Ajayan, also known as Thoppil Ajayan, (8 April 1950 â€" 13 December
2018) was a Malayalam film director who is of note for his only
feature film Perumthachan (The Master Carpenter). The film received
positive reviews from critics worldwide. For this film, Ajayan won the
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Kerala State
Film Award for Best Debut Director in 1990. The film also won the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film in 1990 and was
nominated for the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International
Film Festival in 1992.In the afterword to his book The Master
Carpenter, author M. T. Vasudevan Nair wrote that Ajayan first
approached him for a screenplay of his story Manikkakkallu. That did
not materialise and later he approached with another dream project
Perumthachan. In the end of the afterword, M. T. thanks Ajayan for
persuading him to write the screenplay for Perumthachan.In 2010, he
directed the music video based on Kumaranasan's Chandala bikshuki -
Manjari - Actors Tom George Kolath and Jyothirmayi.
2018) was a Malayalam film director who is of note for his only
feature film Perumthachan (The Master Carpenter). The film received
positive reviews from critics worldwide. For this film, Ajayan won the
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Kerala State
Film Award for Best Debut Director in 1990. The film also won the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film in 1990 and was
nominated for the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International
Film Festival in 1992.In the afterword to his book The Master
Carpenter, author M. T. Vasudevan Nair wrote that Ajayan first
approached him for a screenplay of his story Manikkakkallu. That did
not materialise and later he approached with another dream project
Perumthachan. In the end of the afterword, M. T. thanks Ajayan for
persuading him to write the screenplay for Perumthachan.In 2010, he
directed the music video based on Kumaranasan's Chandala bikshuki -
Manjari - Actors Tom George Kolath and Jyothirmayi.
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