| 1 | '''K. P. Kumaran (b. 1938)''' |
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| 4 | Malayalam director born in Kathuparamba, |
| 5 | North Kerala. Actively associated with the |
| 6 | experimental theatre movements of the early |
| 7 | 60s, staging and acting in C.J. Thomas’ plays; |
| 8 | helped found the Chitralekha Film Society |
| 9 | (1965). Film début with an experimental 100- |
| 10 | second short, Rock, made for Asia ’72. Coscripted |
| 11 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s |
| 12 | Swayamvaram (1972). Feature début Atithi |
| 13 | adapted his own play. Also made several |
| 14 | documentaries (Oru Chuvadu Munnottu, |
| 15 | Kerala Thanimayude Thalam, Oru Thuli |
| 16 | Velicham and the video film An Unmistakable |
| 17 | Identity, aka India:Continuity and Change). |
| 18 | and TV programmes for PTI-TV (New Delhi). |
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| 21 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1972:Rock (Sh); 1974: |
| 22 | Atithi; 1976: Lakshmi Vijayam; 1979: |
| 23 | Thenthulli; Adipapam; 1982: Kattile Pattu; |
| 24 | 1985: Neram Pularumbol; 1988: Rukmini. |
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