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6 APR 1956 SREENIVASAN BORN

Sreenivasan (actor)

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Sreenivasan
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Sreenivasan
Born1956[citation needed]
Pattyam, Tellicherry, Kerala State, India
(now Thalassery, Kerala, India)
Other namesSreeni
Alma materPazhassi Raja N. S. S. College, Mattanur
Madras Film Institute
OccupationActor, scriptwriter, director,producer, farmer
Years active1977–present
Notable workChinthavishtayaya Shyamala,Mazhayethum Munpe,Thakarachenda, Sandesam,Udayananu Tharam, Katha Parayumbol,Vadakkunokkiyantram
Spouse(s)Vimala
ChildrenVineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan
Parent(s)Thalassheri Paadiyathu Unni, Lakshmi
AwardsNational Film Awards:
Best Film on Other Social Issues (1998)
Sreenivasan is an Indian film actor and screenwriter known for his work inMalayalam cinema.[1] He has written for over 50 films and has acted in over 200 films. He has also directed and produced two films each.
Sreenivasan wrote the screenplay for films such as Odaruthammava Aalariyam (1984), Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (1986), Gandhinagar 2nd Street (1986), Nadodikkattu (1987), Pattanapravesham (1988), Varavelpu(1989), Thalayanamanthram (1990), Sandesam (1991), Midhunam (1993),Mazhayethum Munpe (1995), Azhakiya Ravanan (1996), and Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu (1998) among others. As a writer and actor he has frequently collaborated with directors such as Priyadarshan, Sathyan Anthikad andKamal. As an actor he has collaborated several times with Mohanlal. As afilmmaker, he scripted and directed Vadakkunokkiyanthram (1989) andChinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998).[2]
Sreenivasan’s scripts in the 1980s and 1990s used stories inspired by sensationalist fiction in popular magazines. He used subtle humour to portray the effect of militant labour unions in Kerala.

Early and personal life[edit]

Sreenivasan was born to Unni and Lakshmi in Patyam, a village nearThalassery in Kannur, North Malabar region of Kerala State in India. He has two brothers, Raveendran, Rajagopal and a sister Vanaja.[3] His father was a school teacher and mother was a housewife.[4] He completed his formal education in Koothuparamb middle School, Government High School, Kathiroor and received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Pazhassi Raja N.S.S. College Mattannur. He got a diploma in film acting from the Madras Film Institute, Chennai in 1977.[5]
Sreenivasan is married to Vimala and they have two sons. His elder son,Vineeth Sreenivasan, is a director, lyricist, singer, dubbing artist and actor. His younger son, Dhyan Sreenivasan, made his debut in Thira, a thriller movie directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan.[6]

Career[edit]

Sreenivasan entered the film industry in the 1977 P. A. Backer movie Manimuzhakkam after finishing a course in actingfrom the Film Chamber Institute. At the film institute he was coached by the then vice principal A. Prabhakaran, who later gave him a role in his movie Mela. A few movie roles later, he wrote his first film, Odaruthammava Aalariyam, in 1984. He both wrote and acted in Varavelpu, Gandhinagar 2nd Street, Nadodikkattu and its two sequels, Pattanapravesham andAkkare Akkare Akkare. As a director he filmed Vadakkunokkiyanthram and Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala. Of late, he was more praised as an actor for his roles in 'Athmakadha'(as Kochubaby, a blind man working in a candle manufacturing unit) and 'Outsider'(as boat driver Sivankutty).
His films include Sandesam, Vellanakalude Nadu, and Varavelpu. His films like Sandesham and Varavelppu criticized the activities of Kerala's major political parties and unions.[citation needed] Arabikatha depicts the fight of a true communist in the party. Some of his movies include Vadakku Nooki Yanthram and Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala. His comedies include Aram + Aram = Kinnaram, Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu, Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu, Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkamand Chithram[7]
He appeared in a weekly TV show on Kairali TV called Valiya Lokavum Cheriya Sreeniyum (translation: The Big World and Little Sreeni)..

Awards[edit]

Other awards
  • 2010 – Asiavision Movie Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • 2008 – Bahadoor Award for his contributions to Malayalam cinema

Filmography[edit]

Main article: Sreenivasan filmography

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