Name	Malayalam
States	India
Region	Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Mahé, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Speakers	35,893,990.33,015,420 in India (2001),1,847,902 in other countries (2007):• 773,624 in UAE• 447,440 in Saudi Arabia• 134,728 in Kuwait• 134,019 in Oman• 105,655 in USA•  94,310 in Qatar•  58,146 in Bahrain•  26,237 in UK•  15,600 in other Europe•  11,346 in Canada•  10,636 in Malaysia•   7,800 in Singapore•   7,094 in Australia and New Zealand
Rank	32
Familycolor	Dravidian
Fam2	Southern
Fam3	Tamil-Kannada
Fam4	Tamil-Kodagu
Fam5	Tamil-Malayalam
Nation	(Kerala),
Map	Distribution of native Malayalam speakers in India
Iso1	ml|iso2=mal|iso3=mal|notice=Indic}}

Malayalam (pronounced ; ), is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé. It is spoken by 35.9 million people. Overseas it is also used by a large population of Indian expatriates living around the globe in the Middle East, North America, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Europe.

Malayalam most likely originated from ancient Tamil in the 6th century, of which Modern Tamil was also derived. An alternative theory proposes a split in even more ancient times. Before Malayalam came into being, Old Tamil was used in literature and courts of a region called Tamilakam, a famous example being Silappatikaram. While Dravidian Tamil used to be the ruling language of the Chera Dynasty Ai and Pandyan kingdoms. Sanskrit/Prakrit derived Buddhist Pali Language and the Jain Kalpasutra were known to Keralites from 500 BC. The Grantha Bhasha or Sanskrit mixed Tamil which was written in Grantha Script (Arya Ezhuthu) was used by Brahmins residing in Tamil areas. The Dravidian component of Malayalam-Tamil has words similar to ancient Sangam Literature. During the Later Chera dynasty the inscriptions included some lines from Grantha Bhasha in Grantha Script along with Malayalam-Tamil written in Vattezhuttu. A form of Grantha Bhasha, a Sanskrit mixed Tamil closely resembling the later Malayalam was used to write books by Brahmins from Tulunadu residing in Kerala in the second Millennium. The oldest literature works in Malayalam, distinct from the Tamil tradition, is dated certainly to the 11th century, perhaps to the 9th century. Thousands of books were printed in this Lingua Malabar Tamul during the Portuguese period from Ambalakkadu (Ambalakatta) near Angamaly Thalassery and Quilon.The FLOS SANCTORAM written by Henrique Henriques in 1586 is still preserved in Oriental Collection (Orientalske Afdeling) of the Royal Library, Copenhagen and also Vatican. Flos Sanctoram is printed in modern Tamil Script.The printing in Tamil continued even after Portuguese left from 1673 to 1680 at the Jesuit Monastery at Ambalakkadu near Angamaly.

printed in Lisbon on 11th Feb 1554 displays Portuguese and Tamil written with Portuguese script.

In the 17th century Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan was the first to substitute the Tamil Vatteluttu with Grantha-Malayalam script. Still Tulu-Malayalam containing Sanskrit and Tulu wards and written with Tulu Script was used by Namboothiris and those with Tulunadu roots only.

With the discovery that Sanskrit belonged to the group of Indo-European languages prompted the Christian missionaries with German roots to support Sanskrit rich Grantha Bhasha in the 18th century. Johann Ernst Hanxleden(Arnos Paathiri), a German priest in Kerala, wrote poems and grammar books in Sanskrit and Malayalam. Johann Ernst Hanxleden alias Arnos Padiri who learned the highly sanscritised Grantha Malayalam or Tulu Malayalam from Namboothiris of Melur, Thrissur and Angamaly called his work Grantha Bhashayude Vyagaranam. Very few Christian works were actually written in the Tulu-Malayalam or Grantha Bhasha. However Christians of Kerala were neither Grantha Malayalam or Sanskrit till the British became dominant.

Tamil or Malayalam-Tamil (Malayanma) remained the language of masses of Kerala till the beginning of 19th century. The Tamil English Dictionary by Graham Shaw which appeared in 1779 calls itself a Malabar and English Dictionary.

Together with Tamil, Toda, Kannada and Tulu, Malayalam belongs to the southern group of Dravidian languages. Some believe Proto-Tamil, the common stock of ancient Tamil and Malayalam, apparently diverged over a period of four or five centuries from the 9th century on, resulting in the emergence of Malayalam as a language distinct from Proto-Tamil. As the language of scholarship and administration, Proto-Tamil which was written in Tamil-Brahmi script and Vatteluttu later, greatly influenced the early development of Malayalam. Later the irresistible inroads the Namboothiris made into the cultural life of Kerala, the Namboothiri-Nair dominated social and political setup, the trade relationships with Arabs, and the invasion of Kerala by the Portuguese, establishing vassal states accelerated the assimilation of many Roman, Semitic and Indo-Aryan features into Malayalam at different levels spoken by religious communities like Muslims, Christians, Jews and Jainas.

