Aravindan Puraskaram (Aravindan Award) is an award instituted in 1991 in the memory of iconic Malayalam filmmaker
G. Aravindan
Govindan Aravindan (23 January 1935 – 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. He was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. He was known for his unorthodox way of filmma ...
for the best debutant director in Indian languages. The award comprises Rs. 25,000, a memento and a citation. The award is facilitated by Kerala Chalachitra Film Society. The award presented on March 15 every year on the death anniversary of Aravindan who is considered one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam.
Recipients
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Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor from Kerala.
Career
Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 at Palakkad, as the younger son of O. Rajagopal and Santhakumari. He was named after Shyama Pras ...
Kavitha Lankesh
Kavitha Lankesh is an Indian film director, screenwriter and a lyricist known for her work in Kannada cinema industry. She began as a documentary film-maker before directing her first feature film, '' Deveeri'' (1999), which went on to win int ...
Munnudi
'' Munnudi '' ( kn, ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ, ''The Preface'') is a 2000 Indian Kannada language film directed by P. Sheshadri, based on Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi's short story ''Muthucchera'', and starring Tara, H. G. Dattatreya, Shashikumar a ...
Alberrt Antoni
Alberrt Antoni is an Indian film director. His debut film as a director is critically acclaimed ''Kanne Madanguka'' (2005). He is the director of '' Nairsan'', a forthcoming Indo-Japanese historical film, based on the legendary Indian freedom fi ...
Atanu Ghosh
Atanu Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. His Bengali film '' Mayurakshi'' (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. His film Angshumaner Chhobi, Mayurakshi, Binisutoy, Abby Sen and Rupkatha Noy, bagged multiple ...
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Angshumaner Chhobi
''Angshumaner Chhobi'' (2009) is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh and had its premiere at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries.
Plot
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, I am Kalam
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, 2012
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, I.D.
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Teenkahon
''Teenkahon'' (''Three Obsessions'') is a 2014 ''imdb''
Redu
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, 2018
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, Sudani from Nigeria
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, 2019
! scope="row" , Madhu C. Narayanan
, Kumbalangi Nights
, Malayalam
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