Bina Paul | |
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 Bina Paul atIFFK,Thiruvananthapuram, in 2017 | |
| Born | (1961-01-28)28 January 1961 (age 64) Delhi, India |
| Years active | 1985–present |
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| Children | Malavika |
Bina Paul (born January 28, 1961), also known by her married nameBina Paul Venugopal, is an Indianfilm editor who works mainly inMalayalam-language films. A graduate of theUniversity of Delhi, she completed a course on film editing from theFilm and Television Institute of India (FTII),Pune, in 1983.
She is the recipient of twoNational Film Awards and threeKerala State Film Awards. She has held several positions including the artistic director ofInternational Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) and the vice chairperson ofKerala State Chalachitra Academy.
She is married to cinematographerVenu since 26 August 1983. The couple has a daughter, Malavika, who is married and is the Manager of theGreat North Museum: Hancock.[1]
Born to aMalayali father and aKannadiga mother, Bina Paul was brought up inDelhi.[2] After graduating from theUniversity of Delhi in 1979 with a bachelor's degree inpsychology, she went on to pursue a diploma in film editing from theFilm and Television Institute of India (FTII),Pune, in 1983.[3]
Bina got a break as an editor withG. Aravindan'sThe Seer Who Walks Alone (1985), a documentary onJiddu Krishnamurti. She went on to work in a few documentaries includingRajiv Vijay Raghavan'sSister Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1986), which won theBest Biographical Film at the34th National Film Awards.[4] She made her feature film debut withJohn Abraham'sAmma Ariyan (1986).[5] Her other films includePadippura (1989),Janmadinam (1997),Agnisakshi (1999). Her work inRevathi'sMitr, My Friend (2002), which had an all-woman crew, won her her firstNational Film Award.[6] The following year, she was awarded anotherNational Film Award for the non-feature filmUnni. 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 likeRevathi,Suma Josson,Pamela Rooks andShabnam Virmani.[3]
Paul played a prominent role in shaping up theInternational 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) ofKerala State Chalachitra Academy and worked as a senior editor at theCentre for Development of Imaging Technology.[3] She served as the principal of theL. V. Prasad Film Academy (Thiruvananthapuram campus).[9] In February 2017, she co-founded theWomen in Cinema Collective, India's first association that aims to work towards equal opportunity and dignity of women employees in film industry.[10]
Beena married director - cinematographerVenu, a fellow student at the FTII, in 1983;[2] the couple has a daughter.[11] The two have worked together in several films includingDaya (1998),Munnariyippu (2014) andCarbon(2018), all directed by Venu.[12]
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