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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Amshan Kumar<br />
|image =Amshan Kumar.jpg<br />
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|birth_date = <!--Birthdate must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs. No IMDb. No public records. See WP:BLPPRIVACY--><br />
|birth_place = [[Tiruchirappalli]], Tamil Nadu<br />
|occupation = [[Film director]] and Writer<br />
|yearsactive = 1995 – present<br />
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'''Amshan Kumar''' is an Indian [[Filmmaking|filmmaker]] and writer. He has won a [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] for his documentary film ''[[Yazhpanan Thedchanamoorthy - Music beyond boundaries]]'' in the year 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 December 2016 |archive-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007194418/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Documentary-maker-from-Chennai-bags-national-award/articleshow/51608200.cms|title=Documentary maker from Chennai bags national award | date=30 March 2016 | newspaper=Times of India| accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="newindianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/apr/02/thavil-doyens-lost-beats-come-alive-919181.html|title=Thavil Doyen's Lost Beats Come Alive|date=2 April 2016 |publisher=}}</ref> This is a lone Tamil non-fiction film to win a National Award in the past 17 years prior to this award <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/thavil-recitals-from-across-the-palk-strait/article8429362.ece|title=Thavil recitals from across the Palk Strait|first=Vishal|last=Menon|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref> He is also a writer on films, his book ''[[Cinema Rasanai]]'' on film appreciation is being used as a textbook in many universities.<ref name="psbt.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.psbt.org/directors/204|title=AMSHAN KUMAR - Public Service Broadcasting Trust|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His debut feature film ''[[Oruththi]]'' was selected for the 2003 [[IFFI|International Film Festival of India]] and was screened in the ''Indian Panorama'' section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/panorf.htm|title=IFFI|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601212055/http://www.dff.nic.in/panorf.htm|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archieve/iffi/iffi2003/oruththi.html|title=International Film Festival of India-2003|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/07/30/stories/2003073007060201.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-07-30|title=About 'Oruthi'}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> His second feature film ''[[Manusangada]]'' was screened in the 39th Cairo International Film Festival and also in the 48th International Film Festival of India (2017) in the Indian Panorama section.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/iffi-goa-2017-tamil-film-manusangada-to-be-screened-in-indian-panorama-of-international-film-festival-in-goa/articleshow/61588149.cms|title = IFFI Goa 2017: Tamil film 'Manusangada' to be screened in Indian Panorama of international film festival in Goa &#124; Chennai News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=10 November 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/manusangada-screened-at-iffi/article20946948.ece|title = Manusangada screened at IFFI|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 27 November 2017}}</ref> He lives in [[Chennai]].<br />
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==Career ==<br />
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Amshan Kumar has made more than twenty five documentaries including [[Badal Sircar]]`s Third Theatre, Modern Art in Tamil Nadu,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Evolution-of-modern-art/article15694158.ece|title=Evolution of modern art|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 May 2010|publisher=}}</ref> Mangrove Forests, Nobel Laureate C.V.Raman, U.Ve.Saminatha Iyer, Tamil Poet Subramania Bharati<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/11/11/stories/0411401z.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2001-11-11|title=A maker of truthful cinema}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Manakkal S.Rangarajan. His first directorial feature film in Tamil [[Oruththi]] selected for was shown in Indian Panorama based on a short novel by the renowned writer [[Ki. Rajanarayanan]] . It won the best film awards from [[Government of Pondicherry]] and [[Tamil Association of New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/charmed-by-celluloid/article1506546.ece|title=Charmed by celluloid|first=OLYMPIA SHILPA|last=GERALD|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 March 2011|publisher=}}</ref> His documentary on the Tavil Maestro Yazhpanam Thedchanmoorthy won the [[National Film Awards|national award]] for the best arts/ cultural film in 2015.<ref name="newindianexpress.com"/> It is the first Tamil non-feature film to win a National Award in 17 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/the-thavil-that-united-tamils/article8427345.ece|title=The thavil that united Tamils|first=vishal|last=menon|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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His second feature film ''[[Manusangada]]'' was selected in the [[Indian Panorama]] section of [[International Film Festival of India]], Goa and was the only Tamil film to be selected that year.<ref name ="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/manusangada-screened-at-iffi/article20946948.ece|title=Manusangada screened at IFFI|work= The Hindu|location=Goa, India|date=27 November 2017}}</ref> The film had its world priemere in [[Mumbai Film Festival|Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/programmeDetail/242|work= Mumbai Film Fest|title=Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - ProgrammeDetail Site}}</ref> and its International Premiere at the [[Cairo International Film Festival]].<ref name = "Tamil Information Centre">{{cite news|url=http://www.ticonline.org/newsdetails.php?id=1743|title=மனுசங்கடா (Manusangada) is going to Egypt!|work= Tamil Information Centre|date=11 November 2017}}</ref><ref name = "News18.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/cairo-film-festival-tamil-film-manusangada-highlights-a-grave-social-injustice-1590329.html|title=Cairo Film Festival: Tamil Film Manusangada Highlights a Grave Social Injustice - News18|work= News18 |location=Cairo, Egypt|date=29 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
*''[[Oruththi]]'' (2003)<br />
*''[[Manusangada]]'' (2017)<br />
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