Jamal Kochangadi Explained

Jamal Kochangadi
Birth Name:	P Z Mohamad Jamal
Birth Date:	30 April 1944
Birth Place:	Kochangadi, Kochi Kerala India
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Journalist, Lyricist, Author
Years Active:	1963–present

Jamal Kochangadi ^[1] is an Indian writer, script writer, lyricist and music journalist.^[2] ^[3]

Early life

Kochangadi was born on 30 April 1944 in Kochangadi, in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. His parents were P.A. Zainuddhin Naina (Freedom fighter, journalist, political leader, founder of Coir Fed) and Sulekha.

Career

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.^[4] ^[5] 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.^[6]

Literary works

Short stories

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 (former Deputy Speaker of Kerala)

Translation

Hitlarude Manass (Mind of Hitler)
Marubhumiyile Pravachakan (Prophet of the Desert)
Classic Abhimukhangal (Classic Interviews)
Dhyanam Islamil (Contemplation in Islam)
Columusum mattu yathrikarum (Columbus and other travelers.)

Biography

Latha Mangeshkar- Music and Life,
Luminaries of World Literature (Brief biographical notes on 150 world known writers)
From Tansen to Zakir Hussain (Biographies of Musical legends)
Melody (Biosketches of 40 Hindi film singers and Composers)

As editor

Baburaj (An anthology of music composer MS Baburaj)
Kerala Samskraram – Adanapradanangal (Collection of studies on Kerala Culture)

Fiction

Sfadikam Pole (Like a crystal)
Nilavinte Sangeetham (Music of moonlight)

Collection of Social Essays

Manpazham thinnu maricha kutty, akathalam, sthree kudumbam, kuttikal

Memoirs

Pena Sakshi (Pen as witness) Memories of media life through letter communication with eminent persons.
Ithente Kochi (This is my Cochi) Memories of Cochin
Basheer, Vijayan, Mammootty pinne mattu chilarum. Memories of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, O. V. Vijayan, Mammootty and other well known dignitaries.

Play

Iniyum Unarathavar (Kozhikode Sangamam Theatres)
Kshubhitharude Ashamsakal (Stage India, Kozhikode)

Interviews

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

Songs

Pravachana ganangal - Musical Album on Prophet Muhammad
Marakkillorikalum

Filmography as lyricist

Year	Song	Film	Singers
1980	Aa Churam Ee Churam
1980	En Mooka Vishadham
1983	En Manassil (F)
1983	En Manassil (M)

Awards

Thiruvananthapuram Muslim Association Puraskaram
P.A. Sayed Mohammad Foundation Award
P.A. Backer Puraskaram
J.C.Kuttikad Award
Kozhikode Souhrida Puraskaram
Vakkam Abdul Khader Smaraka Puraskaram (Trivandrum)
Qatar Thanathu Samskarika Vedi Puraskaram ^[7]

References

News: Looking back at Kochi. K.. Pradeep. The Hindu. 13 April 2018. www.thehindu.com.
Web site: തിരസ്ക്കാരങ്ങളുടെ ഭാണ്ഡവുമായി പ്രതിഭയുടെ "വലിയങ്ങാടി". 25 March 2017.
Web site: നീയെന്തറിയുന്നു നീലത്താരകമേ.... 19 November 2017. Malayalam News.
Web site: ജമാല്‍ കൊച്ചങ്ങാടിക്ക് കോഴിക്കോട് സൗഹൃദ കൂട്ടായ്മയുടെ ആദരം. 30 October 2020.
News: An unsung musician. The Hindu. 6 February 2015.
http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=534 ജമാൽ കൊച്ചങ്ങാടി - മലയാള ചലച്ചിത്രം
Web site: State Media Awards Announced. The New Indian Express. 14 November 2014 .