Dr. G. Prabha is a retired professor of Sanskrit, writer,

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and former journalist based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Life and career

He started his career as a journalist but soon switched to teaching. He worked in Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura (Kerala), St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi (Tamil Nadu) and Loyola College, Chennai, from where he retired in 2014 as Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Oriental Languages. Prabha wrote and directed
Ishti
, the first film in Sanskrit with a social theme. It won critical acclaim at several film festivals. He has also filmed two documentaries
Agnaye
and
Akkitham

Agnaye
produced by Shri AV Anoop of

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, captures every aspect of an Athirathram or Agni Yagam. The documentary Akkitham is about the famous Malayalam poet Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri. He has also authored two short story collections, two non-fiction books, 26 important research paper, and numerous articles.

Education

Dr. G. Prabha holds a Doctorate in Sanskrit, conferred by the University of Madras in the year 2001.

Movie

Ishti An ishti in Hinduism is a series of oblations to different deities A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divin ...

(English: Search for the Self), is a Sanskrit film, directed b
Dr. G. Prabha
features thespian Nedumudi Venu and newcomer Athira Patel in key roles. "Ishti" literally means search for self, yaga, etc. The film is the first in Sanskrit with a social theme. Ishti, is written, scripted, produced and directed by Dr. Prabha Gopala Pillai, a Sanskrit professor and a doctorate holder in Sanskrit. Ishti is not the country's first Sanskrit film. But it certainly is th
first one to deal with a social theme
Dr. Prabha is presently directing his second Sanskrit movie 'Taya'

Awards and honors

* First Directorial Feature Fil
Ishti
became th

film, of the Indian Panorama in the feature film section of the IFFI Goa 2016
1st Best Documentary Film 2014
award for the documentary Agnaye by National Academy of Cinema and Television, Bangalore (2014) * Dr. T.N. Anathakrishnan Research award for the year 1998-1999 * Dr. T.N. Anathakrishnan Research award for the year 2012-2013 (Second Time) * Best Director award for the documentary film Akkitham by Kerala Audience Council, Thrissur (2010) * Best Director award for the documentary film Akkitham by Dakshina Film Festival, Chennai (2011) * Special Jury award for Best documentary Akkitham by Dakshina Film Festival, Chennai (2011)

References

Links

The Hindu Friday Review - Dr. G. Prabha at the sets of his directorial debut Ishti

Dr. G. Prabha captures a documentary film on Akkitham
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Ishti (film) ''Ishti'' (or ''Iṣti:''; English: ''Search for the Self'') is a 2016 Sanskrit-language film, directed by Dr. G. Prabha, starring thespian Nedumudi Venu and newcomer Athira Patel in lead roles. "Ishti" literally means search for self, ''yaga ...

Dr. G Prabha and Ishti

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Rites and wrongs

Fight against patriarchy

G. Prabha’s Sanskrit film Ishti pits the feminine spirit against patriarchy. http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/cinema/fight-against-patriarchy/article9103842.ece …pic.twitter.com/KuEFn1s4ck

# [http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/sanskrit-film-ishti-to-open-indian-panorama-section-of-iffi/article_6b1bc042-a05c-11e6-88e5-977277e2d3a1.html Sanskrit Film ‘Ishti’ to Open Indian Panorama Section of IFFI 2016]
A cultural trip in search of Vedic rituals , Chennai News - Times of India
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Know Thyself

Visual poetry

# ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/on-the-sanskrit-film-ishti/article7891731.ece Spotlight on orthodoxy
Sanskrit film 'Ishti' opens Indian Panorama at IFFI , Video
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