Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director P. A. Backer, Rajendran made his directorial debut with Venal (1982). From his first film to his latest one, Edavappathy (2016), Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films, not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema.[3]
An active member of the Communist party, Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work: his 1985 film Meenamasithile Sooryan was about the anti-feudal upheaval of the 1940s in Kerala from a Communist viewpoint.[4]
Swathi Thirunal (1987), a period film was a biographical work of a 19th-century king of Travancore, better known as a musical composer. While Daivathinte Vikrithikal (1992) was the cinematic adaptation of M. Mukundan's novel of the same name, Kulam (1997) was a loose adaptation of C. V. Raman Pillai's historical novel Marthandavarma, Mazha (2001) was adapted from Madhavikutty's Nashtapetta Neelambhari. One of his other films, Anyar (2003) deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala.[5]
Lenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant, at the age of 67.[6] At the time of his death, he was continuing as the Chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation. His dead body was taken back to his native place, and was cremated with full state honours. He is survived by his wife Dr. Ramani, son Gouthaman and daughter Parvathi.
Awards
Lenin Rajendran (right), being felicitated at IFFI (2010)
lenin, rajendran, malayalam, രൻ, indian, film, director, screenwriter, worked, malayalam, cinema, served, chairman, kerala, state, film, development, corporation, from, 2016, january, 2019, രൻborn1951trivandrum, kerala, indiadied14, january, 2019, aged, chenna. Lenin Rajendran Malayalam ല ന ൻ ര ജ ന ദ രൻ was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema 1 He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019 2 Lenin Rajendranല ന ൻ ര ജ ന ദ രൻBorn1951Trivandrum Kerala IndiaDied14 January 2019 aged 67 Chennai Tamil Nadu IndiaNationalityIndianOther namesRajendranOccupationsFilm directorScreenwriterYears active1981 2019Children2 Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 Awards 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditBeginning his film making career as an assistant to director P A Backer Rajendran made his directorial debut with Venal 1982 From his first film to his latest one Edavappathy 2016 Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema 3 An active member of the Communist party Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work his 1985 film Meenamasithile Sooryan was about the anti feudal upheaval of the 1940s in Kerala from a Communist viewpoint 4 Swathi Thirunal 1987 a period film was a biographical work of a 19th century king of Travancore better known as a musical composer While Daivathinte Vikrithikal 1992 was the cinematic adaptation of M Mukundan s novel of the same name Kulam 1997 was a loose adaptation of C V Raman Pillai s historical novel Marthandavarma Mazha 2001 was adapted from Madhavikutty s Nashtapetta Neelambhari One of his other films Anyar 2003 deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala 5 His other films are Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla 1983 Puravrutham 1988 and Vachanam 1989 Death EditLenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant at the age of 67 6 At the time of his death he was continuing as the Chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation His dead body was taken back to his native place and was cremated with full state honours He is survived by his wife Dr Ramani son Gouthaman and daughter Parvathi Awards Edit Lenin Rajendran right being felicitated at IFFI 2010 Kerala State Film Awards 1987 Kerala State Film Award Special Jury Award Swathi Thirunal film 1992 Kerala State Film Award for Best Film Daivathinte Vikrithikal 1996 Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value Kulam 2006 Kerala State Film Award for Best Director Rathri Mazha 2010 Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film MakaramanjuInternational Film Festival of Kerala 2010 FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film MakaramanjuKerala State Television Awards 1999 Second Best Teleserial Balyakalasmaranakal 2011 Best Documentary Biography Kaviyoor RevammaKerala Film Critics Award2003 Special Jury Award Anyar 2006 Second Best Film Rathri Mazha 2010 Second Best Film Makaramanju 2015 Best Screenplay EdavappathyFilmography Edit Director Lenin Rajendran with the cast of the film at Indian Panaorama during presentation on 24 11 2007 at Panji Goa Year Title Cast1981 Venal Sukumaran Jalaja1982 Chillu Venu Nagavalli Shanthi Krishna1983 Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla Prem Nazir Sreenivasan Maniyanpilla Raju Vijay Menon1985 Meenamasathile Sooryan Bharath Gopi Venu Nagavalli Vijay Menon Murali Ravi Shobana1985 Mazhakkala Megham1987 Swathi Thirunal Anant Nag Ranjini1988 Puravrutham Om Puri1989 Vachanam Suresh Gopi Jayaram Sithara Sreevidya Thilakan Mamukkoya1992 Daivathinte Vikrithikal Raghuvaran Srividya Thilakan Vineeth Sudheesh Siddique1997 Kulam Suresh Gopi Bhanupriya Vijayaraghavan2000 Mazha Biju Menon Lal Samyuktha Varma Jagathy Sreekumar Thilakan Urmila Unni2003 Anyar Jyothirmayi Biju Menon Lal Siddique2007 Rathri Mazha Vineeth Meera Jasmine Manoj K Jayan Biju Menon Lalu Alex Cochin Haneefa2010 Makaramanju Santosh Sivan Karthika Nair Nithya Menon Lakshmi Sarma2016 Edavappathy Utthara Unni Manisha Koirala Siddhartha2017 Crossroad Segment Pinpe Nadappaval Anjana Chandran Joy Mathew SagarReferences Edit Lenin Rajendran Movies Photos Videos News Biography amp Birthday eTimes The Times of India Veteran Malayalam film director Lenin Rajendran passes away 15 January 2019 Cinemaofmalayalam net Praveen S r 14 January 2019 Lenin Rajendran dead The Hindu The Hindu Jayakumar G 27 January 2006 The politics of a relationship The Hindu Archived from the original on 16 April 2014 Home External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lenin Rajendran Lenin Rajendran at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lenin Rajendran amp oldid 1111464729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
