Legendary filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan turned 80 on Saturday. He lives in his sumptuously decorated house in the state capital, which was designed by the late Laurie Baker and is single as his wife passed away a few years ago, while his only daughter is an IPS officer in Maharashtra . .
Although he has directed just a dozen feature films starting with ‘Swayamvaram’ in 1972, in his illustrious career he won 16 National Film Awards, 17 Kerala State Awards in addition to several international awards and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004 Huh.
The country honored him with the Padma Shri in 1984 and then the Padma Vibhushan in 2006.
His last feature film was “Pineyum” in 2016 and it featured the then popular Mollywood pairing of Dileep and Kavya Madhavan.
His career began in 1965 with the 20-minute short fiction film “A Great Day” and since then, in addition to directing 12 feature films, he has also appeared in nearly 40 short films and documentaries.
Adoor graduated from Gandhigram Rural University in 1960 and left a government job as a statistical investigator in 1962 to study cinema at the Indian Film Institute, Pune.
After graduating from Pune in 1965, Adoor never had to look back. A large number of visitors, including top politicians and a bishop, had come to wish him on his birthday at his home here on Saturday.
With the Covid pandemic continuing, it remains to be seen what their next venture will be.
A tough nut to crack, Adoor does not reveal his plans, even though there has been speculation for some time that he may cast superstar Mohanlal, which has never happened before, although he has worked with superstar Mammootty a few times. has done.
International recognitions coming his way include the Legion of Honor – the French Order, the highest decoration in France in 1984; Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cairo International Film Festival; London Film Festival, and British Film Institute awards, to mention a few.
While all his films have received good reviews, some of the most acclaimed films include ‘Elipthayam’, ‘Mukamukam’, ‘Anantram’, ‘Nijalkuthu’ and ‘Swayamvaram’.
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