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He was awarded the J.C. Daniel Award for lifetime Notable Padma Bhushan
achievement in Malayalam cinema for the year 2013. He awards
Kerala Jyothi
served as the editor of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly for Jnanpith
several years. In 2022, he was honoured with the maiden Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala Jyothi Award, the highest civilian award given by the
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala Government.
Spouse Prameela
​​(m. 1965; div. 1976)​

Early life and family Kalamandalam Saraswathi

​​(m. 1977)​

Vasudevan was born in 1933[8] at Kudallur, a small village in Signature

Anakkara panchayat in Pattambi Taluk at northwestern tip of
Palakkad district, which shares boundary with Malappuram
district on three sides.[9] His native place 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.[10] 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.[10] He completed his schooling from
Malamakkavu Elementary School and 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.[11] He M.T.Vasudevan Nair at a Calicut
obtained a degree in chemistry from Victoria College, Palakkad in function
1953. [11] 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.[12] 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.[11]

MT has been married twice. He married writer and translator Prameela in 1965. They separated after 11 years of
marriage.[12] He has a daughter from this marriage, Sithara, who works as a business executive in the United
States.[12] In 1977 he married dance artist Kalamandalam Saraswathy[13] with whom he has a daughter, dancer
Aswathy Nair.[14][15] MT resides in Sithara, Kottaram Road, Kozhikode, named after his eldest daughter.

Literary career

Short stories
MT 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.[12] He initially
wrote poems but soon changed to prose writing.[12] 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 which explores the feelings of a boy too
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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.

Manju and Kaalam

His later novels, such as Manju (Mist; 1964) and Kaalam (Time; 1969), are characterised by profuse lyricism
which cannot to be found in Naalukettu or Asuravithu. The eco-feminist theme of patriarchal domination and
exploitation gains more prominence in Manju, MT'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 MT and Verma have rejected these claims.[23]

In the novel Kaalam, MT returns 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 MT himself.[24] The novel also had a Hindi-language film
adaptation titled Sarath Sandhya.

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.[3]

Varanasi
MT's latest novel is Varanasi (2002) which is an emotional journey to Varanasi, a pilgrim centre in North India.
Varanasi opens with Professor Srinivasan's letter to Sudhakaran, the protagonist, referring to his unfinished
thesis among his old books. The professor invites him to his home in Varanasi. Sudharkaran, in his sixties, and
recovering from a prostrate procedure, decides to take the professor by surprise. He realises on arrival that the
professor has recently died. The story evolves with a series of reminiscences, like a REM stream, in time
transitions. The narration involves the third, first, and second person. In the train to Varanasi, Sudhakaran fishes
out the book Kashi: The Eternal City by Sumita Nagpal, in which he is also acknowledged. By the time
Sudhakaran finishes the book, he has traversed his life, his women, seen the demise of his well-wishers, moved
through Varanasi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Paris, and Madras. He sees no need to complete his thesis — 'about the
possibilities of Caliban' as once suggested by his professor for a scholarship at the university — and lets it go
into the Ganga. He does the professor's last rites as also his own Atma Pindom (One's own funeral rites in

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Asuravithu, Edavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha, Akshrangal, Aalkkoottathil Thaniye, Aaroodam etc.[27] A

salient aspect of MT's screenplays is the effective presentation of the ecological or geographical factors and
elements making use of the visual possibilities of their portrayal.[27] 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.[29] 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 MT'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.[27]

In 1973, M. T. Vasudevan Nair made his directorial debut with Nirmalyam which won the National Film Award
for Best Feature Film.[30] The film is about a village oracle whose services are no longer needed by the
community and whose family begins to fall apart.[31] MT scripted and directed many more films including the
award-winning Bandhanam, Kadavu and Oru Cheru Punchiri. Kadavu won awards at the Singapore
International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival.[4] 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.[32]

M. T. Vasudevan Nair was the chairman of Indian Panorama of the 46th National Film Awards (1998).[33] 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.

