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'''Gopala Pillai Sankara Pillai''' (22 June 1930 – 1 January 1989), better known as '''G. Sankara Pillai''', was an Indian playwright, literary critic, and director, known to be one of the pioneers of modern Malayalam theatre. A proponent of [[Physical theatre#Modern physical theatre|total theater]], he was the founder of ''Nataka Kalari'' movement in Kerala and the chairman of the [[Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi]]. He was a recipient of a number of awards including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama]] in 1964 for the work ''Rail Palangal'' (Railway track) and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for the best playwright in 1979.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Entrance.JPG|thumb|Mahatma Gandhi University - Entrance]]<br />
Pillai was born on 22 June 1930, at Naluthattuvila in [[Chirayinkeezhu|Chirayinkeezhu taluk]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Ottaveettil V. Gopala Pillai and Muttaykkal Kamalakshi Amma.<ref name="G. Sankara Pillai - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/g._sankara_pillai-profile-4635-42.htm |title=G. Sankara Pillai - Veethi profile |date=2019-04-25 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref> After completing his schooling from [[Kollam]], [[Chirayinkeezhu]], [[Attingal]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]], He passed post-graduation from the Travencore university (Present day kerala university) in [[Malayalam literature]] with [[Honours degree|honours]] in 1952, securing the first rank. From 1953 to 1960 he worked in various colleges including Gandhigram rural institute in Madurai as a lecturer. <br />
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After working in the lexicon office of the Kerala University from 1961 to 1964. He was appointed as a professor in devaswam board college (Shasthamcotta) in 1967. Where he continued until 1977.<br />
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He joined the [[University of Kerala]] for research on the folk music tradition of Kerala in 1954.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAPILLAI/Html/GSPillaigraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-25 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> In 1957, he moved to [[Madurai]] to take up the position as a teacher at the [[Gandhigram Rural Institute]] and stayed there until his move to the Lexicon Office in 1961.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /><br />
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Three years later, Pillai returned to academics when [[Dewaswom Board College]], [[Sasthamcotta]] was established in 1964 by joining the institution as a faculty.<br />
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He was a member of board of studies and fine arts faculty in Kerala university, Calicut university, Gandhigram and Tanjaore university. Was also a member of the curriculum development committee constituted by UGC for fine arts.<br />
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Later, he became the founder director of the [[School of Drama and Fine Arts]] of the [[University of Calicut]] when the school was established in 1977.<ref name="A warm welcome to Department of Drama and Fine Arts">{{Cite web |url=https://drama.uoc.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=191 |title=A warm welcome to Department of Drama and Fine Arts |date=2019-04-26 |website=University of Calicut |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> The [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] established the [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala#Schools and Departments|School of Letters]], an interdisciplinary centre of literary studies and research, in 1988 and [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]], noted [[Kannada literature|Kannada]] writer and the then vice chancellor of the university invited Pillai to head the institution.<ref name="MGU School of Letters">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mgu.ac.in/academics/schools/school-of-letters/ |title=MGU School of Letters |date=2019-04-26 |website=MG University |language=en |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426090328/https://www.mgu.ac.in/academics/schools/school-of-letters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was holding the position while he died in harness on the [[New Year's Day]] of 1989, at the age of 58.<ref name="G. Sankara Pillai - Veethi profile" /> He remained a bachelor throughout his life.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /><br />
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Sankarapillai showcased his acting prowess in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's much-acclaimed movie 'Swayamvaram' (One's Own Choice)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=G. Sankara |title=Selected Essays of G. Sankara Pillai |date=1997 |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Swayamvaram (1972 film) |date=2024-12-27 |work=Bharatpedia |url=/wiki/Swayamvaram_(1972_film) |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=en}}</ref> and in another movie produced by Madhu, 'Sathi', which was loosely based on Shankarapillai's drama called 'Poojaamuri' (Prayer Room).<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Pillai was one of pioneers of modern Malayalam theatre and an advocate of [[Physical theatre#Modern physical theatre|total theater]],<ref name="Pillai G., Shankara (1930—1989)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100327361 |title=Pillai G., Shankara (1930—1989) |date=2019-04-25 |website=The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> he helped introduce a system and academic discipline to it.<ref name="The man who gave academic discipline for theatre">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/The-man-who-gave-academic-discipline-for-theatre/article13975854.ece |title=The man who gave academic discipline for theatre |date=2016-01-02 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-12-01 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="G. Sankara Pillai's role in giving academic status to theatre hailed">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/G.