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'''Ambazhathil Karunakaran Lohithadas''' (10 May 1955 – 28 June 2009) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[screenwriter]], [[playwright]], [[film maker]], and [[Film producer|producer]] who worked in the [[Malayalam film industry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=In the memory of Lohithadas|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/in-the-memory-of-lohithadas/article7101898.ece |work=The Hindu |date=16 April 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> He is known for his rich, detailed, and realistic screenplays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21847713-kazchavattom|title=Kazchavattom|publisher=goodreads.com|year=2016|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> In a career spanning over two decades, his films have won a [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]], six [[Kerala State Film Award]]s, and fourteen [[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards|Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Script]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/lohithadas/awards.html|title=Lohithadas Awards|publisher=FilmiBeat|date=1 July 2009 |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>

Lohithadas made his debut as a screenwriter with ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]'' (1987), which is considered one of the best malayalam films ever made. He has written screenplays for 35 films in a 24-year-long career, such as ''[[Vicharana]]'' (1988), ''[[Ezhuthapurangal]]'' (1988), ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]'' (1989), ''[[Dasharatham]]'' (1989), ''[[Mrugaya (1989 film)|Mrugaya]]'' (1989), ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]'' (1990), ''[[Sasneham]]'' (1990), ''[[Bharatham]]'' (1991), ''[[Amaram]]'' (1991), ''[[Aadhaaram]]'' (1992), ''[[Kamaladalam]]'' (1992), ''[[Vatsalyam]]'' (1993), ''[[Venkalam]]'' (1993), ''[[Padheyam]]'' (1993), ''[[Chenkol]]'' (1993), ''[[Chakoram]]'' (1994), ''[[Thooval Kottaram]]'' (1996), ''[[Sallapam]]'' (1996), and ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/29/a-k-lohithadas-tribute-to-a-legend.htm |title=A K Lohithadas (1955–2009): Tribute to a legend |work=Rediff.com |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> He later became a director, and made his directorial debut with ''[[Bhoothakkannadi]]'' (1997). He later wrote and directed other films such as ''[[Karunyam]]'' (1997), ''[[Kanmadam]]'' (1998), ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' (2000), and ''[[Kasthooriman]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/29/a-k-lohithadas-tribute-to-a-legend.htm|title=A K Lohithadas (1955–2009): Tribute to a legend |publisher=Rediff Movies |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> He died on 28 June 2009 due to a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062959300900.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702032322/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/29/stories/2009062959300900.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2009 |title=Kerala News : A.K. Lohithadas passes away |date=29 June 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Lohithadas (or 'Lohi', as he is often referred to) was born on 5 May 1955 in [[Chalakudy]], [[Thrissur district]], [[Kerala]], as the son of late Ambazhathuparambil Karunakaran and late Lakshmi. He showed an initial interest in writing short stories, but failed to make a mark in that genre. He soon moved into [[Malayalam]] theatre in 1986

== Career ==
Fresh with the play's commercial and critical success, Lohithadas was introduced to [[K. G. George]] by actor [[Thilakan]]. It did not help [[Lohithadas]] to start a career in [[Malayalam cinema]]. But it was [[K. G. George]] who gave the basic core idea of the story, later which was developed by Lohithadas to make the film [[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]. Later, Thilakan introduced [[Lohithadas]] to director [[Sibi Malayil]] when Sibi was searching for a good writer for his films. Thus Lohi's first movie screenplay was ''[[Thaniavarthanam]]'' directed by "[[Sibi Malayil]]" was moderate success. Together, Sibi Malayil and Lohithadas would later produce several memorable Malayalam movies. His screenplay works for [[Sibi Malayil]] are ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]'' (1987), ''[[Dasharatham]]'' (1989), ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]'' (1989), ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]'' (1990), ''[[Bharatham]]'' (1990), ''[[Dhanam (1991 film)|Dhanam]]'' (1991), ''[[Kamaladalam]]'' (1992), and ''[[Chenkol]]'' (1993). Other works include ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' (1999), ''[[Sasneham]]'' (1990) for [[Sathyan Anthikkad]] and ''[[Amaram]]'', ''[[Venkalam]]''(1991) for [[Bharathan]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}

He later became a filmmaker and made works such as ''[[Bhoothakkannadi]]'' (1997), ''Karunyam'' (1997), ''[[Kanmadam]]'' (1998), ''[[Arayannangalude Veedu]]'' (2000), ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' (2000), ''[[Kasthooriman]]'' (2003) (which he himself produced), and ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?tabId=11&programId=1073753987&BV_ID=@@@&contentId=5648055&contentType=EDITORIAL&articleType=Malayalam%20News |title=Malayalam News | Editorial |publisher=Manorama Online |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223141201/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?tabId=11&programId=1073753987&BV_ID=@@@&contentId=5648055&contentType=EDITORIAL&articleType=Malayalam%20News |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Most of his works were critically and commercially successful. His works were recognised from his very first venture ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]'', which brought him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

"Nizhalukal Inachernna Naattuvazhikal" ('നിഴലുകൾ ഇണചേർന്ന നാട്ടുവഴികൾ' – എം. ശബരീഷ്, പാപ്പാത്തി ബുക്സ്) is a book about his life and film career.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

== Death ==
In the morning of 28 June 2009, he experienced chest pains and uneasiness at his home at Aluva near Ernakulam and was immediately taken to the Lisy Hospital, Kaloor, Ernakulam, where he was declared dead from a heart attack at 10:50.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14896729 |title=Writer-director Lohithadas passes away! |publisher=Sify.com |date=28 June 2009 |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815001213/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14896729 |archive-date=15 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=5646448&tabId=11&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ |title=Malayalam News |publisher=Manorama Online |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223141214/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=5646448&tabId=11&contentType=EDITORIAL&BV_ID=@@@ |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His dead body was taken to his home in [[Lakkidi, Palakkad|Lakkidi]] in [[Palakkad district]], where he was cremated with full state honours. He is survived by his wife Sindhu and sons Harikrishnan and Vijayashankar.

