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T. N. Gopinathan Nair
T. N. Gopinathan Nair (24 April 1918 – 24 May 1999), was an Indian dramatist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and biographer of Malayalam language. One of the prolific among Malayalam playwrights, Nair published 39 plays, besides his four novels, four poetry anthologies and five biographies. He was a member of the council of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and held the char of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. His drama, ''Pareeksha'', received the Vikraman Nair Trophy for the best drama and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected his work, ''Sakshi'', for their annual award for drama in 1979. Gopinathan Nair was born on 24 April 1918 in Thiruvananthapuram, in the south Indian state of Kerala to P. K. Narayana Pillai (Sahityapanchanan P. K. Narayana Pillai), a noted scholar and lawyer and his wife, Parukutty Amma. His primary education was at Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum and after passing 4th standard, he continued his schooling at the Government Model Boys High School before grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty. In the 12th century, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Venad. In the 18th century, the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory, founded the princely state of Travancore, and made Thiruvananthapuram its capital. Travancore became the most dominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elegy
An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessimistic tone, sometimes as a marker for textual monumentalizing, and sometimes strictly as a sign of a lament for the dead". History The Greek term ἐλεγείᾱ (''elegeíā''; from , , ‘lament’) originally referred to any verse written in elegiac couplets and covering a wide range of subject matter (death, love, war). The term also included epitaphs, sad and mournful songs, and commemorative verses. The Latin elegy of ancient Roman literature was most often erotic or mythological in nature. Because of its structural potential for rhetorical effects, the elegiac couplet was also used by both Greek and Roman poets for witty, humorous, and satirical subject matter. Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Kerala
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Malayalam-language Authors
List of Malayalam-language authors lists writers in Malayalam who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. This list follows alphabetical order. See the List of Malayalam-language writers by category for a more comprehensive list. * A. Ayyappan *Akbar Kakkattil *Akkitham * Ambikasuthan Mangad * Anand *Anil Panachooran * Annie Thayyil * Anoop Sasikumar * Arnos Pathiri * Ashitha *Attoor Ravi Varma *Ayyappa Paniker *Balachandran Chullikkadu *Bodheswaran * C. J. Thomas * C. L. Jose *C. N. Ahmad Moulavi *C. N. Sreekantan Nair *C. Radhakrishnan *C. V. Balakrishnan * C. V. Kunjiraman * C. V. Raman Pillai * C. V. Sreeraman *Chandiroor Divakaran *Changampuzha Krishna Pillai * D. Babu Paul *D. Vinayachandran *E. Harikumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Malayalam-language Authors By Category
The field of Malayalam writers include the following people, from various disciplines and periods. Art criticism *Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990) Poetry * Arnos Paathiri (1681–1732) *Cherusseri Namboothiri *Irayimman Thampi *Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (1859–1936) * Kerala Varma Valiya Koyithampuran *K. C. Kesava Pillai (1868–1914) *Kunchan Nambiar (1705–1770) *Kumaran Asan (1873–1924) * Kutty Kunju Thankachi *Niranam poets *Poonthanam Namboothiri *Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan * Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer (1877–1949) *Unnayi Warrier *Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958) Modern Romantics *Bodheswaran *Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911–1948) *Edappalli Raghavan Pillai (1909–1936) * M.P.Appan *Pala Narayanan Nair * Pallathu Raman (1892-1950) *P. Kunhiraman Nair (1906–1978) *Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Other modern poets *Akkitham *Attoor Ravi Varma *A. Ayyappan * Ayyappa Panicker *Balachandran Chullikkadu *Chandiroor Divakaran * Edasseri *G. Shankara Kuru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Rathri
''Christmas Rathri'' () is a 1961 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam and was filmed at Merryland Studio. The film stars T. K. Balachandran, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Miss Kumari, Soman and Adoor Pankajam. The film had musical score by Br. Lakshmanan. The plot revolves around Advocate George (Thikkurissi) and Annie (Miss Kumari). Despite its title, the film has very little to do with Christmas, except that the climax of the film occurs on Christmas Eve. The film was made in Tamil also and released on 22 September 1961 as '' Yar Manamagan?''. Cast * T. K. Balachandran as Dr. Mathews *Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as George *Soman *Adoor Pankajam as Mariya *Aranmula Ponnamma as Annamma *Ambika Sukumaran as Gracy *Bahadoor as Kurian *Kannamma *Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Valyedathu Vareechan *Miss Kumari as Annie * N. Govindankutty as Philip *Pankajavalli as Thresiamma *Paravoor Bharathan as Porinchu *S. P. Pillai as Thoma *Benjamin F. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouri (1992 Film)
