

2009 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Director - Pazhassi Raja.1993 - National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Sargam.1995 - National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues - Parinayam.2009 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam - Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja.( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. It was to be produced by Gokulam Gopalan, but the project was later shelved. Vasudevan Nair, which was an adaptation of his novel of the same name. Later in 2011, he announced another historical film titled Randamoozham with Mohanlal in the lead role and written by M.

It is based on the life of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, the first revolter against the British East India Company. Īpart from these recognitions he has also won Filmfare and Ramu Kariat Awards for his works on multiple occasions. Ennu Swantham Janakikutty was the inaugural film at the Korean film festival (2000), and it also took part in the London film festival (2000). 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. The film also received special honor at the Fukuoka and Swiss film festivals. In 1993, Sargam won him the Kerala State Award for Best Director and also National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. He has also been honored with a Diploma by the Pyongyang Film Festival of North Korea for Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha.

His films such as Valarthumrugangal, Panchagni, Nakhakshathangal, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Sargam, Parinayam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty have entered the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival. In 1979 another movie Sarapanjaram was released with Jayan and Sheela.

His 1976 movie Panchami gave first major break to Jayan as an actor in malayalam cinema. He directed two major films in Actor Jayan's career. Babumon was one of his box office hit movies of the black and white era. His first film Ladies Hostel was released in 1973, following which a lot of films with Prem Nazir and Madhu were released. He entered the Malayalam film industry in 1965 working as an assistant director under film director M. Thomas College, Thrissur and Universal Arts College, Kozhikode.
