M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

M.T. in 2015

Born| Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair
(1933-07-15)15 July 1933
Kudallur, Ponnani taluk, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India
Died| 25 December 2024(2024-12-25) (aged 91)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Occupation| Novelist, short story writer, screenplay writer, film director
Language| Malayalam, English
Alma mater| Victoria College, Palakkad
Genre| Novel, short story, children's literature, travelogue, essays
Subject| Social aspects, Oriented on the basic Kerala family and cultures
Notable works|

* Naalukettu
* Randamoozham
* Manju
* Kaalam
* Asuravithu
* Iruttinte Athmavu

Notable awards|

* Padma Bhushan
* Kerala Jyothi
* Jnanpith
* Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

Spouse|

* Prameela

(m. 1965; div. 1976)​

* Kalamandalam Saraswathi

(m. 1977)​

Signature

Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (15 July 1933 – 25 December 2024) was an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and was one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature. Randamoozham, which retells the story of the Mahabharata from the point of view of Bhimasena, is widely credited as his masterpiece.

At the age of 20, as a chemistry undergraduate, he won the prize for the best short story in Malayalam for Valarthumrigangal at World Short Story Competition jointly conducted by New York Herald Tribune, Hindustan Times, and Mathrubhumi. His first major novel, Naalukettu (The Legacy), written at the age of 23, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. His other novels include Manju (Mist), Kaalam (Time), Asuravithu (The Demon Seed), and Randamoozham (The Second Turn). The emotional experiences of his early days went into his novels, and most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture. His three novels set in traditional tharavads in Kerala are Naalukettu, Asuravithu, and Kaalam.

Nair was a screenwriter and director of Malayalam films. He directed seven films and wrote the screenplay for around 54 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times, for: Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994), which is the most by anyone in the screenplay category. In 1995 he was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2005, India's third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan, was awarded to him. He died in Kozhikode on 25 December 2024.

## Early life and education

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M.T.Vasudevan Nair at a Kozhikode function

Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair[1] was born on 15 July 1933[2] in the village of Kudallur, then in Ponnani Taluk (now in Pattambi Taluk, Palakkad District).[3] His birthplace fell under Malabar District in erstwhile Madras Presidency of the British Raj. He was the youngest of four children born to T. Narayanan Nair and Ammalu Amma.[4] His father was in Ceylon, and he spent his early days in Kudallur and in his father's house in Punnayurkulam, a village in the present-day Thrissur district.[4]

Although his family did not nurture an interest in reading, Nair started writing at an early age and had his work published in magazines.[5]

Nair attended Malamakkavu Elementary School and then Kumaranelloor High School. He had to break education after high school, and when he joined college in 1949, he was advised to opt for the science stream as it was felt that a degree in science secured a job faster than any other degree.[6] He obtained a degree in chemistry from Victoria College, Palakkad in 1953.[6][5]

He taught mathematics in Pattambi Board High School and Chavakkad Board High School for over a year and worked in M.B. Tutorial College, Palakkad during 1955–56.[7] He also worked as a gramasevakan at a block development office in Taliparamba, Kannur for a few weeks before joining Mathrubhumi Weekly as subeditor in 1957.[6][5]

## Literary career

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### Short stories

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M T Vasudevan Nair

Nair began writing at a very young age, inspired by his elder brothers who wrote time and again in several literary journals and poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri who was his senior at high school.[7] He initially wrote poems but soon changed to prose writing.[7] His first published work was an essay on the diamond industry of ancient India, titled "Pracheenabharathathile Vaira Vyavasayam", which appeared in Keralakshemam, a biweekly published by C. G. Nair from Guruvayoor. His first story "Vishuvaghosham" was published in Madras-based Chitrakeralam magazine in 1948. The story explores the feelings of a boy too poor to have firecrackers of his own, as he stands listening to the sounds of crackers coming from the houses of the rich celebrating the new year festival of Vishu: an overwhelming sense of loss, the painful realisation that this is the way things are and the way they're likely to stay.[8] His first book, Raktham Puranda Manaltharikal was published in 1952.[4]

Nair's first literary prize came to him while he was a student at Victoria College, Palakkad - his short story "Valarthumrigangal" (Pet Animals) won first prize in the World Short Story Competition conducted by The New York Herald Tribune, Hindustan Times, and Mathrubhumi in 1954.[6] It was a short story delineating the pathetic plight of circus artistes. The numerous stories that followed dealt with themes culled from widely different milieus and contexts but were uniformly successful and popular.[6]

The noted collections of his stories are Iruttinte Athmavu, Olavum Theeravum, Bandhanam, Varikkuzhi, Dare-e-Salam, Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam, Vaanaprastham and Sherlock.[9] "Iruttinte Athmavu" ("Soul of Darkness"), one of the most celebrated among his short stories, is the heart wrenching story of a 21-year-old man, regarded as a lunatic by everyone and treated abominably. The story reveals the insanity behind the civilised and supposedly sane world. The story "Sherlock" moves between the rural milieu familiar to Nair's readers and the sophisticated world of Indian immigrants in the US, highlighting the contrast between them with subtle irony. Nair wrote passionately of the cruelty hidden at the heart of a seemingly idyllic rural life ("Kurukkante Kalyanam" or "The Jackal's Wedding" and "Shilalikhithangal" or "Stone Inscriptions") and of the privations endured by those dependent on the agricultural cycle ("Karkitakom" and "Pallivalum Kalchilambum" or "Sacred Sword and Anklets"). In the story "Vanaprastham", he studies the delicately balanced relationship between a teacher and a student that has miraculously survived the years.[10]

Nair was of the opinion that short story is a genre in which a writer can achieve near perfection. He, along with T. Padmanabhan, served as bridges between the early modern short story writers in Malayalam, of the so-called renaissance, and the new short story of the late fifties and sixties.[11]

### Naalukettu and Asuravithu

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Main articles: Naalukettu (novel) and Asuravithu (novel)

Nair's debut novel Pathiravum Pakalvelichavum (Midnight and Daylight) was serialised in Mathrubhumi Weekly in 1957.[4] His first major work Naalukettu (The Legacy; 1958) is a veritable depiction of the situation which prevailed in a typical joint family when its fortunes is on a steady decline. The title attributes to Nālukettu, a traditional ancestral home (Taravad) of a Nair joint family. The novel remains a classic in Malayalam fiction. It contributed to the renewal of a literary tradition initiated by S. K. Pottekkatt, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer and Uroob in the 1950s.[12] It was given the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1959. It has had 23 reprints and was translated into 14 languages and had a record sale of a half a million copies (as of 2008) and still features in the best-seller lists.[13][14] Nair himself adapted the novel into a television film for Doordarshan in 1995. It won the Kerala State Television Award for the year 1996.[15]

Asuravithu (The Demon Seed; 1972) which is set in a fictional Valluvanadan village named Kizhakkemuri can be considered almost as a sequel to Naalukettu. It has the same geophysical and socio-cultural setting. The novel describes the plight of the protagonist Govindankutty, the youngest son of a proud Nair tharavadu, as he is trapped between the social scenario, social injustice and his own inner consciousness. In Asuravithu there are clear indications of the damaging impact of an alien culture in the pollution of the indigenous culture and the disintegration of the family and the community. These two early novels—Naalukettu and Asuravithu—depict a phase in which the economic and cultural scenario of Kerala manifested symptoms which were to develop into dangerous ecocidal tendencies at a later stage.[16]

### Manju and Kaalam

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Main articles: Manju (novel) and Kaalam (novel)

His later novels, such as Manju (Mist; 1964) and Kaalam (Time; 1969), are characterised by profuse lyricism which cannot be found in Naalukettu or Asuravithu. The eco-feminist theme of patriarchal domination and exploitation gained more prominence in Manju, Nair's only novel with a female protagonist (Vimala). Set in the splendid landscape of Nainital, it stands apart as set in a milieu different from the usual one, the Valluvanadan village. The plot of the novel is allegedly similar to a Hindi story Parinde (Birds, 1956), by Nirmal Verma. However, both Nair and Verma had rejected these claims.[17]

In the novel Kaalam, Nair returned to his favourite milieu, the dilapidated joint-family Nair tarwad set against the wider backdrop of the Valluvanadan village in the backdrop of the crumbling matrilineal order of Kerala in a newly independent India. Sethu, the protagonist, is toppled over by the eddies of social, cultural and economic transformation. Kaalam, though not strictly autobiographical, has a strong autobiographical element in it. Manju had a film adaptation in 1983, written and directed by Nair himself.[18] The novel also had a Hindi-language film adaptation titled Sharad Sandhya.[19]

