ONV Kurup

ONV Kurup

Birth : 1931-05-27, Chavara, Kollam, India

Death : 2016-02-13

History

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup, popularly known as O. N. V. Kurup or simply and endearingly O. N. V., was a renowned Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, He won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received the awards Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the Government of India. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of Kerala, Trivandrum. O. N. V. is known for his leftist leaning. He was a former leader of All India Students Federation (AISF). He died on 13 February 2016

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ONV Kurup

Movies

Pranayam
Lyricist
Menon runs into his former wife Grace, who is married to a bedridden Mathew and loves him immensely. The movie revolves around their crossing and emotes the meaning of love and its various forms.
Thaskara Veeran
Lyricist
After witnessing the murder of his father by Eappachan, Kochu flees his village to escape him. Years later, Kochu, now a don, returns to the village to avenge his father.
Elavamkodu Desam
Lyricist
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
Lyricist
Bhaskaran, a goldsmith, is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Sneha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
Vaishali
Musical
A royal mistress, Vaishali, is sent to bring sage Rishyasringa to the kingdom of Anga. After Rishyasringa follows Vaishali, he performs the ceremonies to break the curse and make it rain in Anga.
Isabella
Lyricist
Isabella, a guide, falls in love with one of her customers, Unnikrishnan. But every time they meet, he refuses to accept her. Moreover, she struggles to deal with the difficult situations at home.
Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal
Musical
13 year old Vineetha and her father, Dr. Vinayachandran goes to visit her grandfather John Samuel in Ooty on the death anniversary of Veena's mother Neena who died in a tragic accident. The movie flashes back to when Vinay meets Neena at a Church Service and falls in love.
Nombarathi Poovu
Lyricist
Nombarathi Poovu movie is all about the deep relation between Gigi and Padmini. The movie shows how a young woman Padmini who is separated from her husband gets attached to a young orphan girl Gigi when they meet in a hospital during their stay after a bus accident. Gigi has lost her mother in the accident and Padmini decides to take Gigi with her. Gigi is not completely mentally stable and is a special needs child. Padmini brings Gigi to Dr. Padmanabhan who after initial apprehension accepts Gigi in his institute as a student by the day. Padmini's separated husband Sethu is still trying to win her back. The viewers are shown that Padmini separated from her husband because she lost her children due to an episode of reckless motorcycle riding from husband. Padmini decides to go back to Sethu and adopt Gigi as their daughter. However Gigi's special behavior annoys Sethu and Gigi starts to feel insecure about losing her mother again.
Sukhamo Devi
Lyricist
Nandan (Shankar) an introverted singer from a poor background falls in love with Devi (Urvashi). Their friends Sunny (Mohanlal) and his girlfriend Thara (Geetha) are quite the opposite and are extremely outgoing. When Devi's parents do not approve of her relationship with Nandan, they try to force her into an arranged marriage. Sunny and their other friends decide to help the couple elope. However things go awry when Sunny & Vinod (Jagathy) meet with a horrific accident.
Adaminte Vaariyellu
Lyricist
The film portrays a realistic take on the issues of women in society through the lens of 3 protagonists. Vasanthi has to mother three generations of her family in addition to her daytime job. Alice is married to a ruthless businessman and seeks solace in affairs. Ammini is an orphan who works as a maid and is sexually abused by her master.
Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
Lyricist
Lekha is an aspiring actress who becomes successful and very popular. One day, she commits suicide! Why?
Yavanika
Lyricist
Ayyappan, a tabla player of a touring drama group, goes missing. Later on, Sub-Inspector Jacob Eeraly is assigned to investigate the case and finds out disturbing truths.
Olangal
Lyricist
Olangal is a 1982 Indian film in Malayalam, directed by Balu Mahendra.[2] The film's plot is inspired from novel Man, Woman and Child by Erich Segal.
Agni Pushpam
Lyricist
Tourist Bungalow
Lyricist