Odayil Ninnu

For the 1965 film, see Odayil Ninnu (film).

Odayil Ninnu
Author(s)	P. Kesavadev
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Genre(s)	Literature Novel

Odayil Ninnu (From the Gutter) is a Malayalam novel written by P. Kesavadev in 1942. The protagonist of the novel is a rickshaw-puller named Pappu. The novel is one of the best known works of Kesavadev. Dev was in the forefront among the writers who employed new norms in the content and characterization in Malayalam fiction. Odayil Ninnu came as a shocking revelation that a finest piece of literature can be produced with commonplace themes and unconventional style of prose with ordinary mortals as heroes and heroines. Apart from the fact that the appearance of rickshaw puller was a thrilling experience at that time, the author blazed a new trial in Malayalam literature. With the appearance of the novel in 1942 began the publication of a series of high class novels in Malayalam.^[1]

Film adaptations

• Odayil Ninnu (Malayalam, 1965): Directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan from a screenplay by P. Kesavadev.^[2]
• Babu (Tamil, 1971): Directed by A. C. Trilokchandar.^[3]

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References

1. ^ A. Sreedhara Menon (1979). Social and cultural history of Kerala. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=BXluAAAAMAAJ&q=odayil+ninnu&dq=odayil+ninnu&hl=en&ei=xzMCTvXALtHtrQejx5WGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw. 
2. ^ C. S. Venkiteswaran. (18 June 2006). "Auteur par excellence". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
3. ^ Film world: Volume 7. Film World. 1971. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YOdOQRACrrkC&q=odayil+ninnu&dq=odayil+ninnu&hl=en&ei=zC0CTuH4Ls7irAetp8yGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg. 

External links

• A write-up on the novel