# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-t-vasudevan-nair
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:49:46.495Z

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name: "M. T. Vasudevan Nair"
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description: "Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Narayanan Nair was an Indian author, lecturer, screenplay writer, filmmaker and literary statesman. He was a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and was one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature. Randamoozham, which retells the story of the Mahabharata from the point of view of Bhimasena, is widely credited as his masterpiece."
tagline: "Indian author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)"
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birthDate: "1933-07-15"
deathDate: "2024-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump