Month: October 2020

Trivandrum youth sets internet on fire with edit skills

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> A person who is a magician and mentalist can do wonders. What if he is also a good editor? Meet Trivandrum-native Sandeep Fradian, who is the man behind several viral videos. Sandeep, a resident of Vanchiyoor, has effectively utilized his creative skills during lockdown. The short duration videos he created during the lockdown have become viral hits. Sandeep’s popularity shot up when US internet sensation Zach King selected his video as ‘Magic of the month’ from around 6000 submissions three months ago. Twenty-three year old Sandeep was drawn towards…

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Appu Bhattathiri to direct Kunchacko, Nayanthara

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> Thiruvananthapuram-native and state-award winning editor Appu Bhattathiri is set to direct his first feature film. The film titled ‘Nizhal’ will have Kunchacko Boban and Nayanthara as lead. Actors Dulquer Salmaan and Fahadh Fazil released the first look poster of the movie on Sunday through their social media pages. According to sources, film will be a thriller. Thirty-year-old Appu was the editor of several award-winning films like Oraalppokkam, Ozhivudivasathe Kali, Manhole, Veeram and Ottamuri Velicham. He has also edited movies like Kunjiramayanam, Lily, Theevandi etc. Trivandrum Lifetrivandrumlife.com

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KSRTC, secretariat staff lock horns over parallel service

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> The daily commute of staff to Secretariat during Covid 19 is snowballing into a major controversy. Following an altercation between officials of motor vehicles department and some Secretariat staff, chief secretary Viswas Mehta has directed transport secretary K R Jyothilal to give exemptions to secretariat staff with valid IDs cards for hiring parallel vehicles. On October 14, a contract vehicle hired by a group of secretariat employees was issued fine by the officials of motor vehicles department. Following this, some secretariat staff entered into altercations with MVD officials. Based…

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Reviving passion during Covid times

Nisha Nath

by Nisha Nath It’s been more than seven months since we stayed within our homes while Covid was spreading fast with all zest. All plans of visiting exotic destinations, fun activities and meeting friends just remain a dream to all the travel bugs and the travellers groups in the city. Being aware that the Covid has frozen all their movements, wanderlusts are waiting for the post Covid era to commence their journey.  Even when their legs are locked by Covid they are demonstrating that happiness doesn’t depend on any external…

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Anand Mahindra invests in Trivandrum-based startup

Jisha Surya

TrivandrumLife>> It began with a tweet of businessman Anand Mahindra in June last year. Fed up with reports of deaths of sanitation workers during cleaning of septic tanks, Mahindra wondered what was preventing widespread adoption of scavenging machine ‘Bandicoot’ developed by a group of young students. “If funding is needed to produce in scale, count me in,” he had tweeted. Following this tweet, chief executive officer of Genrobotics Vimal Govind M K didn’t think twice before sending a mail to Mahindra. Now, Bandicoot has won Rs 2.5 crore investment from…

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Hit team of ‘Maheshinte Prathikaram’ is back

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> After the widely acclaimed ‘Maheshinte Prathikaaram’ and ‘Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum’,  ‘Pothettan brillance’ is back. Filmmaker Dileesh Pothen has announced his new project ‘Joji’ which will have actor Fahadh Fazil playing the lead. The film, according to the makers, is an independent adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy ‘Macbeth’. With writer Shyam Pushkaran doing the script and Shyju Khalid donning the camera, the hit team behind ‘Mahesh..’ is trying their luck for the next time.  The film is produced by Bhavana Studios in association with Fahadh Faasil and Friends and Working Class…

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Orthodontist arrested for online harassment

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> At a time when cyber harassment against women is a major topic of discussions, an orthodontist at Medical college Thiruvananthapuram was arrested for harassing his cousin by sending her morphed pictures in order to create trouble in her family life. Varkala-native Dr R Subu, 43, assistant professor at Orthodontics department, is the accused.   The complainant in the case is a 27-year-old woman residing under Ayiroor police station limits. As per the complaint, the woman’s close relatives, including husband’s father, received her morphed images, which eventually created a rift…

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Daya Bai, Sreekumaran Thampi among winners of Alive Golden Year Award

Trivandrum Life

TrivandrumLife>> Social activist Daya Bai, filmmaker and lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi,  Kathakali artiste Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri and scientist Dr. CS Baskaran Nair were declared winners of the 4th Alive Golden Year Awards. The recognition instituted by Alive Foundation comprises a citation and an award which will be presented to the winners next year. The award was announced as part of the International Day of Older Persons on October 1.Alive, a complete ageing solutions company, based in Trivandrum has for the past four years been recognising the seniors who are active in…

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