P. Ramdas

{{Short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = P. Ramdas

| image = P. Ramadas (Film director).jpg

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| birth_date = December 1933

| birth_place = Ayyanthole, Thrissur, British India

| death_date = 27 March 2014

| death_place = Kottayam, Kerala

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

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}}

P. Ramdas (December 1933 – 27 March 2014) was an Indian film director and screenwriter,{{cite web|url= http://www.ibtimes.co.in/yesteryear-veteran-malayalam-director-p-ramdas-passes-away-545505 | title= Yesteryear Veteran Malayalam Director P Ramdas Passes Away | website= International Business Times | date= 28 March 2014 | accessdate=2014-03-28}} best known for his film Newspaper Boy, which was influenced by Italian neorealism.{{cite web

|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/malayalam-director-p-ramdas-passes-away/article5843712.ece

|title=Malayalam director P Ramdas passes away

|work=The Hindu Businessline

|date=28 March 2014

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|accessdate=3 April 2014

}}
- {{cite web

|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2014/newspaper-boy-director-p-ramdas-passes-away-135289.html

|title=Newspaper Boy Director P Ramdas Passes Away

|website=Oneindia

|publisher=

|accessdate=3 April 2014

|archive-date=30 March 2014

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330063937/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2014/newspaper-boy-director-p-ramdas-passes-away-135289.html

|url-status=dead

}} In 2007, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.{{cite news

|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Thiruvananthapuram/Malayalam-director-P-Ramdas-passes-away/articleshow/32843037.cms

|title=Malayalam director P Ramdas passes away

|work=Times of India

|date=28 March 2014

|publisher=

|accessdate=3 April 2014}}

He is a former student of Church Mission Society High School, Thrissur (CMSHSS, Thrissur).{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

Ramdas passed away on 27 March 2014 at the age of 83 due to age-related ailments. He is survived by his two sons.{{Cite web |date=2014-03-28 |title=Malayalam director P Ramdas passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/malayalam-director-p-ramdas-passes-away/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} {{Cite web |last=Kallungal |first=Dhinesh |date=2014-03-28 |title=P Ramdas, Pioneer of Neo-realism in Malayalam Cinema, is No More |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2014/Mar/28/p-ramdas-pioneer-of-neo-realism-in-malayalam-cinema-is-no-more-591736.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}