T.K. Krishna Menon, in his book A Primer of Malayalam Literature describes four distinct epochs concerning the evolution of the language: Karintamil (3100 BCE - 100 BCE): Malayalam from this period is represented by the works of Kulashekara Alvar and Pakkanar. There is a strong Tamil element, and Sanskrit has not yet made an influence on the language. Kulasekhara Alwar who wrote Perumal Thirumozhi, a Tamil Alwar saint, founder of the Later Chera Dynasty lived at 800 AD. Some of the Sangam literatureசங்க இலக்கியம் works in Tamil such as Ainkurunuru,Puṟanāṉūṟu Kaliththokai Patiṟṟuppattu describe Kerala and its Tamil Kings of Chera Dynasty.

Old Malayalam (100 BCE - 325 CE): Malayalam seems to have been influenced by Sanskrit as there are numerous Sanskrit words in the language. There are personal terminations for verbs that were conjugated according to gender and number.Tamil Sangams produced Tamil Sangam literature in the same era.Tamil-Brahmiscript was used to write inscriptions in that era. The Sangam literature the ancient Tamil literature does have some Sankrit words.Akanaṉūṟu author Perunthevanar also translated Mahabharatha in Tamil.The exploits of Chera king Imayavaramban Nedun-Cheralatan is mentioned in Patiṟṟuppattu. Ezhimalai kings of Kannur the Nannans are mentioned in Malaipaṭukaṭām an ancient Sangam literature. Silappatikaram ചിലപ്പതികാരം composed by Chera prince Ilango Adigal (இளங்கோவடிகள்) provide vivid descriptions about ancient Tamilakam including Kerala.

Middle Malayalam (325 CE - 1425 CE): Malayalam from this time period is represented by works such as Ramacharitram. Traces of the adjuncts of verbs have disappeared by this period. The Jains also seemed to have encouraged the study of the language. Kulasekhara Alwar wrote Perumal Thirumozhi in Tamil while writing Mukundamala in Sanskrit. The official language of the Kerala kings the Chera Dynasty and Ay kingdom was Tamil and inscriptions were written only in Tamil Vatteluttu similar to other Tamil Kingdoms such as Chola Dynasty and Pandyan Kingdom.Chera Dynasty never used Tulu Script or Tulu words which became common after the arrival of Naga dynasties from Tulunadu.

Modern Malayalam (1425 CE onwards): Malayalam seems to have established itself as a language separate from classical Tamil and Sanskrit by this point in time.This period can be divided into two categories: from 1425 CE to 1795 CE, and from 1795 CE, onwards. 1795 CE is the year the British gained complete control over Kerala.The Tulu Script was used from 14th century onwards by Namboothiris of Tulunadu origin from 14th century onwards who initially used to write Manipravalam. The use of Grantha Bhasha or Sanscritised form of Malayalam was also used by only Namboothiris. The common mans language was Dravidian Malayalam-Tamil till the British replaced it with Tulu-Malayalam or Grantha Malayalam in the early 19th century.

Doctrina Christam written by Henrique in Lingua Malabar Tamul with transliteration and translation in Malayalam(Grantha Bhasha)and printed by Portuguese in 1578 was the first printed book in Kerala. Church Mission Society(CMS) at Kottayam started printing books in Malayalam when Benjamin Bailey a Anglican priest in 1821 made the first Malayalam types and contribuited to standardize the prose. Hermann Gundert from Stuttgart, Germany started the first Malayalam newspaper, Rajya Samacharam in 1847 at Thalassery printed at Basel Mission.

Development of literature

The earliest written record resembling Malayalam is the Vazhappalli inscription (ca. 830 CE). The early literature of Malayalam comprised three types of composition: Malayalam Nada, Tamil Nada and Sanskrit Nada.

Classical songs known as Naadan Paattu

Manipravalam of the Sanskrit tradition, which permitted a generous interspersing of Sanskrit with Malayalam.Niranam poets Manipravalam Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar wrote Manipravalam poetry in the 14th century. The changed political situation in the 14th century after the invasion of Malik Kafur in 1310 led to the decline of Tamil dynasties leading to the dominance of people with Prakrit and Sanskrit heritage, the languages of Ahichatra in Uttarkhand, the original home town of Aryans and Nagavanshi people.

The folk song rich in native elements

Malayalam poetry to the late 20th century betrays varying degrees of the fusion of the three different strands. The oldest examples of Pattu and Manipravalam, respectively, are Ramacharitam and Vaishikatantram, both from the 12th century.

