13 Facts About Vidhu Vincent

Vidhu Vincent is an Indian film director, writer, journalist and theatre activist from Kerala.

Vidhu Vincent made her feature film debut with the Malayalam film Manhole, which won her that year's Kerala State Film Award for Best Director.

Vidhu Vincent's reporting about Sand mining in Kerala, Endosulfan victims in Kasaragod and attack on women had generated widespread discussion in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and among general public in the State.

Vidhu Vincent was a reporter with Asianet News when Muthanga incident took place in 2003, and she left her job and joined the movement.

Vidhu Vincent was later arrested by the police for participating in Muthanga agitations.

Vidhu Vincent took a break from her career to pursue degrees in Master of Social Work and Master of Arts before joining to daily journalism with a long reporting essay on "Society and Insurgency in Manipur, India" in 2014.

In 2010, Vidhu Vincent became the first President of Penkoottu, an organization which highlights the plight of women employees in the unorganized sector.

Vidhu Vincent has made a telefilm, Nadakaanthyam, in 2015 for MediaOne TV.

Vidhu Vincent published a travelogue based on her travel to Germany in a graphic series on Nazism in a Malayalam weekly.

Vidhu Vincent adapted her award-winning documentary into a feature film by making her directorial debut with Manhole.

Vidhu Vincent became the first woman from Kerala to have a film screened in the history of the festival.

In 2017, Vidhu Vincent was bestowed upon with the Best Director Award at the 47th Kerala State Film Awards, and became the first woman to win a State Award in the category.

Vidhu Vincent received the 2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue for her work Daivam Olivil Poya Naalukal.