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{{Infobox writer
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|7|7}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|5|6|1925|7|7}}
| occupation = Story writer, film producer
| spouse = Saraswathy
| relatives = {{ubl|Kochukunju (father)| Kochukunjali (mother)}}
| children = Two daughters
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]]
| notableworks = ''Vimarsham''<br />''Muni''
| nationality = Indian}}

'''Pattathuvila Karunakaran''' (1925–1988) was an Indian film producer and short story writer of [[Malayalam literature]].<ref>Cherukadha Innale Innu Naale ; M.Achuthan ; S.P.C.S. Kottayam</ref> He was best known for his book, ''Vimarsham'' and for his association with the film, ''[[Uttarayanam]]'', the directorial debut of noted filmmaker, [[G. Aravindan]], as the film's producer and story writer. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] awarded him their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|annual award for story]] in 1972.

== Biography ==
Karunakaran was born on 7 July 1925<ref name="Pattathuvila Karunakaran">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=3683 |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> in ''Pattathuvila'' family in [[Quilon]] district of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Kochukunju and Kochukunjali.<ref name="Pattathuvila Karunakaran - M3DB.COM">{{Cite web |url=https://m3db.com/artists/51224 |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran - M3DB.COM |website=m3db.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> After schooling at Craven School, Quilon and subsequent graduation from [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] [[Madras]], he joined the [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]] but did not complete the course. He started his career as a journalist with ''[[Kerala Kaumudi]]'', but soon quit the job to pursue studies in business administration at [[Syracuse University]] in the USA from where he earned a master's degree in business administration. On his return to Kerala, he joined the [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] branch of Pierse Leslie India Ltd. as a manager and settled down in Kozhikode, where he spent the rest of his life as a part of the celebrated ''[[Kozhikode]] Cultural Circle'', which included such noted writers and artists like [[Vaikom Muhammed Basheer]], [[M.T.Vasudevan Nair]], [[Thikkodiyan]], [[V. K. N.]], [[G. Aravindan]], [[N. P. Mohammed]] and [[M. V. Devan]].<ref>Obituary reports in various newspapers on Pattahthuvila Karunakaran published on 6 June 1988</ref>

Karunakaran was married to Saraswathi, fondly called Sara, the marriage taking place in 1955 and the couple had two daughters, Anitha and Anuradha. He died on 6 May 1987, at the age of 61.<ref name="Pattathuvila Karunakaran - Author profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6591563.Pattathuvila_Karunakaran |title=Pattathuvila Karunakaran - Author profile |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>

== Legacy and honours ==
Karaunakaran was known to have been a private person, seldom appearing in public forums and wrote only short stories while many of his contemporaries turned to writing novels.<ref>Articles in various magazines on Pattahthuvila Karunakaran published in June ,1988.</ref> In 1973, his short story anthology, ''Muni'', was selected for the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-04-14 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4057|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4057–}}</ref> He published a number of short story anthologies, including ''Vimarsham'', ''Bourgeois Snehithan '' and ''Nattellikalude Jeevitham'' and his stories portrayed personal identity crisis,<ref name="Awasthy2004">{{cite book|author=Edited By Rajendra Awasthy|title=Selected Malayalam Short Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFRUn0IyhMQC&pg=PA12|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0479-3|pages=12–}}</ref> reflecting the recurring themes of betrayal and sacrifice, seen from a cynical perspective.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKq5A57tX1cC&pg=PA40|year=1999|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-764-9|pages=40–}}</ref> His stories have also been translated into English.<ref name="Indian Literature in English: New Perspectives">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no28118/indian-literature-english-new-perspectives-kv-surendran |title=Indian Literature in English: New Perspectives |website=www.vedamsbooks.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref>

Karaunakaran could not fulfill his early desire to study film-making,<ref>Interview with Saraswathi Karunakaran ;''Pattathuvilayude Kadhakal''; DC Kottayam</ref> he was a part of the group which made ''[[Uttarayanam]]'', the 1974 film made by [[G. Aravindan]]<ref name="The multifaceted film maker">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2009/mar/19/the-multifaceted-film-maker-33911.html |title=The multifaceted film maker |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> in the capacity of the producer.<ref name="Utharaayanam (1975)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=588 |title=Utharaayanam (1975) |date=2019-04-14 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> The film went on to received a number of awards such as the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film]] and the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]].<ref name="STATE FILM AWARDS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=STATE FILM AWARDS |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-04-14}}</ref> He was also a member of the ''Aswini Film Society'', a Kozhikode-based sister organization of Chitralekha Film Society of [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], where [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] and G. Aravindan were also members.<ref name="Cherian2016">{{cite book|author=V. K. Cherian|title=India’s Film Society Movement: The Journey and its Impact|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iytwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT191|date=31 October 2016|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-93-85985-62-1|pages=191–}}</ref>

Pattathuvila Karunakaran Memorial Trust, an eponymous organization, has instituted an award, ''Pattathuvila Karunakaran Memorial Award'', to recognise the excellence in literature and [[Prabha Varma]] and [[Perumal Murugan]] have been among the recipients.<ref name="Pattathuvila award for Prabha Varma">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Pattathuvila-award-for-Prabha-Varma/article16900149.ece |title=Pattathuvila award for Prabha Varma |date=18 December 2016 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212207&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Muni |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran |date=1972 |publisher=N.B.S |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080947-bourgeois-snehithan |title=Bourgeois Snehithan |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71344&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Kanne madaguaka |last=Karunakaran Pattathuvila |date=1957 |publisher=Current Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080956-bali |title=Bali |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22080962-sathyanweshanam |title=Sathyanweshanam |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/22081324-kadha-pattathuvila |title=Kadha-Pattathuvila |last=Pattathuvila Karunakaran}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29792&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Pattathuvilayude kathakal |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila; Author |date=1999 |isbn=9788171309719 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305619&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Nattellikalude jeevitham |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila |date=1981 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=330159&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Vimarsam |last=Karunakaran |first=Pattathuvila |date=2003 |publisher=D. C. Books |isbn=978-81-264-0676-0 |location=Kottayam}}
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=producer&artist=Pattathuvila%2520Karunakaran |title=Profile of Malayalam Producer Pattathuvila Karunakaran |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-14}}

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[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
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