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| honorific_prefix = Dr.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article290121.ece?service=print "Critical acclaim"]</ref>
| name = Chittur Subramanian Venkiteswaran
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|5|23}}{{Citation needed|date=October 2014}}
| birth_place = [[Chalakudy]], [[Thrissur]] [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| education = Post Doctorate in Commerce and Management
| alma_mater = [[Calicut University]]
| occupation = [[Film director|Documentary film director]], Film Critic, professor<ref>[http://gift.res.in/people/cs-venkiteswaran-/profile.html "Profile - Faculty, GIFT"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160421094350/http://gift.res.in/people/cs-venkiteswaran-/profile.html |date=21 April 2016 }}</ref>
| years_active = 1970s – present<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allevents.in/events/is-another-cinema-possible-talk-by-dr-cs-venkiteswaran/316047458583936 |title=""Is Another Cinema Possible?" - Talk by Dr. C.S Venkiteswaran" |access-date=14 November 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014843/http://allevents.in/events/is-another-cinema-possible-talk-by-dr-cs-venkiteswaran/316047458583936 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://gift.res.in/departments/accounting-and-management/people.html "Faculty - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160421094348/http://gift.res.in/departments/accounting-and-management/people.html |date=21 April 2016 }}</ref>
| known_for = Film Criticism, Film Writing, Documentary Film-making, Book Reviewing
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# :Udalinte Tharasancharangal.
# :Malayala Cinema Padanangal.
# :Cinema Talkies.
# :A Door to Adoor.
# :Samanthara Yathrakal – K R Mohanante Cinema.
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| children = Medha, Gauthaman
| parents = C.K. Subramaniam, T.V. Thylambal
| relatives = Balakrishnan C.S., Sangameshwaran C.S., Meenakshi C.S., Narayani C.S., Ananthalakshmi C.S., Raghavan Thirumulpad
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'''Venkiteswaran Chittur Subramanian''' (born 23 May 1956) is an Indian film critic, professor, documentary filmmaker, writer and occasional subtitler from [[Chalakudi]], Kerala, India, who writes predominantly in English and Malayalam. He won the [[National Film Award for Best Film Critic]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2010/09/17/stories/2010091752990200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119040614/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/17/stories/2010091752990200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2010|title=National award for film critic – 2009 | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]| date=17 September 2010}}</ref>

== Career ==
He is known for his insightful analysis of the social aspects of cinema and their artistic fulfilment. His writings and reviews on film and media, in English and Malayalam has been published in journals such as ''Deep Focus'', ''Film International'', ''Cinema in India'', ''Bhashaposhini'', ''Pachakuthira'', ''Indian Express'', ''The Hindu'', ''Mathrubhumi'' and ''Madhyamam''.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/br/2010/10/05/stories/2010100552041500.htm "Adoor: the man and the auteur"]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article2052445.ece?css=print "Quest for ‘the pest'"]</ref> His column "Rumblestrip"(1999–2008) in ''Indian Express'' talked about film and the media scene in Kerala.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article290121.ece?service=print "Critical acclaim"]</ref>

He published a book on filmmaker K R Mohanan ''Samanthara Yathrakal – K R Mohanante Cinema'' and with Lalit Mohan Joshi edited a book on filmmaker [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], ''A Door to Adoor''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southasiancinema.com/interviews.htm |title="A Door to Adoor" |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112212/http://www.southasiancinema.com/interviews.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Three books, containing Venkiteswaran's collection of articles that take a critical look at major trends and milestones in Malayalam cinema, were published by DC Books at the DC International Book Fair and Cultural Fest, 2011.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2605409.ece "After laurels, the works of a critic"]</ref> The book ''Malayala Cinema Padanangal'' won a Special Jury Mention in the State film awards for the year 2011. He has interviewed film personalities including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, [[T.V. Chandran]], [[Werner Herzog]] and [[Jean-Luc Godard]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/nwquFZlitTU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210304163606/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwquFZlitTU&ab_channel=IFFK-InternationalFilmFestivalofKerala&quot Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwquFZlitTU&list=WL&index=1| title = Jean-Luc Godard in conversation with C S Venkiteswaran {{!}} 25th IFFK | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/adoor_df1.html "interview: adoor gopalakrishnan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405225525/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/adoor_df1.html |date=5 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616135338/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/10/stories/2011061051030100.htm "Encounters with the living dead"]</ref>

