P.

Leela
• P Leela was born in 1934, in
Chittur, Palakkad.
• Starting at the age of 13, she
has sung about 5000 film songs
in all the South Indian languages
– Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and
Kannada.
• Her songs are known for their
emotional touch and classical
discipline.
• She was awarded Padma
Bhushan posthumously for her
contributions in the year 2006.
• She was conferred with the
Kalaimamani title in 1992 by
Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.
• Leela received the best playback
singer award of the Kerala
government in 1969 for the
song Ujjayiniyile Gaayika from
the movie Kadalpalam.
Laurie Baker
• Lawrence Wilfred "Laurie"
Baker was a British-born Indian
architect, renowned for his
initiatives in cost-effective
energy-efficient architecture.
• he promoted the revival of
regional building practices and
use of local materials
• he has been called the "Gandhi of architecture".
• He became an Indian citizen in 1989 and resided in
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala from 1969 and served as
the Director of COSTFORD (Centre of Science and Technology for
Rural Development), an organisation to promote low-cost housing.
• In 1990, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for
his meritorious service in the field of architecture. In 1992, he was
awarded the Roll of Honour by the United Nations.
M T Vasudevan Nair
• MT, is an Indian author,
screenplay writer and film
director.
• His first major novel Naalukettu
(Ancestral Home- translated to
English as The Legacy), written
at the age of 23, won the Kerala
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958.
• His other novels include Manju (Mist), Kaalam (Time), Asuravithu
(The Prodigal Son - translated to English as The Demon Seed) and
Randamoozham (The Second Turn).
• The deep emotional experiences of his early days have gone into the
making of MT's novels. Most of his works are oriented towards the
basic Malayalam family structure and culture and many of them were
path-breaking in the history of Malayalam literature.
• He has directed seven films and written the screenplay for around 54
films.
• He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times for:
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992),
and Parinayam (1994), which is the most by anyone in the screenplay
category.
• He was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, in 1995
for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2005, India's
third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan was awarded to him.
• He has won numerous other awards and recognition including
Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award,
Vayalar Award, Vallathol Award, Ezhuthachan Award, Mathrubhumi
Literary Award and O. N. V. Literary Award.
• He was awarded the J.C. Daniel Award for lifetime achievement in
Malayalam cinema for the year 2013.
O. N. V. Kurup
• Malayalam poet and lyricist
from Kerala.
• won the Jnanpith Award, the
highest literary award in India
for the year 2007.
• He received the awards Padma
Shri in 1998 and Padma
Vibhushan in 2011, the fourth
and second highest civilian
honours from the Government
of India.
• In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of
Kerala, Trivandrum.
Kalamandalam Gopi
• Kalamandalam Gopi, is an
Indian dancer who is an
exponent of the classical dance-
drama style known as Kathakali.
• he completed his formal lessons
in the dance from the Kerala
Kalamandalam in 1957.
• The Government of India
awarded him the civilian honour
of Padma Shri in 2009.
 K J Yesudas
• Yesudas is estimated to have
recorded more than 50,000
songs.
• He is often referred to as
Gaanagandharvan.
• Yesudas holds the record for
singing 11 songs in different
languages in a single day
• Yesudas won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer
record eight times.
• State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three times, including
awards given by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal.
• He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma
Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan (second-
highest civilian award in 2017 by the Government of India for
his contributions towards the arts.
• In 2005, he was honoured with the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala
government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.
Kamala Surayya
• opularly known by her one-time pen
name Madhavikutty and married
name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet
in English as well as an author in
Malayalam.
• 1968: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
for Story – Thanuppu
• 1984: Shortlisted for the Nobel Prize
in Literature
• 1985: Kendra Sahitya Academy Award
(English) – Collected Poems
• 1988: Kerala State Film Award for Best
Story
• 1968: Thanuppu (short story)
• 1973: Ente Katha (autobiography)
• 1987: Balyakala Smaranakal (childhood memories)
• 1989: Varshangalkku Mumbu (novel)
• 1990: Palayan (novel)
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
• He is an Indian film director,
script writer, and producer and
is regarded as one of the most
notable and renowned
filmmakers in India.
• Gopalakrishnan pioneered the
new wave in Malayalam cinema
during the 1970s.
• Nearly all of his films premiered at Venice, Cannes and Toronto
International Film Festival.
• Gopalakrishnan has won the National Film Award 16 times.
• Gopalakrishnan's debut film, the national award-winning
Swayamvaram (1972) was a milestone in Malayalam film
history.
• The films that followed namely Kodiyettam, Elippathayam,
Mukhamukham, Anantaram, Mathilukal, Vidheyan and
Kathapurushan lived up to the reputation of his first film and
were well received by critics at various film festivals and
fetched him many awards.