The Travancore royal family was the ruling house of the Kingdom of Travancore. They had to give up their ruling rights in 1949 when Travancore merged with India and their political pension privileges were abolished in 1971. The family is descended from the Ay/Venad family and the Chera dynasty.
Paattali (transl. Proletariat) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Sarath Kumar, Ramya Krishnan and Devayani in the lead roles. The film was released on 17 December 1999 and became a commercial success.
Nanjundi Kalyana is a 1989 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film, directed by M. S. Rajashekar, starring newcomers Raghavendra Rajkumar and Malashri, with Girija Lokesh and Sundar Krishna Urs as the lead cast. The film was a major blockbuster of the year and was one among the biggest grossing Kannada films of 1989. The movie saw a theatrical run of 90 weeks.
Deivamagal is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Vani Bhojan and Krishna Raghunandan. It was broadcast on Sun TV initially from Monday to Friday and later extended to Saturday from 25 March 2013 to 17 February 2018 for 1,466 episodes. The show replaced S. Kumaran's soap, Thirumathi Selvam and replaced by Nayagi. Deivamagal is currently retelecasting in Kalaignar TV from 1 March 2021 and later extended to Saturday.
Loafer is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Varun Tej and newcomer Disha Patani while Revathi and Posani Krishna Murali appear in crucial supporting roles. The film was officially launched on 8 July 2015 in Hyderabad.
Sthreepadham Malayalam is a television soap opera that ran on Mazhavil Manorama on Monday-Friday at 8:30 PM IST. Show is based on the novel Sthreepadham on Manorama weekly written by Joyci.This was a superhit serial and It marks come back of miniscreen actress Shelly Kishore after the hit Kumkumapoovu and Vishnu Prasad after Nandhanam /Vrindhavanam.
Lakshmi Stores is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera directed by K.Sulaiman, written by veteran director Sundar C and produced by Avni Telemedia which premiered in Sun TV on 24 December 2018 and ended on 25 January 2020. It starred film actresses Kushboo Sundar, Nakshatra Nagesh and Hussain Ahmed Khan.
Parasparam was an Indian Malayalam television thriller series that was broadcast on Asianet. It is an official remake of Star Plus's serial Diya Aur Baati Hum. The series premiered on 22 July 2013. It starred Gayatri Arun and Vivek Gopan and was produced by Ross Petals. The last episode aired on 31 August 2018 with 1,524 episodes and is Malayalam's longest running soap opera.
Bharathi Kannamma is a 2019 Indian Tamil language television series aired on Star Vijay and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Praveen Bennett.
Second Hand is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama starring Dhanya Balakrishna, Sudheer Varma, Kireeti Damaraju, Sree Vishnu and Anuj Ram. This film marks the debut of writer B. V. S. Ravi as a co-producer and Telugu debut of director Kishore Tirumala. Avaneedra, who previously worked for the Hindi film Bhoot Returns (2012), and Uma Shankar were the cinematographers for the film.
Chembarathi is a Malayalam-language serial broadcasting on Zee Keralam and available digitally on ZEE5. The show stars Thara Kalyan, Amala Girish and Stebin and premiered on November 26, 2018. It is an official remake of Zee Telugu television series Mudda Mandaram and Zee Tamil as Sembaruthi. It ended on 25 March 2022.
Karthika Deepam is an Indian Malayalam television series which is broadcasting on Zee Keralam and streams on ZEE5 platform. It stars Snisha Chandran, Yadhu Krishnan, Vivek Gopan and Reshmi Soman in the lead roles. The series premiered on 13 July 2020.
Santhwanam (transl. Consolation) is an Indian Malayalam-language soap opera directed by Aadithyan. The show premiered on 21 September 2020 on Asianet and aires on-demand through Disney+ Hotstar. It stars Rajeev Parameshwar, Chippy Renjith, Girish Nambiar, Raksha Raj, Sajin TP, Gopika Anil, Achu Sugandh and Manjusha Martin in lead roles. It is an official remake of Tamil soap opera Pandian Stores, airing on Star Vijay.
Manam Pole Mangalyam is a Malayalam language television series airing on Zee Keralam and streams on Zee5. It stars Niyaz Musliyar, Meera Nair, Swasika, Rajendran N and Prem Jacob. It premiered on 28 December 2020. It is an official remake of Zee Marathi series Aggabai Sasubai aired from 2019 to 2021.
Sundari is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language dramatic series having two seasons. The first season of the series stars Gabriella Sellus in the title role along with Jishnu Menon and Shreegopika Neelanath. It premiered on Sun TV on 22 February 2021 and ended on 26 August 2023. After a 7-year leap, it continues as the second season of the series starring with again Gabriella Sellus and Jishnu Menon in addition with Krishna Raghunandan in the lead and began from 28 August 2023 onwards. It is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT.
Kana Kanmani was an Indian Malayalam language soap opera premiered on 23 August 2021 aired on Surya TV. It stars Vindhuja Vikraman and Jay Kartik in lead roles along with M. B. Padmakumar, Ann Mathews and Revathi Krishna in supporting roles. It is a remake of Telugu television series Pournami that aired on Gemini TV. The show aired its last episode on 23 July 2022.
Shyamambaram is a 2023 Malayalam Language television Soap Opera that premiered on 6 February 2023 and airs on Malayalam entertainment channel Zee Keralam. It is also available on the digital platform ZEE5. It is produced by Remadevi of Green TV and stars Haritha G Nair in the titular role. It is currently the highest TRP rated series in the channel. The series is an official remake of Zee Bangla's drama Krishnakoli.
