The Elephant Who's A TV & SM Star

As media phenomenon, Arikomban is in a different league.Efforts to capture the elephant were telecast live.Local three-wheeler drivers started a fans association for the pachyderm.A film has now......

IUML leader's participation in RSS event kicks up row in Kerala

The recent participation of Indian Union Muslim League leader and former MLA, KNA Khader in a cultural meeting organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kozhikode has triggered a row as......

'My art is my God and the stage is my temple'

'Art has no religion. An artist is an artist.' IMAGE: Mansiya. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mansiya VP/Facebook It was in the late 1950s that an 11-year-old Hyder Ali joined the Kerala......

A Phenomenon Called Pranab Mukherjee

Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday. IMAGE:......

Child labour ban fine but how to feed them

One of the most painfully funny sights I see most mornings is a fat little boy in a smart starched uniform waddling past my house to his school followed by a ragged child, smaller and much thinner......

Kerala to promote pilgrim tourism

After tapping the potential of ayurveda, beaches, backwaters and eco-tourism, the Kerala government is now readying a plan to promote pilgrim tourism in the state.The idea of pilgrim tourism,......

Edavappathi, Shikhamani: Which film will you watch?

Malayalam film industry is facing a crisis in the wake of a strike called by the Exhibitors’ Federation, who represent the A-class theatre owners, opposing the anomalies in the introduction......

Manju Warrier on a comeback trail?

Manju Warrier, one of the finest actors in Malayalam cinema, gave a Kuchipudi performance at the Melpathoor auditorium in Guruvayoor after 14 years, on October 24. Though filmmakers Sathyan......

First Look: Revathy and Prithviraj in Molly Aunty

Revathy and Prithviraj play the lead in director Ranjith Sankar's forthcoming film, Molly Aunty Rocks, the shooting of which will start soon. According to the director, the film narrates the story......

Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonuu is a family drama

Ninety percent of the family social dramas show the younger generation in a bad light.Very rarely do you find the elders on the wrong side. So, it is refreshing to see a veteran director like......

Sreesanth to wed Jaipur girl on December 12

Former India pace bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth will marry a girl from a royal family of Jaipur on December 12 at the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna temple. A close aide of the disgraced cricketer, who......