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'''Ajayan''', also known as '''Thoppil Ajayan''', (8 April 1950 – 13 December 2018) was a [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] [[film director]] who is of note for his only feature film [[Perumthachan (film)|''Perumthachan'']] (''The Master Carpenter'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Movies: Perumthachan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/211231/Perumthachan/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118005742/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/211231/Perumthachan/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2014 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref> The film received positive reviews from critics worldwide. For this film, Ajayan won the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] and [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerala State Film Awards: 1969-2011 |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |publisher=PRD, Government of Kerala |accessdate=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016 }}</ref> The film also won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film]] in 1990 and was nominated for the [[Golden Leopard]] award at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]] in 1992.

In the [[afterword]] to his book ''The Master Carpenter'', author [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] wrote that Ajayan first approached him for a [[screenplay]] of his story ''Manikkakkallu''.<ref name=TMC>{{cite book |title=The Master Carpenter |year=2005 |publisher=Katha |isbn=8189020234 |page=184 |author=M. T. Vasudevan Nair}}</ref> That did not materialise and later he approached with another dream project ''Perumthachan''.<ref name=TMC/> In the end of the afterword, M. T. thanks Ajayan for persuading him to write the screenplay for ''Perumthachan''.<ref name=TMC/>

In 2010, he directed the music video based on [[Kumaran Asan|Kumaranasan]]'s ''Chandala bikshuki'' - [[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]] - Actors [[Tom George Kolath]] and [[Jyothirmayi]].

He died on 13 December 2018.<ref>[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/perumthachan-director-thopil-ajayan-passes-away-kerala-93308 ‘Perumthachan’ director Thopil Ajayan passes away in Kerala]</ref>

==Early life and career==
Ajayan was the eldest son of film director and playwright [[Thoppil Bhasi]].<ref name=COM>{{cite web |title=Cinema of Malayalam: Ajayan |url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/ajayan.html |publisher=Cinema of Malayalam |accessdate=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102015021/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/ajayan.html |archive-date=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He secured a diploma in film technology from the [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adayar film institute]]. Ajayan started his career as a [[camera]] assistant and later worked as associate director with Thoppil Bhasi, [[Bharathan]], and [[Padmarajan]].<ref name=COM/> He also worked as [[cinematographer]] for some [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] films<ref name=COM/> and directed several [[documentary film]]s.

==Filmography==
===Director===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Film
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| 1990 || ''[[Perumthachan (film)|Perumthachan]]''
|}

===Assistant Director===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Film
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| 1984 || ''[[Panchavadi Palam]]''
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| 1984 || ''[[Ente Upasana]]''
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| 1986 || ''[[Oridathu]]''
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Sarvakalashala]]''
|}

===Chief Associate Director===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Oridathoru Phayalvaan]]''
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Novemberinte Nashtam]]''
|}

===Associate Director===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Rathinirvedam (1978 film)|Rathinirvedam]]''
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Koodevide]]''
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Kariyilakkattu Pole]]''
|}

==Awards==

'''[[National Film Awards]]'''
#1990: [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] - ''[[Perumthachan (film)|Perumthachan]]''

'''[[Kerala State Film Award]]'''
#1990: [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value]] - ''Perumthachan''
#1990: [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0014976|name=Ajayan}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102015021/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/ajayan.html 'Cinema of Malayalam' profile]

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