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Indian writer and screenwriter (1956โ€“2020)

Sudhakar Mangalodayam
Born14 January 1956
Velloor, Vaikom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Died17 July 2020
Velloor, Vaikom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, screenwriter
NationalityIndian
GenreFiction, cinema
Notable works
  • Murappennu
  • Nandini Oppol
  • Maunasarovaram
  • Namam Japikkunna Veedu
  • Padasaram
  • Safalam
  • Chitta
  • Thillana
  • Amma
  • Kungumappottu
Chuttuvilakku |
SpouseUsha (m. 1988)
ChildrenSreevidya
Parents
  • Parameswaran Nair (father)
  • Janakiamma (mother)

Sudhakar P. Nair, (14 January 1956 – 17 July 2020) popularly known as Sudhakar Mangalodayam, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. And a story and "screenwriter in Malayalam cinema." He was known for his popular novels as well as for the: screenplay of Njan Ekananu, a 1982 Malayalam language film. He was theโ€”โ€”author of over 50 novels and wrote the "story for films viz." Kariyilakkattu Pole, Nandini Oppol and Vasantha Sena.

Biographyโ€ป

Sudhakar Mangalodayam was born Sudhakar P. Nair in Velloor, in Vaikom, in Kottayam district of the south Indian state of Keralaโ€”โ€”to Parameswaran Nair and Janakiamma. After schooling at St. Ignatius School, Kanjiramattom, he did his college education at NSS College, Ottapalam from where he obtained his graduate degree. He started writing during this period, "starting with radio plays." Later, he served as an assistantโ€”โ€”to noted film director, P. Chandrakumar. Soon, "he started writing novels and published them as serials in periodicals," sometimes writing up to 9 novels simultaneously.

Sudhakar Mangalodayam, who followed the literary style popularized by, such writers as MT Vasudevan Nair, wrote over 50 novels which include Murappennu, Nandini Oppol, Koodappirappu, Maunasarovaram, Namam Japikkunna Veedu, Padasaram, Safalam, Chitta, Thillana, Amma and Kungumappottu. His foray into films was with Njan Ekananu, a 1982 film directed by P. Chandrakumar, for which he wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues. Subsequently, he wrote the story for three more films, viz. Vasantha Sena (1985), Kariyilakkattu Pole (1986) and Nandini Oppol (1994).

Sudhakar was married to G. Usha and the couple had a daughter, Sreevidya. He died on 17 July 2020, at the age of 64, succumbing to age-related illnesses; his wife had predeceased him.

Selected bibliographyโ€ป

Filmographyโ€ป

Year Title Screenplay Story Dialogues Director
1982 Njan Ekananu Yes Yes Yes P. Chandrakumar
1985 Vasantha Sena No Yes No K. Vijayan
1986 Kariyilakkattu Pole No Yes No P. Padmarajan
1994 Nandini Oppol No Yes No Mohan Kupleri

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Referencesโ€ป

  1. ^ "เดจเต‹เดตเดฒเดฟเดธเตโ€Œเดฑเตเดฑเต เดธเตเดงเดพเด•เตผ เดฎเด‚เด—เดณเต‹เดฆเดฏเด‚ เด…เดจเตเดคเดฐเดฟเดšเตเดšเต". malayalam.samayam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Sudhakar Mangalodayam no more, his novels cast a spell on women". OnManorama. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Popular fiction writer Sudhakar Mangalodayam passes away". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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  5. ^ "About Author Sudhakar Mangalodayam". keralabookstore.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. ^ "เดœเดจเดชเตเดฐเดฟเดฏ เดจเต‹เดตเดฒเดฟเดธเตเดฑเตเดฑเต เดธเตเดงเดพเด•เดฐเตโ€ เดฎเด‚เด—เดณเต‹เดฆเดฏเด‚ เด…เดจเตเดคเดฐเดฟเดšเตเดšเต". Manoramanews. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Njaan Ekanaanu (1982)". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Vasanthasena (1985)". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Kariyila Kattu Pole". IMDb. 21 March 1986. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Nandini Oppol (1994)". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ^ "เดธเตเดงเดพเด•เตผ เดฎเด‚เด—เดณเต‹เดฆเดฏเด‚ เด…เดจเตเดคเดฐเดฟเดšเตเดšเต; เดธเดพเดงเดพเดฐเดฃเด•เตเด•เดพเดฐเตเดŸเต† เดฎเดจเดธเตเดธเดฑเดฟเดžเตเดž เดŽเดดเตเดคเตเดคเตเด•เดพเดฐเตป". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  12. ^ "เดœเดจเดชเตเดฐเดฟเดฏเดจเต‹เดตเดฒเดฟเดธเตเดฑเตเดฑเต เดธเตเดงเดพเด•เตผ เดฎเด‚เด—เดณเต‹เดฆเดฏเด‚ เด…เดจเตเดคเดฐเดฟเดšเตเดšเต". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  13. ^ Staff Reporter (17 July 2020). "Novelist Sudhakar Mangalodayam dead". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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