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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;John Sankaramangalam&#039;&#039;&#039; (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{lang-ml|ജോൺ ശങ്കരമംഗലം,|link=yes}} {{IPA-ml|ɟoːn ʃn̪kʌɾʌmʌn̪kʌlʌm}}; &lt;/del&gt;16 July 1934 – 30 July 2018) was an Indian filmmaker and former director of the [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII, Pune]]. He has also served the positions of vice-chairman of [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]], principal of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;St. Joseph College of Communication&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;and as a jury member of the [[International Film Festival of India]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;TNE&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;http&lt;/del&gt;://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jul/31/filmmaker-john-sankaramangalam-no-more-1850931.html |title=Filmmaker John Sankaramangalam no more |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an executive member of [[CILECT]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;mathru&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/veteran-film-personality-john-sankaramangalam-passes-away-1.3016927 |title=Veteran film personality John Sankaramangalam passes away |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;toi&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/veteran-director-adoor-gopalakrishnan-recalls-late-film-maker-john-sankaramangalam/articleshow/67959052.cms |title=Veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan recalls late film-maker John Sankaramangalam |date=12 February 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 February 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;John Sankaramangalam&#039;&#039;&#039; (16 July 1934 – 30 July 2018) was an Indian filmmaker and former director of the [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII, Pune]]. He has also served the positions of vice-chairman of [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]], principal of St. Joseph College of Communication and as a jury member of the [[International Film Festival of India]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;TNE&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https&lt;/ins&gt;://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jul/31/filmmaker-john-sankaramangalam-no-more-1850931.html |title=Filmmaker John Sankaramangalam no more |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an executive member of [[CILECT]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;mathru&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/veteran-film-personality-john-sankaramangalam-passes-away-1.3016927 |title=Veteran film personality John Sankaramangalam passes away |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=23 August 2018 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210722/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/veteran-film-personality-john-sankaramangalam-passes-away-1.3016927 |url-status=dead &lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;toi&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/veteran-director-adoor-gopalakrishnan-recalls-late-film-maker-john-sankaramangalam/articleshow/67959052.cms |title=Veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan recalls late film-maker John Sankaramangalam |date=12 February 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 February 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was a renowned teacher in filmmaking and recipient of numerous awards including [[National Film Award]], [[Kerala State Film Award]] and [[Nargis Dutt Award]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was a renowned teacher in filmmaking and recipient of numerous awards including [[National Film Award]], [[Kerala State Film Award]] and [[Nargis Dutt Award]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Film career ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Film career ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu2&quot;/&amp;gt; Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |title=Veteran filmmaker Sankaramangalam passes away |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The News Today (India)|The &lt;/del&gt;News Today]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Veteran filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] was his classmate.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-winning-director-and-able-tutor/article24554918.ece |title=Award-winning director and able tutor |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hindu2&quot;/&amp;gt; Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |title=Veteran filmmaker Sankaramangalam passes away |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[News Today]] |access-date=23 August 2018 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-date=23 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210554/https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |url-status=dead &lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Veteran filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] was his classmate.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-winning-director-and-able-tutor/article24554918.ece |title=Award-winning director and able tutor |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jayasree&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;mathru&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His first directorial venture was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; which was released in 1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a documentary film about [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at [[25th National Film Awards]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/37-years-ago-film-on-Iyengar-won-award/articleshow/40539741.cms |title=37 years ago, film on Iyengar won award |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jayasree&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;mathru&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His first directorial venture was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; which was released in 1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a documentary film about [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at [[25th National Film Awards]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/37-years-ago-film-on-Iyengar-won-award/articleshow/40539741.cms |title=37 years ago, film on Iyengar won award |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Death ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Death ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam died on July 30, 2018 due to age-related illness.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;onmano&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Veteran director John Sankaramangalam dead |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/07/30/john-sankaramangalam-former-ftii-director-dead.html |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=OnManorama |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam died on July 30, 2018&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;due to age-related illness.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;onmano&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Veteran director John Sankaramangalam dead |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/07/30/john-sankaramangalam-former-ftii-director-dead.html |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=OnManorama |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Selected filmography ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Selected filmography ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l52&quot;&gt;Line 52:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 51:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1971 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Avalalppam Vaikippoyi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Feature Film ||  [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]], [[Jayabharathi]] and [[Adoor Bhasi]] || ||&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1971 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Avalalppam Vaikippoyi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Feature Film ||  [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]], [[Jayabharathi]] and [[Adoor Bhasi]] || ||&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1976 || &#039;&#039;This is HMT Time&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hmt&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=This Is HMT Time |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g0yOgnhtEY |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=Films Division |access-date=5 August 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; || 5 minutes || Short Documentary || || || Credited as John T. C. Shankaramangalam&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1976 || &#039;&#039;This is HMT Time&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;hmt&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=This Is HMT Time |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g0yOgnhtEY |website=[[YouTube]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| date=9 September 2013 &lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=Films Division |access-date=5 August 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; || 5 minutes || Short Documentary || || || Credited as John T. C. Shankaramangalam&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1977 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Documentary Film || [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] || [[25th National Film Awards|Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film]] ||&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| 1977 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Documentary Film || [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] || [[25th National Film Awards|Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film]] ||&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l70&quot;&gt;Line 70:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 69:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Sankaramangalam, John}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Sankaramangalam, John}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:1934 births]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:2018 deaths]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayali people]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayali people]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Film directors from &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kerala]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Film directors from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pathanamthitta district&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Kerala Film Critics Association Awards winners&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Film producers from Kerala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Film producers from Kerala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian documentary filmmakers]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian documentary filmmakers]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:1934 births]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:People from Pathanamthitta district]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:People from Pathanamthitta district]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:20th-century Indian &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;film directors]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:20th-century Indian &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;people&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:2018 deaths&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Editrite! at 06:13, 1 August 2021</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l14&quot;&gt;Line 14:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| alma_mater         = [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| alma_mater         = [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation         = Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, professor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation         = Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, professor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse             = Mariyamma John&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse             = Mariyamma John&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l34&quot;&gt;Line 34:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 34:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |title=Veteran filmmaker Sankaramangalam passes away |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The News Today (India)|The News Today]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Veteran filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] was his classmate.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-winning-director-and-able-tutor/article24554918.ece |title=Award-winning director and able tutor |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |title=Veteran filmmaker Sankaramangalam passes away |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The News Today (India)|The News Today]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Veteran filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] was his classmate.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-winning-director-and-able-tutor/article24554918.ece |title=Award-winning director and able tutor |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film &#039;&#039;Jayasree&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;mathru&quot;/&amp;gt; His first directorial venture was &#039;&#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&#039;&#039; which was released &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;on &lt;/del&gt;1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed &#039;&#039;Samadhi&#039;&#039;, a documentary film about [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at [[25th National Film Awards]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/37-years-ago-film-on-Iyengar-won-award/articleshow/40539741.cms |title=37 years ago, film on Iyengar won award |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film &#039;&#039;Jayasree&#039;&#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;mathru&quot;/&amp;gt; His first directorial venture was &#039;&#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&#039;&#039; which was released &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in &lt;/ins&gt;1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed &#039;&#039;Samadhi&#039;&#039;, a documentary film about [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at [[25th National Film Awards]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/37-years-ago-film-on-Iyengar-won-award/articleshow/40539741.cms |title=37 years ago, film on Iyengar won award |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2003, he won the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chalachitra Prathibha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; award from [[Kerala Film Critics Association]] for his contribution to Malayalam cinema as a director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nandanam-wins-best-film-dileep-best-actor-in-kerala/articleshow/35661402.cms?from=mdr |title=Nandanam wins best film, Dileep best actor in Kerala |date=7 January 2003 |work=[[India Times]] |access-date=16 June 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2003, he won the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chalachitra Prathibha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; award from [[Kerala Film Critics Association]] for his contribution to Malayalam cinema as a director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nandanam-wins-best-film-dileep-best-actor-in-kerala/articleshow/35661402.cms?from=mdr |title=Nandanam wins best film, Dileep best actor in Kerala |date=7 January 2003 |work=[[India Times]] |access-date=16 June 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>&gt;991joseph: /* Film career */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Film career&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| name               = John Sankaramangalam&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_name         = T. C. John&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=John Sankaramangalam dead |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/john-sankaramangalam-dead/article24554534.ece |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 July 2018 |language=en-IN}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|7|16}}&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;birth&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/07/30/01-pta-film-maker-john-sankaramangalam-passes-away..html |title=ജോൺ ശങ്കരമംഗലം അന്തരിച്ചു |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[Malayala Manorama]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place        = [[Eraviperoor]], [[Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|7|30|1934|7|16}}&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place        = [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], India&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality        = [[Indian people|Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| alma_mater         = [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation         = Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, professor&lt;br /&gt;