Literary style and themes

MT 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 MT's fiction, as a presence and
as a symbol, endorsing this view.[34][35] 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
M.T. Vasudevan Nair
provide a challenging theme for the highly evocative style of Vasudevan
Nair's narrative art. The temporal milieu of MT's fiction stretches over
the second half of the twentieth century, a period of tremendous social, cultural and economic changes.[18][36]

It was in the sixties that MT rose to prominence as a writer. The phase of social realism had come to an end.[18]
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. MT felt that this theme of
conflict was an outdated phenomenon in the context of present Kerala. The protagonists of MT are men out of

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2014: Kakkanadan Award[64]

2014: Balamani Amma Award[65]
2014: Tata-Landmark Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award[66][67]
2015: O.M.C. Narayanan Namboodiripad Memorial Devi Prasadam Trust's Award for Literature[68]
2015: Thakazhi Award[69]
2016: Deshabhimani Award
2018: O. N. V. Literary Award[70]
2024: Amar Ujala Aakashdeep Award[71]

Film awards
National Film Awards

1973: Best Film – Nirmalyam[72]

1989: Best Screenplay – Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha[73]
1991: Best Screenplay – Kadavu[74]
1991: Best Feature Film in Malayalam – Kadavu[74]
1992: Best Screenplay – Sadayam[75]
1994: Best Screenplay – Parinayam[76]
2000: Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation – Oru Cheru Punchiri[77]
Kerala State Film Awards

1970: Best Screenplay – Olavum Theeravum[78]

1973: Best Film – Nirmalayam[78]
1973: Best Director – Nirmalayam[78]
1973: Best Screenplay – Nirmalayam[78]
1978: Best Film – Bandhanam[78]
1980: Best Story – Oppol[78]
1981: Best Screenplay – Thrishna, Valarthu Mrigangal[79]
1983: Best Story – Aaroodam[79]
1985: Best Story – Anubandham[79]
1986: Best Screenplay – Panchagni, Nakhakshathangal[79]
1987: Best Screenplay – Amrutham Gamaya[79]
1989: Best Screenplay – Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha[79]
1990: Best Screenplay – Perumthachan[79]
1991: Best Film – Kadavu[80]
1991: Best Director – Kadavu[80]
1991: Best Screenplay – Kadavu[80]
1994: Best Story – Sukrutham[80]
1994: Best Screenplay – Parinayam[80]
1998: Best Screenplay – Daya[80]
2000: Best Director – Oru Cheru Punchiri[81]
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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
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
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
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
Gopuranadayil. Calicut: Poorna. 1980.

Speeches
M. N. Karassery, ed. (1999). Vakkukalude Vismayam. Calicut: Pappiyon. (Collection of 32

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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

Year Film Direction Notes

2024 Manorathangal † Anthology series based on his 9 short stories

Portmanteau film based on four stories written by himself, Vaikkom

2013 Kadhaveedu
Muhammad Basheer and Madhavikutty

Adaptation/Remake of his earlier unreleased film Evideyo Oru

2013 Ezhamathe Varavu
Shathru
Kerala Varma Pazhassi
2009
Raja

2009 Neelathamara (Blue Lotus) Remake of the 1979 film of the same name with revised screenplay

Theerthadanam
2001 Based on the story "Vanaprastham"
(Pilgrimage)
Oru Cheru Punchiri (A
2000 Yes Based on the story "Mithunam" by Telugu writer Sriramana
Slender Smile)

1998 Daya (Compassion) Based on a story from One Thousand and One Nights
Ennu Swantham
1998 Based on the story "Cheriya Cheriya Bhookampangal"
Janakikutty

Documentary on renowned Malayalam writer Thakazhi Sivasankara

1998 Thakazhi Yes
Pillai[90]
1995 Naalukettu Tele-Serial based on the novel of the same name

1994 Sukrutham

1994 Parinayam (Wedding)

Sadayam (With
1992
Compassion)

1991 Kadavu ( The Ferry) Yes Based on the story "Kadathuthoni" by S. K. Pottekkatt

Venal Kinavukal (Summer

1991
Dreams)
1990 Midhya

1990 Perumthachan
1990 Thazhvaram (The Valley)

1989 Utharam (Answer) Based on the story "No Motive" by Daphne du Maurier

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha

1989
(A Northern Story of Valor)
1988 Aranyakam

1988 Vaishali

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1970 Nizhalattam (Shadow Play)

1969 Olavum Theeravum Based on the story of the same name

1968 Asuravithu Based on the novel of the same name

Partially based on the films The Conquerors of the Golden City

1967 Nagarame Nandi
(1965) and Birds of Exile (1964)[92]
1966 Iruttinte Athmavu Based on the story of the same name

1966 Pakalkkinavu
1965 Murappennu

An incomplete feature film starring Sukumaran and Venu Nagavalli.

The screenplay was published in Chilla magazine and later released
— Evideyo Oru Shathru
as a book by Mathrubhumi Books. This book has some stills from
the movie.

See also
List of Indian writers

Notes

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External links
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