# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uroob
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:59:09.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uroob"
name: "Uroob"
slug: "uroob"
description: "Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishnan Karunakara Menon, popularly known by his pen name Uroob was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Along with Basheer, Thakazhi, Kesavadev, and Pottekkatt, Uroob was counted among the progressive writers in Malayalam during the twentieth century. He was known for his novels such as Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum and Ummachu, short stories like Rachiyamma and the screenplays of a number of Malayalam films including Neelakuyil, the first Malayalam feature film to receive the National Film Award. He was a recipient of several honours including Kendra Sahithya Academy Award and the inaugural Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel."
tagline: "Indian writer of Malayalam literature (1915–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uroob.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1915-06-08"
deathDate: "1979-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.31
  momentum:             2.560175054704595
  historical:           7.087330666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882018/"
    handle:    "nm0882018"
sources:
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    title: "உரூப்"
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    title: "اروب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पी. सी. कुट्टिकृष्णन उरूब"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಪಿ. ಸಿ. ಕುಟ್ಟಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഉറൂബ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уруб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Uroob"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump