Shibu Gangadharan is an Indian film director.

Early life

Gangadharan was born in a middle-class family in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

; his father was S. Gangadharan Nair and his mother was S. Chandramathi Amma. He was educated at the Karumom UPS,

SMV High School, Thiruvananthapuram Sree Moola Vilasam Government Model Higher Secondary School (popularly known as SMV School) is one among the oldest Schools in Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) Established by Travancore Maharaja for English Education. Sree Moola Vilasom ...

Mahatma Gandhi College Mahatma Gandhi College is a college in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It was founded by to Mannathu Padmanabhan, the founder of the Nair Service Society. The college is affiliated to Kerala University and is managed by Nair Service Society ...

and

University College Thiruvananthapuram University College, Thiruvananthapuram (UCT) is a constituent college of the University of Kerala, based primarily in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. The college was awarded 23rd rank by National Institutional Ran ...

Career

He entered the film field as an assistant director after gaining experience from the amateur drama movement. He started his film career with the National Award-winning film maker

Rajeevnath Rajeevnath is a National Award-winning Malayalam film director. Career Rajeevnath ventured into filmmaking with a short film shot in 16mm camera after finishing his university course. He debuted as a director of feature films with ''Thanal'' (1 ...

on his film '' Janani'' in 1998, and worked with other directors in the industry including

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 ...

K. Madhu K. Madhu is an Indian film director and producer who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with '' Malarum Kiliyum'' and has directed over 30 feature films in various languages (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu & Kann ...

Rajiv Anchal Rajiv Anchal (born 20 December 1956) is a film director, screenwriter, and sculptor who works in Malayalam language cinema. In 1997, he made ''Guru'', India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His fir ...

, V.M. Vinu and Sanal Vasudev. He also worked as an assistant/associate director in TV serials, tele-films and documentaries.

Filmography

As assistant / associate director *'' Janani'' (1999) *'' Priyam'' (2000) *'' Sharjah to Sharjah'' (2001) *'' Theerthadanam'' (2001) *''Kanmashi'' (2002) *'' Moksham'' (2005) *'' Iruvattam Manavatti'' (2005) *'' Malabar Wedding'' (2008) *''

Pakal Nakshatrangal ''Pakal Nakshatrangal'' () is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Rajeev Nath and written by Anoop Menon from a story by Nath. It was the debut screenplay of Menon. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Murali, Kalpana, An ...

'' (2008) *'' Rahasya Police'' (2009) *'' T. D. Dasan Std. VI B'' (2010) *'' Pattinte Palazhi'' (2010) *''

David and Goliath Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian term) or (Quranic term). is a character in the Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified King Saul's ...

'' (2013) As director *'' Praise The Lord'' (2014) *'' Rudra Simhasanam'' (2015)

References

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