R. S. Vimal is an Indian filmmaker who works in

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathayam ...

. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film ''

Ennu Ninte Moideen ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' (English: ''Yours Truly, Moideen'') is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language biographical romantic drama film written and directed by R. S. Vimal, based on the real-life story of Kanchanamala and B. P. Moideen, which took pla ...

'', for which he received the

Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam The Filmfare Best Director Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of ...

Career

He made documentary films for a Malayalam television channel for a period of time. Prior to making his feature directorial debut, Vimal made a documentary on the same subject, titled ''Jalam Kondu Murivettaval''. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film ''

'', which was based on the real-life story of Moideen and Kanchanamala that took that place in the 1960s in

Mukkam Mukkam is a major municipality town in Kozhikode, state of Kerala, India. Mukkam is one of the major regional suburb of the Kozhikode district. Mukkam is located about 27 km east of Calicut city on the bank of river Iruvanjippuzha, one of th ...

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. The film starred

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of ...

and Parvathy. In January 2016, announcement of his second directorial was held at a function in

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. The high-budget film titled ''Mahavir Karna'' was based on the epic ''

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'' was initially launched as a Malayalam language film with

in the lead role. Later in the year, Vimal said that the film's budget estimate is around 300 crore. In 2017, for reasons unknown, Prithviraj opted out of the project and Vikram was signed in as a replacement, thus making the film a Tamil-Hindi bilingual production.

Filmography

Accolades

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vimal, R. S. Living people Malayalam film directors Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram Year of birth missing (living people)