Name Jagathy K. Role Dramatist | ||
Occupation Dramatist, writer, actor, screenwriter Spouse Prasanna Achary (m. ?–1997) Children Jagathy Sreekumar, Sugadamma Achary, Krishnakumar Achary, Jameela Murali Achary Parents Ananthapadmanabhan Achary, Ponnammal Movies Ummini Thanka, Moonnam Pakkam, Veluthambi Dalawa, Kalliyankattu Neeli, Viruthan Shanku Similar People Jagathy Sreekumar, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Adoor Bhasi, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai | ||
Jagathy N. K. Achary (1924–1997) was an Indian dramatist and writer who also worked on Malayalam films. He is the father of popular Malayalam film actor Jagathy Sreekumar.
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Life sketch
Jagathy N. Kochukrishnan Achary was born in 1924 at Krishnavilasam in Jagathy, a small hamlet in Trivandrum, Kerala, (he took the name of the locality as part of his nom de plume) to Ananthapadmanabhan Achary and Ponnammal. He had his education in Jagathy and Thiruvananthapuram. After obtaining a BA degree, he continued his education and got his graduate degree in Law.
He was married to Prasanna (Ponnamma – pet name) from Edavanacaud and had five children.
He died of old age diseases in 1997 at his Thiruvananthapuram residence. A road in Cotton Hill, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram is named after him.
Education and career
He started his career as a government employee. Later he joined the All India Radio as a staff artist where he worked as a programme executive at various stations and subsequently rose to the position of Station Director.
Jagathy N. K. Achary wrote many plays for radio. and more than twenty plays for professional theatre. He was a partner of the Kalanilayam Theatre group, for which he wrote many hugely successful plays such as Kayamkulam Kochunni, Kadamattathu Kathanar, Umminimthanka, Eleyedathu Rani etc.
He was also a writer of humour, and a painter.
Film career
Jagathy N.K. Achary penned story, screenplay and dialogues for 22 Malayalam movies and many of them were successful at the box office.
Filmography as writer
He has also acted in a few films like Moonnam Pakkam and Desatanakkili Karayarilla as well as writing script for one film Veluthambi Dalawa, all of which were huge success in the box office.