This article is about Shaji N Karun, a famous film director from Kerala.
Shaji N Karun
Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran, popularly known as Shaji N Karun is a famous film director and cinematographer from God’s Own Country. He was born in Kollam in 1st January 1952 as a son of N karunakaran and Chandramathi. He is known for his versatility in his films. His film named Piravi was selected for many International Awards like Caméra d'Or in Cannes Film Festival. The same film got Chaplin Award in the year 1989. His film named Kuttisrank was selected as the best film for the National Award in the year 2009. Vanaprastham, Swaham, Piravi etc are some of his best films.
Shaji N Karun’s Contribution to Indian Cinema
Shaji N Karun started his film career in the Malayalam film named Piravi in 1988. For the same film he has got many awards including Cann filmfare award and Chaplin award in the same year. He directed his second film named Swaham in the 1994 and got many international attentions. Then he worked with Superstar Mohanlal in the film Vanaprastham. Mohanlal did the role of a Kathakali artist in the film and got the National Award for the Best Actor in the same year. Meanwhile he directed one Hindi film Nishad in 2002. He directed his latest film named Kuttisrank starring Padmashri Mammootty. The film was selected as the Best Film for the National Award for the year 2009. along with these superhit films he also directed some short films. Some of his famous short films are Wild Life of Kerala, Kerala Carnival , Kannikal, Sham's Vision, Bhavam, G. Aravindan , Big Man & Small World etc.
Awards Honoured by Shaji N Karun
2010 – National Award for Best Film - Kutty Srank
2000 - National Award for Best Film - Vanaprastham
1997 - National Award for Best Non-Feature Film - Sham's Vision (English)
1995 - Special Jury Award - Swaham
1989 - National Award for Best Film - (Producer) Piravi
1989 - National Award for Best Director - Piravi
1979 - National Award for Best Cinematographer (Black & White) – Thamp
1994 - Cannes Film Festival, nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film): Swaham
1989 - Cannes Film Festival, Caméra d'Or (Special Mention): Piravi
1989 - London Film Festival, Outstanding Film :Piravi
He was also the winner of many Kerla State Film fare Awards for his films Vanaprastham, Swaham, Piravi, Oridathu, eshtappan, Kanchana sita etc
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