Jamal Kochangadi

Jamal Kochangadi is an Indian writer, script writer, lyricist and music journalist.

Early life

Kochangadi was born on 30 April 1944 in Kochangadi, in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. His parents were P.A. Zainuddhin Naina and Sulekha.

After completing school in 1963, he joined Kerala Nadam, an evening newspaper, eventually becoming the Chief Editor of the Bharatharajyam Evening Newspaper. Then he worked in a couple of small newspapers in Kochi like Yuva Keralam, Jai Hind, Cochin Express and a weekly named Film Nadam. From 1980 onwards he held positions in news dailies such as League Times, Madhyamam, and Thejus. From 1988 to 2018 he was in charge of the Special Edition of newspapers. He became the editor of Varadya Madhyamam and Thejus Sunday Edition.
His short story Chappa was made into a feature film of the same name, directed by P. A. Backer. The film was released in 1982 and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.

Anjum Moonnum Onnu- Short story collection, written in 1961, when he was a final year student at school in association with Late MJ Zackaria Sait

Pena Sakshi Memories of media life through letter communication with eminent persons.
Ithente Kochi Memories of Cochin
Basheer, Vijayan, Mammootty pinne mattu chilarum. Memories of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, O. V. Vijayan, Mammootty and other well known dignitaries.

Sathyam Parayunna Nunayanmaar- Interviews with cartoonists from Kerala like O. V. Vijayan, Kutty (cartoonist), E. P. Unny etc.,