O. Madhavan

O. Madhavan
Born
O. Madhavan

1922
Chunakkara, Kingdom of Travancore, British India (present day Alappuzha, Kerala, India)
Died19 August 2005(2005-08-19) (aged 82–83)
Kollam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationArtist
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseVijayakumari
Children3; including Mukesh
RelativesDivyadarsan R. Engoor (grandson)
AwardsKerala State Film Award for Best Actor
Sayahnam (2000)

O. Madhavan (1922 – 19 August 2005) was an Indian theatre director and actor.[1] He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India in Kerala. He is considered one of the great masters of the theatre; he has made major contributions for the evolution of theatre in Kerala. He was the founder of the renowned drama company Kalidasa Kala Kendram. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2000 for his role in the film Sayahnam

Early life and family

He was active in the Communist Party at an early age.[2] He married, Vijayakumari, is an actress herself which was an intercaste love marriage and his son Mukesh is an actor.[3] He also has two daughters, Sandhya Rajendran and Jayasree Syamlal. Sandhya's husband, E. A. Rajendran is also an actor. He has 5 grandchildren, Shravan Mukesh, Thejas Mukesh, Divya Darshan R. Engoor, Neetha Syam and Nathalia Syam. .[4]

Awards

Filmography

  1. Kalam Marunnu (1955)
  2. Viyarppinte Vila (1962)
  3. Doctor (1963)
  4. Kattupookkal (1965) .... Lonachan
  5. Oru Sundariyude Kadha (1972)
  6. Sayahnam (2000)

References

  1. ^ "അഭിനയസായാഹ്നത്തിലെ കെ.കെ".
  2. ^ Staff, T. N. M. (30 March 2016). "Kerala 2016: For CPI(M), film star Mukesh brings the celebrity quotient to Kollam". The News Minute. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ DHNS. "Lok Sabha Polls 2024 | Face-off: N K Premachandran vs M Mukesh". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Drama". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship: Drama". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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