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I. V. Sasi
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Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I. V. Sasi, is an Indian film director who has made over 150 Indian films in various languages and genres. He is known for his South Indian films of the 1970s, 1980s and he is also the winner of J. C. Daniel Award for the year 2015. I. V. Sasi, born on 28 March 1948, is married to Malayalam actress Seema on 28 August 1980 and he met her on the set of his film Avalude Raavukkal. Ever since, she has been his favorite heroine and they have worked together in more than 30 movies. He has two children, daughter Anu and son Ani, Anu has acted in Symphony, directed by her father. Anu got married to Milan Nair on 10 December 2010. Ani completed Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai and is a director himself. I. V. Sasi lives with his family in Chennai, I. V. Sasi started his film career as an art director. Later, after working as an assistant director in some films, though his name was not mentioned in the credits, the film turned out to be a huge success. He started his career officially with his first film Ulsavam. Soon he carved out a name for himself in the Malayalam film industry and his films were known for their uniqueness and always contained a stamp of his directorial style. I. V. Sasi has directed more than 170 odd films over a span of 34 years and has constantly delivered super hits and his Malayalam film Avalude Raavukal permanently established his name in the industry. This film was dubbed into many other Indian languages including Hindi. It was the film in Malayalam to be rated as Adults only even though it was a drama. One of Mohanlals first breaks as a co-hero Ineyengillum was also directed by I. V. Sasi. He introduced Mammootty as a hero in his film Thrishna and he worked with Mammootty on more than 35 films. He went on to one of Mohanlals biggest hits, Devaasuram. He has directed films in other languages, such as Hindi, Telugu. He has directed Kamal Haasan in films like Guru, Allauddinum Arputha Vilakkum, Karishma and he was the one who introduced Rajinikanth to Malayalam film industry through Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum in 1979. Other films with Rajinikanth include the Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Kaali and Ellam Un Kairasi and he has directed Hindi movies as Patita, Anokha Rishta, Pratishodh, Karishma etc
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T. Damodaran
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T. Damodaran was a screenwriter of Malayalam cinema. He scripted some of the biggest blockbusters in Malayalam cinema, Damodaran and director I. V. Sasi teamed up to produce many hit movies, including Angadi, Eee Nadu, Vartha, Avanazhi, Inspector Balram,1921, Adimakal Udamakal, and Balram vs. Taradas. He also teamed up with director Priyadarshan to produce many hit movies including Aryan, Advaitham, Abhimanyu and his daughter, Deedi Damodaran, is also a screenwriter of Malayalam cinema. She made her debut with the film Gulmohar, popularly known as Damodaran Master, T. Damodaran began his career in cinema as script writer in early 70s. He was part of Slapstick Theatre, in which Kuthiravattom Pappu was a leading actor and he wrote and acted in several comedies and satires. His dramas were mainly packed with social issues and this was noticed by Hariharan, though, made his debut in 1973, Damodaran became active in cinema by late 70s, after joining with Sasi with whom, he later made around fifty films. It was the success of Angaadi in 1980, that formed a turning point in the career of Damodaran. Directed by I. V. Sasi, Angadi has Jayan and Seema in leading roles and this was followed by Meen, Kanthavalayam, Karimbana, all super hits. In the 80s, the scripts of Damodaran created sensation and furore at theatres, the scripts were mainly socio-dramas, which often criticised the establishments and were packed with heavy punch dialogues. Mostly directed by Sasi, these films were received by general public. Thadakam, Thushaaram, Ee Nadu, Innalenkil Naale, Iniyenkilum, Vartha, Angadikappurathu, Avanazhi, apart from I. V. Sasi, T. Damodaran, also wrote scripts for directors like Priyadarshan, Anil and Bharathan. Mani Ratnams first and only film in Malayalam Unaru was based on the script by Damodaran in 1985, in the year 1988, Sasi directed a periodic drama based on the script by T. Damodaran,1921, which was then the most expensive film in Malayalam. T. Damodaran has called this film as his dream project, appearing Mammootty in leading,1921 revolved around the Moppillai mutiny in Malabar in 1921 against British. This film was a hit at box office. Though, in 90s, Damodaran reduced the number of films, Inspector Balram, Abhimanyu, Advaitham, Kala Pani were some among them. T. Damodaran at the Internet Movie Database
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Mammootty
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Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning three decades, he has acted in over 350 films. Mammootty was a lawyer by profession, after establishing himself as a lead actor in the 1980s, he got his major breakthrough with the commercial success of the 1987 film New Delhi. He has won 3 National Film Awards for Best Actor,7 Kerala State Film Awards, in 1998, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. He has also received honorary degrees from the University of Kerala in January 2010. Mammootty is the chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs the Malayalam television channels Kairali TV, People TV and he is also the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project, the first district-wide e-literacy project in India. He is the patron of the Pain and Palliative Care Society and he has also been working with the Pain and Palliative Care Centre situated in Kozhikode, India. His father, Ismail, was a farmer and his mother, Fatima and he has two younger brothers, Ibrahimkutty and Zakariah and