A. V. Gokuldas

A.V. Gokuldas is a production designer (Art Director) in the Indian film industry. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Production Design four times.

Early life and education
Gokuldas was born in Kerala and completed his schooling at Ambalapuram school and Aryampadam Sarvodaya higher secondary school. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Thrissur.

Career
After finishing his fine arts diploma from the government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, instead of pursuing his career as an art director, he started assisting famous art directors Sabu Cyril and Sunil Babu for a few more years to gain expertise in his art direction career. After assisting with Sabu, he got a chance to do the art direction for the movie "Sayahnam", directed by R. Sarath, which fetched him his first Kerala State award for Best Art Direction in 2000.

Awards

 * 2000 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director - Sayahnam
 * 2006 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director - Thantra
 * 2016 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director- Kammatipaadam
 * 2022 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director- Thuramukham (2022 film)