Madhu Kaithapram

{{Short description|Indian film director}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Madhu Kaithapram

| image = Madhu Kaithapram.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1970|}}

| birth_place = Kaithapram, Kannur, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|12|29|1970||}}

| death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala, India

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Film director

| years_active = 2006 – 2014

}}

Madhu Kaithapram was an Indian film director who worked primarily in the Malayalam film industry based in Kerala.Soumya Bhushan (10 July 2011). [http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/199069/ "നല്ല സിനിമയുടെ കൂട്ടുകാര്‍ക്ക്..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219052619/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/199069/ |date=2013-12-19 }}. Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 30 December 2014. He made his directorial debut with the feature film Ekantham in 2006 that won him the National Film Award for the best debutant director and followed it up with the critically acclaimed Madhya Venal (2009)[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/15158/ "മധു മധുരം"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219073459/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/15158/ |date=2013-12-19 }}. Mathrubhumi. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Beginnerrsquos-luck/article15399158.ece|title=Beginner's luck|first=P. K. Ajith | last=Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 July 2008|access-date=29 November 2018}} and the family-drama Orma Mathram (2011).{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/01/stories/2011040151040200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114123701/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/01/stories/2011040151040200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2012|title=Once upon a memory|author=Vijay George|date=1 April 2011|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 April 2011}}{{cite journal|title=പ്രമേയത്തിന്റെ കരുത്തുമായ് മധു കൈതപ്രം|author=Baiju P. Sen|journal=Chithravishesham|publisher=Chithrabhumi|pages=4, 5|date=19 August 2010}} His last venture Velli Velichathil was released on 19 September 2014. He died on 29 December 2014. He was under treatment for diabetes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141230062319/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Madhu-Kaithapram-Passes-Away/2014/12/30/article2595093.ece "Madhu Kaithapram Passes Away"]. The New Indian Express. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.