MALLOOR

RAMAKRISHNAN

He was born in 1929 in Kottayam to Velu Pillai & Ammu Kutty Amma. Malloor was his mother’s family name and his uncle Malloor Govinda Pillai was a famous criminal lawyer of that time in Trivandrum.

 

His did his education in MDS High School and CMS College, Kottayam. He showed a keen interest in theatre and received several awards during his college days. His Higher Education was in Trivandrum Law College. Soon after he started his carrier in ‘Desa Bandhu’ a Malayalam daily published from Kottayam and simultaneously started writing plays, poems, dramas, novels etc in Malayalam & English. He has published 10 books.

 

In early 1950 he moved to Trivandrum and started his association with the legends of that era in theatre like Kainikkara Brothers, PK Vikraman Nair, NP Vellappan Nair, Veeran, NN Pillai, Thikurrissy & TN Gopinathan Nair.

 

He joined Akashavani (All India Radio) in 1962 & during his 25 year long career has written and produced hundreds of dramas and features for AIR. He retired as Producer of Drama & Feature in the year 1987.

 

He got married to G Prasanna Kumari in 1968 and has 2 children – Naveen and Praveen.

 

He passed away on November 17th 2001.

 

Published books of Malloor Ramakrishnan:

1.  Naadinte Ganam (Poems)

2.  Aganuu Poyaval (Poems)

3.  Vanaprastham (Drama)

4.  Ponnumon (Drama)

5.  Preeyapettaval (Short Stories)

6.  Choodatha Pookal (Short Stories)

7.  Pakaran and Party (Comedy)

8.  Laila Majunu (Novel)

9.  Anveshvanam (Novel)

10.  Snehapoorvam (Radio Plays)