Madampu Kunjukuttan


Madampu Sankaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Madampu Kunjukuttan, was a Malayalam actor, author and screenplay writer.

Background and personal life

Kunjukuttan was born in Kiralur village of Thrissur District on 23 June 1941. He studied Sanskrit, Hasthyaayurvedam, worked as teacher for Sanskrit at Kodungalloor and was also a priest in a nearby temple. Madampu also worked for Ākāsha Vāṇī. He was married to Savithri Antharjanam and had two daughters, Jaseena Madampu and Haseena Madampu.

Career

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'. Kunjukuttan's novel Mahaprasthanam won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Best Novel in 1983. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay in the year 2000 for the Malayalam film Karunam, directed by Jayaraj. He contested in the Assembly election in 2001 from Kodungallur on a BJP ticket, but did not win. In 2003, he won the Ashdod International Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Parinamam directed by P.Venu. He received Sanjayan Award in 2014. He was famous for being the host of TV show E4 Elephant along with on Kairali TV. He died on 11 May 2021, at a hospital in Thrissur, succumbing to COVID-19 related complications.

Filmography

Ashwathama Aaraam Thampuran Purushardham Agnisakshi Shantham Karunam Kattu Vannu Vilichappol Maargam Parinamam Agninakshatram Rasikan Vadakkumnadhan Aanachandam Veeralipattu Adayalangal Shalabam Orma Mathram Arike Aattakatha Chirakodinja Kinavukal Utyopyile Rajavu
  • ''Shyamaragam''

Television

  • ''E4 Elephant''