Aryadan Shoukath
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Aryadan Shoukath is an India
n writer and film producer. He is the son of one of Kerala’s senior Indian National Congress
leaders Aryadan Mohammed MLA, Shoukath is a powerful mouthpiece of secularism
and a relentless fighter against religious obscurantism.
Aryadan Shoukath is one of the most vibrant cultural and political personalities in Kerala
, with politics in blood and art in his heart He was the president of Nilambur
Panchayath.Heading Nilambur, which won Kerala's best panchayat award from the state Government, 42-year-old Shoukath could be India's only panchayat president who has also won movie honours.
His first film in 2003, Patham Onn: Oru Vilapam, was an indictment of Muslim
orthodoxy on girls' education. It won 15 awards, including the National Film Award for Family Welfare and the Best Asian Film Award at the Madrid
Festival. His latest film Vilapangalkkappuram is about a girl who flees the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat to come to Kerala
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n writer and film producer. He is the son of one of Kerala’s senior Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
leaders Aryadan Mohammed MLA, Shoukath is a powerful mouthpiece of secularism
Secularism
Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries...
and a relentless fighter against religious obscurantism.
Aryadan Shoukath is one of the most vibrant cultural and political personalities in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, with politics in blood and art in his heart He was the president of Nilambur
Nilambur
Nilambur is a municipality and a taluk in the Malappuram district of Kerala, South India. It is famous for its forests, especially its wildlife habitats, rivers, waterfalls and teak plantations. It is situated close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River...
Panchayath.Heading Nilambur, which won Kerala's best panchayat award from the state Government, 42-year-old Shoukath could be India's only panchayat president who has also won movie honours.
His first film in 2003, Patham Onn: Oru Vilapam, was an indictment of Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
orthodoxy on girls' education. It won 15 awards, including the National Film Award for Family Welfare and the Best Asian Film Award at the Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
Festival. His latest film Vilapangalkkappuram is about a girl who flees the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat to come to Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
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