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2 unusual facts about Malayalam


Kambi

Kambi, is a slang in Malayalam language referring to sensual contents of an erotic nature mainly in television, movies & publications.

Keeleri Kunhikannan

Keeleri Kunhikannan (Malayalam:കീലേരി കുഞ്ഞിക്കണ്ണൻ) was a martial arts trainer and Gymnast.


Achanurangatha Veedu

The film is unique because of the portrayal of the Pentecostal denomination quite extensively for first time on Malayalam cinema silver screen.

Appooppan

Appooppan (also known as Charitram Aavarthikkunnilla before release) is a 1976 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by P. Bhaskaran, starring Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Jayabharathi and Sumithra.

Appu

Appu Nedungadi, the name of Rao Bahadur T.M. (Thalakodi Madathil) Appu Nedungadi, author of Kundalatha, which was published in 1887, making it one of the earliest novels in Malayalam

Attingal

1. Prem Nazir: Prem Nazir was a very popular Indian film actor, who is considered one of the all time super stars in Malayalam cinema

Banda Paramasivam

Banda Paramasivam is a Tamil film released in 2003.The movie is remade from the 1998 Malayalam Movie Mattupetti Machan starring Mukesh, Baiju,Jagathy Sreekumar and Oduvil Unnikrishnan which was a remake of the Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.

Chutti Chathan

The movie is a digitalized sequel version to the 1984 Malayalam hit, first 3D Indian film My Dear Kuttichathan, added with some extra footages.

G. Kamalamma

Iliad (Abridged) (a translation of Homer’s work into the Malayalam language) SPCS, Poorna Publishers (Many Editions)

Gaana.com

This would give Gaana.com access to over 55,000 songs covering film, Carnatic and popular devotional music in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.

Gopura Vasalile

The story of the film borrows some subplots from the Malayalam film Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran.

Kakkadampoyil

The Cherupuzha (Malayalam: ചെറുപുഴ) is one of the important tributaries of Chaliyar River (:ചാലിയാര്‍).

Kantheesangal

Kantheesangal or Qadishangal are the two of the many common Malayalam (and its English) renderings of a Syriac term meaning 'the holy ones'.

Kavalappara Narayanan Nair

His white-beard (vella thaadi) roles in the form of the monkey-god Hanuman gained him fame, and even inspired Malayalam poet Edasseri Govindan Nair to pen a poem titled "Lavanasuravadhathile Hanuman".

Kavitha Balakrishnan

Then she produced a research thesis on the practice of literature-oriented illustrations in Malayalam periodicals' for which she was awarded Ph.D in 2009 from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

Kuravilangad

Babu Namboothiri: Famous Malayalam actor Prof. Babu Namboothiri is from Kuravilangad, He was a Chemistry Professor of Devamatha College, Kuravilangad.

Kutuvantavida

Kutuvantavida in Malayalam / കുടുവ൯ടവിട / is a family name in the Malabar region of Kerala, India.

M. Thomas Mathew

He had served as Professor & Head of the department of Malayalam at Government College, Chittoor, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Govt.

Malayalam calendar

Malayalam Calendar (also known as Malayalam Era or Kollavarsham or Kollam Era) is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala, India.

Mazha

The film is based on the novel Nashtappetta Neelambari by Malayalam novelist Madhavikkutty.

Minon

He won the National film award for the best child artist in 2012, for the malayalam film '101 Chodyangal'.

Moondru Mudichu

Kamal Haasan had played the anti hero role in the Malayalam version Mattoru Seetha, which was later played by Rajnikanth in this Tamil version.

Muthukulam

Padmarajan who were the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam

Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple

It ends with an "Aaraatt",which falls on a Rohini star day in the Malayalam month of Meenam, when the deity is taken out of the temple, and is dipped in water, in the nearby Graamam in the Neyyar river.

Official languages of Puducherry

4.Malayalam: It is also an official language of Puducherry but used only when communicating within Malayalam district (Mahé).

Oolkatal

The film, considered to be the first campus film in Malayalam, was adapted from the novel of the same name by George Onakkoor.

P. C. John

John was born in 1876 (1051 Malayalam Year) at Kumbanad, Kerala to Padinjattedathu Chacko of the Kumbanattu family.

Palakkad

The commonly held belief, however, is that the name is a fusion of two Malayalam words, Pala, a tree (Alstonia scholaris) that is found abundantly in Palakkad, and Kadu, which means forest.

Pallana

The special remark of pallana is, here is the eternal resting place of great poet Mahakavi Kumaran Asan the true representative of cultural renaissance in Kerala who is introduced the new form of poetry called’Khandakavia’ to Malayalam.

Patham Nilayile Theevandi

Patham Nilayile Theevandi (Malayalam: പത്താം നിലയിലെ തീവണ്ടി, English: Train in the 10th Floor) is a 2009 Malayalam film by Joshy Mathew.

Ponkunnam

Malayalam film actor Babu Antony and his brother Thampi Antony hail from Ponkunnam.

Preeja Sreedharan

The finalists with Preeja were, Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, Njhanpeedam winner and famous Malayalam poet ONV Kurup and famous politician, and ex- financial minister K. M. Mani.

Pukazhenthi

After scoring music for a few Tamil films, Pukazhenthi debuted in Malayalam with Muthalali (1965).

Raasaleela

Raasaleela is a 1975 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by N. Sankaran Nair and produced by Carmel Johny for RJD Films, starring Kamal Hassan and Jayasudha.

Ramesh Chennithala

Ramesh Chennithala (Malayalam:രമേശ്‌ ചെന്നിത്തല) (born 25 May 1956, in Chennithala, Mavelikkara, Kerala, India) is an Indian politician.

Rathna Shekar Reddy

His movies include Ente in Malayalam (as the lead), Virodhi, Ishq, Yamudiki Mogudu and upcoming movies like Antha Scene Ledu and Yuva Rajyam.

Rosin Jolly

Jolly was noticed within the Malayalam film industry as the female lead of Bangkok Summer, which also starred Unni Mukundan, Rahul Madhav, and Richa Panai.

Sanam Shetty

Sanam's first film was Ambuli, an experimental film, which was also the first stereoscopic Tamil film, with actor-director R. Parthiepan, after which she did Cinema Company in Malayalam.

Siddharth Lama

Siddharth, then a six year old, shot to fame and immense popularity in Kerala for his role as the young Rimpoche in the hit Malayalam movie Yodha.

Sreekumaran Thampi

Sreekumaran Thampi, was introduced to the Malayalam film industry by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film Kaatumallika, has produced about 22 films, directed 29, and wrote scripts for 78 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs.

Sri Mahalakshmi

The film is a remake of Malayalam film Chinthamani Kolacase starring Suresh Gopi (who previously starred in Telugu film Antima Theerpu) and Bhavana (later she went to Telugu film Ontari opposite Gopichand) while second remake in Tamil as Ellam Avan Seyal the film was banner Shihari's Production Sri Chalana Chitra.

Sukhamo Devi

Sukhamo Devi is a 1986 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Venu Nagavally who described the film as his own tragical love story.

Suresh Peters

Peters received his first break as a music director through the Malayalam movie Punjabi House in which he composed both melodies and folk songs.

Thodarum

The film was a remake of Telugu film Maavichiguru which itself was partially inspired from Malayalam film Kunkumacheppu.

Varthamanam

Varthamanam is a Malayalam daily published from Kozhikode, Kochi, and Doha by Varthamanam Ventures Pvt Ltd.

Zero Degree

Zero Degree is a postmodern lipogrammatic novel written in 1998 by Tamil author Charu Nivedita, later translated into Malayalam and English.


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