Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director script writer and producer Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutioning Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and is regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India Adoors first film Swayamvaram 1972 script by KP Kumaran the director of one of the best Indian film Athidhi pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Kerala along with Olavum Theeravum 1970 and Athidhi 1974 Most of his films go to festivals around the world and are released in Kerala All the eleven films he directed from Swayamvaram to Oru Pennum Randaanum 2008 were screened at several international film festivals and won him several national and international awards He won National Film Awards 16 times Kerala State Film Awards 17 times and also won several international film awards He won the prestigious British Film Institute Award for Elippathayam 1981 Adoor received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006 The Nation honoured Adoor for his valuable contributions to Indian cinema by awarding him the highest cinema award of India the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2004