Hariharan (director)

Hariharan
Hariharan
	Hariharan in 2011
Born	Thamarassery,Kozhikode district
Occupation	Director
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Bhavani
Children	3

Hariharan is an Indian film director who has directed over 50 Malayalam films.^[1] His movies mainly revolve around the cultural and relational aspects of a typical Keralite society. His most notable works include Sharapancharam (1979), Panchagni (1986), Idavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha (1979), Amrutham Gamaya (1987), Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Sargam (1992), Parinayam (1994) and Pazhassi Raja (2009) which has won him wide critical acclaim.^[2]^[3]^[4] In 2019, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Hariharan studied at St. Thomas College, Thrissur and Universal Arts College, Kozhikode.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). His next film, Parinayam, won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues and took part in about seven film festivals across the world. Ennu Swantham Janakikutty was the inaugural film at the Korean film festival (2000), and it also took part in the London film festival (2000).^{[citation needed]}

Apart from these recognitions he has also won Filmfare and Ramu Kariat Awards for his works on multiple occasions. In 2009, he made Pazhassi Raja. It is based on the life of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, the first revolter against the British East India Company. It was written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Later in 2011, he announced another historical film titled Randamoozham with Mohanlal in the lead role and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, which was an adaptation of his novel of the same name. It was to be produced by Gokulam Gopalan, but the project was later shelved.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Script
1973	Ladies Hostel
1974	Ayalathe Sundari
1974	Rajahamsam
1974	Bhoomidevi Pushpiniyayi
1974	College Girl
1975	Babumon
1975	Love Marriage
1975	Madhurappathinezhu
1976	Ammini Ammaavan
1976	Panchami (film)
1976	Rajayogam	P. Balakrishnan
1976	Themmadi Velappan
1977	Ivanente Priyaputhran
1977	Sangamam
1977	Sujatha
1977	Tholkan Enikku Manassilla
1978	Kudumbam Namukku Sreekovil
1978	Adimakkachavadam
1978	Snehathinte Mukhangal
1978	Yagaswam
1979	Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1980	Lava	S. L Puram
1980	Muthuchippikal
1981	Poocha Sanyasi
1981	Valarthumrugangal	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1981	Sreeman Sreemathi
1982	Anuraagakkodathi
1982	Anguram
1983	Evideyo Oru Shathru	Unreleased
1983	Varanmaare Aavashyamundu
1984	Poomadathe Pennu
1984	Vellam
1984	Vikatakavi
1986	Panchagni	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1986	Nakhakshathangal	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1986	Anjaam	Remake of Sharapanjaram
1987	Amrutham Gamaya	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1987	Mangai Oru Gangai (Tamil)
1987	Njanum Neeyum
1988	Aranyakam	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1989	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1990	Oliyambukal	Dennis Joseph
1992	Sargam	Chovallur Krishnan Kutty
1994	Parinayam	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1998	Ennu Swantham Janakikutty	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1999	Prem Poojari	P. Balakrishnan
2005	Mayookham	Hariharan
2009	Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2013	Ezhamathe Varavu	M. T. Vasudevan Nair

Awards

National Film Awards:

2009 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam - Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
1995 - National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues - Parinayam
1993 - National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Sargam

Kerala State Film Awards:

2009 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Director - Pazhassi Raja
1994 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Film - Parinayam
1992 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Director - Sargam
1989 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha
1979 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Idavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha

Filmfare Awards:

2009 - Best Director - Pazhassi Raja^[6]
1994 - Best Director - Parinayam
1986 - Best Director - Panchagni
2019 - Filmfare Award for Lifetime Achievement

Other awards

2019 - J. C. Daniel award
2012 - Prem Nazir Award^[7]
1993 - V. Shantaram Award

References

^ "'പഴശ്ശിരാജ'യുടെ പടനായകന്‍". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
^ "Malayalam cinema's quality declining: Hariharan". The Times of India. 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
^ "Hariharan - Shaji N. Karun to team up". Screen. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
^ "'Pazhassi Raja' reigns supreme". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
^ Kumar, P. K. Ajith (10 November 2011). "Bheema's outing". The Hindu.
^ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "Prem Nazir Award for Hariharan". Madhyamam. 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012.

External links

[1] "'പഴശ്ശിരാജ'യുടെ പടനായകന്‍". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

[2] "Malayalam cinema's quality declining: Hariharan". The Times of India. 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

[3] "Hariharan - Shaji N. Karun to team up". Screen. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

[4] "'Pazhassi Raja' reigns supreme". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

[5] Kumar, P. K. Ajith (10 November 2011). "Bheema's outing". The Hindu.

[6] "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[7] "Prem Nazir Award for Hariharan". Madhyamam. 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012.

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v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
1969–1980	A. Vincent (1969) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1970-1972) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1973) G. Aravindan (1974) P. A. Backer (1975) T. Rajeevnath (1976) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1977) G. Aravindan (1978-1979) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1980)
1981–2000	G. Aravindan (1981) Bharathan (1982) Fazil (1983) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) G. Aravindan (1985-1986) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987) K. P. Kumaran (1988) I. V. Sasi (1989) G. Aravindan (1990) Kamal (1991) Hariharan (1992) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1993) Shaji N. Karun (1994) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1995) Jayaraj (1996) T. V. Chandran (1997) Shyamaprasad (1998) Shaji N. Karun (1999) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2000)
2001–2020	T. V. Chandran (2001) Sibi Malayil (2003) Shyamaprasad (2004) Blessy (2005) Lenin Rajendran (2006) M. G. Sasi (2007) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2008) Hariharan (2009) Shyamaprasad (2010) Blessy (2011) Lal Jose (2012) Shyamaprasad (2013) Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (2014) Martin Prakkat (2015) Vidhu Vincent (2016) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2017) Shyamaprasad (2018) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2019) Sidhartha Siva (2020)
2021–present	Dileesh Pothan (2021) Mahesh Narayanan (2022)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Director
1972–1990	K. S. Sethumadhavan (1972) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1973) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1974) Bharathan (1975) Sreekumaran Thampi (1976) I. V. Sasi (1977) I. V. Sasi (1978) Bharathan (1979) Bharathan (1980) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) Balachandra Menon (1983) Bharathan (1984) Balu Mahendra (1985) Hariharan (1986) Pratap Pothen (1987) Padmarajan (1988) (1989) Bhadran (1990)
1991–2010	Sibi Malayil (1991) Sibi Malayil (1992) Shaji Kailas (1993) Hariharan (1994) Bhadran (1995) Sathyan Anthikad (1996) Jayaraj (1997) Sreenivasan (1998) Shyamaprasad (1999) Jayaraj (2000) Vinayan (2001) Lal Jose (2002) Sathyan Anthikad (2003) Blessy (2004) Blessy (2005) Rosshan Andrrews (2006) Babu Thiruvalla (2007) Ranjith (2008) Hariharan (2009) Ranjith (2010)
2011–present	Blessy (2011) Lal Jose (2012) Shyamaprasad (2013) Anjali Menon (2014) R. S. Vimal (2015) Dileesh Pothan (2016) Dileesh Pothan (2017) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2018) Senna Hegde (2022)