==Awards==
[[File:Lohitadas and Bharathan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lohithadas along with director [[Bharathan]] and cinematographer [[Ramachandra Babu]] at the location of ''Venkalam''.]]
'''[[National Film Awards]]:'''

* 1998 – [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] – ''[[Bhoothakannadi]]''

'''[[Kerala State Film Awards]]:'''

* 1997 – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – ''[[Bhoothakannadi]]''
* 1997 – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Screen Play|Best Screen Play]] – ''[[Bhoothakkannadi]]''
* 1987 – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]''

'''[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]:'''

* 2005 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light]] – ''[[Kasthuri Maan]]''

==Other awards==

*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]] '' (1987)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Dasharatham]]'' (1989)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]'' (1989)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Bharatham]]'' (1991)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Chenkol]]'' (1993)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Chakoram]]'' (1994)
*Film Critics award for Best script – ''[[Sallapam]]'' (1996)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Thooval Kottaram]]'' (1996)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Bhoothakannadi]]'' (1997)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''Ormacheppu'' (1998)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' (1999)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' (2000)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Kasthooriman]]'' (2003)
*Film Critics award for Best script- ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]'' (2007)
*Film Critics award for Best Director- ''[[Bhoothakannadi]]'' (1997)
*Film Critics award for Best Director- ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' (1999)
*Film Critics award for Best Director- ''[[Kasthoorimann]]'' (2003)
*Film Critics award for Best Director- ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]'' (2007),
*'''[[Asianet Film Award]]'''
* 1999 – [[Asianet Film Awards#Best Script Writer|Best Script Writer Award]] – ''Veendum Chila Veettu Karyangal''

==Filmography==

===Screenwriter===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Director
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]'' || Self
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Chakkara Muthu]]'' || Self
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Kasthuri Maan]]'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]) || Self
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Chakram (2003 film)|Chakram]]'' || Self
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Kasthooriman]]'' || Self
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Soothradharan]]'' || Self
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Arayannangalude Veedu]]'' || Self
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' || Self
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
|-
| 1998 || [[Ormacheppu]] || Self
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kanmadam]]'' || Self
|-
| 1997 || [[Karunyam]] || Self
|-
| 1997 || [[Bhoothakannadi]] || Self
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Sallapam]]'' || [[Sundardas]]
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Thooval Kottaram]]'' || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Udhyanapalakan]]'' || [[Hari Kumar (director)|Harikumar]]
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Saadaram]]'' || Jose Thomas
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Chakoram]]'' || [[Venu]]
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Sagaram Sakshi]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Chenkol]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Padheyam]]'' || [[Bharathan]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Vatsalyam]]'' || [[Cochin Haneefa]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Venkalam]]'' || [[Bharathan]]
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Kamaladalam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Valayam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Kauravar]]'' || [[Joshi (director)|Joshi]]
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Aadharam]]'' || [[George Kithu]]
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Dhanam (1991 film)|Dhanam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Amaram]]'' || [[Bharathan]]
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Bharatham]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Kanalkkattu]]'' || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
|-
| 1990 || ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Sasneham]]'' || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Kuttettan]]'' || [[Joshi (director)|Joshi]]
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Radha Madhavam]]'' || [[Suresh Unnithan]]
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Maalayogam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1989 ||''[[Mrigaya (1989 film)|Mrigaya]]''
|[[I. V. Sasi]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Mahayanam]]'' || [[Joshi (director)|Joshi]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Mudra]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Jaathakam]]'' || [[Suresh Unnithan]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Dasharatham]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Mukthi]]'' || [[I. V. Sasi]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Kudumbapuranam]]'' || [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Vicharana]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Ezhuthapurangal]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]'' || [[Sibi Malayil]]
|}

===Director===

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title
!Cast
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Bhoothakannadi]]''
|[[Mammootty]], [[Sreelakshmi]]
|-.
| 1997 || ''[[Karunyam]]''
|[[Jayaram]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], [[Divya Unni]]
|-
| 1998 ||''[[Ormacheppu]]''
|[[Lal (actor)|Lal]], Chanchal, [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kanmadam]]''
|[[Mohanlal]], [[Manju Warrier]], [[Lal (actor)|Lal]]
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Arayannangalude Veedu]]''
|[[Mammootty]], [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]''
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Manya (actress)|Manya]], [[Nishanth Sagar]]
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Soothradharan]]''
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Bindu Panicker]]
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Kasthoorimann]]''
|[[Kunchacko Boban]], [[Meera Jasmine]]
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Chakram (2003 film)|Chakram]]''
|[[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Chandra Lakshman]]
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Kasthuri Maan]]'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]])
|[[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Meera Jasmine]]
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Chakkara Muthu]]''
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Jishnu]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Nivedyam (2007 film)|Nivedyam]]''
|[[Vinu Mohan]], [[Bhama]], [[Nedumudi Venu]]
|}

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title
!Role
|-
|2005
|[[Udayananu Tharam]]
|Director Prathapan
|-1999
|}veednum chila veetukaryangal
Himself

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|A. K. Lohithadas}}
*{{IMDb name|0517839}}
* [http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/lohithadas.html 'Cinema of Malayalam' profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140815001213/http://www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/fullstory.php?id=14896729]

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