| Krishand RK | |
| Education: | IIT Bombay |
Krishand RK, who also goes by the mononym Krishand, is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter and cinematographer who works in the Malayalam film industry.[1] He is a recipient of 69th National Film Award and two Kerala State Film Award and a Padmarajan Award for his film Aavasavyuham.
Krishand received his Bachelor of Technology from Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology in Kerala. He got his Master of Design from IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay.[2]
Krishand began his career in 2012 as a screen Writer in the short film Flames. He has also scripted and directed the short films, Mombattiyan, Bhagavthikaavile Paapikal.
In 2018, the web series Utsaha Ithihasam which was streamed on Zee5, directed by Krishand has received a nomination in the Seoul Webfest[3] and won Best Dramedy award.[4] [5]
In 2018, he made his debut in Malayalam movie industry as a director on the feature film Vrithakrithyilulla Chathuram. It competed in the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)'s international competition category.[6] The film won a Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music.[7]
His second film, Aavasavyuham: The Arbit Documentation of an Amphibian Hunt, competed in the 26th IFFK (IFFK 2021).[8] where it won the FIPRESCI and NETPAC Awards for Best Malayalam Film.[9] It also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay and Kerala State Film Award for Best Film.[10]
| Year | Title (English subtitle) | Crew role | Notes | Source[11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Flame | Screenplay | short film, co-written with and directed by Rajesh Naroth | [12] |
| 2013 | Mombattiyan | Director, screenwriter, editor | short film | website |
| 2013 | Slight | Cinematographer | short film | website |
| 2013 | Interval 3D | Cinematographer | short film by Palash Vaswani, part of Shuruaat Ka Interval film festival | website[13] |
| 2014 | Ghoda 22 | short film | website | |
| 2016 | Bhagavathikaavile Paapikal (Sinners at the goddess abode) | Director, cinematographer | short film | [14] |
| 2019 | Water bodies | Director, cinematographer | documentary short film | [15] |
| 2019 | Vrithakrithyilulla Charthuram (A minor inconvenience) | Director, cinematographer | feature film | [16] |
| 2021 | Aavasavyuham: The Arbit Documentation of An Amphibian Hunt (transl. Habitat) | Director, writer, producer | feature film | [17] |
| 2023 | Purusha Pretham (The Male Ghost) | Director | feature film | |
| Year | Title (English subtitle) | Crew role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Utsaha Ithihasam (Saga of the spirited) | Director | ||
| 2020 | Ennum Varunna Dhoomakedhu (Everyday Meteor) directed by Vysakh Reetha[18] | Writer, producer | [19] | |
| 2022 | Kraya Vikraya Prakriya (People in Transaction) | Director, writer, cinematographer | [20] | |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69th National Film Awards | National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Aavasavyuham | Won | [21] | |
| 2022 | 26th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK 2021) < | -- march 2022 --> | FIPRESCI Award for Best Malayalam film | Aavasavyuham | [22] | |
| NETPAC Award for Best Malayalam film | Aavasavyuham | |||||
| 52nd Kerala State Film Awards < | -- 27 May 2022 --> | Best Film | Aavasavyuham | [23] | ||
| Best Screenplay (Original) | Aavasavyuham | |||||
| Best film | Aavasavyuham | [24] | ||||
| 29th Padmarajan Awards < | -- sept 2022 ---> | Best Director | Krishand RK / Aavasavyuham | [25] [26] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Krishand RK / Aavasavyuham |