'''K. P. Kumaran (b. 1938)'''


Malayalam director born in Kathuparamba,
North Kerala. Actively associated with the
experimental theatre movements of the early
60s, staging and acting in C.J. Thomas’ plays;
helped found the Chitralekha Film Society
(1965). Film début with an experimental 100-
second short, Rock, made for Asia ’72. Coscripted
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s
Swayamvaram (1972). Feature début Atithi
adapted his own play. Also made several
documentaries (Oru Chuvadu Munnottu,
Kerala Thanimayude Thalam, Oru Thuli
Velicham and the video film An Unmistakable
Identity, aka India:Continuity and Change).
and TV programmes for PTI-TV (New Delhi).


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1972:Rock (Sh); 1974:
Atithi; 1976: Lakshmi Vijayam; 1979:
Thenthulli; Adipapam; 1982: Kattile Pattu;
1985: Neram Pularumbol; 1988: Rukmini.

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