Madhav Ramadasan

Madhav Ramadasan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry.[1]

Madhav Ramadasan
Ramadasan, IFFI (2012)
Born22 May 1973 (1973-05-22) (age 47)
Kalluvazhi, Ottapalam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materCalicut University
OccupationFilm director
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)Kalamandalam Bindulekha

Personal life

Madhav Ramadasan was born to P. Madhavan and T.P. Radha at Kalluvazhi near Ottapalam. He did his schooling at AKNM-MA Memorial High School, Kattukulam.

Film career

He started his career by working in documentary, advertising and short films. He then worked as an associate director with R. Sarath in the Malayalam feature films Sthithi and Sayahnam. He made his directorial debut with the legal thriller Melvilasom in 2011. The film was an adaptation of a play written by Soorya Krishna Moorthy which itself was based on the Hindi play Court Martial by Swadesh Deepak. The film received wide critical acclaim and won numerous awards. In 2014, he directed the medical thriller Apothecary which portrayed relationship between a doctor and his patients. In 2019 he directed Ilayaraja which had Guinness Pakru playing the main character.[2]

Filmography
Year Film Cast Notes
2011 Melvilasom Suresh Gopi, Parthiban, Ashokan,
Thalaivasal Vijay, Nizhalgal Ravi,Krishnakumar
 Directorial debut.

The 15th Gollapudi Srinivas National award for the ‘Best Debut Director 2011’.[3]
P. Bhaskaran award for the Best Feature film of 2011.
Selected to the 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Busan, South Korea.

2014 Apothecary Suresh Gopi, Jayasurya, Asif Ali, Indrans Released
2019 Ilayaraja Guinness Pakru, Gokul Suresh, Harisree Ashokan, Deepak Parambol, Arun Released

References
  1. "Connecting through different themes". The Hindu. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. "Chess is an important part of 'Ilayaraja', says director Madhav Ramadasan". The New Indian Express. 13 March 2019.
  3. "Gollapudi National Award for Madhav Ramadasanu". IBN Live. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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