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{{short description|Indian film director}}
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'''K. Hariharan''' is an Indian film director who has directed films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Hindi]]. Currently he is the professor of Film Studies at [[Krea University]]. Born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], his father H.Krishnan was the vice-president of [[Eastman Kodak]]. An alumnus of the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), Hariharan formed "Yukt Film Co-operative" in 1976 together with his batch mates to make an experimental film called ''[[Ghashiram Kotwal]]''. ''[[Ezhavathu Manithan]]'', his directorial debut in [[Tamil cinema]], won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]] and was nominated for Golden St. George (Best Film) at the [[Moscow International Film Festival]].

==Biography==
Born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], Hariharan completed a basic degree in commerce from [[Poddar College]], Mumbai and later joined the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), [[Pune]] to do a course in screen-writing and direction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubashi (The Translator)|url=http://cfsindia.org/tag/k-hariharan/|publisher=[[Children's Film Society of India]]|accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=hindu1>{{cite news|first=K.|last=Hariharan|title=Merging with the mainstream|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/09/stories/1309078m.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504140210/http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/09/stories/1309078m.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2014|accessdate=1 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 July 2000}}</ref> His father, H Krishnan a qualified cinematographer also served the [[Eastman Kodak]] as its vice-president.<ref name=hindu1/> After passing out of the FTII, Hariharan formed "Yukt Films Co-operative" together with his batch mates that included [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]], [[Kamal Swaroop]] and their senior FTII alumni [[Mani Kaul]].<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|last1=Dutta|first1=Medha|title=Five films from FTII kitty for 64th Berlin film fest|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Five-films-from-FTII-kitty-for-64th-Berlin-film-fest/articleshow/29966880.cms|accessdate=23 November 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 February 2014}}</ref> The co-operative made an experimental film in Marathi named ''[[Ghashiram Kotwal]]''.<ref name=cfs>{{cite web|title=Dubashi (The Translator)|url=http://cfsindia.org/dubashi-the-translator/|publisher=[[Children's Film Society, India]]|accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=nfa>{{cite web|title=30th National Film Awards|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=7 July 2013|page=24|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003130200/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Describing the film as "an esoteric piece of art", it was entered into the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1978.<ref name=hindu2>{{cite news|last=Kamath|first=Sudhish|title=Lessons from cinema|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/05/15/stories/2010051553670800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504140212/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/05/15/stories/2010051553670800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2014|accessdate=1 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 May 2010}}</ref> The film was screened again at the [[64th Berlin International Film Festival|festival inn 2014]] after being digitally restored. As a young film-maker Hariharan started making films for [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society (India)]].<ref name=hindu1/> After that he started making children's films on the insistence of [[V. Shantaram]], thus making ''Wanted Thangaraj'' (1979) which also was his directional debut in Tamil.<ref name=hindu2/> After the release of the film, he relocated to [[Chennai]] and started working on Tamil films. His ''[[Ezhavathu Manithan]]'', which marked [[Raghuvaran]]'s debut, won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]] and the Afro-Asian solidarity award.<ref name=hindu1/><ref name=nfa/> The film was also nominated for Golden St. George (Best Film) Award at the [[35th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=35th Moscow Film Festival -1983|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff35/eng/archives/?year=1983|publisher=Moscow International Film Festival|accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref> In 1991, he made his Bollywood debut through ''[[Current (1992 film)|Current]]'' that starred [[Om Puri]] and [[Deepti Naval]] in the lead. Made on a [[shoestring]] budget, the film focused on the plight of farmers in India.

He has served on several film festival juries such as [https://wff.pl/en/wid/26-edition Warsaw Film Festival], [https://poff.ee/en/ Tallinn International Film Festival], [http://www.cinemalaya.org/ Cinemalaya Film Festival], [http://eng.jiff.or.kr/ Jeonju Film Festival], [https://iffk.in/ IFFK Trivandrum], [https://www.dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx Indian National Film Awards].

Hariharan is married to Dr. Rama Hariharan and resides in Chennai. He was the director of L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy, Chennai. Presently he is the Professor of Film Studies at [[Krea University]].<ref name="hindu1" /> He is also a visiting faculty at FTII,<ref>{{cite news|title=Film appreciation course at FTII|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Film-appreciation-course-at-FTII/articleshow/20389260.cms|work=The Times of India|date=2 June 2013|accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> and the universities of [[University of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] and [[Miami University|Miami]].<ref name="cfs" /> He is a former director of [[L. V. Prasad]] Film and TV Academy, [[Chennai]] and the dean at [[Mahindra Ecole Centrale]], [[Hyderabad]]. After teaching at Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, he was the Director, Media Lab at KREA University until Feb 2021. As the trustee of [http://dharithree.org/ Dharithree] in Bengaluru and [http://www.gardenofpeace.org.in/ Garden of Peace School] in Kaniyambadi, Vellore is presently in updating the curriculum and pedagogy of these two rural schools using advanced Digital technologies like AI, Alexa, AR/VR.

==Awards==
;Won
* 1983 – ''[[Ezhavathu Manithan]]'' – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|National Film Award]]

;Nominated
* 1983 – ''[[Ezhavathu Manithan]]'' – Golden St. George (Best Film) – [[Moscow International Film Festival]]

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:Indian film critics]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

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