Shanavas K. Bavakutty | |
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ഷാനവാസ് കെ. ബാവക്കുട്ടി | |
Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 2015 – present |
Spouse | Sabira |
Children | 3 |
Parents |
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Awards | Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director (2016) |
Shanavas K Bavakutty (born 5 July 1977) is an Indian film director from Ponnani in Malappuram district. His debut film was Kismath in 2016 and his second film Thottappan released in 2019. [1]
He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director in 2016 for Kismath . The film was released on 29 July 2016 by Lal Jose through LJ Films. It was well received. [ citation needed ]
His second feature film was Thottappan , [2] based on a short story written by Francis Norohna released on 5 July 2019. [3] [4] It depicts the affection between a girl and her godparent. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2016 | Kismath | Writer | Director |
2019 | Thottappan | Director [6] | |
2023 | Oru Kattil Oru Muri [7] | Director [8] [9] [10] [11] | |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2013 | Black Board | Won the P. J. Antony Award / Insight Festival Award Palakkad |
2014 | Eeran | |
Kanneru | Won the Best Short Film Award from ViBGYOR Film Festival 2014 and got selected for screening in the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in 2014 |
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