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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Filmmaker

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

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Pioneering Malayalam cinema’s new wave with Swayamvaram.

Swayamvaram

Born
3 July 1941
Birthplace
Pallikkal, near Adoor, India

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian filmmaker whose work closely observes Kerala’s social and cultural life.

Early life

Kerala

Born near Adoor.

Film training

Left statistical work to study at FTII in 1962.

Career

  1. 1960s

    Film culture

    Helped establish Chithralekha Film Society and a film cooperative.

  2. 1972

    First feature

    Released Swayamvaram.

  3. 2004

    Career recognition

    Received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Selected work

Swayamvaram

A landmark in Malayalam new-wave cinema.

Beyond work

Archives

His films form a dedicated research collection at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical data and references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Hareesh N. Nampoothiri. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.