Filmmaker KP Kumaran has been selected for the prestigious Jesse Daniels Award for 2021. The award, given annually by the Government of Kerala in recognition of an individual’s contribution to Malayalam cinema, carries a purse of ₹5 lakh, a statuette and a citation. Cultural Affairs Minister VN Vasavan announced the award here on Saturday.
The jury of playback singer P. Jayachandran, who was also the recipient of the award last year, filmmaker Sibi Malayil, Chalachitra Akademi President Ranjith and Culture Secretary Rani George selected Mr. Kumaran for the award. According to the jury, he provided a new aesthetic and visual language to Malayalam parallel cinema in a career spanning nearly fifty years.
He further observed that since his debut with the short film rock 1972 and in guest in 1975 and village tree Made in the year of 83 in 2020, she has made honest and meaningful use of the cinematic medium. guestIn which the real and the surreal are intertwined, Malayalam was one of the pioneering works of the new wave.
Mr. Kumaran was one of the first filmmakers from the state to win an international award, when his short film rock Received a gold medal at the 1972 Expo Film Festival in Tokyo. his movie RukmaniBased on Madhavikutty Rukminikoru PavakuttyWon the National Award for Best Malayalam Film of 1988.
He was also the co-screenwriter of Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s debut film swayamvaram, In 2008, he adapted Henrik Ibsen’s play master Builder as Akash Gopuram, He created village tree Based on the life of poet Kumaranasan in 2020.