Gouri may refer to: People * Gouri Chindarkar (born 1996), involved in the Self Organised Learning Environment * Gouri Choudhury (born 1964), Bangladeshi singer and music teacher * Gouri Dharmapal, Indian poet * Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay (born 1962), Indian researcher * Gouri Sankar Dutta, Indian Politician * Haim Gouri (1923–2018), Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker * Juloori Gouri Shankar, Indian writer Places * Gouri, Burkina Faso See also * Gauri (other) Gauri may refer to: Religion * ''Gauri'', an epithet of the Hindu goddess Parvati * Mahagauri, a manifestation of Hindu goddess Durga * Lajja Gauri, a goddess associated with abundance and fertility, also euphemistically described as Lajja Films ... * Gori (other) * Gaur (other) {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vembanad (film)
''Vembanad'' is a 1990 Malayalam film, directed by Prof. Sivaprasad, starring Azeez, Mahesh and Jayabharathi in the lead roles. This experimental film without dialogues won Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award in 1990 and it was screened at the panorama section of 1991 Madras Film Festival. Film critic Kozhikodan included the film on his list of the 10 best Malayalam movies of all time. Cast * Azeez Aziz ( ar, عزيز, , is an Arabic male name. The feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza. ''Aziz'' in Arabic is derived from the root ''ʕ-z-z'' with a meaning of "strong, powerful" and the adjective has acquired its m ... * Mahesh * Jayabharathi * Ranjini * TN Gopinathan Nair * Babu Namboothiri * Kaveri * Thesni Khan * Kuttyedathi Vilasini References External links * 1991 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Kaviyoor Sivaprasad {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manavatti
''Manavatty'' is a 1964 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. Raju Mathan. The film stars Sathyan (actor), Sathyan, Madhu (actor), Madhu, Adoor Pankajam and Aranmula Ponnamma in the lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan. Cast *Sathyan (actor), Sathyan *Ragini (actress), Ragini *Madhu (actor), Madhu *Baby Vinodini *Adoor Pankajam *Aranmula Ponnamma *K. R. Vijaya *S. P. Pillai *T. N. Gopinathan Nair Soundtrack The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma. Reception The film was a box office success. References External links * * 1964 films 1960s Malayalam-language films Films directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan {{1960s-Malayalam-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padatha Painkili
''Padatha Painkili'' () is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language drama film based on the novel of the same name by Muttathu Varkey and directed by P. Subramaniam from a screenplay by Varkey. The film revolves around marriage and dowry problems. It depicts the machinations of a wicked, though wealthy man, against a poverty-stricken, God-fearing school master, with the final defeat of evil in the end. It stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari and Shanthi. The film released in theatres on 22 March and went on to become a major critical and commercial success. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. Plot Vendor Kutty, a wealthy villager, is jealous and scheming to marry his daughter Lucy to the richest bachelor of the town. He is, however, jealous of Luke, the neighbour, who is a kind-hearted village school teacher and has a daughter Chinnamma, of marriageable age. Thankachan is the rich man of the locality and the prospective groom of Lucy. When he meets with an accid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashadeepam
''Ashadeepam'' is a 1953 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by G. R. Rao and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film stars Sathyan, B. S. Saroja, Gemini Ganesan and Padmini. The film had a musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The film was also simultaneously produced in Tamil under the title ''Aasai Magan''. Malayalam Cast ;Male cast * Gemini Ganesan as Sekhar * T. S. Balaiah as Vikraman * Sathyan as Chandran * V. Dakshinamoorthy as School Teacher * T. N. Gopinathan Nair as Panicker * J. Sasikumar * Nanukkuttan ;Female cast * Padmini as Jayanthi * B. S. Saroja as Shantha * Pankajavalli as Bhanu Amma * Girija as Sarala * Aranmula Ponnamma as Lakshmi Amma Tamil Cast Cast adapted from the song book ;Male cast * R. Ganesh as Sekhar * B. R. Panthulu as Sadhasiva Mudaliar * T. S. Balaiah as Vikraman * Sathyan as Chandran * T. P. Ponnusami Pillai as Post Master * Friend Ramasami as Kanaka Pillai * Master Sethu as Sekhar (Jr) * Master Sheriff as Chandran (Jr) ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Books
DC Books is a publisher in Kerala publisher of books in Malayalam, and one of the publishers in India . It also operates one of the largest book store chains in India, with a network of over 45 bookshops under the DC Books and Current Books brands as well as more than 50 agencies in Kerala. DC Books DC Books is a publisher and bookseller with headquarters in Kottayam, Kerala, India. It published over 6500 titles, mainly literature in Malayalam, but also including children's literature, poetry, reference, biography, self-help, yoga, management titles, and foreign translations. DC Media, is the media division of DC Books. DC Media publishes 5 magazines namely, ''Education Insider'', Asia's leading magazine on education, ''Future Medicine'', magazine on Asian medical industry and ''Emerging Kerala'', Kerala's fastest growing magazine on business, economy and society, Money Indices and Travel and Flavors. DC Books was founded in 1974 by Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri, known as D. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
