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{{short description|Malayalam playwright (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Francis T. Mavelikkara
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mavelikkara]], [[Alappuzha district]], [[Kerala]], India
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| occupation = Playwright
| spouse = Maria
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| children = 3
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama]] <br/> [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] <br/>[[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]]
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'''Francis T. Mavelikkara''' (born March 16, 1960) is an Indian Malayalam playwright. He has received many awards including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]], the State Government Award for Best drama script multiple times, the [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]], and the [[Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council|KCBC]]'s Best Play Award.

==Biography==
Fransis was born on March 16, 1960, in Mavelikkara to Denz Fernandes and Victoria.<ref name="madhyamam">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-11-01 |title= അവാർഡ് ഹാട്രിക്കുമായി ഫ്രാൻസിസ് ടി മാവേലിക്കര - State Government Award for Best Drama script |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/culture/literature/state-government-award-for-best-drama-script-867172 |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=www.madhyamam.com |publisher=[[Madhyamam]] |language=ml}}</ref> He studied at Mavelikkara Boys High School and Government ITI, Chengannur.<ref name="madhyamam" /> He has written several street plays during this time.<ref name="madhyamam" />

===Personal life===
Fransis and his wife Maria have three children, Hebbian, Fujin and Angel.<ref name="madhyamam" />

==Career==
The first professional play written by Francis was ''Suryakantham'', written in 1984.<ref name="madhyamam" /> He has written plays for many leading theatre groups in Kerala, including [[Kerala People's Arts Club|K.P.A.C.]], Kalidasa Kalakendram, Kollam Assisi, Kanhirappally Amala, Swadeshabhimani, Akshara Jwala, and Sarathi.<ref name="madhyamam" /> Out of the six plays he wrote for K.P.A.C, four won the Best Play award.<ref name="madhyamam" />

The play ''Amma'', his 350th play, is an independent adaptation of [[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]], a play written by the German playwright [[Bertolt Brecht]] during World War II.<ref name="madhyamam" />

Francis also wrote the screenplay for two Malayalam films ''[[Pachuvum Kovalanum|Patchuvum Kovalanum]]'', and ''[[Vendor Daniel State Licency|Vendor Daniel state licensee]]''.<ref name="madhyamam" />

==Awards and honors==
Francis received the Kerala State Government's award for best drama script 8 times. He received awards for his plays ''Samavarthanam'' in 1997, ''Ayalkkoottam'' in 1999, ''Adhyapika'' in 2000, ''Asthamikkatha Sooryan'' in 2006, ''Ottamarathanal'' in 2014, ''Oru Nazhi Mannu'' in 2017, and ''Veritta Kazhchakal'' (written for the Ambalappuzha Akshara Jhavala) in 2018.<ref name="puzha">{{Cite web |title=ഫ്രാൻസിസ് ടി മാവേലിക്കര|url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=2528 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008104338/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=2528 |archive-date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=www.puzha.com}}</ref><ref name="madhyamam" /><ref name="Manorama">{{cite news |title=അവാർഡിൽ 'ഹാട്രിക്' തികച്ച് ഫ്രാൻസിസ് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/district-news/alappuzha/2021/10/31/alappuzha-francis-mavelikkara.html |work=Manorama Online |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |language=ml}}</ref> In 2021, he received state government's best drama script award for plays, ''Makkalude Shraddhak'' written for Thiruvananthapuram Sanghachethana and ''Amma'' written for Kollam Kalidasa Kalakendra.<ref name="madhyamam" /> He received the award for best writing at the State Professional Drama Competition in 2014 for his writing of the plays ''Abraham'' and ''Ottamarathanal''.<ref>{{cite web |title=ഫ്രാന്‍സിസ്. ടി. മാവേലിക്കര |url=https://keralaliterature.com/malayalam-writers-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%af%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b3%e0%b4%82-%e0%b4%8e%e0%b4%b4%e0%b5%81%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%a4%e0%b5%81%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b0%e0%b5%8d/francis-t-mavelikkara-%e0%b4%ab%e0%b5%8d%e0%b4%b0%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%a8%e0%b5%8d%e2%80%8d%e0%b4%b8%e0%b4%bf%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d-%e0%b4%9f%e0%b4%bf-%e0%b4%ae%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b5%e0%b5%87%e0%b4%b2%e0%b4%bf/ |website=Keralaliterature.com |date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

The book ''Dravida Vritham'' received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2007 and in 2015 he received the 'Kalashree Award' by [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]].<ref name="Manorama"/> He has also won several other awards, including the [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award]] in 2004, the Campissery Karunakaran Award, the Kozhissery Balaraman Award in 2008, the Jaycees Foundation's Comprehensive Contribution Award in 2015 the [[Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council]]'s Best Play Award (three times), the O. Madhavan Award, the Kallumala Karunakaran Award, the Paravur George Memorial Award and the EMS Cultural Studies Center's award.<ref name="madhyamam" /><ref name="puzha" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-18 |title= വരാൻ പോകുന്നത് നല്ല നാടകനാളുകൾ: ഫ്രാൻസിസ് ടി മാവേലിക്കര |url=https://www.4pmnewsonline.com/bahrain/23867.html |access-date=2026-03-20 |website=4PM News |language=ml}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://kesariweekly.com/43085/ Interview with Fransis in Kesari weekly]

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