G Sankarapillai

G. Sankara Pillai, considered the father of modern theatre in Kerala, started his career as a school teacher in 1952. Then he joined Pathanamthitta Catholic College as a lecturer of Malayalam.In those days, folk traditions of Kerala, especially folk songs, interested him and he did in-depth research on the topic, and this later helped him a lot in his approach to theatre.In 1977, after serving in a variety of institutions such as Gandhigram Rural Institute, Malayalam Lexicon and Sasthamkotta Devaswom Board College, Sankara Pillai joined Calicut University's School of Drama. He was the institution's first director. In 1988 he moved to M.G. University in Kottayam as Director of School of Letters.`Snehadoothan,' written in 1957, was his debut play. Pillai wrote about 75 plays, including one-act plays, street plays and plays for children. `Malayala Nataka Sahitya Charitram' is another famous work by this maestro, who was also a Gandhian. He was the artistic director of Rangaprabath.

He wrote the story of the malayalam movie Sathi (1972). He also wrote the dialogues of Sathi and Njavalppazhangal

Courtsey : Rangaprabhath

Prepared by: Sreedevi Pillai