N.P Sajeesh (born 7 December 1976) is a writer, journalist and film critic. Currently he serves as the Deputy Director (Programmes) at

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Sajeesh was born at Kalpathur near

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State,

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. Authoring several books on literature and cinema, He won

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for the best book in cinema in 2007 for the book ''Salabhachirakukal Kozhiyunna Charithra Sishirathil''. He won

for the best article on cinema in 2006 for the article titled ''Gujarathinu sesham Malayala cinema Musliminodu parayunnathu'' published in

Mathrubhumi ''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. ...

Weekly. In 2008 he served on the

Jury headed by

Vijayakrishnan Vijayakrishnan is an Indian film critic, film historian and director born in 1952 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala He has received eight State Awards, one National Award, and two Critics Awards. Committee member Vijayakrishnan was a member of ...

. He received the ALA (Amateur Little Cinema) Award for the best translated work on cinema for the book titled ''Sahasrabdathinte Cinemakal'' published by Frames Film Society. He has published three collections of essays on cinema. ''Thiramalayalathinte Avasthantharangal'', published by Keralabhasha Institute, is a collection of essays on different genres of

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. The book ''Salabhachirakukal Kozhiyunna Charithra Sishirathil'', is published by H&C Publishers. He has compiled and edited ''Purushaveshangal'', a collection of essays on

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...

and

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

. ''Veettilekkulla Kathukal'' is about

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for '' The Colossus and Other Poems'' (1960), '' Ariel'' (1965), a ...

, an American poet. He is the co-author of the books titled ''Athmahathya: Jeevitham kondu Murivettavante Vakku'' and ''Unmadam: abodhathinte Maholtsavam'' which probe the connection between suicide, madness and creativity. He is sub editor with ''

Madhyamam ''Madhyamam'' (meaning ''Medium'') is a Malayalam-language newspaper published in Kerala, India, since 1987.Journalists from Kerala Living people 1976 births People from Kozhikode district