### Randamoozham

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Main article: Randamoozham

Randamoozham (The Second Turn; 1984), retells the story of the Mahabharatha from the point of view of Bhimasena, supposed to be the son of Vayu; this is demystified or demythified in the novel. In this novel, Bhima gains, through the author's ironic undertones, a new psychological depth. "I have not changed the framework of the story by the first Vyasa, Krishna-Dwaipayana. I have read between his lines and expanded on his pregnant silences," says the author.[20]

### Varanasi

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Nair's novel Varanasi (2002) is based around a journey to Varanasi, a pilgrim centre in North India. [21] With no intricate plot, the novel is an experiment. It was well received in the literary circles but received criticism from critic and painter M. V. Devan.[22]

### Other works

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Nair wrote the novel Arabi Ponnu (The Gold of Arabia) along with N. P. Mohammed. Nair and Mohamed stayed in a rented house in Karuvarakkundu village, Malappuram for a period of two weeks to complete this work.[23]

Nair authored two books on the craft of writing—Kaathikante Panippura and Kaathikante Kala—and his anecdotal columns articles on various topics and speeches on different occasions have been compiled under the titles Kilivaathililude, Kannanthalippookkalude Kaalam, Vakkukalude Vismayam and Eekakikalude Sabdam. Manushyar Nizhalukal and Aalkkoottathil Thaniye are his travelogues.[24]

## Other activities

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Nair occupied many important positions in various literary bodies, including the presidency of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and the chairmanship of Tunchan Memorial Trust.[25]

Nair joined the Mathrubhumi Group of Publications in 1956.[26][27] He served as editor of periodicals and chief editor of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly.[28]

## Film career

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Nair along with Ramachandra Babu, who served as cinematographer in many of his films.

Nair is one of the most distinguished and well accepted script writers and directors in Malayalam cinema.[29] He has directed seven films and written the screenplay for around 54 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times for: Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994), which is the most by anyone in the screenplay category.[30]

Nair wrote his first screenplay in 1965 for Murappennu, at the behest of producer Shobhana Parameswaran Nair. The film was an adaptation of his story "Snehathinte Mukhangal". The Hindu described it as "a well-made film with a compelling plot" and as "one of the most significant films in the history of Malayalam cinema".[31]

Nair was the first and foremost script writer in Malayalam who wrote screenplays after having learnt cinema as a distinctive visual art which has its own language, grammar and structure.[29] It was only after he began writing screenplays the Malayali viewers began to consider film script as a distinctive genre which has its own genuine features. Also, it was M.T who elevated this medium of writing as a literary form.[29]

Nair's screenplays have won social attention for the portrayal of the social and cultural crisis in the contemporary life of Kerala. The disintegration of human values and relationship which creates identity crisis, sense of loss, dehumanisation, alienation from one's own surroundings, etc. have been presented in its depth by Nair more than any other writers. The best examples are Kanyakumari, Varikkuzhi, Vilkkanundu Swapnangal, Sadayam, Asuravithu, Edavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha, Akshrangal, Aalkkoottathil Thaniye, Aaroodam etc.[29] A salient aspect of Nair's screenplays is the effective presentation of the ecological or geographical factors and elements making use of the visual possibilities of their portrayal.[29] Another unique feature is the language employed in them. Some of his screenplays are known for giving new interpretations to historical characters and historical stories. For instance, he gives the legends woven around the popular story of Perumthachan a new interpretation in his screenplay, based on his own assessment of Perumthachan's character.[32] According to the folklore Vadakkanpattu (Northern Ballads), Chandu is said to have betrayed his cousin because he was jealous of Aaromal's popularity and abilities. But Nair's Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha presents an alternative version of the same legend, as it presents the incident from Chandu's perspective, suggesting that grave injustice has been done to Chandu by wrongly accusing him of replacing the rivets.[29]

In 1973, Nair made his directorial debut with Nirmalyam which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.[33] The film is about a village oracle whose services are no longer needed by the community and whose family begins to fall apart.[34] Nair scripted and directed many more films including the award-winning Bandhanam, Kadavu and Oru Cheru Punchiri,[30] set in 16th-century Kerala.[5] Kadavu won awards at the Singapore International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival.[30] His cinema work also includes three documentaries and one TV series. He has written songs for the 1981 film Valarthumrugangal which were set to tune by M. B. Sreenivasan.[35]

Nair was the chairman of Indian Panorama of the 46th National Film Awards (1998).[36] He has also been a member of Film Finance Corporation, National Film Development Corporation and Film Censoring Committee. He has also served as a faculty in the Film and Television Institute, Pune.[37]

## Literary style and themes

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M.T. Vasudevan Nair

Nair was born and brought up in a sylvan village on the banks of Nila. The writer has so often acknowledged his indebtedness to the ethos of his village and to Nila which has ever been the mainspring of his creative inspiration. Nila occurs and re-occurs in Nair's fiction, as a presence and as a symbol, endorsing this view.[38][39] The staple locale of his fiction is the Valluvanadan village. The landscape and ethos of the Valluvanad region and the transformations undergone by them in the course of the century, involving relics of the tarawad and the communal tensions provide a challenging theme for the highly evocative style of Vasudevan Nair's narrative art. The temporal milieu of Nair's fiction stretches over the second half of the twentieth century, a period of tremendous social, cultural and economic changes.[11][40]

It was in the sixties that Nair rose to prominence as a writer. The phase of social realism had come to an end.[11] In his opinion, class-war the ideal which had inspired the writers belonging to the preceding generation had almost lost its relevance by the time he entered the literary career. The prominent Malayalam writers of the pre-independence phase—Thakazhi, Vallathol and Kesavadev—were all stimulated by the progressive leftist ideals. They focussed their attention on social conflict as the theme for their writings—Conflict between capital and labour, between the landlord and the tenant, between the oppressor and the oppressed. Nair felt that this theme of conflict was an outdated phenomenon in the context of present Kerala. The protagonists of Nair are men out of society and at war with themselves, a sharp contrast to the heroes of Kesavadev or Thakazhi who fight a losing war against the hostile forces in the society. Nair, in spite of his broad and deep sympathy for the marginalised, doesn't identify himself with any particular political ideology or movement.[11]

## Personal life and death

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Nair married twice. He first married writer and translator Prameela in 1965. They separated after 11 years of marriage.[7] He had a daughter from this marriage, Sithara, who works as a business executive in the United States.[7]

In 1977 he married dance artist Kalamandalam Saraswathi,[41] with whom he had a daughter, dancer Aswathy Nair.[42][43]

Nair resided in Sithara, Kottaram Road, Kozhikode, named after his eldest daughter.[44]

He died on 25 December 2024, at the age of 91. He had been admitted to Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode on 15 December due to breathing difficulties. Despite medical intervention, his condition worsened, and he suffered a cardiac arrest, leading to his death.[45][46][5][47][48]

## Recognition, awards, and honours

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Nair is regarded as one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature.[30][25][49][50]

He was bestowed with honorary D. Litt. degree by the Calicut University and Mahatma Gandhi University.[46]

As of 2016 the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., United States, had a collection of 62 books authored by Nair (including some English translations) or about him.[25]

### Honours

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* 1996: Honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from University of Calicut[51]
* 1996: Honorary doctorate from Mahatma Gandhi University[52]
* 2005: Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India[53][54]
* 2008: Honorary doctorate from Netaji Subhas Open University[55]
* 2022: Kerala Awards, instituted by the Government of Kerala[56]

### Literary awards

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* 1958: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel – Naalukettu[57]
* 1970: Kendra Sahitya Academy Award – Kaalam[58]
* 1982: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama – Gopura Nadayil[59]
* 1985: Vayalar Award for Randamoozham[60]
* 1986: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story – Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam[61]
* 1993: Odakkuzhal Award \- Vanaprastham[62]
* 1994: Muttathu Varkey Award[63]
* 1995: Jnanpith Award for his contributions to Malayalam literature[64]
* 1998: Padmarajan Award \- Kaazhcha[65]
* 2001: Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Sahithya Award[66]
* 2003: Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award[67]
* 2005: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship[68]
* 2005: Vallathol Award[69]
* 2005: Mathrubhumi Literary Award[70]
* 2011: Ezhuthachan Award[71]
* 2011: T. K. Puraskaram[72]
* 2011: Suvarnamudra Award[73]
* 2011: Mayilpeeli Award[74]
* 2013: Sahitya Akademi Fellowship[75]
* 2013: Sree Chithira Thirunal Award[76]
* 2013: K. P. S. Menon Award[77]
* 2014: Nalappadan Award 2014 for his Holistic Contributions to Malayalam Literature (Nalappadan Memorial Cultural Society-NMCS)[78]
* 2014: Suvarnamudra Award by Guruvayur Naadha Brahmolsavam[79]
* 2014: A. R. Raja Raja Varma Award[80]
* 2014: Kakkanadan Award[81]
* 2014: Balamani Amma Award[82]
* 2014: Tata-Landmark Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award[83][84]
* 2015: O.M.C. Narayanan Namboodiripad Memorial Devi Prasadam Trust's Award for Literature[85]
* 2015: Thakazhi Award[86]
* 2016: Deshabhimani Award[87]
* 2018: O. N. V. Literary Award[88]
* 2024: Amar Ujala Aakashdeep Award[89]

