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Biography
Albert Antoni is a Malayali Indian film director. His debut film as a director is critically acclaimed Kanne Madanguka (2005). He is the director of Nair-san, a forthcoming Indo-Japanese historical film, based on the legendary Indian freedom fighter A. M. Nair, popularly known as Nair-san in Japan, with the rare combination of Mohanlal, A. R. Rahman and Jackie Chan.
Biography
Albert Antoni's now in Mudavanmugal, Trivandrum, Kerala, and he was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Alberrt Antoni native and did his schooling in Marthandam and took his bachelor's degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad and from the Adyar Film Institute.
Albert's debut film Kanne Madanguka (2005) was selected for Indian Panorama 2005 screened at the International Film Festival of India, Goa(2005) and other overseas film festivals 2005 - 2006. It won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best actress, Best child artiste and Best processing.
Albert is the man behind Nair-san. Having identified the story and having invested a lot of his time and money in research, rights and backing, he is now raring to see the project go on the floors. It has a rare combination of Mohanlal, Jackie Chan and the Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. Japan, Mongolia and India are the main locations of this huge budgeted project.
His high-points of the film were winning the Aravindan Puraskaram Best debut Director award in 2005, Padmarajan Special Jury Award for best director (2006) and John Abraham special jury award (2005). His passion and vision on Nair-san is complemented by his tremendous urge to be open and discover new eras on the subject and to create a truly international class Asian film, spanning many cultures, languages and religions.
Now he is in the post production work for his new project titled Vaadamalli. New faces are doing the central characters.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Screenwriter | Cast | Language | Music | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanne Madanguka | 2005 | Alberrt Antoni | Murali, Navya Nair | Malayalam | Jayan Pisharady | Won three State Awards 2005; Aravindan Puraskaram 2005; Padmarajan Special Jury Award - 2005; John Abhraham Special Jury Award 2005; Selected for Indian Panorama 2005; Screened at IFFI Goa 2005 | |
| Vaadamalli | 2011 | Rajesh Varma, | Rahul Madhav, Richa Panai, Ramesh Raveendran, Niji Mary, Pradeep Chandran, Jyothy | Malayalam | Shyam | Asianet Film Awards for Best Newcomer - Richa Panai |
Story
- Kanne Madanguka (2005)
- Vaadamalli (2011)
Awards
Aravindan Puraskaram
- 2005: Best debut director award for Kanne Madanguka
Padmarajan Special Jury Award
- 2006: Best Director Award for Kanne Madanguka
John Abraham Special Jury Award
- 2005: Best Director Award for Kanne Madanguka