Jnanpith-winning poet O.N.V Kurup no more

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Waxing lyrical J nanapith award winner O.N.V. Kurup is the lyricist of award-winning documentary filmmaker Vinod Mankara's first feature film ‘Karayelekku Oru Kadal Dooram.' M. Jayachandran is the music composer of the film that has Indrajith and Mamta Mohandas in important roles. Vinod has stuck gold with his documentaries on a wide variety of themes such as Kathakali, painting and occult.
Waxing lyrical J nanapith award winner O.N.V. Kurup is the lyricist of award-winning documentary filmmaker Vinod Mankara’s first feature film ‘Karayelekku Oru Kadal Dooram.’ M. Jayachandran is the music composer of the film that has Indrajith and Mamta Mohandas in important roles. Vinod has stuck gold with his documentaries on a wide variety of themes such as Kathakali, painting and occult.

Malayalam’s most celebrated contemporary poet and Jnanpith-winner O.N.V. Kurup is no more.

ONV, as he was popularly known, was part of the progressive movement in Kerala and penned some of the most remembered poems and film lyrics. He died at a private hospital here a short while ago owing to age-related ailments. He was 84.

He was honoured with the Padma Sri in 1998 and with the Padma Vibhushan in 2011. He was awarded the Jnanpith in 2007.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Kerala / by C. Gouridasan Nair / Thiruvananthapuram – February 13th, 2016

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