Leena Manimekalai

Leena Manimekalai is an Indian filmmaker, poet and actor based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has ten documentary films and a feature film to her credits. She has acted in several of her movies and has published four anthologies of poems. She is also a much acclaimed street theatre artist. Kanavupattarai is her publication house through which she has published 25 titles on world cinema and literature. Her production house named Touring Talkies has a stronghold in the television production in South India. She had published Thirai, an alternative monthly film journal.

Early life

Leena was born in a farmer's family in a village called Maharajapuram, near Madurai. Her father, Prof. Dr Raghupathy, was the first graduate from her family. He was a Tamil professor and made her the first woman professional in the family. Leena's mother is still a passionate farmer. She lost her father Prof.Dr. R. Raghupathy at a very early age and was brought up by her mother Rama. She attended Kamaraj University, where she obtained a graduate degree in engineering. Her grandfathers and uncles are all from a communist party background so Leena's passion towards social justice stems from her upbringing.

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Bookworms spin lit forum to promote Tamil writing

The Times of India 24 Jun 2018

Coimbatore. M Ramamoorthy and T Ponnusamy, both 49, are government servants. While the former works as an office assistant, the latter is a driver. But what drives them primarily is their passion for the written word ... According to Ramamoorthy, the forum was launched with an objective to promote modern Tamil writing ... We had such issues when we took up works of Perumal Murugan, Leena Manimekalai and Aadhavan Deetchanya,” Ramamoorthy added....

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The rhythm of caste

Deccan Chronicle 26 May 2018

Thiruvananthapuram. The popular notion about music is that it is a neutral art with no bias of caste, gender, class or colour. Dalit musician A. S. Ajith Kumar in his book Kelkatha Shabdangal. Pattu, Shareeram, Jathi (Unheard Voices ... The classical music tries to separate the voice from the body ... ... They include ‘White Van Stories‘ by Leena Manimekalai, ‘Pestering Journey‘ by K.R ... Abhijit ... Ajithkumar A....

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Festival of independent films today

The Hindu 03 Feb 2018

... (Hindi), directed by Kamal Swaroop; Frangipani (Sinhalese), directed by Visakesa Chandrasekaram; and Is it too much to ask? (Tamil), directed by Leena Manimekalai....

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New short-film to deter rapists with rape survivor’s tale being produced by Social Justice Department

The Times of India 18 Nov 2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... It is being produced by the State Social Justice Department (SJD) with Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society (KMSS) and directed by film maker Leena Manimekalai ... While, the film director Leena Manimeghalai plans a series of films focusing on rape survivors in many parts of the country and it would be titled `Save the nation', SJD officials told TOI. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App ... 3000....

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Why were there no awards in the short documentary section at the IDSFFK, ask filmmakers

The Times of India 23 Jun 2017

One among the short documentary filmmakers, Leena Manimekalai, whose film, Is It Too Much To Ask? was screened in the section, fumes, "I have no clue what's happening at one of the prestigious documentary film festivals which many look forward to! Fifteen documentaries were initially selected in the section out of which three were right away rejected by the Ministry without proper justification ... It doesn't mean that the films are bad....

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A Letter to Venkaiah Naidu by 160 Filmmakers, Artists to Stop Its Censorship Regime

The Siasat Daily 16 Jun 2017

New Delhi. 160 filmmakers, artists and academics have written to Venkaiah Naidu,the I&B; Minister asking him the reason behind denying permission for the screening of three documentaries at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) which is going to held in Thiruvananthapuram from 16-20 June ... A copy of the letter written to Naidu was shared on Facebook and it reads. ... 1 ... Leena Manimekalai, Filmmaker, Chennai....

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Pahlaj Nihalani Is An Embarrassment To Even Deal With: Leena Manimekalai

News18 14 Jun 2017

Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, whose documentary Is It Too Much To Ask will be running in the official competition at the forthcoming film festival, took to Facebook to announce that 160 filmmakers, artists, and academics have written to Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, urging him to "stop its censorship regime and ......

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Kamal had asked yet another actress to be Aami?

The Times of India 27 Mar 2017

The controversies over Kamal's Aami never seems to end. Close on the heels of writer Leena Manimekalai claiming that Kamal had asked her to star as Madhavikutty in his upcoming bopic of the writer, Dubai based artist Rukseena Mustafa has revealed that Kamal had asked her as well to play the part! ... Rukseena reportedly got a message from Kamal saying that she would no longer be part of the film ... RELATED....

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Afonso Cuaron wraps up film on the bloody 1971 Mexico riots

Hindustan Times 16 Mar 2017

Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron has just wrapped up his latest movie, Roma -- a work that saw the auteur going back to his homeland to plot a 1970s story about a middle-class family ... The director told reporters on Wednesday that it was movies like Gravity that enabled him to undertake a project like Roma in his native country ... Read more ... Leena Manimekalai’s rebellious spirit pushes her into dangerous waters ... What more do we need?....

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Leena Manimekalai’s rebellious spirit pushes her into dangerous waters

Hindustan Times 11 Mar 2017

In a very strong way, Tamil filmmaker, actor and poet, Leena Manimekalai, reminds this writer of the fiery Bollywood star, Kangana Ranaut ... Manimekalai’s script on Das was ready three years ago, and Malayalam helmer Kamal (not Haasan), had agreed to direct Leena’s work ... Sengadal or Dead Sea is a 2011 Tamil film written and directed by Leena Manimekalai ... Sengadal happened,” Manimekalai says....

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My film on Kamala Das won’t be sanitised to cater to mainstream tastes

The Times of India 06 Mar 2017

Says Tamil writer Leena Manimekalai, who alleges that director Kamal is more bothered about the. commercial demands of the movie than the poet's soul, which is why she felt the need to go ahead with her own version of a film on Kamala Das. You wrote on your social media post that you had also planned to make a film on Kamala Das. I always wanted to do a film on Kamala Das and had read through her works in depth ... I felt counted out ... Zumba....

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I will direct a film on Kamala Das: Leena Manimekalai

Deccan Chronicle 02 Mar 2017

Now, Chennai-based filmmaker-poet Leena Manimekalai has come into the picture and declared that she will also be directing an independent film on Kamala Das! Apparently, Kamal had approached Leena with the idea of a biopic three years ago ... I had informed Kamal of this and even sent him a copy of the script,” reveals Leena, adding that the director had commented that it was too radical for the Malayali audience....

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