1. Prabha Varma was born on 30 May 1959 and is a poet, lyricist, journalist and television presenter known for his works in Malayalam cinema.
25 Facts About Prabha Varma
1. 2.
Prabha Varma has published ten collections of poems, three novels in verse, six books on the contemporary socio-political milieu and literature, six collections of essays in criticism, a study on media, a travelogue and a novel in English.
3.
Prabha Varma was born in 1959 at Kadapra, Thiruvalla as the youngest son of late T K Narayanan Namboothiri and late N Pankajakshi Thampuratty.
4.
Prabha Varma had four siblings - two brothers and two sisters.
5.
Prabha Varma studied at the Devaswom Board College, Parumala, NSS Hindu College, Changanassery, and Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum.
6.
Prabha Varma's magnum opus Shyama Madhavam is a novel in verse in 15 chapters.
7.
Prabha Varma received the Vayalar Award, Malayattoor Award and the Central Sahitya Akademi Award for this work.
8.
Prabha Varma's another work is Kanal Chilambu which is a novella in verse.
9.
Literary critic M Krishnan Nair wrote that "Prabha Varma is a born poet".
10.
Prabha Varma's poems are composed of a confluence of tradition and modernity.
11.
Prabha Varma is a lyricist in Malayalam cinema and bagged 'the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 2019.
12.
Prabha Varma won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist three times.
13.
Prabha Varma won the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Best Lyricict for the songs of Nagaravadhu in 2000 and Nadan in 2013.
14.
Prabha Varma won the State Government Awards for Best Lyrics for Professional Dramas in the years 2009 and 2017.
15.
When Prabha Varma bagged the 67th National Film Award for the best lyrics in 2019 for his song "Aarodum Parayuka Vayya" it was widely noted as he was bringing the national award for lyrics to Malayalam after a gap of two decades.
16.
Prabha Varma has written many padams for Mohiniyattam, which is a classical dance form of Kerala.
17.
Prabha Varma has composed more than a dozen classical kritis which are set to ragas and sung profusely in Carnatic music concerts.
18.
Prabha Varma has been a media personality for the last 40 years.
19.
Prabha Varma won the State Government Award for the best general reporting in 1996.
20.
Prabha Varma won the Media Trust award and K C Daniel Award.
21.
Prabha Varma attended the world youth festival held in Pyongyang, North Korea in the 80s and addressed the North American journalist's conference held in New York in 2009.
22.
Prabha Varma has covered both the houses of the Indian Parliament, the Non-aligned Summit, Commonwealth Meet, etc.
23.
Prabha Varma has published a book on the social influence of electronic media, titled Drishyamadhyamangalum Samskaravum.
24.
Prabha Varma worked as the Press Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala for a period of five years from 1996 to 2001 and as the Resident Editor of Deshabhimani, the third largest circulated daily in Kerala.
25.
Prabha Varma is a member of the final jury of Jnanpith Award.