-Sankara-Pillais-role-in-giving-academic-status-to-theatre-hailed/article14698474.ece |title=G. Sankara Pillai's role in giving academic status to theatre hailed |date=2011-04-27 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-12-01 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="Modernist Malayalam Theatre - Drama Literature">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/modern-drama-theatre/281 |title=Modernist Malayalam Theatre - Drama Literature |date=2019-04-25 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> One of his main contributions was in the initiation of the ''Nataka Kalari Movement'' in Kerala in 1967, along with [[C. N. Sreekantan Nair]], [[M. Govindan]], [[M. V. Devan]], K. S. Narayana Pillai and [[K. Ayyappa Paniker]],<ref name="Bitten by the theatre bug">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bitten-by-the-theatre-bug/article21884624.ece |title=Bitten by the theatre bug |date=2017-12-19 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> which nurtured several theatre practitioners such as [[Vayala Vasudevan Pillai]]<ref name="The Hindu : Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Personality : Theatre, his forte">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/04/08/stories/2005040801870200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Personality : Theatre, his forte |date=2005-04-08 |access-date=2019-04-26}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and helped revive a number of earlier dramas such as ''Avan Veendum Varunnu'' of [[C. J. Thomas]] in a new form.<ref name="Renowned Nataka Kalari celebrates golden jubilee">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/141217/renowned-nataka-kalari-celebrates-golden-jubilee.html |title=Renowned Nataka Kalari celebrates golden jubilee |last=N |first=Smitha |date=2017-12-14 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> The movement staged weekly plays in [[Kochi]] and introduced courses n theatre which was later taken up by a [[Playhouse Theatre|playhouse]] movement, ''Vaikkom Thirunal Natakavedi'', based in [[Vaikkom]].<ref name="Celebrating 50 years of amateur theatre movement">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/dec/17/celebrating-50-years-of-amateur-theatre-movement-1729905.html |title=Celebrating 50 years of amateur theatre movement |website=The New Indian Express |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> It was this movement which influenced the establishment of the [[School of Drama and Fine Arts]] of the [[University of Calicut]] in 1977{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} where he served as the founder director.<ref name="A warm welcome to Department of Drama and Fine Arts" /> He was also the founder director of the School of Letters of [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] and he chaired the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]],<ref name="Vatsyayan1991">{{cite book|author=Kapila Vatsyayan|title=Concepts of Space, Ancient and Modern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1a7XZdH1V0C&pg=PA645|year=1991|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-252-9|pages=645–}}</ref> served as a member of the executive council of the [[National School of Drama]] and sat in the advisory board of the [[University Grants Commission of India]].<ref name="G. Shankara Pillai - SNA profile">{{Cite web |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1077&at=2 |title=G. Shankara Pillai - SNA profile |date=2019-04-26 |website=sangeetnatak.gov.in |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><br />
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Pillai visited Russia in 1977 as part of a cultural delegation send by government of India. Again visited Tashkent as part of Indian Sangeetha Nataka academy contingent as part of the festival of India. Visited United Kingdom in 1986-87 as part of on a British council invitation and in 1987–88, in connection with a joint play production project and co-directed a play in London named ‘The exile in the forest’.<br />
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Pillai's first work was a one-act play titled ''Snehadoothan'' (Messenger of Love), published in 1956.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> This was followed by 43 plays and 11 books of essay compilations.<ref name="Books of G Sankara Pillai">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAPILLAI/Html/GSPillaiBooks.htm |title=Books of G Sankara Pillai |date=December 1, 2018 |website=keralasahityaakademi.org}}</ref> ''Vivaham Swargathil Nadakkunnu'' (1958) (Marriages happen in heaven), ''Bharatha Vakyam'',<ref name="Bharatha Vkyam">{{Cite book |title=Bharatha Vkyam |last=G |first=Sankara Pillai |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |year=1981 |location=Trichur}}</ref>'' Kiratham, Thirumbi Vandan Thambi'' (The brother who returned), ''Raksha Purushan'' (The rescuer), ''Bandi'' (The hostage), ''Sharashayanam'' (Bed of arrows), ''Poymukhangal'' (Masked faces), ''Kauzhukanmar'' (The eagles), ''Vilangum Veenayum'', ''Peipidicha lokam'' (The world gone mad), ''Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre, Olapambu'' (Fake Snake), ''Pushpakireedam'' (Floral Crown), ''Nizhal'' (The Shadow), ''Gurudakshina'' (Offering to the Master), ''Nidhiyum Neethiyum'' (Treasure and Justice), ''Maddalangal'' (Drums), ''Rail Palangal'' (Rail Tracks), ''Ponnumkudam'' (Golden Pot), ''Chithra Salabhangal'' (Butterflies), ''Thamara'' (Lotus) and ''Orukoottam Urumbukal'' (A Group of Ants) are some of his major plays<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /><ref name="Encyclopaedia of indian literature.">{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of indian literature. |last1=A |first1=Datta |last2=M Lal |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1987 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> while ''The Theater of the Earth is Never Dead'',<ref name="The theater of the earth is never dead">{{Cite book |title=The theater of the earth is never dead |last=Pillai |first=G Sankara |publisher=School of drama |year=1986 |location=Trichur}}</ref> ''Selected essays of G. Sankara Pillai'',<ref name="Selected essays of G. Sankara Pillai">{{Cite book |title=Selected essays of G. Sankara Pillai |last1=N |first1=Radhakrishnan |last2=Sankarapilla |publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts |year=1997 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> ''Ibsante Nataka Sankalpam'', ''Njan Kanda Delhi'' (The Delhi I saw), ''Bertolt Brecht'', ''Nataka Paramparyangal'' (Drama and heritage), ''Samvidhayaka Sankalpam'' (The concept of a director), ''C. V. yude Hasya Sankalpam'' (C. V.’s Concept of Humour), ''Malayala Nataka Sahithya Charitram'' (The history of Malayalam Drama) and ''G. Sankara Pillayude Lekhanangal'' (Collection of articles by G. Sankara Pillai) are some of his works of prose,<ref name="Books of G Sankara Pillai" /> of which ''Malayala Nataka Sahithya Charitram'' is considered as an authentic work on the history of Malayalam theatre.