P. V. Shajikumar

P. V. Shajikumar is a Malayalam author, screenplay writer and software engineer. He has won Kendra Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi's Geeta Hiranyan Award.

Biography

He married Maneesha Narayan. He ventured into writing during his college day and published his first short story collection ‘Janam’ at the age of 23. He wrote the screenplay for Kanyaka Talkies, based on his short story 18+, along with Ranjini Krishnan and K. R. Manoj The movie was screened at numerous film festivals and won award for the Best Screenplay at 14th Annual New York Indian Film Festival and the International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for Best Malayalam Film at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala. Forbes India magazine selected it as one among the five must watch Indian movies in 2014.

Screenwriter Title Year Co-writers Notes Kanyaka Talkies 2013 Ranjini Krishnan, K. R. Manoj The Best Screenplay at 14th Annual New York Indian Film FestivalSelected for the competition section at the 15th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival Selected as the opening film at the 44th International Film Festival of India Won FIPRESCI Award for The Best Malayalam Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala Selected by Forbes India magazine as one of the five must watch Indian movies in 2014