The earliest extant prose work in the language is a commentary in simple Malayalam, Bhashakautaliyam (12th century) on Chanakya’s Arthasastra. Adhyathmaramayanam by Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (known as the father of the Malayalam language) who was born in Tirur, one of the most important works in Malayalam literature. Unnuneeli Sandesam written in the 14th century is amongst the oldest literary works in Malayalam language.

By the end of 18th century some of the Christian missionaries from Kerala started writing in Malayalam but mostly travelogues, Dictionaries and Religious books. Varthamana Pusthakam (1778), written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar is considered to be the first travelogue in an Indian language. Church Mission Society which started a seminary at Kottayam in 1819 also started a press which printed Malayalam books in 19th century. Malayalam and Sanskrit were increasingly studied by Christians of Kottayam and pathanamthitta by the end of 19th century Malayalam replaced Syriac as language of Liturgy in the church.

Phonology

For the consonants and vowels, the IPA is given, followed by the Malayalam character and the ISO 15919 transliteration.

Vowels

{|class="wikitable" ! rowspan=2 |   ! colspan=3 | Short ! colspan=3 | Long |- ! Front ! Central ! Back ! Front ! Central ! Back |- ! Close | align=center| ഇ i | align=center| * ŭ | align=center| ഉ u | align=center| ഈ ī |   | align=center| ഊ ū |- ! Mid | align=center| എ e | align=center| * a | align=center| ഒ o | align=center| ഏ ē |   | align=center| ഓ ō |- ! Open |   | align=center| അ a |   |   | align=center| ആ ā |   |}

* is the , an epenthentic vowel in Malayalam. Therefore, it has no independent vowel letter (because it never occurs at the beginning of words) but, when it comes after a consonant, there are various ways of representing it. In medieval times, it was just represented with the symbol for , but later on it was just completely omitted (that is, written as an inherent vowel). In modern times, it is written in two different ways - the Northern style, in which a chandrakkala is used, and the Southern or Travancore style, in which the diacritic for a is attached to the preceding consonant and a chandrakkala is written above. * (phonetically central: ) and are both represented as basic or "default" vowels in the abugida script (although never occurs word-initially and therefore does not make use of the letter അ), but they are distinct vowels.

Malayalam has also borrowed the Sanskrit diphthongs of (represented in Malayalam as ഔ, au) and (represented in Malayalam as ഐ, ai), although these mostly occur only in Sanskrit loanwords. Traditionally (as in Sanskrit), four vocalic consonants (usually pronounced in Malayalam as consonants followed by the , which is not officially a vowel, and not as actual vocalic consonants) have been classified as vowels: vocalic r (ഋ, , ), long vocalic r (ൠ, , ), vocalic l (ഌ, , ) and long vocalic l (ൡ, , ). Except for the first, the other three have been omitted from the current script used in Kerala as there are no words in current Malayalam that use them.

Consonants

{|class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF" !colspan="4"| !colspan="2"| Bilabial | Labiodental !colspan="2"| Dental !colspan="2"| Alveolar !colspan="2"| Retroflex !colspan="2"| Palatal !colspan="2"| Velar !colspan="2"| Glottal |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Stop !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="2"| Unaspirated | പ p || ബ b || || ത t || ദ d || * t || || ട || ഡ || ച c || ജ j || ക k || ഗ g |colspan="2"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="2"| Aspirated | ഫ ph || ഭ bh || || ഥ th || ധ dh || || || ഠ || ഢ || ഛ ch || ഝ jh || ഖ kh || ഘ gh |colspan="2"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Nasal |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| മ m | |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ന n |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ന * n |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ണ |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ഞ ñ |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ങ |colspan="2"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Approximant |colspan="2"| |style="font-weight: normal"| വ v |colspan="4"| |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ഴ l |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| യ y |colspan="4"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Liquid |colspan="2"| | |colspan="2"| |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| റ r |colspan="7"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Fricative |colspan="2"| |style="font-weight: normal"| ഫ* f |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| സ s |colspan="2"| |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ഷ |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ശ ś |colspan="2"| |style="font-weight: normal"| ഹ h |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Tap |colspan="5"| |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ര r |colspan="7"| |- !bgcolor="#EFEFEF" colspan="4"| Lateral approximant |colspan="5"| |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ല l |colspan="2" style="font-weight: normal"| ള |colspan="5"| |}

The unaspirated alveolar plosive stop used to have a separate character but it has become obsolete because it only occurs in geminate form (when geminated it is written with a റ below another റ) or immediately following other consonants (in these cases, റ or ററ is usually written in small size underneath the first consonant). To see how the archaic letter looked, find the Malayalam letter in the row for t here.

The alveolar nasal used to have a separate character but this is now obsolete (to see how it looked, find the Malayalam letter in the row for n here) and the sound is now almost always represented by the symbol that was originally used only for the dental nasal. However, both sounds are extensively used in current colloquial and official Malayalam, and there is no distinction made in the spelling.