### Film awards

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#### National Film Awards

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Nair won the following National Film Awards:

* 1973: Best Film – Nirmalyam[90]
* 1989: Best Screenplay – Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha[91]
* 1991: Best Screenplay – Kadavu[92]
* 1991: Best Feature Film in Malayalam – Kadavu[92]
* 1992: Best Screenplay – Sadayam[93]
* 1994: Best Screenplay – Parinayam[94]
* 2000: Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation – Oru Cheru Punchiri[95]

#### Kerala State Film Awards

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He won the following Kerala State Film Awards:

* 1970: Best Screenplay – Olavum Theeravum[96]
* 1973: Best Film – Nirmalayam[96]
* 1973: Best Director – Nirmalayam[96]
* 1973: Best Screenplay – Nirmalayam[96]
* 1978: Best Film – Bandhanam[96]
* 1980: Best Story – Oppol[96]
* 1981: Best Screenplay – Thrishna, Valarthu Mrigangal[97]
* 1983: Best Story – Aaroodam[97]
* 1985: Best Story – Anubandham[97]
* 1986: Best Screenplay – Panchagni, Nakhakshathangal[97]
* 1987: Best Screenplay – Amrutham Gamaya[97]
* 1989: Best Screenplay – Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha[97]
* 1990: Best Screenplay – Perumthachan[97]
* 1991: Best Film – Kadavu[98]
* 1991: Best Director – Kadavu[98]
* 1991: Best Screenplay – Kadavu[98]
* 1994: Best Story – Sukrutham[98]
* 1994: Best Screenplay – Parinayam[98]
* 1998: Best Screenplay – Daya[98]
* 2000: Best Director – Oru Cheru Punchiri[99]
* 2009: Best Screenplay – Pazhassi Raja[100]

#### Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

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He also won Kerala Film Critics Association Awards:[101]

* 1978: Best Screenplay – Bandhanam
* 1980: Best Screenplay – Vilkkanundu Swapnangal
* 1981: Best Story – Valarthumrugangal
* 1982: Best Story – Vaarikuzhi
* 1984: Best Screenplay – Aalkkoottathil Thaniye
* 1985: Best Screenplay – Anubandham
* 1985: Best Story – Anubandham
* 1994: Best Screenplay – Sukrutham
* 1997: Best Screenplay – Ennu Swantham Janakikutty

#### Other film awards

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Other film awards won by Nair include:

* 1991: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South[102]
* 1992: Singapore International Film Festival \- Special Jury Award – Kadavu[103]
* 1992: Tokyo International Film Festival \- Asia Future Prize – Kadavu[103]
* 1996: Kerala State Television Award – Naalukettu[15]
* 2003: Asianet Film Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award[104]
* 2016: Asianet Film Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award[105][circular reference]
* 2013: J. C. Daniel Award by the Government of Kerala[106]

## Bibliography

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### Novels

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* Naalukettu (The Legacy). Thrissur: Current. 1958.
* Pathiravum Pakalvelichavum (Midnight and Daylight). Thrissur: Current. 1959.
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair; N. P. Mohammed (1960). Arabi Ponnu (The Gold of Arabia). Thrissur: Current.
* Asuravithu (The Demon Seed). Thrissur: Current. 1962.
* Manju (Mist). Thrissur: Current. 1964.
* Kaalam (Time). Thrissur: Current. 1969.
* Vilapayathra. Kottayam: SPCS. 1978.
* Randamoozham (The Second Turn). Kottayam: SPCS. 1984.
* Varanasi. Thrissur: Current. 2002.

### Short story collections

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* Raktham Puranda Mantharikal (Blood-soaked Sand). Palghat: Kalaradhaka Sangham. 1952. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Veyilum Nilavum (Sunlight and Moonlight). Madras: Janatha Printing & Publishing House. 1954.
* Vedanayude Pookkal (Flowers of Sorrow). Palghat: Samadarsi. 1955.
* Ninte Ormakku (For Your Memories). Thrissur: Current. 1956. (Collection of 6 stories)
* Olavum Theeravum (Ripple and Shore). Trivandrum: Janatha. 1957. (Collection of 6 stories)
* Iruttinte Athmavu (The Soul of the Darkness). Thrissur: Current. 1957.
* Kuttyedathy. Thrissur: Current. 1959. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Nashtappetta Dinangal (Lost Days). Thrissur: Current. 1960. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Bandhanam (The Binding). Thrissur: Current. 1963. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Kaliveedu (Playhouse). Calicut: Poorna. 1966. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Pathanam (The Fall). Thrissur: Current. 1966. (Collection of 4 stories)
* Varikkuzhi (The Trap). Thrissur: Current. 1967. (Collection of 5 stories)
* M.T.yude Thiranjedutha Kathakal. Thrissur: Current. 1968. (Collection of 34 stories)
* Dar-S-Salam. Thrissur: Current. 1970. (Collection of 5 stories)
* Ajnjathante Uyaratha Smarakam. Thrissur: Current. 1973. (Collection of 4 stories)
* Abhayam Thedi Veendum. Kottayam: SPCS. 1978. (Collection of 3 stories)
* Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam (When the Heaven's Gates Open). Calicut: Poorna. 1980.
* Vanaprastham (Into the Forest). Thrissur: Current. 1992. (Collection of 4 stories)
* Sherlek. Thrissur: Current. 1998. (Collection of 4 stories)

### Children's literature

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* Manikyakallu. Thrissur: Current. 1957.
* Daya Enna Penkutty. Calicut: Malayalam. 1987. With illustrations by N. P. Hafiz Mohamad
* Thanthrakkari. Calicut: Guru. 1993. With illustrations by Madanan

### Essays

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* Kilivaathililude. Thrissur: August Books. 1992. (Collection of essays)
* Ekakikalude Sabdam. Kottayam: DC Books. 1994. (Collection of essays and an interview with Toni Morrison)
* Ramaneeyam Oru Kaalam. Calicut: Olive. 1998. (Collection of 34 essays in five parts)

### Memoirs

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* Kannanthalippookkalude Kaalam. Thrissur: Current. 2003. (Collection of 27 essays)
* Snehadarangalode. Calicut: Haritham. 2003. (Collection of memoirs about 19 persons and the screenplay for the documentary Thakazhi)
* Ammaykku. Thrissur: Current. 2005.
* Chithratheruvukal. Calicut: Olive. 2010.

### Plays

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* Gopuranadayil. Calicut: Poorna. 1980.

### Speeches

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* M. N. Karassery, ed. (1999). Vakkukalude Vismayam. Calicut: Pappiyon. (Collection of 32 speeches)
* Jalakangalum Kavadangalum. Kannur: Kairali Books. 2011. (Collection of speeches)

### Studies

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* Kaathikante Panippura. Thrissur: Current. 1963. (Collection of 5 essays: Enthinezhuthunnu, Kathakaraniloode Kathayilekk, Noveline Patti, Oru Katha Janikkunnu, Kathikante Balapathangal)
* Hemingway: Oru Mukhavura. Thrissur: Current. 1964.
* Kaathikante Kala. Kottayam: DC Books. 1984. (Collection of 7 essays)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair; M. M. Sasheer, eds. (1988). Pakarppavakasha Niyamam. Calicut: Classic Book Trust.

