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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Moutathu Gopalakrishnan Unnithan
Born 3 July 1941 (age 78)
Mannadi, Travancore, British India
Other names Adoor
Film and Television Institute of
Alma mater
India[1]
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1965 – present
Spouse(s) Sunanda (–2015; her death)
Children 1
Padma Vibhushan (2006)
Awards
Padma Shri (1984)
Website www.adoorgopalakrishnan.com
Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. and is regarded as one of the
most notable filmmakers in India. With the release of his first feature film Swayamvaram (1972), Adoor
pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s.[2] In a career spanning over five decades,
Adoor has made only 12 feature films to date. His films are made in the Malayalam language and often
depict the society and culture of his native state Kerala. Nearly all of his films premired at Venice, Cannes
and Toronto International Film Festival. Along with Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen, Adoor is one of the most
recognized Indian film directors in world cinema.[3][4]
For his films, Adoor has won the National Film Award 16 times, next only to Ray and Sen. He also won the
Kerala State Film Awards a record 17 times. He was awarded the State honours Padma Shri in 1984 and the
Padma Vibhushan in 2006. He received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004 for his valuable contributions
to Indian cinema.[5]
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Contents
1 Biography
2 Documentaries and 'New Cinema' movement
3 Style and trademarks
4 Awards and milestones
5 Posts held
6 Filmography
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Biography[edit]
Gopalakrishnan was born on 3 July 1941 in the village of Mannadi ( Medayil Bungalow ) near Adoor,
present day Kerala, India as the son of Madhavan Unnithan and Mouttathu Gauri Kunjamma. He started his
artistic life as an actor in amateur plays when he was 8. Later he shifted his base to writing and direction and
wrote and directed a few plays. After securing a degree in Economics, Political Science and Public
Administration in 1961 from the Gandhigram Rural Institute,[6] he worked as a Government officer near
Dindigul in Tamil Nadu . In 1962, he left his job to study screenwriting and direction from the Pune Film
Institute. He completed his course from there with a scholarship from the Government of India. With his
classmates and friends, Adoor established Chithralekha Film Society and Chalachithra Sahakarana
Sangham; the organization was the first film society in Kerala and it aimed at production, distribution and
exhibition of films in the co-operative sector.
Adoor has scripted and directed eleven feature films and about thirty short films and documentaries. Notable
amongst the non-feature films are those on Kerala’s performing arts.
Malayalm cinema
director Adoor
Ghopalakrishnan while
attending Sharjah Book
Fair 2013 programme
Adoor's debut film, the national award-winning Swayamvaram (1972) was a milestone in Malayalam film
history. The film was exhibited widely in various international film festivals including those held in Moscow,
Melbourne, London and Paris. The films that followed namely Kodiyettam, Elippathayam, Mukhamukham,
Anantaram, Mathilukal, Vidheyan and Kathapurushan lived up to the reputation of his first film and were
well received by critics at various film festivals and fetched him many awards. However, Mukhamukham was
criticized in Kerala while Vidheyan was at the centre of a debate due to the differences in opinion between
the writer of story of the film Sakhariya and Adoor.
Adoor's later films are Nizhalkuthu, narrating the experiences of an executioner who comes to know that one
of his subjects was innocent, and Naalu Penungal, a film adaptation of four short stories by Thakazhi
Sivasankara Pillai.
All his films have won national and international awards (National award for best film twice, best director
five times, and best script two times. His films have also won his actors and technicians several national
awards). Adoor’s third feature, Elippathayam won him the coveted British Film Institute Award for 'the most
original and imaginative film' of 1982. The International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) has gone to him six
times successively for Mukhamukham, Anantharam, Mathilukal, Vidheyan, Kathapurushan and
Nizhalkkuthu. Winner of several international awards like the UNICEF film prize (Venice), OCIC film prize
(Amiens), INTERFILM Prize (Mannheim) etc., his films have been shown in Cannes, Venice, Berlin,
Toronto, London, Rotterdam and every important festival around the world.
In consideration of his contribution to Indian cinema, the nation honoured him with the title of Padma
Shri(India's fourth highest civilian award) in 1984 and Padma Vibhushan(India's second highest civilian
award) in 2006.
Adoor is settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala. His daughter Aswathi Dorje is an IPS
officer (part of the Assam cadre, 2000 batch), currently acting as Deputy Commissioners of Police in
Mumbai since June 2010.[7][8]
Apart from nine feature films, he has over 30 short films and documentaries to his credit. The Helsinki Film
Festival was the first film festival to have a retrospective of his films. He has headed the jury at the National
Film Awards and many international film festivals.