The letter ഫ represents both , a native phoneme, and , which only occurs in adopted words.

Grammar

Malayalam has a canonical word order of SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) as do other Dravidian languages. Both adjectives and possessive pronouns precede the nouns they modify. Malayalam has 6 grammatical cases.

Writing system

. Malayalam language possesses official recognition in the state of Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry]] Historically, several scripts were used to write Malayalam. Among these scripts were Vattezhuthu, Kolezhuthu and Malayanma scripts. But it was the Grantha script, another Southern Brahmi variation, which gave rise to the modern Malayalam script. It is syllabic in the sense that the sequence of graphic elements means that syllables have to be read as units, though in this system the elements representing individual vowels and consonants are for the most part readily identifiable. In the 1960s Malayalam dispensed with many special letters representing less frequent conjunct consonants and combinations of the vowel /u/ with different consonants.

Malayalam language script consists of 53 letters including 16 vowels and 37 consonants. The earlier style of writing is now substituted with a new style from 1981. This new script reduces the different letters for typeset from 900 to fewer than 90. This was mainly done to include Malayalam in the keyboards of typewriters and computers.

In 1999 a group named "Rachana Akshara Vedi", produced a set of free fonts containing the entire character repertoire of more than 900 glyphs. This was announced and released along with a text editor in the same year at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. In 2004, the fonts were released under the GNU GPL license by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation at the Cochin University of Science and Technology in Kochi, Kerala.

Though not popular, Malayalam has been written in other scripts like Roman and Arabic scripts; Arabic script particularly were taught in Madrassas in the Lakshadweep Islands.

Dialects and external influences

Variations in intonation patterns, vocabulary, and distribution of grammatical and phonological elements are observable along the parameters of region, religion, community, occupation, social stratum, style and register. Influence of Sanskrit is very prominent in formal Malayalam used in literature. Malayalam has a substantially high amount of Sanskrit loan words. Loan words and influences also from Hebrew, Syriac and Ladino abound in the Jewish Malayalam dialects, as well as English, Portuguese, Syriac and Greek in the Christian dialects, while Arabic and Persian elements predominate in the Muslim dialects. This Muslim dialect known as Mappila Malayalam is used in the Malabar region of Kerala. Another Muslim dialect called Beary bashe is used in the extreme northern part of Kerala.

The regional dialects of Malayalam can be divided into thirteen dialect areas. They are as follows: {|class=wikitable |- |South Travancore |Central Travancore |West Vempanad |- |North Travancore |Kochi (Cochin) |South Malabar |- |South Eastern Palghat |North Western Palghat |Central Malabar |- |Wayanad |North Malabar |Kasaragod |- | |Lakshadweep | |}

The Central Travancore dialect is called "Achadi malayalam" since it has the closest resemblance to written malayalam.

Words adopted from Sanskrit

When words are adopted from Sanskrit, their endings are usually changed to conform to Malayalam norms:

Nouns

# Masculine Sanskrit nouns ending in a short "a" in the nominative singular change their ending to "an". For example, -> . The "an" reverts to an "a" before masculine surnames, honorifics, or titles ending in "an" and beginning with a consonant other than "n" - e.g. Krishna Menon, Krishna Kaniyaan etc., but Krishnan Ezhutthachan. Surnames ending with "ar" or "aL" (where these are plural forms of "an" denoting respect) are treated similarly - Krishna Pothuval, Krishna Chakyar, but Krishnan Nair, Krishnan Nambiar. "an" also reverts to "a" before Sanskrit surnames like "Varma(n)", "Sarma(n)", or "Gupta(n)" (rare) - e.g. Krishna Varma, Krishna Sharman. If a name is a compound of multiple names, only the last name in the compound undergoes this transformation - e.g. Krishnadevan. # Feminine words ending in a long "ā" or "ī" are changed so that they now end in a short "a" or "i", for example Sītā -> Sīta and -> . However, the long vowel still appears in compound words like Sītādēvi or . Some vocative case forms of both Sanskrit and native Malayalam words end in ā or ī, and there are also a small number of nominative ī endings that have not been shortened - a prominent example being the word Śrī, # Masculine words ending in a long "ā" in the nominative singular have a "vŭ" added to them, for example Brahmā -> Brahmāvŭ. This is again omitted when forming compounds. # Words whose roots are different from their nominative singular forms - for example, the Sanskrit root of "Karma" is actually "Karman"- are also changed. The original root is ignored and "Karma" (the form in Malayalam being "Karmam" because it ends in a short "a") is taken as the basic form of the noun when declining. # Sanskrit words describing things or animals rather than people which end in a short "a" take an additional "m" in Malayalam. For example, -> . "Things and animals" and "people" are not always differentiated based on whether or not they are sentient beings - for example Narasimha becomes Narasimham and not Narasimhan whilst Ananta becomes Anantan even though both are sentient. This can be explained by saying that "Ananta" can also be a man's name and does not necessarily have to refer to the Hindu serpent-god, whereas "Simha" actually means lion and therefore must be of the neuter gender. # Nouns ending in short vowels like "", "Prajāpati" etc. stay the same. # Along with these tatsama borrowings, there are also many tadbhava words in common use. These were borrowed into Malayalam before it became distinct from Tamil. As the language did not then accommodate Sanskrit phonology as it now does, words were changed to conform to the Old Tamil phonological system. For example: -> .