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> "Sankara Pillai's efforts rendered the stage and theatre actors a dignity that was lacking until then", said [[Sajitha Madathil]], on the occasion of the 25th death anniversary of Sankara Pillai.[[File:Gsankara.jpg|thumb|Pillai at the first theatre workshop for children at Rangaprabhath in 1980. Dr N Radhakrishnan of Gandhi Smrithi Darshan Samithi also can be seen.]]<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
Sakara Pillai received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1964 for play-writing;<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards)">{{Cite web |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-31 |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) |date=2016-03-31 |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref><ref name="Fellows and Award-winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi 1952-2010">{{cite book|title=Fellows and Award-winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi 1952-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLnDrXscte4C|year=2011|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi}}</ref> the same year as the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honoured him with their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama|annual award for drama]] for his work, ''Rail Palangal''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama |date=2019-04-26 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212809/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Three years later, he was selected for the 1967 Sahitya Pravartaka Sahakarana Sanghom Award.<ref name="G. Shankara Pillai - SNA profile" /> In 1986, he received the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/drama-ksna/457|title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship: Drama|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the All India Critics Award and the Nandikar National Award.<ref name="Vatsyayan1991" /> His biography has been included in two [[Oxford University Press]] publications, ''The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance''<ref name="Pillai G., Shankara in Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance">{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199574193.001.0001/acref-9780199574193-e-3085 |title=Pillai G., Shankara in Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance |chapter=Pillai G., Shankara |date=2010-01-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199574193.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-957419-3 |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> and ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance''.<ref name="Pillai G., Shankara in Oxford Encyclopedia">{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198601746.001.0001/acref-9780198601746-e-3085 |title=Pillai G., Shankara in Oxford Encyclopedia |last=George |first=Jose |chapter=Pillai G., Shankara |date=2005-01-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198601746.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-860174-6 |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Plays ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |title=Plavilathoppikal |last=G. Sankara Pillai |publisher=KSICL |year=2008 |isbn=978-8184940152}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Orma Kondu Thurakkavunna Vathil |last=G. Sankara Pillai |publisher=Penguin India |year=2008 |isbn=978-0143063841}}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Sainikante Premalekhanam |last=G. Sankara Pillai |publisher=DC Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-8126443109}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=304923&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252CG.%2522 |title=Asthanaviddikal |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |publisher=Poorna |location=Calicut}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=220279&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252CG.%2522 |title=Sapthami |last=Sankarapillai |first=G. |date=1978 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=3946&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520g%2520sankara%2520pillai |title=Bharatha Vakyam |last1=Sankara Pillai |first1=G. |last2=Tharakan |first2=K. M; Tr |date=1981 |location=Trichur, Kerala Sahitya Akademi}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21396&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Sarvvam saha: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1985}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21395&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Raappakshikal athavaa Bhagavathipuram theevandi stationil enthu sambhavichu: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1984 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21394&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Moodhevi theyyam: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1986 |location=Kottayam, Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society Ltd}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21392&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Krishnapaksham: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1989}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21391&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Kaserakali: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1990}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21390&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Idaan maranna izha: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1980}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21389&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=G