He is a documentary filmmaker and won the National Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film in 1995 along with M.R. Rajan for ''Pakarnattam – Ammannur, The Actor, the lyrical cinematic documentation of the life of [[Ammannur Madhava Chakyar]], the exponent of the ancient classical Sanskrit theatrical artform of '[[Koodiyattam]]'''. This film won the Kerala State Award for the Best Documentary category in the same year.<ref>[http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa95.htm "STATE FILM AWARDS-1995"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144248/http://www.keralafilm.com/sfa95.htm |date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> His article "Tea-shops In Mayalam Cinema" was included in the revamped Kerala SCERT Class X English textbook in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://expressbuzz.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/comprehensive-revamp-of-class-x-textbooks/273417.html|title=Comprehensive revamp of Class X textbooks}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/2011pdf/07_english_part_1.pdf|title=SCERT – Class X textbook Part 1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626233948/http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/2011pdf/07_english_part_1.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He is the Artistic Director of the Signs film festival for short films and documentaries.<ref>[http://www.signsfestival.com/contact.html "Signs Festival-Contact"]</ref> He was a jury member for best writing on cinema at the 60th National Film Awards.<ref>[http://dff.nic.in/National%20Film%20Award%20(NFA)%20Booklet.pdf "Official Catalogue of 60th National Film Awards"]</ref>
In July 2018, he resigned from the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy as a gesture of protest against the state government's decision to invite a superstar (Mohanlal) as the chief guest for the event as well as the anti-women stance taken up by the organisation Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), of which Mohanlal is the president.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/aug/01/c-s-venkiteswaran-resigns-from-chalachitra-academy-1851375.html "C S Venkiteswaran resigns from Chalachitra Academy"]</ref><ref>[https://www.madhyamam.com/movies/movies-news/movie-news-others/film-critic-cs-venkiteswaran-explain-his-resignation-movies "മോഹൻലാലിന് എതിരല്ല; പുരസ്കാരദാനം താരനിശയാക്കരുത് -സി.എസ്. വെങ്കിടേശ്വരൻ."]</ref>

Venkiteswaran is also an occasional subtitler. He began by subtitling for a [[T.V. Chandran]] film in the late 1990s and done subtitles for around 150 films in the span of 20 years.<ref name="sub_news">{{cite news |title=Time constraints to convincing film makers, subtitling Malayalam films isn't easy |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-cinema-may-be-thriving-great-subtitling-still-stumbling-block-131422 |access-date=18 December 2020 |work=[[The News Minute]] |date=23 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 2011: [[Kerala State Award – Special Jury Award]] for Best Book on Cinema – Malayala Cinema Padanangal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3658277.ece |title="2012 Kerala State Awards" |access-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724235828/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3658277.ece |archive-date=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2011: Kerala State Television Awards for Best Malayalam article on TV – Avatharippichu Nashtapeduthunna Varthakal in Mathrubhumi weekly.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110429062321/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/26/stories/2011042658050400.htm "TV Awards announced, Apr 26, 2011"]</ref>
* 2009: [[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]] (Swarna Kamal)<ref>[http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf "57th National Film Awards"]</ref>
* 2005: [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Article on Cinema]] – "Mammootty enna Thaaram"(Malayalam)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060917001549/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/24/stories/2005072411480100.htm "The Hindu, July 24, 2005"]</ref>
* 2002: National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention for Film Criticism (English)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105185233/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-26/news-interviews/27300091_1_national-film-awards-feature-film-jury-actor-award "Times of India, July 26, 2002"]</ref>
* 1995: [[National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film]] (Rajat Kamal)- Pakarnnattam – Ammannur the actor, shared with M.R. Rajan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film}}</ref>
* 1995: [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Documentary]] – Pakarnnattam – Ammannur the actor, shared with M.R. Rajan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm|title=Kerala films state awards - 1995|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
Translation

*'' Ten Sentences about the Cow - Poems by NG Unnikrishnan, Author Press, 2017
English:
*''A Door to Adoor'' (Edited by Lalit Mohan Joshi & C.S. Venkiteswaran), South Asian Cinema Foundation, London, 2006

Malayalam:
*''Television Padanangal - Nammeyokkeyum Bandhicha Sadhanam - Mathrubhumi Books, 2014
*''Raveendrante Thirakkathakal, Mathrubhumi Books, 2013
*''Udalinte Tharasancharangal'', DC Books
*''Malayala Cinema Padanangal'' , DC Books, (reviewed by B.R.P. Bhaskar<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3287093.ece |title="Plea for professionalism, April 6, 2012" |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409000106/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3287093.ece |archive-date=9 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>)
*''Cinema Talkies'', DC Books
*''Samanthara Yathrakal – K R Mohanante Cinema'' , Trichur International Film Festival
*''Malayaliyude Nava Madhyama Jeevitham'', DC Books

== Filmography ==
*''Pakarnattam: Ammannur, The Actor'' – ''Duration – 75 mins, Year – 1995.'' — A Documentary on [[Ammannur Madhava Chakyar]] directed along with M.R.Rajan.
*''Matha to Ma'' – ''Duration – 70 mins, Year – 2002.'' — A Documentary on [[Mandakini Narayanan]].<ref>[http://naxalwatch.blogspot.in/2005/08/matha-to-ma-odyssey-of-naxalite.html "Matha to Ma, the odyssey of a Naxalite" ]</ref>
*''Mega Narratives are Fantastic'' – ''Duration – 40 mins, Year – 2010.''— A Documentary on [[Chintha Ravi]].

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