Madampu Kunjukuttan
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]
Background and personal life
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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]
Filmography
[edit]- Shyamaragam (2020)
- Utyopyile Rajavu (2015)
- Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2015)
- 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)
Television
[edit]- E4 Elephant[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Writer-actor Madampu Kunjukuttan passes away". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "എഴുത്തുകാരനും നടനുമായ മാടമ്പ് കുഞ്ഞുക്കുട്ടന് അന്തരിച്ചു". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Movies: National Awards announced!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- ^ Muringatheri, Mini (11 May 2021). "Writer, actor Madampu Kunjukuttan passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Madampu Kunjukuttan". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Madampu Kunjukuttan on election fever". Asianetnews. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "സഞ്ജയന് പുരസ്കാരം മാടമ്പ് കുഞ്ഞുകുട്ടന്". DC Books. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Romig, Rollo (14 August 2013). "The Hard Life of Celebrity Elephants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "എഴുത്തുകാരനും നടനുമായ മാടമ്പ് കുഞ്ഞുക്കുട്ടൻ അന്തരിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
External links
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- 1941 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Thrissur district
- Male actors from Thrissur
- Male actors in Malayalam cinema
- Indian male film actors
- Malayalam-language novelists
- Malayalam short story writers
- Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- 20th-century Indian short story writers
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- Indian male short story writers
- Indian male novelists
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- 20th-century Indian novelists
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- 20th-century Indian male writers
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- Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India