three younger sisters, Ameena, Sauda, and Shafina. Mammootty had his education from Govt. Later Mammoottys father shifted his family to Ernakulam in the 1960s and his school life was at St. Alberts School and Government School Ernakulam. He did his pre-university course at Sacred Heart College, Thevara and he attended Maharajas College, Ernakulam for his degree. He graduated with a LL. B. from Government Law College, Mammootty practiced law for two years in Manjeri. Mammootty married Sulfath on 1979 and has a daughter, Surumi, Mammoottys younger brother Ibrahimkutty is an actor in Malayalam films and Malayalam TV serials. Ibrahimkuttys son Maqbool Salmaan is also a film actor, Mammoottys debut was in the 1971 film Anubhavangal Paalichakal directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. His second film was Kaalachakram, a 1973 Malayalam film directed by K. Narayanan, in 1979, he played his first lead role in Devalokam, directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. However, this film was never completed and his first release was the 1980 film, Vilkkanundu Swapnangal, directed by Azad, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Mammoottys first starring role in a film was the 1980 film Mela, written and directed by K. G. George Mammootty films of the 1980s include Sphodanam, Munnettam. In 1981, he got his first state award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in Ahimsa and his performances included Aalkkoottathil Thaniye and Adiyozhukkukal
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Suresh Gopi
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Suresh Gopinathan, commonly known as Suresh Gopi, is an Indian film actor, politician, and singer who has starred in over 200 Malayalam films. The role of Kannan Perumalayan in Kaliyattam won him the National Film Award for Best Actor and he opted Thiruvananthapuram as the nodal district of operation as member of Parliament. He is also a philanthropist, social worker, and an advocate for environmental protection. Suresh Gopi was born in Nileshwaram, Kerala to Gnanalekshmi Amma and Gopinathan Pillai and he has three younger brothers - Subhash Gopi, Sunil Gopi and Sanil Gopi. He had his education from Infant Jesus School Kollam. He graduated with a M. A. in English literature from Fatima Mata National College, Suresh Gopi made his debut as a child artist in K. S. Sethumadhavans Odayil Ninnu. He returned to acting in the mid-1980s with Sathyan Anthikkads T. P, balagopalan M. A. where he played a prospective groom in a small scene. He went on to supporting and villain roles. He played the role of Inspector Minnal Prathapan in Manu Uncle. He played Sethumadhavan in Siddique-Lals In Harihar Nagar, another role was of Christopher Luke in Viji Thampis Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam. He played a police officer in the satirical comedy Aanaval Mothiram and he starred Thalastaanam, Ekalavyan, Mafia and Commissioner, all by Shaji Kailas and scripted by Ranji Panicker. These films established him as one of the superstars of Malayalam Cinema, all of them were police dramas. He played Bharathchandran IPS in the movie Commissioner, during the early to mid-1990s, he also played characters of substance in films such as Jayarajs Paithrukam, Fazils Manichithrathazhu, Sathyan Anthikkads Samooham and Sibi Malayils Sindoora Rekha. He played police officers or other characters in the films City Police, The City, Rudraksham, Kashmeeram. In the late 1990s, Gopi starred Joshis films Lelam, Vazhunnor and Pathram, again the former and he played Nasrani characters Chackochi and Kuttappai in Lelam and Vazhunnor respectivel and the role of journalist Nandagopal in Pathram. Gopi appeared in Sibi Malayils Summer in Bethlahem and he started off 2000 with Millennium Stars directed by Jayaraj which was followed by Thenkasipattanam. After 2000, he acted in movies and accepted only soft roles from 2001 to 2005. Panicker, directed the sequel to Commissionerwhich was called Bharathchandran I. P. S, portraying him as the police commissioner
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Madhu (actor)
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Madhavan Nair, commonly known by his stage name Madhu, is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. Madhu was a prominent lead actor during the 1960s and 1970s and he has also directed and produced films, and at one time owned the production company Uma Film Studio. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 for his contributions towards the arts and he is the inaugural winner of Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam and has received three more Filmfare awards and is also the recipient of five Kerala State Film Awards. He was born on 23 September 1933 at Gourishapattom, Trivandrum and his father, R. Parameswaran Pillai, was the Mayor of Trivandrum and his mother Kamalamma was a housewife. He had his education from L. P School, Kunnukuzhi. He did pre university degree from MG College and pursued Bachelors in Arts in Hindi from University college and he post graduated in Hindi from Banaras Hindu University. He was married to Jayalakshmi till her death in 2014 and he started his career as a Hindi lecturer in S T Hindu College, Nagercoil. During that time he chanced upon the a newspaper advertisement inviting applications for the National School of Drama Course, while studying at NSD, he became acquainted with Ramu Karyat, who offered him a role in his forthcoming film Moodupadam. After completing the course, Madhu went to Chennai to screen test for Karyats film, while there, in 1963, he was offered a role in N N Pisharodys film, Ninamaninja Kalpadukal and this became his debut. He had expressed all facets of life through his various acting roles, perhaps his most notable role was in Karyats Chemmeen, which won the Presidents Gold Medal. Madhu entered Malayalam cinema at a time when lead roles were dominated by actors like Prem Naseer and Sathyan, one of the early films of his career was Bhargavi Nilayam, a suspense movie, followed by Udhyogastha by P. Venu. One of the most common leading co-stars that Madhu worked with and he later worked as a producer, director and storywriter. In an acting career spanning four decades, Madhu acted in over 300 films and his first movie as a director is Priya released in 1970, in which he played the role of villain. Although he was a big star in film, he was generous enough to act in parallel movies. He acted in Adoor Gopalakrishnans Swayamvaram, P. N. Menons Olavum Theeravum etc, madhus directorial venture Priya was a trend setter in Malayalam. In this movie he experimented with the character playing an anti-hero. Madhu later directed about 14 films and he was the owner of once-renowned Uma studio. Madhu produced a movie Mini in 1995, which got National Award, Madhu also acted in the Hindi film Saat Hindustani, which was the debut movie of the Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in 1969
