Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-07-03 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Adoor, Travancore, India

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Biography

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 an...

Production

2019

A Happy End

as Writer

2019

A Happy End

as Director

1982

Elippathayam

as Director

2007

Four Women

as Director

1995

Man of the Story

as Director

1985

Ganga

as Cinematography

1972

Swayamvaram

as Director

2002

Shadow Kill

as Director

2002

Shadow Kill

as Writer

1990

Mathilukal

as Director

1978

Kodiyettam

as Writer

1978

Kodiyettam

as Director

1994

Vidheyan

as Director

1987

Anantaram

as Director

1982

Krishnanattam

as Director

1984

Face to Face

as Director

1999

1980

1980

1987

Anantaram

as Screenplay

2016

Once Again

as Director

1984

Face to Face

as Screenplay

2008

2008

2008

1982

Elippathayam

as Writer

2016

Once Again

as Writer

2016

Once Again

as Producer

1972

Swayamvaram

as Screenplay

1995

1995

Man of the Story

as Producer

1980

1990

Mathilukal

as Screenplay

1987

Anantaram

as Story

2002

Shadow Kill

as Producer

1984

Face to Face

as Story

2007

Four Women

as Screenplay

1994

Vidheyan

as Screenplay

2007

Four Women

as Producer

1990

Mathilukal

as Producer

2002

Shadow Kill

as Production Design

1965

A Great Day

as Director

1965

Light

as Director

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