CPI(M) condemns Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s position that would-be filmmakers from marginalised sections and women require intense training

[ad_1] Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has condemned award-winning director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s purported statement at a government-sponsored film conclave on Saturday that aspirant filmmakers hailing from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities, and also women, require at least “three weeks […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s remarks on Kerala govt project for SC/ST filmmakers kick up a storm, complaint filed against him

[ad_1] Adoor Gopalakrishnan (file) Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s controversial statements at the Kerala Film Policy Conclave on the Kerala government’s project to promote filmmakers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities and the one for women filmmakers, kicked up a storm on Monday (August 4, 2025), with Ministers, Dalit activists and filmmakers criticising him […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan courts controversy at Kerala Film Policy Conclave, Minister counters him

[ad_1] Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Photo Credit: File The closing ceremony of the Kerala Film Policy Conclave in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday witnessed some dramatic moments when veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan made some controversial statements on the State government’s project to promote filmmakers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and the one for women filmmakers, with […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan resigns as Chairman of the K.R. Narayanan film institute

[ad_1] Adoor Gopalakrishnan addressing a media conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday | Photo Credit: MAHINSHA S Bringing the curtains down on a long drawn-out season of controversy at the K.R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, Kottayam, filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan stepped down as the Chairman of the institute, which has been at the […]

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Adoor Gopalakrishnan: You cannot think of cinema as a timepass

[ad_1] The tumultuous bus journey that a young couple took in 1972 continues to captivate audiences. ‘Swayamvaram’ remains relevant even 50 years after it first hit the screens and auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan continues to deftly unravel the complexity of human relationships on screen. In Delhi to attend a rare commemorative retrospective of his select films organised to […]

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You cannot think of cinema as a timepass: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

[ad_1] The tumultuous bus journey that a young couple took in 1972 continues to captivate audiences. Swayamvaram remains relevant even 50 years after it first hit the screens and auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan continues to deftly unravel the complexity of human relationships on screen. In Delhi to attend a rare commemorative retrospective of his select films organised to […]

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Kerala’s enduring fascination for legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard

[ad_1] International Film Festival of Kerala conferred on the director Lifetime Achievement award in 2021 International Film Festival of Kerala conferred on the director Lifetime Achievement award in 2021 Film buffs in Kerala will have their own personal favourites to pick from the extensive oeuvre of legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard who passed away on […]

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