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Madhu Eravankara
BornMadhusudanan Unnithan
20-05-1954
Eravankara
OccupationFilm director, film critic, film scholar, author
LanguageMalayalam, English
NationalityIndian

Madhu Eravankara is a film director, critic, scholar, jury, teacher, and a writer.[1][2] He was born in Eravankara in Alappuzha District, Kerala, India.

Filmmaker

He has directed the feature film Nankooram and around twenty documentaries including Nishadam (IFFK-2004, CFF-2004, DFF-2004 & BIFF- 2005),[3][4] Victims of Silence (Eritrea), Punarakhyanam, Punarjjani, Kerala Paninini, Razia, Kettukazcha, Kuthiyottam, Chettikulangara Amma and The Leader that have received local and international acclaim. He has directed a docufiction- Pakalmazha (Day Rain) for the Social Welfare Board, Govt. of Kerala. Magic Wheel, his documentary was made as a part of workshop conducted in Indian School, Bahrain[citation needed].

Awards

He is the recipient National Film Award (1999)[citation needed], State Film Awards(1999 & 2003)[citation needed], Film Critics Awards (2000, 2002, 2003, 2012 & 2014)[citation needed], State Television Award ( 2007)[citation needed], AFFMA International Documentary Film Award-2012[citation needed], Greens-2012 Award for Environmental films[citation needed], Kozhikodan Award for the Best Book on Cinema-2016 and MAMI Book Award for Excellence in wrIting on Cinema ( 2018) [5] He has also been awarded a Senior Fellowship for Outstanding Artists, from the Indian Government’s Department of Culture (2000-2002)[citation needed], Fellowship from National Film Archive of India (1989–90) to research on Malayalam Literature and Cinema and awarded Minor Research Project from UGC to do research on Malayalam Theatre and Cinemna ( 2007-2009)[citation needed], and National Film Archive of India Monograph Research project on Ramu Kariattu[citation needed].

Professional and Public Activities

He has been in the organising committee of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK).[6]

See also

References

  1. "Madhu Eravankara". Wn.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. "The Artistic Tradition of Mavelikkara" (PDF). Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. "Film critics' awards announced". The Hindu. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Rebirth of a river - Thiruvananthapuram". The Hindu. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ":: International Film Festival of Kerala". Iffk.keralafilm.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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