P. K. Sarangapani
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|07|28}}
| birth_place = Alappuzha, Kerala, India
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| death_place = Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala
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| occupation = Screenwriter
Playwright
| years_active = 1960–1990
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P. K. Sarangapani (28 July 1925 – 2 February 2011) was a Malayalam screenwriter and playwright. He has written the screenplay and dialogues for thirty six films, most of them for Kunchacko's Udaya Studios. Most of his films are Vadakkanpattu-related period dramas.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1149198.ece|title=Malayalam cinema's Sarangapani is no more|author=Dennis Marcus Mathew|work=The Hindu |date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-03}}
Biography
He joined the Udaya Studios, founded by Kunchacko, in 1960 and scripted majority of their notable works during the 1960s and 1970s. His debut work Umma, based on a novel by Moidu Padiyath, was the first Muslim social film in Malayalam.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/07/stories/2009030750681100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629052406/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/07/stories/2009030750681100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Umma 1960|author=B. Vijayakumar|work=The Hindu |date=7 March 2009|accessdate=2011-02-03}}
His last work, Kadathanadan Ambadi, was released in 1990. He volunteerly retired from film industry during this period. During his.last days, he was ignored by everyone in the film area. Sarangapani who was suffering from a prolonged illness died on 2 February 2011 at a private hospital in Cherthala.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sarangapani-dead/speednewsbytopic/keyid-547852.cms|title=Sarangapani dead|work=The Times of India |date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-03}} His dead body was cremated as the premises of his home the next day.
Selected works
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=Films=
- Umma (1960)
- Neeli Sali (1960)
- Unniyarcha (1961)
- Palattu Koman (1962)
- Othenante Makan (1970)
- Postmane Kananilla (1972)
- Aromalunni (1972)
- Pavangal Pennungal (1973)
- Thumbolarcha (1974)
- Manishada (1975)
- Neela Ponman (1975)
- Cheenavala (1975)
- Mallanum Mathevanum (1976)
- Kannappanunni (1977)
- Kadathanattu Makkam (1977)
- Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana (1977)
- Palattu Kunjikannan (1980)
- Kadathanadan Ambadi (1990){{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/feb/04/farewell-master-scriptwriter-sarangapani-224591.html|title = Farewell, master scriptwriter Sarangapani| date=16 May 2012 }}
- Aromal Chekavar
- Thaara
=Plays=
- Ballatha Duniyavu
- Chilamboli
- Bhavana
- Avarente Makkal
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Category:Writers from Alappuzha
Category:Malayalam-language writers
Category:Malayalam screenwriters