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T. G. Ravi
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T. G. Ravindranathan, popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is a Malayalam film actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the roles in Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s. Ravi was born on 16 May 1944 in an, Ezhuthachan family in Moorkanikkara village, Thrissur, in present day Kerala, initially, he chose to pursue a career in engineering and undertook his degree course through Kerala University in Government Engineering College, Thrissur. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1969, apart from involving in theatre arts, he also represented the University of Kerala in Football and Hockey. He was an artist at The All India Radio where he met Thikkodiyan and he is a noted industrialist and has been instrumental in developing Thrissur as a major base for the rubber based industries. He is the Managing Director of Suntec Tyres Limited and he has also served as the president of The Cochin Devaswom Board which controls the affairs of over 400 temples in Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad districts. He was married to Dr. V. K. Subhadra, seema & Sajitha are his daughters-in-law. Milit, Rijraswa & Mitul are his grandsons and Minal is his granddaughter, Ravi began acting in the plays put up by the young men in his village, Moorkkanikkara, in Thrissur district. He also started acting in professional drama, Radio plays were popular in those days. Thikkodiyan introduced Ravi to Aravindan, a highly acclaimed Malayalam Director, but he didn’t get any offers to act after that, so he produced a film himself, Padasaram, in which he was, predictably, the hero. It flopped at the box office, but the two films he produced, Chora Chuvanna Chora and Chakara, did better. The role of Shaji in Chakara opposite Jayan established him as a villain, among those who noticed him was director Bharathan. He cast Ravi in the role of Kunjippalu in Parankimala, the villain who spoke in the Thrissur dialect proved to be the turning point in his career. After Parankimala, as Ravi starred in hits, including Ee Nadu, Iniyenkilum, Pathamudayam,1921, NH47. He quit acting when he was at his peak, as one of the villains of Malayalam cinema in the late 1980s. T. G. Ravi is now again as an actor. He restarted his career with Sibi Malayils venture Amrutham in 2006 and then made noted performances in Pakal, Cycle, Padasaram Chora Chuvanna Chora Chaakara T G Ravi at the Internet Movie Database T G Ravi at MSI
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India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and it is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, in the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a border with Thailand. The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE, in the following millennium, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed. Social stratification, based on caste, emerged in the first millennium BCE, early political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta empires, the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as southeast Asia. In the medieval era, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived, much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate, the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire. The economy expanded in the 17th century in the Mughal empire, in the mid-18th century, the subcontinent came under British East India Company rule, and in the mid-19th under British crown rule. A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century, which later, under Mahatma Gandhi, was noted for nonviolent resistance, in 2015, the Indian economy was the worlds seventh largest by nominal GDP and third largest by purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the major economies and is considered a newly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, a nuclear weapons state and regional power, it has the third largest standing army in the world and ranks sixth in military expenditure among nations. India is a constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system. It is a pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society and is home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu, the latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi, which translates as The people of the Indus, the geographical term Bharat, which is recognised by the Constitution of India as an official name for the country, is used by many Indian languages in its variations. Scholars believe it to be named after the Vedic tribe of Bharatas in the second millennium B. C. E and it is also traditionally associated with the rule of the legendary emperor Bharata. Gaṇarājya is the Sanskrit/Hindi term for republic dating back to the ancient times, hindustan is a Persian name for India dating back to the 3rd century B. C. E. It was introduced into India by the Mughals and widely used since then and its meaning varied, referring to a region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan or India in its entirety