Malayalam also has been influenced by Portuguese, as is evident from the use of words like mesa for a small table, janala for window, varaanda for an open porch, and alamaara for cupboard.

For a comprehensive list of loan words, see Loan words in Malayalam.

Legends

Ezhuthachan is considered the father of Malayalam language. He was born at Tirur in the Malabar area of Kerala, where there is now a monument to him. A.R. Rajarajavarma is the man who gave grammatical rules to Malayalam. His monument and burial place is at Mavelikkara in the Central Travancore area of Kerala.

See also

Demographics of India for a list of the official languages of India

Kerala

Malayalam calendar

Malayalam cinema

Malayalam journalism

Malayalam literature

Malayalam script

Kasaragod Malayalam

Tulu Script

Manipravalam

Lingua Malabar Tamul

Languages of India

List of Indian languages by total speakers

Languages with official status in India

Malayalam poetry, Poetry in Malayalam language

Malayali, people with Malayalam language as their mother tongue.

Mappila dialect of Malayalam, a sub dialect of Malayalam language spoken by Muslim communities of Kerala.

Judeo-Malayalam, a sub dialect of Malayalam spoken by Cochin Jews.

Arabi Malayalam, a system in which Malayalam language is written using modified Arabic script.

References

Further reading

External links

Malayalam Keyboard and text editor

Ethnologue report for Malayalam

Unicode Code Chart for Malayalam (PDF Format)

Malayalam typing,Free malayalam keyboard download

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Name	Salim Kumar
Caption	Kalpana, Salim Kumar, Harisree Ashokan and Manoj K. Jayan at the Sathyan memorial awards, 2001
Birthdate	June 10, 1969
Birthplace	Chittatukara, North Paravur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	1997 - present
Spouse	Sunitha
Children	Chandu, Aromal
Awards	Kerala State Film Award 2005 - Best Second Actor (Achanurangatha Veedu ) Sathyan Award 2005 - (Achanurangatha Veedu) Bharathan Award 2005 - (Achanuranghatha Veedu)

Salim Kumar is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly handles comedic roles, but he has acted in serious roles in films such as Achanuranghatha Veedu, Gramophone, and Perumazhakkalam.He is one of the prominent comedy actor in the current generation on Malayalam movie. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Samuel in Lal Jose's Achanurangatha Veedu.

Early life

He attended the Govt LP School, N Paravoor and later enrolled into the Govt. Boys High School, North Paravoor. Later he graduated with a BA from Maharajas College, Ernakulam. He won the University title in Mimicry three times. He chose Cochin Kalabhavan, and later moved on to Cochin Sagar to further cultivate his skills in mimicry. He was also a performer in Comicola, a hit comedy program on Asianet.

Film career

Salim Kumar's first film was Ishtamaanu Nooru Vattam, a family entertainer directed by Sidhik Shameer. Further he got numerous opportunities. After establishing himself as an essential part of Malayalam comedy film, he earned the reputation of a character actor by becoming hero in Achanurangatha Veedu, directed by Lal Jose. For his performance in this film, he won the Kerala State Film Award for the second best actor in 2007. He has also handled serious roles in films such as Gramophone and Perumazhakkalam. He has also done a very commendable performance in Kerala Cafe( Segment: The Bridge).

For about four years, he was associated with professional drama in Arathi Theatres, Cochin.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

Second Best Actor - 2005 - Achanurangatha Veedu

Asianet Film Awards

2008:- Best Actor in a Comic Role - Annan Thambi

Personal life

Salim Kumar is married to Sunitha and the couple have two sons, Chandu and Aromal. He has written his memoirs in a book named Ishwara Vazhakkillello.

