Shaji N. Karun
Camera·January 1, 1952·† April 28, 2025 — 73 years old
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.
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2025Journey into Sato TadaoSelf2019SheDirector2017Lal SalamTVSelf2014SwapaanamDirector · Story2010Kutty SrankDirector2007A K GDirector2002NishadDirector · Screenplay2000A Dream Takes Wings: G. AravindanDirector1999VanaprasthamScreenplay · Director1994My OwnDirector1989PiraviDirector · Screenplay1988Ore Thooval PakshikalDirector of Photography1987And There Was a Village...Director of Photography1986NakhakshathangalDirector of Photography1986PanchagniCinematography1986Meenamasathile SuryanDirector of Photography1986Neram PularumbolDirector of Photography1986Arappatta Kettiya GraamathilDirector of Photography1985ChidambaramDirector of Photography1984Panchavadi PalamDirector of Photography1983ManjuDirector of Photography1983Lekhayude Maranam Oru FlashbackCinematography1983Koodevide?Director of Photography1983Enikku VishakunnuCinematography1982PokkuveyilDirector of Photography1980EsthappanDirector of Photography1979KummattyDirector of Photography1978Kanchana SitaDirector of Photography1978The Circus TentDirector of Photography1974Rays of HopeDirector of Photography