Mohan Kupleri

Mohan Kupleri
മോഹൻ കുപ്ലേരി
Mohan Kupleri ; മോഹൻ കുപ്ലേരി
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Born	19.06.1957; Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala, India
Other names	Mohan
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Rajasree Mohan
Children	Dr. Ambili Saikiran, Akhil Mohan & Saikiran (son-in-law)

Mohan Kupleri ^[1] (Template:Lang-ml) is an Indian film director in Malayalam cinema, Television Serials and Advertising Films. He made his debut cinema with Grihaprevesam (1992). His films include Nandini Oppol (1994), Kaathil Oru Kinnaram (1996), Dravidan (1998), Kattathoru Penpoovu (1998), Savithriyude Aranjanam (2002), Payum Puli (2007), Evadaina Sare (Telugu language) ^[2] (2007), Grihanathan (2012) and upcoming movie Chandragiri Junction (2015) ^[3]

Biography

His native place is Payyanur, Kannur District, Kerala state. Presently Mohan Kupleri is staying in Thiruvananthapuram. He is married to Rajasree. The couple have one daughter, Dr. Ambili Saikiran and one son, Akhil Mohan.

He got into the world of cinema by assisting noted director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. He worked with Adoor Gopalakrishnan movies like Elippathayam, Mukhamukham, Anantaram etc. which won lot of national and international awards.

Mohan Kupleri has also scripted and directed commercial advertising films.

He directed several popular serials in Malayalam Television industry. Some of his notable serials are Swaram which won the Television Critics' Award for best serial in 2006 ^[4] (Amrita TV), Swantham (Asianet), Dhannyam (Asianet), Charulatha (Surya TV), Indulekha (Surya TV), M.T Kathakal (Amrita TV), Kattukurangu (Amrita TV), Kallyanasougandhikam (Asianet)^[5] etc.

Filmography

As Director

Film	Year	Story	Actors	Lyrics	Music-Director	Notes
Grihaprevesam	1992	Mani Shornnur	Jagadish, Rekha, Saikumar, Siddique	O. N. V. Kurup	S. Balakrishnan	Debut Film
Nandini Oppol	1994	Sudhakar Mangalodayam	Jagadish, Prem Kumar, Siddique, Chippy, Devayani	O. N. V. Kurup	S. P. Venkatesh
Kaathil Oru Kinnaram	1996	Govardhan	Nedumudi Venu, Geetha^{[disambiguation needed]}, Siddique, Sunitha	O. N. V. Kurup	Ouseppachan	Story thread by Ambili ; daughter of Mohan Kupleri
Kattathoru Penpoovu	1998	C. V. Balakrishnan	Murali, Thilakan, Kavya Madhavan, Sangita	Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri	Ouseppachan	Thilakan got State Award for Second Best Actor^[6]
Dravidan	1998	Jossy Vagamattom	Vijayaraghavan, Vani Viswanath, Rajan P Dev	Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri	S. P. Venkatesh
Savithriyude Aranjanam	2002	M. Mukundan	Innocent, Harisree Ashokan, Kalabhavan Mani, Aswathy	Gireesh Puthenchery	M. Jayachandran	Cinema version of M. Mukundan's literary work.
Payum Puli	2007	Biju Devassy	Kalabhavan Mani, Saikumar, Siddique, Chandra Lakshman	Gireesh Puthenchery	Mohan Sithara
Evadaina Sare	2007	Biju Devassy	Rambha, Chandra Lakshman		Mohan Sithara	Telugu Movie
Grihanathan	2012	Mani Shornur	Mukesh, Sonia Agarwal, Siddique	Vayalar Sharath	Achu Rajamani	Sonia Agarwal's debut Malayalam movie^[7]
Chandragiri Junction	2015	Babu Janardhanan	Manoj K. Jayan, Sreenath Bhasi, Mythili			Upcoming Film

As Unit or Asst. Director

Film	Year	Director	Actors	Language
Elippathayam	1981	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja	Malayalam
Mukhamukham	1984	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Karamana Janardanan Nair, Ashokan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma	Malayalam
Anantaram	1987	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Mammootty, Ashokan, Shobhana	Malayalam
Ashokante_Aswathikuttikku	1989	Vijayan Karote	Ashokan, Parvathy Jayaram, Thilakan, Innocent	Malayalam

References

^ "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema". British Film Institute. Edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen, Professor of Critical Studies. Mohan Kupleri's Movie Reference. Retrieved 1994. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "'Evadiana Sare Telugu Movie". Sulekha.com Movies. Retrieved 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "' Mohan Kupleri's next movie: "Chandragiri Junction"'". Metromatinee. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
^ "'Television Critics Awards 2006'". The Hindu. Retrieved March 31, 2006.
^ "'Times of India'". Kattu Kurangu is scripted by Jayapal Ananthan and directed by Mohan Kupleri. Retrieved Aug 25, 2014.
^ "'Kerala State Film Awards 1998'". Information and Public Relations Department - Government of Kerala State Film Awards. Retrieved 1998. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "'Times of India'". Sonia Agarwal makes her Mwood debut. Retrieved Dec 13, 2011.

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[1] "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema". British Film Institute. Edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen, Professor of Critical Studies. Mohan Kupleri's Movie Reference. Retrieved 1994. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "'Evadiana Sare Telugu Movie". Sulekha.com Movies. Retrieved 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[3] "' Mohan Kupleri's next movie: "Chandragiri Junction"'". Metromatinee. Retrieved September 22, 2012.

[4] "'Television Critics Awards 2006'". The Hindu. Retrieved March 31, 2006.

[5] "'Times of India'". Kattu Kurangu is scripted by Jayapal Ananthan and directed by Mohan Kupleri. Retrieved Aug 25, 2014.

[6] "'Kerala State Film Awards 1998'". Information and Public Relations Department - Government of Kerala State Film Awards. Retrieved 1998. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[7] "'Times of India'". Sonia Agarwal makes her Mwood debut. Retrieved Dec 13, 2011.

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