R. Sukumaran is an Indian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
.
Sukumaran's entry into film-making was incidental. While on an exhibition in
Germany
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, he was invited to make a movie and thus began his work as a director. His first movie was ''
Paadha Mudra'' which was both critically and commercially successful. The movie explored the father-son relationship. This was followed by ''
Rajashilpi
''Rajashilpi'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by R. Sukumaran, starring Mohanlal and Bhanupriya. The plot is a re-telling of the legend about lord Shiva and goddess Sati who was later reborn as goddess Par ...
'' which bordered on the realms of fantasy. ''
Yugapurushan
''Yugapurushan'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language film about the life and times of Sree Narayana Guru. The movie is directed by R. Sukumaran. It has an ensemble cast led by Mammootty, Thalaivasal Vijay and Siddique.
Production
The film w ...
'', released in February 2010, had been in the making for over fifteen years.
Though Sukumaran has made few films, they were "enough to establish him as a filmmaker worth reckoning" with and to give him a reputation in Malayalam cinema.
He studied painting and mastered water color as well as oil color under Artist Mouttathu K Raman Unnitha
(Medayil Bungalow)at Pallickal, Nooranadu in a gurukula sampradaya for several years.
Filmography
* ''
Paadha Mudra'' (1988)
* ''
Rajashilpi
''Rajashilpi'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by R. Sukumaran, starring Mohanlal and Bhanupriya. The plot is a re-telling of the legend about lord Shiva and goddess Sati who was later reborn as goddess Par ...
'' (1992)
* ''
Yugapurushan
''Yugapurushan'' is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language film about the life and times of Sree Narayana Guru. The movie is directed by R. Sukumaran. It has an ensemble cast led by Mammootty, Thalaivasal Vijay and Siddique.
Production
The film w ...
'' (2010)
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Malayalam screenwriters
Malayalam film directors
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