- published: 04 May 2016
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Balan can refer to:
Described as the first Malayalam sound film. The story features the struggles of two orphaned children, Balan and his younger sister, oppressed and exploited by an evil stepmother until they are rescued by a kindly lawyer. The evil stepmother takes over the property of her spineless husband.
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Actors: Salim Kumar (actor), Mala Aravindan (actor), Harisree Asokan (actor), Mukesh (actor), Suraaj Venjarammoodu (actor), Manka Mahesh (actress), Sreejith Ravi (actor), Jaffer Idukki (actor), Thezni Khan (actress), Samjith Mhd. (editor), Ajaykumar (actor), Saju Kodiyan (actor), Raghavan (actor), Meena Ganesh (actress), Biju Vattappara (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Ranjan Abraham (editor), Bindu Panikkar (actress), Sphadikam George (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Innocent (actor), Janardanan (actor), Suraaj Venjarammoodu (actor), Kavya Madhavan (actress), Salim Kumar (actor), Mammootty (actor), Mammootty (actor), Rajan P. Dev (actor), Thilakan (actor), Suresh Krishna (actor), Abu Salim (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ranjan Abraham (editor), M.T. Vasudevan Nair (writer), Samvrutha Sunil (actress), Lal Jose (director), Rima Kallingal (actress), Amala Paul (actress), Suresh Kumar (producer), Kailash (actor), Archana Kavi (actress), Sreedevi Unni (actress), Sandeep Senan (producer), Nandan Chalissery (actor), Balachandran (actor), Tony Kattukaran (actor), Asha Paul (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Renjith (producer), Renjith (director), V.K. Sriraman (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Augustine (actor), Renjith (writer), Prithviraj Sukumaran (actor), Manian Pillai Raju (actor), Pujappura Ravi (actor), Renjith (actor), T.P. Madhavan (actor), Jagannatha Varma (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Nandu (actor), Anoop Menon (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Robin Queree (actor), James M. Vernon (producer), Adrian Rostirolla (editor), Alan Flower (actor), John Duong (miscellaneous crew), Johan Earl (actor), Aaron Scully (actor), Kim Ramsay (miscellaneous crew), Christian Clark (actor), Goran D. Kleut (actor), Amber Gokken (actress), Valentino del Toro (actor), Brendan Clearkin (actor), Michael Piccirilli (actor), Harry Pavlidis (actor),
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Paravoor Bharathan (actor), Rajan P. Dev (actor), Indrans (actor), Janardanan (actor), Jayaram (actor), Narendra Prasad (actor), Premkumar (actor), Rizabawa (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), Meena (actress), Sangeetha (actress), S.P. Venkatesh (composer), Kanakalatha (actress), Adoor Bhawani (actress), M.S. Thrippunithara (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Mala Aravindan (actor), Kunchan (actor), Mukesh (actor), Pappu (actor), Siddique (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Thilakan (actor), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (actor), Philomina (actress), Ouseppachan (composer), Paravoor Bharathan (actor), Rajan P. Dev (actor), Jagadish (actor), G. Venkitaraman (editor), Abraham Lincoln (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The film starts by displaying an antic of Keshavan (Thilakan) who is an inmate of the Kakkanad Mental Hospital. Two other inmates are Benny (Mukesh) and Krishnankutty (Jagathy Sreekumar), along with the female inmate Philomena. By profession Benny is an artist, Krishnankutty is a mechanic and Keshavan had retired from military service. The late Hakeem Rawther too plays as an inmate in a cameo role. The trio chance to come across a newspaper report that Amitabh Bachchan is visiting Ernakulam City for film shooting, near the place they stay. They are soon joined by Venu (Siddique), as the brother of Balan (N.N.Balakrishnan) who takes him to the mental hospital. Venu is a good singer but has a compulsive obsession to singing. Driven by a desire to see Amitabh Bachchan the four of them manage to escape from the mental hospital that night by ripping off the cell warden Ameen (Mala Aravindan). They reach Ernakulam city in a bus, but are disappointed to learn that Amitabh Bachchan had gone back after the film shooting which took place a month ago, and they had in fact seen an old newspaper report. They decide not to return to the mental hospital but start living in the city by finding suitable employments. The film portrays their many pranks after their arrival in the city. The protagonist Mukesh meets his former college mate and lover Leena (Vinaya Prasad) too there, who imparts glamor to the plot. Paravoor Bharathan plays as father of Leena, who is unwilling to marry off his daughter to Benny, and even hires a goon Bheem Singh (Krishnan Kutty Nair) to get rid of him. The story enters a new phase with the arrival of two shady characters Vasu (Kuthiravattom Pappu) and Abdullah (Rajan P Dev) under the pseudo names Sundaran Pillai and Giriish Puri, in the disguise of a TV serial producer and director respectively. Their intention is to rob a bank near to the home rented by the four, by making a tunnel under their home. For that they hire the four supposedly for their TV serial and send them to learn various skills like martial arts, rock climbing, tree climbing, break dance etc to keep them away from the house during the day time while the excavation is going on under the supervision of another gang member Bruno (Kunjan). But the Police officer played by Jagadish is tracking their activities. In the end their vicious scheme is busted and the bank robbers end up in the police custody in a merry ending.
Genres: ,Actors: Yunus Parvez (actor), Mukhtar Ahmed (editor), Tun Tun (actress), Gulshan Grover (actor), Birbal (actor), Guddi Maruti (actress), Sripradha (actress), Jagdeep (actor), Hemant Birje (actor), Master Bhagwan (actor), Mehmood Jr. (actor), Kishore Anand Bhanushali (actor), Sumeet Saigal (actor), Padma Chavan (actress), Sunil Rege (actor),
Plot: Con-man Satyaprakash hires naive Bholashankar ostensibly to protect vulnerable Juhu Beach shop-keepers from extortionist Balan and his goons, but soon uses the the former to extort monies from them, thus incurring the wrath of the later. In order to make peace with Balan, he apologizes but Bholashankar gets badly injured and is hospitalized. After recuperating, he will be in for more trauma and shock after he finds that his sister, Lajjo, has been sold by Satyaprakash to Balan for One Lakh Rupees.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Bhoominathan (editor), Murali (actor), Babu Nampoothiri (actor), Ambika (actress), Parvathi (actress), Suhasini (actress), Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas (writer), Johnson (composer), Renjith (actor), K.P.A.C. Sunny (actor), Kollam Thulasi (actor), Nedumudi Venu (actor), Sibi Malayil (director), Sreenath (actor), Kothuku Nanappan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: G. Murali (editor), Adoor Bhasi (actor), Suresh Gopi (actor), Jagadish (actor), Mammootty (actor), Pappu (actor), Pujappura Ravi (actor), Sankaradi (actor), M.G. Soman (actor), Sreenivasan (actor), Urvashi (actor), Jagannatha Varma (actor), Sukumari (actress), Azeez (actor), Jagadish (writer),
Genres: Comedy,When we started everything seemed shiny and bright
Beyond our means but not quite out of reach
How far beyond do you think we need to go
Cause I don't want to live that way
Amberwood
It doesn't matter what we planned to do this time
Those plans are being laid aside again
Unforeseen is my new middle name
But I don't want to live this way
Amberwood
Take a second
Take a minute
Take an hour
Take a week
To decide how it all will turn out
And in that second
In that minute
In that hour in that week
You will know if your ready to go
And if it's worth it all
Its not as far away as you might think it is
People are doing these things everyday
I don't see how they're much better than us
But they don't have to live this way
Amberwood