Sankara Pillayude ekaankangal |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1989}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21388&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Ekaaki |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1989}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21387&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Dharmakshethre kurukshethre |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1968}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21381&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Anchu ekaankangal |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1986}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21401&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Thaavalam: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1981}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21400&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Snehadoothan: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1990 |location=Kottayam, National Book Stall}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21399&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Sarasayanam: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1963}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21398&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Sabarmathi dooreyaanu: Malayala naatakam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1990}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=144987&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Moodhevitheyyam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1986 |location=Kottayam, N B S |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=144400&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Thirumpivanthaan thampi |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1975 |location=Kottayam, N B S |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=144337&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Andanum atakotanum |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1985 |location=KOttayam, D C Books |language=Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=144327&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Karutha daivathe thedi |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1980 |location=Kottayam, D C Books |language=Malayalam}}<br />
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=== Essays ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305819&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252CG.%2522 |title=G.Sankarapillayute Lekhanangal |last1=Sankara Pillai |first1=G. |last2=Rajakrishnan |first2=V. |date=1993 |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |location=Thrissur}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=N. Radhakrishnan|title=Selected essays of G. Sankara Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvVkAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts|isbn=978-81-224-1081-5}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=286742&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520g%2520sankara%2520pillai |title=Nataka darsanam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1990 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229958&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520g%2520sankara%2520pillai |title=Malayala nadaka sahithya charithram |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G. |date=1980 |publisher=Kerala Sahithya Academy |location=Thrissur }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=24322&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Ibsente naataka sankalpam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1990 |edition= 2nd}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23554&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=C V yude haasyasankalpam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1987}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21586&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Samvidhaayaka sankalpam |last=Sankara Pillai |first=G; Author |date=1991}}<br />
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=== Translation ===<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=24337&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sankara%2520Pillai%252C%2520G%2522 |title=Aaru kathaapaathrangal naatakakrthine thedi: Italian naatakam |last1=Piranthalo |first1=Luigi; Author |last2=Sankara Pillai |first2=G; Translator |date=1989}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://opentextkerala.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-brief-overview-of-history-of-theatre.html |title=A Brief Overview of the History of Theatre in Kerala from 1967 |date=2019-04-26 |website=opentextkerala.blogspot.com |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-04-26}}<br />
* [[iarchive:dli.ministry.22496|"IN SEARCH OF A NEW THEATER" An Interview with G. Sankara Pillai"]]. archieve.org. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.<br />
* [https://www.critical-stages.org/27/stages-of-resistance-and-re-connections-unfolding-story-of-a-third-world-theatre-festival/ "Stages of Resistance and Re-connections: Unfolding Story of a Third World Theatre Festival"], critical-stages.org .Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.<br />
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/24159077 "The Malayalam Scene: Scarcity amidst Plenty"], jstor.org.Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.<br />
* "The Theatre of the Earth is Never Dead", Trad. Arts Project, School of Drama, University of Calicut, 1986<br />
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== External links==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6YOKA22et8 |title=Smrithi Promo - G. Sankara Pillai |last=Safari |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2018-01-12 |access-date=2019-04-26}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521065955/http://www.dbcsasthamcotta.edu.in/ Nataka kalari]<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAPILLAI/Html/GSankaraPillai.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAPILLAI/Html/GSPillaiScript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}}<br />
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