B. Unnikrishnan

B Unnikrishnan born Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran Pillai 14 August 1970 is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema1 After completing his post graduation in English Literature he took M Phil from Mahatma Gandhi University with first rank in 1991 He started publishing his writings on literature politics and culture during the early 1990s He along with V C Haris edited a series of books on postmodernism which was published by DC Books He started his career as a screenwriter in 2000 by writing Jalamarmaram which won him the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Screenplay in 2000 This was followed by Cover Story 2000 and two films directed by Shaji KailasShivam 2002 and The Tiger 2005 He directed his first film Smart City in 2006 He continued directing films such as Madambi and Grandmaster Unnikrishnan is involved in organisational activities in Malayalam cinema and was the General Secretary of Film Employees Federation of Kerala FEFKA for a long timequantify before resigning from the federation His resignation was rejected by the General Council of FEFKA who asked him to continue till the next election in 2013 In 2013 the newly elected General Council of FEFKA unanimously reelected him as General Secretary Unnikrishnan is a member of the advisory committee of Cine Workers Welfare Board and the director of Saamskaarika Khemanidhi in Kerala In January 2014 at the National Conference of All India Film Employees Confederation AIFEC in Mumbai he was unanimously elected as the General Secretary He became the first Keralite elected to this venerable post