Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri | |
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Born | Kiralur, Thrissur, Kerala, India | 23 June 1941
Died | 11 May 2021 Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India | (aged 79)
Pen name | Madampu Kunjukuttan |
Occupation | |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Novel, Short story |
Subject | Social aspects |
Notable awards | National Film Award for Best Screenplay writer in 2000, Kerala Sahitya Academy Award |
Spouse | Savithri Antharjanam |
Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri (23 June 1941 − 11 May 2021), popularly known as Madampu Kunjukuttan, was a Malayalam actor, author and screenplay writer. [1]
Kunjukuttan was born in Kiralur village of Thrissur District on 23 June 1941.[ citation needed] 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 for Ākāsha Vāṇī ( All India Radio).[ citation needed] He was married to Savithri Antharjanam and had two daughters, Jaseena Madampu and Haseena Madampu. [1]
His noted works includes Aswathamavu, Mahaprasthanam, Avighnamasthu, Bhrashtu, Entharo Mahanubhavulu, Nishadam, Pathalam, Aryavarthanam, Amrithasya Puthrah and Thonnyasam. He also wrote screenplays for the movies 'Makalkku', 'Gourisankaram', 'Saphalam', 'Karunam' and 'Deshadanam'. [1] Kunjukuttan's novel Mahaprasthanam won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Best Novel in 1983. [2] He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in the year 2000 for the Malayalam film Karunam, directed by Jayaraj. [3] He contested in the Assembly election in 2001 from Kodungallur on a BJP ticket, but did not win. [4] In 2003, he won the Ashdod International Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Parinamam (The Change) directed by P.Venu. [5] [6] He received Sanjayan Award in 2014. [7] He was famous for being the host of TV show E4 Elephant along with Sreekumar Arookutty [8] on Kairali TV. [9] He died on 11 May 2021, at a hospital in Thrissur, succumbing to COVID-19 related complications. [10]