Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
E. M. Ashraf (Malayalam: ഇ. എം. അഷ്റഫ്) is a Malayalam writer, film critic and journalist. He is currently the director of Middle East (News and Programmes), Kairali TV (Malayalam Communications Ltd.). He has written numerous books and articles in Malayalam language, most notably the biographies of veteran Malayalam writers Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and Sukumar Azhikode. His interview with late Indian painter M. F. Husain was published in Malayalam and later translated into Arabic and English.