Santhosh Aechikkanam

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Santhosh Aechikkanam
സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം
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Santhosh Aechikkanam in 2022
Born1971 (age 5354)
Bedadka, Kasaragod, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, screenwriter
Period1998–present
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Shwasam
  • Komala
  • Naranayum Paravayayum
  • Biriyani
Notable awards
SpouseJalsa Menon
ChildrenMahadevan
Parents
  • A. C. Chandran Nair (father)
  • Shyamala (mother)

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 .

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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. [1]

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. [3]

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. [1]

Bibliography

Short story anthologies

Poems

Memoirs

Literary criticism

Filmography

YearTitleScreenplayStoryDialoguesDirector
2012 Nidra YesNoYes Siddharth Bharathan
2012 Bachelor Party YesNoYes Amal Neerad
2013 Annayum Rasoolum YesNoYes Rajeev Ravi
2013 Idukki Gold NoYesNo Aashiq Abu
2015 Chandrettan Evideya YesYesYes Sidharth Bharathan
2014 Njan Steve Lopez YesNoYes Rajeev Ravi
2017 Aby YesYesYes Srikant Murali

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. "സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം's biography and latest film release news". FilmiBeat (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Santhosh Echikanam MB profile". Mathrubhumi. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. "Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested over remarks on backward classes". OnManorama. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. "Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested in Kerala for alleged casteist slurs, granted bail". The News Minute. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. Jisha Surya (29 August 2016). "When biriyani became haram". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. Sri Parvathi (23 August 2016). "ബിരിയാണിക്കഥ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ പൊല്ലാപ്പുകൾ". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. "Santhosh Echikkanam- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020". keralaliteraturefestival.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Express Buzz. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  10. "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu . 19 April 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  11. "SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM on DC Books". dcbookstore.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

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