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| Born | P. Jayachandran (1971-04-12)12 April 1971 (age 53) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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P. Jayachandran (born 12 April 1971), better known by hispen nameUnni R., is an Indian short-story writer and screenwriter, who is known for his work inMalayalam literature andMalayalam cinema. Born in Kudamaloor inKottayam district, he is currently based inThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He studied in Kudamaloor LP school, CMS college High school,CMS College Kottayam andBaselius College,Kottayam.[citation needed] Unni R. won theKerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay for the filmCharlie (2015).
For the story of same name, he has received the Kerala Sahithya Academy Geetha Hiranyan Endowment, Anganam-E.P. Sushama Endowment and Thomas Mundasseri Award. Ozhivudivasathe Kali has been later made into thefilm of the same name by Director Sanal Shashidaran. It won the 46th Kerala State Award for Best Film in 2015. He was a recipient of several awards including K.A. Kodunalloor Award and T.P Kishore Memorial Award (both for Praanilokam); V.P. Shivakumar Memorial Award and SBT Award (both for Mudraraakshasam); as well as Abu Dhabi Shakti Award and Ayanam C.V. Sriraman Award (both for Kottayam 17).[citation needed]
His works have been translated into English and other Indian languages such as Tamil. His Leela and Bhootam were translated for the Tamil monthly magazine Kaalachuvadu by Tamil poet Sukumaran. Kalinaadakam which was translated to Tamil has been widely read and noted Tamil writer Perumal Murukan opined in his 19th D.C. Kizhakemuri Memorial lecture that Unni R.’s stories have extensive readership in Tamil Nadu along with the veterans such asThakazhi Sivasankara Pillai,Vaikom Muhammad Basheer,M.T. Vasudevan Nair andMadhavikutty. Several of his articles, including one on Nakulan and on Madhavikutty, were also translated to Tamil and English. Indian Literature, a bi-monthly journal of Sahitya Academy featured his translated stories – Catwalk (Vol.231/2006) and Pedestrian named Badushah (Vol 260/2010). Malayalam Literary Survey (Jan-Mar 2008) published the translation of his short story, The Kali Play.[citation needed]
Besides screen writing, he has also acted as supporting roles inAparahnam,Chappakurishu,Munnariyippu etc. He started his career as a sub-editor in the Karpooram Weekly, Kottayam, Kerala (1994-1995). He also worked as a Producer inAsianet Satellite Communications for a long period of time (1995-2013).[citation needed]
Unni R.'s short story "Vaanku" won the2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story[1] and was made intothe 2021 film of the same name.[2]
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| 2007 | Big B | No | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | Kerala Cafe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Segment:Bridge |
| 2010 | Anwar | No | No | Yes | |
| 2011 | Chaappa Kurishu | No | Yes | Yes | Co-written withSameer Thahir. |
| 2012 | Bachelor Party | No | Yes | Yes | Co-written withSanthosh Echikkanam. |
| 2013 | 5 Sundarikal | No | Yes | Yes | Segment:Kullante Bharya |
| 2014 | Munnariyippu | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | Ozhivudivasathe Kali | Yes | No | No | Kerala State Film Award 2015 -Best Film[4] |
| 2015 | Charlie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Script and dialogues co-written withMartin Prakkat.[5] Kerala State Film Award 2015 –Best Screenplay |
| 2016 | Leela | Yes | Yes | Yes | [6] |
| 2019 | Prathi Poovankozhi | Yes | Yes | Yes | [7] |
| 2022 | Naaradhan | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] |
| TBA | Oru Bhayankara Kamukan | Yes | Yes | Yes | [9] |
| Bilal | No | No | Yes | ||
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