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| '''Sanju Surendran''', is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a graduate of [[Film and Television Institute of India]] where he was taught by film director [[Mani Kaul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iemalayalam.com/opinion/remembering-mani-kaul-his-films-music-sanju-surendran/|title=Sanju Surendran|date=6 July 2017|website=iemalayalam.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023938/https://www.iemalayalam.com/opinion/remembering-mani-kaul-his-films-music-sanju-surendran/|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/261117/lives-coming-out-of-a-death-play.html|title=Lives coming out of a 'death play'|date=26 November 2017|website=deccanchronicle.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023829/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/261117/lives-coming-out-of-a-death-play.html|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref> Sanju worked briefly as a teacher of Film Direction and Screenwriting at the [[K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts|KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts]], Kottayam, [[Kerala]]. His documentary on Kutiyattam, Kapila won the National award for the best documentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sanju-surendran-talks-about-aedan-the-garden-of-desire-thats-in-competition-at-this-years-iffk/article21288472.ece|title=IFFK 2017: Death and desire are bedfellows in Aedan, says Sanju Surendran|first=Nita|last=Sathyendran|date=7 December 2017|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305145227/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sanju-surendran-talks-about-aedan-the-garden-of-desire-thats-in-competition-at-this-years-iffk/article21288472.ece|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref> Sanju’s first feature film, [[Aedan (film)|Aedan- Garden of Desire]] won Rajathachakoram award for the best debut director and the [[FIPRESCI]] award for the best Malayalam film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/859667/in-malayalam-film-aedan-death-and-sin-mingle-with-food-alcohol-and-games |title=In Malayalam film 'Aedan', death and sin mingle with food, alcohol and games|work=scroll.in|accessdate=2018-03-05 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305145228/https://scroll.in/reel/859667/in-malayalam-film-aedan-death-and-sin-mingle-with-food-alcohol-and-games |archivedate=2018-03-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/every-story-tells-a-picture/article9986046.ece|title=Every story tells a picture|website=thehindubusinessline.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305145228/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/watch/every-story-tells-a-picture/article9986046.ece|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-JlDhbqr7Q|title=Dialogue with Filmmakers - Sanju Surendran|last=iihschannel|date=30 November 2015|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305151050/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-JlDhbqr7Q|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LbcmVHMDE|title=കപിലയില് നിന്ന് ഏദനിലേക്ക് - സഞ്ജു സുരേന്ദ്രനുമായി അഭിമുഖം - IFFK 2017|last=asianetnews|date=7 December 2017|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305151050/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8LbcmVHMDE|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref>
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| == Filmography ==
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| === Director ===
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| | 1 || 2003 || ''Kandal Pokkudan'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || a documentary on an ecological activist Pokkudan: his life, views and his works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pokkudan-man-people-thought-was-insane-wanting-protect-mangroves-34715|title=Pokkudan: A man people thought was insane for wanting to protect mangroves|date=28 September 2015|website=thenewsminute.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531232604/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pokkudan-man-people-thought-was-insane-wanting-protect-mangroves-34715|archivedate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/261117/lives-coming-out-of-a-death-play.html|title=Lives coming out of a 'death play'|date=26 November 2017|website=deccanchronicle.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023829/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/261117/lives-coming-out-of-a-death-play.html|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref>
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| | 2 || 2003 || ''Pratibimb'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || a short film on the dream of a little boy
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| | 3 || 2004 || ''Expressway'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || a documentary on the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway.
