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Madhu C Narayanan
Madhu C. Narayanan is an Indian film director known for his works in Malayalam Cinema. He made his directorial debut with the movie Kumbalangi Nights, released on February 7, 2019. The movie was declared as a box office hit and won positive responses and critical acclamation from all over the world.

Film Career
Hailing from Shornur, Palakkad, cinema interested him before he knew it. He began with Malayalam films and once he entered the world of cinema, he started binge-watching world cinema, which led him to re-watching old Malayalam films, observing the nuances and techniques more closely. “I kept going back to KG George films and once I knew this medium closely, a lot of my favourites started changing and evolving," he says.

Madhu began his film career with Aashiq Abu’s Daddy Cool and worked with him till Rani Padmini. "Though I earlier worked in the banking sector, event management and ads, cinema was always my destination. It’s a very democratic space. Right from its inception to its release, I have been part of the team." - says Madhu. He then associated the National Award Winning Director Dileesh Pothan in 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' and 'Maheshinte Prathikaram'.

Madhu has been waiting for the last 10 years to make a film on his own. Scenarist Syam Pushkaran had narrated the story of Kumbalangi Nights while they were working on Salt N’ Pepper, Syam’s first film in 2011. When Madhu decided to make his first feature film, he decided to choose this story for the screen. "Both of us became busy with different projects but we kept the project alive while working in different films of Aashiq Abu and Dileesh Pothan,” says Madhu. It was after Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum was completed that they got down to work on Kumbalangi Nights.

Kumbalangi Nights
'Kumbalangi Nights' has actors including Soubin Shahir, Shane Nigam, Sreenath Bhasi and Fahadh Faasil in the lead roles. Nazriya Nazim, Dileesh Pothan and Syam Pushkaran have bankrolled the project that has National Award winning scriptwriter Syam Pushkaran who crafted the screenplay. Cinematographer Shyju Khalid cranked the camera while Saiju Sreedharan handled the editing of the film.

“It is exhilarating to find that we were able to convey what we had wanted to. The politics in the film has been understood and is being discussed in many reviews,” says Madhu.

Personal Life
Madhu hails from Shornur, Palakkad, now settled in Kochi. He is married to Sheena William and has two children

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