Actor

Shaji N. Karun

Camera

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 26Series: 1Crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 1158782

IMDb ID: nm0440267

Known for: Camera

Born: January 1, 1952

Died: April 28, 2025

Age: 73

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1974 - 2025

Years active: 52

Wikidata: Q3521546

Other jobs

Director of Photography (15)Director (8)Cinematography (2)

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Biography

Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran (1 January 1952 – 28 April 2025), better known as Shaji N. Karun, was an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He was the inaugural chairman of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, the first academy for film and TV in India and was also the executive chairman of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) from 1998 to 2001.