Puṣhpam Rāmaliŋkam Amudhaņ (; born 16 July 1971), popularly known as Amudhan R.P., is a documentary film maker and media activist from Tamil Nadu, India.
Early life He was born on 16 July 1971 in Palaiyurpatty, a village near Melur in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.
Career Along with local youth, he founded Marupakkam, a media activism group that is involved with making documentaries, organising regular screenings, film festivals and media workshops in and around Madurai. He has been making documentaries since 1997. His prominent films include two trilogies on caste and nuclear radiation. 'Shit' has won the best film award at the One Billion Eyes film festival in 2005 and the National Jury Award at the MIFF 2006.
Amudhan R.P. founded Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 1998 and has been organising the festival since then.
Filmography
Year Title Notes 1996 Leelavathi Documentary 1997 Theeviravaghigal (Terrorists) Documentary 2001 Thodarum Thisavazhi Documentary short 2002 Kaviri Padugai (Cauvery Delta) Documentary short 2003 Pee (Shit) Documentary short 2005 Mayana Kurippugal (Notes from the Crematorium) Documentary short 2005 Vandhe Mataram - a shit version Music Video 2005 Senthamil Nadenum Pothinile Music Video 2006 Seruppu (Footwear) Feature-length documentary 2008 The Road Documentary short 2008 Night Life Documentary short 2008 Radiation Stories Part 01 : Manavalakurichi Documentary 2008 Radiation Stories Part 02: Kalpakkam Documentary 2009 Broken Voices Documentary 2009 Radiation Stories Part 03: Koodankulam Feature-length documentary 2010 Thodarum Neethi Kolaihalm Feature-length documentary 2011 Mercury in the Mist Documentary 2012 Hey Mr.Gandhii, Leave the Indians Alone! Documentary 2015 Dollar City Feature-length documentary 2019 My Caste Feature - length documentary
http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2009/09/12/stories/2009091251740600.htm
Awards and honors (partial list)
+YearAwardEventOrganisationNotes2005Best Film AwardOne Billion Eyes film festivalPrakriti Foundation2006National Jury Award9th Mumbai International Film FestivalFilms Division of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
References
External links Amudhan R P's blog
Amudhan R P's page in ucfilms.in The Hindu news-site article(2010) on Amudhan R P
Lucy Merchant's article on Amudhan R P Wiki page about his film(Foot Wear) screening
Videos Stories Part 01: Manavalakurichi (full film) Trailer of the documentary, Shit Trailer of the documentary, Notes from the Crematorium Trailer of the documentary, Radiation Stories Part 01 Manavalakurichi Trailer of the documentary, Radiation Stories Part 03 Koodankulam