BANESH M S
Author Award: Film Critics Award
BANESH M S
M.S. Banesh is a noted poet and documentary filmmaker. Born in Kodungallur, Thrissur district. He completed his M.A. (Malayalam) from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam and his PG Diploma in Journalism from Kerala Press Academy. His poems were translated into several national and foreign languages. He has been writing poems in leading Malayalam periodicals since the early nineties.
His first collection of poems, Nenjumvirichu Talakuniknu, was published by DC Books in 2007. The second collection of poems, Kathushikshikanne, in 2011 and the third collection of poems, Nallainiam Pulaya Acharku, in 2017. His poems are included in several poetry collections in Malayalam and English.His poem “Kathushikshikkane” is a subject in the second-year degree syllabus of Mahatma Gandhi University, and the poem “Annarakannotsavam” is a subject in the MA Malayalam syllabus of Calicut University. His major works include Perakkavadi, Jalabharadinarathrangal, Premalepanam, Nallayinam Pulaya Acharukal.
He has won the State Government’s Television Award six times for documentary film direction and one time for criticism, the Kerala State Television Award for the best television article in 2013 for his article “How Humans Blind Humans”. He has also won the Film Critics Award in 2003. Currently directing documentaries on various human rights issues.
ETHIRAN KATHIRAVAN
Ethiran Kathiravan is a noted Malayalam author. He writes on the topics of science, arts and films for several leading contemporary publications. He completed his Ph.D in Cell Biology from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and continued his research in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the John Hopkins University and the University of Chicago. Malayaliyude Janithakam; Cinemayude Samoohikavelipadukal; Mathishkam – Vikaram, Vedana, Viswasam and Ethiran Chinthakal are a few of his acclaimed publications. He is the recipient of several prestigious accolades such as the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, the FOKANA Award and the Film Critics Award.