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Born in Kerala
Studied painting at College of Fine Arts , Thiruvananthapuram
Post-graduated in Print-Making with distinction from M.S. University ,
Baroda
Writes on Cinema
and Art
One-man shows
in Delhi and Baroda
Involved with Radical Painters and Sculptors Association
Made several
documentaries and short fiction films
Currently working on first feature film, Bioscope, produced by NFDC, India
Recent films
include Self Portrait, History is a Silent Film, and Razor, Blood and
Other Tales; and Maya Bazaar, a film on the survival of a hundred-year
old theatre family in Andhra Pradesh
Working on a
series titled Tent of Miracle, comprising paintings, writings and a silent
film on the silent film era in India
Received International
award for Best Film for Self Portrait at Thessaloniki , Greece
Self Portrait
and History is a Silent Film selected for screening at the Outstanding
Short Films from International Festivals, at the Museum of Modern Art
, New York (MoMA)
Bioscope, his
first feature film received the NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film
at the film festival Osian Cinefest Asian & Arab Cinema, 2008, New
Delhi.
Lives and works
in New Delhi
Selected Exhibitions
Bioscope – 2008
Osian's Cinefan Asian & Arab Film Festival, India - July 2008
Thrissoor International Film Festival, India - August 2008
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil - October 2008
South Asian International Film Festival, New York - October 2008
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany - November 2008
History is a Silent
Film – 2007
Outstanding
Short Films From International Festivals, Museum Of Modern Art , New York
(Moma) - June 2007
Prospects - Contemporary
Art from India , Rome Film Festival, October 17 to October 27, 2007, showing
10 Indian artists: Suboudh Gupta, Sharmila Samant, Vivan Sundaram, Pushpamala
N, Jitish Kallat, Tejal Shah, Sonia Khurana, Tushar Joag, KM Madhusudhanan,
N. S. Harsha
Film on Film,
Berwick-upon-Tweed International Film and Media Arts Festival , UK –September,
2007
Self Portrait – 2001
Outstanding Short
Films From International Festivals, Museum Of Modern Art , New York (Moma)
- May 2002
Best Film, Thessaloniki
- 2001
Opening Film,
Busan Short Film Festival , Korea - May 2002
Chilean International
Short Film Festival, Santiago , Chile - Nov 2001
Clermont-Ferrand
International Film Festival , France – Feb 2002
Tampere International
Film Ferstival , Finland – March 2002
International
Short Film Festival, Granada , Spain – April 2002
Kinofilm2002
Manchester International Short Film Festival , Uk – Oct 2002
Uppsala International
Short Film Festival , Sweden – Oct 2002
Story of Suja –
1998
Another World
Film Festival, Asian Social Forum, Hyderabad – Jan 2003
Other Worlds
Are Breathing, World Social Forum, Mumbai – Jan 2004
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