Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Sun, 2007-02-04 21:34. Sajeev Nampoothiri- B. Tech., MBA, is a different personality altogether. He is not after MNC s. His aim is to establish himself in the field of classical music. His mellifluous voice and strong foundation in carnatic music enabled him to be identified by the connoisseurs.

Sreenivasan always tells us stories of complex personalities.This movie also tells us the story of a millionare who have so many complexes. According to a recent interview sreenivasan tells that this is the story of a man who does certain tricks to become rich. He tries to marry an aristocratic girl(Meena) with a good family backgeound.

Nedumudy ,jagathy and many others are appearing in the movie.
I do not know wether the movie is a success or not. it is for you to comment on it.

Durga viswanath is now a very famous artist with many albums,many kacheris,and ganamelas.Also her achivements are high.All this can be seen in durgas site
http://www.durgaviswanath.com
Let us see some of the durgas perfomance in ISS 2007(idea star singer 2007)

First a beautiful mix masala round

Idea star singer 2008 vivekanandan mappliappattu round

Mappilappattu is an art form of northen kerala. It is a muslim art form.
It is fantastic to see this great performance by vivekanandan.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2007-02-22 22:22. Personalities
sreesanth

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Mon, 2006-12-04 20:29. Tourist_places

It is gloomy.
You won’t admit to yourself, but you are scared.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Tue, 2006-12-05 21:42. Other
Mavelikkara prabhakara varma
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He is 77. But this makes no difference to his phenomenal musical prowess. Ask any thing about classical music. His adrenalin starts to flow with new vigor. That is Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma –the recipient of Swati Puraskaram -2005 instituted by the Government of Kerala. This maestro was in the city recently. In an interview he talks about his passion for music, how he miserably failed in studies and later became a Post Graduate, and about his disciples.

Veegaland(vegaland) is the most enchanting water theme park in cochin.When you go to veegaland,by Bus.You will enjoy its beauty from a distance itself.
There are many rides,mayaavi cave and other things in veegaland. You can spend a whole day enjoying the rides.Some of them are also breath taking, some are pure fun.see videos for more details

The park has now become the most sought after fun destination for youngsters in Kerala and neighboring states. The park also offers special rates for students.
see videos for more details.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Mon, 2007-03-19 19:45. Kerala

Can a mrudangam sing?
Yes it can, if it is in the blessed hands of Umayalpuram Sivaraman.

Excerpts from the interview:

TNangiyarkoothu performances, is the only major item on the stage besides the performer. The mizhavu traditionally played by the Nambiar is a large egg-shaped copper drum.

An avanadha (membranophone), the mouth of the pot is closed with tightly stretched calf leather. Earlier made of clay, the pot is placed within a wooden frame and
its tapering base is not to touch the bare floor. The broad part of the drum has a hole of a finger thickness and ardent devotees called it the air vent for the mizhavu to breathe. In reality it aids in creating the appropriate sound.

Sonia is the best female singer in idea star singer 2008.Let us see five of her songs from youtube.

Some people say it is heaven on earth, some say it is the God’s Own Country, Some people say it is the must visit top 10 tourist destination of the world. What makes people to say all these about Kerala- God’s Own Country?

Submitted by rafidhasadique on Tue, 2007-06-19 14:28. Other

Preparing CHICKEN BIRIYANI involves three steps, preparing rice, preparing masala and mixing.
Cut one kilogram Chicken in to medium sized pieces and wash well and keep it in a strainer to rinse the water. Then coat the meat with curd, turmeric powder salt and garam masala powder and keep it aside for one hour.

Submitted by bhawani on Sun, 2007-02-18 23:01. Ateetham is the maiden film of an ad filmmaker. Deven Nair the director explains his choice of theme thus,". I believe that it is the human mind which has to be transformed to bring about a radical change in our times and society as a whole. This is possible only through spirituality. So I decided on this theme for my film to help in whatever small way I can."

After the grand success of Thanmathra,
superstar Mohanlal starts with another blessy movie called Bhramaram.The name was selected after due consideration,rejectiong several other names.By bhramaram the story of a person who moves around is indicated.

Lohitahdas is not with us now.The man who created a bunch of ever living characters in malayalam movie,The man who loved the village atmosphere,the poetical scriptwriter is no more.

But Lohithadas will always live in the minds of malayali.He enriched as with great movies like Kireedom and Aryannangalude Veedu. He taught us the value of love and family relations. He will always be remembered by the keralites all over the world.

Mammooty is a superstar in kerala. He had done many police roles including inspector Belram, Sethuramayyar and so on. All these roles are famous too.Now mammooty takes the role of a detective who comes from Delhi to investigate a murder with a difference.

In the movie based on the novel "paleri manikyom murder" mammooty investigates the murder of a girl 50 years back.After 50 years,the mrderer and the places have changed a lot. But the psychology does not change.

For a beautiful report of this forthcoming movie in malayalam see

Aranmula uthrittathi vallamkali is one of the greatest boat races in kerala.It is done in chingam on uthrittathi after three days from onam.
See some videos frow www.keralatourism.org
on this.

Here are some of the videos from Idea star singer. In the first episode I present vani jayaram videos.

Nireeksha presents Dostoevsky’s The Mother

Works which are relevant and well-received long years after its initial acclaim are few. Dostoevsky’s work continues to appeal and how it can be successfully re-told against the contemporary realities was what the two week theatre workshop conducted by Nireeksha in Thiruvanananthapuram proved.

Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Tue, 2007-02-06 20:12. Events

MAHA SIVARATHRI: _

This beautiful photo of kerala backwaters is by the famous photographer utpal.It is liscenced under a creative commons atribution liscence.

After a long gap,Venu nagavalli has come up with a new movie bharay swantham suhruthu. Jagathy,mukesh,Thilakan,urvasi and padmapriya handle the lead roles in this movie. Thilakan says about this nmovie that "every woman should see this movie, But women say that it is their husbands that should see the movie"
The movie has a good theme. So it will be worth seeing.

Jagathy sreekumar plays the role of kariyachan,while mukesh plays acts as Girijavallabhan,often called Girija.This movie tells the story of an interesting family life and the problems and adventures in it.

Kerala, The spice garden of India is native to various spices including Pepper, Cardamon for centuries. The latest addition is the list is ‘VANILLA’. Everyone of us is heard of Vanilla as in the Mouthwatering Vanilla Ice Cream or Vanilla essence used in cakes and cookies.

How many of us is aware of What is it? Where do one get it from???Vanilla is that great smelling liquid in a little bottle in the refrigerator. An artificial essence!!!!Is it??

Find out here…

The term Mohiniattam comes from the words "Mohini" meaning a woman who enchants onlookers and "aattam" meaning graceful and sensuous body movements.

Submitted by bhawani on Mon, 2007-03-12 19:29.

We are all familiar with 'Viswaroopadarshanam'. Well it is something very close to it that one experiences when meeting the playwright-director and poet from Kuttanad.
He draws you into the cultural roots of Kerala, traces the commonalities with other regions of the country and then tells you that it is ultimately 'Unity in Diversity'.