Shaji N. Karun
Birth Date
1/1/1952 (Age 73)Death Date
4/28/2025Biography
Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran (1 January 1952 – 28 April 2025), better known as Shaji N. Karun, was an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the inaugural chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) from 1998 to 2001.
Best Known For
Directing
Writing
Frequent Collaborators
Mohanlal
2 films together
Raghunath Paleri
2 films together
Suhasini Maniratnam
2 films together
Santosh Sivan
2 films together
Renato Berta
2 films together
Kalamandalam Gopi
2 films together