Filmography

Karyasthan (2010)

Oridathoru Postman (2010)

Pokkiri Raja (2010)

Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policum (2010)

Gulumal-The Escape (2009)

Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009)

2 Harihar Nagar (2009)

Love In Singapore (2009)

Lollypop (2008)

Crazy Gopalan (2008)

Annan Thambi (2008)

(2008) .... Induchoodan IPS

Flash (2007)

Katha Parayumbol (2007)

Chocolate (2007) .... Pappan

Arabikatha (2007) .... Kareem

Hello (2007) .... Chidambaram

July 4 (2007) .... Sakthivel

Goal (2007)

Abraham and Lincoln (2007)

Ekantham (2007)

The Speed Track (2007) .... Lali

Mayavi (2007) .... Kannan Srank

Inspector Garud (2007) .... Chakkachamparambil Lonappan

Changathipoocha (2007) .... Purushothaman

Oruvan (2006)

Karutha Pakshikal (2006)

Vasthavam (2006)

Bhargavacharitham Moonnam Khandam (2006) .... Ali

Aanachandam (2006)

Chess (2006) .... Unni Krishnan

Prajapathi (2006) .... Film Actor

Pulijanmam (2006)

Thuruppu Gulan (2006).... Khader

Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006) .... Appachan

Achanurangatha Veedu (2006).... Samuel

Sarkar Dada (2005)

Rajamanikyam (2005) .... Dasappan

Lokanathan I.A.S (2005) .... Rajappan

Naran (2005).... Idimutti Rajan

Chanthupottu (2005) .... 'Paradooshanam' Vareethu

Pandippada (2005) .... Umagandhan

Rappakal (2005) .... Govindan

Krithyam (2005) .... Badsha

Thaskara Veeran (2005) .... Suguthan

Thommanum Makkalum (2005) .... Rajakannu

Immini Nalloraal (2005) .... Kittunni

Iruvattam Manavatti (2005) .... Ochira Velu

Udayananu Tharam (2005) .... Rafeeq

Deepangal Sakshi (2005) .... Advocate

Junior Senior (2005) .... Sathyan

Perumazhakkalam (2004) .... Aamu Elappa

Kadhavaseshan (2004)

Greetings (2004) .... Vaidyanathan

Youth Festival (2004)

Aparichithan (2004) .... Tribal Helper

Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) .... Vikram

Vismayathumbathu (2004) .... Guhan

Vellinakshatram (2004)

Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku (2004) .... Tester Kannappan

Kusruthi (2004) .... Chandy

Thalamelam (2004) .... Sattappan

Pattanathil Sundaran (2003) .... Bhuvanachandran

Pulival Kalyanam (2003) .... Manavalan

Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003) .... Suryaprakashan

Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu (2003) .... Sundaran

Pattalam (2003) .... Gabbar Kesavan

C.I.D. Moosa (2003) .... The Insane Man

Vellithira (2003) .... Surendran

Gramaphone (2003) .... 'Tabla' Bhaskaran

Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003) .... Moonga Varkey

Kilichundan Mampazham (2003) .... Usman

Thilakkam (2003) .... Omanakuttan

Vasanthamallika (2003) .... Komalan

Kalyanaraman (2002) .... Pyari

Meesha Madhavan (2002) .... Advocate Mukundanunny

Bamboo Boys (2002)

Kasillatheyum Jeevikkam (2002)

Kunjikkoonan (2002) .... Chandran

Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002) .... Mayandi

Pakalpooram (2002) .... Manickan

Pranyamanithooval (2002) .... Sundaran

Savithriyute Aranjanam (2002) .... Olympion Bhootham Appachan

Thandavam (2002) .... Basheer

Valkannadi (2002) .... Vikraman

One Man Show (2001) .... Bhaskaran

Nariman (2001)

Bharthavudyogam (2001) .... Pushpan

Sundrapurushan (2001) .... Balan

Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001) .... Koshy

Soothradharan (2001) .... Leela Krishnan

Thenkasipattanam (2000)

Satyameva Jayate (2000)

Udayapuram Sulthan (1999) .... Salim

Grama Panchayath (1998) .... Bhaskaran

Mangalya Pallakku (1998) .... Phalgunan

Mayajalam (1998) .... Ezhupunna Mathai

Mattupetti Machaan (1998) .... Broker

Meenakshi Kalyanam (1998) .... Adv. Sivan Mullassery

Newspaper Boy (1997) .... Venkiti

Suvarna Simhaasanam (1997) .... Gopalan

References

External links

IMDb - Profile

Category:Malayali actors Category:Living people Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:1969 births

Name	Manoj
Birth name	Manoj C. S.
Birth date	October 12, 1972
Birth place	Trivandrum, India
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	2006 - present

Career

Manoj is an Indian film editor working in Malayalam films. He was born in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.

