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{{short description|Indian writer and music journalist (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jamal Kochangadi
| image = JAMALKOCHANGADI-JOURNALIST.jpg
| parents =
| birth_name = P Z Mohamad Jamal
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|04|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kochangadi]], [[Kochi]] [[Kerala]] [[India]]
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation = Journalist, Lyricist, Author
| years_active = 1963–present
| awards =
}}

'''Jamal Kochangadi''' <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/jamal-kochangadis-ethente-kochi-is-a-nostalgic-tribute-to-kochi-and-its-forgotten-history-of-people-and-places/article23499834.ece|title=Looking back at Kochi|first=K.|last=Pradeep|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 April 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> is an Indian writer, script writer, lyricist and music journalist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/jamal-kochangadi-literature-song-writer-ck-hassan-koya/|title=തിരസ്ക്കാരങ്ങളുടെ ഭാണ്ഡവുമായി പ്രതിഭയുടെ "വലിയങ്ങാടി"|date=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.malayalamnewsdaily.com/node/40611/sunday-plus/vakku-article-jamal-kochangadi|title=നീയെന്തറിയുന്നു നീലത്താരകമേ...|date=19 November 2017|website=Malayalam News}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kochangadi was born on 30 April 1944 in [[Kochangadi]], in the [[Ernakulam]] district of Kerala. His parents were P.A. Zainuddhin Naina (Freedom fighter, journalist, political leader, founder of Coir Fed) and Sulekha.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
After completing school in 1963, he joined ''Kerala Nadam'', an evening newspaper, eventually becoming the Chief Editor of the Bharatharajyam Evening Newspaper.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}} Then he worked in a couple of small newspapers in Kochi like Yuva Keralam, Jai Hind, Cochin Express and a weekly named Film Nadam. From 1980 onwards he held positions in news dailies such as League Times, [[Madhyamam]], and Thejus. From 1988 to 2018 he was in charge of the Special Edition of newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejasnews.com/latestnews/jamal-kochangadi-kozhikode-souhradaya-koottayma-151582|title = ജമാല്‍ കൊച്ചങ്ങാടിക്ക് കോഴിക്കോട് സൗഹൃദ കൂട്ടായ്മയുടെ ആദരം|date = 30 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/an-unsung-musician/article6863463.ece|title = An unsung musician|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 February 2015}}</ref> He became the editor of Varadya Madhyamam and Thejus Sunday Edition.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

His short story [[Chappa]] was made into a feature film of the same name, directed by [[P. A. Backer]]. The film was released in 1982 and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]].<ref>[http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=534 ജമാൽ കൊച്ചങ്ങാടി - മലയാള ചലച്ചിത്രം]</ref>

==Literary works==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date= September 2022}}

===Short stories===

* Anjum Moonnum Onnu- Short story collection, written in 1961, when he was a final year student at school in association with Late MJ Zackaria Sait (former Deputy Speaker of [[Kerala]])

===Translation===
*Hitlarude Manass (Mind of Hitler)
*Marubhumiyile Pravachakan (Prophet of the Desert)
*Classic Abhimukhangal (Classic Interviews)
*Dhyanam Islamil (Contemplation in Islam)
*Columusum mattu yathrikarum (Columbus and other travelers.)

=== Biography ===
*Latha Mangeshkar- Music and Life,
*Luminaries of World Literature (Brief biographical notes on 150 world known writers)
*From Tansen to Zakir Hussain (Biographies of Musical legends)
*Melody (Biosketches of 40 Hindi film singers and Composers)

=== As editor ===
*Baburaj (An anthology of music composer MS Baburaj)
*Kerala Samskraram – Adanapradanangal (Collection of studies on Kerala Culture)

===Fiction===
*Sfadikam Pole (Like a crystal)
*Nilavinte Sangeetham (Music of moonlight)

===Collection of Social Essays===
*Manpazham thinnu maricha kutty, akathalam, sthree kudumbam, kuttikal

===Memoirs===
*Pena Sakshi (Pen as witness) Memories of media life through letter communication with eminent persons.
*Ithente Kochi (This is my Cochi) Memories of Cochin
*Basheer, Vijayan, Mammootty pinne mattu chilarum. Memories of [[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]], [[O. V. Vijayan]], [[Mammootty]] and other well known dignitaries.

