AWARDS - Directorate of Film Festivals

168Best Film Critic/loksZÙke fQYe leh{kdSwarn Kamal and cash prize of ` 75,000/-C. S VenkiteswaranPROFILEA Post Doctorate in Commerce and Management fromCalicut University, C. S. Venkiteswaran had been activelyinvolved in the film society movement since the 1970s.He was also part of the Odessa collective and in themaking of John Abraham’s Amma Ariyan. In the last twodecades his writings on film and media in Malayalam andEnglish has been published in journals like Deep Focus,Film International, Cinema in India, Indian Express, TheHindu, and Mathrubhumi, Bhashaposhini, Madhyamam,Pachakuthira etc. He carried a column called Rumblestripfor Indian Express for ten years from 1999 to 2008 whichtalked about films and the media scene in Kerala. Hisdocumentary, Pakarnnattam fetched him a National Awardin 1995. And he also received a Special Mention for FilmCriticism in 2002. Currently, he is working as AssociateProfessor in a Finance institute in Thiruvananthapuram.