M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
playwright
G. Sankara Pillai
1930–1989, born Chirayinkizhu Block Panchayat, writes in Malayalam, writer
Gopala Pillai Sankara Pillai, better known as G. Sankara Pillai, was an Indian playwright, literary critic, and director, known to be one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam theatre. A proponent of total theater, he was the founder of Nataka Kalari movement in Kerala and the chairman of the Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi. He was a recipient of a number of awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama in 1964 for the work Rail Palangal and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the best playwright in 1979.
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Also writing in Malayalam
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