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K. Gopinathan ഡോ: കെ ഗോപിനാഥൻ
Gopinathan at IFFI 2012
Born	Viyyur, Thrissur District, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Philosophy professor, film Maker, film Critic
Spouse	Janaky Sreedharan
Children	1
Father	A. Achutha Menon

Kunnath Gopinathan^[1] is an Indian film maker and film critic from Trichur.

Career

K. Gopinathan started working as a Writer while being a student at JNU during the late eighties^{[citation needed]}. His documentaries include "Mundassery: Kalaghattathinte Muzhakkam", "Swaathanthrya Sangeethika -Freedom Songs", "Maythil – 2010 docu-fiction on writer Maythil Radhakrishnan^{[citation needed]}. His feature films include Ithramaathram, an adaptation of the novel by same name by Kalpetta Narayanan^{[citation needed]}

Early life

During graduation studies in Sree Kerala Varma college, Thrissur and after he was actively involved in student politics, left political movement, film society movement, new literary and theatre movements^{[citation needed]}. Close friendship and associations during this period with directors such as Pavithran, Chintha Ravi, John Abraham; film and theatre activists such as Suresh Pattali and Jose chiramal and participation in theatre and Film appreciation courses in school of drama and Film and Television Institute of India respectively consolidated his interest in arts and literature, especially in cinema^{[citation needed]}.

Filmography

Documentaries

1997 Mundassery: Kalaghattathinte Muzhakkam
1999 Swaathanthrya Sangeethika (Freedom Songs — Three musical episodes)
2010 Maythil — docu-fiction on writer Maythil Radhakrishnan

Feature film

2012 Ithramathram (2012 film) (adaptation of the novel by same name by Kalpetta Narayanan)^[2]
2017 Samarppanam ^[3]

As writer

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1996 Book on Feminist Soundarya Sasthram (Feminist Aesthetics) Trans: with Dr. Janaky, Published by Book Worm
1998 EMS: Vaakkum Samoohavum (ed.) (EMS: Word & Society) Current Books, Thrissur
2003 Film & Philosophy (Edited- English) Published by University of Calicut
2005 Cinemayum Samskaravum (film & Culture) Current Books, Thrissur
2005 Tarkovsky: Uravidangalilekku Veendum (Tarkovsky: To the Sources Again) Sign Books, Trivandrum
2008 Pratheekangal Parayunnathu (What Images Speak) Poorna Publication, Calicut
2012 Cinemayude Nottangal (Looks of Cinema) Mathrubhumi Books, Calicut
Apart from these books, several articles on film and culture have appeared in many anthologies and journals in English and Malayalam

Awards

International Film Critics Federation FIPRESCI Award for the best Malayalam film, ITHRAMATHRAM (2012 (17th IFFK) and Entry in Indian Panorama International Film Festival of India 2012

References

^[4] ^[5]

^ Sooraj Rajmohan (17 August 2002). "Memories of another day". The Hindu.
^ Ithramathram (2012 film)
^ "Samarpanam". IMDb.
^ ":: IFFT 2015 - International Film Festival of Thrissur ::". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Official website of Calicut University - Dr. K. Gopinathan". Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

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