Pradeep Nair

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| birth_place = Kottayam, Kerala,{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. k Ajith |title=Kerala to miss filmmaker Kim Ki-duk as much as Korea does |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-to-miss-kim-as-much-as-korea-does/article33308814.ece |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=11 December 2020 |language=en-IN}} India

| occupation = {{hlist|Director|Screenwriter|Producer}}

| known for = Oridam

| years_active = 1997–present

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Pradeep Nair, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry.{{cite web |title=Making his mark |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Making-his-mark/article14566318.ece |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=12 April 2016}} He has also directed numerous award winning documentries,{{cite web |title=Documenting lives of those who document history |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/documenting-lives-of-those-who-document-history/article33094195.ece |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=13 November 2020}} thus making him a notable filmmaker of Kerala.{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. K. Ajith |title=A director who made films out of passion |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-director-who-made-films-out-of-passion/article5847788.ece |work=The Hindu |date=29 March 2014 |language=en-IN}}

His debut directorial, Oridam (2005) won him Special Jury Award for director at 52nd National Film Awards{{cite web |title=52nd National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725232641/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2020 |access-date=4 May 2025 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals}} and won 5 Kerala State Film Awards in 2005.{{cite web |title=Kerala State Film Awards - 2000 to 2012 |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm |publisher=www.prd.kerala.gov.in |access-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707210332/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm |archive-date=2015-07-07}}

Nair is also an author, with two of his books on cinema, the first one, " Koottu Chernnulla Kali :Chalachithra Vicharangal " (2022){{cite web |title=Book Review - ജീവിതം കുലുക്കിയെറിയുന്ന 'കൂട്ട് ചേര്‍ന്നുള്ള കളി |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2023/02/15/koottu-chernnulla-kali-by-pradeep-nair.html |publisher=Manorama Online |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=15 February 2023}} and the second " Drushya Mohanam :Samvidhayakan Mohante Chalachithra Kala " (2024), has been published.{{cite web |title=Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate 29th IFFK on December 13 |url=https://www.centralchronicle.com/kerala-chief-minister-pinarayi-vijayan-will-inaugurate-29th-iffk-on-december-13/ |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=10 December 2024}}

Career

After directing several documentaries, Nair became an independent director with Oridam, followed by Cherukkanum Pennum (2012){{cite web |title=First Look: Pradeep Nair's Cherukkanum Pennum |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/first-look-cherukkanum-pennum/20120102.htm |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=2 January 2012}} and Crossroad (2017), an anthology, where Times of India stated Nair's film Kodeshyan as "stand out" among all 10 films.{{cite web |title=Crossroad Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/crossroad/movie-review/61069800.cms |publisher=The Times of India |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=13 October 2017}}

Filmography

=Feature films=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Language

!Credited as

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2020

|'Backpackers

|Malayalam

|Creative Contributor

|Kalidas Jayaram

2017

|Cross Road

|Malayalam

|Director

| Helmed the Kodeshyan segment

2012

|Cherukkanum Pennum

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

2004

|Oridam

|Malayalam

|Writer, director, producer

| Geethu Mohandas

| 1 National award, 5 State awards IFFK

=Documentaries=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Language

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2024

|Satwikam

|Malayalam

|Writer, director, producer

2021

|Ahead of

|Malayalam

|Director

| {{cite web |title=Munne - Kudumbashree Kottayam |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqLb034LtSs |publisher=YouTube Kudumbashree Official |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=12 January 2022}}

2020

|K. M. Roy:A Ray of Light

|Malayalam

|Writer, Director

|Film on veteran journalist K. M. Roy Produced by Kerala Medical Academy

2019

|Maa Do Not Any More

|Malayalam

|Director

| {{cite web |title=Here comes a film on food wastage |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/here-comes-a-film-on-food-wastage/articleshow/65739485.cms?from=mdr |publisher=The Times of India |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=9 September 2018}}{{cite web |title=Maa, Do not anymore, an EssEmm Corporation Production about Food Wastage in Tamil |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuPcR581jdg |publisher=EssEmm Corporation |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=3 September 2018}}

2018

|Kadamman: Prakruthiyude Padayanikkaran

|Malayalam

|Writer, Co Director

| {{cite web |title=പ്രകൃതിയുടെ പടയണിക്കാരൻ കടമ്മനിട്ട രാമകൃഷ്ണൻ |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ly4CXXGEA |publisher=Youtube Kerala Government |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=14 July 2018}}

2015

|Kuttanad; Oru Apoorva Marutha Thina

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

|Film on Heritage of Kuttanad, Produced by I&PRD, Govt of Kerala.

2011

|Thelicham

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

|A Production for Fisheries Dept, Govt of Kerala, Produced by K S F D C

2009

|Veedu Nashttapetta Kuttikal

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

2006

|Glimpses of Kerala

|Malayalam

|Director

|about Cultural, Historical places in Kerala-Project Commissioned by Malayala Manorama.

2005

|Listen to Children

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

|a production for UNICEF

2001

|When The Labour Labours

|Malayalam

|Writer, director

|Film on Independent Labour movement in Maharashtra, funded by Maharashtra Labour Union (MLU)

1999

|A Neorealistic Dream

| Malayalam

|Writer, director

|Film on India's first neorealistic film Newspaper Boy and its Director P. Ramdas.{{cite web |title=A director who made films out of passion |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/a-director-who-made-films-out-of-passion |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=16 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=A Neo-Realistic Dream - Documentary on Director P. Ramdas |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=dy2zOimumtMREagX&v=rlDTDsX85uc&feature=youtu.be |publisher=Manorama Online Youtube |access-date=7 May 2025 |date=28 March 2014}} IFFK

1997

|Light in the Darkness

| Malayalam

|Director

|A promotional documentary about cure for AIDS.

1997

|Man V/S Nature: The Struggle Eternal

| Malayalam

|Writer, director, producer

|Film on Land slides in Highranges of Kerala.