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| name = Lenin Rajendran<br />ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ<br />
| image = Lenin Rajendran2.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = 1951<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2019|1|14|67|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| restingplace = <br />
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| othername = Rajendran<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Film director]]|[[Screenwriter]]}}<br />
| years_active = 1981 {{endash}} 2019<br />
| spouse = <br />
| partner = <br />
| children = 2<br />
| parents = <br />
| website = <br />
| awards = <br />
}}<br />
'''Lenin Rajendran''' ({{lang-ml|ലെനിൻ രാജേന്ദ്രൻ}}) was an Indian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]] who worked in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lenin-Rajendran|title=Lenin Rajendran: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday &#124; eTimes|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He served as the Chairman of [[Kerala State Film Development Corporation]] from 2016 to January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/veteran-malayalam-film-director-lenin-rajendran-passes-away|title = Veteran Malayalam film director Lenin Rajendran passes away|date = 15 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Beginning his film-making career as an assistant to director [[P. A. Backer]], Rajendran made his directorial debut with ''Venal'' (1982). From his first film to his latest one, [[Edavappathy]] (2016), Rajendran has been consistent with the quality of his films, not surrendering to market forces even while using the form and stars of popular cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/lenin.htm|title=Cinemaofmalayalam.net}}</ref><br />
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An active member of the [[Communist]] party, Rajendran at times integrated his political orientation into his screen work: his 1985 film ''Meenamasithile Sooryan'' was about the anti-feudal upheaval of the 1940s in [[Kerala]] from a [[Communist]] viewpoint.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/lenin-rajendran-dead/article25995018.ece| title = Lenin Rajendran dead - The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 14 January 2019| last1 = Praveen| first1 = S. r.}}</ref><br />
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''[[Swathi Thirunal (film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' (1987), a period film was a biographical work of a 19th-century [[Swathi Thirunal|king]] of [[Travancore]], better known as a musical composer. While ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'' (1992) was the cinematic adaptation of [[M. Mukundan]]'s novel of the same name, ''Kulam'' (1997) was a loose adaptation of [[C. V. Raman Pillai|C. V. Raman Pillai's]] historical novel ''[[Marthandavarma (novel)|Marthandavarma]]'', ''[[Mazha]]'' (2001) was adapted from [[Kamala Surayya|Madhavikutty]]'s Nashtapetta Neelambhari. One of his other films, ''Anyar'' (2003) deals with the hot topic of communal polarisation in Kerala.<ref name=KulamRef><br />
{{Cite web<br />
| title = The politics of a relationship<br />
| last = Jayakumar<br />
| first = G.<br />
| url = http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/01/27/stories/2006012701150100.htm<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140416025407/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/01/27/stories/2006012701150100.htm<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 16 April 2014<br />
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]<br />
| date = 27 January 2006<br />
}}</ref><br />
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His other films are ''[[Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla]]'' (1983), ''Puravrutham'' (1988), and ''[[Vachanam]]'' (1989).<br />
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==Death==<br />
Lenin Rajendran died on 14 January 2019 in Apollo Hospital Chennai after a liver transplant, at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/01/14/filmmaker-lenin-rajendran-dies.html|title=Home}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was continuing as the Chairman of the Kerala Film Development Corporation. His dead body was taken back to his native place, and was cremated with full state honours. He is survived by his wife Dr. Ramani, son Gouthaman and daughter Parvathi.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
[[File:The Director of DFF, Shri Bhupendra Khaintola felicitated the Director, Shri Lenin Rajendran, at the presentation of the film (Makaramanju), in the INOX Cinema Hall, during the IFFI-2010, in Panjim, Goa on November 27, 2010.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Lenin Rajendran (right), being felicitated at [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[41st International Film Festival of India|2010]]) ]]<br />
'''[[Kerala State Film Awards]]'''<br />
* 1987 - [[Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award)]]: [[Swathi Thirunal (film)]]<br />
* 1992 - [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film]]: [[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]<br />
* 1996 - [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film|Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value]] : Kulam<br />
* 2006 - [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director]] : [[Rathri Mazha]]<br />
* 2010 - [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film]]:''[[Makaramanju]]''<br />
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[[International Film Festival of Kerala]] <br />
*2010 - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film - ''[[Makaramanju]]''<br />
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'''Kerala State Television Awards'''<br />
* 1999 - Second Best Teleserial: Balyakalasmaranakal<br />
* 2011 - Best Documentary (Biography): Kaviyoor Revamma<br />
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;[[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards|Kerala Film Critics Award]]<br />
* 2003 - Special Jury Award : [[Anyar]]<br />
* 2006 - Second Best Film : [[Rathri Mazha]]<br />
* 2010 - Second Best Film : [[Makaramanju]]<br />
* 2015 - Best Screenplay : [[Edavappathy]]<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
[[File:Dirctor Lenin Rajendran with the cast of Malayalam film Ratri Mazha of Indian Panaorama at presentation on 24.11.2007 at Panji Goa.jpg|thumb|Director Lenin Rajendran with the cast of the film at Indian Panaorama, during presentation on 24.11.2007 at Panji Goa]]<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Title<br />
! Cast<br />
|-<br />
| 1981 || ''[[Venal (film)|Venal]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Jalaja]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1982 || ''[[Chillu]]'' || [[Venu Nagavalli]], [[Shanthi Krishna]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1983 || ''[[Prem Nazirine Kanmanilla]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Maniyanpilla Raju]], [[Vijay Menon]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || ''[[Meenamasathile Sooryan]]'' || [[Bharath Gopi]], [[Venu Nagavalli]], Vijay Menon, [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], Ravi, [[Shobana]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || ''Mazhakkala Megham'' || <br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || ''[[Swathi Thirunal (1987 film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' || [[Anant Nag]], [[Ranjini (actress)|Ranjini]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || ''[[Puravrutham]]'' || [[Om Puri]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || ''[[Vachanam]]'' || [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Jayaram]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], [[Sreevidya]], [[Thilakan]], [[Mamukkoya]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 || ''[[Daivathinte Vikrithikal]]'' || [[Raghuvaran]], [[Srividya]], [[Thilakan]], [[Vineeth]], Sudheesh, [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 || ''[[Kulam (film)|Kulam]]'' || [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Bhanupriya]], [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ''[[Mazha]]'' || [[Biju Menon]], [[Lal (actor)|Lal]], [[Samyuktha Varma]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Thilakan]], [[Urmila Unni]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 ||''[[Anyar]]'' || [[Jyothirmayi]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Lal (actor)|Lal]], [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 ||''[[Rathri Mazha]]'' || [[Vineeth]], [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Manoj K. Jayan]], [[Biju Menon]], [[Lalu Alex]], [[Cochin Haneefa]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || ''[[Makaramanju]]'' || [[Santosh Sivan]], [[Karthika Nair]], [[Nithya Menon]], Lakshmi Sarma<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || ''[[Edavappathy]]'' || [[Utthara Unni]], [[Manisha Koirala]], [[Siddharth Lama|Siddhartha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || ''[[Crossroad (2017 film)|Crossroad]]'' Segment - Pinpe Nadappaval || Anjana Chandran, [[Joy Mathew]], Sagar<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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