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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|01|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chemancheri]], [[Calicut]], [[Madras State]], India<br />
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| death_place = Calicut, [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| occupation = Civil engineer, writer, journalist, film producer<br />
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'''Babu Bharadwaj''' was a [[Malayalam|Malayalam–language]] writer and journalist from [[Kerala]], India. Born in [[Chemancheri]], [[Calicut]] in 1948 as the son of M. R. Vijayaraghavan and K. P. Bhavani, Bharadwaj studied at Poyilkavu High School and [[Malabar Christian College]], Calicut and [[Government Engineering College, Thrissur|Government Engineering College, Trichur]]. He was actively involved in student politics and was the first national joint secretary of [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI).<br />
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Bharadwaj started his journalistic career with the left-leaning Malayalam magazine ''Chintha''. He also worked for the television media; he was the Programme Head for [[MediaOne TV]] and Creative Executive for [[Kairali TV]]. In 2006, he founded the Malayalam online news portal ''DoolNews''.<ref>[https://www.doolnews.com/babu-bharadwaj-passes-away-654.html "ബാബു ഭരദ്വാജ് അന്തരിച്ചു"]. ''DoolNews'' (in Malayalam). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.</ref> <br />
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A civil engineer by profession, he worked in [[Saudi Arabia]] for a long time and many of his literary works focused on the lives of Indian expatriates in the Gulf.<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/010416/babu-bharadwaj-narrator-of-the-expat.html "Babu Bharadwaj, narrator of the expat"]. ''Deccan Chronicle''. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.</ref> He won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] for ''Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam'' (2006). His other works include ''Pravasiyude Kurippukal'', ''Shavaghoshayathra'', ''Puppet Theatre'', ''Pravasiyude Vazhiyambalangal'', ''Panchakalyani'' and ''Adrushya Nagarangal''. He also produced the Malayalam film ''[[Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal]]'' (1980) directed by [[Chintha Ravi]]. <br />
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He died on 30 March 2016 due to heart-related ailments at a private hospital in Calicut. He was survived by his wife Prabha and daughters Reshma, Greeshma and Thashi.<ref>[https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/renowned-malayalam-writer-journalist-babu-bharadwaj-passes-away.html "Renowned writer-journalist Babu Bharadwaj passes away"]. ''Malayala Manorama''. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.</ref><br />
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