Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director script writer and producer Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 80s His first film Swayamvaram 1972 pioneered the new wave cinema movement in Kerala One of the most celebrated directors in the history of Indian cinema he has won 16 National Film Awards 17 Kerala State Film Awards and several international film awards For his 1981 directorial venture Elippathayam he was conferred the prestigious British Film Institute Award Gopalakrishnan received the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006 In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award Indias highest award in the field of cinema Gopalakrishnans works often depict the society and culture of his native state Kerala and deal with social and psychological themes