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K erala is known for cent percent literacy. It's also known to gift top brains to the entire world, in every walks of life. Small budget Malayalam films pose challenge to Billion Dollar lavish productions from Bollywood and Hollywood. Malayalam artists in majority, prefer to get identified in landmark films, with no craving for money. They're the ones who really understand, that creativity will be in full bloom only where there is no pestering. Shine Tom Chacko, Hero Here are the artists who are least bothered about what they get, but think about what they can give through their ultimate performance level, which will richly contribute to the Malayalam movie 'The Guest':  Shine Tom Chacko: He is the assistant director turned lead actor of Malayalam cinema. When Kamal (present Chairman of the Kerala State Film Academy) has been a top director, Shine got the opportunity to approach him and impress upon him about his imagination skills. The approach gifte...

Tiruvadanai Shrine F our decades ago, on a hot summer day, I  happened to be in Tiruvadanai, Ramanathapuram District, Tamilnadu. It was soon after I got through my graduation in civil engineering. Tiruvadanai has been the destination earmarked for my stay of at least one year, to start off my career as overseer (professional title for civil engineers during those days). To my case it resembled an auspicious attempt of a squirrel trying to quench the thirst of a religious cause. I have been there as the term was bestowed to me by HH Maharaja Ramanatha Sethupathi (who headed Ramanathapuram Devasthanam) as local candidate was not available for the post, at that time. I have been there without heeding to the suggestion of friends in Bangalore, insisting on me to skip that post as people countrywide on those days avoided venturing into Ramanathapuram (Ramnad) district for long stays.  People were fear struck as cyclone in that district blew away a portion of the Pamban b...