut in a 2004 Malayalam movie, ''Two Wheeler''. His most memorable roles were in '' Mayavi'', in which he played the main villain role, and in ''Keerthichakra'', in which he played the role of a military officer. Personal life Jogi was born in Eravimangalam, the son of Purathu Sethumadhavan and Komattil Malathi Amma. He completed his education from Vyasa College, Thrissur. He started his career as a singer at local stage programmes. After his debut in ''Two Wheeler'', he worked as a professional singer in Dubai and played supporting roles, often as villains, in several Malayalam films. He was married to Jijy on 24 June 2001 and had two daughters, Chithralekha and Kapila. Death Santhosh Jogi was found dead in his friend's flat at Thrissur on 13 April 2010. His body was found hanging from a fan, and the police stated that the suicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajan P Dev
Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. He was noted for his villain roles laced with a touch of humour. He came into the limelight for his characterisation of Kochuvava in the play ''Kattukuthira''. Rajan P. Dev died in Kochi Wednesday 29 July 2009 due to a liver disease. Family Rajan P. Dev was born to S. J. Dev, a popular stage and drama actor of his times, and Kuttyamma in 1951 at Cherthala. He has a sister, Raniyamma. He had his education from Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Cherthala, St. Michael's College, Cherthala and Sree Narayana College, Cherthala. Rajan P. Dev was married to Shanthamma. The couple had three children; Asha, Jubil Raj and Unni. Asha is married to Binoy, a hotel businessman. Jubil Raj has been an actor from 2009. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
