Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad at a press meeting
Born (1960-11-07) 7 November 1960 (age 63)[1]
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Occupations
  • Director
  • actor
  • screenwriter
Years active1998–present
AwardsGollapudi Srinivas Award
National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South

Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor from Kerala.[2]

Career

Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 at Palakkad, as the younger son of O. Rajagopal and Santhakumari.[citation needed] He was named after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh.[3]

He did his schooling at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master in Media Production at the Hull University, England.[4] He worked as an intern at the BBC and Channel 4, to Indian television and redefined the parameters of telefilms and documentaries in Malayalam Television with Doordarshan.[5] He serves as the President (Programming) at Amrita TV.[6]

His features for TV and cinema have won him several national and state awards namely Agnisakshi and Akale, produced by Tom George Kolath, had been adjudged the best regional cinema films of the nation in 1998 and 2004.[7]

For television, he has adapted the works of Anton Chekhov (Vivahalochana); Albert Camus (The Just); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Viswavikhyathamaya Mookku); Madhavikkutty (Venalinte Ozhivu); N Mohanan (Peruvazhiyile Kariyilakal); Sarah Joseph (Nilavariyunnu), N. P. Mohammed (Ullurukkam) and K. Radhakrishnan (Shamanathalam). He was awarded the Best Television Director prize for the year 1993, 1994 and 1996.[8]

Shyamaprasad had been invited to serve twice as the jury of the National Film Awards.[citation needed] His 2007 production Ore Kadal, based on a Bengali novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay, was chosen as the inaugural film of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India 2007.[9]

His film Ritu (Seasons) released in early August 2009 is seen by one reporter as the 'coming of age' of Malayalam cinema.[10]

He won the Best Director prize of the fiercely contested Kerala State Film Awards 5 times- namely for his films Agnisakshi, Akale, Elektra, Artist and Oru Njayarazhcha.[11]

Personal life

He currently resides in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[12]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

As a director

Year Title Notes Cast
1998 Kallu Kondoru Pennu Vijayashanthi, Suresh Gopi, Baby Ajai Pradeep, Dileep
1999 Agnisakshi Also writer Shobhana, Rajit Kapur, Srividya
2002 Bokshu – The Myth Also co-writer
English film, Indo-American co-production 		Irrfan Khan, Nandana Sen
2004 Akale Also writer Prithviraj, Geethu Mohandas, Sheela
2007 Ore Kadal Also writer Mammootty, Meera Jasmine, Narrein, Ramya Krishnan
2009 Ritu Screened at the Valladolid International Film Festival Nishan, Rima Kallingal, Asif Ali
2010 Kerala Cafe Segment: Off Season Suraj Venjarammoodu
2010 Elektra Nayanthara, Manisha Koyrala, Prakash Raj, Biju Menon, Skanda
2012 Arike Also writer Dileep, Mamta Mohandas, Samvrutha Sunil
2013 English: An Autumn in London Mukesh, Jayasurya, Nadhiya Moidu, Nivin Pauly, Ramya Nambeeshan
2013 Artist Also writer Fahadh Fazil, Ann Augustin
2015 Ivide Prithviraj, Bhavana, Nivin Pauly
2018 Hey Jude [13] Nivin Pauly, Trisha, Siddique
2019 Oru Njayarazhcha Writer & Director Murali Chand, Sally Varma, Megha Thomas, Niranjan Kannan

As an actor

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Pattam Pole Himself Cameo appearance
2014 1 by Two Dr. Cheriyan
2015 Loham Rajeev Sathyamoorthy Cameo appearance
2015 Anarkali Madhavan Nair
2016 Karinkunnam 6'S Mukul Kesavan
2018 Abrahaminte Santhathikal Issac Cameo appearance
2018 Hey Jude Interview Board Member Cameo appearance
2018 Drama Dr. Mukundhanunni
2018 Ranam Chandran
2021 Chathurmukham Ramachandran
2021 Eighteen Hours
2021 Meow Doctor
2023 Maheshum Marutiyum TV show host
Otta [14]
Queen Elizabeth [15]

Awards

National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards[23]
Filmfare Awards South[citation needed]
Other awards[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/shyamaprasadr[user-generated source]
  2. ^ Metromatinee, Shyamaprasad Profile
  3. ^ "Shyamaprasad talks about his 3 influences in cinema | Deccan Herald". 6 March 2020.
  4. ^ shyamaprasad.info, Life Etc
  5. ^ "Cinemaofmalayalam.net".
  6. ^ "Manorama Online | Movies | Interviews |". www.manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013.
  7. ^ "ആര്‍ട്ടിസ്റ്റ് യൂത്ത് മൂവി , Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies". www.mathrubhumi.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Oru Nyayarazcha is about the ambiguous nature and fragility of relationships: Shyamaprasad". 9 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Malayalam survival thriller 18 Hours set for digital releaseMalayalam survival thriller 18 Hours s- Cinema express". Cinema Express.
  10. ^ Coming of Age. The Hindu.
  11. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (5 December 2019). "Shyamaprasad's 'Oru Njayarazhcha' is about complexities in relationshipsShyamaprasad's award-winning 'Oru Njayarazhcha' is about complexities in relationships - The Hindu". The Hindu.
  12. ^ "Manorama Online | Movies | Interviews |". www.manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Hey Jude was the right choice for my foray into Malayalam industry: Trisha". www.deccanchronicle.com/. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  14. ^ Harikumar, M. R. (26 April 2022). "'Otta' based on real-life incident, says film's director Resul Pookutty". Onmanorama. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Meera Jasmine and Narain's Queen Elizabeth gets a release date". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  16. ^ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  17. ^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  18. ^ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  19. ^ a b "State Film Awards (1991–99)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  20. ^ a b c d "State Film Awards (2000–12)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  21. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (24 April 2014). "Portrait of the director". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Kerala State Film Awards 2019: Kanthan–The Lover of Colour Wins Best Film, Jayasurya is Best Actor". CNN-News18. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  23. ^ "കേരള ഫിലിം ക്രിട്ടിക്‌സ് അവാര്‍ഡ് 1977 - 2012". Kerala Film Critics Association. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Shyamaprasad to adapt Anees Salim's The Small Town Sea- The New Indian Express".
  25. ^ "Gollapudi Srinivas National Awar". Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Get ready for Shyamaprasad's Rithu". Rediff. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  27. ^ "Malayalam director Zakariya wins Aravindan Award for 'Sudani from Nigeria'". 26 February 2019.
  28. ^ a b keralafilm.com-Official Festival Page Archived 27 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 16 December 2007
  29. ^ "Facebook post against Nivin Pauly: Shyamaprasad slams film magazine".
  30. ^ "John Abraham Awards for Best Malayalam Cinema - Looking Back". Federation of Film Societies of India (Kerala). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  31. ^ "Malayalam screenwriter-actor Madampu Kunjukuttan dies of Covid-19 at 81".

External links

Films directed by Shyamaprasad
Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Director
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