Apart from his films, Adoor's major contribution towards introducing a new cinema culture in Kerala was the
constitution of the first Film Society in Kerala, "Chitralekha Film Society". He also took active part in the
constitution of "Chitralekha," Kerala's first Film Co-operative Society for film production. These movements
triggered a fresh wave of films, called "art films," by directors like G Aravindan, PA Becker, KG George,
Pavithran, and Raveendran. At a time this movement was so strong that even popular cinema synthesised
with art cinema to create a new genre of films.Bharat Gopi starred as hero 4 times in his ventures.
Best Film
Best Director
Best Story
Posts held[edit]
Adoor also worked in several respected posts in the film fraternity. He was a member of Sivaramakarath
committee formed by the Government of India for framing a national film policy. He was a national film
award committee member in 1974. He was a member of jury in Venice, Singapore, Hawaii and Delhi
international film festivals. He was the chairman of International Film Festival of Kerala in 1999. He headed
the National Film Development Corporation in the years 1980–1983. He was the director of Pune Film and
Television Institute. In the years 1975–1977, he was a member of the advisory board for National Film
Archives, Pune.
Filmography[edit]
Year Title Duration Category Cast Awards
1965 A Great Day 20 mins Short fiction
1966 A Day at Kovalam 30 mins Documentary
50 Merit Certificate, Expo 67,
1967 The Myth Short fiction
Seconds Montreal
Danger at Your
1968 20 mins Documentary
Door-step
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References[edit]
1. ^ "Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) keen to go global, train foreign actors & technicians -
Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. ^ "Golden rigmaroles: Adoor Gopalakrishnan on the Malayalam screen". deccanchronicle.com/. 31
July 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329715/
4. ^ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adoor-Gopalakrishnan
5. ^ a b "Adoor selected for Phalke award". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 6 September 2005. Archived
from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
6. ^ "Page on Adoor Gopalakrishnan at Kerala tourism". Retrieved 8 February 2008.
7. ^ A correspondent Date: 2010-06-02 Place: Mumbai (2 June 2010). "Husband-wife set to take charge
as Mumbai's DCPs". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
8. ^ "Crimebusters". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 23 January 2005.
9. ^ " 'Naalu Pennungal' not complex like my other films: Adoor". Yahoo India Movies. Retrieved 28
May 2009.
10. ^ "Adoor honoured with Padma award". Rediff.com. 21 March 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
11. ^ "Mahatma Gandhi University". Government of Kerala. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original
on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
12. ^ " 'Naalu Pennungal' not complex like my other films: Adoor". Retrieved 3 July 2011.
13. ^ "Celebrating Cinema: 5 Reasons You Should Know About this Pioneer of New Wave – The Penguin
Digest". penguin.co.in. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
14. ^ "Official Website of Adoor Gopalakrishnan". Retrieved 28 May 2009.
15. ^ "Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Adoor Gopalakrishnan completes 50 years in cinema". India Today.
Retrieved 25 April 2018.
16. ^ "Adoor receives French honour". The Times of India. 22 October 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
17. ^ "Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Retrospective in Kolkata". Sify. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May
2009.[dead link]
18. ^ "Adoor retrospective at Slovenian festival". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 15 November 2008.
Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
19. ^ "Adoor retrospective". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on
1 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
20. ^ "Interview: Adoor". Cinema of Malayalam. Archived from the original on 19 August 2009.
Retrieved 29 May 2009.
21. ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January
2013. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
Further reading[edit]
Gautaman Bhaskaran (2010). Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema. New Delhi: Penguin Books
India.
Lalit Mohan Joshi, C. S. Venkiteswaran (2006). A Door to Adoor. London: South Asian Cinema
Foundation.
M. F. Thomas, ed. (1986). Adoorinte Lokam (in Malayalam). Calicut, India: Mulberry.
M. F. Thomas, ed. (2005). Adoorinte Chalachithrayathrakal (in Malayalam). Trivandrum, India: Sign
Books.
Akbar Kakkattil (2006). Varoo, Adoorilekku Pokam (Interview with Adoor Gopalakrishnan) (in
Malayalam). Kottayam, India: DC Books.
B. Sreeraj. Adoorinte Sarga Yathra (in Malayalam). India.
R. Pavithran. Kazhchayile Kana Thalangal (in Malayalam). India.
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