UAE-based Media Maps Cinevision is producing a film titled Marthanda Varma on the life and times of Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma, who ruled Travancore from 1729 to 1758. Directed by K. Sreekumar, ...

The birth of Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma in 1706 marked a momentous occasion — it was the first royal birth in the lineage after a long hiatus. His elders acknowledged that he represented the ...

Pushpa Palat refers to this as a historical novel on Instagram, and the pages are filled with dramatized descriptions. Certainly, Marthanda Varma, who came to the throne of Travancore at the age of 23 ...

This Frenchman Who Served The Dutch Left An Indelible Impression On South India In a corner of Udayagiri Fort at Puliyoorkurichi in Kanyakumari lies the tomb of Eustache Benedictus de Lannoy. The ...

The 155th birth anniversary of C V Raman Pillai, one of the greatest master-craftsmen of Malayalam literature, will be celebrated here with a stage adaptation of his historical novel ‘Marthanda Varma’ ...

For long, history writing in India had been north-centric. The Southern empires, for all their glorious past, used to be detailed either cursorily or, at best, as an appendage to the Mughal/Sultanate ...

Four children, called "Gang of Four" - Renu (10), Sanku (12), Dany (11) and Ekru (5) go sightseeing. At a museum, they spot a jeep with a small silver horse fixed on the bonnet. Ekru sees a man ...

Contrary to the current perception that Urdu is the language of Muslims alone, reality tells a different story. Some of the greatest non-Muslim writers, like Munshi Premchand, wrote in both Hindi and ...

Director K Sreekumar is reportedly confused over the casting of the title role of his next film, Marthanda Varma. The story of this movie is based on the Travancore king.Four of Mollywood's top stars ...