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| name = Santhosh Aechikkanam <br> സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം <br />
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| caption = Santhosh Aechikkanam in 2022<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bedadka, Kasaragod, Kerala]], India<br />
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| occupation = Writer, screenwriter<br />
| period = 1998–present<br />
| genre = Fiction<br />
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| spouse = Jalsa Menon<br />
| children = Mahadevan<br />
| parents = {{ubl|A. C. Chandran Nair (father)|Shyamala (mother)}}<br />
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| notableworks = {{ubl|''Shwasam''|''Komala''|''Naranayum Paravayayum''|''Biriyani''}}<br />
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| awards = {{ubl|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]]|[[Cherukad Award]]}}<br />
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'''Santhosh Aechikkanam''' is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, which include ''Komala'' and ''Biriyani''. He also wrote screenplays for films such as ''[[Annayum Rasoolum]]'' and ''[[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|Bachelor Party]]''.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Santhosh Aechikkanam was born in 1971 in a farmer's family in [[Bedadka]], in [[Kasargod district]] of the Indian state of [[Kerala]] to A. C. Chandran Nair and Shyamala.<ref name="Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019">{{Cite web |title=Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019 |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/santhosh-echikkanam-bags-padmaprabha-literary-award-2019--1.4397018 |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><ref name="സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം's biography and latest film release news">{{Cite web |title=സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം's biography and latest film release news |url=https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/celebs/santhosh-echikkanam/biography.html |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=FilmiBeat |language=ml}}</ref> After graduating in Malayalam and literature, he secured a post graduate diploma in Journalism and mass communication from [[Kerala Press Academy]].<ref name="Santhosh Echikanam MB profile">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-21 |title=Santhosh Echikanam MB profile |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mbifl2019/speakers/santhosh-echikkanam-mbifl-2019-1.3468681 |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111122830/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mbifl2019/speakers/santhosh-echikkanam-mbifl-2019-1.3468681 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has worked as a teacher at Durga Higher Secondary School, Kanhangad and was also associated with [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|Akashvani]].<ref name="Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019" /><br />
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Aechikkanam was involved in a controversy due to his allegedly casteist remarks at a literary festival.<ref name="Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested over remarks on backward classes">{{Cite web |title=Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested over remarks on backward classes |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/12/15/writer-santhosh-echikkanam-arrested-over-remarks-on-backward-classes.html |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=OnManorama |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested in Kerala for alleged casteist slurs, granted bail">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-16 |title=Writer Santhosh Echikkanam arrested in Kerala for alleged casteist slurs, granted bail |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/writer-santhosh-echikkanam-arrested-kerala-alleged-casteist-slurs-granted-bail-93455 |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> His famous short story ''Biryani'' sparked controversy amid allegations that it was part of a deliberate effort to create an anti-Muslim collective consciousness through its narrative.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jisha Surya |date=29 August 2016 |title=When biriyani became haram |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-biriyani-became-haram/ |work=The Times of India |location= |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Sri Parvathi |date=23 August 2016 |title=ബിരിയാണിക്കഥ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ പൊല്ലാപ്പുകൾ |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/biriyani-short-story-santhosh-echikkanam.html |work=Malayala Manorama |location= |language=ml |access-date=6 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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Aechikkanam received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] for his short story ''Komala'' (2008).<ref name="Santhosh Echikkanam- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020">{{Cite web |title=Santhosh Echikkanam- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020 |url=http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=Mjk2 |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Kerala+Sahitya+Akademi+awards+announced&artid=I7ghTq82qvI=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=X7s7i%7CxOZ5Y=&SEO=|title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced|publisher=The Express Buzz|date=19 April 2009|access-date=18 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/19/stories/2009041954720500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422154508/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/19/stories/2009041954720500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2009|title=Sahitya Akademi awards announced|date=19 April 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=18 July 2009}}</ref> He has also received several other honours, including [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]], Karur Award, Pravasi Basheer Award, Abudhabi Sakthi Award, [[Cherukad Award]], V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award, Kolkata Bhasha Sahithya Parishad Award, Delhi Katha Award and Kerala State Television Award for best story.<ref name="Santhosh Echikanam MB profile" /><br />
