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Adoor Gopalakrishnan (born 3 July 1941) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer and is regarded as one of the most notable and renowned filmmakers in India. With the release of his first feature film Swayamvaram (1972), Gopalakrishnan pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. [2]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan is India's most acclaimed contemporary filmmaker. Born in 1941 in Kerala, a state in south India, he belongs to a family with strong links to the performing arts, especially Kathakali, a highly-stylised form of dance drama.
One of the leading lights of the New Indian Cinema, Adoor Gopalakrishnan made his debut film, 'Swayamavaram' (One's Own Choice) in 1972 and it marked the beginning of a new era in Malayalam cinema. He has won the covetable British Film Institute Award (BFI) for ‘Elippathayam’ - Rat-trap for the most original and imaginative film of 1982.
Dec 18, 2022 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s debut feature, Swayamvaram, turns 50. This is the story of his journey through change.
Jun 29, 2024 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian filmmaker who was one of the leading figures in the New Indian cinema movement of realistic and issue-based filmmaking that arose in the 1970s. His best-known works were Rat-Trap, The Walls, and Shadow Kill.
Oct 17, 2021 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan, one of the most notable and renowned film-makers in India, pioneered the new wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. During a career spanning five decades, he has won the...
Jul 4, 2021 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan needs no introduction. One of the leading lights of Indian cinema, a man who has taken our films to the biggest platforms globally, the film-maker ushered in the new wave of Malayalam cinema in the 1970s, but in a career spanning five decades, has only made about a dozen feature films.
Jun 28, 2020 · During long afternoons and evenings in Shimla last summer with Adoor Gopalakrishnan, who steps into his 80th year this July, I found myself searching for the person behind Elippathayam (1982) and Mathilukal (1990). Critics now hail vulnerable male characters in recent Malayalam films like Kumbalangi Nights (2019); few recall that Adoor has been ...
Jul 3, 2019 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan is credited with having pioneered the ‘new wave’ in Malayalam cinema, back in the 1960s and 1970s. On his 78th birthday, Sahapedia looks at why he is widely hailed as the true heir to Satyajit Ray’s tradition of filmmaking.
Feb 10, 2019 · Here, I present to you six of Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s most essential films, after having seen all 12 of them, ranked purely based on my subjective appreciation of the craft, in the hopes of getting more people to know about this highly underrated filmmaker.
