A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Born:
January 1, 1952
Died:
April 28, 2025
Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran (1 January 1952 – 28 April 2025), better known as Shaji N. Karun, was an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the inaugural chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) from 1998 to 2001.
Cinematography:
1983 Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
1986 Panchagni
Director:
1983 Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
1986 Panchagni
1989 Piravi
1994 My Own
1999 Vanaprastham
2000 A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan
2002 Nishad
2010 Kutty Srank
2014 Swapaanam
2019 She
Director of Photography:
1978 Kanchana Sita
1978 The Circus Tent
1979 Kummatty
1980 Esthappan
1982 Twilight
1983 Koodevide?
1983 Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
1983 Manju
1984 Panchavadi Palam
1985 Chidambaram
1986 Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil
1986 Meenamasathile Suryan
1986 Nakhakshathangal
1986 Panchagni
1987 And There Was a Village...
1988 Ore Thooval Pakshikal
1989 Piravi
1994 My Own
1999 Vanaprastham
2000 A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan
2002 Nishad
2010 Kutty Srank
2014 Swapaanam
2019 She
???? Rays of Hope
Screenplay:
1978 Kanchana Sita
1978 The Circus Tent
1979 Kummatty
1980 Esthappan
1982 Twilight
1983 Koodevide?
1983 Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
1983 Manju
1984 Panchavadi Palam
1985 Chidambaram
1986 Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil
1986 Meenamasathile Suryan
1986 Nakhakshathangal
1986 Panchagni
1987 And There Was a Village...
1988 Ore Thooval Pakshikal
1989 Piravi
1994 My Own
1999 Vanaprastham
2000 A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan
2002 Nishad
2010 Kutty Srank
2014 Swapaanam
2019 She
???? Rays of Hope
Story:
1978 Kanchana Sita
1978 The Circus Tent
1979 Kummatty
1980 Esthappan
1982 Twilight
1983 Koodevide?
1983 Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
1983 Manju
1984 Panchavadi Palam
1985 Chidambaram
1986 Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil
1986 Meenamasathile Suryan
1986 Nakhakshathangal
1986 Panchagni
1987 And There Was a Village...
1988 Ore Thooval Pakshikal
1989 Piravi
1994 My Own
1999 Vanaprastham
2000 A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan
2002 Nishad
2010 Kutty Srank
2014 Swapaanam
2019 She
???? Rays of Hope
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Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
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