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Malayalam director who studied economics at a college near Kottayam. His grandfather educated him and gave him his first camera. He worked as an insurance salesman in Bellary. Then he went to FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) and studied under Bengali director Ritwik Kumar Ghatak. He started with a student film. His first film was Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile (1971) made in Tamil. He also wrote his own films. He later lived a nomadic lifestyle in the 70s and depended on support from his friends and colleagues. He suffered from alcoholism and died an accidental death.- Mammukoya was born on 5 July 1946 in Kozhikode, India. He was an actor, known for Minnal Murali (2021), Nadodikkattu (1987) and Sallapam (1996). He was married to Suhara. He died on 26 April 2023 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
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- Actor
P. Padmarajan was an Indian author, screenwriter, and film director who was known for his landmark works in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam, along with Bharathan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed.
Padmarajan was born on 23 May 1946 in Muthukulam near Haripad in Alappuzha district as the sixth son of Thundathil Anantha Padmanabha Pillai and Njavarakkal Devaki Amma. After early schooling at Muthukulam, he studied at M. G. College and University College Trivandrum, graduating with a BSc in chemistry (1963). Subsequently, he learned Sanskrit from the scholar Cheppad Achyutha Warrier at Muthukulam. He then joined All India Radio, Trichur (1965), starting as a program announcer, and later settled at Poojappura, Trivandrum (1968); he would remain at All India Radio until 1986, when his busy involvement in films would prompt him to retire voluntarily.
His stories deal with deceit, murder, romance, mystery, passion, jealousy, libertinism, anarchism, individualism, and the life of peripheral elements of society. Some of them are considered as among the best in Malayalam literature, his first novel Nakshathrangale Kaaval (With only the stars as witness) won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award (1972).
He entered the world of Malayalam films by writing the screenplay for Bharathan's directorial debut Prayaanam (1975) to take first steps to be one of the most talented script writers to have graced Malayalam cinema.
He later began to direct films based on his own screenplays, beginning with Peruvazhiyambalam (The Street as a Choultry) (1979), which are greatly popular among the common people as well as intellectuals and film critics, while maintaining richness in artistic and thematic originality and excellence. Padmarajan was a great experimenter who explored all walks of life in his works. His screen plays had such hitherto-unheard of features and subjects - such as casting rain as a character in Thoovanthumbikal (Dragonflies in the Spraying Rain), friendship between two young school girls in Desadanakili Karayarilla (Migratory Birds Don't Cry), unusual climax (By traditional standards) in Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (Vineyards for us to dwell) and Oridaththoru Phayalvaan (There Lived a Wrestler). Many of his films bear the mark of his romanticism.
He is celebrated for his possibly unparalleled attention to detail in his screenplays. Some of his scripts are arguably the smoothest narratives ever penned in the Malayalam language. They are also ample proof for his keen observation, acute perception, and astute portrayal of human relationships and emotions. Many of his films have stunning and haunting climaxes, most of them not commonly portrayed in Malayalam movies. His characters were portrayed with great sensitivity and intensity on the screen and many of the scenes are generously sprinkled with humor. The dialogues of characters are quite natural, in the language of the common man, and yet have a subtle lyrical quality.
