death_date birth_place nationality name birth_date language genre image article_title birth_name occupation
29 july 1990 kozhikode , kerala , india india p. m. taj 03 january 1956 malayalam fiction , humour , non-fiction p.m taj.jpg p. m. taj
 puthiyara maliyakkal taj playwright , script writer , actor , director
p. m. taj

puthiyara maliyakkal taj -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 3 january 1956 -- 29 july 1990 -rrb- , popularly known as p. m. taj , was an indian creative writer , actor , screenwriter , and director in malayalam theatre .
he was a prominent cultural figure in kozhikode .
taj wrote many plays during his short span of life and won several awards including the `` sakthi award '' , instituted in memory of the progressive malayalam writer cherukad , and the kerala sangeetha nataka akademi award twice .
