The John Abraham Award for Best Malayalam Film is an Indian film award instituted by the Kerala Chapter of the

Federation of Film Societies of India Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) is the umbrella body of film-screening societies in India. FFSI is currently a member of the International Federation of Film Society that has its Central Office in Paris. The international organisati ...

in memory of filmmaker

John Abraham John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations. After modelling for advertisements and companies ...

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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

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Garshom ''Garshom'' is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. T. Kunju Muhammed. The film stars Urvashi, Murali, Madhu and Siddique in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Ramesh Narayan. It was the debut film of noted lyricist Rafeeq ...

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Karunam ''Karunam'' is a 2000 Indian Malayalam film, directed and produced by Jayaraj. The film stars Biju Menon, Eliyamma, Madambu Kunjukuttan and Vavachan in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sunny Stephen. The film is the second installment ...

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Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden ...

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K. R. Mohanan K. R. Mohanan (11 December 1947 – 25 June 2017) born at thiruvathra Chavakadu Thrissur was a Malayalam film director best known for his critically acclaimed works, ''Ashwathama'' (1978), ''Purushartham'' (1987) and '' Swaroopam'' (1992). He stu ...

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M. P. Sukumaran Nair M. P. Sukumaran Nair is an Indian film director and producer, working in Malayalam film industry. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India. He has won both national and Kerala state film awards, multiple times, and is co ...

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K. G. George Kulakkattil Geevarghese George (born 24 May 1946) is an Indian film maker and screenwriter who worked in the Malayalam cinema. He was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Bharathan and P. Padmarajan, in ...

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Nizhalkuthu ''Nizhalkuthu'' ( en, Shadow Kill, french: Le Serviteur de Kali) is a 2002 Indian film in Malayalam directed, written and co-produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. The film explores the recesses of the human consciousness. It stars Oduvil Unnikrishn ...

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan (born 3 July 1941) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer and is regarded as one of the most notable and renowned filmmakers in India. With the release of his first feature film '' Swayamvaram'' (1972), Go ...

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Arimpara ''Arimpara'' ( ml, അരിമ്പാറ, "The Wart"; alternate title ''A Story That Begins at the End'') is a 2003 Indian drama film directed by Murali Nair. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festiva ...

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Murali Nair Murali Nair (born 10 January 1966) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eight films since 1993. His film '' Marana Simhasanam'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won ...

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K. P. Kumaran K. P. Kumaran is an Indian film maker who works in the Malayalam cinema. He co-authored the script of '' Swayamvaram'' directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Kumaran's first directorial venture was ''Athithi''. His major films include ''Rugmini'' (win ...

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Blessy Blessy Ipe Thomas is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He has won one National Film Awards, National Film Award and six Kerala State Film Awards for his feature films ''Kaazhcha'' (2004), ''Thanmathra'' (20 ...

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Lenin Rajendran Lenin Rajendran ( ml, ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema. He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019. ...

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Pulijanmam ''Pulijanmam'' (Malayalam: പുലിജന്മം, English translation : Metamorphosis of a Man to a Tiger ) is a Malayalam feature film directed by Priyanandanan. It stars Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil and Sindhu Men ...

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Priyanandanan Priyanandanan is an Indian film and drama director from Kerala. His second movie, ''Pulijanmam,'' received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2006. Biography Priyanandanan is a native of Vallachira in Thrissur District, Kerala. ...

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Ore Kadal ''Ore Kadal'' ('' en, The Sea Within'') is a 2007 Malayalam film written and directed by Shyamaprasad. The film examines the extra-marital relationship between an intellectual economist and a housewife. It stars Mammootty, Meera Jasmine, Nara ...

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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 Prasad ...

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Boomi Malayalam ''Bhoomi Malayalam'' is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by T. V. Chandran. The film features Suresh Gopi in a dual role along with Nedumudi Venu, Samvrutha Sunil, Padmapriya and other actors. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Be ...

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Raamanam ''Raamanam'' ( ml, രാമാനം, ''Night Sky'') is a 2009 Malayalam film directed and produced by M. P. Sukumaran Nair. Jagathy Sreekumar plays the lead character in this film. The film is a re-depiction of ''Smarakasilakal'' (''Memorial St ...

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Mani Kaul Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a reputed figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and ...

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Mohan Raghavan Mohan Raghavan (22 January 1964 – 25 October 2011) was a Malayalam film director. He studied at the School of Drama, Thrissur, and in Theatre Arts at Madurai Kamaraj University. Biography Raghavan is from Annamanada, Thrissur district. He ...

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Adimadhyantham ''Adimadhyantham'' (meaning: ''The Beginning, The Middle and The End'') is a 2011 Malayalam film written and directed by debutant Sherrey and produced by P. Rasheed, starring Prajith and Sajitha Madathil in the lead roles. ''Adimadhyantham'' won ...

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Sherrey Sherrey ( ml, ഷെറി) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam films. He has directed several short films, but is known for his debut feature film Adimadhyantham which won a special reference in the 59th Na ...

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Annayum Rasoolum ''Annayum Rasoolum'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Rajeev Ravi (in his directorial debut) and written by Santhosh Echikkanam from a story by Ravi. Set in Vypin islands in Kerala, the plot revolves around ...

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Rajeev Ravi Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director, and producer from Kochi, Kerala. He's best known for his work in Hindi and Malayalam films. After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his career ...

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Sudevan Sudevan (also known as Sudevan P.P.), (born on 2 May 1975), is an Indian filmmaker and script writer based in Kerala, India. Early life He was born and raised in Peringode, Kerala in 1975. He studied at Peringode high school and Sree Neelaka ...

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Sunny Joseph Sunny Joseph (born 12 October 1957) is an Indian cinematographer and director from Kerala, most known for his work in Shaji N. Karun classic, ''Piravi'', for which he won the 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography and Caméra d'Or � ...

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Beena Paul Bina Paul (born January 28, 1961), also known by her married name Bina Paul Venugopal, is an Indian film editor who works mainly in Malayalam-language films. A graduate of the University of Delhi, she completed a course on film editing from the ...

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Eeda ''Eeda'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written, edited and directed by B. Ajithkumar. The film is a modern take on William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in the backdrops of political violence in Kannur, north Ma ...

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C. V. Balakrishnan C. V. Balakrishnan ( ml, സി. വി. ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ; born 24 September 1952) is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. His novels and short stories encompass the emotional issues related to mass culture, sexual politics, fate ...

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Girish Kasaravalli Girish Kasaravalli (born 3 December 1950) is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema. Known internationally for his works, Kasaravalli has garnered fourteen National Film Awards, including f ...

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References

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