Considered the uncrowned prince of Kerala Muslim folk songs, named "mappila pattu", VM Kutty, died of a heart ailment at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Wednesday, family sources said. He was 86.

78-year-old V M Kutty is the uncrowned prince of Kerala Muslim folk songs called ‘mappila pattu’, which are an integral part of the culture of Muslims in the northern Malabar region of the southern ...

Noted Mappila Pattu singer Abootty regaled the audience gathered at Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan on Thursday morning taking them down the musical history of 400 year old Mappila Pattu folklore.

All of 22 and suffering from brittle bones that break very often leaving him totally dependent on others for mobility, Jamsheer Moideen is a little hero when it comes to battling on his own, only that ...

The artists, selected by Kerala Folklore Academi, will be honoured at the inaugural ceremony of the 9th edition of the ‘Utsavam’ folklore festival to be held at Kottakkunnu Park in Malappuram at 6pm ...