Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Bharathan and K G George, in the 1980s.
11 Facts About Padmarajan
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Padmarajan won the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award in 1972 for his novel Nakshathrangale Kaval.
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Padmarajan made his directorial debut in 1979 with Peruvazhiyambalam which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.
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Padmarajan won his second National Award in 1986 with Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam.
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Padmarajan had won six Kerala State Film Awards which includes two awards for Best Story in 1978,1979 and two awards for Best Screenplay in 1984 and 1986.
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Padmarajan was born on 23 May 1945 in Muthukulam near Haripad in Alappuzha, which was then under the princely state of Travancore.
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Padmarajan then joined All India Radio, Trichur, starting as a programme announcer, and later settled at Poojappura, Trivandrum; he would remain at All India Radio until 1986 when his involvement in films prompted him to retire voluntarily.
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Padmarajan's next directed Oridathoru Phayalvaan in 1981.
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Padmarajan won the second National Award with Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam in 1985.
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Padmarajan's characters are portrayed with sensitivity and intensity on the screen.
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Padmarajan died suddenly at Hotel Paramount Towers in Calicut in the early hours of 24 January 1991, while he was visiting a cinema playing his last film Njan Gandharvan.