Aye Auto
Aye Auto is a 1990 Indian Malayalam romantic- musical film directed by Venu Nagavalli and starring Mohanlal and Rekha in the lead roles.
The plot follows the life of auto drivers in the city of Kozhikode in Kerala.
" Aye Auto" was the second highest- grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind" His Highness Abdullah".
His Highness Abdullah
His Highness Abdullah is a 1990 Indian Malayalam- language musical thriller drama film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil.
It stars Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Gautami, Sreenivasan, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and Mamukkoya.
The film was produced by Mohanlal and was the debut production of his company Pranavam Arts.
The film features original songs composed by Raveendran and a background score by Mohan Sithara.
" His Highness Abdullah" was the same team's first film in a trilogy of Indian classical arts films, followed by" Bharatham"( 1991) and" Kamaladalam"( 1992).
The story follows Abdullah( Mohanlal), a low- life Muslim Qawwali singer in Bombay, who is hired by the members of a wealthy royal Hindu family to assassinate their family head, Maharaja Udayavarma( Venu).
Abdullah infiltrate the palace under the disguise of a Brahmin classical singer, Ananthan Namboothiri, and tries to assassinate the Maharaja by gaining his confidence.
" His Highness Abdullah" was released on 30 March 1990.
It performed well at the box office, becoming the highest- grossing Malayalam film of the year.
The film's soundtrack was also well received.
The film won two National Film Awards — Best Supporting Actor for Venu and Best Male Playback Singer for M. G. Sreekumar for the song" Naadaroopini".
Raveendran won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam.
The film was an inspiration for the 1996 Tamil film" Mettukudi", 2009 Tamil film" Aadhavan" and the 2015 Kannada film" Raja Rajendra".
Santhi Nivasam
Santhi Nivasam is a 1960 Indian Telugu- language drama film produced by Sundarlal Nahatha and T. Ashwadanarayana, and directed by C. S. Rao.
It is an adaptation of Palagummi Padmaraju's Telugu play of the same name, which itself was based on B. S. Ramiah's Tamil language play" Malliyam Mangalam".
The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rajasulochana, Kanta Rao, Krishna Kumari and Devika in lead roles.
" Santhi Nivasam" was released on 14 January 1960.
The film was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in several theatres.
It was remade in Hindi as" Gharana"( 1961), and dubbed in Malayalam as" Shantinivas"( 1962).
Coney Island Baby (film)
Coney Island Baby is a 2003 comedy- drama in which film producer Amy Hobby made her directorial debut.
Karl Geary wrote the film and Tanya Ryno was the film's producer.
The music was composed by Ryan Shore.
The film was shot in Sligo, Ireland, which is known locally as" Coney Island".
The film was screened at the Newport International Film Festival.
Hobby won the Jury Award for" Best First Time Director".
The film made its premiere television broadcast on the Sundance Channel.
Royal Tramp II
Royal Tramp II is a 1992 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel" The Deer and the Cauldron".
The film is a sequel to" Royal Tramp", which was released earlier in the same year.
Aadhavan
Aadhavan is a 2009 Indian Tamil- language action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Ramesh Khanna.
The film features Suriya and Nayantara in the lead roles, with Bharath Murali, Vadivelu, Anand Babu, Ramesh Khanna, B. Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde in supporting cast.
The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj.
The film released on 17 October 2009 and become a superhit at the box office.
It was dubbed in Hindi as" Dildaar- The Arya" in 2011 and in Telugu as" Ghatikudu".
The movie was loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam movie" His Highness Abdullah".
The film was remade in Bengali as" Shikari", starring Shakib Khan.
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Raja Rajendra
Raja Rajendra is a 2015 Kannada comedy film written and directed by Pon Kumaran.
It stars Sharan, Ishita Dutta, Vimala Raman and P. Ravi Shankar in the stellar roles.
The film marks the reunion of director Kumaran and actor Sharan after their previous venture," Jai Lalitha".
Produced by Uday K. Mehta, the film released on 6 February 2015.
The plot of the movie was based on the 1990 Malayalam comedy" His Highness Abdullah".
Mettukudi
Mettukudi(" The House on the Hill") is an Indian 1996 Tamil language comedy film directed by Sundar C. starring Karthik, Gemini Ganesan, Goundamani, Nagma and Manivannan.
The film was declared a commercial success.
The movie is loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam movie" His Highness Abdullah".
Shikari (2016 film)
Shikari( English:" Hunter") is a 2016 Bangladesh- India joint venture thriller drama film directed by Joydip Mukherjee.
Produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies banners, and stars Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan, Srabanti Chatterjee, Rahul Dev and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty in pivotal roles and centers around Khan, a disguised professional assassin with mysterious past, tasked with assassinating a top government official.
The film also features Amit Hasan, Kharaj Mukherjee, and Shupriyo Dutta in supporting roles.
The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Indradeep Dasgupta.
A collaborative Jaaz- Eskay project involving Khan was first reported during mid 2014.
However, the project was later shelved due to unavailability of actor.
Due to numerous media reports, the film was originally planned to be a multi-starrer film.
Eskay Movies& Jaaz Multimedia intended to begin production of the film again after revisions in the script of the film.
The production was officially announced by Eskay Movies& Jaaz Multimedia in January 2016, and Zakir Hossain Simanto and Joydip Mukherjee was hired as directors.
The film is produced by Ashok Dhanuka& Abdul Aziz, under the production Eskay Movies& Jaaz Multimedia.
A few percent of the film and songs were shot in London, UK.
The film was released in Bangladesh on 7 July 2016.
It became the highest- grossing Bengali film of 2016.
Shakib Khan won his eight Meril Prothom Alo Awards for this film.
It is an official remake of the 2009 Tamil movie" Aadhavan" which was itself inspired from the 1990 Malayalam movie" His Highness Abdullah".

Question: Which film was released earlier, His Highness Abdullah or Santhi Nivasam?
Answer: Santhi Nivasam