M. Padmakumar

{{Short description|Indian film director}}

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{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}

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| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Film director

| years_active = 1988 – present

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M. Padmakumar is an Indian film director working in Malayalam cinema. He began his career working as an assistant director to a number of leading directors and later became an independent director through Ammakilikkoodu in 2003. His best known works include Vaasthavam (2006), Shikkar (2010), Jalam (2015), Joseph (2018) and Mamangam (2019).