M.T.s life retold in vivid element

His was a rare life. M.T. Vasudevan Nair influenced the language and society in the best way no different author did.

With his novels, quick tales and screenplays, he enriched Malayalam literature and cinema like no one else. He was additionally an distinctive literary journalist. It can’t be straightforward to put in writing the life story of such a person. It took Ok. Sreekumar three years to give you the biography of M.T. That time appears to be nicely spent.

M.T. Vasudevan Nair, revealed by Mathrubhumi Books, succeeds in telling the reader, vividly and intimately, about each facet of the genius. The guide is greater than a mere biography; it is usually a research of M.T.’s works. His novels, quick tales and movies have been mentioned. And M.T. himself reveals how his much-loved characters and plots have taken form in his thoughts.

Importantly, it’s not simply his fiction and cinema that fill the pages – greater than 1,000 of them – however different facets of his creativity, akin to drama. Not many individuals could know that M.T. was a State Award-winning playwright and drama director. His contribution to youngsters’s literature and profession in Mathrubhumi Weekly, the place he had two stints as editor, additionally options prominently within the guide. You might even examine M.T.’s failed enterprise ventures: he had run a pharmacy for some time and based a publishing home which had carried out very nicely initially, having introduced out Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s Anuragathinte Dinangal and Sukumar Azhikode’s basic Thathwamasi.

The college students and admirers of M.T. will respect that Sreekumar has managed to incorporate within the guide among the lesser-known works from the grasp storyteller. You might learn M.T.’s play Gopuranatayil, the songs he wrote for movies and drama, and even a few of his work as a pupil.

By speaking to numerous individuals related with M.T. and anthologising tributes to him in little-known publications, the creator offers perception into his persona as nicely. Liberal use of pictures and clippings from outdated newspapers and magazines embellish the guide.  

For Sreekumar, it was a labour of affection. “The suggestion in regards to the biography got here from M.T.’s shut buddy and literary critic M.M. Basheer,” he says. “I used to be glad that M.T. allowed me to put in writing the guide; I’ve identified him for a very long time and labored with him at Mathrubhumi Weekly. My solely remorse is that I couldn’t full it in his lifetime. I do know he was trying ahead to it.”