Kochi, Thursday, November 12, 2009: N Ram, well-known journalist and ‘The Hindu’ Chief editor bagged the KR Narayanan award this year. Prominent industrialist MA Yousaf Ali has been selected for the KR Narayanan Pravasi Rathna award.

The bio-epic movie of Hariharan and MT Vasudevan Nair ‘Pazhassi Raja’ has been selected for the KR Narayanan Kala Pushpam award. Justice (Rtd) K Narayana Kurup, president of KR Narayanan foundation announced the awards today.

The award consisting a statuette and a citation would be bestowed on the winners during the first week of January next at the K R Narayanan Memorial Lecture to be held in Delhi.