Awards & Winners

M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Date of Birth 15-July-1933
Place of Birth Kudallur
(India)
Nationality India
Also know as Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair, M.T., MT, Madathu Thekepattu Vasudevan Nair, Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair, M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Profession Writer, Screenwriter, Film director, Author, Novelist
Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair, popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. A prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, he is considered one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad district, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj. He shot into fame at the age of 20 when, as a chemistry undergraduate, he won the prize for the best short story in Malayalam at World Short Story Competition conducted by The New York Herald Tribune. His debut novel Naalukettu, wrote at the age of 23, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. His other famous novels include Manju, Kaalam, Asuravithu and Randamoozham. The deep emotional experiences of his early days have gone into the making of MT's novels. Most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture and many of them were path-breaking in the history of Malayalam literature. His three seminal novels on life in the matriarchal family in Kerala are Naalukettu, Asuravithu, and Kaalam.

Awards by M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Check all the awards nominated and won by M. T. Vasudevan Nair.

2009


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja

2000


Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
Honored for : A Slender Smile

1995


Jnanpith Award
(Malayalam)

1994


1990


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Perumthachan

1989


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha

1987


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Amrutham Gamaya

1986


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Nakhakshathangal

1985


Kerala State Film Award for Best Story
Honored for : Anubandham

1983


1981


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Valarthu Mrigangal
Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Trishna

1978


Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
Honored for : Bandhanam

1973


1970


Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Olavum Theeravum