P. Geetha

P. Geetha is an Indian writer, critic and feminist activist from Kerala. Her work titled Kannadikal Udaykkunnathenthinu (കണ്ണാടികൾ ഉടക്കുന്നതെന്തിന്)is considered as the first feminist critical study book in Malayalam language. She received many awards including the Kuttippuzha Endowment Award from Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Kerala Film Critics Award and the Kerala State film Award.

Biography P. Geetha was born in Angadipuram, Malappuram district to P.S. Padmini and P. C. Parameswaran. She has served as a Malayalam teacher at Madappally Government College, Malappuram Government College, and Pattambi Sree Neelakantha Sanskrit College.

Activism Geetha writes and speaks continuously in feminist and other social issues. She have faced various forms of humiliation from society because of her stances. She filed a police complaint against the people around her who are continuously making obscene remarks, saying that she is not performing her daughter's wedding and does not know how to respect men. Her critical study book in Malayalam titled Kannadikal Udaykkunnatgenthunu is considered as the first feminist critical study book in Malayalam. In 2024, she received the first K. Saraswathi Amma Award, instituted by WINGS (Women's Integration and Growth Through Sports) Kerala, for feminist studies, for her criticism work Aan Thachukal (meaning: male creations) on M.T. Vasudevan Nair's scripts. She has also received many awards including the Thayattu Award for the best poetic literary criticism in 1998, the Lalithambika Antharjanam Memorial Award for the best young critic, the Kerala Film Critics Award, the Samskarika Keralam Award, the Kerala State film Award, the Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Award, the C.N. Ahmed Moulavi Award, and the P.K.D. Memorial Literary Award.