Amudhan R P

Pushpam Ramalingam Amudhan
Born	Amudhan 1971 Pazhaiyurpatti, Madurai, India
Occupation	Documentary filmmaker, Media activist
Years active	1994–present
Website	http://amudhanrp.blogspot.com/

Amudhan R. P. (Tamil: புஷ்பம் ராமலிங்கம் அமுதன் (Puṣpam Rāmaliŋkam Amutaņ), born 1971 in Madurai) is a documentary film maker and media activist. Along with local youth, he founded Marupakkam, a media activism group that is involved with making documentaries, organising regular screenings, film festivals and media workshops in and around Madurai. He has been making documentaries since 1997. His prominent films include two trilogies on caste and nuclear radiation. 'Shit' has won the best film award at the One Billion Eyes film festival in 2005 and the National Jury Award at the MIFF 2006.

Amudhan R.P. founded Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 1998 and has been organising the festival since then.^[1]

Filmography

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Awards and honors

Amudhan R. P. has received awards like:

• Best film award, One Billion Eyes film festival in 2005.
• The National Jury Award, 9th Mumbai International Film Festival in 2006.

References

External links

• Amudhan R P's blog
• Amudhan R P's filmography
• Amudhan R P's page in ucfilms.in
• The Hindu news-site article(2010) on Amudhan R P
• The Hindu newspaper article(2009) on Amudhan R P
• The Hindu newspaper article(2006) on Amudhan R P
• Lucy Merchant's article on Amudhan R P
• Wiki page about his film(Foot Wear) screening