COCHIN HANEEFA

Haneefa was born Salim Ahmed Ghoush on 22 April 1951. He was a comic member of the famed 'Cochin Kalabhavan Troupe' whose members include Bindhu Panikar, Kalabhavan Mani and Harisree Ashokan. He made his film debut in 1979 in a small role in 'Ashtavakran' and since then rose to become a very popular actor. He kept his name Haneefa in light of a character he played in a drama. Haneefa generally plays for comic relief generally as a drunkard or as a loutish man. He has also played negative roles usually as the funny sidekick of the villain. In addition to his Malayali career, he has also acted in over 80 Tamil Films- the most popular of which include Mahanadhi.
As a filmmaker he known for the film 'Valtalyam'.

Cochin Haneefa : Films

Mamangam (1979), Aavesham (1979), Sakthi (1980), Moorkhan (1980), Aarathi (1981), Thaalam Thettiya Tharattu (1983), Bhookambam (1983), Attakkalasam (1983), Aa Rathri (1983), Koottinilamkili (1984). Inakkilly (1984), Ente Upasana (1984), Kaiyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu (1985), Makan Ente Makan (1985), Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988), Devasuram (1993), Vatsalyam (1993), Kinnaripuzhayoram (1994), Bheesmacharya (1994), Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995), Kaatttile Thadi Thevarude Ana (1995), Mayaponman (1996), Kala Pani (1996), Hitler (1996), Superman (1997), Anuraga Kottaram (1997), Lelam (1997), Aniyathi Pravu (1997), Vismayam (1998), Punjabi House (1998), Mailpeelikkavu (1998), Kanmadam (1998), Harikrishnans (1998), Elavamkodu Desam (1998), The Truth (1998), Udayapuram Sulthan (1999), Pathram (1999), Panchapandavar (1999), Njangal Santhushtaranu (1999), Megham (1999), Independence (1999),Friends (1999), Chandamama (1999), Mr. Butler (2000),Dada Sahib (2000), Arayannegalude Veedu (2000), Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram (2000), Rakshasa Rajav (2001), Praja (2001), Dubai (2001), Soothradharan (2001), Kakkakuyil (2001), Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001), Narendan Makan Jayakanthn Vaka (2001), Ee Nadu Ennalevare (2001), Sundrapurushan (2001), Barthavudyokam (2001), Snehithan (2002), Pranyamanithooval (2002), Phantom (2002), Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002). Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002). Kunjikkoonan (2002), Kaiyethum Doorath (2002), Chirikkudukka (2002), Bamboo Boys (2002), Meesha Madhavan (2002), Thilakkam (2003), Kilichundan Mampazham (2003),Vellithira (2003), Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum (2003), Swapnakoodu,(2003), Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu (2003), Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003), Pulival Kalyanam (2003), Pattanathil Sundaran (2003), Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku (2004), C.I. Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 Inchu (2004), Vismayathumbathu (2004), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004), Runway (2004), Vettam (2004), Youth Festival (2004), Maampazhakkaalam (2004), Vesham (2004), Udayananu Tharam (2005), Chandrolsavam (2005), Anniyan (2005), Daivanamathil (2005), Pandippada (2005), Nerariyan CBI (2005), Chirattakalipaattangal (2005), Rajamanikyam (2005), Vargam (2006), Ananthabhadram (2005), Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006), Madhuchandralekha (2006), Thuruppu Gulan (2006), Keerthi Chakra (2006), The Don (2006), Aanachandham (2006), Janmam (2006), Red Salute (2006).

“Ormayundo ee Mugkham?” (Remember this face?) is the catch phrase of the.Super cop of Malayalam films, Suresh Gopi who champions in the portrayal of policeman. The duty-bound policeman rescuing the distressed and fighting the wrongdoers and gangsters has won the hearts of the common people who fondly call Suresh as the ‘Roaring Lion'

Suresh Gopi : Biography

Suresh Gopi's first appearance on silver screen was as a child artiste in Odayil Ninnu (1965), In 1997 National Award was shared by Suresh Gopi and Balachandran. Suresh Gopi turned 45 on June 25th.Having acted in 80 odd films. Suresh made his rounds of production offices and came up with only yes boss type of roles, the notable of them being Rajavinte Maghan. He graduated to doing villain roles and then his first break was in Thalasthanam directed by ShajiKailas and written by Renji Panicker. Next were Comissioner and Ekalavyan after which he was known as the `roaring lion of Kerala'. Powerful dialogues and good action scenes with a big physique Suresh filled the void left behind by Late Jayan. Apart from action roles he has done serious movies too and even got the state and national award for best acting for the film Kaliyattom

