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Santha Devi is a Actor Indian born on 1 january 1927 at Kozhikode (Inde)
Damayanthi (1927 – 20 November 2010), better known by her stage name Kozhikode Santha Devi, was an Indian Malayalam film and stage actress. In a career spanning about sixty years, she acted in more than 1000 plays and about 480 films.
She made her debut as an actress through a 1954 drama Smarakam written by Vasu Pradeep and directed by Kundanari Appu Nair. She made her cinema debut in Minnaminungu (1957) directed by Ramu Karyat. She has acted in over 480 movies including Moodupadam, Kuttikkuppayam, Kunjalimaraykkar, Iruttinte Athmavu, Sthalathe pradhana payyans and Adwaitham. Kerala Cafe, produced by director Ranjith, was her last movie where she enacted the role of a forlorn grandmother with no one to look after her. Besides movies, she was also active in television serials. Her most memorable roles are from Manasi and Minnukettu.
Santha Devi died on 20 November 2010 evening in a private hospital in Kozhikode.
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Santha Devi
Birth name Damayanthi
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1927 at Kozhikode (Inde)
Death 20 november 2010 (at 83 years)
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1927 at Kozhikode (Inde)
Death 20 november 2010 (at 83 years)
Biography
Santha Devi was born in Kozhikode in 1927 as the daughter of Thottathil Kannakkuruppu and Karthiyayani Amma as the seventh daughter of their 10 children. She did her studies from Sabha school and then B.E.M school.She made her debut as an actress through a 1954 drama Smarakam written by Vasu Pradeep and directed by Kundanari Appu Nair. She made her cinema debut in Minnaminungu (1957) directed by Ramu Karyat. She has acted in over 480 movies including Moodupadam, Kuttikkuppayam, Kunjalimaraykkar, Iruttinte Athmavu, Sthalathe pradhana payyans and Adwaitham. Kerala Cafe, produced by director Ranjith, was her last movie where she enacted the role of a forlorn grandmother with no one to look after her. Besides movies, she was also active in television serials. Her most memorable roles are from Manasi and Minnukettu.
Santha Devi died on 20 November 2010 evening in a private hospital in Kozhikode.
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Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Kalabhavan Mani, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Jagathy Sreekumar, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Bijukuttan, Shivaji Guruvayoor
Rating46%
Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu movie tells the story of Changampuzha Pavithran (Kalabhavan Mani) who is a do-gooder who hails from the land of the great poet. Pavithran is bound to be around if a soul finds itself in distress. A bachelor who dreams about meeting his lady love some day, Pavithran's life goes topsy-turvy when an astrologer predicts that he would get married to a widow who would transform his entire life.
Kerala Cafe (2009)
Directed by Revathi, Anjali Menon, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Anwar Rasheed, B. Unnikrishnan, Shyamaprasad, Uday Ananthan, Lal Jose, Shaji Kailas, Ranjith
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Dileep, Sreenivasan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayaram, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena)
Rating73%
Malayali (2009)
Actors Kalabhavan Mani, Murali, K. R. Vijaya, Irshad, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Bijukuttan
Rating54%
Madhavan (Kalabhavan Mani) is an old fashioned guy who is loved by everyone in his village. Madhavan loves Malayalam and the Malayalee culture, unlike his brothers Satheeshan (Irshad) and Rameshan (Madhu Warrier). They (and their respective wives) dislike Madhavan playing "big brother" and making all the decisions. Madhavan's brothers-in-law (played by Sreehari and Saadique) are also against him.
Vilapangalkkappuram (2009)
Directed by T. V. Chandran
Actors Biju Menon, Priyanka Nair, Sudheesh, Suhasini Maniratnam, M.R. Gopakumar, Thilakan
Rating49%
Zahira (Priyanka) lives happily with her parents and younger sister in Ahmedabad, until a group of communalists wreaks havoc. After being gang raped, she barely manages to escape from the criminals before they set her ablaze. In a fit of panic, she hides inside a lorry but it takes Zahira to her father's home-town in Kozhikode, Kerala.
Crazy Gopalan (2008)
Genres Comedy
Actors Dileep, Salim Kumar, Harisree Ashok, Sunitha Varma, Manoj K. Jayan, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Janakiyamma
Rating52%
Kattila Gopalan (Dileep) is a notorious name in a little village named Oonjaalaadi. Though nobody has seen Gopalan, people hold him in dread as he is a thief who always manages to steal whatever he wants, without ever getting caught or even being seen by anyone. His identity remains a mystery.
Mayabazar (2008)
Genres Action
Actors Mammootty, Tisca Chopra, Kalabhavan Mani, Lalu Alex, Sheela, Sabitha Anand
Rating27%
Maya Bazaar is in a village called Mayannoor where people buy salvaged cars for their parts. Rameshan (Mammootty) is a leading man of the bazaar. With the money he earns, he feeds patients at the local hospital. A young woman who lives in Maya Bazaar called Maya loves Rameshan, but Rameshan does not have any feelings for her. Rameshan has a rival gang led by Bhadran (Kalabhavan Mani) and Bhadran wants to marry Maya.
