Malayalam cinema

Malayalam cinema is a part of Indian cinema based in the state of Kerala, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language. Although the industry's Gross Box-office is smaller, when compared to large market driven industries such as Telugu cinema, and Tamil cinema, Malayalam films have gained unique recognition in world cinema for their technical finesse, and craft. Malayalam films are released in Kerala, and a handful of them being released in the United States, Australia, Germany, and the U. K. Works such as Marana Simhasanam, and Vanaprastham were screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival,Marana Simhasanam has garnered the coveted Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") for that year.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan has garnered the International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) for his works such as Mukhamukham (1984), Anantaram (1987), Mathilukal (1989), Vidheyan (1993), Kathapurushan (1995), and Nizhalkkuthu (2002). In 1982, Elippathayam won the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and Most Original Imaginative Film of 1982 by the British Film Institute. Rajiv Anchal's Guru (1997) and Salim Ahamed's Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) are the Malayalam films to be sent by India as its official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards.

Malayalam

Malayalam /mʌləˈjɑːləm/ (മലയാളം, Malayāḷam ^?[mɐləjaːɭəm]), sometimes referred to as Kairali, is a language spoken in India, predominantly in the state of Kerala. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and was designated a Classical Language in India in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and is spoken by some 38 million people. Malayalam is also spoken in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; with some speakers in the Nilgiris, Kanyakumari and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu, and the Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu districts of Karnataka.

Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to the industry of films and filmmaking or to the art of filmmaking itself. The contemporary definition of cinema is the art of simulating experiences to communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations.

The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry.

M. Jayachandran

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M. Jayachandran (born 5 April 1971) is a film score composer, singer, and musician in Malayalam films. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of six times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. He has composed music for more than one hundred films.

Biography

Jayachandran began learning Carnatic music at the age of 5 under Attingal Harihara Iyer and later under Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath. Thereafter, he was a student of Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran for 18 years. He won the Carnatik vocal competition at the Kerala University youth festival four times in a row from 1987 to 1990. He began his career in the film industry as a playback singer for the movie Vasudha in 1992, then became an assistant to Malayalam music director G. Devarajan. In 1995, he became an independent music director through the film Chantha.

Personal life

Satyam Audios

Satyam Audios is an Indian music company situated at Ernakulam, Kerala. It is one of the major music labels of Kerala. The label has produced and distributed film soundtracks, poems, music albums, LP record etc.

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