Filmography

As editor

Smart City (2006)

Of The People (2008)

Madambi (2008)

Crazy Gopalan (2008)

IG (2009)

Currency (2009)

Kanchipurathe Kalyanam (2009)

Ivar Vivahitharayal (2009)

Kerala Cafe (2009) (Aviraamam segment)

Happy Husbands (2010)

Nayakan (2010) (Malayalam)

Pramani (2010)

Sakudumbam Shyamala (2010)

The Thriller (2010)

Four Friends (2010)

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu (2010)

Nadakame Ulakam (2011)

City of God (2011)

Super 5 in the Castle Of Dark Master (2011) (Hindi)

External links

Category:Indian film editors Category:Living people Category:1972 births

Name	Cochin Haneefa
Othername	VMC Haneefa
Birthname
Birthdate	April 22, 1951
Birthplace	Kochi, Thiru-Kochi, India
Deathdate	February 02, 2010
Deathplace	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter.
Yearsactive	1972–2010
Spouse	Fasila
Children	Safa, Marwa twins

Salim Ahmed Ghoush, better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa (Malayalam: കൊച്ചിന്‍ ഹനീഫ) (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010) was an Indian film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to become one of the most popular comedians of Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi. As a filmmaker he was critically acclaimed for the film Valtsalyam (1993). He also directed around 20 films, including Valsalyam and Moonu Masangalkku Munbu. The last Tamil films in which he appeared were Madrasapattinam He is survived by his wife Fasila and twin children Safa and Marwa.

Filmography

Malayalam films

Azhimukham (1972)

Mamangam (1979) .... Zamorin's Warrior

Aavesham (1979)

Sakthi (1980) .... Khadir

Moorkhan (1980) .... Police Officer

Aarathi (1981) .... Gangan

Thaalam Thettiya Tharattu (1983) .... Chandran

Bhookambam (1983) .... Anwar

Attakkalasam (1983) .... Kuttappan

Aa Rathri (1983)

Koottinilamkili (1984) .... Krishnanunny's Roommate

Inakkilly (1984) .... Peter

Ente Upasana (1984) .... Doctor

Kaiyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu (1985) .... Bus Passenger

Makan Ente Makan (1985) .... Doctor

Thalavattam (1986) .... Antony

Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988) .... Police

Kireedam (1989) .... Haidros

Devaasuram (1993) .... Achuthan

Valtsalyam (1993)

Chenkol (1993) .... Haidros

Kinnaripuzhayoram (1994) .... Mental Patient

Bheesmacharya (1994) .... Sidharthan

Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995) .... Eldho

Kaattile Thadi Thevarude Ana (1995)

Mayaponman (1996)

Kala Pani (1996) .... Ahmed Kutty

Hitler (1996) .... Jabbar

Superman (1997) .... Rajan Philip

Anuraga Kottaram (1997)

Lelam (1997) .... Jayasimhan

Aniyathi Pravu (1997)

Vismayam (1998)

Punjabi House (1998) .... Gangadharan

Mailpeelikkavu (1998)

Kanmadam (1998) .... Police Officer

Harikrishnans (1998) .... Kunjikuttan

Elavamkodu Desam (1998) .... Singer

The Truth (1998)

Udayapuram Sulthan (1999) .... Beeran Kutty

Pathram (1999) .... David Sabhapathi

Panchapandavar (1999) .... Varkey

Njan Gandharvan (1991)

Njangal Santhushtaranu (1999) .... Soudamini's Husband

Megham (1999)

Independence (1999)

Friends (1999) .... Sundareshan

Chandamama (1999) .... Natwarlal

Mr. Butler (2000) .... Swamy

Dada Sahib (2000) .... Raghavan

Arayannangalude Veedu (2000) .... Gangadharan

Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram (2000)

Rakshasa Rajavu (2001)

Praja (2001)

Dubai (2001)

Soothradharan (2001) .... Mani Uncle

Kakkakuyil (2001) .... Local goon

Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001) .... Veerappan Kurup

Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001)

Ee Nadu Ennalevare (2001)

Sundrapurushan (2001) .... Alavuddin

Barthavudyokam (2001) .... Pratapan Nair

Snehithan (2002) .... Sudarshanan

Pranyamanithooval (2002) .... Moosakka

Phantom (2002)

Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002) .... Punchiri Pushparaj

Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002) .... Mathukutty

Kunjikoonan (2002) .... Thoma

Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) .... Kundara Sharangan

Chirikkudukka (2002) .... Sathyavan

Bamboo Boys (2002) .... Makku

Meesa Madhavan (2002) .... Thrivikraman

Kasthooriman (2003)

Thilakkam (2003) .... Bhaskaran

Kilichundan Mampazham (2003) .... Kalandan Haji

Sadanandante Samayam (2003)

Vellithira (2003) .... Panchayath President

C.I.D. Moosa (2003) .... Vikraman

Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum (2003) .... Divakaran

Swapnakoodu (2003)...Philipose

Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu (2003) .... Velappan

Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003) .... Bullet Ismail

Pulival Kalyanam (2003) .... Dharmendra

Pattanathil Sundaran (2003) .... Shekhara Pillai

Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku (2004) .... Vadival Vasu

C. I. Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 Inchu (2004) .... Mahadevan

Vismayathumbathu (2004) .... Nandakumar

Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) .... Dharma

Runway (2004) .... Divakaran

Vettam (2004)

