Babu Bharadwaj

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Babu Bharadwaj
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Born(1948-01-15)January 15, 1948
Chemancheri, Calicut, Madras State, India
DiedMarch 30, 2016(2016-03-30) (aged 68)
Calicut, Kerala, India
OccupationCivil engineer, writer, journalist, film producer
LanguageMalayalam
Alma materMalabar Christian College, Calicut
Government Engineering College, Trichur
Notable worksPravasiyude Kurippukal, Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam
Notable awards

Babu Bharadwaj was a Malayalam–language writer and journalist from Kerala, India. Born in Chemancheri, Calicut in 1948 as the son of M. R. Vijayaraghavan and K. P. Bhavani, Bharadwaj studied at Poyilkavu High School and Malabar Christian College, Calicut and Government Engineering College, Trichur. He was actively involved in student politics and was the first national joint secretary of Students' Federation of India (SFI).

Bharadwaj started his journalistic career with the left-leaning Malayalam magazine Chintha. He also worked for the television media; he was the Programme Head for MediaOne TV and Creative Executive for Kairali TV. In 2006, he founded the Malayalam online news portal DoolNews.[1]

A civil engineer by profession, he worked in Saudi Arabia for a long time and many of his literary works focused on the lives of Indian expatriates in the Gulf.[2] He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel for Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam (2006). His other works include Pravasiyude Kurippukal, Shavaghoshayathra, Puppet Theatre, Pravasiyude Vazhiyambalangal, Panchakalyani and Adrushya Nagarangal. He also produced the Malayalam film Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal (1980) directed by Chintha Ravi.

He died on 30 March 2016 due to heart-related ailments at a private hospital in Calicut. He was survived by his wife Prabha and daughters Reshma, Greeshma and Thashi.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "ബാബു ഭരദ്വാജ് അന്തരിച്ചു". DoolNews (in Malayalam). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Babu Bharadwaj, narrator of the expat". Deccan Chronicle. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away". Malayala Manorama. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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