K. Gopinathan started working as a Writer while being a student at JNU during the late eighties[citation needed]. His documentaries include "Mundassery: Kalaghattathinte Muzhakkam", "Swaathanthrya Sangeethika -Freedom Songs", "Maythil – 2010 docu-fiction on writer Maythil Radhakrishnan[citation needed]. His feature films include Ithramaathram, an adaptation of the novel by same name by Kalpetta Narayanan[citation needed]
Early life
During graduation studies in Sree Kerala Varma college, Thrissur and after he was actively involved in student politics, left political movement, film society movement, new literary and theatre movements[citation needed]. Close friendship and associations during this period with directors such as Pavithran, Chintha Ravi, John Abraham; film and theatre activists such as Suresh Pattali and Jose chiramal and participation in theatre and Film appreciation courses in school of drama and Film and Television Institute of India respectively consolidated his interest in arts and literature, especially in cinema[citation needed].
Filmography
Documentaries
1997 Mundassery: Kalaghattathinte Muzhakkam
1999 Swaathanthrya Sangeethika (Freedom Songs — Three musical episodes)
2010 Maythil — docu-fiction on writer Maythil Radhakrishnan
2012 Cinemayude Nottangal (Looks of Cinema) Mathrubhumi Books, Calicut
Apart from these books, several articles on film and culture have appeared in many anthologies and journals in English and Malayalam
Awards
International Film Critics Federation FIPRESCI Award for the best Malayalam film, ITHRAMATHRAM (2012 (17th IFFK) and Entry in Indian Panorama International Film Festival of India 2012
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