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| | 4 || 2005 || ''Scribbles on the city'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] & [[English language|English]] || a docu-fiction on the city – people and places,lives and loves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fidmarseille.org/index.php/fr/?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=1958|title=FIDMarseille - Festival international de cinéma - International film festival|website=fidmarseille.org|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021859/https://fidmarseille.org/index.php/fr/?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=1958|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref>
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| | 5 || 2005 || ''Nisha'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || a short film on a lady and her poem
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| | 6 || 2006 || ''Reduce-Reuse- Recycle'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || a public service message on recycling
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| | 7 || 2007 || ''Theeram'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || a short film on a father and his daughter. Her life and loves, his memories and angst.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/12660/In-Conversation-Sanju-Surendrans-Debut-Film-Wins-2-IFFK-Awards|title=In Conversation: Sanju Surendran's Debut Film Wins 2 IFFK Awards|first=uma da|last=cunha|website=thecitizen.in|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022346/http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/12660/In-Conversation-Sanju-Surendrans-Debut-Film-Wins-2-IFFK-Awards|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref>
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| | 8 || 2008 || ''Signature Film'' || No Language || for Vibgyor International Short and Documentary Film Festival, Thrissur.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U87clPLKrzI|title=Good Morning Kerala : Interview With Sanju Surendran, The Best Debutant Director @ IFFK 2017|last=News18 Kerala|date=16 December 2017|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305151050/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U87clPLKrzI|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref>
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| | 9 || 2009 || ''Signature Film'' || No Language || for the 14 th International film Festival of Kerala - IFFK 2009
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| | 10 || 2012 || ''GUNDERT – The Man , The Language'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || Gundert : a documentary on Hermann Gundert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5966142/|title=Gundert the Man the Language|date=1 December 2012|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=www.imdb.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305151050/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5966142/|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref>
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| | 11 || 2014 || ''Kapila'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || Documentary on Kutiyattam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4273144/|title=Kapila|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=www.imdb.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305151050/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4273144/|archivedate=5 March 2018}}</ref>
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| | 12 || 2015 || ''Garass'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || Short film for the Acting Dept. Film and TV Institute of India, Pune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3604126/|title=Garass|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=5 March 2018|via=www.imdb.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212035037/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3604126/|archivedate=12 February 2017}}</ref>
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| | 13 || 2018 || ''[[Aedan (film)|Aedan- Garden of Desire]]'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || Debut Feature Film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffk.in/sanju-surendran-introducing-his-film-aedan/ |title=Sanju Surendran Introducing his film Aedan|work=iffk.in|accessdate=2018-02-13 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022229/https://iffk.in/sanju-surendran-introducing-his-film-aedan/ |archivedate=2018-02-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffk.in/garden-of-desire-aedan/ |title=Garden of Desire/Aedan|work=iffk.in|accessdate=2018-02-13 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083238/https://iffk.in/garden-of-desire-aedan/ |archivedate=2018-02-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/dec/20/telling-a-tale-of-many-emotions-sanju-surendran-on-aeden-1731799.html|title=Telling a tale of many emotions: Sanju Surendran on 'Aeden'|website=newindianexpress.com|accessdate=5 March 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022109/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/dec/20/telling-a-tale-of-many-emotions-sanju-surendran-on-aeden-1731799.html|archivedate=13 February 2018}}</ref>
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| === Producer ===
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| | 1 || 2014 || ''Garass'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || (executive producer)
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| | 2 || 2014 || ''Kapila'' || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || (executive producer)
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| == Awards and recognitions ==
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| | 2015
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| | 62nd National Award for the Best Documentary [Arts and Culture], Special Mention at Visions du Reel, Nyon, Switzerland, Special Mention at International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala IDSFFK 2015, Best Documentary Film at SIGNS 2015 [John Abraham National Award]
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| | ''KAPILA''
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| | 2017
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| | IDPA Gold Medal for Best Documentary, FIPRESCI and Rajathachakoram
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| | ''KAPILA''
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| | 2018
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| | Rajathachakoram award for the best debut director at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala, India | FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala, India
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| | ''[[Aedan (film)|Aedan- Garden of Desire]]''
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| | 2018
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| | Rajathachakoram award for the best debut director at the 22nd IFFK, Kerala State Awards - Second Best Film (Director - Sanju Surendran) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Sanju Surendran , S Hareesh)<ref>https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/03/07/kerala-state-film-awards-best-actor-actress.html</ref>
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| | ''[[Aedan (film)|Aedan- Garden of Desire]]''
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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| * {{IMDb name|id=6366397|title=Sanju Surendrann}}
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