C. N. Sreekantan Nair
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C. N. Sreekantan Nair was a Malayalam playwright. He is probably best known for his Ramayana
trilogy - Kanchana Sita
, Saketham and Lankalakshmi - based on the epic Ramayana. Poet and scholar Ayyappa Panicker had observed that Lankalakshmi brought out the playwright in Sreekantan Nair, while Saketham and Kanchana Sita highlighted the poet and the philosopher in the playwright. He received the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1962 for Kanchana Sita. It was later adapted into a film with same name
by G. Aravindan
. His another major work was Nashtakkachavadam which won the M. P. Paul
prize. He has also written some short stories.
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
trilogy - Kanchana Sita
Kanchana Sita (play)
Kanchana Sita is a 1961 play by renowned Malayalam playwright C. N. Sreekantan Nair. Nair took the inspiration for this play from the Uttara Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana. The play is the first of Sreekantan Nair's dramatic trilogy based on the Ramayana, the others are Saketham and Lankalakshmi...
, Saketham and Lankalakshmi - based on the epic Ramayana. Poet and scholar Ayyappa Panicker had observed that Lankalakshmi brought out the playwright in Sreekantan Nair, while Saketham and Kanchana Sita highlighted the poet and the philosopher in the playwright. He received the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1962 for Kanchana Sita. It was later adapted into a film with same name
Kanchana Sita
Kanchana Sita is a 1977 Indian Malayalam feature-length film scripted and directed by G. Aravindan. A mythological film, its story was adapted from C. N...
by G. Aravindan
G. Aravindan
Govindan Aravindan who was popularly known as G. Aravindan was a national award winning film director, screenwriter, musician and cartoonist from Kerala, India. He was known for his unorthodox way of film-making; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in story telling without...
. His another major work was Nashtakkachavadam which won the M. P. Paul
M. P. Paul
M. P. Paul was a scholar and a well-known literary critic of Malayalam. He was among the torchbearers of the progressive literature movement in Kerala...
prize. He has also written some short stories.
Works
- Kanchana SitaKanchana Sita (play)Kanchana Sita is a 1961 play by renowned Malayalam playwright C. N. Sreekantan Nair. Nair took the inspiration for this play from the Uttara Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana. The play is the first of Sreekantan Nair's dramatic trilogy based on the Ramayana, the others are Saketham and Lankalakshmi...
(1961) - Lankalakshmi (1974)
- Saketham
- Nashtakkachavadam
- Aa Kani Thinnaruth
- Aettile Pashu
- Madhuvidhu
- Sindoorappottu
- Thilakkunna Ponnu
- Pichippoo
- Puliyilakkara Neryath