### Translations

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* M. T. Vasudevan Nair; N. P. Mohammed (1984). Jeevithathinte Granthathil Ezhuthiyath. Calicut: Classic Book Trust. (Translation of ten stories from around the world)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair; N. P. Mohammed (2001). Lokakatha. Calicut: Pappiyon. (New edition of Jeevithathinte Granthathil Ezhuthiyath. Also includes conversations between N. P. Mohammed and M. T. Vasudevan Nair)

### Travelogues

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* Manushyar Nizhalukal. Thrissur: Mangalodayam. 1963. (Travelogue about the journeys through Eastern Europe)
* Aalkkoottathil Thaniye. Thrissur: Current. 1972.
* Vankadalile Thuzhavallakkar. Kottayam: SPCS. 1998. (Travelogue about the journeys through China)

### Screenplays

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Most of Nair's screenplays are published as books. Some of the published works include:

* Ente Priyapetta Thirakathakal. Kottayam: Current. 1983. (Screenplays for the films Oppol, Vaarikuzhi, Aaroodam, Neelathamara and Idavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha)
* Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha. Calicut: Mulberry. 1989.
* Vaisali. Calicut: Malayalam. 1989.
* Perumthachan. Thrissur: Pusthaka. 1992.
* Panchagni. Thrissur: Current. 1992.
* Aalkkoottathil Thaniye. Calicut: Aksharam. 1993.
* Nakhakshathangal. Thrissur: Current. 1994.
* Sukrutham. Calicut: Lipi. 1996.
* Ennu Swantham Janakikutty. Cochin: Kavya. 1998.
* Adiyozhukkukal. Kottayam: SPCS. 1999.
* Nirmalyam. Thrissur: Current. 1999.
* Olavum Theeravum. Thrissur: Current. 1999.
* Daya. Calicut: Olive. 2000.
* Oru Cheru Punchiri. Kottayam: DC Books. 2001.
* M.T.yude Anchu Thirakathakal. Calicut: Mathrubhumi. 2005. (Screenplays for the films Nakhakshathangal, Aalkkoottathil Thaniye, Panchagni, Perumthachan and Vaisali)
* Naalu Thirakathakal. Pala: Sahridaya. (Screenplays for the films Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Kadavu, Sadayam and Parinayam)

## Filmography

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Year | Film | Direction | Notes

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2024  | Manorathangal |  | Anthology series based on his 9 short stories[107][5]
2013  | Kadhaveedu |  | Portmanteau film based on four stories written by himself, Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer and Madhavikutty[107]
2013  | Ezhamathe Varavu |  | Adaptation/Remake of his earlier unreleased film Evideyo Oru Shathru[107]
2009  | Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja |  | [107]
2009  | Neelathamara (Blue Lotus)  |  | Remake of the 1979 film of the same name with revised screenplay[107]
2001  | Theerthadanam (Pilgrimage)  |  | Based on the story "Vanaprastham"[107]
2000  | Oru Cheru Punchiri (A Slender Smile)  | Yes  | Based on the story "Mithunam" by Telugu writer Sriramana[107]
1998  | Daya (Compassion)  |  | Based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights[107]
1998  | Ennu Swantham Janakikutty |  | Based on the story "Cheriya Cheriya Bhookampangal"[107]
1998  | Thakazhi | Yes  | Documentary on renowned Malayalam writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai[108]
1995  | Naalukettu |  | Tele-Serial based on the novel of the same name[107]
1994  | Sukrutham |  | [107]
1994  | Parinayam (Wedding)  |  | [107]
1992  | Sadayam (With Compassion)  |  | [107]
1991  | Kadavu ( The Ferry)  | Yes  | Based on the story "Kadathuthoni" by S. K. Pottekkatt[107]
1991  | Venal Kinavukal (Summer Dreams)  |  | [107]
1990  | Midhya |  | [107]
1990  | Perumthachan |  | [107]
1990  | Thazhvaram (The Valley)  |  | [107]
1989  | Utharam (Answer)  |  | Based on the story "No Motive" by Daphne du Maurier[107]
1989  | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (A Northern Story of Valor)  |  | [107]
1988  | Aranyakam |  | [107]
1988  | Vaishali |  | [107]
1987  | Amrutham Gamaya |  | [107]
1986  | Kochu Themmadi (The Little Rascal)  |  | [107]
1986  | Abhayam Thedi (In Search of a Shelter)  |  | [107]
1986  | Rithubhedam |  | [107]
1986  | Nakhakshathangal |  | [107]
1986  | Panchagni (Five Fires)  |  | [107]
1985  | Rangam |  | [107]
1985  | Idanilangal |  | [107]
1985  | Anubandham |  | [107]
1984  | Aalkkoottathil Thaniye (Alone in a Crowd)  |  | [107]
1984  | Adiyozhukkukal |  | [107]
1984  | Aksharangal (Alphabets)  |  | [107]
1984  | Uyarangalil (At the Top)  |  | [107]
1984  | Vellam (Water)  |  | [107]
1983  | Aaroodam |  | [107]
1983  | Manju (Mist)  | Yes  | Based on the novel of the same name[107]
1982  | Varikuzhi (The Trap)  | Yes  | Based on the story of the same name[107]
1981  | Trishna (Thirst)  |  | [107]
1981  | Valarthu Mrugangal |  | [107]
1980  | Vilkkanundu Swapnangal |  | [107]
1980  | Oppol (The Elder Sister)  |  | [107]
1979  | Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha |  | [107]
1979  | Neelathamara (Blue Lotus)  |  | [107]
1978  | Bandhanam (Bond)  | Yes  | Based on the story of the same name[107]
1978  | Ekakini |  | Based on the story "Karutha Chandran"; Screenplay by P. Raman Nair[109]
1977  | Mohiniyattam | Yes  | Documentary film about the Indian art form Mohiniyattam[107]
1974  | Kanyakumari |  | [107]
1974  | Paathiravum Pakalvelichavum |  | [107]
1973  | Nirmalayam (The Offering)  | Yes  | Based on the story "Pallivalum Kalchilambum"
Also produced the film under the banner of Novel Films[107]
1971  | Kuttiyedathi |  | [107]
1971  | Mappusakshi |  | [107]
1971  | Vithukal (Seeds)  |  | [107]
1970  | Nizhalattam (Shadow Play)  |  | [107]
1969  | Olavum Theeravum |  | Based on the story of the same name[107]
1968  | Asuravithu |  | Based on the novel of the same name[107]
1967  | Nagarame Nandi |  | Partially based on the films The Conquerors of the Golden City (1965) and Birds of Exile (1964)[110]
1966  | Iruttinte Athmavu |  | Based on the story of the same name[107]
1966  | Pakalkkinavu |  | [107]
1965  | Murappennu |  | [107]
—  | Evideyo Oru Shathru |  | An incomplete feature film starring Sukumaran and Venu Nagavalli. The screenplay was published in Chilla magazine and later released as a book by Mathrubhumi Books. This book has some stills from the movie.[107]

## See also

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* List of Indian writers

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* Habib Tanvir
* K. K. Venugopal
* Nirmal Verma
* K. J. Yesudas

2003|

* Teejan Bai
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
* Prabhu Chawla
* Herbert Fischer
* Jamshyd Godrej
* Coluthur Gopalan
* K. Parasaran
* B. Rajam Iyer
* Shri Krishna Joshi
* Madurai Narayanan Krishnan
* Rajinder Kumar
* Ramesh Kumar
* Purshotam Lal
* Sitakant Mahapatra
* Bagicha Singh Minhas
* Subhash Mukhopadhyay
* P. S. Narayanaswamy
* Arcot Ramachandran
* Trichur V. Ramachandran
* Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
* T. V. Sankaranarayanan
* Naseeruddin Shah
* T. V. R. Shenoy
* Jagjit Singh
* Ram Badan Singh
* Hari Shankar Singhania
* Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
* Narayanan Srinivasan
* Padma Subrahmanyam
* Swapna Sundari
* O. V. Vijayan
* Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov

2004|

* Thoppil Varghese Antony
* Soumitra Chatterjee
* Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
* Gulzar
* Sardara Singh Johl
* M. V. Kamath
* Komal Kothari
* Yoshirō Mori
* Gopi Chand Narang
* Govindarajan Padmanaban
* Poornima Arvind Pakvasa
* Vishnu Prabhakar
* N. Rajam
* C. H. Hanumantha Rao
* Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar
* T. N. Seshagopalan
* Bijoy Nandan Shahi
* Krishna Srinivas
* Alarmel Valli

2005|

* Sardar Anjum
* André Beteille
* Chandi Prasad Bhatt
* Tumkur Ramaiya Satishchandran
* Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri
* Yash Chopra
* Manna Dey
* Irfan Habib
* Yusuf Hamied
* Qurratulain Hyder
* Tarlochan Singh Kler
* Anil Kohli
* Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
* Mrinal Miri
* Hari Mohan
* Brijmohan Lall Munjal
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair
* Azim Premji
* Balraj Puri
* Syed Mir Qasim
* A. Ramachandran
* G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna
* V. S. Ramamurthy
* K. I. Varaprasad Reddy
* K. Srinath Reddy
* Girish Chandra Saxena
* Narasimaiah Seshagiri
* Mark Tully

