Biju Viswanath

Biju Viswanath

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name = Biju Viswanath


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occupation = Director, Cinematographer
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website = http://www.bijuviswanath.com/
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Biju Viswanath is an award winning international independent filmmaker .

Currently, he is working on a feature film based on the novel 'Marathon [http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coolrunning.com.au/library/marathon_harteis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.coolrunning.com.au/library/biographies.htm&h=154&w=104&sz=6&hl=en&start=2&sig2=6eCInP6nYHES7m4I1UrZWA&tbnid=46GmYCD4Wf89xM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=65&ei=zM06SPzZFqqIpATNl8mMBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmarathon%2Brichard%2Bharteis%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG] by American author Richard Harteis, based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning poet William Morris Meredith, Jr..cite news |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/38511.html |title=Biju Viswanath with a Meridith movie |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2008-05-13] cite news | url=http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=86c64cf0-aee6-497f-ad71-66e7b11ee721 |title=Poetic Preservation |publisher=The Day |author=Kathleen Edgecomb |date=2008-05-12]

His feature film "Mahotsav (Grand Festival)" had its world première at the 2006 Pusan Film Festivalcite news |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=8723 |title=Biju Viswanath: Exploring new vistas |publisher=Now Running |date=2006-12-01] , followed by screenings at the Manila Film Festival, South Asian Film Festival in New York and the New Jersey Film Festival.

His English language feature film "Déjà vu" with British actors premièred at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival. Only two Indian films were officially selected that year, the other being the Oscar nominated Hindi film "Lagaan". The film was screened in 15 international film festivals.

Viswanath's directorial debut, "A Voyage"cite news |url=http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/biji_viswanath/1.html |title=Interview with Biju Viswanath |publisher=Netribution |author=Nic Wistreich] , is based on the works of famous Indian writer
M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film won the gold medal for best short film in India and honourable mention in Zanzibar International Film Festival fact|date=May 2008

Film adaptations

O.Henry stories

"the Move",based on The Sign of the Four.

news

filming in norwich [http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x223022177/-Marathon-tells-Harteis-Meredith-story]

marathon the movie [http://www.theresident.com/2008/08/rogers-rave-reviews-richard-harteis-recommended-reading/]

variety magazine [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117850810.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&s=h&p=0]

article in Hollywood magazine preview [http://www.preview-online.com/sept_oct00/hollywood_notes/page5.html]

interview in netribution [http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2000/biji_viswanath/1.html]

External links

* [http://www.bijuviswanath.com Official website]
*imdb name|id=1078209|name=Biju Viswanath


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