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M. T. Vasudevan Nair is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 15 july 1933
Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam: മാടത്ത് തെക്കേപ്പാട്ട് വാസുദേവന് നായര്; born 15 July 1933), popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad district (Palghat), which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj. He is one of the most prolific and versatile writers in modern Malayalam literature. Most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture and many of them were path-breaking in the history of Malayalam literature. His three seminal novels on life in the matriarchal family in Kerala are Naalukettu (The Legacy), Asuravithu (The Demon Seed), and Kaalam (Time). In 2005, India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan was awarded to him. He was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. His novel Randamoozham (The Second Turn) is widely credited as his masterpiece.
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Nationality Inde
Birth 15 july 1933 (91 years)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Birth 15 july 1933 (91 years)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
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Filmography of M. T. Vasudevan Nair (63 films)
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Thakazhi (1998)
, 57minutesDirected by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Director
Oru Cheru Punchiri (2000)
, 1h29Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films
Actors Oduvil Unnikrishnan, P. K. Venukuttan Nair, Lena
Rating82%
Oru Cheru Punchiri tells the story of a retired estate manager Krishna Kuruppu (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) in his mid seventies and his wife Ammalukutty (Nirmala Sreenivasan) in her mid sixties continuing their married life in a honeymoon mood. This couple wake up to romantic mornings dense with sweet herbal aroma with the melodious music of birds as the background. They spend their time engaged in games of mischief and even some social activities that they could manage. They make it clear that they would never surrender to the plea of their children coated in love, to sell the ancestral property in the village and move to the city with them. They are happy doing agriculture in the land they own. They have some good neighbours in Janu (Roslyn), her daughter Malathi (sindhu) and helper-boy Kannan (Master Vignesh). Krishna Kuruppu was instrumental in Janu getting a sweeper's job in the Urban bank there. He also sponsors for Kannan's education. Krishna Kuruppu helps Bhaskaran (Jayakrishnan) get a job in the estate he worked. He also arranges the marriage of Bhaskaran and Malathi. He also supports the love affair of his granddaughter Beena (Lena) with a Muslim youth.
Thakazhi (1998)
, 57minutesDirected by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Kadavu (1991)
, 1h44Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Drama
Actors Balan K. Nair, Kunjandi, Thilakan, Monisha Unni, Biyon, Murali
Rating70%
Deserted by his mother, teenaged Raju is adopted by Beeranikka, a Muslim ferryman. Raju soon starts accompanying Beeranikka in ferrying people. One day, he meets a young girl who is returning to her native town Kozhikode after the death of her mother. The girl invites Raju to Kozhikode where she would be staying with her father and uncle. Not interested in leaving the ferrying job, Raju rejects the invitation. A few days later, he finds himself in possession of an ornament which he thinks belongs to the girl. He travels to Kozhikode to return the ornament and finds the girl after many days of search. The girl does not recognise Raju and says the ornament does not belong to her. Disheartened, Raju returns to the ferry.
Manju (1983)
Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Actors Nanditha Bose, Kalpana, Dinesh Thakur
Set in Nainital, Manju is about Vimala Devi, a teacher in a boarding school, waits in hope for the winter of her discontent to vanish. Another important character is Buddhu, who waits for his Englishman father to return to Nainital. Loneliness and endless waiting are recurring motifs in the film.
Vaarikuzhi (1981)
Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Actors Shubha, Sukumaran, Nedumudi Venu, Sankaradi, Kuttyedathi Vilasini
Bandhanam (1978)
Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Actors Shobha, Sukumaran, Sankaradi, Shubha, Nilambur Balan, Janardhanan
Unnikrishnan (Sukumaran) works as clerk in the city. He leads an aimless life spending his evenings drinking and nights in a budget lodge. His colleague Sarojini (Shubha ) has feelings for Unnikrishnan. Though Unnikrishnan reciprocates the feelings, he fails to express it to her.
Nirmalyam (1973)
Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors P. J. Antony, Sukumaran, Ravi Menon, Sumithra, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Sankaradi
Rating78%
Nirmalyam (1973)
, 2h14Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors P. J. Antony, Santha Devi, Sumithra, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Kaviyoor Ponnnamma, Sukumaran
Rating78%
The movie revolves around a neglected temple and the people dependent on the temple. P. J. Antony (Velichapdu or oracle) is the caretaker of the temple. The Velichapadu's wife Narayani (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) runs the household with the meager income from temple. His son Appu (Sukumaran) is educated but is unemployed as a result he loses faith in the temple and goddess. Velcihapadu's daughter Ammini helps him in temple rituals. The temple priest quits and starts a tea shop. A new priest from neighboring village Brahmadattan Nambothiri (Ravi Menon) now takes care of the temple. He is eager to get a government job as his situation at home is not good and younger sisters not yet married. He seduces Ammini, daughter of Velichapdu and leaves the village. Because of extreme poverty Velichapdu starts to beg. One day his son Appu tries to sell the holy sword to a pawn seller and Velichapadu finds it. He asks his son Appu to leave the house immediately.