2006|

* Jaiveer Agarwal
* P. S. Appu
* Shashi Bhushan
* Ganga Prasad Birla
* Grigory Bongard-Levin
* Lokesh Chandra
* Chiranjeevi
* Dinesh Nandini Dalmia
* Tarun Das
* Madhav Gadgil
* A. K. Hangal
* Devaki Jain
* Kamleshwar
* Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
* Sabri Khan
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan
* Shanno Khurana
* Gunter Kruger
* P. Leela
* K. P. P. Nambiar
* Nandan Nilekani
* Sai Paranjpye
* Deepak Parekh
* M. V. Pylee
* Subramaniam Ramadorai
* N. S. Ramaswamy
* Pavani Parameswara Rao
* Ramakanta Rath
* V. Shanta
* Hira Lall Sibal
* Billy Arjan Singh
* Jasjit Singh
* Vijaypat Singhania
* K. G. Subramanyan
* K. K. Talwar
* Vijay Shankar Vyas
* Dušan Zbavitel

2007|

* Javed Akhtar
* Gabriel Chiramel
* Ela Gandhi
* Saroj Ghose
* V. Mohini Giri
* Somnath Hore
* Jamshed Jiji Irani
* Gurcharan Singh Kalkat
* N. Mahalingam
* Prithipal Singh Maini
* Tyeb Mehta
* Rajan and Sajan Mishra
* Rajan and Sajan Mishra
* Sunil Mittal
* Ramankutty Nair
* Gopaldas Neeraj
* Indra Nooyi
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker
* Bhikhu Parekh
* Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri
* V. S. Ramachandran
* Tapan Raychaudhuri
* S. H. Raza
* Jeffrey Sachs
* Chandra Prasad Saikia
* L. Z. Sailo
* Shiv Kumar Sarin
* Shriram Sharma
* Manju Sharma
* T. N. Srinivasan
* Osamu Suzuki
* K. T. Thomas

2008|

* Mian Bashir Ahmed
* Kaushik Basu
* Shayama Chona
* Jagjit Singh Chopra
* Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
* Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
* Asis Datta
* Meghnad Desai
* Padma Desai
* Sukh Dev
* Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
* B. N. Goswamy
* Vasant Gowarikar
* Baba Kalyani
* K. V. Kamath
* Inderjit Kaur Barthakur
* Ravindra Kelekar
* Asad Ali Khan
* Dominique Lapierre
* D. R. Mehta
* Shiv Nadar
* Suresh Kumar Neotia
* T. K. Oommen
* K. Padmanabhaiah
* Vikram Pandit
* V. Ramachandran
* Sushil Kumar Saxena
* Amarnath Sehgal
* Jasdev Singh
* Shrilal Shukla
* P. Susheela
* S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
* Yuli Vorontsov
* Sunita Williams
* Ji Xianlin

2009|

* Isher Judge Ahluwalia
* Inderjit Kaur Barthakur
* Shamshad Begum
* Abhinav Bindra
* Shanta Dhananjayan
* V. P. Dhananjayan
* Ramachandra Guha
* Shekhar Gupta
* Khalid Hameed
* Minoru Hara
* Jayakanthan
* Thomas Kailath
* Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
* G. Krishna
* R. C. Mehta
* A. Sreedhara Menon
* S. K. Misra
* A. M. Naik
* Satish Nambiar
* Kunwar Narayan
* Nagnath Naikwadi
* Kirit Parikh
* Sam Pitroda
* C. K. Prahalad
* Gurdip Singh Randhawa
* Brijendra Kumar Rao
* Bhakta B. Rath
* C. S. Seshadri
* V. Ganapati Sthapati
* Devendra Triguna
* Sarojini Varadappan

# Posthumous conferral

* 1954–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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Jnanpith Award recipients

1965–1985|

* G. Sankara Kurup (1965)
* Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1966)
* Kuvempu and Umashankar Joshi (1967)
* Sumitranandan Pant (1968)
* Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969)
* Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1970)
* Bishnu Dey (1971)
* Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1972)
* D. R. Bendre and Gopinath Mohanty (1973)
* Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1974)
* Akilan (1975)
* Ashapurna Devi (1976)
* Shivaram Karanth (1977)
* Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1978)
* Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1979)
* S. K. Pottekkatt (1980)
* Amrita Pritam (1981)
* Mahadevi Varma (1982)
* Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (1983)
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1984)
* Pannalal Patel (1985)

1986–2000|

* Sachidananda Routray (1986)
* Kusumagraj (1987)
* C. Narayana Reddy (1988)
* Qurratulain Hyder (1989)
* Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1990)
* Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1991)
* Naresh Mehta (1992)
* Sitakant Mahapatra (1993)
* U. R. Ananthamurthy (1994)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1995)
* Mahasweta Devi (1996)
* Ali Sardar Jafri (1997)
* Girish Karnad (1998)
* Gurdial Singh and Nirmal Verma (1999)
* Mamoni Raisom Goswami (2000)

2001–present|

* Rajendra Shah (2001)
* Jayakanthan (2002)
* Vinda Karandikar (2003)
* Rehman Rahi (2004)
* Kunwar Narayan (2005)
* Ravindra Kelekar and Satya Vrat Shastri (2006)
* O. N. V. Kurup (2007)
* Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008)
* Amarkant and Shrilal Shukla (2009)
* Chandrashekhara Kambara (2010)
* Pratibha Ray (2011)
* Ravuri Bharadhwaja (2012)
* Kedarnath Singh (2013)
* Bhalchandra Nemade (2014)
* Raghuveer Chaudhari (2015)
* Shankha Ghosh (2016)
* Krishna Sobti (2017)
* Amitav Ghosh (2018)
* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2019)
* Nilmani Phookan (2021)
* Damodar Mauzo (2022)
* Rambhadracharya and Gulzar (2023)

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Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam

1955–1975|

* R. Narayana Panickar (1955)
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957)
* K. P. Kesava Menon (1958)
* Uroob (1960)
* G. Sankara Kurup (1963)
* P. Kesavadev (1964)
* Balamani Amma (1965)
* Kuttikrishna Marar (1966)
* P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967)
* Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970)
* Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971)
* S. K. Pottekkatt (1972)
* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973)
* Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974)
* O. N. V. Kurup (1975)

1976–2000|

* Cherukad (1976)
* Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977)
* Sugathakumari (1978)
* N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979)
* Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980)
* Vilasini (1981)
* V. K. N. (1982)
* S. Guptan Nair (1983)
* Ayyappa Paniker (1984)
* Sukumar Azhikode (1985)
* M. Leelavathy (1986)
* N. Krishna Pillai (1987)
* C. Radhakrishnan (1988)
* Olappamanna (1989)
* O. V. Vijayan (1990)
* M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991)
* M. Mukundan (1992)
* N. P. Mohammed (1993)
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994)
* Thikkodiyan (1995)
* T. Padmanabhan (1996)
* Anand (1997)
* Kovilan (1998)
* C. V. Sreeraman (1999)
* R. Ramachandran (2000)

2001–present|

* Attoor Ravi Varma (2001)
* K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002)
* Sara Joseph (2003)
* Zacharia (2004)
* Kakkanadan (2005)
* M. Sukumaran (2006)
* Sethu (2007)
* K. P. Appan (2008)
* U. A. Khader (2009)
* M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010)
* M. K. Sanu (2011)
* K. Satchidanandan (2012)
* M. N. Paloor (2013)
* Subhash Chandran (2014)
* K. R. Meera (2015)
* Prabha Varma (2016)
* K. P. Ramanunni (2017)
* S. Ramesan Nair (2018)
* V. Madhusoodanan Nair (2019)
* Omchery N. N. Pillai (2020)
* George Onakkoor (2021)
* M. Thomas Mathew (2022)
* E. V. Ramakrishnan (2023)

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Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

1968–1980|

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1968)
D. R. Bendre, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Sumitranandan Pant, C. Rajagopalachari (1969)
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1970)
Kaka Kalelkar, Gopinath Kaviraj, Gurbaksh Singh, Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (1971)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Mangharam Udharam Malkani, Nilmoni Phukan, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, Sukumar Sen, V. R. Trivedi (1973)
T. P. Meenakshisundaram (1975)
Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande, Jainendra Kumar, Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu', V. Raghavan, Mahadevi Varma (1979)

1981–2000|

Umashankar Joshi, K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, K. Shivaram Karanth (1985)
Mulk Raj Anand, Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi, Amritlal Nagar, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Annada Shankar Ray (1989)
Nagarjun, Balamani Amma, Ashapurna Devi, Qurratulain Hyder, Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte, Kanhu Charan Mohanty, P. T. Narasimhachar, R. K. Narayan, Harbhajan Singh (1994)
Jayakanthan, Vinda Karandikar, Vidya Niwas Mishra, Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Raja Rao, Sachidananda Routray, Krishna Sobti (1996)
Syed Abdul Malik, K. S. Narasimhaswamy, Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Rajendra Shah, Ram Vilas Sharma, N. Khelchandra Singh (1999)
Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, Rehman Rahi (2000)