| years_active       = 1934–2018&lt;br /&gt;
| height             = &lt;br /&gt;
| spouse             = Mariyamma John&lt;br /&gt;
| children           = 2 &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;John Sankaramangalam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ml|ജോൺ ശങ്കരമംഗലം,|link=yes}} {{IPA-ml|ɟoːn ʃn̪kʌɾʌmʌn̪kʌlʌm}}; 16 July 1934 – 30 July 2018) was an Indian filmmaker and former director of the [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII, Pune]]. He has also served the positions of vice-chairman of [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]], principal of [[St. Joseph College of Communication]] and as a jury member of the [[International Film Festival of India]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TNE&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jul/31/filmmaker-john-sankaramangalam-no-more-1850931.html |title=Filmmaker John Sankaramangalam no more |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was an executive member of [[CILECT]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;mathru&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/veteran-film-personality-john-sankaramangalam-passes-away-1.3016927 |title=Veteran film personality John Sankaramangalam passes away |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/veteran-director-adoor-gopalakrishnan-recalls-late-film-maker-john-sankaramangalam/articleshow/67959052.cms |title=Veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan recalls late film-maker John Sankaramangalam |date=12 February 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 February 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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He was a renowned teacher in filmmaking and recipient of numerous awards including [[National Film Award]], [[Kerala State Film Award]] and [[Nargis Dutt Award]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Biography ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Early life ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sankaramangalam was born on 16 July 1934, in [[Eraviperoor]] of [[Pathanamthitta]] district. He was the son of Thaiparambil Sankaramangalam T.O. Chacko and Annamma. After completing his schooling from St. John&amp;#039;s School, Eraviperoor, he joined [[St. Berchmans College|St. Berchmans College, Changanassery]] and later [[Madras Christian College|MCC]] for higher studies.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;birth&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Film career ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sankaramangalam became a teacher at the age of 19 at MCC.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Later he quit the job and joined FTII in 1962. He obtained a diploma in film direction and script writing from FTII.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.newstodaynet.com/nation/veteran-film-maker-sankaramangalam-passes-away-114209.html |title=Veteran filmmaker Sankaramangalam passes away |date=31 July 2018 |work=[[The News Today (India)|The News Today]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Veteran filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] was his classmate.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-winning-director-and-able-tutor/article24554918.ece |title=Award-winning director and able tutor |date=30 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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He entered the film industry by writing the screenplay for the Tamil film &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jayasree&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;mathru&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His first directorial venture was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; which was released on 1969. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award and Kerala State Film Award. In 1977, he directed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a documentary film about [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] to help a cinematography student. The film won him Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film at [[25th National Film Awards]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/37-years-ago-film-on-Iyengar-won-award/articleshow/40539741.cms |title=37 years ago, film on Iyengar won award |date=21 August 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=23 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2003, he won the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chalachitra Prathibha&amp;#039;&amp;#039; award from [[Kerala Film Critics Association]] for his contribution to Malayalam cinema as a director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nandanam-wins-best-film-dileep-best-actor-in-kerala/articleshow/35661402.cms?from=mdr |title=Nandanam wins best film, Dileep best actor in Kerala |date=7 January 2003 |work=[[India Times]] |access-date=16 June 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Death ===&lt;br /&gt;
Sankaramangalam died on July 30, 2018 due to age-related illness.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;onmano&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Veteran director John Sankaramangalam dead |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/07/30/john-sankaramangalam-former-ftii-director-dead.html |access-date=13 August 2020 |work=OnManorama |publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Selected filmography ==&lt;br /&gt;
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! Year !! Title !! Duration !! Category !! Cast !! Awards !! Notes&lt;br /&gt;
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|  || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jayasree&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Tamil Feature Film || || || Screenwriter&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1969 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Feature Film || [[Madhu (actor)]], [[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]], [[S. P. Pillai]] and [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|Ushakumari]] ||  [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]], [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography]] ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1971 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Avalalppam Vaikippoyi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Feature Film ||  [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]], [[Jayabharathi]] and [[Adoor Bhasi]] || ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1976 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;This is HMT Time&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hmt&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=This Is HMT Time |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g0yOgnhtEY |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=Films Division |access-date=5 August 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; || 5 minutes || Short Documentary || || || Credited as John T. C. Shankaramangalam&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1977 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Samadhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Documentary Film || [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] || [[25th National Film Awards|Rajat Kamal for Best Experimental Film]] ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1985 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Samantharam]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || 110 minutes || Feature Film || Soorya, [[Babu Namboothiri]], Sai Das and Balan || ||&lt;br /&gt;
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| 1994 || &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saramsham&amp;#039;&amp;#039; || || Feature Film || [[Sreenivasan]], [[Srividya]], [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Anusha (actress)|Anusha]], [[Kakka Ravi]] || ||&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb name|0762848}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJIr-xWFi8 Manorama News about John Sankaramangalam]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBc0LkdGsHg Memoir about John Sankaramangalam by MVTV]&lt;br /&gt;
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