Thikkodiyan Explained

Thikkodiyan
Birth Name:P. Kunjanandan Nair
Birth Date:15 February 1916
Birth Place:Thikkodi, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Death Place:Kozhikode, Kerala
Occupation:Novelist, playwright, lyricist, screenwriter
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Parvathy

P. Kunjanandan Nair (February 15, 1916  - January 28, 2001), better known by his pseudonym, Thikkodiyan, was an Indian playwright, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter of Malayalam. He was known for his contributions to the genre of radio plays and his autobiography, Arangu Kaanatha Nadan (The actor who had never been on stage), which detailed the socio-cultural development of Malabar in the post-independent period, fetched him a number of awards including the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, Vayalar Award and the Odakkuzhal Award.

Biography

Thikkodiyan was born P. Kunjanandan Nair, on February 15, 1916, at Thikkodi, a small hamlet in Kozhikode district, of the south Indian state of Kerala, to Puthiyedath Kunjappa Nair and P. Narayani Amma.[1] He lost his parents while he was boy and was brought up by his grandfather, who was a theatre enthusiast.[2] After schooling at Basel Mission Middle School, Koyilandy, he completed a teachers'training course and started his career as a teacher at his alma mater in 1936. There, he became involved in trade union activities and he was expelled from service when he participated in a strike in 1938. Later, he became associated with the Bharat Seva Sangham and the Devadhar Malabar Reconstruction Trust where he worked alongside K. Kelappan and V. R. Nayanar[3] and was also involved in Nayanar Balika Sadanam, an orphanage founded by Nayanar in 1942.[4] It was during this time, he joined Dinaprabha daily and worked there until 1948. In 1950, he moved to the All India Radio as a script writer, and spent the rest of his official career there to superannuate from service in 1979 as a drama producer.

Thikkodiyan married Parvathy in 1942 and the couple had a daughter, Pushpa.[5] [6] He died at his residence in Kozhikode on January 28, 2001, at the age of 84.

Legacy

P. Kunhananandan Nair began his literary career using the pen name Anand and his first poem, Veendum Karayatte was published in Mathrubhumi. Later, he wrote satires[7] and noted humourist, Sanjayan, who published a few of them in Vishwadeepam weekly, suggested the pseudonym, Thikkodiyan which he assumed for the rest of his career. He took to writing plays in the early 1950s, while serving as a scriptwriter at the Kozhikode station of the All India Radio. His friends, Uroob, S. K. Pottekkatt. N. V. Krishna Warrier, M. V. Devan, V. Abdulla and K. A. Kodungalloor encouraged him to write a play and he wrote Jeevitham, which won a prize in a drama competition conducted by the Kendra Kala Samithy.[8] It was the first of his plays, numbering over, 25, such as Pazhaya Bandham, Attupoya Kanni, Pushpavrishti, Mahabharatham and Kanyadanam.[9] Apart from plays, he had also written novels, including Chuvanna Kadal, Aswahridayam and Pazhassiyude Padavaal. Drawn against the background of the sea and the Portuguese invasion, Chuvanna Kadal was among the major historical novels in Malayalam. He was considered among the major writers of radio plays in Malayalam literature. He made a foray into cinema, writing the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kunchako's 1964 film, Pazhassi Raja and he write the screenplay and dialogues for five more films which included Uttarayanam, the debut film of the award-winning director, G. Aravindan.[10] Two other films, Nrithasala and Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove were based on his stories.[11] He also wrote a song, Appolum Paranjillee, for the movie, Kadamba for which the music was scored by K. Raghavan.[12]

Thikkodiyan, who was a part of a group of Kozhikode-based litterateurs, was also among the group of writers who regularly gathered in Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer's house in Beypore along with Uroob, M. V. Devan and M. T. Vasudevan Nair.[13] He was known to have assisted many stage and film actors, such as Kunhandi and Balan K. Nair, in developing their careers.[14] His autobiography. Arangu Kaanatha Nadan (The Actor Who Had Never Been on Stage), is considered one of the best among autobiographies written in Malayalam[15] and the book fetched him several major literary awards.[16]

Awards

Thikkodiyan shared the 1974 Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay with G. Aravindan for the film, Uttarayanam, which was the first of his several major awards.[17] In 1992, his autobiography, Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan, was selected for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography;[18] the same year, the book also won the Odakkuzhal Award.[19] Three years later, the book fetched him two more awards, the 1995 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award[20] and the Vayalar Award (1995).[21] The Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as a distinguished fellow in 2000[22] and he received the inaugural Mathrubhumi Literary Award in 2001, the year of his death.[23] He was also a recipient of the Deviprasadam Trust Award,[24] and Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad Award.

