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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Writer 85 years old

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Adoor, Travancore, India

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Regarded as one of the most notable filmmakers of India, Gopalakrishnan played a major role in revolutionising Malayalam cinema during the 1970s and 80s. His first film, Swayamvaram (1972), pioneered... Read full bio →

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Nizhalkkuthu

Nizhalkkuthu

Adoor Gopalakrishnan 2002 1h 30m

A hangman questions the moral implications of his job after learning that he executed an innocent man.

Mukhamukham

Mukhamukham

Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1984 1h 48m

The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sreedharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory. He is considered to be dead by his party and they even erect a memorial for him.

Elippathayam

Elippathayam

Adoor Gopalakrishnan 1982 1h 55m

Unni is the last male heir of a decaying feudal family in rural Kerala. His inability to accept the socio-economic changes of a new society causes him to gradually withdraw into isolation and paranoia.

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