M. B. Padmakumar

{{Short description|Indian actor, television personality and filmmaker}}

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| birth_name =Madavana Bhaskarannair Padmakumar

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| birth_place = Thiruvalla, Kerala, India

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| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Actor, writer, editor, director

| years_active = 2005 - present

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Kerala State Film Award{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
Mohan Raghavan Puraskaram{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
Indian Panorama Selection{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

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Madavana Bhaskarannair Padmakumar is an Indian actor, television personality and filmmaker from Kerala.

Career

As an actor, he performed in a number of movies starting with Ashwaroodan (2006) and more than 15 television serials in Malayalam. His directorial debut was the 2014 film My Life Partner, which investigated the close relationship between two men and caused some controversy,{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/malaylam-film-my-life-partner-releases-today-amidst-an-unprecedented-ban-south/20140606.htm/|title=Malaylam film My Life Partner releases today amidst an unprecedented ban!|last=G|first=Vijay|date=6 June 2014|work=Rediff.com|accessdate=24 August 2016}} followed by 2015's Roopantharam,{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Roopantharam-enters-IFFI/articleshow/55581800.cms/|title=Roopantharam enters IFFI|last=UR|first=Arya|date=27 January 2017|publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=27 January 2017}} 2017's Telescope,{{cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/interview/2017/12/29/telescope-a-deep-well-as-a-microcosm-of-life.html/|title=Telescope: a deep well as a microcosm of life...|last=K|first=Padmakumar|date=29 December 2017|publisher=Manoramaonline.com|accessdate=29 December 2017}}

The release date of My Life Partner was delayed by a month because of its content, Kerala lacking "a socio-cultural space for LGBTs"; theater owners kept saying there were no screens available; in the end it was shown only in four small theaters and received a poor showing.{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140628/entertainment-mollywood/article/my-life-partner-was-delayed-due-stigma-attached-gay-community|title=My Life Partner was delayed due to the stigma attached to the gay community: M.B. Padmakumar|first=Priya|last=Sreekumar|date=24 August 2016|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=24 August 2016}} To Padmakumar's surprise, it finished second best in the 45th Kerala State Film Awards, and also won for Best Lead Actor. Best Sound Mix, Best Background Score{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/award-for-apt-portrayal-of-a-taboo-subject/article7532985.ece|title=Award for apt portrayal of a taboo subject|last=Praveen|first=S. R.|date=13 August 2015|work=The Hindu|accessdate=24 August 2016}}

Filmography

=Director, producer, actor, writer and editor=

class="wikitable"

! Year

Title

Role

Actor

Director

Writer

Editor

Producer

Awards

2017

| Telescope{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/051217/inspired-from-the-depths.html/|title=Inspired from the depths|last=Sreekumar|first=Priya|date=5 December 2017|publisher=Deccanchronicle.com|access-date=10 December 2017}}

|{{Yes}}

2015

| Roopantharam{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/‘This-opportunity-at-IFFI-is-reassuring’/article16644558.ece/|title=This opportunity at IFFI is reassuring|last=G|first=Vijay|date=5 December 2017|publisher=Thehindu.com|accessdate=20 December 2016}}

|{{Yes}}

Selected for 47th IFFI 2016 Indian Panorama.
Best Feature Film, All Lights India International Film Festival.
Cannes Film festival

2014

| My Life Partner

|{{Yes}}

Won 45th Kerala State Film Awards for
Best Second Movie
Best Actor
Best Background Score
Best Sound Mix
Mohan Raghava Puraskaram for Best Screenplay.

2013

| Thomson Villa

| "Paul"

|{{Yes}}

2012

| 72 Model

| "Vijayan"

|{{Yes}}

2010

| Kutty Srank

| "Neelan"

|{{Yes}}

2009

| Ee Pattanathil Bhootham

| "Teja"

|{{Yes}}

2009

| Keralotsavam 2009

| "Arshad Kamal"

|{{Yes}}

2009

| Daveed

| "Daveed"

|{{Yes}}

2007

| Thaniye

| "Dr.Rajan"

|{{Yes}}

2007

| Nivedyam (2007 film)

| "Surendran"

|{{Yes}}

2006

| Rakshakan

| "Vijayan"

|{{Yes}}

2005

| Ashwaroodan

| "Padmapriya's Brother"

|{{Yes}}

Television

class="wikitable" ! Year	Serial	Channel	Notes
2010	Kunjalimarakkar	Asianet	Debut
2010-2011	Maharani (TV series)	Vijay TV	Tamil serial
2011	Vrindavanam	Asianet
2012	Agniputhri	Asianet
2012	Sree Padmanabham	Amrita TV
2013	Highway	Surya TV
2013	Indira	Mazhavil Manorama
2014	Amala (TV series)	Mazhavil Manorama
2014-2015	Balamani	Mazhavil Manorama
2015	Vishwaroopam	Flowers TV
2015	7 Rathrikal	Asianet
2015	Sreekrishna Vijayam	Janam TV
2016	Sathyam Shivam Sundaram	Amrita TV
2016	Ennu Swantham Jani	Surya TV
2018	Thenum Vayambum	Surya TV
2020	Koodathayi	Flowers TV
2021–2022	Kana Kanmani	Surya TV
2024- present	Chandrikayilaliyunna Chandrakantham	Asianet

References

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Kerala

Category:Indian male film actors

Category:Malayalam film directors

Category:Indian male television actors

Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema

Category:Malayalam film editors

Category:Malayalam screenwriters

Category:21st-century Indian male actors

Category:People from Thiruvalla

Category:Screenwriters from Kerala

Category:Film editors from Kerala

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)