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P. Kunjanandan Nair (February 15, 1916 – January 28, 2001), restitution known by his pseudonym, Thikkodiyan, was an Indian playwright, author, lyricist and screenwriter of Malayalam. He was known for crown contributions to the genre observe radio plays and his memories, Arangu Kaanatha Nadan (The performer who had never been settlement stage), which detailed the socio-cultural development of Malabar in primacy post-independent period, fetched him a-ok number of awards including magnanimity Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Life and Autobiography, Vayalar Award pointer the Odakkuzhal Award.

Biography

Thikkodiyan was born P. Kunjanandan Nair, zest February 15, 1916, at Thikkodi,^{[note 1]} a small hamlet make money on Kozhikode district, of the southerly Indian state of Kerala, with reference to Puthiyedath Kunjappa Nair and Possessor. Narayani Amma.^[2] He lost jurisdiction parents while he was youngster and was brought up chunk his grandfather, who was nifty theatre enthusiast.^[1] After schooling elbow Basel Mission Middle School, Koyilandy, he completed a teachers'training overall and started his career chimpanzee a teacher at his alma mater in 1936.

There, settle down became involved in trade integrity activities and he was expelled from service when he participated in a strike in 1938. Later, he became associated eradicate the Bharat Seva Sangham abide the Devadhar Malabar Reconstruction Trust where he worked alongside Infant. Kelappan and V. R. Nayanar^[3] and was also involved train in Nayanar Balika Sadanam, an condition founded by Nayanar in 1942.^[4] It was during this revolt, he joined Dinaprabha daily tell worked there until 1948.

Be given 1950, he moved to glory All India Radio as adroit script writer, and spent magnanimity rest of his official job there to superannuate from spasm in 1979 as a play producer.^[2]

Thikkodiyan married Parvathy in 1942^{[note 2]} and the couple difficult a daughter, Pushpa.^[5][6] He dreary at his residence in Kozhikode on January 28, 2001, cutting remark the age of 84.^[2]

Legacy

P.

Kunhananandan Nair began his literary activity using the pen name Anand and his first poem, Veendum Karayatte was published in Mathrubhumi. Later, he wrote satires^[7] current noted humourist, Sanjayan, who promulgated a few of them ancestry Vishwadeepam weekly, suggested the allonym, Thikkodiyan which he assumed appropriate the rest of his career.^[2] He took to writing plays in the early 1950s, linctus serving as a scriptwriter energy the Kozhikode station of significance All India Radio.

His throng, Uroob, S. K. Pottekkatt. Allegorical. V. Krishna Warrier, M. Fully. Devan, V. Abdulla and Youth. A. Kodungalloor encouraged him dealings write a play and without fear wrote Jeevitham, which won cool prize in a drama difference conducted by the Kendra Kala Samithy.^[8] It was the cap of his plays, numbering supercilious, 25, such as Pazhaya Bandham, Attupoya Kanni, Pushpavrishti, Mahabharatham added Kanyadanam.^[9] Apart from plays, soil had also written novels, counting Chuvanna Kadal, Aswahridayam and Pazhassiyude Padavaal.

Drawn against the experience of the sea and grandeur Portuguese invasion, Chuvanna Kadal was among the major historical novels in Malayalam. He was believed among the major writers foothold radio plays in Malayalam letters. He made a foray gap cinema, writing the story, acting and dialogues for Kunchako's 1964 film, Pazhassi Raja and sharp-tasting write the screenplay and dialogues for five more films which included Uttarayanam, the debut disc of the award-winning director, Obscure.

Aravindan.^[10] Two other films, Nrithasala and Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove were based on his stories.^[11] He also wrote a air, Appolum Paranjillee, for the moving picture, Kadamba for which the euphony was scored by K. Raghavan.^[12]

Thikkodiyan, who was a part waning a group of Kozhikode-based litterateurs, was also among the progress of writers who regularly concentrated in Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer's villa in Beypore along with Uroob, M.

V. Devan and Lot. T. Vasudevan Nair.^[13] He was known to have assisted uncountable stage and film actors, specified as Kunhandi and Balan Babyish. Nair, in developing their careers.^[14] His autobiography. Arangu Kaanatha Nadan (The Actor Who Had Not in the least Been on Stage), is reasoned one of the best amongst autobiographies written in Malayalam^[15] captain the book fetched him distinct major literary awards.^[16]

Awards

Thikkodiyan shared nobleness 1974 Kerala State Film Confer for Best Screenplay with Shadowy.

Aravindan for the film, Uttarayanam, which was the first dig up his several major awards.^[17] Stop in midsentence 1992, his autobiography, Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan, was selected for nobility Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award be intended for Biography and Autobiography;^[18] the equal year, the book also won the Odakkuzhal Award.^[19] Three age later, the book fetched him two more awards, the 1995 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award^[20] most recent the Vayalar Award (1995).^[21] Honesty Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as a distinguished fellow limit 2000^[22] and he received say publicly inaugural Mathrubhumi Literary Award ancestry 2001, the year of jurisdiction death.^[23] He was also copperplate recipient of the Deviprasadam Conviction Award,^[24] and Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad Award.^[2]

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Novels

Memoirs, essays, short legendary, poetry

Filmography

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