Babu Bharadwaj (1948–2016) was a Malayalam–language writer and journalist from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India.

Life

Born in

Chemancheri Chemanchery is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Chemancheri had a population of 32532 with 15281 males and 17251 females. Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was ...

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

as the son of M. R. Vijayaraghavan and K. P. Bhavani, Bharadwaj studied at Poyilkavu High School and

Malabar Christian College The Malabar Christian College (MCC), established in 1909, is one of the oldest institutions located in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. History It was established by Protestant Christian missionaries from Basel, Switzerland with the aim to impart educa ...

, Calicut and Government Engineering College, Trichur. He was actively involved in student politics and was the first national joint secretary of

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(SFI). Bharadwaj started his journalistic career with the left-leaning Malayalam magazine ''Chintha''. He also worked for the television media; he was the Programme Head for

MediaOne TV MediaOne TV is an Indian Malayalam-language television channel operated by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited. The channel was licensed in September 2011 and was officially launched on 10 February 2013. The main studio is located at Velliparamba, K ...

and Creative Executive for

Kairali TV Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment television channel owned by Kairali TV Network (Malayalam Communications Limited). It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. The channel is bac ...

. In 2006, he founded the Malayalam online news portal ''DoolNews''."ബാബു ഭരദ്വാജ് അന്തരിച്ചു"
''DoolNews'' (in Malayalam). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021. A civil engineer by profession, he worked in

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for a long time and many of his literary works focused on the lives of Indian expatriates in the

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region. He won the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a novel of literary merit. It is one of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award#Awards, twelv ...

for ''Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam'' (2006). His other works include ''Pravasiyude Kurippukal'', ''Shavaghoshayathra'', ''Puppet Theatre'', ''Pravasiyude Vazhiyambalangal'', ''Panchakalyani'' and ''Adrushya Nagarangal''. He also produced the Malayalam film ''

Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal ''Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal'' is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Chintha Ravi. The film stars Sashi Kumar, T. V. Chandran, Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan and Vijayalakshmi in the lead roles. Cast *Sashi Kumar * T. V. Chandran *Kadam ...

'' (1980) directed by

Chintha Ravi K. Ravindran (1945–2011), better known by his pen-name Chintha Ravi, was an Indian writer, journalist, film critic and film director. Biography Born in Kannadikkal in Kozhikode as the son of Kunnummal Krishnan and Lakshmi, Ravindran studied at ...

. He died on 30 March 2016 of heart-related ailments."Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away"
''Malayala Manorama''. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

References

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