Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Allapuzha) is an Indian film maker and artist, known for his films, paintings and art installations. His film, Bioscope has received several awards.

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Madhusudhanan
Madhusudhanan at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014-2015
Born	Alapuzha Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director, painter
Awards	l Jury Award for Direction (Kerala State Film Awards) Special Jury Award (National Film Awards)

Biography

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala.[1] He studied Painting at Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat. He lives in his home state of Kerala.[1]

Exhibitions

• 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015[2]
• Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015[3]
• Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016[4]
• Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016[5][6]

Filmography

• Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997[7]
• O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000[8]
• Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001[9]
• History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006[10]
• Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006[11]
• Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007[12]
• Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008[13]

Awards and recognition

Self Portrait, 2001[14]

• Best Film, Thessaloniki Festival, Greece

• Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York

History is a Silent Film, 2006[14]

• Outstanding Film from International Festivals, MoMA, New York

Bioscope, 2008[14] Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film[15] Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany[16] Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York[17] 5 Kerala State Film Awards[18]

o Special Jury Award for Direction

o Best Cinematography

o Best Editing

o Best Background Score

o Best Film Processing Lab

Special Jury Award, National Film Awards[19]

Books and articles

• On Bioscope: Rhythm of Light, Malayalam, Dr. V. Sanil

• The Gaze of Cinema, Malayalam, Dr. K. Gopinathan

• K.M. Madhusudhanan’s Bioscope, English, Shekhar Deshpande

• Scholars Watching Elephant, English, Leo Bankersen

• Bioscope Script, Malayalam, Published by Mathrubhoomi Books

•• A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India[20]

References

External links

• Official website of K.M. Madhusudhanan
• Official website of K.M. Madhusudhanan's first feature film Bioscope