Alberrt Antoni
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Alberrt Antoni is a Malayali
Malayali
Malayali is the term used to refer to the native speakers of Malayalam, originating from the Indian state of Kerala...

 India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

. His debut film as a director is critically acclaimed Kanne Madanguka (2005). He is the director of Nair-san, a forthcoming Indo-Japanese historical film, based on the legendary Indian freedom fighter A. M. Nair
A. M. Nair
Ayappanpillai Madhavan Nair , also known as Nair-san, was closely involved with Japan in the Indian independence movement.-History:...

, popularly known as Nair-san in Japan with the rare combination of A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

, Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

 and Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

.

Biography

Alberrt Antoni's now in Mudavanmugal, Trivandrum, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, and he was born in Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

. Alberrt Antoni native and did his schooling in Marthandam
Marthandam
Martandam is a major trade centre in Kuzhithurai municipality across National Highway in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India, at the border with Kerala. Originally called Thoduvetty, it was a portion of Kanyakumari district which was added to the state of Tamil Nadu on November 1, 1956...

 and took his Bachelor's degree from Osmania University
Osmania University
Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...

, Hyderabad and from the Adyar Film Institute.

Alberrt's debut film Kanne Madanguka (2005) was selected for Indian Panorama 2005 screened at the International Film Festival of India
International Film Festival of India
The International Film Festival of India , founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually in the beach town of Goa, in the Western Coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of...

, Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

(2005) and other overseas film festivals 2005 - 2006. It won three Kerala State Film Award
Kerala State Film Award
The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....

s for Best actress, Best child artiste and Best processing.

Alberrt is the man behind Nair-san. Having identified the story and having invested a lot of his time and money in research, rights and backing, he is now raring to see the project go on the floors. It has a rare combination of Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

 and the Academy award winner A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

. Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

 and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 are the main locations of this huge budgeted project.

His high-points of the film were winning the Aravindan
Aravindan
Aravindan may refer to* G. Aravindan, Indian film director and writer* Aravindan Neelakandan, Indian writer...

 Puraskaram Best debut Director award in 2005, Padmarajan
Padmarajan
P. Padmarajan was an Indian author, screenwriter, and film director who contributed in Malayalam language. Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam, along with Bharathan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed...

 Special Jury Award for best director (2006) and John Abraham special jury award (2005). His passion and vision on Nair-san is complemented by his tremendous urge to be open and discover new eras on the subject and to create a truly international class Asian film, spanning many cultures, languages and religions.

Now he is in the post production work for his new project titled Vaadamalli
Vaadamalli
Vaadamalli is a Malayalam thriller film directed by Alberrt Antoni after his critically acclaimed debut film Kanne Madanguka. He is the man behind the international project Naiarsan, with a rare combination of A. R...

. New faces are doing the central characters.

Awards

Aravindan Puraskaram
  • 2005: Best debut director award for Kanne Madanguka

Padmarajan Special Jury Award
  • 2006: Best Director Award for Kanne Madanguka

John Abraham Special Jury Award
  • 2005: Best Director Award for Kanne Madanguka

Filmography

Film Year Screenwriter Cast Language Music Remarks
Kanne Madanguka 2005 Alberrt Antoni Murali, Navya Nair
Navya Nair
Dhanya Nair , better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.- Personal life :...

 
Malayalam  Jayan Pisharady Won three state awards 2005, Aravindan puraskaram 2005, Padmarajan special jury award 2005, John abhraham special jury award 2005

selected for Indian panorama 2005
screened at IFFI Goa 2005
Vaadamalli
Vaadamalli
Vaadamalli is a Malayalam thriller film directed by Alberrt Antoni after his critically acclaimed debut film Kanne Madanguka. He is the man behind the international project Naiarsan, with a rare combination of A. R...

2011 Rajesh Varma, Rahul Madhav, Richa Panai, Ramesh Raveendran, Niji Mary, Pradeep Chandran, Jyothy Malayalam  Shyam
Nair-san 2012 Alberrt Antoni Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

 
English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 
A.R.Rahman  Pre-production

Story

  • Kanne Madanguka (2005)
  • Vaadamalli
    Vaadamalli
    Vaadamalli is a Malayalam thriller film directed by Alberrt Antoni after his critically acclaimed debut film Kanne Madanguka. He is the man behind the international project Naiarsan, with a rare combination of A. R...

    (2011)
  • Nair-san (2012)
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