===Play===
*Iniyum Unarathavar (Kozhikode Sangamam Theatres)
*Kshubhitharude Ashamsakal (Stage India, Kozhikode)

===Interviews===
Sathyam Parayunna Nunayanmaar- (Liars who tells truth) Interviews with cartoonists from Kerala like [[O. V. Vijayan]], [[Kutty (cartoonist)]], [[E. P. Unny]] etc.,

===Songs===
* Pravachana ganangal - Musical Album on Prophet [[Muhammad]]
* Marakkillorikalum

== As lyricist==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Year !! Song !! Film !! Singers
|-
| 1980 ||Aa Churam Ee Churam || [[Thaliritta Kinakkal]] ||[[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Vani Jairam]]
|-
| 1980 ||En Mooka Vishadham||[[Thaliritta Kinakkal]] ||[[S. Janaki]]
|-
| 1983 ||En Manassil (F) ||[[Marakkillorikkalum]] ||[[Vani Jairam]]
|-
| 1983 ||En Manassil (M) ||[[Marakkillorikkalum]] ||[[P. Jayachandran]]
|-
|}

===Awards===
{{BLP unreferenced section|date= September 2022}}
*Thiruvananthapuram Muslim Association Puraskaram
*P.A. Sayed Mohammad Foundation Award
*P.A. Backer Puraskaram
*J.C.Kuttikad Award
*Kozhikode Souhrida Puraskaram
*Vakkam Abdul Khader Smaraka Puraskaram (Trivandrum)
*Qatar Thanathu Samskarika Vedi Puraskaram <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2014/nov/14/state-media-awards-announced-682290.html|title=State Media Awards Announced|website=The New Indian Express|date=14 November 2014 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|nm11074124}}
*[https://www.thehindu.com/books/jamal-kochangadis-ethente-kochi-is-a-nostalgic-tribute-to-kochi-and-its-forgotten-history-of-people-and-places/article23499834.ece Looking back at Kochi]
*[https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2014/nov/14/state-media-awards-announced-682290.html State Media Awards Announced]
*[https://en.maktoobmedia.com/2020/03/12/narayanan-and-zainuddin-were-arrested-together-by-the-british-raj-freedom-struggle-memories-that-india-shall-never-forget/ Narayanan and Zainuddin were arrested by British Raj. Freedom struggle memories that India shall never forget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323100257/https://en.maktoobmedia.com/2020/03/12/narayanan-and-zainuddin-were-arrested-together-by-the-british-raj-freedom-struggle-memories-that-india-shall-never-forget/ |date=23 March 2020 }}
*[http://campuslib.keralauniversity.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=57259 താന്‍സന്‍ മുതല്‍ സക്കീര്‍ഹുസൈന്‍ വരെ]
*[https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=193317221 Jamal Kochangadi senior-journalist during an interaction with The Hindu Metro Plus in Kochi.... | The Hindu Images]
*[https://www.azhimukham.com/social-wire-jamal-kochangadi-criticize-balachandran-chullikkad/ 'ദുരവസ്ഥയില്‍ സഹോദരനെ കൈവിടാന്‍ മാത്രം കടുപ്പമുള്ളതാവുമോ ഈ കവിഹൃദയം']
*[https://www.keralawomen.gov.in/ml/node/294 ഹലീമാബീവി മുൻപേ നടന്ന പോരാളിയായ വനിത]
*[https://www.marunadanmalayali.com/column/pusthaka-vich-ram/melody-book-by-jamal-kochangadi-46696 സംഗീത സാഗരം]
*[https://www.thalsamayamonline.com/news/--126805 ഹിജാബ് പോലല്ല നിഖാബ്, അത് നിരോധിക്കേണ്ടതുതന്നെ]
*[https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?l=534 List of Malayalam Songs written by Jamal Kochangadi]
*[https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/jamal-kochangadi-literature-song-writer-ck-hassan-koya/ തിരസ്ക്കാരങ്ങളുടെ ഭാണ്ഡവുമായി പ്രതിഭയുടെ “വലിയങ്ങാടി”]
*[http://asianspeaks.com/vkn-letter-to-jamal-kochangadi/ വി കെ എന്‍, ജമാല്‍ കൊച്ചങ്ങാടിക്ക് അയച്ച ഒരു കത്ത്]
*[http://kslc.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl? KERALA STATE LIBRARY COUNCIL catalog › Advanced search]
*[http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=51994 Marubhoomiyile pravaachakan [മരുഭൂമിയിലെ പ്രവാചകന്‍]]
*[https://archive.keralamediaacademy.org/content/jamal-kochangadi Kerala Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705174656/http://archive.keralamediaacademy.org/content/jamal-kochangadi |date=5 July 2019 }}
*[https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?l=534 List of Malayalam Songs written by Jamal Kochangadi]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl2_-wG-BRA Veritta Kazhchakal Literature Jamal Kochangadi]
*[https://m3db.com/film/2126]
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KareemOman9338 at 23:01, 7 February 2026