About Shyamaprasad
Shyamaprasad (born 7 November 1960) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor who works in Malayalam films. == Early life and career == Shyamaprasad was born on 7th November 1960 in Palakkad, Kerala, as the younger son of politician O. Rajagopal and Dr. Shantha Kumari. He was named after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. Shyamaprasad studied at the Basel Evangelical Mission School, Palakkad. After completing his degree in Theatre Arts from the School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur, he received the Commonwealth Scholarship in 1989 and did his Masters in Media Production at the University of Hull. Shyamaprasad worked as an intern at the BBC and Channel 4, to Indian television and redefined the parameters of telefilms and documentaries in Malayalam Television with Doordarshan. He serves as the President (Programming) at Amrita TV. His features for TV and cinema have won him several national and state awards namely Agnisakshi and Akale, produced by Tom George Kolath, had been adjudged the best regional cinema films of the nation in 1998 and 2004. For television, he has adapted the works of Anton Chekhov (Vivahalochana); Albert Camus (The Just); Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (Viswavikhyathamaya Mookku); Madhavikkutty (Venalinte Ozhivu); N Mohanan (Peruvazhiyile Kariyilakal); Sarah Joseph (Nilavariyunnu), N. P. Mohammed (Ullurukkam) and K. Radhakrishnan (Shamanathalam). He was awarded the Best Television Director prize for the year 1993, 1994 and 1996.
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