Odayil Ninnu
{{short description|Malayalam novel}}
{{For|the 1965 film|Odayil Ninnu (film)}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Odayil Ninnu
| image =
| author = P. Kesavadev
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| genre = Literature Novel
| publisher =
| isbn = 817180134X
| pub_date = 1942
}}
Odayil Ninnu (From the Gutter) is a Malayalam novel written by Indian author P. Kesavadev in 1942. The protagonist of the novel is a rickshaw-puller named Pappu.{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=The rise of the subaltern hero in Malayalam fiction |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/the-rise-of-the-subaltern-hero-in-malayalam-fiction/article19511216.ece |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=17 August 2017 |language=en-IN}} The novel is one of the best-known works of Kesavadev. With the appearance of the novel in 1942 began the publication of a series of high-quality novels in Malayalam.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXluAAAAMAAJ&q=odayil+ninnu|author=A. Sreedhara Menon|title=Social and cultural history of Kerala|year=1979}}
Main character
Pappu - the protagonist, a real rebel and influencer always fight for equality and justice. He fought against landlordism from childhood onwards.
Film adaptations
- Odayil Ninnu (Malayalam, 1965): Directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan from a screenplay by P. Kesavadev.C. S. Venkiteswaran. (18 June 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109063438/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/06/18/stories/2010061857770100.htm "Auteur par excellence"]. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- Babu (Tamil, 1971): Directed by A. C. Trilokchandar.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOdOQRACrrkC&q=odayil+ninnu|title=Film world: Volume 7|year=1971|publisher=Film World}}
- Marapurani Manishi (Telugu, 1973): Directed by T. Rama Rao
- Babu (Hindi, 1985): Directed by A. C. Trilokchandar.
References
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External links
- [http://www.kesavadev.net/en/odayilninnu.html A write-up on the novel]
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
Category:20th-century Indian novels
Category:Indian novels adapted into films
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