Ibrahim Vengara is a Malayalam–language playwright from

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, India. He has written over 50 radio plays, 25 plays and 20 monologues. He was born on 1 August 1941 at Vengara in

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as the son of Seythammadath Alikunji and Puthiya Veettil Kunjamina. His father died when he was barely three years old. He started his primary school education at Vengara Mappila Upper Primary School but the study ended in two years. Later, he learned to read and write Malayalam from an old age school, which was under the auspices of the Public Library,

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. At the age of 13, he left home. He travelled across India and did all kinds of jobs in different parts of the country. His relationship with theatre movement began in 1962. His first work, ''Arthi'', won first prize in a drama competition in 1965. He has worked in theatre groups Thrissur Silpi and Kozhikode Sangamam. His drama troupe ''Chirantana'' has presented some of the best professional plays Malabar has ever seen. He was imprisoned during the

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for writing the play ''Bhoothavanam''. His works ''Ezhil Chovva'' and ''Upaharam'' won the award from Akashvani for best radio play in the years 1989-'90 and 1992 -'93 respectively. These plays were translated and broadcast in 14 Indian languages. He received the

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultur ...

for Drama in 1995. His work ''Rajasabha'' won the

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in 1997. His autobiography ''Green Room'' won the

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in 2015. Ibrahim Vengara has served as Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy member,

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State Council Member, Akashvani Kozhikode Programme Advisory Board member, and Kerala Drama Workers Welfare Association State Council member.

Works

* ''Arthi'' (1965) * ''Valmikam'' (1971) * ''Utharam'' (1982) * ''Ezhil Chovva'' (1989-'90) * ''Upaharam'' (1992-'93) * ''Padanilam'' (1994) * ''Malikaveedu'' * ''Rajasabha'' * ''Oru Ithihasa Kavyam''

Awards

* 1997:

- ''Rajasabha'' * 2015:

- ''Green Room'' * 2010: Thikkodiyan Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vengara, Ibrahim Indian male dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala People from Kannur district Malayalam-language writers Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights 1941 births Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award All India Radio people 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian male writers Living people Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award