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Anwar Ali also known Anvar Ali (born 1 July 1966) is an Indian poet, lyricist, translator, and documentary filmmaker.[2][3] He has been contributing to poems and poetic studies in Kerala since 1984.

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Anwar Ali
Born	Anvar Ali (1966-07-01)1 July 1966 Trivandrum, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Writer, Poet, Lyricist
Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay (2003); Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist (2020), Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 2021 for Mehaboob Express.[1]

Career

Mazhakkalam (The Rainy Season), 1999, his first collection of poems established him as one of the prominent voices in contemporary Malayalam poetry. His poems have been translated into various Indian and foreign languages and are included in several anthologies of Malayalam as well as Indian poetry of the post-modern phase. His other important works include Aadiyaadi Alanja Marangale (Ye Trees, Swaying Ramblers), collection of poems, 2009; Eternal Sculptures, Poetry Collection in English, 2007; and, Njan Rappai, Novella, 1995. He has translated Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, 1994, the renowned Japanese work, into Malayalam and has co-translated Oru Gramathile Nadi (A river in a village), 2010, the poetry Collection by Sirpi Balasubramaniam. He has also translated a series of modern Anglophone African poems and poems from other Indian languages like Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Assamese into Malayalam.[4] Produced under the banner of Image Commune(2015), his debut documentary film on Attoor Ravi Varma,[5] was selected for International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala(2015), Mumbai International Film Festival(2016) and SIGNS Festival, 2015. He has co-written the screenplay of Margam(2003), an acclaimed Malayalam feature film and co-produced a documentary series on the history of Malayalam cinema for Doordarshan. He also contributed for Shasthra Kouthukam,[6] a science programme in Doordarshan, India (1991–1995), on behalf Centre for Development of Imaging Technology.

He has co-edited Pakshikkoottam, a parallel journal and publication for literature, and Kavithakku Oru Idam (A Space for Poetry), a journal for New Poetry. He was the Chief Editor of Seventy Five Years of Malayalam Cinema, produced by Kerala Film Academy (2003).

He has Participated in the Writer-in-Residence Program of Literature Translation Institute, South Korea on 2007 and attended the Afro-Asian Literature Festival, 2007, Jonju, Korea. He has also participated in various poetry/book/film festivals which include Asselieh Film Festival, Morocco, 2004, Paju Book festival, South Korea, 2014 Sharjah International Book Fair 2014 Young Poets Meet, New Delhi, 1997, Kavi Bharati, Bhopal, 2005, and The New Voices, Trivandrum, 2004.

He had his school education in St.Mary's HighSchool, Kesavadasapuram, Trivandrum. In school level competitions, he proved his talent as a poet by winning prizes in inter district school Kalolsavam.

Awards

Literary Awards

• 1992- Kunchu Pillai Award
• 2000- Kanakasree Endowment Award of Kerala Sahitya Akademi
• 2021- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry for Mehaboob Express.

Film Awards for lyrics

	Award	Song	Notes
2018	65th Filmfare Awards South-Best Lyricist[7]	Mizhiyil Ninnum (Mayanadi)
2019	CPC Cine Awards - Best Original Song[8]	Cherathukal (Kumbalangi Nights)	Award shared with Sushin Shyam and Sithara Krishnakumar
2020	Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist[9]	Smaranakal Kaadayi (Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam)
		Theerame Theerame (Malik)

Other Awards

• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry (2021) for poem collection Mehaboob Express
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay (2003): Margam
• The South-South Film Encounter, Morocco (2003) - Best Screenplay: Margam
• Fajr International Film Festival (2003) - Best Screenplay: Margam
• SIGNS Festival - Best Biopic Award[10] (2015): Maruvili[11]

Literary Works

• 1994– Janalakkarikile Penkutty (Translation of Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window )
• 1995– Njan Rappai (Novella)
• 1999– Mazhakkalam (Poems)
• 2007 - Eternal Sculptures (Poetry Collection in English)
• 2009– Aadiyaadi Alanja Marangale (Poems)
• 2010– Oru Gramathile Nadi (Translation of Poetry Collection by Sirpi Balasubramaniam)

As Lyricist

Film Songs

	Song(s)	Movie/Album	Notes
2013	Kando Kando	Annayum Rasoolum
	Vazhivakkil
	Aaru Ninte Naavikan
2014	Theruvukal Nee	Njan Steve Lopez
	Ooraake Kalapila
	Chirakukal Njan Nee Dooramaay
	Muthu Penne (Research)
	Ulakam Vayalaakki	Jalaamsam
2016	Para Para	Kammatipaadam
	Kaathirunna Pakshi Njaan
	Puzhu Pulikal
	Kisa Paathiyil	Kismath[12]
	Chilathunaam
	Vinnu Churanna
2017	Lokam Ennum	Sakhavu
	Mizhiyil Ninnum	Mayaanadhi
	Thambiran	Ezra
2018	Swapnam Swapnam	Padayottam
	Marivil	Eeda
	Udalin
	Mizhi Niranju
	Kinavu Kondoru	Sudani from Nigeria
	Plathoore Sivantambalathin	Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri
2019	Uyirullavaram	Valiyaperunnal
	Thazhvarangal
	Pranthan Kandalinl	Thottappan
	Cherathukal	Kumbalangi Nights
	Uyirilthodum
	Kurumali Puzhel	Pengalila
2020	Smaranakal Kaadaayi	Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam
	Muttathu	Halal Love Story
	Odiyodippoya	Vishudha Rathrikal
2021	Chiramabhayamee	Aarkkariyam
	Appalaale	Nayattu
	Theerame Theerame	Mālik
	Aaraarum Kaanaathe
	Pakaliravukal	Kurup
2022	Arike Varathe	Kuttavum Shikshayum
2022	"Kodum Ravil"	Veyil

Non-Film Songs

Year	Title	Language	Music	Singer
2022	Manassinte Madrassayil	Malayalam	Shahabaz Aman	Shahabaz Aman
2020	The death-walk song/ Chavunadappattu[13]	Malayalam	Dawn Vincent	John P. Varkey

References

• What makes the poetry and politics of Anvar Ali, winner of this year’s Kerala Sahitya Akademi award, so engaging?
• Anvar Ali, an alchemist of words
• Death Walk close to the bone
• Siddique's insult of the Sun God and how EMS pronounced Coca Cola...

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