Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ramu Kariat

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Jun 23, 2012, 1:53:54 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Ramu Kariat

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+'''Ramu Kariat (1927-79)'''
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+Malayalam director born in Engandiyur, Trichur
+Dist., Kerala, into a farming family. Started
+writing poetry and prose as a teenager for the
+weekly Mathrubhoomi. Assisted Vimal Kumar
+and P.R.S. Pillai on Thiramala (1953). First
+film, Neelakuyil (co-d with P. Bhaskaran),
+started independent cinema in Kerala. Member
+of the CPI. Early work is in context of the broad
+cultural renaissance spearheaded by the Kerala
+Peoples’ Arts Club (see IPTA), indebted to the
+40s CPI-led uprising against Travancore State.
+Several major writers entered film through
+Kariat, e.g. Thakazhy Shivashankar Pillai
+(author of Chemmeen), Uroob (who scripted
+Neelakuyil), playwrights Thoppil Bhasi, K.T.
+Mohammed and S.L. Puram Sadanandan.
+Opened up new areas in Malayalam film with
+work strongly imbued with lyrical, even
+mystical feelings about a newly discovered
+sense of community through subjects often
+placed among fisherfolk and villagers. Briefly a
+Kerala MP. Finished shooting the Telugu film
+Kondagali before his death, but it remained
+unedited. His Chemmeen was later re-released
+in a Hindi-dubbed version called Chemmeen
+Lahren (1980). Acted in Bhaskaran’s Rarichan
+Enna Pauran (1956). Also produced M.
+Lakshmanan’s Tamil film Kannamma (1972).
+His last film, Karumbu, was completed later by
+K. Vijayan and released in 1984.
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1954: Neelakuyil; 1956:
+Bharata Natyam (Doc); 1957:
+Minnaminungu; 1961: Mudiyanaya
+Puthran; 1963: Moodupadam; 1965:
+Chemmeen; 1968: Ezhu Rathrikal; 1970:
+Abhayam; 1972: Maya; 1973:
+Manavallakurchi: My Village (Doc); 1974:
+Nellu; 1976: Dweep; 1978: Ammuvinte
+Attinkutty; Kondagali; 1979: Karumbu; 1980:
+Malankattu.
+
+[[Director]]