2001–present|

Ram Nath Shastri (2001)
Kaifi Azmi, Govind Chandra Pande, Nilamani Phookan, Bhisham Sahni (2002)
Kovilan, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Vijaydan Detha, Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Amrita Pritam, Shankha Ghosh, Nirmal Verma (2004)
Manoj Das, Vishnu Prabhakar (2006)
Anita Desai, Kartar Singh Duggal, Ravindra Kelekar (2007)
Gopi Chand Narang, Ramakanta Rath (2009)
Chandranath Mishra Amar, Kunwar Narayan, Bholabhai Patel, Kedarnath Singh, Khushwant Singh (2010)
Raghuveer Chaudhari, Arjan Hasid, Sitakant Mahapatra, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Asit Rai, Satya Vrat Shastri (2013)
Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa, C. Narayana Reddy (2014)
Nirendranath Chakravarty, Gurdial Singh (2016)

Honorary Fellows|

Léopold Sédar Senghor (1974)
Edward C. Dimock, Jr., Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr., Kamil Zvelebil, Ji Xianlin (1996)
Vassilis Vitsaxis, Eugene Chelyshev (2002)
Ronald E. Asher (2007)
Abhimanyu Unnuth (2013)

Premchand Fellowship|

Intizar Hussain (2005), Kishwar Naheed (2016)

Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship|

Senake Bandaranayake, Chie Nakane, Azad N. Shamatov (1996)

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J. C. Daniel Award

1992–2009|

* T. E. Vasudevan (1992)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1993)
* P. Bhaskaran (1994)
* Abhayadev (1995)
* A. Vincent (1996)
* K. Raghavan (1997)
* V. Dakshinamoorthy (1998)
* G. Devarajan (1999)
* M. Krishnan Nair(2000)
* P. N. Menon (2001)
* K. J. Yesudas (2002)
* No award (2003)
* Madhu (2004)
* Aranmula Ponnamma (2005)
* Mankada Ravi Varma (2006)
* P. Ramdas (2007)
* K. Ravindranathan Nair( 2008)
* K. S. Sethumadhavan ( 2009)

2010–present|

* Navodaya Appachan (2010)
* Jose Prakash (2011)
* J. Sasikumar(2012)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2013)
* I. V. Sasi (2014)
* K. G. George (2015)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2016)
* Sreekumaran Thampi (2017)
* Sheela (2018)
* Hariharan (2019)
* P. Jayachandran (2020)
* K. P. Kumaran (2021)
* T. V. Chandran (2022)

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Recipients of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

* Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1993)
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1994)
* Balamani Amma (1995)
* K. M. George (1996)
* Ponkunnam Varkey (1997)
* M. P. Appan (1998)
* K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1999)
* Pala Narayanan Nair (2000)
* O. V. Vijayan (2001)
* Kamala Surayya (2002)
* T. Padmanabhan (2003)
* Sukumar Azhikode (2004)
* S. Guptan Nair (2005)
* Kovilan (2006)
* O. N. V. Kurup (2007)
* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2008)
* Sugathakumari (2009)
* M. Leelavathy (2010)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2011)
* Attoor Ravi Varma (2012)
* M. K. Sanu (2013)
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014)
* Puthussery Ramachandran (2015)
* C. Radhakrishnan (2016)
* Satchidanandan (2017)
* M. Mukundan (2018)
* Anand (2019)
* Zacharia (2020)
* P. Vatsala (2021)
* Sethu (2022)
* S. K. Vasanthan (2023)

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National Film Award for Best Screenplay

1967–1980|

* S. L. Puram Sadanandan (1967)
* Pandit Anand Kumar (1968)
* Puttanna Kanagal (1969)
* Satyajit Ray (1970)
* Tapan Sinha (1971)
* Gulzar (1972)
* Mrinal Sen and Ashish Burman (1973)
* Satyajit Ray (1974)
* No Award (1975)
* Vijay Tendulkar (1976)
* Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad (1977)
* T. S. Ranga and T. S. Nagabharana (1978)
* Sai Paranjpye (1979)
* Mrinal Sen (1980)

1981–2000|

* K. Balachander (1981)
* Mrinal Sen (1982)
* G. V. Iyer (1983)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1985)
* Budhdhadeb Dasgupta (1986)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987)
* Arundhati Roy (1988)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1989)
* K. S. Sethumadhavan (1990)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1992)
* Satyajit Ray (1993)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1994)
* Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Ashok Mishra (1995)
* Agathiyan (1996)
* Rituparno Ghosh (1997)
* Ashok Mishra (1998)
* Madampu Kunjukuttan (1999)
* Bharathiraja (2000)

2001–present|

* Neelakanta (2001)
* Aparna Sen (2002)
* Goutam Ghose (2003)
* Manoj Tyagi and Nina Arora (2004)
* Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan (2005)
* Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2006)
* Feroz Abbas Khan (2007)
* Sachin Kundalkar (2008)

Original|

* P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna (2009)
* Vetrimaaran (2010)
* Nitesh Tiwari, Vikas Bahl, and Vijay Maurya (2011)
* Sujoy Ghosh (2012)
* P. Sheshadri (2013)
* Srijit Mukherji (2014)
* Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma (2015)
* Syam Pushkaran (2016)
* Sajeev Pazhoor (2017)
* Rahul Ravindran (2018)

Adapted|

* Gopal Krishan Pai and Girish Kasaravalli (2009)
* Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar (2010)
* Avinash Deshpande Nigdi (2011)
* Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla (2012)
* Panchakshari (2013)
* Joshy Mangalath (2014)
* Vishal Bhardwaj (2015)
* Sanjay Krishnaji Patil (2016)
* Jayaraj (2017)
* Sriram Raghavan , Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth M. Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti (2018)

Dialogues|

* Pandiraj (2009)
* Sanjay Pawar (2010)
* Girish Kulkarni (2011)
* Anjali Menon (2012)
* Sumitra Bhave (2013)
* Vishal Bhardwaj (2014)
* Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma (2015)
* Tharun Bhascker (2016)
* Sambit Mohanty (2017)
* Churni Ganguly (2018)

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Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South

1983–1989|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983)
* Sowcar Janaki (1984)
* Sivaji Ganesan (1985)
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1986)
* P. Bhanumathi (1987)
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1988)
* Ilaiyaraaja (1989)

1990–1999|

* Padmini (1990)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991)
* L. V. Prasad (1992)
* Gemini Ganesan (1993)
* K. Balachander, K. Viswanath, B. Saroja Devi, Madhu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee (1994)
* Nagesh & Manorama (1995)
* Krishna & Sharada (1996)
* Nedumudi Venu & S. Janaki (1997)
* Allu Ramalingaiah & Lakshmi (1998)
* Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999)
* D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)

2001–2010|

* M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001)
* K. Raghavendra Rao & Vishnuvardhan (2002)
* K. J. Yesudas & Vijayashanti (2003)
* K. R. Vijaya & Ramoji Rao (2004)
* Thilakan & Sukumari (2005)
* Krishnam Raju & P. Susheela (2006)
* Sivakumar & Jaya Prada (2007)
* Veturi (2008)
* Ambareesh & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2009)
* Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)

2011–2018|

* S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011)
* Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012)
* Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013)
* I. V. Sasi & Radhika Sarathkumar (2014)
* Mohan Babu (2015)
* Vijaya Nirmala (2016)
* Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017)
* Hariharan (2018)

2020–present|

* Puneeth Rajkumar and Allu Aravind (2020–2021)
* Srinath (2023)

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Malayalam literature

Organisations|

* Kerala Sahitya Akademi
* Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad
* Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham
* Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society

Literary awards|

* Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award
* Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram
* Cherukad Award
* Edasseri Award
* Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
* Mathrubhumi Literary Award
* Muttathu Varkey Award
* O. N. V. Literary Award
* O. V. Vijayan Literary Award
* Odakkuzhal Award
* Padmarajan Award
* P. Kesavadev Literary Award
* Ulloor Award
* Vallathol Award
* Vayalar Award

