The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romantic survival drama film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. The music score was composed by Basil Poledouris and the cinematography was by Néstor Almendros.
Thalavattam is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal, M. G. Soman and Karthika. The movie is based on the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which was an adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film features songs composed by Raghu Kumar and C. Rajamani, and a score by Johnson. The story follows Vinod, an eccentric new patient at a mental asylum.
T. P. Balagopalan M. A. is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan from a story by Anthikkad. Starring Mohanlal in the title role, along with Shobana, Balan K. Nair, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha. The story follows T. P. Balagopalan, who struggles to make ends meet and his romantic life with Anitha.
Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio. It was written and directed by Fazil and stars Bharat Gopy, Mohanlal, Shalini, Poornima Jayaram, and Sangeeta Naik.
Ente Sooryaputhrikku is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Fazil and starring Amala, Srividya, and Suresh Gopi.This movie was a trendsetter as it was famous for Amala's dressing and acting styles and its music.The film was a superhit at the box-office. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Karpoora Mullai with Raja replacing Suresh Gopi.
Sri Krishnavataram is a 1967 Telugu-language Hindu mythological film, produced by A. Pundarikakshaiah under the Taraka Rama Pictures banner and directed by Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Devika, Kanchana and music composed by T. V. Raju. The film is based on the Hindu epics Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana covering major life events of Lord Krishna.
Seetha Kalyanam is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Jayaram, Jyothika, Indrajith Sukumaran and Geethu Mohandas.
Antastulu (transl. Skyscrapers) is a 1965 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. It stars Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Krishna Kumari, with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu in 1965. The film won two Nandi Awards.
Sukhamo Devi is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavally in his directorial debut. The story was based on his own life's experience. It features Mohanlal, Shankar, Geetha and Urvashi in major roles. The film features songs composed by Raveendran and a score by M. B. Sreenivasan.
Umma is a 1960 Malayalam social drama film directed and produced by Kunchacko. It was the first directorial venture of Kunchacko. Its screenplay is written by Vimal while the dialogues are by P. K. Sarangapani, who was on his debut. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Moidu Padiyath. It was the first Muslim social film in Malayalam. The story of the film revolves around marital evils that prevailed in the Muslim community, particularly in the Malabar region.
Achanum Bappayum is a 1972 Malayalam film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and written by K. T. Muhammed. It stars K. P. Ummer, Jayabharathi, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Adoor Bhasi and Baby Sumathi in important roles. It won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. K. J. Yesudas won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and Vayalar Ramavarma won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song " Manushyan Mathangale".
Nariman is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language investigative film directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy. It stars Suresh Gopi in the title role, with Samyuktha Varma, Siddique, Jagadish, Sadiq, Vijayakumar, Janardhanan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Spadikam George, N. F. Varghese and Rajan P. Dev in supporting roles. The plot follows Ashok Nariman, a Crime Branch DySP who is assigned to re-investigate the "couple murder case" and then to investigate the "Ammini missing case". The film was dubbed in Hindi as Farz Ki Pukaar and in Telugu as Senathipathi.
Left Right Left is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film from India, directed by Arun Kumar Aravind and written by Murali Gopy. Left Right Left revolves around the lives of Jayan, Roy, Sahadevan, Anitha and Jennifer. Released on 14 June 2013, the film was set in three periods – the 60s/70s, the 80s/90s and the present day. It got mostly positive reviews upon release but drew occasional criticism for some of its characters and scenes resembling real-life political leaders and incidents. However, it has gathered a cult status over the years as one of the finest political thrillers ever made in Malayalam. Murali Gopy's performance won him the 61st Filmfare Awards South for The Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Lena Kumar won Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actress.Filmicompanion in 2019 included Hareesh Peradi's performance in the Top 100 performances of the decade.
Sonia also known Sonia Bose is an Indian actress, who works in Tamil and Malayalam films and serials. She debuted, at the age of three, as a child artist in the Malayalam film Ival Oru Naadodi. She continued to appear in many films as a child actor, credited as Baby Sonia. During her childhood she lent her voice for many child artists mainly for Baby Shalini. She got Kerala State Film Award for Best Child artist for the movie Nombarathi Poovu in 1987. She acts in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu movies as well. Her brother Tinku is an actor in Tamil movies.
Karpoora Mullai is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Fazil, starring Amala, Raja and Srividya. The bilingual film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam as Ente Sooryaputhrikku.
Samayada Gombe is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed and co-produced by Dorai–Bhagavan. The film stars Rajkumar, Srinath, Roopa Devi and Menaka. It is based on the novel of same name written by Chitralekha. This is the first Kannada movie of Malayalam actress Menaka, who played the role of Rajkumar's sister and Srinath's wife in the movie. The film met with positive response upon release from critics and was declared a Blockbuster at the box office with seeing a theatrical run of atleast 26 weeks. SK Bhagawan had revealed that Dr. Rajkumar's remuneration for the movie was Rs. 6 lakhs.
Abhinayam is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby.It was produced by B. P. Moideen[mukkam]. The film stars Jayan, Vidhubala, T Jayasree and Vanchiyoor Radha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Yesudas and K. Raghavan. During the filming of Abhinayam, Jayan and Moideen became great friends and Jayan showed interest to make Moideen's life story as a film. Jayan wanted to play the character of Moideen and Moideen happily agreed to that. However, after a month, Jayan died in an accident while shooting for the film Kolilakkam.
Muddula Menalludu is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language drama film produced by S. Gopal Reddy on Bhargav Art Productions banner and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti and the music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of Tamil film Thangamana Raasa.
Crossroad is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film comprising 10 stories. It is a portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women. The movie encompasses ten featurette films of fifteen minutes each. The movie showcases each vibrant and variant facet of a Woman and tells her the story from her perspective.
Janaadhipan is an Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film written and directed by Thanseer M A, and starring Hareesh Peradi, Vinu Mohan and Anil Nedumangad. The soundtrack is composed by Mejo Joseph. The film began production in January 2018.
