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Lenin Rajendran
ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ
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Born 1951
Died (aged 67)
Nationality Indian
Other names Rajendran
Occupation
Years active 1981 – 2019
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Lenin Rajendran (Malayalam: ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema. He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019.

Career

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.

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.

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.

His other films are Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla (1983), Puravrutham (1988), and Vachanam (1989).

Death

Lenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant, at the age of 67. 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

The Director of DFF, Shri Bhupendra Khaintola felicitated the Director, Shri Lenin Rajendran, at the presentation of the film (Makaramanju), in the INOX Cinema Hall, during the IFFI-2010, in Panjim, Goa on November 27, 2010
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:Makaramanju

International Film Festival of Kerala

  • 2010 - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film - Makaramanju

Kerala State Television Awards

  • 1999 - Second Best Teleserial: Balyakalasmaranakal
  • 2011 - Best Documentary (Biography): Kaviyoor Revamma
Kerala Film Critics Award
  • 2003 - Special Jury Award : Anyar
  • 2006 - Second Best Film  : Rathri Mazha
  • 2010 - Second Best Film : Makaramanju
  • 2015 - Best Screenplay : Edavappathy

Filmography

Dirctor Lenin Rajendran with the cast of Malayalam film Ratri Mazha of Indian Panaorama at presentation on 24.11.2007 at Panji Goa
Director Lenin Rajendran with the cast of the film at Indian Panaorama, during presentation on 24.11.2007 at Panji Goa
Year Title Cast
1981 Venal Sukumaran, Jalaja
1982 Chillu Venu Nagavalli, Shanthi Krishna
1983 Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla Prem Nazir, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Vijay Menon
1985 Meenamasathile Sooryan Bharath Gopi, Venu Nagavalli, Vijay Menon, Murali, Ravi, Shobana
1985 Mazhakkala Megham
1987 Swathi Thirunal Anant Nag, Ranjini
1988 Puravrutham Om Puri
1989 Vachanam Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Sithara, Sreevidya, Thilakan, Mamukkoya
1992 Daivathinte Vikrithikal Raghuvaran, Srividya, Thilakan, Vineeth, Sudheesh, Siddique
1997 Kulam Suresh Gopi, Bhanupriya, Vijayaraghavan
2000 Mazha Biju Menon, Lal, Samyuktha Varma, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan, Urmila Unni
2003 Anyar Jyothirmayi, Biju Menon, Lal, Siddique
2007 Rathri Mazha Vineeth, Meera Jasmine, Manoj K. Jayan, Biju Menon, Lalu Alex, Cochin Haneefa
2010 Makaramanju Santosh Sivan, Karthika Nair, Nithya Menon, Lakshmi Sarma
2016 Edavappathy Utthara Unni, Manisha Koirala, Siddhartha
2017 Crossroad Segment - Pinpe Nadappaval Anjana Chandran, Joy Mathew, Sagar
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