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'''''Ramanan''''' ([[Malayalam]]: രമണന്) is the most celebrated work of [[Malayalam]] poet [[Changampuzha Krishna Pillai]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Guptannāyar |first=S. | title= Changampuzha| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pOGaL2CIquEC&pg=PA27&dq=edappalli+raghavan#PPA27,M1|year=2001|publisher= Sahitya Akademi |ISBN =9788126012923}}</ref> It is a play written in the form of verse. It is a [[pastoral]] [[elegy]] written after the death of his friend, [[Edappally Raghavan Pillai]]. Written in 1936, it is the [[bestseller]] of [[Malayalam literature]].<br />
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Changampuzha's Ramanan became such a big hit, the [[University of Kerala|Kerala University]] prescribed it as a textbook in Malayalam literature class. Changampuzha himself was a literature student at Kerala University at that time.<br />
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==Adaptations==<br />
* Renowned Katha Prasangam artist [[Kedamangalam Sadanandan]] has performed this poem in many stages when Changampuzha was alive.<ref name="The Hindu"/><br />
* In 1967, its film adaptation, ''[[Ramanan (film)|Ramanan]]'' was released. It was written and directed by D. M. Pottekkat, and starred [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], Kottayam Chellappan, Kamaladevi, Meena, [[Ramu Kariat]], [[Adoor Bhasi]], Usha Kumari and Manavalan Joseph. It was a box office flop.<ref name="The Hindu"/><br />
* This famous poetry has been converted to electronic media as a music album by the Carnatic violinist [[Edappally Ajith Kumar]] and vocalist [[Sreevalsan J. Menon|Srivalsan J. Menon]] with [[Manorama Music]] and [[Santhosh Kumaar Ketteth]] on the day of 60th death anniversary of the great poet (1911–1948). Prof. [[M. K. Sanu]] and [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri]] have launched the Audio CD at an event organised at ''Changampuzha Samskarika Kendram'' at [[Edappally]] in 2008.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/04/19/stories/2010041950270400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427003030/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/04/19/stories/2010041950270400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2010|title=Ramanan 1967|author=B. Vijayakumar|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 April 2010|access-date=27 December 2010}}</ref><br />
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