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'''Lenin Rajendran''' ({{lang-ml|ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ}}) was an Indian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]] who worked in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lenin-Rajendran</ref> He served as the Chairman of [[Kerala State Film Development Corporation]] from 2016 to January 2019.<ref>https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/veteran-malayalam-film-director-lenin-rajendran-passes-away</ref> | '''Lenin Rajendran''' ({{lang-ml|ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ}}) was an Indian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]] who worked in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lenin-Rajendran|title=Lenin Rajendran: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He served as the Chairman of [[Kerala State Film Development Corporation]] from 2016 to January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/veteran-malayalam-film-director-lenin-rajendran-passes-away|title = Veteran Malayalam film director Lenin Rajendran passes away|date = 15 January 2019}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director [[P. A. Backer]], Rajendran made his directorial debut with ''Venal'' (1982). From his first film to his latest one, [[Edavappathy]] (2016), Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films, not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema.<ref>http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/lenin.htm</ref> | Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director [[P. A. Backer]], Rajendran made his directorial debut with ''Venal'' (1982). From his first film to his latest one, [[Edavappathy]] (2016), Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films, not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/lenin.htm|title=Cinemaofmalayalam.net}}</ref> | ||
An active member of the [[Communist]] party, Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work: his 1985 film ''Meenamasithile Sooryan'' was about the anti-feudal upheaval of the 1940s in [[Kerala]] from a [[Communist]] viewpoint.<ref>{{cite | An active member of the [[Communist]] party, Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work: his 1985 film ''Meenamasithile Sooryan'' was about the anti-feudal upheaval of the 1940s in [[Kerala]] from a [[Communist]] viewpoint.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/lenin-rajendran-dead/article25995018.ece| title = Lenin Rajendran dead - The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 14 January 2019| last1 = Praveen| first1 = S. r.}}</ref> | ||
''[[Swathi Thirunal (film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' (1987), a period film was a biographical work of a 19th-century [[Swathi Thirunal|king]] of [[Travancore]], better known as a musical composer. While ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'' (1992) was the cinematic adaptation of [[M. Mukundan]]'s novel of the same name, ''Kulam'' (1997) was a loose adaptation of [[C. V. Raman Pillai|C. V. Raman Pillai's]] historical novel ''[[Marthandavarma (novel)|Marthandavarma]]'', ''[[Mazha]]'' (2001) was adapted from [[Kamala Surayya|Madhavikutty]]'s Nashtapetta Neelambhari. One of his other films, ''Anyar'' (2003) deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala.<ref name=KulamRef> | ''[[Swathi Thirunal (film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' (1987), a period film was a biographical work of a 19th-century [[Swathi Thirunal|king]] of [[Travancore]], better known as a musical composer. While ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'' (1992) was the cinematic adaptation of [[M. Mukundan]]'s novel of the same name, ''Kulam'' (1997) was a loose adaptation of [[C. V. Raman Pillai|C. V. Raman Pillai's]] historical novel ''[[Marthandavarma (novel)|Marthandavarma]]'', ''[[Mazha]]'' (2001) was adapted from [[Kamala Surayya|Madhavikutty]]'s Nashtapetta Neelambhari. One of his other films, ''Anyar'' (2003) deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala.<ref name=KulamRef> | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Lenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant, at the age of 67.<ref>https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/01/14/filmmaker-lenin-rajendran-dies.html</ref> At the time of his death, he was continuing as the Chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation. His dead body was taken back to his native place, and was cremated with full state honours. He is survived by his wife Dr. Ramani, son Gouthaman and daughter Parvathi. | Lenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant, at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/01/14/filmmaker-lenin-rajendran-dies.html|title=Home}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was continuing as the Chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation. His dead body was taken back to his native place, and was cremated with full state honours. He is survived by his wife Dr. Ramani, son Gouthaman and daughter Parvathi. | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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| 1982 || ''[[Chillu]]'' || [[Venu Nagavalli]], [[Shanthi Krishna]] | | 1982 || ''[[Chillu]]'' || [[Venu Nagavalli]], [[Shanthi Krishna]] | ||
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| 1983 || ''[[Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]] | | 1983 || ''[[Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Maniyanpilla Raju]], [[Vijay Menon]] | ||
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| 1985 || ''[[Meenamasathile Sooryan]]'' || [[Bharath Gopi]], [[Venu Nagavalli]], Vijay Menon, [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], Ravi, [[Shobana]] | | 1985 || ''[[Meenamasathile Sooryan]]'' || [[Bharath Gopi]], [[Venu Nagavalli]], Vijay Menon, [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], Ravi, [[Shobana]] | ||
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