Kalavoor Ravikumar is an Indian author, screenwriter and film director who mainly works in the Malayalam film and literature.

Early life and family

He joined

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daily after the studies and started his professional career as a journalist. Later on he joined

Kalakaumudi ''Kalakaumudi'' ( is an illustrated weekly news magazine published in Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé d ...

as Sub Editor and Program selection committee member in

Jeevan TV Jeevan TV is a news and entertainment Malayalam television channel. Its headquarters is at Palarivattom, Kochi, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by a ...

. He moved legally against the Mohanlal movie crew legally as per the copyright act.

Film career

Ravikumar started his film career as a screenwriter with the movie '' Ottayal Pattalam'' in 1991. He made his Directorial debut in 2008 with '' Oridathoru Puzhayundu.

Filmography

Literary career

Novels

* Oral Jadha * Hridayajalakam * Nakshathrangalude Album * Dulquarum Malakhamarum

Short Story Collections

* P. Krishnapillayude Mobile Number * V.Essum penkuttikalum (Short stories) * Mohan Laline Enikippol Bhayankara pediyanu (Short stories) * Pokkuveyil chuvappu (Short stories)

Children's Literature

* Abduvinte Meenukal (Children’s Novel) * Chinese Boy (Children’s Short Stories) (Published by Kerala State Children’s Literature Institute.)

Awards and honors

* Best Children's Literature (Novel) - Chinese Boy * Kerala State Institute for Childrens Literature * Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Children's Literature (2019) - Chinese Boy

References

External links

* Malayalam screenwriters Malayalam film directors Living people 1966 births 21st-century Indian film directors People from Alappuzha district Screenwriters from Kerala Film directors from Kerala Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award {{India-film-bio-stub