Sreenivasan and Vineethsreenivasan belong to Thiyya (Ezhavas of Malabar) community of Kannoore.
Partly. In fact, his mother hails from an Ezhava family of Kerala.
yes
Ezhava
No Ezhava community is considered as OBC by any other State.
samvritha sunil belongs to an ezhava family from kannur
either nair or ezhava
Ezhava celebrities have made significant contributions to the Malayalam film industry, with notable figures including actors like Dileep, Jayaram, and Mohanlal, who have garnered immense popularity. Additionally, filmmakers such as Priyadarshan and scriptwriter Sreenivasan have also emerged from the Ezhava community, influencing the cinematic landscape. Their work has not only entertained audiences but has also brought cultural narratives and social issues to the forefront in Malayalam cinema.
Kavya Madhavan, Film actor Raghavan and his son Jishnu belongs to the Saliya community , traditionally engaged in weaving of North Malabar and not belongs to the dominant Thiyya/Ezhava community of the area. Please verify your list of eminent Thiyyas/Ezhavas and confirm the other names also
Ezhava, a prominent community in Kerala, does not have a gotra system like some other Hindu communities. Instead, they identify more with their lineage and family names. The Ezhava community is traditionally associated with certain occupational roles, and their social structure is often more fluid compared to those with strict gotra classifications.
The first Ezhava newspaper was "Swadeshabhimani" which was started by Dr. Palpu and Kumaran Asan in 1905. It played a significant role in promoting social reform and advocating for the rights of the Ezhava community in Kerala.
Usually ayurvedic physicians , weavers and warriors in olden days were supposed to belong to ezhava/thiyya community.well we do not know how weavers were got changed to to a particular class of people called 'saliya' community called 'pilla'[not pillai of nair community];a very strange transformation.this pilla does not belong to nair community.
ezhava comes under the kshatriya....one of the varnas