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| name = Jagathy N. K. Achary
| image = Jagathy NK Achary wiki.png
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| caption = Malayalam Screenwriter Jagathy NK Achary in a cameo role in the film Deshadanakkili Karayarilla
| birth_date = 1924
| birth_place = [[Jagathy]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore]], present day [[India]]
| death_date = 1997
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| occupation = Dramatist, writer, actor, screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1950–1997
| style = Satire, mythic fiction, whimsical, thrillers, horror, speculative
| spouse = Prasanna
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| children = [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]<br>Krishnakumar<br>Jameela
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'''Jagathy N. K. Achary''' (1924–1997) was an Indian dramatist and writer who also worked in [[Malayalam]] films. He was known for his plays and screenplays. He is the father of actor [[Jagathy Sreekumar]].

==Life sketch==
Jagathy N. Kochukrishnan Achary was born in 1924 at Krishnavilasam in [[Jagathy]], [[Trivandrum]], then capital of [[Travancore]], to "Ananthapadmanabhan" Nanu Achary and Ponnammal. He had his education in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Scott Christian College]], Nagercoil. After obtaining a BA in literature, he followed up with a degree in law.

Kochukrishnan's paternal ancestors were involved in the construction works of many palaces and stately mansions in [[Travancore]] built during the latter half of the nineteenth century. His grandfather Krishnan Achari and his brother were given land to settle down in Jagathy. N. K. Kochukrishnan's father was Kottaram Moothchari under [[Moolam Thirunal]] and [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] of erstwhile [[Travancore]].

He was married to Prasanna (Ponnamma) from Edavanacaud had three children: Jagathy Sreekumar, P. K. Krishnakumar and P. K. Jameela.

== Death ==
He died of old age diseases in 1997 at his Thiruvananthapuram residence. A road in Cotton Hill, [[Vazhuthacaud]], Thiruvananthapuram is named after him.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

==Education and career==
He started his career as an employee at the palace.<ref>{{cite web|last=Babu |first=Sathish |url=http://imprintsonindianfilmscreen.blogspot.ae/2012/12/jagathy-nkachary.html |title=Imprints On Indian Film Screen: JAGATHY N.K.ACHARY |publisher=Imprintsonindianfilmscreen.blogspot.ae |date=2012-12-26 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Later, he joined the [[All India Radio]] as a staff artist where he worked as a programme executive at various stations and subsequently rose to the position of Station Director.<ref name="hindu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/03/stories/2004050302310300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220180210/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/03/stories/2004050302310300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-02-20 |title=Jagathy ramblings |date=2004-05-03 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

Kochukrishnan wrote many plays for the radio, crossing over to writing more than twenty plays for professional theatre,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thiruvananthapuramupdates.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/article-samprathi-varthah-shrooyantham/ |title=Article: Samprathi Varthah Shrooyantham! | Some Updates… |publisher=Thiruvananthapuramupdates.wordpress.com |date= 10 July 2012|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and subsequently films. Many of his screenplays were published and enacted by amateur theatre groups all over Kerala. His first work was in Vimal Kumar's Achanum Makanum in the year 1957, followed by Ummini Thanka in 1961 and Velu Thambi Dalawa in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/malayalam/writer/jagathy-n-k-achary|title=Jagathy N. K. Achary}}</ref>

He was a partner of the Kalanilayam Theatre group, for which he wrote many plays. During the 1960s-70s, Kalanilayam revolutionised Malayalam theatre, with its dramas like ''Raktharakshass'', ''Kayamkulam Kochunni'', ''Kadamattathu Kathanar'', ''Iravikkodu Pillai'', ''Naradan Keralathil'', ''Taj Mahal'', ''Sree Guruvayoorappan'' and ''Alavudinum Athbhuthavilakkum'',<ref name="hindu.com" /> all simultaneously with his illustrious career in films. He was closely associated with directors such as [[K. G. George]] and [[Padmarajan]]; starting a drama school with the former in the 1980s and appearing in cameo roles in the later's films such as ''[[Moonnam Pakkam]]'' and ''[[Desatanakkili Karayarilla]]''.<ref name="imdb" />
Other published plays include ''Podikkai'',''Karakku Company'',''Noorjahan'',''Lahari'', ''Podikkai'',''Japan Daivam'' etc.

