Najeeb Kanthapuram

Early life Najeeb Kanthapuram was born to Muhammad Master at Kozhikode on 20 April 1975. Najeeb Kanthapuram was the candidate fielded by UDF from Perinthalmanna. There were registered voters in Perinthalmanna Constituency for the election. Najeeb Kanthapuram won the election by a narrow margin of 38 votes, making it the lowest victory margin in the election .

Election Performance

Writer Apart from being a journalist he made imprints in his career as a lyricist and director. He directed "INIYUM" a socially relevant docu-fiction film based on Nandigram Bengal. He contributed as a lyricist in "'പാടുക നിലാവേ" (Paaduka Nilaave), a ghazal music album composed by V.T. Murali. Singers of the album were M. Jayachandran, P. Sujatha, Venugopal. In 2013 MT Vasudevan Nair released the album "JAYAHE" a revolutionary song written during CPIM Protest gained wide popularity. The song containing the lyrics "ഇത്രയേയുള്ളൂവെന്നറിയുവാന്‍ നമ്മളെത്രദൂരം നടന്നു" (ithreyulluvennariyuvaan nammalethra dhooram nadanu) became popular among the people.

Awards and achievements He won several achievements in poetry and speeches since his student life. In the year 2004, he won IMA State award for the feature story അര്‍ബുദത്തിന്റെ തീ നാമ്പുകള്‍, (arbudhathinte thee naambukal) awarded by then health minister M.A. Kuttapan. In 2011, he won K.V. Surendranath state award for best editorial for "ലജ്ജിച്ചു തല താഴ്ത്തുക നാം" (lajjichu thalathaythuka naam) a socially relevant editorial published in Chandrika daily on 9 December 2010. He received the award from the famous poet O.N.V. Kurup at the award ceremony held in Trivandrum.