Krishand R. K.

Krishand R. K., professionally credited as Krishand, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer, who works in Malayalam cinema.^[1] He has won a National Film Award and two Kerala State Film Awards and a Padmarajan Award for his film Aavasavyuham.

Krishand
Born	Krishand R. K.
Education	IIT Bombay
Occupations	Director cinematographer producer screenwriter
Years active	2018 – present
Awards	Kerala State Film Awards Padmarajan Award

Early life

Krishand received his Bachelor of Technology from Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology in Kerala.^[2] He got his Master of Design from IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.^[3]

Career

Krishand began his career in 2012 as a screenwriter in the short film Flames. He has also scripted and directed the short films, Mombattiyan and Bhagavthikaavile Paapikal.

In 2018, the web series Utsaha Ithihasam on Zee5, directed by Krishand received a nomination in the Seoul Webfest^[4] and won Best Dramedy award.^[5][6]

In 2018, he made his feature film debut in Malayalam as a director of Vrithakrithyilulla Chathuram. It competed in the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)'s international competition category.^[7] The film won a Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music.^[8]

His second film, Aavasavyuham, competed in the 26th IFFK (IFFK 2021).^[9] where it won the FIPRESCI and NETPAC Award.^[10] It also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay and Kerala State Film Award for Best Film.^[11]

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Credits	Notes	Ref.
2012	Flame	Co-writer	Short film	[12]
2013	Mombattiyan	Director, writer, editor	Short film
	Slight	Cinematographer	Short film
	Interval 3D	Cinematographer	Anthology segment in Shuruaat Ka Interval	[13]
2014	Ghoda 22	Director, writer	Short film
2016	Bhagavathikaavile Paapikal	Director, cinematographer	Short film	[14]
2019	Water Bodies	Director, cinematographer	Documentary short	[15]
	Vrithakrithyilulla Chathuram	Director, cinematographer		[16]
2021	Aavasavyuham	Director, writer, producer		[2]
2023	Purusha Pretham	Director, cinematographer
2024	Gaganachari	Co-producer	Krishand Films (in association with)
	Sangarsha Ghadana - The Art of Warfare	Director, writer, producer

Web series

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Utsaha Ithihasam	Director		[4]
2020	Ennum Varunna Dhoomakedhu	Writer, producer		[17][18]
2022	Kraya Vikraya Prakriya	Director, writer, cinematographer		[19]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	69th National Film Awards	National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation	Aavasavyuham	Won	[20]
2022	26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2021)	FIPRESCI Award for Best Malayalam film	Aavasavyuham	Won	[21]
		NETPAC Award for Best Malayalam film	Aavasavyuham	Won	[21]
	52nd Kerala State Film Awards	Best Film	Aavasavyuham	Won	[22][11]
		Best Screenplay (Original)	Aavasavyuham	Won	[22][11]
	13th J. C. Foundation Award	Best film	Aavasavyuham	Won	[23][better source needed]
	29th Padmarajan Awards	Best Director	Krishand RK / Aavasavyuham[a]	Won	[24][25][unreliable source?]
		Best Screenplay	Krishand RK / Aavasavyuham	Won	[24][25]

Notes

1. shared with Sidhartha Siva / Aanu