Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan (born Priyadarshan Soman Nair; 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
In a career spanning over three decades, he has directed more than 95 films in various Indian languages, predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi, while also having done six films in Tamil and two in Telugu.
Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade.
He has done about 26 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Bollywood director after David Dhawan.
In 2013, he announced that "Rangrezz" would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema.
Best known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also experimented with some action, thriller and period films.
His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with most notable films being "Poochakkoru MookkuthiMazha Peyyunnu Maddalam KottunnuThalavattamVellanakalude NaduChithramVandanamKilukkamAbhimanyuMithunamThenmavin KombathKala Pani", and "Chandralekha".
Other Malayalam actors he frequently collaborated with are: Kuthiravattam Pappu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, M.G. Soman, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Shobhana, KPAC Lalitha, Revathi, Lissy, Cochin Haneefa, Maniyanpilla Raju, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, C.I. Paul, Vineeth, Ganesh, Shankar, and Mammukoya.
Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films.
He is known for adapting stories from Malayalam films into Bollywood, from his own work as well as other films.
Most notable such Bollywood films include "Hera PheriHungamaHulchulGaram MasalaBhagam BhagChup Chup KeDhol", and "Bhool Bhulaiyaa".
His multiple collaborations in Hindi include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri, Johny Lever, Asrani, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena, Jackie Shroff, and Suniel Shetty.
In 2007, his Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
In 2012, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution towards the arts.
Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films.
His most popular commercials are for Coca-Cola, American Express, Nokia, Parker Pens, Asian Paints, Kinley and Max New York Life Insurance.
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Nadodikkattu
Nadodikattu is a 1987 Indian Malayalam- language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan based on a story by the Siddique – Lal duo.
The story revolves around two impecunious young men, Ramdas( Mohanlal) and Vijayan( Sreenivasan) who not being able to find any job in Kerala, plan to immigrate to Dubai to make their fortunes, but get deceived and end up in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.
" Nadodikattu" drew upon relevant social factors affecting Kerala of the 1980s such as widespread unemployment and poverty.
The film also stars Thilakan, Shobhana, Innocent, Mamukkoya, Captain Raju, Meenakumari, Kundara Johny, Janardhanan, Ajith Kollam, and Sankaradi in pivotal roles along with cameo appearances by Seema, I. V. Sasi, and M. G. Soman as themselves.
The film represents popular Malayalam cinema at its satirical best and established the Mohanlal- Sreenivasan combination as one of its most memorable and bankable cinematic pairs.
The story, screenplay and characters have achieved cult status.
The film showed an extraordinary talent of late actor Thilakan who played the role of Ananthan Nambiar.
Thilakan proved himself that he can handle comedy roles also.
The film was produced by Casino Productions, a production company owned by Century Kochumon, Mohanlal, I. V. Sasi, Seema, and Mammootty.
It gave way to two sequels" Pattanapravesham"( 1988) and" Akkare Akkare Akkare"( 1990) known for their excess of mimicry and low- brow slapstick.
The film was remade by Muktha V. Srinivasan in Tamil as" Katha Nayagan"( 1988) and in Kannada as" Tenali Rama".
Plot elements were also used in the 2006 Hindi comedy film" Bhagam Bhag".
The film was also remade in Telugu in which Chandra Mohan played the role of Vijayan.
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Akkare Akkare Akkare
Akkare Akkare Akkare is a 1990 Indian Malayalam- language buddy comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan.
It is a sequel to 1987's" Nadodikkattu" and 1988's" Pattanapravesham".
The story follows Crime Investigation Department( India) C.I.Ds Dasan( Mohanlal) and Vijayan( Sreenivasan) on an investigation for a gold crown stolen to the United States.
Other cast include M. G. Soman, Mukesh, Maniyanpilla Raju, Parvathy Jayaram, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari, Jagadish, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha.
The film was produced by G. P. Vijayakumar and distributed by Seven Arts Release.
It was filmed in Houston, Texas and the Greater Los Angeles Area, California, New York, Brooklyn,
Pattanapravesham
Pattanapravesham( English:" Town Entry") is a 1988 Malayalam screwball comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Sreenivasan.
It is the sequel to" Nadodikkattu" and follows the story of Dasan( Mohanlal) and Vijayan( Sreenivasan) who are now CIDs and are investigating a homicide case.
The film was produced by Siyad Koker under the banner of Kokers Films.
Just six months after the events of the prequel, CID Ramdas( Mohanlal) and CID Vijayan( Sreenivasan) are called to Kerala to solve the murder of a police officer.
The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing a dangerous crime syndicate led by Prabhakaran Thampi( Karamana Janardanan Nair) that deals in drug trafficking.
In addition, Anandan Nambiar( Thilakan) who is the man they put behind bars in" Nadodikkattu" escapes from jail.
The film was a critical and commercial success.
In 1990, Priyadarshan made a sequel titled" Akkare Akkare Akkare".
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Question: Do both films Akkare Akkare Akkare and House Of Greed have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: no