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Suresh Gopinathan (born 26 June 1959), commonly known as Suresh Gopi, is an Indian film actor, politician, and singer who has starred in over 200 Malayalam films. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament (M.P.) in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Suresh Gopi played a small role as a child
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Anusree Nair, better known mononymously as Anusree, is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam films. Anusree impressed director Lal Jose while he was judging the acting reality show Vivel Active Fair Big Break on Surya TV, in which she was competing, leading to her film debut as Kalamandalam Rajasree in Lal Jose's 2012 film Diamond Necklace. Right afterwards, she starred in
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Krishnan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, was an Indian film actor, naval officer, stunt performer and cultural icon of the 1970s. He starred in over 120 Malayalam films. During his film career, he was primarily an action star and was particularly famous for his macho image and unique style. He
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Madhavan Raveendran (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as "Raveendran Master", was a popular South Indian music composer and playback singer from Kerala. He was referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films
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Keezhoote Balakrishna Pillai Ganesh Kumar (born 25 May 1966) is an Indian film & television actor, television host, and politician. Ganesh Kumar is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) representing the Pathanapuram constituency of Kollam district, Kerala. He made his debut as an actor in the film Irakal (1985) directed by K. G. George. He has starred in over a 100 Malayalam
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Saikumaaar (born 14 April 1963), also credited as Sai Kumar, is a veteran Indian film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is the son of Malayalam actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair. Saikumar is the only son of the yesteryear actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Vijayalakshmi Amma. He has seven sisters, five elder and two younger. He was
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R. Sreekandan Nair is an Indian television anchor. He has hosted several Malayalam TV shows, including Oru Nimisham, Nammal Thammil, Janata Ki Adalath, and Samadooram. He was formerly a presenter on Doordarshan, the content head and senior vice president of Asianet in the Kerala sector of India, and a consultant to the entertainment television operations of Mazhavil Manorama. He currently hosts a talk show called
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P. Balachandran (born Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair on 2 February 1952) is an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He's known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Balachandran is best known for the play Paavam Usman for which he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Professional Nataka Award in the year 1989. He has scripted many films
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Anwar Rasheed is an Indian film director and producer who works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2005 with Rajamanikyam, a masala entertainer starring Mammootty.He continued films in the same genre with Chotta Mumbai (2007) and Annan Thambi (2008). He followed that by Ustad Hotel (2012), written by Anjali Menon, which was a commercial success and won critical accolades such as the National Award for Best
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Vijay is known for producing and starring in films such as Philips and the Monkey Pen (2013), Peruchazhi (2014), Aadu (2015), Mudhugauv (2016) and most recently Aadu 2 (2017). In 2014, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film (as producer) for his production firm along with Sandra Thomas] for Philips & The Monkey Pen. Early life and family Vijay started his media
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Kavitha Ranjini, known by the stage name Urvashi (born January 25, 1970), is an Indian film actress , Television host and producer. Urvashi was a prominent lead actress of the 1980s and 1990s, primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has written the films Ulsavamelam and Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu, the latter was also produced by her. She won the National Film Award
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Shobha Mohan is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 70 films. She mainly does character roles. She is the daughter of the late actor Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair . Currently, she is more active in Malayalam TV serials. Shobha Mohan was born to Veteran actor Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair and Vijayalakshmi
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V. Sambasivan ( 4 July 1929– 25 April 1996) was a famous "Kadhaprasangam" artist of Kerala, India. He was born on July 4, 1929 in Chavara Thekkumbhagom in Kollam district. After schooling in his native village he joined Sree Narayana College, Kollam for higher studies where he was associated with the Communist Party and its student wing AISF. His gift
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K. Ravindran Nair, a.k.a. Achani Ravi or General Pictures Ravi, is an Indian film producer of Malayalam films, industrialist and philanthropist, known for a number of critically acclaimed movies he has produced such as Kanchana Sita, Thampu, Kummatty, Esthappan, Pokkuveyil, Elippathayam, Manju, Mukhamukham, Anantaram and Vidheyan. Nair is credited with fostering the art film movement in Malayalam cinema during the period from the seventies till the nineties. A multiple
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Johny Joseph with the stage name Kundara Johny is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films. He has also done Tamil films like Vaazhkai Chakram and Nadigan. He surprised everyone with the wide range of performance as a Rowdy in Kireedam and then as a reformed person in its sequel Chenkol. He mainly acts in villain roles. Early
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Ambili Devi is a South Indian actress who appears in Malayalam Films & Serials. She has established herself as a lead actress in Malayalam Television Industry and has won the Kerala state Television Award for Best Actress in 2005.She has acted in over 30 Television soap opera's. Acting career She started as a young Malayalam Serial artist and got her
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Shaji Neelakantan Karun (born 1 January 1952) is a National Award-winning Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi (1988) won the Caméra d'Or - Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the Premiere Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of International
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Kalaranjini is an Indian actress and classical dancer who started her career in the early 1980s. She is the elder sister of actress Urvashi and actress Kalpana. She was a successful heroine of the 1980s and has lately been appearing in Television serials including Daya, Velankanni Mathavu, Devimahatymam, Kumkumappoovu etc. Kalaranjini was born to Theater artists Chavara V.P. Nair and
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C. Kesavan (23 May 1891 – 7 July 1969) was the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin during 1950–1952. He was born in an Ezhava family in 1891 in the village of Mayyanad, near to Kollam in the then princely state of Travancore. Kesavan was influenced by the work of Padmanabhan Palpu, the social reform campaigner who was a member of the backward Ezhava community and
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Kollam G. K. Pillai was an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 50 films. He handled character roles and comedy roles during the 1970s and 1980s. He died on 30 January 2016 Career He was a theater artist turned movie actor. He entered into the field of
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Kollam Kanjaveli Kuttilazhikathu Thulasidharan Nair is an actor in Malayalam cinema who is better known as Kollam Thulasi relating the name of his birthplace Kollam to his first name as customary in some parts of Kerala. His first appearance was in Ezhuthappurangal (1987). He is well known for his unique
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