P V SHAJIKUMAR
Author Award: Kerala Government Award
P V SHAJIKUMAR
P.V. Shajikumar was born on May 21, 1983, in Madikai, Kasaragod district, to the late Kallingeel Kunjikannan and Thankamani. He studied at Govt. L.P. School, Keekangkot, G. H. S. Madikai, Nehru College, Kanhangad, and Kasaragod L.B.S. Engineering College. He has written the screenplays for the films Kanyaka Talkies and Take Off and the dialogues for the film Puthan Panam. His works include Janam, Maranavamsam, Itha Innumuthal Itha Innalevare, and Vellaripaadam. He has also won the New York Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay and the Shanghai Film Festival Award. He was awarded the Kendra Sahitya Akademi-Yuva Puraskar, the Kerala Government Award for Best Screenplay in 2017.
GIREESH PULIYOOR
Gireesh Puliyoor was born in 1966 in Puliyoor village, Nedumangad, Uzhamalakkal, Thiruvananthapuram. Her parents are L. Sreedharan Nair and K. Saraswathi Yamma. Smita Murali is his spouse and has a daughter, Akshara Girish Murali. While an M.A. (English) student at University College, Thiruvananthapuram, he received the N.N. Kakkad Award and the Kunju Pillai Award for college poetry. He received the V.T. Kumaran Award in 1992 and the Rajaraja Varma Poetry Award in 2000. He has written lyrics for many serials and albums. He has won the American Viewers Award (lyrics: 2002), the K.P. Brahmanandan Literary Award (2011), the Adoorbhasi Foundation Award (lyrics: 2012), the P. Bhaskaran Foundation Poetry Award (2012), “Sicta” Award for Best Television Presenter (2019), Indywood Poetry Award (2020), and Kerala Government Award for Best Television Commentator (2018) have been awarded. He has published poetry collections such as Ottayante Hridayam, Nee Varunilla, Mamboomanakkann, Aadupampe Kadam Kel Pampe, Veesiyaditikku Kate, Orikalenne Nee Kyavartanam, and Snehathm Aayukalilla. He presents programs on various TV channels and runs his own institution called “Puliyoor Herbal Center”.