Janaki Vishwanathan

Indian film maker

Janaki Vishwanathan is an Indian film maker best known for her National Award-winning debut film [1] Kutty (2001) in Tamil, which focuses on the issue of child labour. Her second film, Kanavu Meippada Vendum, deals with the issues faced by Devadasi women.[2] This was screened at several film festivals [1]

Filmography

  • Kutty (2001) : Tamil Film
  • Kanavu Meippada Vendum (2004) : Tamil Film
  • Yeh Hai Bakrapur (2014) : Hindi Film
  • chandikaiyin kadhai  : Tamil Tele Film

Awards

  • 2002 Cairo International Children's Film Festival (Egypt)- Special International Jury Prize — Kutty
  • 2002 National Film Awards (India)- Silver Lotus Award — Special Jury Award — Kutty

References

  1. ^ a b "Who's the Bakra?". 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Kanavu Meippada Vendum — Kanavu Meipada Vendum". Archived from the original on 24 October 2004.
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National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)
1978–1980
  •  – (1978)
  •  – (1979)
  •  – (1980)
1981–2000
  • Satyajit Ray (1981)
  •  – (1982)
  • Mankada Ravi Varma (1983)
  • T. S. Ranga (1984)
  • Sudha Chandran (1985)
  • John Abraham (1986)
  • M. B. Sreenivasan (1987)
  • Ashok Ahuja (1988)
  • Amitabh Chakraborty (1989)
  • Pankaj Kapur, Sunny Deol, and Jayabharathi (1990)
  • Soumitra Chatterjee (1991)
  • Sivaji Ganesan and Ketan Mehta (1992)
  • Shashi Kapoor and Pallavi Joshi (1993)
  • Radhu Karmakar and Shaji N. Karun (1994)
  • Shyam Benegal (1995)
  • Amol Palekar and Kirron Kher (1996)
  • Jayamala (1997)
  • Kitchhu Sanlap Kitchhu Pralap (1998)
  • Kalabhavan Mani (1999)
  • Soumitra Chatterjee (2000)
2001–present


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