“Long ago, when people depended on boats for travel, there was a busy ‘kadavu’ (boat jetty) in the area. And ‘thara’ was a common usage for a portion of land. So the place got the name ...

His subsequent screenplays for Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994), each won the national award for best screenplay, the most awards for anyone in ...