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GOLDEN LOTUS AWARD

GOLDEN LOTUS AWARD:


1. BEST FILM

2. Best Direction

3. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

4. Best Children's Film

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The National Film Award (Golden Lotus Award) for Best Film winner

National Film Awards Director of Best Film

1991 - Marupakkam (Tamil)

K. S. SETHUMADHAVAN

K. Subrahmanyam Sethumadhavan

Born 1931

Palakkad, Kerala, India

OCCUPATION:

Film director

YEARS ACTIVE:

1960 - 1995

SPOUSE(S):

Valsala

K. S. SETHUMADHAVAN (born in Palakkad in 1931) is an Indian director of Malayalam films.

He has also directed films in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, since the early 1960s he has directed over 60 movies.

His film Achanum Bappayum won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, a National Film Award, in 1973. He is also the winner of 4 Kerala State Film Awards for Best Direction.

BIOGRAPHY:

K. S. Sethumadhavan was born to Subrahmanyam and Lakshmi in Palakkad, Kerala, India in 1931.

Family:

He has three sisters and one brother. His childhood was spent in Palakkad and in North Arcot, Tamilnadu.

EDUCATION:

___________________________________________________________________________He completed his degree in biology from Government Victoria College, Palakkad.

FILMS:
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He debuted in the film industry as the Assistant Director to K. Ramnath. He later assisted directors L. V. Prasad, A. S. A. Swamy, Sunder Rao and Nandakarni.

He debuted as an independent film director with Veeravijaya, a Singhalese film in 1960.

His first Malayalam film was Jnanasundari, produced by T. E. Vasudevan under the banner of Associates Pictures based on a short story by Muttathu Varkey.

He then went on to direct over 60 films including noted films

Daham,

Koottukudumbam,

Vazhve Mayam,

Achanum Bappayum, Chattakkari, Marupakkam.

His only Oriya film was Manini.

AWARDS:
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His film Achanum Bappayum won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, a part of National Film Awards, in 1973.

His Tamil film Marupakkam won the National Film Award for Best Film in 1991.

In 1966, his Telugu film Sthree won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.

He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director 4 times: for films Vazhve Mayam(1970), Karakanakkadal(1971), Pani Theeratha Veedu(1972) and Oppol(1980).

He was the jury member for the National Film Awards in 1975 and 1980.

In 1982, he was the chairman of the jury for the Kerala State Film Awards.

He was the chairman of the National Film Awards jury in 2002.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

Nammavar (1994)

Marupakkam (1991)

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