Indian film editor
Bina Paul
Born (1961-01-28 ) 28 January 1961 (age 63) Years active 1985–present Spouse
Children Malavika
Bina Paul (born January 28, 1961), also known by her married name Bina Paul Venugopal , is an Indian film editor who works mainly in Malayalam -language films. A graduate of the University of Delhi , she completed a course on film editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune , in 1983.
She is the recipient of two National Film Awards and three Kerala State Film Awards . She has held several positions including the artistic director of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) and the vice chairperson of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy .
Personal life
She is married to cinematographer Venu since 26 August 1983. The couple has a daughter, Malavika, who is married to an Englishman and is the Manager of the Great North Museum: Hancock .[ 1]
Biography
Early life
Born to a Malayali father and a Kannadiga mother, Bina Paul was brought up in Delhi .[ 2] After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in psychology , she went on to pursue a diploma in film editing from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune , in 1983.[ 3]
Career
Bina Paul in 26th IFFK
Beena got a break as an editor with G. Aravindan 's The Seer Who Walks Alone (1985), a documentary on Jiddu Krishnamurti . She went on to work in a few documentaries including Rajiv Vijay Raghavan 's Sister Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1986), which won the Best Biographical Film at the 34th National Film Awards .[ 4] She made her feature film debut with John Abraham 's Amma Ariyan (1986).[ 5] Her other films include Padippura (1989), Janmadinam (1997), Agnisakshi (1999). Her work in Revathi 's Mitr, My Friend (2002), which had an all-woman crew, won her her first National Film Award .[ 6] The following year, she was awarded another National Film Award for the non-feature film Unni . She has also worked in television and has been the recipient of three Kerala State Television Award for Best Editor.[ 3]
Apart from editing over 50 documentaries and feature films, Paul has directed four documentaries.[ 7] She has collaborated with women filmmakers like Revathi , Suma Josson , Pamela Rooks and Shabnam Virmani .[ 3]
Paul played a prominent role in shaping up the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) right from its inception and also served as its artistic director.[ 8] She also served as the deputy director (festival) of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and worked as a senior editor at the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology .[ 3] She served as the principal of the L. V. Prasad Film Academy (Thiruvananthapuram campus).[ 9] In February 2017, she co-founded the Women in Cinema Collective , India's first association that aims to work towards equal opportunity and dignity of women employees in film industry.[ 10]
Personal life
Beena married director - cinematographer Venu , a fellow student at the FTII, in 1983;[ 2] the couple has a daughter.[ 11] The two have worked together in several films including Daya (1998), Munnariyippu (2014) and Carbon (2018), all directed by Venu.[ 12]
Selected filmography
Awards
References
External links
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