Indeed, a just case may be made that his directorial merit flowed easily from his exquisitely crafted screenplays: he never directed a film based on a script written by someone else (unlike other Malayalam film directors of comparable stature, say, Bharathan and K. G. George), and rarely adapted his script from a story not his own. Consequently, he had an unusually intimate knowledge of the characters in his films in combination with his mastery of the script.- Actor
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Narendra Prasad was born in 1945 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Galileo (1994), Njan Gandharvan (1991) and Bhoopathi (1997). He died on 3 November 2003 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.- Oduvil Unnikrishnan was born on 13 February 1944 in Vadakkancherry, Trichur, Kerala, India. He was an actor, known for Nizhalkkuthu (2002), Sallapam (1996) and Devasuram (1993). He died on 27 May 2006 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Santha Devi was born in 1927 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. She was an actress, known for Mahanagaram (1992), Naduvaazhikal (1989) and Pingami (1994). She died on 20 November 2010 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
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T. Damodaran was a screenwriter of Malayalam cinema. He scripted some of the biggest blockbusters in Malayalam cinema.Damodaran and director I. V. Sasi teamed up to produce many hit movies, including Angadi, Eee Nadu, Vartha, Avanazhi, Inspector Balram, 1921, Adimakal Udamakal, and Balram vs. Taradas. He also teamed up with director Priyadarshan to produce many hit movies including Aryan, Advaitham, Abhimanyu, and Kala Pani.- Kunjandi was born in 1919 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was an actor, known for Angaadi (1980), Vrutham (1987) and Chappo (1982). He died on 6 January 2002 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Machan Varghese was born in 1960 in Elamakkara, Kochi, Kerala, India. He was an actor. He died on 3 February 2011 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Girish Puthencherry was born on 23 September 1959 in Puthenchery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was a writer, known for Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu (1997), Meleparambil Aanveedu (1993) and Devasuram (1993). He was married to Beena. He died on 10 February 2010 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.- Actor
- Producer
Augustine was an actor and producer, known for Devasuram (1993), Ravanaprabhu (2001) and Mahanagaram (1992). He was married to Hansamma. He died on 14 November 2013 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Ramachandra Babu was born on 15 December 1947 in Maduranthakam, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Cineku (2006), Professor Dinkan and Padayottam (1982). He was married to K. Lathika Rani. He died on 21 December 2019 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.- Sasi Kalinga was born in 1961 in India. He was an actor, known for Son of Alibaba Nalpathonnaman (2022), Oppam (2016) and Anwar (2010). He was married to Prabhavathi. He died on 7 April 2020 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Shanta Devi was an actress, known for The Goddess (1960), Chinnamul (1951) and Nirmalyam (1973). She died on 20 November 2010 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Guru Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair was born on 26 June 1916 in Cheliya, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Mukham Mootikal Story (2014). He died on 15 March 2021 in Cheliya, Kozhikode district, Kerala, India.
- Kaithapram Vishwanathan was born in 1963 in Kaithapram, Kannur, India. He was a composer, known for Kannaki (2001), Thilakkam (2003) and Bullet (2008). He was married to Gouri. He died on 29 December 2021 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Nivas P.S. was born on 27 May 1946 in Calicut, Kerala, British India. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Mohiniyattom (1976), Kallukkul Eeram (1980) and Enakkaga Kaathiru (1981). He was married to Shobha . He died on 1 February 2021 in Eduthuvecha kallu, Kozhikode District, India.- U.A. Khader was born in 1935 in Rangoon [now Yangon], Burma [now Myanmar]. U.A. was a writer, known for Chantha (1995) and Anyarude Bhoomi (1979). U.A. died on 12 December 2020 in Kozhikode, India.
- K.T.C. Abdullah was born in 1936 in Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, British India. He was an actor, known for Ahimsa (1981), Varikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam (2019) and Sudani from Nigeria (2018). He died on 17 November 2018 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Punathil Kunjabdulla was born on 3 April 1940 in Vatakara, Madras Presidency, British India. He was a writer, known for John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu (2014), Kathi (1983) and Ramanam (2009). He died on 27 October 2017 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- C.V. Dev was born in 1940 in India. He was an actor, known for Puthiya Theerangal (2012), English Medium (1999) and Annarakkannanum Thannalayathu (2010). He was married to Janaki. He died on 26 June 2023 in Kozhikode, India.
- P. Valsala was born on 4 April 1938 in Calicut, Madras Province, British India. P. was a writer, known for Nellu (1974). P. died on 21 November 2023 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- Kozhikkode Sarada was born in 1937 in Velliparamba, Kerala, India. She was an actress, known for Thumboli Kadappuram (1995), Rahasya Police (2009) and Sallapam (1996). She died on 9 November 2021 in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
- P.V. Gangadharan was born in 1943 in Calicut, India. P.V. was a producer, known for Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal (1999), A Northern Story of Valor (1989) and Angaadi (1980). P.V. was married to P. V. Sherien . P.V. died on 13 October 2023 in Kozhikode, India.