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Ezhamathe Varavu (2013)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Indrajith Sukumaran, Karthika Menon, Vineeth, Vinu Mohan, Suresh Krishna, Nandalal Krishnamurthy
Rating59%
Set in the forests of Wayanad, Ezhamathe Varavu is a multilayered story that delineates the link between man and nature. It revolves around three principal characters — a planter, his wife and his friend. Gopi, a wealthy planter is an Alpha male, a hunter who assumes he knows the jungle and its creatures. Bhavana plays his long-suffering wife, who craves for his company and affection. Into their turbulent marriage comes Vineeth, an archaeologist on a dig in Wayanad. He turns out to be her college beau. Kavitha plays a tribal who introduces Vineeth to the forests and its inhabitants.
Neelathamara (2009)
Directed by Lal Jose
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Archana Kavi, Kaillash, Rima Kallingal, Samvrutha Sunil, Amala Paul, Mullanezhi Neelakandan
Rating60%
Beena (Amala Paul), a program producer with NDTV 24x7, is in her ancestral village for a television program. She wants her fiancé to meet her grandmother, who has just been discharged from hospital. Beena, the daughter of K.P. Haridas, who died a few years back is not in good terms with her mother Ratnam over her second marriage. Ratnam happens to visit the house at the same time. There she meets Kuttimalu, a middle-age lady, who was once a housemaid in her teenage days. Kuttimalu is welcomed by grandmother with the same warmth that she enjoyed long back, and she says that her daughters are now well settled and are leading a happy lives. Ratnam is also affectionate towards Kuttimalu, who had once had an affair with Haridas.
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009)
, 3h20Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Mammootty, Manoj K. Jayan, Kanika, R. Sarathkumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Padmapriya
Rating75%
The film starts in 1796, four years after the occupation of Malabar by the English East India Company and towards the end of the First Pazhassi Revolt (1793–1797). The revolt is led by Kerala Varma (Mammootty), the Raja of Pazassi Palace, of Kottayam house. The exploitation of the native Indian resources by the Company had culminated in popular revolts against its authority across the district. With the help of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja's uncle Kurumbranadu ruler Veeravarma (Thilakan), who is jealous of Pazhassi Raja for his success and influence, and Raja's old companion Pazhayamveedan Chandhu (Suman), the Company act against Pazhassi Raja. This forces Pazhassi Raja to escape to the forests of Wayanad. The tribal force led by Neeli captures Assistant Collector Thomas Hervey Baber (Harry Key) and his fiancée Dora (Linda Arsenio) in the jungle, in spite of his commander's objection. The Raja treats Thomas Baber and Dora as his guest and releases them.
Theerthadanam (2001)
Directed by B. Kannan
Genres Drama
Actors Jayaram, Suhasini Maniratnam, Ponnamma Babu, Sreelatha Namboodiri. B, Monica (a) M. G. Rahima
Rating77%
The story of an old man and his student reunited after 35 years.
Oru Cheru Punchiri (2000)
, 1h29Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films
Actors Oduvil Unnikrishnan, P. K. Venukuttan Nair, Lena
Rating82%
Oru Cheru Punchiri tells the story of a retired estate manager Krishna Kuruppu (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) in his mid seventies and his wife Ammalukutty (Nirmala Sreenivasan) in her mid sixties continuing their married life in a honeymoon mood. This couple wake up to romantic mornings dense with sweet herbal aroma with the melodious music of birds as the background. They spend their time engaged in games of mischief and even some social activities that they could manage. They make it clear that they would never surrender to the plea of their children coated in love, to sell the ancestral property in the village and move to the city with them. They are happy doing agriculture in the land they own. They have some good neighbours in Janu (Roslyn), her daughter Malathi (sindhu) and helper-boy Kannan (Master Vignesh). Krishna Kuruppu was instrumental in Janu getting a sweeper's job in the Urban bank there. He also sponsors for Kannan's education. Krishna Kuruppu helps Bhaskaran (Jayakrishnan) get a job in the estate he worked. He also arranges the marriage of Bhaskaran and Malathi. He also supports the love affair of his granddaughter Beena (Lena) with a Muslim youth.