Dr. G. Prabha is a retired professor of Sanskrit,
writer
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,
film-maker
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and former journalist based in
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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, India.
Life and career
He started his career as a journalist but soon switched to teaching. He worked in Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura (Kerala), St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi (Tamil Nadu) and
Loyola College,
Chennai
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, from where he retired in 2014 as Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Department of Oriental Languages.
Prabha wrote and directed
Ishti',
the first film in Sanskrit with a social theme. It won critical acclaim at several film festivals. He has also filmed two documentaries
Agnaye and
AkkithamAgnaye produced by Shri AV Anoop of
AVA Productions
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Malaya ...
, captures every aspect of an Athirathram or Agni Yagam. The documentary Akkitham is about the famous Malayalam poet Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri. He has also authored two short story collections, two non-fiction books, 26 important research paper, and numerous articles.
Education
Dr. G. Prabha holds a Doctorate in Sanskrit, conferred by the University of Madras in the year 2001.
Movie
Ishti (English: Search for the Self), is a
Sanskrit
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film, directed b
Dr. G. Prabhafeatures thespian
Nedumudi Venu
Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in M ...
and newcomer Athira Patel in key roles. "Ishti" literally means search for self, yaga, etc. The film is the first in Sanskrit with a social theme.
Ishti, is written, scripted, produced and directed by Dr. Prabha Gopala Pillai, a Sanskrit professor and a doctorate holder in Sanskrit. Ishti is not the country's first Sanskrit film. But it certainly is th
first one to deal with a social theme
Dr. Prabha is presently directing his second Sanskrit movie 'Taya'
Awards and honors
* First Directorial Feature Fil
Ishtibecame th
film, of the Indian Panorama in the feature film section of the IFFI Goa 2016
1st Best Documentary Film 2014award
for the documentary Agnaye by National Academy of Cinema and Television, Bangalore (2014)
* Dr. T.N. Anathakrishnan Research award for the year 1998-1999
* Dr. T.N. Anathakrishnan Research award for the year 2012-2013 (Second Time)
* Best Director award for the documentary film Akkitham by Kerala Audience Council, Thrissur (2010)
* Best Director award for the documentary film Akkitham by Dakshina Film Festival, Chennai (2011)
* Special Jury award for Best documentary Akkitham by Dakshina Film Festival, Chennai (2011)
References
Links
The Hindu Friday Review - Dr. G. Prabha at the sets of his directorial debut IshtiDr. G. Prabha captures a documentary film on Akkitham#
Ishti (film)
Dr. G Prabha and IshtiShevlin SebastianRites and wrongsFight against patriarchyG. Prabha’s Sanskrit film Ishti pits the feminine spirit against patriarchy. http://www.frontline.in/arts-and-culture/cinema/fight-against-patriarchy/article9103842.ece …pic.twitter.com/KuEFn1s4ck# [http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/sanskrit-film-ishti-to-open-indian-panorama-section-of-iffi/article_6b1bc042-a05c-11e6-88e5-977277e2d3a1.html Sanskrit Film ‘Ishti’ to Open Indian Panorama Section of IFFI 2016]
A cultural trip in search of Vedic rituals , Chennai News - Times of India, , Agnaye
Know ThyselfVisual poetry#
ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/on-the-sanskrit-film-ishti/article7891731.ece Spotlight on orthodoxySanskrit film 'Ishti' opens Indian Panorama at IFFI , Video
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Living people
Indian schoolteachers
Indian Sanskrit scholars
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of Loyola College, Chennai