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Kurup
Kurup is an Indic surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Debbie Kurup (born 1979), English actress *Deepika Kurup (American inventor, scientist, and clean water advocate * G. Shankara Kurup (1901–1978), Indian poet * O. N. V. Kurup (1931–2016), Malayalam poet * Palattu Koman (also known as Koma Kurup), a pioneer of the kalaripayattu Indian martial art form * Guru Kunchu Kurup (1881–1970), Kathakali artiste *Helen Kurup, English actress, sister of Debbie *Joseph Kurup (born 1944), Malaysian politician *K. K. N. Kurup (born 1939), Indian historian *K. Suresh Kurup (born 1956), member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala *N. Peethambara Kurup, Indian politician *Neena Kurup, Indian actress *Pran Kurup (1966–2016), Indian entrepreneur and author * Saiju Kurup , Malayalam film actor *Satheesh Kurup, Indian cinematographer *Shishir Kurup (born 1961), American actor *Shreeraj Kurup, Indian poet and lyricist *Sooraj S. Kurup, Indian composer and film actor *Sukumara K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurup (film)
''Kurup'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language Biography, biographical crime thriller film based on Fugitive, fugitive Sukumara Kurup. Produced by Dulquer Salmaan and directed by Srinath Rajendran, it stars Dulquer Salmaan in the title role with an Ensemble cast, ensemble #Cast, cast including Indrajith Sukumaran, Shine Tom Chacko, Sunny Wayne, Sobhita Dhulipala, Bharath (actor), Bharath, Tovino Thomas, Shivajith, Vijayaraghavan, Saiju Kurup and Anupama Parameswaran. ''Kurup'' was theatrically released on 4 November 2021, during Diwali, and became the first Indian film to have non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. ''Kurup'' received critical acclaim with praise for the score, production design, characterization and performances. A critical and commercial success, it grossed over worldwide, and is among the List of highest-grossing Malayalam films, highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. Plot Krishnadas, a former Superintendent of police, SP of Kerala Police, has just ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup
Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1902–1980) was an Indian poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and story writer of Malayalam. He was the author of a number of poetry anthologies, besides other works, and he translated '' Abhijnana Shakuntalam'', '' Tulsi Ramayana'', ''Tirukkuṛaḷ'', the poems of Subramania Bharati and two cantos of ''The Light of Asia'' of Edwin Arnold into Malayalam. He also contributed in the preparation of a dictionary, ''Kairali Kosham''. A recipient of the Odakkuzhal Award and Thirukural Award, Kurup received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1966. Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their annual award in 1974. Biography Gopala Kurup was born on May 10, 1902, at Vennikulam in Pathanamthitta district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Cherukattumadathil Padmanabha Kurup and Lakshmi Kunjamma. After learning the basics of Sanskrit from his father, he completed his primary education under Kochu Pilla, a local teacher, and joined the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukumara Kurup
Sukumara Kurup (alias Sukumara Pillai) (born as P K Gopalakrishna Kurup) is an Indian fugitive and is one of the most-wanted criminals in the Indian state of Kerala. On 21 January 1984, he, along with his co-brother Bhaskara Pillai, his driver Ponnappan and his aide Shahu, murdered a man named Chacko in an attempt to fake Kurup's own death and thereby claim a life insurance amount of . The subterfuge was soon exposed by the police, who arrested Bhaskara Pillai, Ponnappan and Shahu. However, Kurup absconded from the state in the meantime. Notorious for being India's longest wanted fugitive, Kurup is still missing and untraced since 1984. Murder of Chacko Chacko was forcefully intoxicated, poisoned and strangled to death and later the body was burnt inside an Ambassador car at night neaTannimukkam Punchain Mavelikara. Sukumara Kurup allegedly committed the crime to fake his own death and claim an insurance amount of , by killing Chacko, who bore a striking resemblance to him. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kurup
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup (born 15 December 1944) is a Malaysian politician who served as 1st and founding President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from March 1994 to January 2023, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2018. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan from March 2008 to May 2018. He also served as Cabinet of Sabah, Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah, State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, State Minister of Communications and Works, State Minister of Finance, State Minister of Industrial Development, State Minister of Resource Development and Enterprise and State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah under former Chief Ministers Joseph Pairin Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreeraj Kurup
Shreeraj Kurup (Hindi:श्रीराज कुरूप, Malayalam:ശ്രീരാജ് കുറുപ്പ്) is a poet and lyricist from India. He is known for writing the lyrics of Mujhme ''Hindi Cover of Malare'', ''Ye Chahte'', ''Pass ho tum'', etc. Early life Shreeraj was born in New Delhi to Malayali parents Surendran Kurup and Vijay Laxmi. He attended Kerala School, Delhi and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After completing the graduation course, he started working in Bangalore. He Launched his own YouTube Channel with the name Shreeraj Kurup-Official and started publishing his work. He started off by tweaking lyrics of popular Hindi songs. His cover of hit number ''Nenjodu Cherthu'' is also popular on YouTube. He also wrote the Hindi and Malayalam lyrics for ''Tum hi ho-Multilingual'' which became a hit on YouTube. But it was the Hindi and Tamil cover of a Malayalam song ''Malare'' from the movie Premam ''Premam'' (transl. Love) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saiju Kurup
