Aravindan Puraskaram

Aravindan Puraskaram (Aravindan Award) is an award instituted in 1991 in the memory of iconic Malayalam filmmaker G. Aravindan for the best debutant director in Indian languages.[1] The award comprises Rs. 25,000, a memento and a citation.[2] The award is facilitated by Kerala Chalachitra Film Society. The award is presented on March 15 every year on the death anniversary of Aravindan, who is considered one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam.[3]

Recipients

List of award recipients
Year Recipient Film Language Ref.
1999 Shyamaprasad Agnisakshi Malayalam [4]
2000 Kavitha Lankesh Deveeri Kannada [5]
2001 P. Sheshadri Munnudi Kannada [6]
2004 Anup Kurian Manasarovar English [7]
2005 Alberrt Antoni Kanne Madanguka Malayalam [8]
2009 Atanu Ghosh Angshumaner Chhobi Bengali [9]
2010 Nila Madhab Panda I am Kalam Hindi [10]
2012 Kamal KM I.D. Hindi [11]
2015 Bauddhayan Mukherji Teenkahon Bengali [12]
2016 P. S. Manu Mundrothuruth Malayalam [13]
2017 Sagar Chaya Vanchari Redu Marathi [14]
2018 Zakariya Mohammed Sudani from Nigeria Malayalam [15]
2019 Madhu C. Narayanan Kumbalangi Nights Malayalam [16]
2021 Sanu John Varghese Aarkkariyam Malayalam [17]
2022 Brijesh Chandhra Tangi #Viral World Telugu [18]

References

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  2. ^ "Wins Aravindan Puraskaram". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
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  5. ^ "Open House with Kavitha Lankesh|KLF-2018". keralaliteraturefestival.com. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  6. ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (2017-07-22). "Setting a new benchmark". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  7. ^ "'Manasarovar' selected to Indian Panorama & London film fest". Indian Television Dot Com. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  8. ^ "Mohanlal, Jackie Chan to come together?". Sify. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
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  10. ^ "Debut Director and People's Choice Award for I am Kalam | Smile Foundation". www.smilefoundationindia.org. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  11. ^ "Best Debut Director Award for his film I.D." www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  12. ^ "Bengali director Bauddhayan Mukherji wins the Aravindan Puraskaram for his film 'Teenkahon'". News18. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  13. ^ "P S Manu bags Aravindan Puraskaram". The Indian Express. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  14. ^ "Sagar Chaya Vanchari bags 'Aravindan Puraskaram'". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  15. ^ "Malayalam director Zakariya wins Aravindan Award for 'Sudani from Nigeria'". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  16. ^ Daily, Keralakaumudi. "Madhu C Narayanan bags Aravindan Puraskaram for best debut director". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  17. ^ "Aravindan Award for Sanu Varghese". The Times of India. 1 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Aravindan Puraskaram for Telugu filmmaker". The Times of India. 20 April 2023.