Aryadan Shoukath is both an award-winning Indian film producer, and an award-winning local state politician. He is the son of

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leader, Aryadan Muhammed, (the former Kerala State Minister of Electricity). Shoukath is the highest-profile cultural and political personality in

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municipality (formerly, panchayat). He was the president of the

panchayat when it won Kerala's best

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award from the state government, and was the chairman of the municipality. His first film in 2003, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, was an indictment of

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orthodoxy on girls' education. It won 15 awards, including the National Film Award for Family Welfare and the Best Asian Film Award at the

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Festival. His latest film, Vilapangalkkappuram, relates the story of a girl who flees the notorious anti-Muslim riots in

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to come to

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