V R Gopinath

VR GOPINATH won 3 National Awards ,5 International Awards & 4 Kerala State Awards as Director/ Producer( both for Feature & Documentary making) as on 2/2/2020.. Awards/ Recognition received as Director, for the feature films - 1. GREESHMAM-(Malayalam/ 120 Min/ Cinemascope/ India/ 1980) (Selection in INDIAN PANORAMA, International Film Festival of India- New Delhi/ 1981) Selection in ''Directors' Fortnite '' in Berlin Film Festival 1981, in Indian Film Weeks at USSR, Egypt etc 2. ORU MAY MAASA PULARIYIL- (Malayalam/ 135 Min/ Cinemascope/ India/ 1987) Selection in INDIAN PANORAMA, Filimotsav 1988, Trivandrum, Kerala State Merit Certificate in Alexandria International Film Festival, Egypt in 1988 Selected for participation 5 other International Film Festivals. 3. UNNIKUTTANU JOLI KITTI- (Malayalam/ 135 Min/ Cinemascope/ India/ 1989-90) National Awards for Director & Producer ( V R Gopinath) for the Best Feature Film with Social Relevance 1990 Received from the Honorable President of India. Recommended for the preview of Indian Parliament Members by the Central Board of Film Certification, Govt. of India. Selected for participation in several International Film Festivals in India & Overseas. 4. POOTHIRUVATHIRA RAAVIL- (Malayalam/ 120 Min/ Cinemascope/ India/ 1997-98) Kerala State Awards for Best Story and Second Best Film 1998 Selected for Several International Film Festivals in India & Overseas. 5. OUR LADY OF LOURDES (English/ 100 Min/ Cinemascope/ India/ 2006-07) Award for the Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival at the American University, Sharjah 2007, Award for the Second Best Feature film at Niepokalanow, Polond, 2009, Honorable Mention at Accolade Film Festival California, 2008, Recognition at Milan, Italy, 2010 6. DEVASPARSAM (The Divine Touch) (Malayalam/ 135 Mins/ Cinemascope/ India/ 2017-18) Selected for Several International Film Festivals in India & Overseas. Awards/ Recognition received as Director, for the Documentary films - 1. KOODUTHAL PAAL VENAMENKIL- (Malayalam/ 20 Mins/ India/ 1983) National Awards for the Producer & Director for the Best Educational/ Instructional Documentary 1984 Presented by the Hon President of India 2. MANNINTE MAKKAL- (Malayalam/ 20 Mins/ India/ 1984) Special Jury Prize (Ritwik Ghatak Memorail Award) at The International Short Film Festival Calcutta, 1985 held by the Federation of Film Societies of India under the Chairmanship of Sri. Satyajith Ray. Kerala State Award for Best Documentary 1985 3. CHITHRASMRITHI- (75 years of Malayalam Cinema/ 2004) Selected in INDIAN PANORAMA 2005/ Goa 4. THE GREATER COCHIN- (Malayalam & English/ 20 Mins/India/ 1980 ) Kerala State Award for the Best Documentary 1981 5. STORY OF A REVOLUTION (Malayalam & English/ 20 Mins/INDIA 1983) Kerala State Special Award 1983 Professionallly trained at The Film and Television Instititute of India, Pune under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India in Film Making and Television Production He has Scripted and Directed more than 150 Documentaries on various topics (ie, Information/ Eduacational/ Motivational/ Instructional/ Anthropological/ Scientific/Social Issues and Biographical) Still active in Documentary Film Making. Served in the Board of Studies of PG Course on Audio Visual Communication, University of Calicut/ Served as the Course Director on Film & Television Orientaiton for the School of Drama, Thrissur, Kerala Eminent Film makers- Syama Prasad, Renjith, V K Prakash, Pramod Payyanur, Actors - Murali Menon, Prem Kumar, Mukundan, Kukku Paramenswaran, Murukan, Reghoothaman TV Producers - P K Venugopal, Sivanandan, Dileep, Ramesh Kumar, Madanan etc are his students. Served as Film Officer, Studio Manager and Managing Director of Kerala State Film Development Corporation (A Public Sector Company under the Govt of Kerala) Served as Advisory panel Member of Central Board of Film Certification, Govt of India Served as Jury in Indian Panorama Selection of International Film Festival of India (1984, 1992, 1996, 2005/ as Jury in Kerala State Film Awards 1996/ as Selection committee Chairman IFFK 2004