T. E. Vasudevan
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| birth_place = Tripunithura, Kingdom of Cochin (now Kerala, India)
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| death_place = Panampilly Nagar, Ernakulam
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| occupation = Film producer, film distributor
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| parents = A. Sankara Menon
T. Esoda Amma
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| awards = J. C. Daniel Award (Highest Film Award)
Rotary International Lifetime achievement award
Chalachitra Ratna Award
World Malayalee Council Lifetime Achievement Award
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T. E. Vasudevan (16 July 1917 – 30 December 2014) was an Indian film producer, who worked mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the first ever winner of the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema, which he received in 1992.
Biography
Vasudevan was born to A. Sankara Menon and T. Yeshoda Amma on 16 July 1917. At 21, T. E. Vasudevan entered the Kerala film industry as an exhibitor in Tripunithura in Ernakulam District.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-is-his-world/article4904720.ece|title=Cinema is his world|work=The Hindu|date=11 July 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014}}
As a pioneering film distributor in Kerala, Vasudevan started a film distribution office, Associated Pictures (P) Ltd. at Tripunithura in 1940. In less than 10 years he had brought to Kerala more than a 1,000 feature films in different languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Canarese and Sinhalese and became one of the prominent film distributor of the State.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-is-his-world/article4904720.ece|title=Cinema is his world|work=The Hindu|date=11 July 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014}}
Vasudevan was the founder member of Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce in 1955 and served as president between 1995 and 96. He was founder president of Malayala Chalachitra Parishad Madras in 1968 and served it in the same capacity for 10 consecutive years. He was founder member of Kerala Film Producers Association at Ernakulam in 1989 and served as its president for four years.
He was a member in the executive committee of South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce at Madras between 1955 and 1980. He was also a member in Raw Film Steering Committee Madras for five years. He worked for five years to compile a history of the Malayalam Film Industry from the period 1928 to 2000, under the auspices of Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce. Kerala State Chalachitra Academy took the responsibility of printing and publishing his work in book form with him and the chairman of the Academy as joint editors. Though the Academy has released a CD Rom including details from his work, the book is yet to be published.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-is-his-world/article4904720.ece|title=Cinema is his world|work=The Hindu|date=11 July 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014}}
He died on 30 December 2014 at his residence in Panampilly Nagar, Kochi, following age-related illness.[http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Malayalam-Film-Producer-Vasudevan-Dead/875109 "Malayalam Film Producer Vasudevan Dead"]. Outlook. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/latest-news/noted-film-producer-t-e-vasudevan-dies-156509.html "Noted film producer T E Vasudevan dies"]. Mathrubhumi. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.[http://www.indiavisiontv.com/2014/12/30/372270.html "ചലച്ചിത്ര നിര്മ്മാതാവ് ടി.ഇ വാസുദേവന് അന്തരിച്ചു"]. Indiavision. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
Malayalam filmography
List of Malayalam films produced by T. E. Vasudevan.{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movieslist.php?tot=38&pr=4052&p=4|title=List of Malayalam Movies produced by TE Vasudevan|publisher=|accessdate=22 September 2014}}
Awards
- J. C. Daniel Award (Highest Film Award) instituted by Kerala Government{{cite web|url=http://www.keralafilm.com/index.php/awards/93-topmenu/226-winners-of-the-j-c-daniel-award|title=WINNERS OF THE J.C. DANIEL AWARD – Kerala Chalachitra Academy|publisher=|accessdate=22 September 2014}} (1992)
- The South Indian Film Industry honoured him during the Platinum Jubilee of Indian Film Industry{{cite web|url=http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/sid/217834989/scat/f825b92e19df636a|title=T E Vasudevan honoured as a legend in Centenary of Indian Cinema – Hong Kong Herald|publisher=|accessdate=22 September 2014}} (1989).
- Lifetime achievement award by Rotary International (District 3200) (2002)
- Chalachitra Ratna Award by Kerala Film Critics Association, Thiruvananthapuram{{cite web|url=http://malayalamfoundation.org/blog/?p=328|title=Malayalam Foundation|publisher=|accessdate=22 September 2014}} (2009)
- Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Malayalee Council (2010).
- Honored by the All Kerala Photographers' Association (2012).
The following of his Malayalam films have won National Film Awards though T. E. Vasudevan never went to New Delhi to accept the award. Also in 1970, Vasudevan announced that he would cease submitting films for National Awards to make way for newcomers.
- Snehaseema (1954)
- Nair Pidicha Pulival (1956)
- Puthiya Aakasam Puthiya Bhoomi (1964)
- Kavyamela (1965)
- Ezhuthathakatha (1970){{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-is-his-world/article4904720.ece|title=Cinema is his world|work=The Hindu|date=11 July 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|RgQAmWZRWoM|Interview}}
- {{YouTube|1kA-liN0eNw|Sheela}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030701040910/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/04/stories/2002070400560200.htm The dream merchant turns 85, The Hindu]
- [http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-time-when-king-kong-almost-hit-him/article3642895.ece The time when KING KONG almost hit him]
- [http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/4640/on-the-paths-of-cinema-ee-vazhitharayil-episode-54/E Interview on Mathrubhumi News]
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Category:Kerala State Film Award winners
Category:Film producers from Kochi
Category:Malayalam film producers