Shyamaprasad
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| Born | 7 November 1960 Palakkad, Kerala, India |
| Residence | Kuravankonam, Trivandrum, |
| Occupation | Film director,Actor producer, screenwriter, Writer. |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Sheeba |
| Children | Vishnu, Sivakami |
| Parent(s) | O. Rajagopal and Dr. Shantha Kumari |
| Awards |
Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Award for Agnisakshi (1998 for best director) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Director Kerala State Film Award for Best Film Filmfare Award for Best Director(Malayalam), Asianet Film Award for Best Director |
Shyamaprasad (born 1960 in Kerala, India) is an Indian film director.
Shyamaprasad was born on 7 November 1960 at Palakkad, as the younger son of the veteran BJP politician O. Rajagopal and late Dr. Santhakumari. He has an elder brother named Vivekanand. After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, Calicut University, Shyamaprasad received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Master in Media Production at the Hull University, England. He worked as an intern at the BBC and Channel 4, to Indian television and redefined the parameters of telefilms and documentaries in Malayalam Television with Doordarshan. He continues to push the frontiers of television in his creative role currently serves as the President (Programming), Amrita TV.
His features for TV and cinema have won him several national and state awards namely Agnisakshi and Akale, produced by Tom George Kolath, had been adjudged the best regional cinema films of the nation in 1998 and 2004. These films also swept as many as nine state awards in all major technical categories including the award for Best Director.
For television, he has adapted the works of Anton Chekhov (Vivahalochana); Albert Camus (The Just); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Viswavikhyathamaya Mookku); Madhavikkutty (Venalinte Ozhivu); N Mohanan (Peruvazhiyile Kariyilakal); Sarah Joseph (Nilavariyunnu), N. P. Mohammed (Ullurukkam) and K. Radhakrishnan (Shamanathalam). He was awarded the Best Television Director prize for the year 1993, 1994, and 1996.
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