Cherunniyoor Jayaprasad

Cherunniyoor Jayaprasad (born 1951) is an Indian playwright and theatre director.

Personal life

Jayaprasad was born in Cherunniyoor village to Vamadevan and Sumathi. He had his primary and secondary education at Valayantekuzhi and Varkala High School, and studied mechanical engineering at S.N. Polytechnic in Kollam. He now works as an engineer in Cochin shipyard.^[1]

Career

The shipyard where Jayaprassad works has had a drama club since 1976. Jayaprassad has directed twelve plays, eight of which he has written. He has received the Kerala Sangeetha nadaka academy amateur drama award for his work. Jayaprassad has also experimented with folk theatre and epic theatre.

Plays

Typhoon (1971)
Yagagni (1972)
Thrayam (1974)
Thrasam (1978)
Spandanam (1979)
Algibra (1980)
Soma Saudham (1980)
Asa Prathyasa (1981)
Amukham (1981)
Himarekha (1982)
Sea Palace (1983)
August-15 (1983)
Asamsakal (1984)
Sweekaranam (1984)
Kannyakumariyil Oru Kadamkadha (1985)
Atham Patthinu Ponnonam (1985)
Operation Blue Star (1985)
Rangapravasam (1985)
Oru Koythupattinite Sangeetham (1986)
Kashmeeril ninnoru Kavitha (1987)
Areyum Novikkathe (1987)
5 Vikkattinu 365 Runs (1988)
EE Kadha 10 num 12 num Madhea (1988)
Ente Ammakku Ente Veettilekkoru Kshanakkattu (1989)
Kadha parayum Silpangal (1990)
Priya Sughruthe Nangal Vivahitharakunnu (1990)
Snekanweshanangalode kuttiyettan.(1991)
Purappadu (1991)
Cover story veendum MRB (1992)
Iniyum marikkatha Karan
Anjana garden (1993)
Vanayanam
Pathinezham Sarggam (1994)
Theeram Kasmeeram
Nakshathrangale snehicha rathri(1995)
Attavilakku Anayum mumps
Yodhavu
Flat No 144-245,(1996)
Poypoyakalam thedi.
Swapna radham
Akshara slokam(1997)
Saraswatham
Maths Pitha Guru(1998)
Theeram Nilayude Theeram
Thampuran Samaksham(1999)
Balagopalante Amma
Nakshathrangale Snehageetham (2000)
Punarjanmam
Achan Makane anugrahichu (2001)
E deepam anayathirikkatte (2002)
Ellam marakkam onnu chirikkam (2003)
Palma varunne Palma
Sahrudaya Samaksham (2004)
Swepnamkandu theerum mumpe (2005)
Truth India T.V. channel (2006)
Manasse née ethra Latham akale
Evideya karayunnu Gandhi(2007)
American divyam
sms Vazhi Vannoru Pranayam (2008)
Tendown express (2009)
Ivide asokanum jeevichirunnu (2010)
Marakkam marannoru rathri (2011)
Our Manasasthranjante bharatha paryadanam.(2012)
sahrudaya sadass (2013)
Enthinanivale ingane mohippichath
Gurukulam (2015)
Our Sinima thirakkatha(2017)
Kanyakumari -2 (2019)

Awards

Kerala State Award (1985, 2010, 2012)
Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Amateur Drama Award (1995)
All India Radio Drama Award (1997)
Kerala State Award, Best Director (2006)^[2]
Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Guru Pooja Award (2010)
Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Samagra Sambhavana Puraskaram Award (2014)^[3]

References

^ K Surekha. "On the banks of the Nila". Newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
^ "KSNA announces awards for dramas -". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
^ "മഞ്‌ജു വാര്യർക്ക്‌ സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരം". www.mangalam.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[1] K Surekha. "On the banks of the Nila". Newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[2] "KSNA announces awards for dramas -". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[3] "മഞ്‌ജു വാര്യർക്ക്‌ സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരം". www.mangalam.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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