Youth Festival (2004) .... Kannappan

Maampazhakkaalam (2004) .... Manathudi Madhavan

Vesham (2004)

Udayananu Tharam (2005) .... 'Sona' Balan

Chandrolsavam (2005) .... Sreedharan

Daivanamathil (2005)

Pandippada (2005) .... Ummachan

Nerariyan CBI (2005) .... George C. Nair

Chirattakalipaattangal (2005)

Rajamanikyam (2005) .... Varghese

Vargam (2006)

Anandabhadram (2005) .... Maravi Matthayi

Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006)

Madhuchandralekha (2006)

Thuruppu Gulan (2006)

Keerthi Chakra (2006)

The Don (2006)

Aanachandham (2006)

Janmam (2006)

Red Salute (2006)

Chotta Mumbai (2007)

Inspector Garud (2007)

July 4 (2007)

(2008)

Loudspeaker (2009)

Bodyguard (2010) .... Principal

Tamil films

Paasa Paravigal (1988)

Gopura Vaasalile (1991)....thief

Vaigasi Porandaachu (1991)

Vaaname Ellai ( 1992)

Mahanadi (1993)

Siraichalai (1996)

Kaathala Kaathala (1998)....V. Anand

Thulli Thirintha Kaalam (1998)

Mudhalvan (1999).....CM's brother

Suyamvaram (1999)

Kaakai Siraginile (2000)

Mugavari (2000)....director

Citizen (2001)

Youth (2002)....Sandhya's drunkard uncle

Paarthale Paravasam (2002)....Chella's father

Lesa Lesa (2003)....Kailasam

Parthiban Kanavu (2003)

Anniyan (2005)....victim of Andhakoopam

Kasthuri Maan (2005)

Chanakya (2005)

Pattiyal (2006)....mani

Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum (2006)

Madurai Veeran (2007)....professor

Sringaram (2007)

Deepavali (2007)

Sivaji: The Boss (2007)....minister

Kireedam (2007)

Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008)....Giri Chettan

Theekkutchi (2008)

Jeyam Kondaan (2008)

Aegan (2008)

A Aa E Ee (2009)

Modhi Vilayadu (2009)....Chanakya

Vettaikaran (2009)....shopping mall owner

Kattradhu Kalavu (2010; posthumous film)

Ambasamudram Ambani (2010; posthumous film)....heroine's father

Madrasapattinam (2010; posthumous film)

Enthiran (2010; posthumous film)....traffic policeman

Thottu Paar (2010; posthumous film)

Kodiesvaran (delayed since 1999; posthumous film)

Telugu films

Komaram Puli (2010)

Director-filmography

Malayalam films

Bheesmacharya (1994)

Valtsalyam (1993)

Veena Meettiya Vilangukal (1990)

Aankiliyude Tharattu (1987)

Oru Sindoora Pottinte Ormaykku (1987)

Moonnu Masangalkku Munpu (1986)

Oru Sandesam Koodi (1985)

Tamil films

Pasa Paravaigal (1988)

Padatha Theneekkal (1988)

Pasa Mazhai (1989)

Pagalil Pournami (1990)

Pillai Pasam (1991)

Vasaliley Oru Vennila (1991)

Naalai Engal Kalyanam (1992)

Writer-filmography

Aval Oru Devaalayam (1977) (Directed by A.B. Raj)

Adima Changala (1981) (Directed by A.B. Raj)

Itihasam (1981)

Chicagoyil Cheenthiya Raktham

Aarambham (1982) (Directed by Joshi)

Dheera (1982) (Directed by Joshi)

Thaalam Thettiya Tharattu (1983) (Directed by A.B. Raj)

''Sandharbham (1984) (Directed by Joshi)

Inakkilly (1984) (Directed by Joshi)

Piriyilla Naam (1984) (Directed by Joshi)

Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya (1985) (Directed by Priyadarshan)

Puthiya Karukkal (1989) (Directed by Thampi Kannanthanam)

Lal Americayil (1989) (Directed by Sathyan Anthikkad)

Kadathanadan Ambadi (1990) (Directed by Priyadarshan)

Bheesmacharya (1994) (Directed by Cochin Haneefa)

See also

Tamil cinema

References

External links

"Cochin Haneefa Passed Away"

Notice of death of Cochin Haneefa aka Salim Ahmed Ghoush

Mathrubhumi Online website

Category:1951 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Deaths from liver cancer Category:Indian film actors Category:Indian comedians Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:Malayali actors Category:Tamil actors Category:Indian Muslims Category:People from Kerala Category:Malayalam screenwriters Category:Malayalam film directors Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure