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Niranjana (writer)
Kulakunda Shiva Rao (15 June 1924 – 13 March 1992), popularly known as Niranjana, was a Kannada playwright, novelist and a freedom fighter. The hardships faced during childhood shaped Niranjana's later literary career. Writing career Niranjana wrote more than sixty books. His first published novel was ''Vimochane'' (''Wait for the moon'') published in 1953. Some of his other notable works are— ''Chirasmarane'', and ''Mrityunjaya''. He also edited Kannada translation of ''Vishwa Katha Kosha'' (''A Treasury of World Short Stories''). He also translated a number of works into Kannada language. Niranjana was attracted to Marxism during his youth and was an active member of the Communist Party of India. He became disillusioned later and left it but still continued to raise his voice for the downtrodden and oppressed through his writings. He suffered a stroke in 1971 when he was at his zenith of writing career. He wrote ''Mrityunjaya'' in 1976. ''Chirasmarane'' is based on the hi ...
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Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is an annual literary award given to literary works in Kannada by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is given to individual books published in various genres like poetry, novel, short fiction, criticism, travel writing, translation, children's writing etc., as well as for the complete contribution of a writer to Kannada literature. Instituted in 1983, it has been given to some of the most eminent writers in Kannada like P.Lankesh, U.R.Ananthamurthy, K.P.Poornachandra Tejaswi, B.T. Lalitha Naik, Niranjana, Jayanta Kaikini, K Y Narayanaswamy etc. Awards Annual honorary award Sahityashree Award Book prizes The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the books for which they won. Poetry Novel Short story Play Humour Essay Travelogue Biography / Autobiography Criticism Children work Science writing Research Trans ...
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Writers From Hyderabad, India
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Kannada-language Writers
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1924 Births
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Lenin Rajendran
Lenin Rajendran ( ml, ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema. He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019. Career Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director P. A. Backer, Rajendran made his directorial debut with ''Venal'' (1982). From his first film to his latest one, Edavappathy (2016), Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films, not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema. An active member of the Communist party, Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work: his 1985 film ''Meenamasithile Sooryan'' was about the anti-feudal upheaval of the 1940s in Kerala from a Communist viewpoint. ''Swathi Thirunal'' (1987), a period film was a biographical work of a 19th-century king of Travancore, better known as a musical composer. While ''D ...
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Hyderabad
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Meenamasathile Sooryan
''Meenamasathile Sooryan'' () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam language film, directed by Lenin Rajendran and produced by C. G. Bhaskaran. It is based on the Kannada novel ''Chirasmarane'' (1955) by Niranjana. The film stars Venu Nagavally, Murali, Vijay Menon, Kakka Ravi and Shobhana in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. B. Sreenivasan. Plot The Movie is based on famous 1941 Kayyur Revolt in Kasargod district against Land lords and British Police. Four Communist Party members Madathil Appu, Abubacker, Chirukandan, Kunjambu Nair opposes this. They were sentenced to hang because a constable was accidentally killed during the revolt. Cast *Venu Nagavally as Madathil Appu * Murali as Abubakar *Vijay Menon as Chirukandan * Kakka Ravi as Kunjambu Nair (voice dubbed by Narendra Prasad) *Shobhana as Revathy * Sukumari as Abubakar's mother *Innocent as Adikari *KPAC Lalitha as Chirukandan's mother *Nedumudi Venu as Pokkayi *Vinayan as Madhavan *Bharath Gopi as E. K. Nay ...
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Kayyur
Kayyur is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.Nearest town is Cheemeni. Administration Kayyur is a small village in the Hosdurg taluk. Kayyur Incident In 1940, peasants there under the leadership of communists rose against the two local jenmis, ''Nambiar of Kalliat'' and the ''Nayanar of Karakkatt Edam''. Several people were killed and four communist leaders were found guilty and hanged by the government,(Madathil Appu, Podavara Kunhambu Nair, Koithattil Chirukandan and Pallickal Abu Bakr)being the guilty. A fifth instigator (Choorikadan Krishnan Nair) was sentenced to life imprisonment and spared from the death penalty, since he was under the age of criminal liability. Kannada writer Niranjana's work ''Chirasmarane'' is based on the Kayyur revolt. Village of Rebels Kayyur has developed a reputation for being a village of rebel over a period of history. The first communist rebellion happened in Kayyur and several revolts followed suit. Mada ...
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