K. P. Suveeran is a film and drama director from

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

. His first movie ''Byari'' won the National Film Award for Best Film in 2011. This is the first feature film to be made in the Beary language.

Biography

Suveeran is a native of Azhiyur, Kozhikode. After completing his course at the School of Drama, Calicut University, Trichur, and the School of Performing Arts,

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, though he was expelled from the National School of Drama, Delhi in his final year. Recognized as an

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, director and

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, he has to his credit almost thirty plays and four short films which have also received many awards. He has also published articles in leading

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, published many

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and a novelette and translated the plays Yerma, Island and Crime Passional into

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. Suveeran started his career as a director in Malayalam amateur drama, and first came to notice with his plays ''Agni'', and ''Udambadokkolam''. He secured the Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards for three years and the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award in 2011 for his latest drama ''

Ayussinte Pusthakam ''Ayussinte Pusthakam'' (transl. The Book of Passing Shadows) ( ml, ആയുസ്സിന്റെ പുസ്തകം), is a well-known Indian Malayalam language novel by C. V. Balakrishnan. Development Writing Balakrishnan began writi ...

''.

Filmography

* ''Byari'' *''

Mazhayathu ''Mazhayathu'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age family drama film written and directed by Suveeran. Produced under the banner Spellbound Films Inc. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Nikesh Ram, Aparna Gopinath, Na ...

Awards and recognition

* National Film Award for Best Feature Film, India, 2011 - ''Byari'' * SAARC Best Feature Film (Bronze), 2012 - ''Byari'' * Theatre Award, 2011 - ''

'' * Three-time recipient of the Sangeet Natak Academi Award * Recipient of Ladly National Media Award * Bharathan Purasaaram * Drishya Kala Ratna

References

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