M. P. Sukumaran Nair is an Indian film director and producer, working in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

film industry. He is an alumnus of the

Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. ...

. He has won both national and Kerala state film awards, multiple times, and is considered one of the prominent Malayalam filmmakers. He produced and directed Aparahnam (1991), Kazhakam (1995), Shayanam (2000),

Drishtantham ''Drishtantham'' () is a 2006 Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé dist ...

(2006), Raamanam (2009), and Jalaamsham (2017). His films won two National Awards for the best film in Malayalam: Shayanam in 2000, and Drishtantham in 2006. Kazhakam and Drishtantham also won the Best Film award at the

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

. Aparahnam and Raamanam won the award for second best film. Nair won the best screenplay award for Shayanam in 2000.

Urvashi Urvashi (, ) is the most prominent apsara mentioned in the Hindu scriptures like the ''Vedas'', the epics ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata'', as well as the ''Puranas''. She is regarded as the most beautiful of all the apsaras, and an expert danc ...

got the award for the best actress at the

for Kazhakam in 1995.

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