Pradeep Nair

Pradeep Nair, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry.^[2] He has also directed numerous award winning documentaries,^[3] thus making him a notable filmmaker of Kerala.^[4]

Pradeep Nair
Born	Kottayam, Kerala,[1] India
Occupations	Director Screenwriter Producer
Years active	1997–present
Known for	Oridam

His debut directorial, Oridam (2005) won him Special Jury Award for director at 52nd National Film Awards^[5] and won 5 Kerala State Film Awards in 2005.^[6]

Nair is also an author, with two of his books on cinema, the first one, " Koottu Chernnulla Kali :Chalachithra Vicharangal " (2022)^[7] and the second " Drushya Mohanam :Samvidhayakan Mohante Chalachithra Kala " (2024), has been published.^[8]

Career

After directing several documentaries, Nair became an independent director with Oridam,^[5] followed by Cherukkanum Pennum (2012)^[9] and Crossroad (2017), an anthology, where Times of India stated Nair's film Kodeshyan as "stand out" among all 10 films.^[10]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Language	Credited as	Cast	Notes
2020	'Backpackers	Malayalam	Creative Contributor	Kalidas Jayaram
2017	Cross Road	Malayalam	Director		Helmed the Kodeshyan segment [10]
2012	Cherukkanum Pennum	Malayalam	Writer, director		[9]
2004	Oridam	Malayalam	Writer, director, producer	Geethu Mohandas	1 National award, 5 State awards [5] IFFK

Documentaries

Year	Title	Language	Credited as	Notes
2024	Satwikam	Malayalam	Writer, director, producer
2021	Ahead of	Malayalam	Director	[11]
2020	K. M. Roy:A Ray of Light	Malayalam	Writer, Director	Film on veteran journalist K. M. Roy Produced by Kerala Medical Academy
2019	Maa Do Not Any More	Malayalam	Director	[12][13]
2018	Kadamman: Prakruthiyude Padayanikkaran	Malayalam	Writer, Co Director	[14]
2015	Kuttanad; Oru Apoorva Marutha Thina	Malayalam	Writer, director	Film on Heritage of Kuttanad, Produced by I&PRD, Govt of Kerala.[2]
2011	Thelicham	Malayalam	Writer, director	A Production for Fisheries Dept, Govt of Kerala, Produced by K S F D C
2009	Veedu Nashttapetta Kuttikal	Malayalam	Writer, director
2006	Glimpses of Kerala	Malayalam	Director	about Cultural, Historical places in Kerala-Project Commissioned by Malayala Manorama.
2005	Listen to Children	Malayalam	Writer, director	a production for UNICEF
2001	When The Labour Labours	Malayalam	Writer, director	Film on Independent Labour movement in Maharashtra, funded by Maharashtra Labour Union (MLU)
1999	A Neorealistic Dream	Malayalam	Writer, director	Film on India's first neorealistic film Newspaper Boy and its Director P. Ramdas.[15][16] IFFK
1997	Light in the Darkness	Malayalam	Director	A promotional documentary about cure for AIDS.
1997	Man V/S Nature: The Struggle Eternal	Malayalam	Writer, director, producer	Film on Land slides in Highranges of Kerala.

Awards

National Film Awards:

• 2005 – Special Jury Award for director – Oridam^[5]

Kerala State Film Awards:

• Special Jury Award in Direction - Oridam (2005) ^[6]
• Best Actress - Geethu Mohandas - Oridam
• Best Background Score - Isaac Thomas Kottukapally - Oridam
• Best Costume Design - Kumar Edappal - Oridam
• Best Film Processing - Oridam

Kerala Film Critics Awards

• Best Debut Director - Oridam (2005)

Kerala State Television Awards:

• Best Documentary - Kuttanad: Oru Apoorva Marutha Thina (2015) ^[2]