Awards for K.V. Mohan Kumar, Tharun Moorthy

K.V. Mohan Kumar, author and former IAS officer, has won the Basheer Balyakalasakhi Award instituted by the Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Smaraka Samithi for Malayalam writers.
Tharun Moorthy, filmmaker, has won the Basheer Amma Malayalam Award, instituted by the Basheer Amma Malayalam Literary Collective for cultural personalities, according to a release.
The awards comprise mementoes designed by artist Sreejesh Gopal, a citation, and a cash prize of ₹10,001. They will be presented at a function to be held at Federal Nilayam, Thalayolaparambu, on July 5, says the release.

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