Madhu Muttam

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Madhu Muttom
Born
Madhu K Panicker

(1951-08-01) August 1, 1951 (age 72)
Muttom, Haripad, Kerala
OccupationScript writer
Years active1988present

Madhu Muttom is an Indian screenwriter from Kerala.

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Life

His second film as a screenwriter was Manichitrathazhu (1993).[ citation needed ] It was remade in Kannada as Apthamitra and in Tamil as Chandramukhi , and finally in Hindi as Bhool Bhulaiyaa .[ citation needed ]

The story is inspired by a tragedy that happened in an Ezhava tharavad, the Alummoottil meda (an old traditional mansion) located at Muttom (near Haripad), belonging to a central Travancore Channar family, in the 19th century. [1] The story writer Madhu K Panicker or Madhu Muttam himself belongs to this Alummoottil Tharavad.

Madhu Muttom is unmarried and currently lives alone in the village of Muttom at Haripad. [2]

Madhu's first film was Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal (1986). The film titled Bharathan is the second venture by the director Anil Das who debuted by Sargavasantham in 1995.

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
1986 Ennennum Kannettante Fazil Story
1988 Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal Kamal Story
1993 Manichitrathazhu FazilStory
Screenplay
Dialogue
1998 Harikrishnans Fazil Dialogue
2007 Bharathan Effect Anil Das Story
Screenplay
Dialogue
2011 Kanakompathu MahadevanStory
Screenplay
Dialogue

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  1. Social Mobility in Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict. 2000. p. 264. ISBN   0-7453-1693-X.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)