Sudhakar Mangalodayam

Sudhakar Mangalodayam
Born	(1956-01-14)14 January 1956 Velloor, Vaikom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Died	17 July 2020(2020-07-17) (aged 64) Velloor, Vaikom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Occupation	Writer, screenwriter
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Fiction, cinema
Notable works	Murappennu Nandini Oppol Maunasarovaram Namam Japikkunna Veedu Padasaram Safalam Chitta Thillana Amma Kungumappottu
Spouse	Usha (m. 1988)
Children	Sreevidya
Parents	Parameswaran Nair (father) Janakiamma (mother)

Sudhakar P. Nair (14 January 1956 – 17 July 2020), popularly known as Sudhakar Mangalodayam, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a story and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He was known for his popular novels as well as for the screenplay of Njan Ekananu, a 1982 Malayalam language film. He was the author of over 50 novels and wrote the story for films such as Kariyilakkattu Pole, Nandini Oppol and Vasantha Sena.

Biography

Sudhakar Mangalodayam was born Sudhakar P. Nair in Velloor, in Vaikom, in Kottayam district of the south Indian state of Kerala, to Parameswaran Nair and Janakiamma. After schooling at St. Ignatius School, Kanjiramattom, he did his college education at NSS College, Ottapalam from where he obtained his graduate degree. He started writing during this period, starting with radio plays. Later, he served as an assistant to noted film director, P. Chandrakumar. Soon, he started writing novels and published them as serials in periodicals, sometimes writing up to nine novels simultaneously.

Sudhakar Mangalodayam, who followed the literary style popularized by such writers as MT Vasudevan Nair, wrote over 50 novels which include Murappennu, Nandini Oppol, Koodappirappu, Maunasarovaram, Namam Japikkunna Veedu, Padasaram, Safalam, Chitta, Thillana, Amma and Kungumappottu. His foray into films was with Njan Ekananu, a 1982 film directed by P. Chandrakumar, for which he wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues. Subsequently, he wrote the story for three more films, Vasantha Sena (1985), Kariyilakkattu Pole (1986) and Nandini Oppol (1994).

Sudhakar was married to G. Usha and the couple had a daughter, Sreevidya. He died on 17 July 2020, at the age of 64, succumbing to age-related illnesses; his wife had predeceased him.

Filmography

Year	Title	Screenplay	Story	Dialogues	Director
1982	Njan Ekananu	Yes	Yes	Yes	P. Chandrakumar
1985	Vasantha Sena	No	Yes	No	K. Vijayan
1986	Kariyilakkattu Pole	No	Yes	No	P. Padmarajan
1994	Nandini Oppol	No	Yes	No	Mohan Kupleri

1998 കളിയൂഞ്ഞാൽ

See also

• Muttathu Varkey
• Kanam E. J.

External links

• Sudhakar Mangalodayam at IMDb