Syam Pushkaran[1] (born 6 September 1984) is an Indian scriptwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his collaboration with directors Aashiq Abu and Dileesh Pothan. He made his debut with Salt N' Pepper (2011), co-written with Dileesh Nair.[2] He has written screenplays for popular films such as 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), Idukki Gold (2013), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), Rani Padmini (2015),[3] Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016),[4] Mayaanadhi (2017), and Kumbalangi Nights (2019) and Joji (2021) .[5] He also served as co-director and wrote the dialogues for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017). Pushkaran won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Maheshinte Prathikaram at the 64th National Film Awards (2016).

Personal life

He is married to Unnimaya Prasad[6] from 2012.

Film career

Syam Pushkaran penned the script for Salt N' Pepper along with Dileesh Nair. In 2012, he wrote the script for Da Thadiya (2012); another film directed by Aashiq Abu, along with Dileesh Nair and Abhilash S Kumar. He wrote Sethulakshmi (Segment) in the anthology film 5 Sundarikal.[7] He was also the writer for another Aashiq Abu film Idukki Gold (2012).[8]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2011	Salt N' Pepper	Co-written with Dileesh Nair	Aashiq Abu
2012	22 Female Kottayam	Co-written with Abilash S. Kumar	Aashiq Abu
	Da Thadiya	Co-written with Dileesh Nair and Abhilash S Kumar	Aashiq Abu
2013	5 Sundarikal	For segment Sethulakshmi, co-written with Muneer Ali	Shyju Khalid
	Idukki Gold	Co-written with Dileesh Nair	Aashiq Abu
2014	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Co-written with Gopan Chithambaran	Amal Neerad
2015	Rani Padmini	Co-written with Ravisankar	Aashiq Abu
2016	Maheshinte Prathikaaram	Screenwriter	Dileesh Pothan
2017	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Creative Director, Dialogues	Dileesh Pothan
	Mayanadhi	Co-written with Dileesh Nair	Aashiq Abu
2019	Kumbalangi Nights	Writer and Co-producer	Madhu C Narayanan
2021	Joji[9][10]	Writer and Co-producer	Dileesh Pothan
2022	Palthu Janwar	Co-producer	Sangeeth P Rajan
	Thankam	Writer and Co-producer	Saheedh Arafath	Filming[11]

Awards

References

External links

• Syam Pushkaran at IMDb