Sabu Cyril

Sabu Cyril
Sabu Cyril
Born	27 January 1962 (age 62); Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	BSc Visual Communication
Alma mater	Madras College of Arts (1980–1985)
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Production design
Notable work	Thenmavin Kombath, Kaalapani, Hey Ram, Aśoka, Yuva, Kannathil Muthamittal, Om Shanti Om, Enthiran, Baahubali
Awards	National Film Awards; (1994, 1995, 2007, 2010); Filmfare Awards ; (1994, 2000, 2005 (2), 2010)
Website	sabucyril.com

Sabu Cyril is an Indian film art director. He has won National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times and Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction (including south) five times. His work in Enthiran won him international recognition. Over the years, he has emerged to be the most expensive and celebrated art director in the country.^[1]

Early life and education

Sabu Cyril was born in Kerala and completed his schooling there. He graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai (formerly Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai).^[2]

Career

From 1982 to 1988, he was a freelance graphics designer for companies such as Welcomgroup Hotels, the Taj Group of Hotels, and Madura Coats. In 1988, he began his art director career, and has directed more than 480 advertisements, 3 teleserials and 50 feature films in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and designed several stage shows. In 1996, he directed the stage design for the Miss World beauty pageant.^[3] He also worked as one of the 2nd unit directors in the 1990 film Iyer the Great.^[4]

Filmography

Malayalam

Iyer the Great (1990)
Amaram (1991)
Uncle Bun (1991)
Adwaytham (1991)
Mahanagaram (1992)
Dhruvam (1993)
Minnaram (1994)
Thenmavin Kombath (1994)
Pavithram (1994)
Sainyam (1994)
Maanthrikam (1995)
Kaalapani (1996)^[5]
Chandralekha (1997)
Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999)
Megham (1999)
Raakilipattu (2000)
Kakkakuyil (2001)
Kilichundan Mampazham (2003)
Magic Magic 3D (2003)
Wanted (2004)
Aakasha Gopuram (2008)
Oru Marubhoomikkadha (2011)
Geethanjali (2013)

Ammu To Ammu (2016)

Kannada

Chinna (1994)

Awards

National Film Awards

1994 – Best Production Designer – Thenmavin Kombath (Malayalam)
1995 – Best Production Designer – Kaalapani (Malayalam)
2007 – Best Production Designer – Om Shanti Om (Hindi)
2010 – Best Production Designer – Enthiran (Tamil)

Kerala State Film Awards

1994 – Best Art Director – Thenmavin Kombath
1995 – Best Art Director – Kaalapani

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

2002 – Best Art Director – Kannathil Muthamittal

Filmfare Awards

1994 – Best Art Direction – Gardish
2000 – Best Art Direction – Hey Ram
2005 – Best Art Direction – Yuva

Filmfare Awards South

2005 – Best Art Director – Anniyan
2010 – Best Art Director – Enthiran

International Indian Film Academy Awards

2007 – Best Art Direction – Om Shanti Om
2009 – Best Art Direction – Aladin
2010 – Best Art Direction – Enthiran
2011 – Best Art Direction – Ra.One
2015 - Best Art Direction - baahubalii

South Indian International Movie Awards

2012 – Generation Next Award (Sensational Art Director)

Global Indian Film Awards

2004 – Best Art Director – Main Hoon Na

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

1994 – Best Art Director – Thenmavin Kombath

International Tamil Film Awards

2003 – Best Art Director – Boys

Asianet Film Awards

1999 – Best Art Director – Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu, Megham

Kerala Film Journals' Awards

1991 – Best Art Director – Adwaytham

Kerala Janakiya Awards

1995 – Best Art Director – Maanthrikam

Kaumudi Awards

1994 – Best Art Director – Thenmavin Kombath

Other awards

1985 – Best Outgoing Student (University of Madras) award by Government of Tamil Nadu
Kalavedi Award (Madras) – In recognition of commendable service to the cause of fastering human integration.
People of Arts Centre (Bombay) – In appreciation of Sazaa-E-Kaala Paani

References

^ Sreedhar Pillai (17 February 2006). "The reel world of Sabu Cyril". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/107988/
^ Chandu Gopalakrishnan (31 January 2011). "Production designer Sabu Cyril: Making a difficult craft look easy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art!". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Kaalapani". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Gardish". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Hey Ram". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Asoka". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Yuva". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Kannathil Muthamittal". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^ "National Award Winning Art Director for Prabhas Movie". Times of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

External links

Official website
Sabu Cyril at IMDb

[1] Sreedhar Pillai (17 February 2006). "The reel world of Sabu Cyril". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[2] ttp://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/107988/

[3] Chandu Gopalakrishnan (31 January 2011). "Production designer Sabu Cyril: Making a difficult craft look easy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[4] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art!". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[5] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Kaalapani". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[6] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Gardish". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[7] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Hey Ram". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[8] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Asoka". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[9] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Yuva". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[10] Shobha Warrier (12 July 2004). "Sabu Cyril's works of art! – Kannathil Muthamittal". rediff.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[11] "National Award Winning Art Director for Prabhas Movie". Times of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

v t e National Film Award for Best Production Design
1980	Jayoo Patwardhan (1980)
1981–2000	Meera Lakhia (1981) Manzoor (1982) Nitish Roy (1983) Nitish Roy (1984) Nachiket Patwardhan and Jayoo Patwardhan (1985) Sham Bhutker (1986) P. Krishnamoorthy (1987) Thota Tharani (1988) T. Vaikundam (1989) P. Krishnamoorthy (1990) Nitish Roy (1991) Samir Chanda (1992) Samir Chanda (1993) Suresh Sawant (1994) Sabu Cyril (1995) Sabu Cyril (1996) Thota Tharani (1997) Ramesh Desai (1998) Nitin Chandrakant Desai (1999) P. Krishnamoorthy (2000)
2001–present	Nitin Chandrakant Desai (2001) Nitin Chandrakant Desai (2002) Indranil Ghosh and Sharmishta Roy (2003) Samir Chanda (2004) C. B. More (2005) Rashid Rangrez (2006) Sabu Cyril (2007) Gautam Sen (2008) Samir Chanda (2009) Sabu Cyril (2010) Indranil Ghosh (2011) Boontawee 'Thor', Taweepasas and N. Ilayaraja (2012) Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabasheer Zutshi and Parichit Paralkar (2013) Aparna Raina (2014) Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak, and Sujeet Sawant (2015) Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar, and Amit Ray (2016) Santhosh Raman (2017) Vinesh Banglan (2018)