April 19, 2008

60th anniversary of 'Nirmala'

The 60th anniversary of 'Nirmala,' the first Malayalam film produced in Kerala by a Malayali producer, will be celebrated under the auspices of the Cochin Film Society on Sunday, April 20, 2008. The venue will be the Roof Top Auditorium of the Bharat Tourist Home, Ernakulam. The meeting will start at 3 p.m.

Culture and Education Minister M.A.Baby will inaugurate the function, organised jointly with the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Cochin Corporation Mayor Prof. Mercy Williams will preside over the function. The Minister will honour four artistes who were associated with the film. They are, Smt. Baby Joseph, who was the heroine of the film as well as the daughter-in-law of Chevalier P.J.Cherian, the producer, (her husband Joseph Cherian was the hero), Sri.T.K.Govinda Rao, who was the lead playback singer, Smt. Vimala B.Varma, actress and playback singer and Smt. Gracy Davis, another actress.

Innocent, noted actor and president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), will be the chief guest at the function. Felicitations will be made by K.Chandran Pillai MP, Jose Thettayil MLA, M.C.Josephine, chairperson, GCDA, Adv. E.M.Sunil Kumar, Town Planning Standing Committee chairperson, writer K.L.Mohana Varma and film critic M.C.Raj Narayan.

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