Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and
producer. and is regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers in
India. With the release of his first feature film Swayamvaram (1972),
Adoor pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s.[2]
In a career spanning over five decades, Adoor has made only 12 feature
films to date. His films are made in the Malayalam language and often
depict the society and culture of his native state Kerala. Nearly all
of his films premiered at Venice, Cannes and Toronto International
Film Festival. Along with Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen, Adoor is one of
the most recognized Indian film directors in world cinema.[3][4]For
his films, Adoor has won the National Film Award 16 times, next only
to Ray and Sen. He also won the Kerala State Film Awards 17 times. He
was awarded the State honours Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma
Vibhushan in 2006. He received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004 for
his valuable contributions to Indian cinema.[5] The University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee have established an archive and research center,
the Adoor Gopalakrishnan Film Archive and Research Center, at their
Peck School of Arts where research students will have access to 35 mm
prints of the eleven feature films and several documentaries made by
Adoor.[6]Gopalakrishnan was born on 3 July 1941 in the village of
Mannadi ( Medayil Bungalow ) near Adoor, present day Kerala, he was
the son of Madhavan Unnithan and Mouttathu Gauri Kunjamma. He started
his artistic life as an actor in amateur plays when he was 8. Later he
shifted his base to writing and direction and wrote and directed a few
plays. After securing a degree in Economics, Political Science and
Public Administration in 1961 from the Gandhigram Rural Institute,[7]
he worked as a Government officer near Dindigul in Tamil Nadu . In
1962, he left his job to study screenwriting and direction from the
Film and Television Institute of India Pune. He completed his course
from there with a scholarship from the Government of India. With his
classmates and friends, Adoor established Chithralekha Film Society
and Chalachithra Sahakarana Sangham; the organization was the first
film society in Kerala and it aimed at production, distribution and
exhibition of films in the co-operative sector.
producer. and is regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers in
India. With the release of his first feature film Swayamvaram (1972),
Adoor pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s.[2]
In a career spanning over five decades, Adoor has made only 12 feature
films to date. His films are made in the Malayalam language and often
depict the society and culture of his native state Kerala. Nearly all
of his films premiered at Venice, Cannes and Toronto International
Film Festival. Along with Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen, Adoor is one of
the most recognized Indian film directors in world cinema.[3][4]For
his films, Adoor has won the National Film Award 16 times, next only
to Ray and Sen. He also won the Kerala State Film Awards 17 times. He
was awarded the State honours Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma
Vibhushan in 2006. He received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004 for
his valuable contributions to Indian cinema.[5] The University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee have established an archive and research center,
the Adoor Gopalakrishnan Film Archive and Research Center, at their
Peck School of Arts where research students will have access to 35 mm
prints of the eleven feature films and several documentaries made by
Adoor.[6]Gopalakrishnan was born on 3 July 1941 in the village of
Mannadi ( Medayil Bungalow ) near Adoor, present day Kerala, he was
the son of Madhavan Unnithan and Mouttathu Gauri Kunjamma. He started
his artistic life as an actor in amateur plays when he was 8. Later he
shifted his base to writing and direction and wrote and directed a few
plays. After securing a degree in Economics, Political Science and
Public Administration in 1961 from the Gandhigram Rural Institute,[7]
he worked as a Government officer near Dindigul in Tamil Nadu . In
1962, he left his job to study screenwriting and direction from the
Film and Television Institute of India Pune. He completed his course
from there with a scholarship from the Government of India. With his
classmates and friends, Adoor established Chithralekha Film Society
and Chalachithra Sahakarana Sangham; the organization was the first
film society in Kerala and it aimed at production, distribution and
exhibition of films in the co-operative sector.
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