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S. Jayachandran Nair
Born1939 (1939)
Trivandrum, Travancore, India
Died (aged 85)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer, script writer
Years active1957−2012
Known forJournalistic achievements
Notable workPiravi
Swaham
Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal
Mouna Prathanapole
SpouseSaraswathi Amma
Children2 children
AwardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema
K. Balakrishnan Memorial Award
K. C. Sebastian Award
M. V. Pylee Jornalism Award
K. Vijayaraghavan Smaraka Puraskaram
C. H. Mohammed Koya Journalism Award

S. Jayachandran Nair (1939 – 2 January 2025) was an Indian journalist, writer and screenwriter from the south Indian state of Kerala. He was known for his journalistic activities which included the founding of Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika, a Malayalam language newsweekly and website published by The New Indian Express group as well as for his association with the award winning films, Piravi and Swaham, both directed by Shaji N. Karun. He was the author of a number of literary works in Malayalam for which he received honors such as Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema, K. Balakrishnan Award, K. C. Sebastian Award, M. V. Pylee Journalism Award, K. Vijayaraghavan Smaraka Puraskaram and C. H. Mohammed Koya Journalism Award.

Biography

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S. Jayachandran Nair was born in 1939 at Sreevaraham, a residential area in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the south Indian state of Kerala.[1] After graduating from the University College Thiruvananthapuram, he joined Kerala Kaumudi as an editorial staff in 1957.[2] Though he moved to Malayalashabdham, a weekly published from Kollam, in 1967, he returned to Kaumudi group and became the associate editor of Kalakaumudi, when the weekly was launched in 1975.[3] Later, he became the editor of the weekly where he served until 1997 and moved to The New Indian Express Group to become the founder editor of Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika, a weekly started by the Group.[4] He worked there till 2012 when he retired from active service.[5][6]

Achievements

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Jayachandran Nair was known to have been instrumental in bringing the literary column, Sahithya Varaphalam, written by M. Krishnan Nair to Kalakaumudi and Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika, when he was serving as the editor of those weeklies.[2] He has written a number of books, covering the genres of biography, literary criticism, cinema, prose and literature.[7] His autobiography, Ente Pradhakshina Vazhikal, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography in 2012.[8] He was closely associated with the new wave Malayalam cinema and he entered the field in 1989, by producing the debut film of Shaji N. Karun, Piravi for which he also wrote the story. The film went on to win a number of awards, including the Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.[9][10] Later, in 1989. he wrote the screenplay for another Shaji N. Karun venture, the award winning movie, Swaham.[11][12] He published a work on the filmmaker G. Aravindan under the title, Mounaprararthana Pole in 2018 which won the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2018.[13] His career came to an end in 2012, following a controversy involving his decision to stop publishing a poem written by Prabha Varma in his weekly. This is known to have caused a friction between him and the owners of the publication.[5]

Personal life and death

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Nair was married to Saraswathi Amma and the couple had a son, Jaydeep, and a daughter, Deepa.[1][14]

Nair died from age-related illnesses in Bengaluru, on 2 January 2025, at the age of 85.[4][3][15]

Awards

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Books

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  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2011). Therolikal. Kozhikode: Olive.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2012). Rosadalangal (2nd ed.). Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 978-81-8265-387-0.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2013). Kazhchayude Satyam: Cinema Niroopanam. Thiruvananthapuram: Sign Books.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2013). Kazhchayude satyam. Thiruvananthapuram: Sign Books. ISBN 978-81-926086-3-1.
  • JAYACHANDRAN NAIR, S. (2014). GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ: Jeevithavum Ezhuthum. Kochi: Prism.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2015). Godsekkum prathima. TVPM: Chintha.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2015). Nizhal veezhaatha veilthundukal. Thrissur: Current Books. ISBN 978-81-226-1302-5.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2015). Ilakal kozhiyatha marangal. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 978-81-8266-565-1.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S.; ജയചന്ദ്രൻനായർ, എസ് (2016). Andre Tarkovsky: Life and Work. Kannur: Kairali books private limited. ISBN 978-93-86197-44-3.
  • JAYACHANDRAN NAIR, S. (2017). Bakkipathram. Thrissur: Green Books Pvt. Ltd.
  • Jayachandran Nair, S. (2018). Swathanthryathinu 21 Divasam. Kannur: Kairali books private limited. ISBN 978-93-86822-90-1.
  • JAYACHANDRAN NAIR, S. (2019). Marakkuthira. Thrissur: Green books. ISBN 978-93-88830-32-4.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jayachandran Nair.S - Kerala Media Academy". keralamediaacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  2. ^ a b Service, Express News (2025-01-02). "Former editor of Samakalika Malayalam S Jayachandran Nair passes away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ a b "Senior journalist S Jayachandran Nair passes away". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. ^ a b "Samakalika Malayalam founder-editor S Jayachandran Nair passes away". Samakalika Malayalam founder-editor S Jayachandran Nair passes away. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ a b "Jayachandran Nair resigns". KERALA VARTHA (in Malayalam). 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ "Veteran Malayalam journalist and award-winning author S Jayachandran Nair dies at 85". India Today. 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  7. ^ Nair, S. Jayachandran (2025-01-03). "Kerala University Library catalog". campuslib.keralauniversity.ac.in. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  8. ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards". Kerala Sahithya Academi. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  9. ^ "A look back at Shaji N Karun's masterpiece Piravi". Column A look back at Shaji N Karun’s masterpiece Piravi. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  10. ^ "The Birth (1988)". Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  11. ^ "SWAHAM". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  12. ^ "Shaji Karun on Amitabh Bachchan winning National award for Paa over Mammootty in Kutty Srank: 'They probably didn't want a single film to win 6-7 awards'". The Indian Express. 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  13. ^ a b c d "Veteran journalist S Jayachandran Nair dies at 85". The Week. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  14. ^ ഡെസ്ക്, സമകാലിക മലയാളം (2025-01-02). "To My Editor With Gratitude - Balachandran Chullikkad". Samakalika Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  15. ^ "Veteran journalist passes away". The Hindu. 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  16. ^ a b Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Veteran journalist and writer S Jayachandran Nair passes away". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
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