Sudevan
{{Short description|Indian filmmaker and script writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sudevan
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|05|02}}
| birth_place = Peringod Palakkad, Kerala
| occupation = Film director, writer, producer
| parents = Madhavan Vaidyar & Seetha
| awards =Kerala State Film Award for Best Film in 2013 for the film CR No: 89
}}
Sudevan (also known as Sudevan P.P.), (born on 2 May 1975),{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/simple-but-succinct/article2369417.ece|title=Simple but succinct|first=C. S.|last=Venkiteswaran|date=18 August 2011|accessdate=3 April 2019|website=Thehindu.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/190616/for-the-people-by-the-people.html|title=For the people, by the people|first=Meera|last=Manu|date=19 June 2016|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|accessdate=3 April 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ |title=PressReader |via=PressReader |accessdate=2023-07-22}}{{Full citation needed |date=July 2023}} is an Indian filmmaker and script writer based in Kerala, India.
Early life
Career
Sudevan's directorial debut was an ad about the ‘Ropeway’ in Malampuzha, Kerala.
In 2004 he made a short film, Varoo (Come with me). This was followed by Planning in 2007 and Randu (Two, 2009), both of which were screened at short film festivals and broadcast by television networks in the region. Thattumporathappan (Lord of the Attic, 2010) is Sudevan's fourth film. It explores the evolution of religious faith and its after-effects, through a tale set in his hometown.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/between-good-and-evil/article4833174.ece|title=Between good and evil|first=C. S.|last=Venkiteswaran|date=20 June 2013|accessdate=3 April 2019|website=Thehindu.com}}
Sudevan's first feature film CR No: 89 points out the consequences of the percolation of weapons and its effect on smaller societies. This film won seven awards from Kerala. CR No: 89 appeared at Hong Kong International Film Festival (2015), Malaysian Malayalam Film Festival (2015), Colombo International film festival Sri Lanka (2014), Hanoi International Film Festival, Vietnam (2014) and International Film Festival of Kerala in )(2013).
He made the film Akatho Puratho (In or Out, 2018). The film portrays that Inside or outside is an image of four copies of a transit between greed and excitement to a vacuum.{{cite web|website= Thenewsminute.com|title = kottayam nazeers short film kuttichan plagiarised filmmaker sudevan accuses actor |url =https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kottayam-nazeers-short-film-kuttichan-plagiarised-filmmaker-sudevan-accuses-actor-97110|date = 21 February 2019|accessdate = 21 February 2019}}
Filmography
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Director | |||
| 2005 | Varoo (Come with me) Short film | Writer | Director |
| 2007 | Planning Short film | Writer | Director |
| 2009 | Randu (Two) Short film | Writer | Director |
| 2010 | ' 'Thattumporathappan (Lord of the Attic) Short film | Writer | Director |
| 2013 | CR No: 89 Feature Length (released in 2015) | Writer | Director |
| 2017 | 'Akatho Puratho (In or Out)' Feature Length (released through CAVE India OTT Platform on 2 February 2021){{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKycg_vJQ19/|title=Akatho Puratho Streaming on Cave-Films&Shows|website=instagram.com/CAVE}} | Writer | Director{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/p-p-sudevan-on-his-new-film-and-his-craft/article22677856.ece|title='Akatho Puratho' suits festival audience, says director P.P. Sudevan|first=Harikumar|last=J.s|date=8 February 2018|accessdate=3 April 2019|website=Thehindu.com}} |
Recognition
- Netpac award (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/one-for-the-records/article5943006.ece|title=One for the records|last=Kumar|first=P. K. Ajith|date=24 April 2014|website=Thehindu.com|accessdate=3 April 2019}}
- John Abraham National Awards (2014){{cite web|url=http://ffsikeralam.in/awards.html|title=FFSI Keralam - Awards|website=Ffsikeralam.in|accessdate=3 April 2019}}
- Aravindan award (2014)
- Padmarajan Award (2014)
- Mohan Raghavan Puraskaram (2014)
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|nm6509366}}
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Category:Malayalam film directors
Category:People from Palakkad district
Category:21st-century Indian people