them. Biyyam backwater and Conolly Canal together empties into Arabian Sea near Puthuponnani promontory. Literature Two prominent writers in the region are Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and Arundhati Roy. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, (1912–1999), the Padmabhusan and Jnanpith and Sahitya Akedemi award-winning writer, was born in Thakazhi village in Alappuzha district. He wrote in Malayalam. His novel Chemmeen has been translated into most Indian languages and several foreign languages. Arundhati Roy (born 1961) was brought up in Ayemenem near Kottayam, and her Booker Prize–winning The God of Small Things is set in Kerala. Movies A number of movies were filmed in the backwaters around Alleppey and other parts of the state. Numerous Malayalam movies Some other major movies include Most scenes of Tamil movie Autograph and Kannada movie My Autograph Crucial scenes in Tamil movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and its remakes in Hindi Ekk Deewana Tha, Telugu Ye Maaya Chesave Song "Jiya jale" and Scenes in Hindi movie Dil Se.. Hindi movie Tashan Hindi film Alone Tamil movie Kuselan Photo gallery See also List of dams and reservoirs in Kerala List of mountains in Kerala List of rivers of Kerala References Notes External links Tourism in Kerala Estuaries of India Ramsar sites in India Landforms of Kerala Lagoons of India Water transport in Kerala