Saiju Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He is credited as Anirudh in Tamil movies. He debuted in ''Mayookham'' (2005) by Hariharan. As of June 2021, he has starred in over 100 films as the main lead, villain and supporting role. His role as ''Arackal Abu'' in the 2015 comedy movie Aadu developed into a cult In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ... following along with the movie. Personal life Kurup married Anupama on 12 February 2005. The couple have a daughter and a son. Filmography Malayalam Tamil As dubbing artist Short films Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurup, Saiju Male actors from Alappuzha Living people Male actors in Malay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepika Kurup
Deepika Kurup (born 1998) is an inventor, scientist, and clean water advocate. She is the recipient of the 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Award. Kurup was awarded the $25,000 Award for her work in developing a new and inexpensive method to clean water using solar power. She also a finalist in the 2014 international Stockholm Junior Water Prize with her project "A Novel Photocatalytic Pervious Composite for Degrading Organics and Inactivating Bacteria in Wastewater." In January 2015, Kurup was named as one of the ''Forbes'' 2015 30 Under 30 in Energy. She has also been featured in '' Teen Vogue'' for her work. She is currently a student at Stanford School of Medicine. Background Deepika Kurup was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. She has given a number of accounts of what inspired her to work on water purification. In her entry video to the competition, she explains the mechanism used for developing her invention and also explains some of the factors that led to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Kurup
Debbie Kurup (born 3 July 1979) is an English actress. Acting career Kurup's theatrical credits include: !Sweet Charity! (Donmar Warehouse), "Girl from the North Country" (Old Vic -original London cast) and "The Threepenny Opera" (National Theatre). In 2015 she played the role of Reno Sweeney in Stage Entertainment's production of ''Anything Goes'' (UK/Ireland Tour) for which she received a MTA nomination for Best Actress. Prior to this, she played Nicki Marron in the World Premiere of '' The Bodyguard'' at the Adelphi Theatre, London, (2013). Kurup was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Supporting Actress in a musical at the Whatsonstage.com Awards of 2013, for her role as Nicki Marron in ''The Bodyguard'' and as Best actress in a supporting role in a musical at the BroadwayWorld.comUK awards. Kurup has also appeared in several theatre productions, including ''Chicago'' as Velma Kelly between January and April 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pran Kurup
Pran Kurup (3 October 1966 – 3 September 2016) was an Indian entrepreneur and author. Personal life Pran Kurup was born in Chennai to K. Madhava Kurup and Sarojini, who hailed from Kannur. He was the nephew of K. P. P. Nambiar. He completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and post-graduation in Robotics from Miami University. Entrepreneur and author Pran Kurup co-founded Vitalect with Taher Abbasi and Ricky Bedi, an e-learning company based in California in 1997. The company was originally called ByteK Designs Inc. and renamed to Vitalect in 1999. He also served as the president of the Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association (SIPA). Kurup authored three books. The first two books were on technical topics. He co-authored Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys' with Taher Abbasi. The second book ' was co-authored with Taher Abbasi and Ricky Bedi. In 2016, he released his third book on his IIT batchmate and friend Arvind Kej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishir Kurup
Shishir Ravindran Kurup (born November 2, 1961) is an American actor. He played Dr. Singh on the sci-fi series ''Surface'', and also had roles on the series ''Heroes'', ''Lost'' and ''True Blood''. He made a guest appearance as Dr. Singh in ''Good Luck Charlie'' with Bridgit Mendler and after that, he played Mo Banjaree's father in ''Lemonade Mouth'', reuniting with Mendler, who portrayed shy and innocent Olivia White, and becoming close friends with his co-star and T.V daughter, Naomi Scott and her parents, eventually visiting them in London after shooting the movie. Kurup was born in Bombay, India of Malayali background, the son of Bhavani and Ravi Kurup. Kurup is also a playwright and theatrical director, and a member of the Cornerstone Theater Company in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru Kunchu Kurup
Guru Kunju Kurup (1881–1970) was a Kathakali dancer from south Kerala, India. Life Born in a Poypallilkulam family of Thakazhi village of Kuttanad in present-day Alappuzha district, Kurup was initiated into Kathakali at the age of 13 by his own uncles Kochappi Panikker and Rama Panikker. He later joined the famous Kaliyogam (repertory) of the renowned Mathur Kunhu Pillai Panikker, and subsequently had tutelage under gurus Champakulam Sankara Pillai and Thottam Sankaran Namboodiri. His grooming later under Vechur Ayyappa Kurup paved the way for his entry into the Kochi and Malabar belts. Kunju Kurup's marriage with a relative of Palayil Karunakara Menon, a Kathakali exponent living near Palakkad in 1910, cemented his ties with central Kerala. Soon, he was made a tutor at the famous Kerala Kalamandalam following an invitation from its co-founder, poet Vallathol Narayana Menon. He later had brief stints as a Kathakali guru in Bangalore (1943) and Madras (or Chennai, in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Kurup
Helen K Wint formerly known as Helen Kurup (born 9 September in North London) is an English actress best known for her role as Khush in the CBBC's ''I Dream''. Helen is an original member of the girl group Goldstone, as well as being managing director of the company. She is the sister of actress and singer Debbie Kurup. Career Kurup began dancing at the age of three, before joining the North London Dance Studio to train. She has been performing from just as early an age, appearing in professional productions of ''The King and I'' and ''South Pacific'' at the Millfield Theatre. She also played a lead role, Shakira, in the musical ''Instant Celebrity'' at Freedom in Wardour Street. In 2004, Kurup was cast as Khush in the BBC children's drama, ''I Dream''. Filming of this took place in Barcelona for a number of months. As part of working on this show, Helen recorded a b-side to the theme song, "Dreaming", titled "Take Me As I Am". She also featured on the album '' Welcome to Avalon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
