Arun Kumar Aravind is an Indian film director, editor and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Biography
Arun Kumar Aravind, was better known as the editor of director Priyadarshan, owns to his credit a span of 10 years' experience as a film editor. Arun, who hails from Thiruvananthapuram, had done his schooling in St. Thomas Residential School, graduated from M.G. College, Trivandrum with a B.SC in Physics and later moved to Chennai to master Visual Effects from Pentamedia. He started his career as visual effect artist with Pentamedia[1]
Arun Kumar Aravind has been director Priyadarshan's,[2] principal editor from Vettam (2004) onwards before he turned to filmmaking with Cocktail.[3] He edited Priyadarshan's Tamil film Kanchivaram which got National Film Award for the Best Film in 2008. He had also worked with other well- known directors like T. K. Rajeev Kumar, Shaji Kailas, Suresh Krishna.[4]
Arun was nominated for Shantharam Award and National Award for best editing (Kancheevaram).[5] Arun is the winner of 2011 Asianet Ujala Film Award & Mathrubhumi-Kalyan Film Award for the Best Editor.[6]
Family
He has a daughter, Arsha Nayar.[7]
Awards
- 2013 – Asiavision Awards – Special Jury Award[8]
- 2012 – IFFK - NETPAC Award for Best Malayalam Film – Ee Adutha Kalathu [9]
Filmography
Director
| Year | Title | Cast | Language | Screenplay | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cocktail | Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Samvrutha Sunil | Malayalam | Anoop Menon | |
| 2012 | Ee Adutha Kaalathu | Indrajith Sukumaran, Murali Gopy, Anoop Menon | Malayalam | Murali Gopy | Template:Unordered list |
| 2013 | Left Right Left | Indrajith Sukumaran, Murali Gopy, Lena | Malayalam | Murali Gopy | Template:Unordered list |
| 2014 | 1 by Two | Fahadh Faasil, Murali Gopy, Honey Rose | Malayalam | Jayamohan | |
| 2017 | Kaattu | Asif Ali, Murali Gopy, Varalaxmi Sharathkumar | Malayalam | Ananthapadmanabhan | |
| 2019 | Under World | Asif Ali, Farhaan Faasil, Mukesh | Malayalam | Shibin Francis |
Producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Vedivazhipadu | |
| 2017 | Kaattu |
Editor
References
- ↑ Archived copy.
- ↑ Archived copy. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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- ↑ Malayalam Cinema News | Malayalam Movie Reviews | Malayalam Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Malayalam.
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- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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- ↑ Curtains down on IFFK, Sta. Nina bags Suvarna Chakoram. Malayala Manorama(14 December 2012).