He is a recipient of the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] (1983) and the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]] (1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/drama-a-ksna/465 |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Drama |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><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>

==Film career==
Kochukrishnan penned story, screenplay and dialogues for more than 33 Malayalam movies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=Jagathy%20NK%20Achari |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Jagathy NK Achari |publisher=En.msidb.org |date=2009-01-26 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and <ref name="imdb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3259882/|title=Jagathi N.K. Achari|website=IMDb}}</ref> also experimental films such as ''[[Sexilla Stundilla]]'', ''[[Paathirapattu]]'' etc. He also wrote films with strong female characters in the 60s and 70s.

===Filmography as screenwriter===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Year
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Title
! scope="colgroup" colspan=4 | Credited as
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Director
|-
! scope="col" width=65 | Story
! scope="col" width=65 | Screenplay
! scope="col" width=65 | Dialogue
! scope="col" width=65 | Actor
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Achanum Makanum]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Vimal Kumar
|-
| 1961 || ''Ummini Thanka'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || G. Vishwanath
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1962 || ''[[Laila Majnu]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[P. Bhaskaran]]
|-
| ''[[Veluthambi Dalawa (film)|Velu Thambi Dalawa]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || G. Vishwanath
|-
| ''[[Bhagyajathakam ]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[P. Bhaskaran]]
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Kayamkulam Kochunni (1966 film)|Kayamkulam Kochunni]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[P. A. Thomas]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1967 || ''[[Postman]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[P. A. Thomas]]
|-
| ''[[Paathirapattu]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || N. Prakash
|-
| ''[[Madatharuvi (film)|Madatharuvi]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || P. A. Thomas
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1968 || ''[[Kayalkkarayil]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || N. Prakash
|-
| ''[[Anchu Sundarikal]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]
|-
| ''[[Kodungallooramma]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || [[Kunchacko]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1971 || ''[[Sumangali (1971 film)|Sumangali]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || M.K Ramu
|-
| ''[[Thapaswini]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Sakthi (1972 film)|Sakthi]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[Crossbelt Mani]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1973 || ''[[Panchavadi]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[J. Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''[[Manassu]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Hameed Kakkassery
|-
| ''[[Poymughangal]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || B. N. Prakash
|-
| ''[[Divyadharsanam]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[J. Sasikumar]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1975 || ''[[Ullasa Yaathra]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} ||[[A. B. Raj]]
|-
| ''[[Kottaaram Vilkkaanundu]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || K Sukumaran
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1976 || ''[[Sexilla Stundilla]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || B. N. Prakash
|-
| ''[[Swimming Pool (1976 film)|Swimming Pool]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[J. Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''Kenalum Collectorum'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || M. M. Nesan
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1977 || ''[[Sreedevi (film)|Sreedevi]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || [[N. Sankaran Nair]]
|-
| ''[[Penpuli]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[Crossbelt Mani]]
|-
| ''[[Kaavilamma]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[N. Sankaran Nair]]
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Snehikkan Samayamilla]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Viayanand
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Kalliyankattu Neeli]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1982 || ''[[Keni (film)|Keni]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[J. Sasikumar]]
|-
| ''[[Anuraagakkodathi]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]]
|-
| ''[[Aa Divasam]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[M. Mani]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1986 || ''[[Karinagam]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]
|-
| ''[[Deshadanakkili Karayarilla]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || [[Padmarajan]]
|-
| 1988 || ''Inquilabinte Puthri'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Jayadevan
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Moonnam Pakkam]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || [[Padmarajan]]
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.geni.com/people/Jagathy-N-Kochu-Krishnan-Achari-Krishna-Vilasam/6000000007407845171 Genealogy - Geni - private profile - Genealogy]
* [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=Jagathy%20NK%20Achari Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Jagathy NK Achari]

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