Jaya Bharathi is a legendary actress who has contributed immensely to the South Indian entertainment industry. She has acted in many films and serials in most of the South Indian languages. Jaya Bharathi started her career as a dancer and then moved to the world of movies. She debuted in a Tamil movie Anubavi Raja Anubavi at the age of...
Kaviyoor Ponnamma is the evergreen mother of Malayalam cinema. Ever since she was just 22, she had been portraying effectively the mother role in Malayalam movies. Even after 55 years of her contribution in silver screen, she continues to play the “evergreen amma” character. Her first offer was in Thommante Makkal (1965) where she played mother to Sathyan and Madhu....
Sethumadhavan, who is popularly known as Sethu, is a writer and a banker by profession. He was born on 5th June 1942 in Chendamangalam in Ernakulam, Kerala. He went to Paliam High school in Chendamangalam. He completed his B.Sc Physics at Union Christian College in Aluva. In 1962 Sethu got a job in Indian Meteorological Department, Mumbai. In 1964, he was transferred...
Bahadoor is a legendary stage actor, who has predominantly been a part of the Malayalam film industry. He has made many prominent changes in the industry. He made sure comedians were given noteworthy and significant roles in movies. Bahadoor’s birth name is P. K. Kunjalu. He was born in a poverty-stricken family, in Thrissur, Kerala, in the year 1930. Bahadoor...
Born in the Travancore state of Nagercoil, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair went down in history as the first movie star of Malayalam cinema. Even though he is widely known as an actor, he was also a playwright, lyricist, director, orator and script writer. He has made many remarkable contributions to the Malayalam film industry and is revered as a stalwart in...
Nellikode Bhaskaran is a Malayalam movie actor. He is also a director and a lyricist. He has appeared in more than ten Malayalam movies. He also received a Kerala State Film Award in 1972 for Best Actor in the movie Maram. He holds 22 Kerala State Award for Best Actor. His original name is Bhaskaran Menon but changed his name...
Manakda Ravi Varma was born on 4th June, 1926 in Malappuram, Kerala. Ravi Varma passed away at the age of 84on 22nd November, 2010 in Tamil Nadu, India. People also know him as Raviettan. He started his career in the year 1966. He is a very popular Malayalam Film Director and Cinematographer. He has worked with many famous Directors such...
Valayar Ramavarma was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was a modern Malayalam lyricist as well as a poet. Some of his famous works are Padamudrakal, Oru Judas Janikkannu, Mulankaadu, Sargasangeetham, etc. Valayar was born on 25 March 1928, in a village of Valayar, Alappuzha, Kerala. His father was Vellarappally Kerala Varma while his mother was Raghavaparambil Ambalika Thamburatty. He...
Palissery Narayanankutty Menon, famously known as P.N. Menon, was an Indian film director and an Art Director, mainly in the Malayalam film industry. Besides, director Menon is also known for designing promotional posters....