For the 1972 film adaptation of the novel, see Naadan Premam (film).
1941 novel by S. K. Pottekkatt
Naadan Premam
Author
S. K. Pottekkatt
Country
India
Language
Malayalam
Publisher
Mathrubhumi Books
Publication date
1941
Pages
80
ISBN
978-81-8265-209-5
Naadan Premam (English: Love in the Countryside) is a Malayalam novel written by S. K. Pottekkatt in 1941. It is a short novel written when the author was in Bombay and tells the story of an innocent village belle jilted by a modern man-about-town. It is set entirely in Mukkam, a rustic village on the banks of the Iruvanjippuzha, a major tributary of River Chaliyar.[1] Written initially as a film treatment and later converted into a novel, it was serialised in Kerala Kaumudi newspaper and released as a book in August 1941. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1972 but was not a success on the screen.[2]
The novel is an important chapter in the history of Mukkam.[3] The writer resided on the banks of Iruvanjippuzha for some time before he left for Bombay to write the novel. In 2005, a memorial was built at the heart of Mukkam, on the banks of the Iruvanjippuzha, as a tribute to the writer.[4]
^M. T. Vasudevan Nair (July 19, 2003). ഒാര്മ്മയുടെ ചുവരില് എസ്. കെ. വരച്ചത് [Introduction to the Mathrubhumi edition of the novel]. Calicut, India: Mathrubhumi Books.
^Malayalam Literary Survey: Volume 6. Trichur, India: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 1982. p. 120.
^"Telling the tale of Mukkom". The Hindu. Chennai, India. December 30, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^Maleeha Raghaviah (September 20, 2005). "Mukkom's tribute to a litterateur". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved July 29, 2015.[dead link]
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