Profile

Aryadan Shoukath is one of the most vibrant cultural and political personalities in Kerala, with politics in his blood and art in his heart.

A screenplay writer and a producer, Shoukath has won national and international acclaims with his three movies—each of them deals with the issues that either beset or challenge Muslim society.

Son of one of Kerala’s senior Congress leaders Aryadan Mohammed MLA, Shoukath is a powerful mouthpiece of secularism and a relentless fighter against religious obscurantism.

President of Nilambur Gramapanchayat, Shoukath has written short stories, columns and essays on secularism and the evils of fundamentalism in mainstream newspapers and magazines from a young age. He has been a voice of reason and rare insights amid the cacophony of extremism and opportunism.

Shoukath’s political career began with his school days when he was the School Leader of Nilambur School. Since then, he has been in the leadership of various youth organizations of Congress in Kerala.

Forty-two-year-old Shoukath, who graduated in Zoology, is married and has three children.