''Ramanan'' ( Malayalam: രമണന്‍) is the most celebrated work of Malayalam poet

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (Malayalam: ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള; 10 October 1911 – 17 June 1948) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known for his elegy ''Ramanan'' (Malayalam: രമണന ...

. It is a play written in the form of verse. It is a

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elegy written after the death of his friend,

Edappally Raghavan Pillai Edappally Raghavan Pillai (30 May 1909 – 4 July 1936) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a close associate of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai. The pair, the front-runners of romanticism in Malayalam, was considered by many as the Shel ...

. Written in 1936, it is the

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of Malayalam literature. Changampuzha's Ramanan became such a big hit, the Kerala University prescribed it as a textbook in Malayalam literature class. Changampuzha himself was a literature student at Kerala University at that time.

Adaptations

* Renowned Katha Prasangam artist Kedamangalam Sadanandan has performed this poem in many stages when Changampuzha was alive. * In 1967, its film adaptation, '' Ramanan'' was released. It was written and directed by D. M. Pottekkat, and starred

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, Sheela,

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, Kottayam Chellappan, Kamaladevi, Meena, Ramu Kariat, Adoor Bhasi, Usha Kumari and Manavalan Joseph. It was a box office flop. * This famous poetry has been converted to electronic media as a music album by the Carnatic violinist

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and vocalist Srivalsan J. Menon with Manorama Music and

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on the day of 60th death anniversary of the great poet (1911–1948). Prof.

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and Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri have launched the Audio CD at an event organised at ''Changampuzha Samskarika Kendram'' at Edappally in 2008.

References

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