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Bharathan Parameshwara Menon Palissery (14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998), known mononymously as Bharathan, was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed. A train of directors, and screenwriters followed this school onto the 1990s including Sibi Malayil, Kamal, Lohithadas and Jayaraj.

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Born
1936
Works
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Gender
Male
Origin
Chennai
Active from
1983-05-26

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Total plays
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Person.name
Bharathan
Person.image
Bharathan (cropped).jpg
Person.birth_place
Wadakkancherry, Kingdom of Cochin, British India(present day Thrissur, Kerala, India)
Person.death_place
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Person.years_active
19731998
Person.spouse
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Person.children
2 (incl. Sidharth)
Person.relatives
P. N. Menon (uncle)

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Bharathan
date of birth
1947-11-14
date of death
1998-07-29
start of work period
1973-00-00
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Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Art direction
  • Film direction
  • Filmmaking style
  • Death
  • Personal life
  • Filmography
  • Awards
  • National Film Awards
  • Filmfare Awards South
  • Kerala State Film Awards
  • In popular culture
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Bharathan Parameshwara Menon Palissery (14 November 1946 &ndash; 30 July 1998), known mononymously as Bharathan, was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed. A train of directors, and screenwriters followed this school onto the 1990s including Sibi Malayil, Kamal, Lohithadas and Jayaraj.

==Early life== He was born at Enkakkad near Wadakkancherry, in present-day Thrissur district of Kerala, India to Parameshwara Menon Palissery and Karthiyayini Amma

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