Thiruvananthapuram Campus

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="7496" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="Krishnendu Kalesh" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="Direction" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button text="Back" position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F" icon_elegant="23"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="6872" img_size="large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="Guest Faculty - DIRECTION" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left"][vc_custom_heading text="Deepu Karunakaran" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema. He debuted in direction with movie “Winter”, but as the release was late due to many reasons, his first movie came in theatre was in 2008 with the Dileep starrer Crazy Gopalan. Prior to becoming an independent filmmaker, Deepu apprenticed as an assistant director under Priyadarshan. His first released film was in 2008, the thriller comedy Crazy Gopalan starring Dileep in the titular role. The movie opened to commercial success. His first made film horror thriller “Winter” with Jayaram in the lead was released subsequently. His third film was comedy entertainer Teja Bhai and Family starring Prithviraj in the lead, released in 2011 to commercial success. He directed Mammootty in the 2015 thriller Fireman, which was a success critically and commercially. His 5th movie Karinkunnam 6s, a sports movie with Manju Warrier in the lead, was released in 2016.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="6137" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="SREE VISHNU J S" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="Sound Engineer - LVPA" font_container="tag:p|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]Indian film sound designer, sound editor and sound mixer from Trivandrum, Kerala. He completed B-Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Anna University Chennai & completed Diploma in Sound Engineering from Sound Engineering Academy(SEA). His career started as Sound Recording Engineer at Sreemovies. After that he was worked as Sound Engineer in Kaumudy TV. In 2019 he joined L V Prasad College of Media Studies Trivandrum as Sound Engineer. He has worked in 6 feature films, 52 short-films, 14 television serials, 12 TV shows, lots of documentaries and music albums etc. He got ‘India Book of Records 2022’ for longest nonstop sync sound recording for a Malayalam feature film “Chila Saankethika Kaaranangalal” with sync sound technique for the duration of 1 hour, 19 minutes and 18 seconds and it was released on an OTT platform Movie Wud on April 25, 2021.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="faculty_back_btn"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" text="Back" text_color="#ffffff" hover_text_color="#212331" background_color="#5f727f" hover_background_color="#ffffff" icon_elegant="23" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="6135" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="FAIZAL AHAMED" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="Guest Faculty - Sound Department" font_container="tag:p|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]After completing Post Graduate Diploma in Sound Recording and Television Engineering from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, is now working in film industry as sound designer and music composer. His second feature film(Sound Design), MANHOLE- won two state awards for best director as well as for best film. He worked as the Sound designer for Lenin Rajendran in the anthology film Cross road.

He was the sound recordist for the film Kottayam which premiered at IFFK 2018.

He worked as music composer for the film paka, the film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in Discovery Section. It is also selected in the Red Sea International Film Festival as Part of Competition section- 2021[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="faculty_back_btn"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" text="Back" text_color="#ffffff" hover_text_color="#212331" background_color="#5f727f" hover_background_color="#ffffff" icon_elegant="23" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="6104" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="SANJU SURENDRAN" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="FACULTY - DIRECTION" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]Sanju Surendran, an Indian film maker is a graduate of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. At the Institute he picked his lessons from the legendary film maker Mani Kaul. Sanju has done a brief stint as a teacher of Film Direction and Screenwriting at the KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, Kottayam , Kerala. His documentary on Kutiyattam, Kapila won the National award for the best documentary. Sanju’s first feature film, Aedan- Garden of Desire won Rajathachakoram award for the best debut director and the FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film.

Recognitions

· Kandal Pokkudan (2003) – Selected for Vikalp 2004 Mumbai, Vatavaran 2003 New Delhi, Signs 2005 Trivandrum and Mediterranean Environmental Award Turkey

· Expressway [2004] Selected at the Vatavaran Film Festival, New Delhi

· Scribbles on the city [2005] Selected at the SOMS International Film Festival, Cochin , Signs 2006 Trivandrum

· Theeram [2007] Official Selection Jordan International Short Film Festival, Jordan Official Selection 52nd Corona Cork Film Festival, Cork Ireland

Official Selection 7th Karachi International Film Festival,Pakisthan Official Selection 12th International Film Festival of Kerala, India

· Kapila [2015]

62nd National Award for the Best Documentary [Arts and Culture] Special Mention at Visions du Reel, Nyon , Switzerland Special Mention at International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala IDSFFK 2015. Best Documentary Film at SIGNS 2015 [John Abraham National Award] Focus at FID Marseilles, France

· Aedan – the Garden of Desire [2018]

Rajathachakoram award for the best debut director at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala, India FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam film at the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala, India. Four Kerala State Film Awards , including Best Adapted Screenplay and 2nd Best Film Ottawa Indian FIlm Festival, Ottawa, Canada

Education

Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. 2003-2007

 International Workshops

A ten day workshop on ‘Poetic Cinema’ at Shanghai Film Art Academy and Lecture at Shanghai Theatre Academy is association with A long week of Short Films , Shanghai. 2016

Experience

Assistant Professor of Film Direction and Screenwriting at the KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, Kottayam , Kerala. 2014 -2016 Faculty (Film ,TV & Digital Video Production) at Xavier Institute of Communications , St.Xavier’s College , Mumbai . 2020 – 2021

 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] [vc_row el_class="faculty_back_btn"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" text="Back" text_color="#ffffff" hover_text_color="#212331" background_color="#5f727f" hover_background_color="#ffffff" icon_elegant="23" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="5515" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="BIJU V SUKUMARAN" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="HOD – EDITING" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]After his post-graduation in Editing from FTII, he has been working in feature films and documentaries. He was one of the jury members for Kerala State Film Awards 2019. He was Faculty-in-Charge of Video Editing Department in FTII Pune from 2006 to 2012. He has organized about 75 workshops and seminars for Post Graduate certificate courses, short term courses, training programs for Doordarsan employees. He has also served as Course coordinator for Post-Production Training programs for TV professionals. He worked as editor in Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), Thiruvanathapuram. He has edited non-fiction programs and promos for different Government agencies like I&PRD and he was part of the Visual Communication Team for Sutharaya Keralam. He was course consultant in Kerala Media Academy (An autonomous body under government of Kerala). He was in the external experts’ panel of KR Narayanan Institute of Visual Science and Arts, responsible for setting question papers, conducting practical exams and evaluations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="faculty_back_btn"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" text="Back" text_color="#ffffff" hover_text_color="#212331" background_color="#5f727f" hover_background_color="#ffffff" icon_elegant="23" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F"][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="5444" img_size="medium"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="ARUN BOSE" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="PROFESSOR - Direction" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_column_text]Arun Bose is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He made his directorial debut with the critically and commercially successful Malayalam feature film ‘Luca’ staring Tovino Thomas (2019). He has also produced, scripted, photographed and directed an indie Tamil feature film titled ‘Alaiyin Thisai’.

His one minute short film ‘My Paper Boat’ was the winner at ‘One Minute to Save the World’ film contest for UNO Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2010 at Denmark, awarded by an international jury including director Shekar Kapoor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class="faculty_back_btn"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][gem_button position="right" corner="3" icon_pack="elegant" text="Back" text_color="#ffffff" hover_text_color="#212331" background_color="#5f727f" hover_background_color="#ffffff" icon_elegant="23" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prasadacademy.com%2Ffaculty%2F"][/vc_column][/vc_row]