Santhosh Aechikkanam Explained

Santhosh Aechikkanam
സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം
Native Name Lang:ml
Birth Place:Bedadka, Kasaragod, Kerala, India
Occupation:Writer, screenwriter
Period:1998–present
Genre:Fiction
Spouse:Jalsa Menon
Children:Mahadevan

Santhosh Aechikkanam is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, which include Komala and Biriyani. He also wrote screenplays for films such as Annayum Rasoolum and Bachelor Party.

Biography

Santhosh Aechikkanam was born in 1971 in a farmer's family in Bedadka, in Kasargod district of the Indian state of Kerala to A. C. Chandran Nair and Shyamala.[1] [2] After graduating in Malayalam and literature, he secured a post graduate diploma in Journalism and mass communication from Kerala Press Academy.[3] He has worked as a teacher at Durga Higher Secondary School, Kanhangad and was also associated with Akashvani.

Aechikkanam was involved in a controversy due to his allegedly casteist remarks at a literary festival.[4] [5] His famous short story Biryani sparked controversy amid allegations that it was part of a deliberate effort to create an anti-Muslim collective consciousness through its narrative.[6] [7]

Aechikkanam received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story for his short story Komala (2008).[8] [9] [10] He has also received several other honours, including Padmaprabha Literary Award, Karur Award, Pravasi Basheer Award, Abudhabi Sakthi Award, Cherukad Award, V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award, Kolkata Bhasha Sahithya Parishad Award, Delhi Katha Award and Kerala State Television Award for best story.

Aechikkanam is married to Jalsa Menon, who is a college professor and the couple has a son, Mahadevan.[11] The family lives in Ayyanthole in Thrissur district.

Bibliography

Short story anthologies

Poems

Memoirs

Literary criticism

Filmography

YearTitleScreenplayStoryDialoguesDirector
2012 Yes No Yes Siddharth Bharathan
2012 Yes No Yes Amal Neerad
2013 Annayum Rasoolum Yes No Yes Rajeev Ravi
2013 No Yes No Aashiq Abu
2015 Chandrettan Evideya Yes Yes Yes Sidharth Bharathan
2014 Njan Steve Lopez Yes No Yes Rajeev Ravi
2017 Yes Yes Yes Srikant Murali

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019 . 2020-09-21 . Mathrubhumi . en.
  2. Web site: സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം's biography and latest film release news . 2020-09-21 . FilmiBeat . ml.
  3. Web site: 2020-09-21 . Santhosh Echikanam MB profile . 2020-09-21 . Mathrubhumi . en.
  4. Web site: Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested over remarks on backward classes . 2020-09-21 . OnManorama . en.
  5. Web site: 2018-12-16 . Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested in Kerala for alleged casteist slurs, granted bail . 2020-09-21 . The News Minute . en.
  6. News: Jisha Surya . 29 August 2016 . When biriyani became haram . The Times of India . 6 April 2024.
  7. News: Sri Parvathi . 23 August 2016 . ബിരിയാണിക്കഥ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ പൊല്ലാപ്പുകൾ . Malayala Manorama . ml . 6 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Santhosh Echikkanam- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020 . 2020-09-21 . keralaliteraturefestival.com.
  9. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced. The Express Buzz. 19 April 2009. 18 July 2009.
  10. Web site: Sahitya Akademi awards announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20090422154508/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/19/stories/2009041954720500.htm. dead. 22 April 2009. 19 April 2009. The Hindu. 18 July 2009.
  11. Web site: SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM on DC Books . 2020-09-21 . dcbookstore.com.

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