Amudhan R.P. - a brief note
Born in Madurai in 1971 into a farmer's family, Amudhan completed MA in Development Communication from Madurai Kamaraj University. He was one of the first to get a post graduate degree in his village.
Attended 20 week video course oganised by CENDIT, New Delhi in 1994.
Amudhan founded MARUPAKKAM (The Other Side), a media activist group in Madurai in 1996 along with local activists, intellectuals and artists, to organize film screenings, workshops and film festivals, and to make issue based documentaries.
With the support of educational institutions, voluntary organisations, film societies and cultural groups, Marupakkam has organised more than 1000 film screenings and 100 film festivals across India.
Amudhan's initial films focused on documenting human rights violations; later he went on to record stories of marginalized people and their struggle for dignity. Later he turned to become a video columnist commenting on various social and political issues through his reflective documentaries.
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