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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Film Director (1962–2022)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ashokan<br />
| image = <br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age text|28 May 1961}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Varkala]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| death_date = 25 September 2022<br />
| death_place =<br />
| known for = ''[[Varnam (1989 film)|Varnam]]''<br>''[[Mookilla Rajyathu]]'' <br />
| occupation = [[Film director]]<br>[[screenwriter]]<br>[[Information technology management|IT Head]]<br />
| yearsactive = 1983 – 2003<br />
| spouse = Seetha<br />
| parents = <br />
| relatives = Abhirami PhD (daughter)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Raman Ashok Kumar''' (28 May 1961 – 25 September 2022), better known as '''Ashokan''', was an Indian filmmaker from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Malayala Chalachithram |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movieslist.php?d=2723 |website=Malayala Chalachithram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSIDB |url=https://en.msidb.org/movies.php?tag=Search&director=Ashokan&limit=4 |website=MSIDB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Letterboxd |url=https://letterboxd.com/director/ashokan |website=Letterboxd}}</ref> He was also the Managing director of ''Auberon Technology'', an IT firm operating in Abu Dhabi and Kochi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam filmmaker Ashokan dies at 60 after prolonged illness |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/others/malayalam-filmmaker-ashokan-dies-at-60-after-prolonged-illness-101664193848211.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=26 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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Joining as an assistant director in ''[[Aattakalasam]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=പൂമുഖം - അശോകൻ|url=https://m3db.com/ashokan-director |access-date=13 October 2022 |publisher=M3DB}}</ref> he mastered the skills in directing feature films during his seven-year tutelage with Malayalam film director [[J. Sasikumar]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam film director Ashokan dies |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/26/malayalam-film-director-ashokan-dies.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=[[Onmanorama]] |date=26 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Director sets trends in Malayalam hit movies|last=Prabhavathi|first=Nair|date=10 March 1995|work=Straits Times, Singapore}}</ref> Ashokan is known for his debut directorial ''[[Varnam (1989 film)|Varnam]]'' (1989), a commercial success<ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam director Ashokan passes away at 60 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-director-ashokan-passes-away-60-168283 |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=[[The News Minute]] |date=26 September 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Mookilla Rajyathu]]'', ''the terrific classic comedy that you won't get bored even if you watch it countless times'', as reviewed by [[The Times of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekend Recommendation! 5 Mollywood comedy films to watch this weekend |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/weekend-recommendation-5-mollywood-comedy-films-to-watch-this-weekend/photostory/89662032.cms?picid=89662123 |access-date=14 October 2022 |issue=18 February 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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Ashokan has also directed ''Kanappurangal'', which won the second best tele film at Kerala State television awards 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Television Awards - Kerala Culture.org |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/files/television%20award.pdf |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=www.keralaculture.org/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Malayalam filmmaker Ashokan passes away at 60 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-filmmaker-ashokan-passes-away-at-60-8173659/ |access-date=12 October 2022 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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Ashokan died in [[Kochi]] on 25 September 2022, at the age of 60.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Srijita |title=Noted Malayalam Filmmaker Ashokan Passes Away at 60 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/noted-malayalam-filmmaker-ashokan-passes-away-at-60-6043111.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=[[News 18]] |date=26 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
; Films<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- <br />
! Year !! Title !! Actors !! Language !! Notes<br />
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| 1989 || ''[[Varnam (1989 film)|Varnam]]'' || Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Ranjini|| Malayalam || <br />
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| 1990 || ''[[Saandram]]'' || Suresh Gopi, Parvathy, Innocent || Malayalam || Thaha as co-director<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || ''[[Mookilla Rajyathu]]'' || Thilakan, Mukesh, Siddhique, Jagathy || Malayalam || Thaha as co-director<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 || ''[[Aacharyan]]'' || Thilakan, Sreenivasan, Suresh Gopi || Malayalam ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 || ''Kanappurangal'' || || Malayalam || Tele film<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|2794076}}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
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