PA Backer
PA Backer ( Malayalam : പി.എ. ബക്കർ ; * 1940 in Thrissur , Cochin ; † November 22, 1993 in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala ) was an Indian director of the Malayalam film .
Life
PA Backer worked as a journalist for the newspapers "Kuttikal" and "Poomattukal", then from 1960 as an assistant to the film director Ramu Kariat . In 1969 he was the independent producer of PN Menon's Olavum Theeravum , a major New Indian Cinema work in Malayalam. Backer published the political love drama Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol as his first own directorial work in 1975 , which had to accept cuts in censorship in the context of the emergency government in India. The film influenced the work of other Keralesian directors such as John Abraham , Raveendran and TV Chandran . Backer's important films also include his subsequent socially critical films Manimuzhakkum (1976), Chuvanna Vithukal (1976) and Sanghaganam (1979). His Shri Narayana Guru (1985) received the Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration.
Filmography
- 1975: Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol
- 1976: Manimuzhakkum
- 1976: Chuvanna Vithukal
- 1979: Sanghaganam
- 1979: Manninte Maril
- 1979: Unarthupattu
- 1981: Charam
- 1982: Chappa
- 1985: Prema Lekhanam
- 1985: Shri Narayana Guru
- 1987: Innaleyude Baaki
literature
- Entry on PA Backer in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 50
Web links
- PA Backer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- PA Backer at Cinema of Malayalam
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Backer, PA |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ബക്കർ, പി.എ. (Malayalam) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director of the Malayalam film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thrissur , Cochin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1993 |
| Place of death | Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala |