Santhosh Echikkanam

Santhosh Echikkanam (Malayalam: സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം) is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, which include Komala and Biriyani as well as for the screenplay of films such as Annayum Rasoolum and Bachelor Party.

Santhosh Echikkanam
Born1971 (age 49–50)
Bedadka, Kasaragod, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, screenwriter
GenreFiction
Notable works
  • Shwasam
  • Komala
  • Naranayum Paravayayum
  • Biriyani
Notable awards
  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
  • Padmaprabha Literary Award
  • Karur Award
  • Pravasi Basheer Award
  • Abudhabi Sakthi Award
  • Cherukad Award
  • V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award
  • Kolkata Bhasha Sahithya Parishad Award
  • Delhi Katha Award
  • Kerala State Television Award
SpouseJalsa Menon
ChildrenMahadevan
Parents
  • A. C. Chandran Nair (father)
  • Shyamala (mother)

Biography

Santhosh Echikkanam was born in 1971 in a farmer's family in Bedadka, in Kasargod district of the Indian state of Kerala to A. C. Chandran Nair and Shyamala.[1][2] After graduating in Malayalam and literature, he secured a post graduate diploma in Journalism and mass communication from Kerala Press Academy.[3] He has worked as a teacher at a parallel college which he owned and was also associated with Akashvani.[1]

Echikkanam received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story for his short story Komala (2008).[4][5][6] He has also received several other honors, including Padmaprabha Literary Award, Karur Award, Pravasi Basheer Award, Abudhabi Sakthi Award, Cherukad Award, V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award, Kolkata Bhasha Sahithya Parishad Award, Delhi Katha Award and Kerala State Television Award for best story.[3]

Echikkanam, who has been involved in a controversy on his allegedly casteist remarks at a literary festival,[7][8] is married to Jalsa Menon, who is a medical practitioner, and the couple has a son, Mahadevan.[9] The family lives in Ayyanthole in Thrissur district.[1]

Bibliography

Short story anthologies
  • Echikanam, Santhosh. "Biriyani". DC Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-8126473823. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  • Echikanam, Santhosh. "Parakkallo Athens" (in Malayalam). DC Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-9352826544. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  • Echikanam, Santhosh. Komala. DC Books. p. 84. ISBN 978-8126418954.
  • Echikanam, Santhosh. Oru Chithrakathayile Nayattukarum Kathapathrangalum Pankeduthavarum. DC Books. p. 184. ISBN 978-9352826841.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Kathakal - Santhosh Echikkanam. DC Books. p. 288. ISBN 978-8126434688.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Shwasam. DC Books. p. 96. ISBN 978-8126449125.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Oru Chithrakadhayile Nayattukar. DC Books. ASIN B007E4VT32.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Naranayum Paravayayum. DC Books. ISBN 978-8126428380.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Ente Priyappetta Kathakal. DC Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-9352821150.
  • Echikkanam, Santhosh. Ottavaathil. Olive Books. p. 116.

Poems
  • Nanni

Memoirs

Literary criticism
  • Echikanam, Santhosh (ed.). Enmakaje Padanangal. Current Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-8124018897Compilation of articles on "Enmakaje" by Ambikasuthan Mangadu

Filmography
Year Title Screenplay Story Dialogues Director
2012NidraYesNoYesSiddharth Bharathan
2012Bachelor PartyYesNoYesAmal Neerad
2013Annayum RasoolumYesNoYesRajeev Ravi
2013Idukki GoldNoYesNoAashiq Abu
2015Chandrettan EvideyaYesYesYesSidharth Bharathan
2014Njan Steve LopezYesNoYesRajeev Ravi
2017AbyYesYesYesSrikant Murali

References
  1. "Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. "സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം's biography and latest film release news". FilmiBeat (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. "Santhosh Echikanam MB profile". Mathrubhumi. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. "Santhosh Echikkanam- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020". keralaliteraturefestival.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Express Buzz. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  6. "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  7. "Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested over remarks on backward classes". OnManorama. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  8. "Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested in Kerala for alleged casteist slurs, granted bail". The News Minute. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. "SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM on DC Books". dcbookstore.com. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

Further reading
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