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Jayan K. Cherian is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor American
Jayan K. Cherian (Malayalam: ജയന് കെ. ചെറിയാന് ) is an Indian poet filmmaker who lives in New York, US. He used to write in Malayalam (under the name Jayan KC) and English languages. His documentary film Shape of the Shapeless got wide popularity on Many film festivals like International festival circuit, The International Film Festival of South Africa, as well as several festivals in North America. It won the Silver Jury Prize at the San Francisco Short Film Festival 2010, the Eastman Kodak award for Best Cinematography, and City Visions 2010 award for Best Documentary.
Graduated with honors from Hunter College, BA in Film and Creative Writing and MFA from The City College of New York in Writing Directing Film, and Cinematography. Pappilio Buddha (2012) is his debut feature film and he made several experimental documentaries and narrative shorts such as: Shape of the Shapeless (2010) Love in the Time of Foreclosure (2009), Hidden Things (2009), Soul of Solomon (2008), Capturing the Signs of God (2008), Holy Mass (2007), Tree of Life (2007), Simulacra the Reality of the Unreal (2007), The Inner Silence of the Tumult (2007), Hid-entity (2007), and Tandava the Dance of Dissolution(2006).
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Jayan K. Cherian
Birth name Jayan K. Cherian
Nationality USA
Birth at Muvattupuzha (Inde)
Awards Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Nationality USA
Birth at Muvattupuzha (Inde)
Awards Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Graduated with honors from Hunter College, BA in Film and Creative Writing and MFA from The City College of New York in Writing Directing Film, and Cinematography. Pappilio Buddha (2012) is his debut feature film and he made several experimental documentaries and narrative shorts such as: Shape of the Shapeless (2010) Love in the Time of Foreclosure (2009), Hidden Things (2009), Soul of Solomon (2008), Capturing the Signs of God (2008), Holy Mass (2007), Tree of Life (2007), Simulacra the Reality of the Unreal (2007), The Inner Silence of the Tumult (2007), Hid-entity (2007), and Tandava the Dance of Dissolution(2006).
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Filmography of Jayan K. Cherian (1 films)
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Papilio Buddha (2013)
, 1h48Directed by Jayan K. Cherian
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Padmapriya, S.P.Sreekumar, Prakash Bare, Saritha, Antony Thekkek
Rating72%
The film unfolds in fictional space, in a Dalit settlement called Meppara. It explores the life of a group of displaced Dalits in the Western Ghats of India and probes the new identity politics based on Ambedkarism, gaining momentum among the Dalits in the region, in the milieu of an ongoing land struggle. A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression. The on-screen happenings are from the perspective of a youth Sankaran, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) dropout, whose insecurity and reticence are in stark contrast to the deep-rooted faith and conviction of his father Kandal Kariyan.
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Papilio Buddha (2013)
, 1h48Directed by Jayan K. Cherian
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Padmapriya, S.P.Sreekumar, Prakash Bare, Saritha, Antony Thekkek
Rating72%
The film unfolds in fictional space, in a Dalit settlement called Meppara. It explores the life of a group of displaced Dalits in the Western Ghats of India and probes the new identity politics based on Ambedkarism, gaining momentum among the Dalits in the region, in the milieu of an ongoing land struggle. A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression. The on-screen happenings are from the perspective of a youth Sankaran, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) dropout, whose insecurity and reticence are in stark contrast to the deep-rooted faith and conviction of his father Kandal Kariyan.
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Papilio Buddha (2013)
, 1h48Directed by Jayan K. Cherian
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Padmapriya, S.P.Sreekumar, Prakash Bare, Saritha, Antony Thekkek
Rating72%
The film unfolds in fictional space, in a Dalit settlement called Meppara. It explores the life of a group of displaced Dalits in the Western Ghats of India and probes the new identity politics based on Ambedkarism, gaining momentum among the Dalits in the region, in the milieu of an ongoing land struggle. A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression. The on-screen happenings are from the perspective of a youth Sankaran, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) dropout, whose insecurity and reticence are in stark contrast to the deep-rooted faith and conviction of his father Kandal Kariyan.