Pattathuvila Karunakaran

Pattathuvila Karunakaran (1925–1988) was an Indian film producer and short story writer of Malayalam literature. He was best known for his book, Vimarsham and for his association with the film, Uttarayanam, the directorial debut of noted filmmaker, G. Aravindan, as the film's producer and story writer. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for story in 1972. Karunakaran was born on 7 July 1925 in Pattathuvila family in Quilon district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Kochukunju and Kochukunjali. After schooling at Craven School, Quilon and subsequent graduation from Presidency College Madras, he joined the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram but did not complete the course. He started his career as a journalist with Kerala Kaumudi, but soon quit the job to pursue studies in business administration at Syracuse University in the US from where he earned a master's degree in business administration. On his return to Kerala, he joined the Calicut branch of Pierse Leslie India Ltd. as a manager and settled down in Kozhikode, where he spent the rest of his life as a part of the celebrated Kozhikode Cultural Circle, which included such noted writers and artists like Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, M.T.Vasudevan Nair, Thikkodiyan, V. K. N., G. Aravindan, N. P. Mohammed and M. V. Devan. Karunakaran was married to Saraswathi, fondly called Sara, the marriage taking place in 1955 and the couple had two daughters, Anitha and Anuradha. He died on 6 May 1987, at the age of 61.