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Aechikkanam is married to Jalsa Menon, who is a college professor and the couple has a son, Mahadevan.<ref name="SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM on DC Books">{{Cite web |title=SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM on DC Books |url=https://dcbookstore.com/authors/santhosh-echikkanam |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=dcbookstore.com}}</ref> The family lives in [[Ayyanthole]] in [[Thrissur district]].<ref name="Santhosh Echikkanam bags Padmaprabha Literary Award 2019" /><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
=== Short story anthologies ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Biriyani |year=2016 |publisher=DC Books |page=104 |isbn=978-8126473823}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Parakkallo Athens |year=2019 |publisher=DC Books |page=128 |language=ml |isbn=978-9352826544}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Komala |year=2008 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126418954 |page=84}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Oru Chithrakathayile Nayattukarum Kathapathrangalum Pankeduthavarum |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-9352826841 |page=184}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Kathakal - Santhosh Echikkanam |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126434688 |page=288}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Shwasam |year=2013 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126449125 |page=96}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |url=https://www.amazon.in/Oru-Chithrakadhayile-Nayattukar-Santhosh-Echikkanam/dp/B007E4VT32/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&qid=1600658239&refinements=p_27%253ASANTHOSH+ECHIKKANAM&s=books&sr=1-10 |title=Oru Chithrakadhayile Nayattukar |date=4 September 2004 |publisher=DC Books |asin=B007E4VT32}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Naranayum Paravayayum |year=2010 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126428380}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Ente Priyappetta Kathakal |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-9352821150 |page=208}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Ottavaathil |publisher=Olive Books |page=116}}<br />
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=== Poems ===<br />
*''Nanni''<br />
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=== Memoirs ===<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |title=Malabar Whistling Thrush |year=2013 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126442447 |page=110}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/jamanthikal-suganthikal-80/ |title=Jamanthikal Suganthikal |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=978-81-8266-427-2 |language=en-US}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Aechikkanam |first=Santhosh |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/pakalswapnathil-veyilu-kaayaan-vanna-oru-nari-2/ |title=Pakal Swapnathil Veyil Kayan Vanna Oru Nari |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |language=en-US}}<br />
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=== Literary criticism ===<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Enmakaje Padanangal |year=2010 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=978-8124018897 |editor-last=Aechikkanam |editor-first=Santhosh |pages=104}} Compilation of articles on "Enmakaje" by Ambikasuthan Mangadu.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:75%"<br />
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year<br />
! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Title<br />
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Screenplay<br />
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Story<br />
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Dialogues<br />
! scope="col" style="width:20%" | Director<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || [[Nidra (2012 film)|''Nidra'']] || Yes || No || Yes || [[Siddharth Bharathan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || [[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|''Bachelor Party'']] || Yes || No || Yes || [[Amal Neerad]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || ''[[Annayum Rasoolum]]'' || Yes || No || Yes || [[Rajeev Ravi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || [[Idukki Gold (film)|''Idukki Gold'']] || No || Yes || No || [[Aashiq Abu]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || ''[[Chandrettan Evideya]]'' || Yes || Yes || Yes || [[Sidharth Bharathan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || ''[[Njan Steve Lopez]]'' || Yes || No || Yes || [[Rajeev Ravi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || [[Aby (film)|''Aby'']] || Yes || Yes || Yes || [[Srikant Murali]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |date=2016-08-27 |title=When biriyani became haram |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-biriyani-became-haram/ |access-date=2020-09-21 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|4939833}}<br />
* https://www.filmcompanion.in/news/ramesh-pisharody-to-direct-soubin-shahir-in-his-third-feature-film[https://www.filmcompanion.in/news/ramesh-pisharody-to-direct-soubin-shahir-in-his-third-feature-film]<br />
* {{Cite web |date=2014-04-17 |title=Ullu Thurannu - Interview with Santhosh Echikkanam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taO28hi-9wQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/taO28hi-9wQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-21 |website=Asianet Cable Vision (YouTube video)}}{{cbignore}}<br />
* {{Cite web |date=2020-02-14 |title=Biriyani: The Story and the Translation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw94lnw2yXw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rw94lnw2yXw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-21 |website=DC Books (YouTube video)}}{{cbignore}}<br />
* [https://minglemangles.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post_9728.html Komala by Santhosh Echikkanam]<br />
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