Thalappavu (2008)
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Michael, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Lal, Atul Kulkarni, Jagathy Sreekumar, Dhanya Mary Varghese
Roles Trader Women
Rating74%
How betraying a friend or an acquaintance can ruin one's life is poignantly depicted in the Malayalam film Thalappavu made by actor-turned-director Madhupal. The movie is based on a real-life confession of a police constable (P. Ramachandran Nair) about gunning down a Naxalite (Arikkad Varghese) in a fake encounter as per the order of his superiors in 1970. The screenplay by Babu Janardhanan uses the stream of consciousness flow to show the mental state of the constable who feels deranged after the incident. Lal plays constable Raveendran Pillai whose family life is ruined after the killing of Joseph (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a revolutionary leader fighting for the rights of the hapless farmers of Wayanad. Raveendran Pillai is a misfit in the police force as he is not courageous or cruel as the others of his ilk. He is a family man to the hilt and dotes on his children. He befriends Joseph on the way while on duty. Joseph introduces him to the revolutionary ideas. Raveendran Pillai takes instant liking for Joseph and roams in the forests with Joseph during his free time.
Anandabhadram (2005)
, 2h10Directed by Santosh Sivan
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kavya Madhavan, Manoj K. Jayan, Riya Sen, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon
Rating72%
In the ancient village of Shivapuram, little Ananthan hears a tale from his mother, Gayathri (Revathi). She tells him that his family comes from a line of powerful magicians, and they are responsible for protecting nagamanikyam, a jewel on a serpent's head. The jewel, she narrates, lies in a secret place in the house guarded by snakes, including a tiny snake called Kunjootan.
Akale (2004)
Directed by Shyamaprasad
Genres Drama
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sheela, Geetu Mohandas, Tom George Kolath, Mithun Ramesh, Santha Devi
Roles Typewriting teacher
Rating72%
The film is the story about an Anglo-Indian family who lives in Kerala. Neil (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is a disturbed youth working as a clerk in a factory for low wages. His intention is to become a writer. He lives with his mother (Sheela) and sister (Geetu Mohandas). His father was a Portuguese sailor who he left the family when the children were very young. Rose, his sister is slightly handicapped and because of this, she is always in the shell. She is very much interested in glass figurines. Margret, Neil's mother hates his care-free attitude towards life and his late-night movies. She is a very possessive mother and she is always worried about the future of her daughter. One day Neil invites his co-worker Freddy (Tom George Kolath) for a dinner at his home. Neil's mother and daughter thinks that Freddy will get interested in Rose and they can marry her off but their dreams get crushed when they comes to know that Freddie is already engaged and Rose passes away years later.
Ullam (2004)
Actors Suresh Gopi, Geetu Mohandas, Kalasala Babu, Vijayaraghavan, Santha Devi
Roles Muthassi
Rating65%
Kusruthi (2004)
Actors Harisree Ashok, Kalabhavan Mani, Prathapachandran Nair, Anju, Thalapathy Dinesh, Saikumar
Roles Lakshmiyamma
Rating39%
Ammakilikkoodu (2003)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Innocent, Mukesh, Saritha
Roles Lakshmi
Rating53%
Vivek (Prithviraj Sukumaran) takes a job as the manager of Saranalayam, a retirement house. He meets a young woman called Akhila (Navya Nair), who had sent her stepfather to jail for abusing her mentally ill mother, and they fall in love. Saranalayalam is financially in a bad state and the owner wants to sell it off, but Vivek tries his best to save the retirement house, since the residents have nowhere else to go.
Mizhi Randilum (2003)
Directed by Ranjith
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Dileep, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sukumari, Revathi
Rating61%
Bhadra (Kavya Madhavan) is a nurse who is living with her widowed mother, grandmother and twin sister Bhama, a medical student. Her older brother Achuthankutty (Jagathy Sreekumar) is a politician. Bhadra falls in love with Arun (Indrajith), a doctor who works with her. Arun has a Muslim father and a Hindu mother who agrees to have Bhadra as their daughter in law, but Achuthankutty hates him because his father is a Muslim, causing Arun and Bhadra to break up.
Neythukaran (2002)
Directed by Priyanandanan
Genres Drama
Actors Murali, Vijayaraghavan, Sona Nair, M.R. Gopakumar, Santha Devi, Irshad
EMS, the leader of the first ever democratically elected Communist Government is dead (His death was on the same day, which the BJP lead Government came to power in the centre. This coincidence strengthened the mystic cloud around the man called EMS among his friends). Appa Mestry (Murali), a veteran Communist, who lives in the nostalgia of 'those great days', is unable to believe that EMS has died. For him EMS is a great leader, whose death is unthinkable. He goes back to those ages, where they worked for freedom struggle, risking their own lives. He proudly remembers the day which he took Comrade P. Krishnapilla on his shoulder across the river safely. He remembers contemptuously the day which the first EMS ministry was dismissed by the Central Government as a result of the unjust agitation by the religious lobbies of Kerala. He even had observed fast when AKG had gone on fast against a Government decision.