Fiction writers|

* Ajijesh Pachat
* Akbar Kakkattil
* Anand
* Anita Nair
* Anoop Sasikumar
* Appu Nedungadi
* Ashitha
* Ashtamoorthi K. V.
* Aymanam John
* Babu Bharadwaj
* B. M. Suhara
* B. Sandhya
* C. Radhakrishnan
* C. V. Balakrishnan
* C. V. Raman Pillai
* C. V. Sreeraman
* Chandramathi
* Cherukad
* E. Harikumar
* E. Vasu
* G. R. Indugopan
* George Onakkoor
* Gracy
* I. K. K. Menon
* Jayasree Kalathil
* John Abraham
* Jose Panachippuram
* Joy J. Kaimaparamban
* K. J. Baby
* Arch Deacon Koshy
* K. L. Mohana Varma
* K. N. Ezhuthachan
* K. P. Nirmal Kumar
* K. P. Ramanunni
* K. R. Meera
* K. Rekha
* K. Surendran
* K. P. Joseph Kalarickal
* K. Thayat
* Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai
* Kakkanadan
* Kamala Surayya
* Kanam EJ
* Karunakaran
* Karur Neelakanta Pillai
* Khadija Mumtaz
* Kottayam Pushpanath
* Kovilan
* K. V. Anoop
* Lajo Jose
* Lalithambika Antharjanam
* M. Govindan
* M. Mukundan
* M. Sukumaran
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair
* Madampu Kunjukuttan
* Madhupal
* Malayath Appunni
* Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
* Mallika Yunis
* Muttathu Varkey
* N. Mohanan
* N. N. Pisharody
* N. P. Chellappan Nair
* N. P. Mohammed
* N. S. Madhavan
* Nandanar
* Narayan
* O. V. Vijayan
* Omchery N. N. Pillai
* Oyyarathu Chandu Menon
* P. Ayyaneth
* P. Surendran
* P. F. Mathews
* P. K. Balakrishnan
* P. Kesavadev
* P. R. Nathan
* P. R. Shyamala
* P. Surendran
* P. Valsala
* Padmarajan
* Pamman
* Parappurath
* Pattathuvila Karunakaran
* Paul Chirakkarode
* Paul Zacharia
* Perumbadavam Sreedharan
* Ponjikkara Rafi
* Ponkunnam Varkey
* Punathil Kunjabdulla
* Raghunath Paleri
* S. Hareesh
* S. K. Pottekkatt
* Santhosh Echikkanam
* Sarah Joseph
* Sarah Thomas
* Savithri Rajeevan
* Socrates K. Valath
* Sudhakar Mangalodayam
* Sethu
* Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu
* Sohanlal
* Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty
* Subhash Chandran
* T. P. Rajeevan
* T. Padmanabhan
* T. V. Kochubava
* T. V. Varkey
* Tatapuram Sukumaran
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
* Thikkodiyan
* Thomas Joseph
* U. A. Khader
* U. K. Kumaran
* Unnikrishnan Puthur
* Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode
* Uroob
* V. K. N.
* V. P. Sivakumar
* Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
* Vallachira Madhavan
* Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
* Vilasini
* Vinoy Thomas

Poets|

* A. Ayyappan
* A. C. Sreehari
* A. R. Raja Raja Varma
* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
* Arnos Pathiri
* Attoor Ravi Varma
* Balachandran Chullikkadu
* Balamani Amma
* Bodheswaran
* Chandiroor Divakaran
* Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
* Cherukad
* Cherusseri Namboothiri
* D. Vinayachandran
* Edappalli Raghavan Pillai
* Edasseri Govindan Nair
* G. Shankara Kurup
* Irayimman Thampi
* K. Ayyappa Paniker
* K. C. Kesava Pillai
* K. V. Ramakrishnan
* Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
* Kadathanat Madhavi Amma
* Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan
* Kamala Surayya
* Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai
* Kavitha Balakrishnan
* Kumaran Asan
* Kunchan Nambiar
* Kureepuzha Sreekumar
* Lalitha Lenin
* M. Govindan
* M. P. Appan
* M. S. Banesh
* Manoj Kuroor
* Mary John Thottam
* Mohanakrishnan Kaladi
* Moyinkutty Vaidyar
* N. N. Kakkad
* N. V. Krishna Warrier
* Nalapat Narayana Menon
* Nellikkal Muraleedharan
* Niranam poets
* O. N. V. Kurup
* Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad
* P. Kunhiraman Nair
* P. P. Ramachandran
* Pala Narayanan Nair
* Poonthanam Namboothiri
* Pulikkottil Hyder
* Punaloor Balan
* Puthussery Ramachandran
* S. Joseph
* Satchidanandan
* Satyan Madakkara
* Savithri Rajeevan
* Sugathakumari
* Thirunalloor Karunakaran
* Tholan
* Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
* Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
* Unnayi Variyar
* V. Madhusoodanan Nair
* V. C. Balakrishna Panicker
* V. M. Girija
* Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja
* Vallathol Narayana Menon
* Vayalar Ramavarma
* Veerankutty
* Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup
* Vijayalakshmi
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
* V Madhusoodanan Nair
* Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon
* Sreedevi Kakkad

Playwrights|

* C. J. Thomas
* C. L. Jose
* C. N. Sreekantan Nair
* Cherukad
* G. Sankara Pillai
* K. T. Muhammed
* M. Govindan
* Nalapat Narayana Menon
* S. L. Puram Sadanandan
* Thoppil Bhasi
* T. N. Gopinathan Nair
* V. T. Bhattathiripad

Children's literature|

* Malayath Appunni
* P. Narendranath
* Sumangala
* Shebaly
* Sippy Pallippuram
* Kiliroor Radhakrishnan

Essayists/Critics|

* Annie Thayyil
* C. N. Ahmad Moulavi
* C. S. Venkiteswaran
* Joseph Mundassery
* K. M. Daniel
* K. P. Appan
* K. P. Sankaran
* K. Damodaran
* K. M. George
* Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
* Kozhikodan
* Kuttikrishna Marar
* Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai
* M. K. Sanu
* M. Krishnan Nair (author)
* M. Leelavathy
* M. N. Karassery
* M. N. Vijayan
* M. P. Paul
* M. R. Chandrasekharan
* Narendra Prasad
* O. V. Vijayan
* P. Surendran
* S. Guptan Nair
* S. Rajasekharan
* Sabeena Rafi
* Sanjayan
* Sukumar Azhikode
* V. C. Sreejan
* V. T. Bhattathiripad
* Vijayakrishnan
* V. V. K. Valath

Scholars and
Grammarians|

* A. R. Raja Raja Varma
* Arnos Paathiri
* George Mathan
* Hermann Gundert
* Jyeṣṭhadeva
* Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran
* Kottarathil Sankunni
* Krishna Chaithanya
* R. Narayana Panickar
* Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja

Translators|

* Leela Devi
* M. K. Kumaran
* M. N. Sathyaardhi
* N. K. Damodaran
* Nileena Abraham

Genre|

* Champukkal
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* Vadakkan Pattukal
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* Vanchippattu

Novels|

* Aalahayude Penmakkal
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* Aadujeevitham
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* Ummachu
* Vasanavikriti
* Vasanthathile Poomarangal
* Verukal
* Viddikalude Swargam
* Visappu
* Yakshi
* Yanthram

Treatises|

* Aithihyamala
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* Nātyakalpadrumam
* Sarvavijnanakosam
* State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications
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Poems|

* Atmopadesa Śatakam
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* Makarakoythu
* Puthen Pana
* Ramanan (play in verse)
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* Krishnagatha

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Padma Award winners of Kerala

Padma Vibhushan|

* Adoor Gopalakrishnan
* E. C. George Sudarshan
* E. Sreedharan
* G. Madhavan Nair
* John Matthai
* K. N. Raj
* K. R. Ramanathan
* K. Shankar Pillai
* Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
* M. S. Valiathan
* N. R. Pillai
* O. N. V. Kurup
* V. K. Krishna Menon
* V. R. Krishna Iyer
* Verghese Kurien
* K. J. Yesudas

Padma Bhushan (Male)|

* A. C. N. Nambiar
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
* A. Ramachandran
* A. Sreedhara Menon
* C. P. Krishnan Nair
* Chembai
* E. C. George Sudarshan
* Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss
* G. Madhavan Nair
* G. Sankara Kurup
* Gabriel Chiramel
* George Joseph (scientist)
* Guru Kunchu Kurup
* Jacob Chandy
* K. G. Subramanyan
* K. J. Yesudas
* K. M. George
* K. M. Mathew
* K. P. Kesava Menon
* K. P. P. Nambiar
* K. P. S. Menon (senior)
* K. R. Ramanathan
* K. Radhakrishnan
* K. Sankaran Nair
* K. Shankar Pillai
* K. Sukumaran
* K. T. Thomas (Justice)
* Kandathil Mammen Cherian
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker
* Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
* Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
* Kuzhur Narayana Marar
* M. S. Valiathan
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair
* M. V. Pylee
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
* Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai
* Mohanlal
* O. V. Vijayan
* P. K. Warrier
* Palghat Mani Iyer
* Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma
* Pothan Joseph
* Prem Nazir
* Raghavan Thirumulpad
* Ramankutty Nair
* Satish Nambiar #
* T. J. S. George
* T. K. Oommen
* T. N. Krishnan *
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan
* T. V. R. Shenoy
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
* Thayil John Cherian
* Thomas Kailath #
* Trichur V. Ramachandran
* V. K. Narayana Menon
* Vainu Bappu #
* Vallathol Narayana Menon
* Verghese Kurien

