Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran or E.M.S. He passed away on 19th March 1998 at the age of 89. EMS was born on June 13, 1909, the son of Parameswaran Namboodirippad, at Elamkulam, in Perinthalmanna taluk of the present Malappuram district. Personal life. Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was born on 13 June 1909, as the son of Parameswaran Namboodirippad, at Elamkulam, in Perintalmanna taluk of the present Malappuram district into an aristocratic upper-caste Brahmin family. VBC, like most of his generation, was active in the student movement as the undivided Communist Party was coming apart. Today, 19th March 2020 is the 22nd death anniversary of Com. He plays a local gangster in the film, who kidnaps the protagonist Steve played by Farhaan Faasil. In his early years, he was associated with V. T. Bhattathiripad, M. R. Bhattathiripad and many others in the fight against the casteism and conservatism that existed in the Namboothiri community. EMS Namboodiripad's grandson makes acting debut. was born on June 13, 1909, as the son of Parameswaran Namboodiripad, at Elamkulam, in Perinthalmanna taluk of the present Malappuram district. E.M.S.Namboodiripad, the Communist leader of international recognition, freedom fighter, General Secretary first of CPI and then General Secretary of CPI(M) for a long period, and the fist Chief Minister of Kerala. E.M.S. Namboodiripad the world would remember. Bhattathiripad, M.R. Theirs was an aristocratic Namboodiri family in Perinthalamanna taluk of the present Malappuram district. Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was born on June 13, 1909, as the son of Parameswaran Namboodirippad, at Elamkulam, in Perintalmanna taluk of the present Malappuram district into an aristocratic upper-caste Brahmin family. His Brahmin heritage became a thing of the past—EMS began to work with Dalits, fishermen and labourers, becoming “the adopted son of the working class”. BORN on June 13, 1909, EMS was the son of Elankulam Manakkal Parameswaran Namboodiripad, a Sanskrit scholar, and Vishnudatta. EMS Namboodiripad. EMS Namboodiripad. Trained as an electrical engineer he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPIM under the leadership of Com. Namboodiripad was born on 13 June 1909. From a very early age, he was inspired by V.T. his wife, a daughter and a son and several thousand comrades in Kerala and throughout the country. His birthplace was Elamkulam in Perinthalmannataluk in present Malappuram district. He hailed from an upper-caste Namboodiri Bramhins family of landlords. The essay was originally written as two articles by the authors separately, and were combined and edited by Ashok Dhawale for People’s Democracy. EMS Namboodiripad (Photo courtesy: www.cpim.org) ... Anticaste.in republishes an essay written in 2003 by his son Satyendra More and grandson Subodh More. 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