He was born on 26th August 1947 to Kollath Madhava Menon and Vengalil Nanikkutty Amma. His official name is V. Govindan Kutty Menon and Shathrughnan is his pen name. His schooling was at Govt. High School Pattambi and he later went to college at Guruvayoorappan College Kozhikode. In 1966 he got his B.com degree from Kerala University. He started his career with the Public Limited Company FACT in 1966 and was employed there till 1976. After this he pursued his career abroad starting with Al Rashid Trading Company, Abu Dhabi from 1976 to 1988 and then moving to Union Bank of Oman, Muscat from 1978 to 1988. Returning back home in 1988 he woked as sub editor periodicals at Mathrubhoomi publications, Kozhikode till 1996. Shathrughnan has been active in Malayalam Literary field from end of 1968. His first Short Story collection Nizhalum Nizhalum was published in 1971. He got married in 1978. Wife: Ammu Menon. Daughter: Vinaya Menon. Son-in-Law: Bhavesh Shah. Grand daughter: Anamika Menon Shah.
