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Pen name
  
Madampu Kunjukuttan

Name
  
Madampu Kunjukuttan

Nationality
  
Role
  
Author

Genre
  
Parents
  
Sankaran Namboodiri

Subject
  
Social aspects


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Born
  
June 23, 1941 Kiralur, Thrissur, Kerala, India (
1941-06-23
)

Occupation
  
Novelist, Short story writer, Screenplay writer, Priest, Teacher, Actor

Notable awards
  
Best screenplay writer, Kerala Sahitya Academy Award

Books
  
Aswathama: A Novel, Munna natakannal, Sadhanalahari, Outcaste, The Trial of the Mahatma: Novel

Children
  
Jaseena Madampu, Haseena Madampu

Movies
  
With Fire As Witness, Journey to Wisdom, Aattakatha, Calmness, Veeralipattu

Similar People
  
Jayaraj, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Nedumudi Venu, MJ Radhakrishnan, P Venu

Died
  
11 May 2021 (aged 79) Thrissur

Kiraloor School management cheated me says Madampu Kunjukuttan


Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Madampu Kunjukuttan, was a Malayalam author and a screenplay writer. He was one of the most prolific and versatile writers in modern Malayalam literature. His novels, short stories and screenplays speaks more about the Kerala society. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in the year 2000 for the Malayalam film Karunam, directed by Jayaraj. In 2003, he won the Ashdod International Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Parinamam (The Change) directed by P.Venu. He received Sanjayan Award in 2014.

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Background and personal life

He was born in Kiralur village Thrissur District on 23 June 1941. He studied Sanskrit, Hasthyaayurvedam (treatment of elephants), worked as teacher for Sanskrit at Kodungalloor and was also a priest in a nearby temple. Madampu also worked in Akasavani (All India Radio). He was married to late Savithri Antharjanam and the couple have two daughters, Jaseena Madampu and Haseena Madampu.

Filmography

  • Utyopyile Rajavu (2015)
  • Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2015)
  • Aattakatha|Aattakatha]] (2013)
  • Orma Mathram (2011)
  • Adayalangal (2008)
  • Veeralipattu (2007)
  • Aanachandam (2006)
  • Vadakkumnadhan (2006)
  • Rasikan (2004)
  • Agninakshatram (2004)
  • Parinamam (The Change) (2003)
  • Maargam (2003)
  • Kattu Vannu Vilichappol (2001)
  • Karunam (2000)
  • Shantham (2000)
  • Agnisakshi (1999)
  • Purushardham (1986)
  • Aaraam Thampuran (1997)
  • Ashwathama (1978)
  • Death

    He died on 11 May 2021, at a hospital in Thrissur, succumbing to Covid related complications.

    References

    Madampu Kunjukuttan Wikipedia