O. V. Usha

Ottupulackal Velukkuty Usha (born 4 November 1948) is a Malayalam poet and novelist. She has written four volumes of poems and a few short stories while also authoring a novel. She has also written articles in various journals. Usha served the Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam as its director of publications. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for Mazha, a Malayalam film released in 2000.

Biography

Usha was born in a small village near Palakkad, Kerala as the youngest child of her family. Her childhood was mostly spent in her native village. Her father was employed at "Malabar Special Police" while her eldest brother O. V. Vijayan was a novelist and cartoonist. In the same film she wrote a song ( 'aarude manasile gaanamayi njan', music G. Devarajan, Singer P.Leela) presumably by first women lyricist in modern Malayalam filmdom.

From 1973, she did not contribute more for a period of ten years. In 1982, she resumed writing and has been a frequent contributor since then. While most of her poems are not published in a "book form", her only novel Shahid Naama was published in 2001.

She was one among the jury members of the Kerala State Film Awards in 2008 and served the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as its director of publications.

Works Snehageethangal (Poetry) Dhyaanam (Poetry) Agnimitrannoru Kurippu (Poetry) Shahid Naama (Novel, 2001) Nilam Thodaa Mannu (Short story)

Awards 2000 – Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for Mazha