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Place of Birth: Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India
About B. Unnikrishnan
- Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran (born 14 August 1970) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry.
- He completed post-graduation in English literature and took M.
- Phil from Mahatma Gandhi University with first rank.
- He started publishing his writings on literature, politics and culture during early 1990s.
- His critical writings were noted for their sharp and intelligent insights and theoretical rigour.
- In the early 90s, in the literary critical scene in Kerala, he was among the few critics who paved way for reading literature and art in an entirely different manner which was informed by postmodernist thought.
- Unnikrishnan along with V C Harris edited a series of books on postmodernism titled ‘Navasidhandangal’ published by DC Books.
- Later he started publishing writings on contemporary politics.
- His critical pieces on the much discussed rift between V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan,erstwhile Loksabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Brian Lara, Kerala Model etc were very well received and widely discussed.
- He began his film career by screenwriting Jalamarmaram in 1999, which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay.
- In 2005, he scripted, directed and produced the telefilm Annum Mazhayaayirunnu, which won six Kerala State Television Awards, including Best Telefilm and Best Screenplay writer for him.
- In the same year, The Tiger, a thriller written by him was a major commercial success.
- It’s generally regarded as one of the best suspense films in Malayalam.
- He made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with the film Smart City.
- His most notable directorial works include Madambi (2008) and Grandmaster (2012).
- In 2017, he directed the crime drama Villain, India's first film completely shot in 8K resolution.
- The film was also noted for its subtle political undercurrents which strongly critique arbitrary individual cantered justice.
- In 2019, he wrote and directed, “Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel, the first Malayalam film produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures in Malayalam, a thriller laced with comedy which turned out to be super hit. Unnikrishnan is involved in organisational activities in film industry.
- He is the general secretary of Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) since 2008 and All India Film Employees Confederation (AIFEC) since 2014.
- He is a member in the advisory committee of Cine Workers' Welfare Board and director of Saamskaarika Kshemanidhi.
- He owns the production/distribution company RD Illuminations.
- He also owns a state of the art theatre complex, RD Cinemas in Mundakkayam.
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