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Rafeeq Ahamed
Born	(1961-12-17) 17 December 1961 (age 63) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur
Occupations	Poet Lyricist Novelist
Years active	1997–present

Rafeeq Ahamed (born 17 December 1961) is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and is a six-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics. With more than 600 songs to his credit, Rafeeq Ahamed is regarded as the most successful and critically acclaimed lyricist of contemporary Malayalam films.

Early life

Rafeeq Ahamed was born to Syed Sajjad Hussain and Thithayikutty on 17 December 1961 in Akkikavu, Thrissur district. He graduated in English literature from Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur.

Literary career

Rafeeq Ahamed authored a number of poems. Some of his collections include Swapnavangmoolam, Paarayil Paninjathu, Aalmara and Cheettukalikkar. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 2006 for the collection Aalmara. He is also a recipient of Vyloppilli Award, Odakkuzhal Award and P. Kunhiraman Nair Award. He also authored the novel Azhukkillam which was serialised in Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly and published as a book in 2015.

Film career

He started his film career through the 1999 film Garshom directed by P. T. Kunju Muhammed. His second work as a lyricist was Perumazhakkalam, directed by Kamal. It was the music director M. Jayachandran who suggested Rafeeq to Kamal, based on an experience of working with Rafeeq for the title song of a television serial Samanathaalam. Rafeeq penned the lyrics of the much acclaimed song; Rakkilithan for Perumazhakalam and has since written more than 600 songs for about 300 Malayalam films.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

Novel

• Azhukkillam (2015)

Partial filmography

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Awards

Literary awards

• Odakkuzhal Award for Rafeeq Ahammedinte Kavithakal (2014)
• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Alamara (2006)
• Olappamanna Memorial Award for Paarayil Pathiinjathu (2000)
• Edappally Award
• Kunchupilla Award
• Kanakasree Award
• Vailoppilli Award
• P. Kunjiraman Nair Award (2017)
• Ulloor Award
• Swathi-Ayyappa Panicker Literary Award (2019)

Film awards

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References

1. "മഴകൊണ്ടുമാത്രം മുളയ്ക്കുന്ന പ്രണയത്തിന്റെ വിത്തുകൾ..." ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
2. "List of Malayalam Songs written by Rafeeq Ahamed". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
3. "എഴുത്തുകാർ അയിത്തം നേരിടുന്ന കാലം: റഫീക്ക് അഹമ്മദ്". News 18. 15 December 2018.
4. "ട്രെൻഡ് നോക്കി പാട്ടെഴുതാറില്ല, സഭ്യമല്ലാത്ത വരികൾ എഴുതുകയുമില്ല: റഫീഖ് അഹമ്മദ്".
5. "മരണമെത്തുന്ന നേരത്തിൽ തളച്ചിടാൻ ഇഷ്ടമില്ല- റ ഫീ ക്ക് അ ഹ മ്മ ദ് | Madhyamam". 25 June 2021.
6. "റഫീക്ക്‌ അഹമ്മദ്‌" (in Malayalam). Harithakam. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
7. https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2017/04/24/rafeeq-ahammed-talk-about-his-favourite-poems.html "മഴകൊണ്ടുമാത്രം മുളയ്ക്കുന്ന പ്രണയത്തിന്റെ വിത്തുകൾ"]. Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
8. "Faithful to Poesy". The New Indian Express. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
9. "Rafeeq Ahammed". Mathrubhumi. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
10. Rahna Thalib (26 April 2017). "ചീരുത്തള്ളയുടെ സുവിശേഷം". The Indian Express (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
11. "Lyrical craftsmanship". The Hindu. 29 April 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
12. "List of Malayalam Songs written by Rafeeq Ahamed". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
13. "List of Malayalam Songs by Lyricist Rafeeq Ahamed". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
14. "റഫീക്ക് അഹമ്മദ്". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
15. "റഫീഖ് അഹമ്മദിന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ്". DC Books. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
16. "Poet-lyricist Rafeeq Ahammed wins Swathi-Ayyappa Panicker Literary Award". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
17. "Rafeeq Ahamed on song". The Hindu. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
18. "53rd Kerala State Film Awards: Complete list of winners". 21 July 2023.

External links

• Column at The Indian Express

• Living people
• 1961 births
• Indian male poets
• 21st-century Indian Muslims
• Malayali people
• Writers from Thrissur
• Poets from Kerala
• Malayalam poets
• Malayalam-language lyricists
• Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
• 20th-century Indian poets
• Malayalam-language novelists
• Indian male novelists
• 20th-century Indian novelists
• Novelists from Kerala
• Malayalam screenwriters
• Indian lyricists
• Screenwriters from Kerala
• 21st-century Indian male writers