Maya

Maya may refer to:

Civilizations

Maya (2001 film)

Maya is a 2001 Hindi film directed by Digvijay Singh with Nitya Shetty, Mita Vashisht, Anant Nag and Nikhil Yadav in lead roles.

Plot

12-year-old Maya lives with her aunt Lakshmi, uncle Arun and cousin Sanjay, a typical middle-class family in rural India. The cousins enjoy a playful summer indulging in mischiefs and youthful pranks. But then the young girl has her first period that proves to be a turning point in her life. Maya's family begins making plans for a celebratory feast that involves a ritual rape.

Cast

Reception

The Film won international acclaim at the major film festivals it participated in. The music score by the America based duo of Manesh Judge and Noor Lodhi won Critics Mention at the Flanders Film Festival in Belgium. The music also received an award in England and came in third behind John Williams' score for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Leonardo DiCaprio's Catch me if you Can. The movie was first runners-up in People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, one spot ahead of Mira Nair's well known hit, Monsoon Wedding.

Maaya (film)

Maaya is a 1972 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Ramu Kariat for Jaya Maruthi starring Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair in the lead role.Prem Nazir and Sharada also plays pivotal roles, supported by Vijayasree, Sujatha, Sankaradi and T. R. Omana playing other important roles. The film was based on an award winning 1963 novel with the same name by popular novelist K Surendran

Plot

Sankarappillai (Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair) is the local business man who runs grocery shop in the village center. He also owns the little textile shop of the village which his son Raghuvaran Pillai (Adoor Bhasi) operates. Sankarappillai's family also includes his second wife Eeswari (T. R. Omana) and daughter Gomathy (Sharada). Sankarappillai is separated from his first wife Kalyani (Adoor Bhavani) but visits and supports his daughter Omana in the first marriage.

Gomathy is in love with Madhavankutty (Prem Nazir) an educated but unemployed young man. Sankarappillai and Eeswary also encourages their relation. Madhavankutty takes up job in a news paper in the town. Raghu wishes to expand the textile business, Madhavankutty introduces Raghu and Sankarappillai to his old class mate Vasukkutty (K. P. Ummer). Vasukkutty's uncle Pankippillai(GK Pillai) run a bigger textile shop in the town. Though two head-strong men clashes at first Pankippillai agrees to loan textiles worth Rs 30,000 to Sankarappillai. Vasukkutty meets Gomathy during a business visit to Sankarappillai's home and falls head over heals for the beautiful girl. Seeking business advantage Sankarappillai decides to arrange Gomathy's wedding with Vasukkutty leaving a heart broken Madhavankutty resort to writing.

Winner

Winner(s) or The Winner(s) may refer to:

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Music

Winner (Rythem song)

"Winner" is Rythem's thirteenth single. It was released on October 10, 2007 under Sony Music Entertainment Japan label. The title track was used as the theme song for NHK's Minna no Uta for the month of October to November 2007. This single reached the #52 spot in the Oricon weekly charts.

The item's stock number is AICL-1858.

Track listing

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