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Dr. Biju
Dr. Biju at shooting location
Born	Bijukumar Damodaran (1971-05-31) 31 May 1971 Kudassanad, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director, doctor
Years active	2005–present
Spouse(s)	P. Vijayasree
Children	B.K. Govardhan
Parent(s)	P. Ponnamma, Late V.K. Damodaran
Website	www.drbiju.in

Bijukumar Damodaran, known mononymously as Dr. Biju, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema. He has won two National Film Awards and two Kerala State Film Awards. His films have been screened at several international film festivals and won prizes. He is professionally a homoeopathic doctor.

Early and personal life

Bijukumar Damodaran was born in 1971 in Kudassanad village near Pandalam, Kerala, as the son of V. K. Damodaran and Ponnamma. After completing his schooling from Kudassanad NSS School and Pandalam NSS College, he joined the Kottayam Homoeo Medical College to obtain a diploma in Homoeo Medical Science and graduated in the same from Trivandrum Homoeo Medical College. A practicing medical doctor, he is now working as the District Medical Officer (Homoeo) at Kasargode.

Career

Film career

His first three films made as a trilogy on terrorism. He debuted as writer and director with Saira (2005), an award-winning and internationally recognized film. It was the opening film in the section Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde (Cinemas of the World) at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2007. Saira also participated in 21 other international film festivals like USA, Brazil, Israel, Russia, Italy, Greece, Zimbabwe, Belgium, Bangladesh etc. The film was also selected at the Indian Panorama 2006. Dr. Biju followed suit writing and directing Raman (2008), his second feature to discuss issues related with terrorism, a controversial and much debated-over socio-political film. Raman was officially selected at Cairo International Film Festival 2009 in the section "Incredible India" and also participated in seven international film festivals across the world. Biju's next film Veettilekkulla Vazhi (The Way Home; 2010) was the final installment of the Terrorism Trilogy. Veettilekkulla Vazhi got National Film Aawards for best Malayalam film in 2010. Akasathinte Niram (Color of Sky; 2012), his fourth film, world premiered at 15th Shanghai International Film Festival in the International competition section. The film also selected to Indian panorama 2012. His fifth film Perariyathavar (Names Unknow) 2014 got two National Film Awards for the year 2014. National film award for Best film on Environment conservation and National film award for Best Actor. The film world premiered at Montreal Film Festival, Canada2014. He is now completed his new film titled Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (Birds With Large Wings; 2015). The film got world humanitarian award from Jakarta in 2015 September

He served as the jury member at the 30th Fajr International Film Festival (Iran, 2012), International Film Festival of Kerala (India, 2011), Oscar selection jury member for India"s film entry for best foreign language film 2015 and National Film Awards (India 2013).^[1]

Writing

In 2010, he received the prestigious Kerala State Film Award for Best Article on Cinema for an article titled Kollaruth Samvidhayakare.

Books Written

• Cinimayude Yathrakal (Traveling of Cinema)published by Mathrubhumi Books 2013.
• Kim Ki Duk - Film and life published by Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam 2014.
• Dr. Bijuvinte Thirakkathakal (Scripts of Dr. Biju) collection of 4 script published by DC Books 2014.
• The script of film Saira published in 2010 by Fabian Books

Filmography

Awards

International Film Awards as Writer, Director

International Film Awards for Technicians/ Artists

National Film Awards as writer, Director

National Film Awards to Technicians/ artists

Kerala State Film Awards as Writer, Director

Kerala State Film Awards to Technicians / Artists

External links

• Dr. Biju at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ↑ "Veettilekkulla Vazhi shooting almost over". Oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3373269/
• http://www.iaac.us/nyiff2013/press.htm
• http://publicityaz.blogspot.in/2011/09/58th-national-film-awards-results.html

Shanghai beckons, http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shanghai-beckons/article3455752.ece

Dr Biju's award-winning film, 'Akashathinte Niram', is going places, http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-20/news-and-interviews/38674828_1_akashathinte-niram-dr-biju-york-indian-film-festival

Dr. Biju’s The Way Home to screen at 38th Telluride Film Festival

• http://dearcinema.com/article/dr-biju%E2%80%99s-the-way-home-to-screen-at-38th-telluride-film-festival/4017#
• http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Ottawa/ID/2632332404/

The only Indian film at Shanghai film festival

• http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-the-only-indian-film-at-shanghai-film-festival/20120720.htm

43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2012)- Director, Dr. Biju addressing at the presentation of film (Akashathinte Niram)

• http://www.newswala.com/Entertainment-News/43rd-International-Film-Festival-of-India-IFFI-2012-Director-Dr.-Biju-addressing-at-the-presentation-of-film-Akashathinte-Niram-23005.html
• http://ibnlive.in.com/news/perariyathavar-an-art-film-on-garbage-dumping/513119-8-66.html

The journey

• http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-journey/article4878951.ece

First films for Golden Goblet award

• http://www.siff.com/MovieEn/infolist.aspx?CategoryID=586bbd12-3d8a-425b-8b1f-0dfadf5b9d7d&SubCategoryID=7658cbf6-6fe2-4c08-adc0-ae4899f51d3c&ParentCategoryID=06e3e627
• Nagarajan, Saraswathy (13 December 2010). "Plucky and on untrodden terrain". The Hindu (Chennai, India).