Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan (July 3, 1941) is a seven-time National Award winning Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Most of his films are rarely released worldwide in DVD or VHS. They go to a few film festivals around the world, and are released in Kerala. They may be found in certain film societies in Kerala.

Biography
Gopalakrishnan was born on 3 July 1941 in the village of Pallickal (Medayil Bungalow) near Adoor, present day Kerala, India as the son of Madhavan Unnithan and Mouttathu Gauri Kunjamma. He started his artistic life as an actor in amateur plays when he was 8. Later he shifted his base to writing and direction and wrote and directed a few plays. After securing a degree in Economics, Political Science and Public Administration in 1961 from the Gandhigram Rural Institute[1], he worked as...