Madampu Kunjukuttan

Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri (born 23 June 1941), popularly known as Madampu Kunjukuttan, is a Malayalam author and a screenplay writer.[1] His novels, short stories and screenplays speaks more about the Kerala society. He has won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in the year 2000 for the Malayalam film Karunam, directed by Jayaraj.[2] In 2003, he won the Ashdod International Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Parinamam (The Change) directed by P.Venu.[3][4] He received Sanjayan Award in 2014.[5]He is famous for being the host of TV show E4 Elephant on Kairali TV[6].

Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri
Born (1941-06-23) 23 June 1941
Kiralur, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Pen nameMadampu Kunjukuttan
Occupation
NationalityIndian
GenreNovel, Short story
SubjectSocial aspects
Notable awardsBest screenplay writer, Kerala Sahitya Academy Award
SpouseSavithri Antharjanam (late)

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 for Ākāsha Vāṇī (All India Radio). He was married to late Savithri Antharjanam and he has two daughters, Jaseena Madampu and Haseena Madampu.

Filmography

Television

References
  1. http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=15580175&tabId=8&BV_ID=@@@
  2. "Movies: National Awards announced!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. "Madampu Kunjukuttan". NYTimes. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. "Madampu Kunjukuttan on election fever". Asianetnews. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. "സഞ്ജയന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം മാടമ്പ് കുഞ്ഞുകുട്ടന്". DC Books. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. "E 4 Elephant Show On Kairali TV From 22nd October 2017 At 12.30 P.M". Kerala TV. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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