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| name = T.K. Sarangapani<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|07|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|02|02|1925|07|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Cherthala]], [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]]<br />
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| occupation = [[Screenwriter]]<br/> [[Playwright]]<br />
| years_active = 1960–1990<br />
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'''T. K. Sarangapani''' (28 July 1925 – 2 February 2011) was a [[Malayalam]] [[screenwriter]] and [[playwright]]. He has written the screenplay and dialogues for thirty six films, most of them for [[Kunchacko]]'s Udaya Studios. Most of his films are [[Vadakkanpattu]]-related period dramas.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1149198.ece|title=Malayalam cinema's Sarangapani is no more|author=Dennis Marcus Mathew|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Sarangapani was born on 28 July 1925 as the son of Arattuvazhi Anthekkuparambil Veettil Pappi and Kankali in [[Alappuzha]] district. After completing his education from Alappuzha, he worked in the South Indian Rubber Works. He joined the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) in mid-1940s and participated in the [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising]]. He started his career as a writer through the Leftist stage movement and scripted some of the notable stage dramas of the 1950s and early 1960s.{{fact|date=February 2019}}<br />
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He joined the Udaya Studios, founded by [[Kunchacko]], in 1960 and scripted majority of their notable works during the 1960s and 1970s. His debut work ''[[Umma (1960 film)|Umma]]'', based on a novel by [[Moidu Padiyath]] , was the first Muslim social film in Malayalam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/07/stories/2009030750681100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629052406/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/03/07/stories/2009030750681100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Umma 1960|author=B. Vijayakumar|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 March 2009|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref> Some of his famous films include Vadakkanpattu related ''[[Palattu Koman]]'', ''Othenante Makan'', ''Aromal Chekavar'', ''Unniyarcha'', ''Palattu Kunjikannan'', ''Thumbolarcha'' and ''[[Kadathanadan Ambadi]]'', and social dramas ''Manishada'' and ''Thaara''.{{fact|date=February 2019}}<br />
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His last work was released in 1990. He volunteerly retired from film industry during this period. Sarangapani who was suffering from a prolonged illness died on 2 February 2011 at a private hospital in [[Cherthala]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sarangapani-dead/speednewsbytopic/keyid-547852.cms|title=Sarangapani dead|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-03}}</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
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===Films===<br />
* ''[[Umma (1960 film)|Umma]]'' (1960)<br />
* ''Neeli Sali'' (1960)<br />
* ''Unniyarcha'' (1961)<br />
* ''[[Palattu Koman]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''Othenante Makan'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Postmane Kananilla]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Aromalunni]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Pavangal Pennungal]]'' (1973)<br />
* ''[[Thumbolarcha]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Manishada]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Neela Ponman]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Cheenavala]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Mallanum Mathevanum]]'' (1976)<br />
* ''[[Kannappanunni]]'' (1977)<br />
* ''Kadathanattu Makkam'' (1977)<br />
* ''Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana'' (1977)<br />
* ''Palattu Kunjikannan'' (1980)<br />
* ''[[Kadathanadan Ambadi]]'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/feb/04/farewell-master-scriptwriter-sarangapani-224591.html|title = Farewell, master scriptwriter Sarangapani}}</ref><br />
* ''Aromal Chekavar''<br />
* ''Thaara''<br />
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===Plays===<br />
* ''Ballatha Duniyavu''<br />
* ''Chilamboli''<br />
* ''Bhavana''<br />
* ''Avarente Makkal''<br />
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[[Category:Malayali people]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
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