K. M. Madhusudhanan

Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan.^[1][2] His debut feature film was Bioscope (2008).

Madhusudhanan
Born	1956 Alapuzha Kerala, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, painter
Spouse	Anuradha Madhusudhanan
Children	1
Awards	Kerala State Film Awards National Film Awards
Website	www.madhusudhananstudio.com

Early life and education

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, Kerala.^[3] He studied painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and print making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.^{[citation needed]}

Work

Feature film : Bioscope (2008 film)

• 2014- The Marx Archive - The Logic of Disappearance (installation) collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi ^[4][1]
• 2014- 2015- Penal colony (Installation) Collection : collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
• 2008- Bioscope (2008 film): Feature Film, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India
• 2007- History is a Silent Film (Video Art)^[1]
• 2018- Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Light Installation)

Exhibitions

Solo

• 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015^[5]
• Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29 March 2015^[6]
• Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Noida, India: Pond Near the Field: 25 November 2015 - 29 February 2016^[7]
• Delhi Art Fair, Vadehra Art Gallery: 28 January 2016 - 31 January 2016^[8][9]
• 2016 Penal Colony, Vadehra Art Gallery^[10]
• 2016 Meanwhile, What About Socialism? Solo booth at AV Festival, New Castle, UK^[11]
• 2018 Granite lamp and mirror, Vadehra gallery, New Delhi^[12]

Group

• 2021 Lokame tharavadu- curated by Bose Krishnamachaari, organised by Kochi Muziris biennale, Alappuzha, Kerala^[13]
• 2020 Abudhabi Art fair, 1+1 gallery, Dubai ^[14]

Filmography

• Balamaniyamma- Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997^[15]
• O.V. Vijayan- English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000^[16]
• Self Portrait- Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001^[17]
• History is a Silent Film, Short Fiction, Silent, 2006^[18]
• Mayabazaar- Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006^[19]
• Razor, Blood and Other Tales- Short Fiction, Silent, 2007^[20]
• Bioscope, Feature Film, Malayalam, Tamil, 2008
• ^[21] Theeppanakkam, Short Documentary, Malayalam 2024

Awards and recognition

for Bioscope (2008 film)

• 2008 National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film) for Bioscope (2008 film)
• Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film^[22]
• Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany^[23]
• 2008 -Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York^[24]
• 2008- five Kerala State Film Awards as Special Jury Award for Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Background Score. ^[25]

Books and articles

• A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India^[26]