Suresh Gopi : Career

He started his acting career in 1965 as a child artist in a malayalam movie 'Odayil Ninnum', a screen adaptation of the novel by the same name.
After a long hiatus he returned to Malayalam movies, playing the roles of a supporting hero or villain, most notably in 'Irupatham Noottandu' (Twentieth Century). He also acted in a variety of supporting roles in a number of hit movies, notably Rajavinte Makan ('The son of the King') a screen adaptation of 'The Rage Of Angels' by Sidney Sheldon, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Manichitrathazhu, and Innale (Yesterday). In all of the movies he played important characters but were sidelined by the person in the lead role. His major break in a leading role came with "Thalasthanam" (The Capital) followed by Ekalavyan and Commissioner all of them Police dramas. He shot to superstardom with these movies and followed it up with roles in 'Lelam' (Auction) and 'Vazhunnor' (The Rulers).
His portrayal of the police commissioner 'Bharath Chandran IPS' in Commissioner (1994) shot him to superstardom and is etched in Malayalam movie history as one of the most recognized roles. His famous monologue "Ormayundo ee mugkham?" ("Remember this face?") is synonymous with the role and has been subject to much imitation and parody. He is (in)famous for his fervent delivery of dialogues in the movies that he acts in. He became noted and was glorified for playing larger than life roles that were anti-establishment and often were a dig at the political and social corruption. His fortune as an action hero waned after the audience started to move away en masse from such movies toward slap-stick comedy movies.
In 1997 his acting prowess was proved as "Kannan Perumalayan" a role that he played in "Kaliyattam" (The play), a screen adaptation of "Othello" by William Shakespeare for which he got the Bharath Award for best actor in the same year. Other noted hits were 'Pathram' (The Newspaper) and 'F.I.R' (First Investigation Report). In July, 2005, he was nominated for the Malayalam Cinema Best Actor Award for his portrayal of a mentally distressed person in 'Ullam' (Inside) and as a Doctor in 'Makalkku'(For the Daughter), but lost out to Mammootty. These two are considered to be among his best performances the other being in 'Kaliyattam'. He is noted for his leading roles as much as he is for the character roles. He is famous for his philanthropic efforts.

GENeLIA

Genelia born as Genelia D'Souza on August 5th, 1987 in England is a talented Indian actress and a stunning model.

After her family relocated to mumbai, Genelia attended Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and did her graduation from St. Andrews College, Bandra.

The dusky angel first hit the limelight with a Parker pen starring along side the great amithab bachan and further did a Fair and Lovely ad appearing along side the dashing Indian batsman of the eighties, Krishnamachary Srikkanth. The ace Tamil director, Shankar was very much impressed with her performance in both the ads and cast her in a leading role in his Tamil version of "Boys" in 2003. The sweet sixteen year old Genelia gave a commendable performance in the movie, which became a box- office hit and was also dubbed into Telugu.

As even the Telugu version became the biggest hit, Genelia bagged a string of Telugu movies "Satyam" {2003} opposite Sumanth and "Samba" {2004} starring along side Jr. NTR and "Sye" {2004} opposite Nitin. All these movies were runaway successes at box office. The following year she starred in "Naa Alludu" {2005} again with Jr. NTR and "Subhash Chandra Bose" opposite Venkatesh, which were also box office hit movies. Her performance in "Bommarillu" {2006} was critically acclaimed and well appreciated by the audience. The movie became one of the biggest hits. As an actress, Genelia consolidated her position with a strong screen presence combined with beauty and acting talents in Telugu movies.

Genelia made her Bollywood debut in 2003 with "Tujhe Meri Kasam" and later starred in "Masti" {2004} opposite Ajay Devgan and Vivek Oberoi.

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RED CHILLIES

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natturajavu (2004) - director

vishnu - director

shivam - director

thandavam - director

narasimham - director

valliettan - director

FIR - director

the truth - director

aaram thamburan - director

asuravamsam - director

mahathma - director

the KING - director

commissioner - director

rudraksham - director

ekalavyan - director

mafia - director

sthalathe pradhana payyans - director

neelakurukkan - director

thalasthanam - director

kilukkampetti - director

souhridham - director

Dr. pasupathy - director

sunday 7 p.m - director

news - director,writer excellent director of malayalam who started direction from 1989{news}. hes known as the director most sucessful action movies. in 2000 he taken 'NARASIMHAM' and made history. it destroyed all the box office records. he directed 'REDCHILLIES' which became very famous in mollywood for the stylish direction that had even seen. 'AARAM THAMBURAN' is also one of his famous works. it became one of the hit film of malayalam cinema. he also directed few films in tamil.

mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair ((born May 21, 1960), commonly known as Mohanlal or Lal, is an and Indian film actor and producer, who works mainly in malayalam cinema. Mohanlal is considered by many critics to be one of the finest actors in Indian cinema who excels in both art and commercial films

Mohanlal is quite selective of his roles and once he selects a role, he plays it mostly on instinct, and likes to let things happen.He prefers to work in the Malayalam industry with a close group of people whom he knows from his early career. Many of his best school/college mates are with him in the film industry. These include director Priyadharsan, singer M.G Sreekumar, actor Maniyanpilla Raju and producer Suresh Kumar.

National Award Nominations (Highest by any Actor in Indian Cinema)

• 1986 : Best Actor - T .P. Balagopalan M.A.
• 1987 : Best Actor - Padamudra
• 1988 : Best Actor / Special Jury Award - Kireedam
• 1991 : Best Actor - Bharatham
• 1995 : Best Actor - Kalapani
• 1997 : Best Actor - Iruvar(TAMIL)
• 1999 : Best Actor / Best Producer - Vaanaprastham
• 2005 : Best Actor - Thanmatra
• 2007 : Best Actor - Paradesi

Later years (1996-Present)

During this period of his career, film makers cashed in on the immense popularity that Mohanlal enjoyed in Kerala by portraying him as an invincible larger-than-life hero in movies. Movies like Aaram thamburan, Narasimham, naran used this image of his to great effect and became blockbusters. After their initial novelty, these films faced criticism from many quarters over their lack of realism and for creating movies around .Priyadharsan 's kalapani, an account of India's freedom struggle against the British that focused on the cellular prisons of Andaman islands and lohithadas's Kanmadham were some of his notable films during the late 90's. In 1997 Mohanlal's film Guru directed by Rajiv Anchal (which was based on communalism in Kerala) was selected by the Government of India as official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Mohanlal,Mammootty,Juhi Chawla,Shahrukh Khan in the abandoned climax of 'harikrishnans'