Pattathuvila Karunakaran
{{Short description|Indian writer and film producer (1925–1987)}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|7|7}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|5|6|1925|7|7}}
| occupation = Story writer, film producer
| spouse = Saraswathy
| relatives = {{ubl|Kochukunju (father)| Kochukunjali (mother)}}
| children = Two daughters
| awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
| notableworks = Vimarsham
Muni
| nationality = Indian}}
Pattathuvila Karunakaran (1925–1987) was an Indian film producer and short story writer of Malayalam literature.Cherukadha Innale Innu Naale; M.Achuthan; S.P.C.S. Kottayam He was best known for his book, Vimarsham and for his association with the film, Uttarayanam, the directorial debut of noted filmmaker, G. Aravindan, as the film's producer and story writer. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for story in 1972.
Biography
Karunakaran was born on 7 July 1925{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=3683 |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-14}} in Pattathuvila family in Quilon district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Kochukunju and Kochukunjali.{{Cite web |url=https://m3db.com/artists/51224 |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran - M3DB.COM |website=m3db.com |access-date=2019-04-14}} After schooling at Craven School, Quilon and subsequent graduation from Presidency College Madras, he joined the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram but did not complete the course. He started his career as a journalist with Kerala Kaumudi, but soon quit the job to pursue studies in business administration at Syracuse University in the US from where he earned a master's degree in business administration. On his return to Kerala, he joined the Calicut branch of Pierse Leslie India Ltd. as a manager and settled down in Kozhikode, where he spent the rest of his life as a part of the celebrated Kozhikode Cultural Circle, which included such noted writers and artists like Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, M.T.Vasudevan Nair, Thikkodiyan, V. K. N., G. Aravindan, N. P. Mohammed and M. V. Devan.Obituary reports in various newspapers on Pattahthuvila Karunakaran published on 6 June 1988
Karunakaran was married to Saraswathi, fondly called Sara, the marriage taking place in 1955 and the couple had two daughters, Anitha and Anuradha. He died on 6 May 1987, at the age of 61.{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6591563.Pattathuvila_Karunakaran |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran - Author profile |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}
Legacy and honours
Karaunakaran was known to have been a private person, seldom appearing in public forums and wrote only short stories while many of his contemporaries turned to writing novels.Articles in various magazines on Pattahthuvila Karunakaran published in June ,1988. In 1973, his short story anthology, Muni, was selected for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-04-14 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4057|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4057–}} He published a number of short story anthologies, including Vimarsham, Bourgeois Snehithan and Nattellikalude Jeevitham and his stories portrayed personal identity crisis,{{cite book|editor=Rajendra Awasthy|title=Selected Malayalam Short Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFRUn0IyhMQC&pg=PA12|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0479-3|pages=12–}} reflecting the recurring themes of betrayal and sacrifice, seen from a cynical perspective.{{cite book|title=Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKq5A57tX1cC&pg=PA40|year=1999|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-764-9|pages=40–}} His stories have also been translated into English.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no28118/indian-literature-english-new-perspectives-kv-surendran |title=Indian Literature in English: New Perspectives |website=www.vedamsbooks.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}
Karaunakaran could not fulfill his early desire to study film-making,Interview with Saraswathi Karunakaran; Pattathuvilayude Kadhakal; DC Kottayam he was a part of the group which made Uttarayanam, the 1974 film made by G. Aravindan{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/mar/19/the-multifaceted-film-maker-33911.html |title=The multifaceted film maker |website=The New Indian Express |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=2019-04-14}} in the capacity of the producer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=588 |title=Utharaayanam (1975) |date=2019-04-14 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-14}} The film went on to receive a number of awards such as the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=STATE FILM AWARDS |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-04-14}} He was also a member of the Aswini Film Society, a Kozhikode-based sister organization of Chitralekha Film Society of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, where M. T. Vasudevan Nair and G. Aravindan were also members.{{cite book|author=V. K. Cherian|title=India's Film Society Movement: The Journey and its Impact|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iytwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT191|date=31 October 2016|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-93-85985-62-1|pages=191–}}
Pattathuvila Karunakaran Memorial Trust, an eponymous organization, has instituted an award, Pattathuvila Karunakaran Memorial Award, to recognise the excellence in literature and Prabha Varma and Perumal Murugan have been among the recipients.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Pattathuvila-award-for-Prabha-Varma/article16900149.ece |title=Pattathuvila award for Prabha Varma |date=18 December 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=7 September 2019}}
Bibliography
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- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212207&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Muni |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran |date=1972 |publisher=N.B.S |location=Kottayam}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080947-bourgeois-snehithan |title=Bourgeois Snehithan |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71344&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Kanne madaguaka |last=Karunakaran Pattathuvila |date=1957 |publisher=Current Books}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080956-bali |title=Bali |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080962-sathyanweshanam |title=Sathyanweshanam |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22081324-kadha-pattathuvila |title=Kadha-Pattathuvila |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
- {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29792&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Pattathuvilayude kathakal |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila; Author |date=1999 |isbn=9788171309719 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305619&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Nattellikalude jeevitham |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila |date=1981 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=330159&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Vimarsam |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila |date=2003 |publisher=D. C. Books |isbn=978-81-264-0676-0 |location=Kottayam}}
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=producer&artist=Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Profile of Malayalam Producer Pattathuvila Karunakaran |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-14}}
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