Bibliography

Plays

Novels

Memoirs, essays, short stories, poetry

Filmography

YearFilmContributionReference
1964Pazhassi RajaStory, screenplay, dialogues[25]
1972NrithasalaStory[26]
1974Udayam Kizhakku ThanneStory, screenplay, dialogues[27]
1974UttarayanamStory, screenplay, dialogues[28]
1979Sandhya RagamStory, screenplay, dialogues[29]
1983KadambaLyrics[30]
1984Ithiri Poove Chuvanna PooveStory[31]
1988Marikkunnilla NjanStory, screenplay, dialogues[32]

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal . 2019-04-28 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal . 2019-04-28.
  2. Web site: Thikkodiyan - Veethi profile . 2019-04-28 . veethi.com . 2019-04-28.
  3. Web site: DMRT and its Mission . 2019-04-28 . Shodhganga . 209 . 2019-04-28.
  4. Web site: District Collector visits Nayanar Balika Sadanam . Staff Reporter . 2015-04-12 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-04-28.
  5. Web site: Morning News - Guests - Pushpa (Daughter of Thikkodiyan) and Ratnakaran . MediaoneTV Live . 2016-07-13 . YouTube . 2019-04-28.
  6. Web site: തിക്കോടിയന്‍ വിശുദ്ധമായ മനസ്സിന്റെ ഉടമായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് എം.ടി . mediaone . 2019-04-28.
  7. Web site: News of Thikkodiyan's death . https://web.archive.org/web/20060721082033/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/29/stories/0429211u.htm . usurped . 21 July 2006 . The Hindu . 2019-04-28.
  8. Web site: Thikkodian--a multi-faceted personality . . 2019-04-28.
  9. Web site: List of works . 2019-04-28 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-04-28.
  10. Web site: Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Thikkodiyan . 2019-04-28 . malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  11. Web site: List of Malayalam Movies written by Thikkodiyan . 2019-04-28 . www.malayalachalachithram.com . 2019-04-28.
  12. Web site: List of Malayalam Songs from the movie Kadamba . www.malayalachalachithram.com . 2019-04-28.
  13. Web site: Muhammed Basheer's wife Fabi Basheer passes away at 77 . July 16, 2015 . Deccan Herald . 2019-04-28.
  14. Web site: Thikkodiyan a symbol of an age of optimism . Staff Reporter . 2017-06-07 . The Hindu . en-IN . 2019-04-28.
  15. Web site: Biography - Autobiography - Malayalam Literature . 2019-04-28 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-04-28.
  16. Web site: Arangu Kanatha Nadan . 2019-04-28 . www.indulekha.com . 2019-04-28 . 28 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428124303/http://www.indulekha.com/arangu-kanatha-nadan-autobiography-thikkodian . dead .
  17. Web site: KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS - 1974 . 2019-04-28 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-04-28.
  18. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography . 2019-04-28 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-04-28.
  19. Web site: Winners of Odakkuzhal Award . 2019-04-28 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-04-28.
  20. Web site: Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm . 24 May 2007 . dead . 11 April 2011.
  21. Web site: Winners of Vayalar Award . 2019-04-28 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-04-28.
  22. Web site: Honorary Fellows - Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-04-28 . Kerala Sahitya Akademi . 2019-04-28.
  23. Web site: Mathrubhumi Literary Award . 2019-04-28 . www.keralaculture.org . en . 2019-04-28.
  24. https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2: Deviprasaadam Trust"
  25. Web site: Pazhassiraaja [1964] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  26. Web site: Nrithasaala [1972] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  27. Web site: Udayam Kizhakku Thanne (Thalappizha) [1974] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  28. Web site: Utharayanam [1975] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  29. Web site: Sandhyaaraagam [1979] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  30. Web site: List of Malayalam Movies containing Songs written by Thikkodiyan . 2019-04-28 . www.malayalachalachithram.com . 2019-04-28.
  31. Web site: Ithirippoove Chuvannapoove [1984] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.
  32. Web site: Marikkunnilla Njaan [1988] ]. malayalasangeetham.info . 2019-04-28.

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