| Dr. C.S. Venkiteswaran |
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C.S. Venkiteswaran |
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சித்தூர் சுப்ரமணியம் வேங்கிடேஸ்வரன் സി എസ് വെങ്കിടേശ്വരന് |
| Born | Chittur Subramanian Venkiteswaran 5 November 1959 Chalakudy, Thrissur Kerala, India |
| Residence | Thiruvananthapuram, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Venkity, Babu |
| Ethnicity | Asian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | Post Doctorate in Commerce and Management |
| Alma mater | Calicut University |
| Occupation | Documentary Film Director, Film Critic, Professor |
| Years active | 1970s – present |
| Known for | Film Criticism, Film Writing, Documentary Film-making, Book Reviewing |
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| Home town | Chalakudy |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Spouse | Muthulakshmi |
| Children | Medha, Gauthaman |
| Parents | C.K. Subramaniam, T.V. Thylambal |
| Relatives | Balakrishnan C.S., Sangameshwaran C.S., Meenakshi C.S., Narayani C.S., Ananthalakshmi C.S., Raghavan Thirumulpad |
Venkiteswaran Chittur Subramanian is an Indian film critic and writer from Chalakudi, Kerala, India who writes predominantly in English and Malayalam. He won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 2010.[1] He is known for his insightful analysis of the social aspects of cinema and their artistic fulfillment, conveyed in his lucid style, In the last two decades, his writings and reviews on film and media, in English and Malayalam has been published in journals like Deep Focus, Film International, Cinema in India, Bhashaposhini, Pachakuthira, Indian Express, The Hindu, Mathrubhumi and Madhyamam.[2][3] His column "Rumblestrip"(1999–2008) in Indian Express talked about the films and media scene in Kerala. He has published a book on the filmmaker K R Mohanan "Samanthara Yathrakal - K R Mohanante Cinema" (Malayalam, 2004)and edited a book along with Lalit Mohan Joshi on the filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, "A Door to Adoor" (South Asian Cinema Foundation, London, 2005).[4] Three books, containing Venkiteswaran's collection of articles that take a critical look at major trends and milestones in Malayalam cinema, were published by DC Books at the DC International Book Fair and Cultural Fest, 2011.[5] He is also a regular blogger and blogs on his site 'rumblestrip'.[6] He has interviewed many eminent film personalities like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, T.V. Chandran, Werner Herzog etc.[7][8][9] He is also a documentary film-maker and has won the National Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film in 1995 along with M.R. Rajan for "Pakarnattam - Ammannur, The Actor, the lyrical cinematic documentation of the life of Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, the exponent of the ancient classical Sanskrit theatrical artform of 'Koodiyattam'. This film also won the Kerala State Award for the Best Documentary category in the same year.[10] His article on the 'TEA-SHOPS IN MALAYALAM CINEMA' was included in the revamped Kerala SCERT Class X English text book in 2011.[11][12] Adoor Gopalakrishnan praised Venkiteswaran for his ‘wholly positive and humble’ approach to film criticism, unlike some film critics who according to him practice 'execution' of the films.[13]
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He was born in Chalakudi, Thrissur district, Kerala, India and is the fourth of six children of Subramanian, C.K. and Thylambal, T.V. He became interested in films at a young age, and soon became a regular at film festivals, and by the mid-seventies he was actively involved in film society movements. He was also part of the Odessa collective and in the making of Amma Ariyan. A Post Graduate Doctorate in Commerce and Management from Calicut University, he is currently working as an Associate Professor in Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (Gift), Thiruvananthapuram.
He is married to Muthu Lakshmy, a Sanskrit scholar and daughter of well-known Padma Bhushan awardee, Vaidyabhooshanam K.Raghavan Thirumulpad, who was an Ayurvedic Doctor. He has two children, a daughter Medha and a son, Gauthaman.
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