Priyanandanan is a film

Film director

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 and drama

Drama

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 director from Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

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. His second movie Pulijanmam

Pulijanmam

Pulijanmam is an award-winning Malayalam feature film directed by Priyanandanan. It stars Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil and Sindhu Menon. It was released in May 2006 and won the Swarna Kamal Award for the Best Feature Film in the 54th National Film Awards, 2006...

bagged the National Film Award for Best Film

National Film Award for Best Film

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 in 2007.

Biography

Priyanandanan is a native of Vallachira

Vallachira

Vallachira is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.-Demographics: India census, Vallachira had a population of 13,443. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Vallachira has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

 in Thrissur District

Thrissur district

Thrissur is a revenue district of Kerala situated in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He was born as the son of Poochinippadam Thottipparambil Ramakrishnan and Kochammini. He is married to Ajitha and has two childran, Aparna and Ashwaghosh.

Priyanandanan started in career as an actor in stage shows. He used to act mostly female roles during the early part of his career. Later he ventured into direction of stage shows. He used to be known as Priya Vallachira at that time.

Priyanandanan started his career in movies as assistant director to popular film makers P. T. Kunju Muhammed

P. T. Kunju Muhammed

P. T. Kunju Muhammed is a noted director and producer in Malayalam parallel film industry. Magrib was his first film venture. He received a number of awards for his movies at the state level...

 and K. R. Mohanan

K. R. Mohanan

K. R. Mohanan is a Malayalam film director best known for his critically acclaimed works, Ashwathama , Purushartham and Swaroopam . He studied at the Pune Film Institute....

. His first movie was Neythukaran

Neythukaran

Neythukaran is a 2002 Malayalam movie directed by debutant Priyanandanan starring Murali. The movie told the story of a weaver, a supporter of E. M. S...

 (2000) and it told the story of a weaver, a supporter of E. M. S.

E. M. S. Namboodiripad

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad, , popularly known as EMS, was an Indian Communist leader and the first Chief Minister of Kerala. As the first non-Congress chief minister in independent India, he became the leader of the first democratically elected communist government in the world...

 who dies the next day after his idol dies. Malayalam actor Murali won the National Award for the Best Actor for this film.

Filmography

• Neythukaran
  Neythukaran
  Neythukaran is a 2002 Malayalam movie directed by debutant Priyanandanan starring Murali. The movie told the story of a weaver, a supporter of E. M. S...
  
  - 2000
• Pulijanmam
  Pulijanmam
  Pulijanmam is an award-winning Malayalam feature film directed by Priyanandanan. It stars Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil and Sindhu Menon. It was released in May 2006 and won the Swarna Kamal Award for the Best Feature Film in the 54th National Film Awards, 2006...
  
  - 2006
• Sufi Paranja Katha
  Sufi Paranja Katha
  Sufi Paranja katha is a Malayalam-language film directed by Priyanandanan based on K. P. Ramanunni's Malayalam novel with the same title. Ramanunni himself wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogs for the film. Thampi Anthony, Prakash Bare, and Sharbani Mukherjee did the main roles in this film...
  
  - 2009
• Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku
  Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku
  Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku is a 2011 Malayalam satirical drama film directed by National award-winning director Priyanandanan. The film is scripted by Manoj based on a story by Ranjith. It stars Kavya Madhavan and Irshad in the lead roles. The film narrates the story of a self-declared demi-god...
  
  - 2011