Padma Bhushan (Female)|

* Balamani Amma
* Lakshmi N. Menon
* P. Leela
* Tara Cherian #

Padma Shri (Male)|

* A. Marthanda Pillai
* A. Sivathanu Pillai
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan
* Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
* Antony Padiyara
* Ayyappa Paniker
* Azad Moopen
* B. Paul Thaliath
* B. Ravi Pillai
* Balachandra Menon
* C. G. Krishnadas Nair
* Cheril Krishna Menon
* E. Sreedharan
* Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss
* Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis
* G. Aravindan
* G. Shankar
* G. Vijayaraghavan
* Gopinath Pillai
* J. Hareendran Nair
* Jayaram
* Jose Chacko Periappuram
* K. J. Yesudas
* K. M. George
* K. M. Mammen Mappillai
* K. P. Haridas
* K. P. Udayabhanu
* K. Raghavan
* K. Ravindran Nair
* K. Shankar Pillai
* Kalamandalam Gopi
* Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
* Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
* Kandathil Mammen Cherian
* Kandathil Mammen Philip
* Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
* Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
* Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
* Kunnenkeril K. Jacob
* Kurian John Melamparambil
* Kuzhivelil Mathew
* Laurie Baker !
* Madhavan Chandradathan
* M. A. Yousuf Ali
* M. G. Ramachandran #
* M. Krishnan Nair (doctor)
* M. Night Shyamalan #
* M. R. Kurup
* M. S. Valiathan
* M. Vijayan
* Madhu (actor)
* Mammen Mathew
* Mammootty
* Mani Madhava Chakyar
* Mathew Kalarickal
* Mattannoor Sankarankutty
* Mitraniketan Viswanathan
* Mohanlal
* N. Balakrishnan Nair
* N. Kesava Panikkar
* N. R. Madhava Menon
* Narayana Panicker Kochupillai
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
* O. N. V. Kurup
* P. Gopinathan
* P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
* P. K. Rajagopalan
* P. K. Warrier
* P. Parameswaran
* Paul Pothen
* Perakath Verghese Benjamin
* Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
* Philip Augustine
* Prem Nazir
* Priyadarshan
* Pucadyil Ittoop John
* Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph
* R. Marthanda Varma
* R. K. Krishna Kumar
* Rajagopalan Krishnan
* Resul Pookutty
* Shaji N. Karun
* Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
* Stanley John
* Sunny Varkey
* T. K. Alex
* T. N. Krishnan *
* Thayil John Cherian
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
* Thilakan
* Thomas Kunnunkal
* Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
* Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
* Vellayani Arjunan
* Verghese Kurien
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

Padma Shri (Female)|

* Achamma Mathai
* Anju Bobby George
* Dipika Pallikal #
* K. M. Beenamol
* K. S. Chithra
* Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
* Kalamandalam Satyabhama
* Leela Omchery
* Lucy Oommen
* M. D. Valsamma
* M. Leelavathy
* M. Subhadra Nair
* Mary Poonen Lukose
* Mary Verghese
* P. T. Usha
* Pepita Seth !
* Rachel Thomas (skydiver)
* Shiny Abraham
* Shobana
* Sudha Varghese
* Sugathakumari
* Sukumari
* Thangam Philip
* Usha Uthup
* Lakshmikutty
* Vidya Balan *

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Kerala State Film Award for Best Director

1969–1980|

* A. Vincent (1969)
* K. S. Sethumadhavan (1970-1972)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1973)
* G. Aravindan (1974)
* P. A. Backer (1975)
* T. Rajeevnath (1976)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1977)
* G. Aravindan (1978-1979)
* K. S. Sethumadhavan (1980)

1981–2000|

* G. Aravindan (1981)
* Bharathan (1982)
* Fazil (1983)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984)
* G. Aravindan (1985-1986)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987)
* K. P. Kumaran (1988)
* I. V. Sasi (1989)
* G. Aravindan (1990)
* Kamal (1991)
* Hariharan (1992)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1993)
* Shaji N. Karun (1994)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1995)
* Jayaraj (1996)
* T. V. Chandran (1997)
* Shyamaprasad (1998)
* Shaji N. Karun (1999)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2000)

2001–2020|

* T. V. Chandran (2001)
* Sibi Malayil (2003)
* Shyamaprasad (2004)
* Blessy (2005)
* Lenin Rajendran (2006)
* M. G. Sasi (2007)
* Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2008)
* Hariharan (2009)
* Shyamaprasad (2010)
* Blessy (2011)
* Lal Jose (2012)
* Shyamaprasad (2013)
* Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (2014)
* Martin Prakkat (2015)
* Vidhu Vincent (2016)
* Lijo Jose Pellissery (2017)
* Shyamaprasad (2018)
* Lijo Jose Pellissery (2019)
* Sidhartha Siva (2020)

2021–present|

* Dileesh Pothan (2021)
* Mahesh Narayanan (2022)

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Vayalar Award

1970s|

* Lalithambika Antharjanam \- Agnisakshi (1977)
* P. K. Balakrishnan \- Ini Njan Urangatte (1978)
* Malayattoor Ramakrishnan \- Yanthram (1979)

1980s|

* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai \- Kayar (1980)
* Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon \- Makarakoythu (1981)
* O. N. V. Kurup \- Uppu (1982)
* Vilasini (M. K. Menon) \- Avakasikal (1983)
* Sugathakumari \- Ambalamani (1984)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair \- Randamoozham (1985)
* N. N. Kakkadu \- Saphalameeyathra (1986)
* N. Krishna Pillai \- Prathipathram Bhashanabhedam (1987)
* Thirunalloor Karunakaran \- Thirunalloor Karunakarante Kavithakal (1988)
* Sukumar Azhikode \- Thathwamasi (1989)

1990s|

* C. Radhakrishnan \- Munpe Parakkunna Pakshikal (1990)
* O. V. Vijayan \- Gurusagaram (1991)
* M. K. Sanu \- Changambuzha: Nakshathrangalude Snehabhajanam (1992)
* Anand \- Marubhoomikal Undakunnathu (1993)
* K. Surendran \- Guru (1994)
* Thikkodiyan \- Arangu Kanatha Nadan (1995)
* Perumbadavam Sreedharan \- Oru Sankeerthanam Pole (1996)
* Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya) \- Neermathalam Pootha Kalam (1997)
* S. Guptan Nair \- Srishtiyum Srishtavum (1998)
* Kovilan \- Thattakam (1999)

2000s|

* T. Padmanabhan \- Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Idayilekku (2000)
* M. V. Devan \- Devaspandanam (2001)
* K. Ayyappapanicker \- Ayyappapanickerude Krithikal (2002)
* M. Mukundan \- Kesavante Vilapangal (2003)
* Sarah Joseph \- Alahayude Penmakkal (2004)
* K. Satchidanandan \- Sakshyangal (2005)
* Sethu \- Adayalangal (2006)
* M. Leelavathy \- Appuvinte Anweshanam (2007)
* M. P. Veerendra Kumar \- Haimavathabhuvil (2008)
* M. Thomas Mathew - Marar: Lavanyanubhavathinte Yuktishilpam (2009)

2010s|

* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri \- Charulatha (2010)
* K. P. Ramanunni \- Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (2011)
* Akkitham \- Anthimahakalam (2012)
* Prabha Varma \- Shyama Madhavam (2013)
* K. R. Meera \- Aarachaar (2014)
* Subhash Chandran \- Manushyanu Oru Aamukham (2015)
* U. K. Kumaran \- Thakshankunnu Swaroopam (2016)
* T. D. Ramakrishnan \- Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki (2017)
* K. V. Mohan Kumar \- Ushnarashi (2018)
* V. J. James \- Nireeshwaran (2019)

2020s|

* Ezhacherry Ramachandran \- Oru Virginian Veyilkaalam (2020)
* Benyamin \- Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal (2021)
* S. Hareesh \- Meesa (2022)
* Sreekumaran Thampi \- Jeevitham Oru Pendulum (2023)

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