Babu Namboothiri is an Indian film and TV actor who has starred in more than a 100 Malayalam films and various serials. He is famous for his villain as well as character roles. He is best known for his portrayal of a very unconventional role, as the pimp, Thangal, in Thoovanathumbikal (1987) and as the primary antagonist in Nirakkoottu.
Babu Namboothiri was born as second among ten children to Narayanan Namboothiri and Saraswathi at Mannakkanad, Kottayam. He belongs to Padinjare Mana in Mannakkanad in Kottayam district. He also performs rituals at Chirayil Ganapathi temple. He has 7 brothers and 2 sisters. He pursued Masters in Science from CMC College, Kottayam. His debut movie was Yaagam in 1982. He is a retired Chemistry Professor of Devamatha College, Kuravilangad. He is married to Lalitha Antharjanam. They have a daughter, Aparna.
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Babu (Tamil: பாபு) is a 1971 Indian Tamil film, directed by A. C. Trilogchander. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayasree, Sowkar Janaki and Vennira Aadai Nirmala in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was a remake of Malayalam film Odayil Ninnu, which itself was based on Malayalam writer Kesavadev's novel of the same name.
Babu is a 1985 film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, supported by Hema Malini, Mala Sinha and Rati Agnihotri. Music is by Rajesh Rosahn. It is a remake of a Tamil film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar from 1971 with the same name starring Shivaji Ganeshan, which in itself was a remake of the 1965 Malayalam film, Odayil Ninnu, a film adaptation of Malayalam writer P. Kesavadev's acclaimed novel of the same title.
Babu is a young man who works as a rickshaw puller and he has fallen in love with Kammo.His only true friend is Shambu Nath.One day he helps Shankerlal and his family and in return Shankerlal invites him to his house.Instantly the whole family including Shankerlal's wife and Pinky both begin to shower love on Babu. Babu having led a tough childhood feels very ecstatic and feels grateful to Shankerlal on having provided him food,clothes and more importantly respect given to him. Meanwhile a goon in the village rapes Kammo and Babu kills him and thereby lands in jail. After his release he finds Pinky begging in the streets and then he gets shocked as to how a rich girl has been forced to beg. Then he realises that now Pinky's mother is a widow. His sole aim now becomes to help this widow and her child. He gives up his personal life, drives a hand-drawn rickshaw, saves some money, so that he can buy provisions for them, as well as send the child, Pinky, to a decent school. Pinky then grows up and later starts disliking Babu.The rest of the story is how Pinky realises her folly later on, how Pinky's mother feels indebted to Babu for having helped them in return for one nights shower of affection on Babu by Shankerlal.
The Nambudiri Brahmins, also transliterated Namboothiri, are Hindu Brahmins from the Indian state of Kerala. They have been described as the religious elite.
Nambudiri tradition associates their immigration to Kerala from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand with the legendary creation of Kerala by Parasurama, an avatar of Vishnu.
Brahmin influences had existed in the area since at least the 1st-century AD, as Namboodiri Brahmin villages like Perinchelloor were mentioned in Sangam literature and Christian traditions attempting to appropriate Nambudri history by "associating" them with St. Thomas. The Brahmins treated almost all of those who acceded to their priestly status as Shudraor Untouchable permitting only a small number to be recognised as Kshatriya, these being some of the local rulers who co-operated with them. Nambudiri Brahmins were by far the largest land-owning group in the region and they remained so until very recent times. The origins of Malayalam as a language is also attributed to the Nambudiri Brahmin's mixing of Sanskrit and the local Tamil language. Their dominating influence was to be found in all matters: religion, politics, society, economics and culture.
K. M. Vasudevan Namboothiri, better known as Artist Namboodiri (born 1925) is a well-known Indian painter and sculptor. He is the winner of the Raja Ravi Varma Award for the year 2003. He is famous for his own style of line sketches (rekhachithrangal in Malayalam).
Artist Namboodiri was born at Karuvattu Mana of Ponnani, Kerala. During his childhood, he was influenced by the sculptures at the Shukapuram temple near his house. “I had this urge to draw and mould sculptures after seeing these,” says Namboodiri. Later, he was a disciple of renowned artist K. C. S. Paniker. He also drew inspiration from renowned painters like Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury and S. Dhanapal. He studied painting in the Madras School of Fine Arts.
Artist Namboodiri has illustrated many popular characters for literary publications in Kerala. His cartoon series "Naniyammayum Lokavum" in Mathrubhumi was extremely popular. He has worked for Mathrubhumi, a leading Malayalam publication. He has also done illustrations for several leading authors in Malayalam like Thakazhy Shivasankara Pillai, Kesavadev, M. T. Vasudevan Nair (for whom he illustrated the novel, Randamoozham), Uroob, S. K. Pottekkatt, Edasseri Govindan Nair, and V.K.N.. He is also a proponent of "finger painting", and does copper sheet relief work, having mounted an exhibition of metal reliefs on copper plates depicting the Ramayana and the Independence struggle.