Beena Paul Explained

Bina Paul
Birth Date:1961 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Delhi, India
Years Active:1985–present
Children:Malavika

Bina Paul (born January 28, 1961), also known by her married name Bina Paul Venugopal, is an Indian film editor who works mainly in Malayalam-language films. A graduate of the University of Delhi, she completed a course on film editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in 1983.

She is the recipient of two National Film Awards and three Kerala State Film Awards. She has held several positions including the artistic director of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) and the vice chairperson of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.

Personal life

She is married to cinematographer Venu since 26 August 1983. The couple has a daughter, Malavika, who is married to an Englishman and is the Manager of the .[1]

Biography

Early life

Born to a Malayali father and a Kannadiga mother, Bina Paul was brought up in Delhi.[2] After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in psychology, she went on to pursue a diploma in film editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in 1983.[3]

Career

Beena got a break as an editor with G. Aravindan's The Seer Who Walks Alone (1985), a documentary on Jiddu Krishnamurti. She went on to work in a few documentaries including Rajiv Vijay Raghavan's Sister Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1986), which won the Best Biographical Film at the 34th National Film Awards.[4] She made her feature film debut with John Abraham's Amma Ariyan (1986).[5] Her other films include Padippura (1989), Janmadinam (1997), Agnisakshi (1999). Her work in Revathi's Mitr, My Friend (2002), which had an all-woman crew, won her her first National Film Award.[6] The following year, she was awarded another National Film Award for the non-feature film Unni. She has also worked in television and has been the recipient of three Kerala State Television Award for Best Editor.

Apart from editing over 50 documentaries and feature films, Paul has directed four documentaries.[7] She has collaborated with women filmmakers like Revathi, Suma Josson, Pamela Rooks and Shabnam Virmani.

Paul played a prominent role in shaping up the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) right from its inception and also served as its artistic director.[8] She also served as the deputy director (festival) of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and worked as a senior editor at the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology. She served as the principal of the L. V. Prasad Film Academy (Thiruvananthapuram campus).[9] In February 2017, she co-founded the Women in Cinema Collective, India's first association that aims to work towards equal opportunity and dignity of women employees in film industry.[10]

Personal life

Beena married director - cinematographer Venu, a fellow student at the FTII, in 1983; the couple has a daughter.[11] The two have worked together in several films including Daya (1998), Munnariyippu (2014) and Carbon(2018), all directed by Venu.[12]

Selected filmography

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great North Museum: Hancock welcomes Malavika Anderson as new Museum Manager | Great North Museum: Hancock .
  2. News: രമ്യ. ടി.ആർ.. എന്നെ ഞാനാക്കിയ തിരുവനന്തപുരം. Mathrubhumi. Malayalam. 23 September 2016. 25 July 2017. 25 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725100119/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/women/features/beena-paul-malayalam-news-1.1374842. dead.
  3. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. 127. Directorate of Film Festivals. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140505174032/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm51NFAAward.aspx. 5 May 2014. dmy-all. 25 July 2017.
  4. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 134. 25 July 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170205060141/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm34ndNFAAward.aspx. 5 February 2017. dmy-all.
  5. News: Praveen. S. R.. Vaisakhan to head Sahitya Akademi. The Hindu. 31 July 2016. 25 July 2017.
  6. News: Rajamani. Radhika. Changing gears successfully. 3 September 2002. 25 July 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725092246/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/03/stories/2002090300270400.htm. The Hindu. 25 July 2017.
  7. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 50–51. 25 July 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105444/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm49NFAAward.aspx. 24 December 2013. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Beena Paul quits Chalachitra Academy. Mathrubhumi News. 25 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725100108/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/ReadMore/7827/beena-paul-resigned/E. 25 July 2017. dead.
  9. News: Time to move on. The Hindu. 19 July 2014. 25 July 2017.
  10. News: George. Anjana. Manju Warrier, Beena Paul and team usher in India's first ever collective for women in cinema. The Times of India. 18 May 2017. 25 July 2017.
  11. Web site: Celebs @ Malavika's wedding. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521000634/http://www.sify.com/movies/celebs--malavika-s-wedding-imagegallery-malayalam-nbsoHqgghhdsi.html. dead. 21 May 2017. Sify. 25 July 2017.
  12. Web site: James. Anu. International Women's Day 2017 special: These 14 women technicians have made a mark in Mollywood movies. International Business Times. 7 March 2017 . 25 July 2017.
  13. Web site: Film Review - SAREE: Weaving Childhood Fantasies. kalakeralam.com. 7 September 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110426145023/http://www.kalakeralam.com/cinema/review1.htm. 26 April 2011. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: Venugopal. Bina Paul. Don't ignore the FTII protest – the film school's problems run deeper than Gajendra Chauhan. scroll.in. 18 June 2015. 7 September 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160329185623/http://scroll.in/article/734769/dont-ignore-the-ftii-protest-the-film-schools-problems-run-deeper-than-gajendra-chauhan. 29 March 2016. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: State Film Awards (1991–99). Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. 7 September 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm. 3 March 2016. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: State Film Awards (2000–12). Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. 7 September 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707210332/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm. 7 July 2015. dmy-all.

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