Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Shaji N. Karun

Shaji N. Karun


  • Born: 1 January 1952, Kerala, India.
  • Shaji Neelakantan Karun is a National Award-winning Indian film director and cinematographer.
  • He studied cinema and television at the highly reputed film institute of India at Pune.
  • He become the cinematographer of nearly 40 films and almost all films of Aravindan. His work won him the Eastman Kodak Award for Excellence in 1990.
  • His debut film Piravi (1988) won the Caméra d'Or - Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
  • In 2000, he was decorated with the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the Ministry of Culture, the government of France.
  • For his achievements in cinema, the Government of India hounoured him by Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in 2010.
  • He is best known for his award winning films Piravi (1989), Vanaprastham (1999) and Kutty Srank (2010).
  • www.shaji.info

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