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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1952-01-01 00:00:00
Known For:Camera
Death Date:2025-04-28 00:00:00
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Shaji N. Karun
Biography
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.
Filmography (32)

Journey into Sato Tadao
Role: Self2025
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My Own
director1994

Neram Pularumbol
director of photography1986
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A K G
director2007

Rays of Hope
director of photography1974

A Dream Takes Wings: G. Aravindan
director2000

Nishad
screenplay2002

Nishad
director2002

Pokkuveyil
director of photography1982

Kummatty
director of photography1979

Manju
director of photography1983

She
director2019

Piravi
screenplay1989

Piravi
director1989

Swapaanam
story2014

Swapaanam
director2014

Arappatta Kettiya Graamathil
director of photography1986

Esthappan
director of photography1980

Kutty Srank
director2010

Kanchana Sita
director of photography1978

The Circus Tent
director of photography1978

And There Was a Village...
director of photography1987

Panchagni
cinematography1986
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Ore Thooval Pakshikal
director of photography1988

Koodevide?
director of photography1983

Nakhakshathangal
director of photography1986

Vanaprastham
screenplay1999

Vanaprastham
director1999

Panchavadi Palam
director of photography1984

Meenamasathile Suryan
director of photography1986

Chidambaram
director of photography1985

Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback
cinematography1983