K. M. Madhusudhanan
Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. His debut feature film was Bioscope (2008).
K. M. Madhusudhanan
- Name
- Madhusudhanan
- Born
- 1956
- Birthplace
- Alapuzha Kerala, India
- Occupation
- Film director, painter
- Spouse
- Anuradha Madhusudhanan
- Awards
- * Kerala State Film Awards
- Nationality
- India
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Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. His debut feature film was Bioscope (2008).
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Key facts
• Name — Madhusudhanan • Born — 1956 • Birthplace — Alapuzha Kerala, India • Occupation — Film director, painter • Spouse — Anuradha Madhusudhanan • Children — 1 • Website — https: www.madhusudhananstudio.com • Awards — * Kerala State Film Awards • National Film Awards
Early life and education
Early life and education
K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala. He studied painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and print making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
Work
Work
Feature film: Bioscope (2008 film) • 2014- The Marx Archive - The Logic of Disappearance (installation) collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi • 2014- 2015- Penal colony (Installation) Collection: collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi • 2008- Bioscope (2008 film): Feature Film, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India • 2007- History is a Silent Film (Video Art) • 2018- Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Light Installation)
Solo
Solo
• 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015 • Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015 • Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016 • Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016 • 2016 Penal Colony, Vadehra Art Gallery • 2016 Meanwhile, What About Socialism? Solo booth at AV Festival, New Castle, UK • 2018 Granite lamp and mirror, Vadehra gallery, New Delhi
Group
Group
• 2021 Lokame tharavadu- curated by Bose Krishnamachaari, organised by Kochi Muziris biennale, Alappuzha, Kerala • 2020 Abudhabi Art fair, 1+1 gallery, Dubai
Filmography
Filmography
• Balamaniyamma- Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997 • O.V. Vijayan- English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000 • Self Portrait- Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001 • History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006 • Mayabazaar- Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006 • Razor, Blood and Other Tales- Short Fiction, Silent, 2007 • Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008 • Theeppanakkam, Short Documentary, Malayalam 2024
Books and articles
• A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India
for Bioscope (2008 film)
• 2008 National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film) for Bioscope (2008 film) • Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film • Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany • 2008 Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York • 2008 five Kerala State Film Awards as Special Jury Award for Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Background Score.
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- 1.Confessions of a Creative Mind. 11 April 2018.
- 2.Giving artistic expression to Malabar rebellion. The Hindu. 15 March 2015.
- 3.KM Madhusudhanan - Bio. Vadehra Art Gallery.
- 4.See Madhusudhanan's interpretation of the Wagon Tragedy of 1921. Hindustan Times. 30 December 2016.
- 5.Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019. La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
- 6.The Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018. 20 November 2012.
- 7.Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. www.knma.in.
- 8.India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I. Times of India Blog. 28 January 2016.
- 9.Homepage. India Art Fair.
- 10.'In Touch' presents its fifth edition with galleries from India and Dubai. Architectural Digest India. 15 January 2021.
- 11.London gets a glimpse of South Asian art. Mintlounge. 8 June 2022.
- 12.The Red Palette. 23 December 2016.
- 13.Roy, Vaishna. 'Lokame Tharavadu': Birthing an art ecosystem in Kerala. The Hindu. 4 September 2021.
- 14.1X1 at Abu Dhabi Virtual Art Fair 2020. Islamic Arts Magazine.
- 15.Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997.
- 16.O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000.
- 17.[Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001]
- 18.Calendar - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 19.Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006.
- 20.Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007.
- 21.NFDC: Cinemas of india. www.nfdcindia.com.
- 22.10th Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema: The Grand Finale. Dear Cinema.
- 23.Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany
- 24.SAIFF 2018.
- 25.5 Kerala State Film Awards.
- 26.A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India
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