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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor, Travancore, India
Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India, Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolu…
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India, Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 80s. His first film, Swayamvaram (1972), pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Kerala. One of the most celebrated directors in the history of Indian cinema, he has won 16 National Film Awards, 17 Kerala State Film Awards and several international film awards. For his 1981 directorial venture Elippathayam, he was conferred the prestigious British Film Institute Award. Gopalakrishnan received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006. In 2004, he was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. Gopalakrishnan's works often depict the society and culture of his native state, Kerala, and deal with social and psychological themes.
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2019
A Happy End
Movie Writer
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2017
8½ Intercuts : Life and Films of K.G. George
Movie Self
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2016
Once Again
Movie Director
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2015
Adoor: A Journey in Frames
Movie Self
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2015
Images | Reflections
Movie Himself
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2014
Bhoomiyil Chuvadurachu
Movie
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2012
Celluloid Man
Movie Self
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2008
La danse de l'enchanteresse
Movie Director
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2008
A Climate for Crime
Movie Writer
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2007
Four Women
Movie Director
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2006
Filmmakers in Action
Movie Self
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2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Movie Self
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2002
Shadow Kill
Movie Director
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1999
Kalamandalam Gopi
Movie Director
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1995
Man of the Story
Movie Director
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1994
Vidheyan
Movie Director
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1990
Mathilukal
Movie Director
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1987
Anantaram
Movie Director
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1985
Ganga
Movie Cinematography
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1984
Face to Face
Movie Director
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1982
Elippathayam
Movie Director
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1982
Krishnanattam
Movie Director
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1980
The Chola Heritage
Movie Narrator
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1978
Kodiyettam
Movie Writer
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1972
Swayamvaram
Movie Director
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1965
Light
Movie Director
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1965
A Great Day
Movie Director
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Padayaatra
Movie Director
