Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup is a lyricist in Malayalam cinema, credited on Eeran Sandhya (1985).

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V.; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received the awards Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the Government of India. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of Kerala, Trivandrum. O. N. V. was known for his leftist leaning. He was a leader of All India Students Federation (AISF).

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